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The Museum of Hoaxes is dedicated to promoting knowledge about hoaxes. (Click here for opening hours, etc.) On our blog we post about dubious- sounding claims, and whatever else strikes our fancy. The site is also home to the Hoax Photo Database, the Hoax Forum, and the Hoaxipedia.
RUDE ROVERThe Christmas dog with no class! He sings and toots Jingle Bells.
INFLATABLE TREEWho needs the hassle of a real Christmas tree?
FARTING SANTAGo ahead and pull his finger!
The Frosties Kid Is Dead
Status: Urban Legend
A recent ad for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes shows a blond-haired kid dancing around singing "They're going to taste great!" I think this is a British ad. At least, I've never seen it here in America. And all the references to it I've found occur in the British press. For instance, David Whitehouse writes in the Guardian: Pity the poor Kellogg's marketing department... all they wanted to do was make an advert in which a chirpy young scamp would skip his way through the streets of a suburban town attracting other children like a Pied Piper with a silly ditty about his breakfast. So, they set out to hire an angelic young choirboy with a voice so beautiful it could shatter the beaks of songbirds. Then disaster struck. It appears that, on the way to the shoot, this choirboy's balls dropped with quite monstrous results. They wanted Aled Jones, but they got Mick Jones. And what we're left with is a jingle being sung by a boy at the exact moment his voice breaks, in a tone so monotonous it appears to be operating at a frequency which toys with people's bowels. It is, quite simply, the worst soundtrack to an advertisement ever. His voice is so oppressively dull that prolonged listening is like having every orifice systematically packed full of wet bread by a politician with no facial features.
Evidently this is the kind of ad that people love to hate. And this dislike has inspired a rumor that the kid in the ad is dead. (Google 'Frosties Kid' and you pull up page after page of rumors of his death.) There are two versions of the rumor:1) That the kid committed suicide on account of the bullying he received since the ad aired.
2) That the kid was a cancer patient whose dying wish was to star in a Frosties ad.
I don't know who the Frosties Kid is in real life. So I can't prove that he's alive. But there's absolutely no evidence to support the claim that he's dead. Plus, the 'Frosties Kid Is Dead' rumor seems to be a new variation of the 'Death of Little Mikey' rumor (which alleged that Mikey, of the Life Cereal commercials, died after eating Pop Rocks). So I think it's safe to assume that the Frosties Kid is still alive. (Thanks to Dave Tolomy for telling me about the rumor.)
Update: As Dead-Eric noted in the comments, Scott Mills of BBC Radio 1 recently discussed the 'Frosties Kid Is Dead' rumor on his show. Mills received the following official statement from Kelloggs about the rumor:
"The current advertisement has been well received by the vast majority of our customers. We would also like to take this opportunity to confirm that the lead boy within the advertisement is well and continues to live in his native South Africa."
You can listen to an mp3 clip of this portion of the Scott Mills show here.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Thu Jul 06, 2006 | Permalink |
Total Comments: 93
Category: Advertising, Death, Urban Legends
Category: Advertising, Death, Urban Legends
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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Rarely have I see a british TV ad that's as bad as this. Just plain YUK! I just had to look online to see whether anyone else had commented on this ad - seems I'm not alone! Hahaha. Seriously, what on Earth were they thinking when they made this horrific ad!? How irritating is that boy? That said, the ads here in the US(especially those on local NYC channels) are almost ALL bad! btw, the Frosties ad isn't shown here; I get Corrie & Eastenders sent over every few weeks 
Posted by Neil Matthews in New York on Mon Sep 04, 2006 at 02:54 AMSome ppl are so sad to wish this guy dead and to even make rumours about his death. This is an ad for kids, it's not for anyone else to judge.
I don't like this ad but I know quite a few teens and kids who accept this song and even like it because of it's uniqueness and it's imperfection even though they wouldn't say it in those exact words.
I don't think many Frosties ads are targetted towards mature people who would take note on the lyrical value and melodic quality of the actor's voice.
IT'S A FROSTIES CEREAL AD!
Posted by Charles in London on Sun Sep 10, 2006 at 07:30 AMI don't like this ad but I know quite a few teens and kids who accept this song and even like it because of it's uniqueness and it's imperfection even though they wouldn't say it in those exact words.
I don't think many Frosties ads are targetted towards mature people who would take note on the lyrical value and melodic quality of the actor's voice.
IT'S A FROSTIES CEREAL AD!
I actually like ths advert :D
Posted by stephanie wilkinson in scotland on Sun Sep 10, 2006 at 10:54 AMthat advert is the most annoying advert ever why was it air i dont think that kid who did it can walk the street safe no more and his acting career is over before it started shame i aint posting any death threats but i dislike that kid he probably should get slapped to his senses
Posted by meso in London on Sun Sep 10, 2006 at 11:14 AMi hate the advert it is terrible
Posted by meso on Sun Sep 10, 2006 at 11:19 AMThe ad was not so bad.....that people can make such a fuss about a T.v advert is bejond me. Are their lives so empty and meaningless that they have nothing better to do?? 
