Cadmium poisoning or from too much silver? The health benefits of silver are over rated. I don't have cable and didn't see the video.
Fantasy writer Evangeline Walton had gotten some exposure to cadmium, and it turned her skin blue. I saw her at a SF convention in Arizona and it was explained to me why she had blue skin.
The Smurfs: never liked it. I was too old when it came out to enjoy it.