On 5/14/14, 1:27 AM, Fred wrote:
After Three Mile Island, Saturday Night Live
postulated that it was caused
by "The Pepsi Syndrome", the result of spilling a Pepsi into a computer
keyboard.
Actually, "The Pepsi Syndrome" skit on SNL was based on
"The China
Syndrome", a Jack Lemmon/Jane Fonda film about a nuclear plant
accident. The film was released about two weeks before the Three Mile
Island accident, so the film and the accident are often linked.
alan