On January 27th, 1984, on the set of a Pepsi commercial starring Michael Jackson, a premature pyrotechnic blast ignited the pop star’s hair, nearly killing him. Until now, the general public had only heard eyewitness accounts of the event, but had never actually seen any footage. Watching it now, you understand how serious it really was, but I gotta tell ya, this whole fiasco inspired quite a few school yard jokes back in the 80’s.