FLASHBACK: Michael Jackson Pepsi Commercial Hair On Fire

A blaze fans can’t forget

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Michael Jackson streaked like a fiery comet across the pop universe during his lifetime. It is completely accurate to say that nobody fell in the shadow cast by that great light he shone. He burned bright, a light reaching all corners of the world. Everyone knew who he was. Fans everywhere saved their money to attend his concerts, and sometimes they even used payday loans and cash advance for help.

Unfortunately, almost everyone knows about the day Michael the man was on fire. Like me, you remember the Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial (aka hair on fire).

A surreal, horrific January 27, 1984

Going back in the archives of People magazine, everyone in attendance initially thought that Michael Jackson had been shot. Both the commercial film crew and his brothers in the band were stunned by his screams. They quickly discovered that his head was wreathed in flame.

It was a fireworks display gone wrong

As you’ll see in the video, Michael descended a flight of stairs to a performance stage below. The pyrotechnical display was supposed to go off after he was off the stairs, but on the fateful sixth take, they fired too early. What would have been a dazzling performance at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles turned into a fiery nightmare of second and third degree burns to Jackson’s scalp and face. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "FLASHBACK: Michael Jackson Pepsi Commercial Hair On Fire"