That in the 1972 Life Cereal commercial the line is "Give it to Mikey, he won't eat it, he hates everything"

If the brothers "know" that Mike won't eat it and he "hates everything," then WHY would they give it to him? Wouldn't they assume he'd hate it so what's the point of giving it to him?

by Anonymous

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July 24, 2019 10:46 PM

The mother is used to throwing out all the food that Mikey won' eat, where as the brother is expected to consume everything on his plate. He doesn't want to eat the healthy cereal without colorful shaped marshmallows, but if he gives it to Mikey , the exasperated mother with just toss it in the bin. The surprise is that Mikey, the boy who will not eat anything, actually likes it so then it must be really tasty.

by Anonymous

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July 24, 2019 3:49 PM

I believe they wish to establish that the Mom should not buy “healthy” Life cereal because no one will eat it. Why they couldn’t just spit it out themselves is a mystery. Perhaps they feared it was truly disgusting. In fact Life is packed with sugar and only looks like it’s healthy.

by Anonymous

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July 24, 2019 3:59 PM

Did you know that because I'm a big mouthed yenta, that I got the US stirred up when I went on the Carson show and told everyone that Mikey died in Vietnam.

by Anonymous

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July 24, 2019 4:00 PM

[quote]If the brothers "know" that Mike won't eat it and he "hates everything," then WHY would they give it to him?

Screw you, OP. Do you know how difficult it is to be a latch key kid in the 1970s? The school is already up our ass because "Mikey goes to school hungry. " Well fuck all of you. So does half of Africa, but you don't see nobody getting together and recording records for us, now do ya Blanche?

by Anonymous

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July 24, 2019 4:03 PM

r4

I guess you're now in Northern Manitoba hiding eh?

by Anonymous

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July 24, 2019 4:06 PM

One kid said to give it to Mikey and the other says he won't eat it , because he hates everything.

by Anonymous

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July 24, 2019 4:16 PM

"It's supposed to be good foah ya!"

by Anonymous

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July 24, 2019 4:17 PM

Now I'm remembering a porn video called "Mikey Likes It" - it was most entertaining.

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by Anonymous

reply 8

July 24, 2019 4:23 PM

It's sad what happened to Mikey.

by Anonymous

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July 24, 2019 4:39 PM

Contrary to the rumor, John Gilchrist, the lad who played Mikey, not only survived his childhood unexploded but is now director of media sales for MSG Networks. Newsday reported of him in 2012 that:

Yes, John Gilchrist enjoys Life cereal and keeps it in his home. No, he does not get a free lifetime supply. No, he was not a particularly picky eater as a child. Yes, he really is the guy who played one on TV.Oh, and one more thing: He is most certainly not dead.

“The folklore is that I ate Pop Rocks, the exploding candies, and I drank a soda and my stomach blew up,” he said, recalling a long-ago urban legend.

One day in the late 1970s, his mother summoned him from a playground baseball game to tell him she had received a call from a concerned friend who said, through tears, “I’m so sorry to hear about your son.”

Replied Mrs. Gilchrist: “He just came home from school!”

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by Anonymous

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July 24, 2019 6:07 PM

I don’t believe R10’s reports. Cover up by Big Candy.

by Anonymous

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July 24, 2019 6:14 PM

At least I died in 'Nam serving my country

by Anonymous

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July 24, 2019 10:46 PM