The kid is alive and well in Sunny South Africa.....
Posted by mia in South Africa on Sun Sep 10, 2006 at 11:35 PM The kid is alive and well in Sunny South Africa.....
lmfao
Posted by LOL HIS BALLED DROPPED on Wed Sep 13, 2006 at 06:24 AMi love the frosties kid! LONG LIVE THE FROSTIES KID im gonna marry him, n i love the advert :):):)
Posted by hanna-louise in bradford on Mon Sep 18, 2006 at 01:24 AM im gonna marry him, n i love the advert :):):)haha the frosties kid is a idiot!
THE REAL RUMOUR HERE AND ON 29 OUTTA-32 SURVEYED WEBSITES WERE
1. ( THE MOST BELIEVED) HE PUT 2 PENCILS UP HIS NOSE N SLAMMED HIS HEAD OFF A DESK..
2. (2ND MOST BELIEVED) HE FAKED HIS OWN DEATH BECAUSE OF BULLYING AND HATE MAIL.. ALSO THESE APPLY TO THE ONES ABOVE!
Posted by Lauz in larky scotland on Wed Sep 20, 2006 at 07:16 AMTHE REAL RUMOUR HERE AND ON 29 OUTTA-32 SURVEYED WEBSITES WERE
1. ( THE MOST BELIEVED) HE PUT 2 PENCILS UP HIS NOSE N SLAMMED HIS HEAD OFF A DESK..
2. (2ND MOST BELIEVED) HE FAKED HIS OWN DEATH BECAUSE OF BULLYING AND HATE MAIL.. ALSO THESE APPLY TO THE ONES ABOVE!
hey people! i just really wana no if he is really is dead! but i hope not i love that advert.. lol its reaali kool!! well i hope he is alive and well!!!
Posted by Rebecca on Wed Sep 20, 2006 at 12:38 PMI know this guy, he goes to my school here in South Africa. (The school is called Beaulieu College-look for the website http://www.beaulieucollege.co.za) If you think the add is bad, you should meet the real kid. He's even more irritating. Although his voice sounds nothing like the add...
Posted by Mushukei in South Africa on Fri Sep 22, 2006 at 05:41 AMi dont get that comment before bout the college he goes 2.. im on the site but it has nothing to do with him on there, how does that prove that you know the guy ? x x
Posted by soph on Fri Sep 22, 2006 at 07:54 AMListen ok, hu cares about of a kid of the t.v. advert is dead or not. Imagin if he reads this and sees people saying he cant sing and he is irittating...How must he feel with all these rumours. Iv heard that hes jumped off a building, hes hung himself, hes moved to south africa, he had canceer and his last wish was to perform on a frostes advert, he was being bullied so took some action and got stabbed. And to be honest i dont think any of it is true. If everybody wants to know they should find his parents to find out what really did happen, if anything. Well, yes i think everybody knows including himself that it is a kind of iritating advert but... no need to be so harsh. Thik of the money he made out of it!
Posted by Jennifer in London on Sat Sep 23, 2006 at 12:14 AMi heard he killed him self by putting 2 sharpened pencils up his nose n smakin his head of a desk, rite , but is he dead!!!?
Posted by James in Scotland on Mon Sep 25, 2006 at 10:04 AMJenifer u sik SOB i dont want to sound lik a hippy but hes human
Posted by James in Scotland on Mon Sep 25, 2006 at 10:06 AMits an advet its ment to be stupid + if any1 slaged him he could just turned around and told them "to go bak to thier shed while i go bak to my manor" also to shizer off
Posted by jay bear in zimbadwei on Mon Sep 25, 2006 at 10:10 AMI heard that he died by getting his head dunked in his milk in his cereal.
Posted by Chennay on Wed Sep 27, 2006 at 04:36 AMCompletely sad that people make fun of a poor little kid just because of his voice or because of the advert in general. So what, what is there wrong with his voice? It's deep, but it's not the only funny/silly commericial in the world you know. What is there wrong with the commercial? It's cheerful like all the other cereal adverts..I see no different with this one. And what is wrong with the Frosty Kid?
Easy enough to say, yea, he would get bullied by people at school, because that's what children do and there's nothing anyone can do about it. I heard that he jammed pencils up his nose after being bullied at school and moving to South Africa..Rumors. Who cares?
There's so many of them that you'd think he's a cat with nine lives.
Posted by Debbie on Wed Sep 27, 2006 at 08:15 AMEasy enough to say, yea, he would get bullied by people at school, because that's what children do and there's nothing anyone can do about it. I heard that he jammed pencils up his nose after being bullied at school and moving to South Africa..Rumors. Who cares?
There's so many of them that you'd think he's a cat with nine lives.
he should never have diedI didn't really like the advert but I can't understand y people r making such a big deal about it. Many people hate the charcter who sings 'there going to tatse great' but thats the charcter. All the people who bulled him and teased him are even more stupid then the charcter on the advert. I like to act and I wouldn't mind going onto a frosties advert and bet the boy who stars on the advert loved acting as much as me. So all u bullies get a life!
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