Film Theory: Ghostbusters - HOW MANY Calories is Stay Puft Marshmallow Man? - Summary

Summary

The host of the YouTube show "Film Theory" discusses the iconic Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from the 1984 movie Ghostbusters. He calculates the marshmallow man's size, weight, and calorie content, estimating it to be around 112.5 feet tall, 21,561 pounds, and 32.6 million calories. The host also determines that the marshmallow man's sugar content would be lethal to a human, with a single serving containing 6.52 million grams of sugar, equivalent to 1,000,000 Double Stuft Oreos. He concludes that while it would be technically possible to eat the marshmallow man, the sugar content would be fatal. The video ends with the host promoting a new reality competition series called "The Runner" where viewers can win cash by solving clues.

Facts

Here are the key facts extracted from the text:

1. The original Ghostbusters movie (1984) has a 97% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
2. The 2016 Ghostbusters reboot trailer is the most disliked movie trailer in the history of YouTube.
3. The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is a character in the original Ghostbusters movie.
4. The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is 112.5 feet tall, as revealed in the DVD extras for Ghostbusters.
5. The width of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is approximately 50 feet, based on a comparison with landmarks in the movie.
6. The density of a human is around 1.01 grams per milliliter, while the density of a marshmallow is 0.21 grams per milliliter.
7. The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man weighs approximately 21,561 pounds or 9,500 kilograms.
8. The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man contains approximately 32.6 million calories.
9. The average human life is 27,375 days.
10. Consuming the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man would be equivalent to eating 228,000 cans of Coca-Cola, 2.7 million peanut M&M's, or having 62,700 Big Mac meals.
11. The average person burns 100 calories per mile walking.
12. To burn off the calories from the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, a person would need to walk approximately 326,000 miles.
13. The circumference of the Earth is approximately 25,000 miles.
14. A person would need to walk around the Earth 13 times to burn off the calories from the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
15. The lethal dose of sugar for a human being is estimated to be around 15 grams per kilogram of weight.
16. For a 150-pound adult, the lethal dose of sugar would be between 2 and 2.5 pounds or about 1,000 grams.
17. The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man contains approximately 6.52 million grams of sugar, which is equivalent to 7 American tons of sugar.
18. The sugar content of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is equivalent to 1.5 million Oreo cookies (single-stuffed) or 1,000,000 Double Stuft Oreos.
19. The average human consumes 130 pounds or 60,000 grams of sugar each year.
20. The sugar content of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man represents 108 years of constantly consuming sugar.