Television’s “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” Called Today…
Steve... you've got a call on line 4 from a person who says she's from the television show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Do you want to take it?
Hello, this is Steve...
The person introduced herself as a producer for the television show who…
An Even Bigger Mentos Fountain
The guys at Eepybird have done it again. They just released a new video with more Mentos and Diet Coke explosions and this time it has a twist. They must have a lot of time on their hands, because this time they use a domino effect and twice…
Spangler Signs Deal with Mentos for New Geyser Tube Toys
We're excited to announce the partnership between Steve Spangler Science and Mentos - actually the company who owns the Mentos brand Perfetti VanMelle USA. For the past six months, our Mentos mad scientists and a number of our Spangler Science…
Grandma and Grandson Take Mentos to New Heights
I recently received an email from Mimi Sylvia and her grandson Scott. Mimi (she has been called that since her oldest granddaughter tried to say "grandma" and it came out "mimi") loves to teach science to her 10 grandkids and says she doesn't…
More Mentos Theories: A New Article in the Toronto Star Adds to the Controversy
I got a call from a reporter from the Toronto Star newspaper a few weeks ago. I'll give you three guess as to why he was calling? Mentos, Mentos or Mentos? That's right, someone wanting to do another article on the Mentos and soda reaction...…
Nick Anderson’s Mentos Cartoon
Nick Anderson is the Houston Chronicle's editorial cartoonist - his work is great. Nick gave me permission to post his cartoon from August 11, 2006 on the blog... althought I don't resemble his Mentos guy. The cartoon is entitled "Chemical …
MythBusters Take a Stab at the Mentos Madness
I mentioned in a previous blog post that Steve Jacobs (consultant for the Discovery Channel) called in May to let me know that Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman from MythBusters were going to do a segment on the Mentos things. Steve wanted to be…
Latest Mentos Theory
... but I'm not buying it.
The Orlando Sentinel recently ran a article in their Weekend Leisure Playing with Food section by Jane Snow about the Mentos and Diet Coke experiment. They turned to Robert Wolke, chem professor at the University…
Mentos on MythBusters
I got a call from Steve Jacobs (right hand man to Don Herbert - "Mr. Wizard") who works as a consultant to the Discovery Channel. He told me that Adam and Jamie from MythBusters were going to do an episode on the whole Mentos phenomenon and…
EepyBird Guys Take Their Show on the Road
Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz, the Eepybird guys who turned the Mentos and Diet Coke experiment into art are jumping from the Internet to the mainstream media.
They appeared on David Letterman last Thursday night and on the "Today Show" Friday…
