PS Contest: Schoolyard BS Rumours

[kennermike]

around 1978 or 79 kept hearing that Bruce Lee was coming back from seclusion in 1980

[toys2cool]

I remember some kid saying he had bought a Cobra Commander figure with a removable helmet in 86, freakin' liar!! My mom went crazy searching for that

[Mikey]

For TV show schoolyard rumours ...... I still remember we had one big one going around the school at the time ... On Six Million Dollar Man's Secret of Bigfoot ... Bigfoot was actually a real robot made by the studio.
None of us ever heard of Andre the Giant back then ... and the name does sound like it's not a real person.

[mazinz]

not contest worthy, but two rumors around our playground in those young elementary school years were:

1. There was some special version of king Kong vs Godzilla on tv and that Kong ripped off Godzilla's head and threw it in a tree (everyone said this one, including people who did not like Godzilla or those movies at all)

2. Some of the actresses from the first two Friday the 13th films were so traumatized by the film they were a part of that they ended up in psych wards

[shyndman]

I remember a rumor that they tested an alternate ending to the film, "The Omen" where the little demonic tyke actually was taken out by daddy and the knife collection. Guess the ending in the final cut of the film made more sense since it made room for one of Hollywood's favorite things, the sequel!

[Mikey]

I have one ...
Today it would be more in the catagory of Urban Legend ... but back in the 70's it was just a plain old schoolyard rumour that bigtime got around traveling from school to school to school.

It concerned Rod Stewart.

I don't think I need to elaborate any further

[vulcan2074]

I remember being told by my buddy, Patrick that the Jaws shark was actually a trained shark and that his uncle was the one who trained the shark. I remember thinking to myself "Wow, now that's cool". Unfortunately I never met Pat's "Uncle". I remember Pat had a great story on how his uncle let him swim and pet the shark. I know it sounds, stupid now, but boy was I jealous. I was only 8 but I sure wanted to swim with that shark.

Ha Ha Ha, Classic. That has to be one of the best ones that I ever heard. Good stuff Coach
Sammy

[goldenryan]

i remember in elmentary school one kid told me once you turn 100 you change sexes i didn't know much about old people then or now he might be telling the truth

[Ranger 3]

There was one kit in the neighborhood notorious for his pathological lying. Even though we knew everything he said was a lie, we always felt complelled to argue back.

He once said he had (or saw) a walking AtAt toy- it walked just like in the movie. Even by 2009 tech standards that would be a tall tale for a toy. Although we probably aren't far from that; as kid I never thought I'd see the day you could buy a remote controlled 3 3/4 scale R2D2!

Mark

[Wee67]

I can't remember any specifics, but what about the classic Mikey from the Life cereal ads and the tragedy of Pop Rocks and Coke?

[livingdead70]

Well, for me, having Fort Gordon Army base located here, I got all kind of "Star Wars" rumours, the main theme being that the movies had been released in other countrys before here, and they got the toys before us.
I cant tell you the many rumours about Jedi, that the empire won, the already mentioned Yoda vs Darth battle, Luke dies, Leia Dies, Solo dies.
And there were countless rumours around the toys,
Such as figures of background characters seen in the movie, the most memorable to me the figure of the Space suited guy in the cantina.
Another involved Jaws, like Teach. The one here was that a man could be seen turning cranks inside the shark at the scene at in the lagoon where the shark comes near Shaun Brody. I wasnt allwowed to see the film till about 1980 or so, and I looked intently for the said crew-man. he wasnt there.
The Gene Simmons of Kiss rumour made its way around here too, the one about the cows tongue sewed onto his tongue. There was another about all members of the band having their makeup permantly tattooed on thier faces...............
And similar to the one mentioned above about Rod Stewart, the infamous "gerbil" legend made its way around here in 1990, this time about a newscaster and current mayor,,,,,,,, which had bad effects for both........
This is a cool contest and cool thread overall, lots of fun.
trey

[ramsey37]

Wasn't there a big rumor in the late 1970's or early 80's about McDonald's using ground worms instead of beef for their burgers?
George

[sauce]

I recall the TALES of horse meat burgers and sawdust milkshakes at McDonalds

[Earth 2 Chris]

Wasn't there a big rumor in the late 1970's or early 80's about McDonald's using ground worms instead of beef for their burgers?
George

It was Wendy's in that rumor here.

I remember hearing this one time and time again, until most kids accepted it as fact. The Ultimate Warrior died, and was replaced by an imposter during the height of his popularity in the WWF. Everyone cited that he looked different and the rumor had it he overdosed on roids and it made his heart explode, and they replaced him with a lookalike, some saying it was his brother.

I heard the Rod Stewart one too. I also heard it about David Bowie and Mick Jagger.

Chris

[Mikey]

I remember hearing this one time and time again, until most kids accepted it as fact. The Ultimate Warrior died, and was replaced by an imposter during the height of his popularity in the WWF. Everyone cited that he looked different and the rumor had it he overdosed on roids and it made his heart explode, and they replaced him with a lookalike, some saying it was his brother.

Chris

I clearly remember that one.

I always thought it had something to do with Texas Tornado killing himself and somehow people thought it was Warrior.