We all wanted to see it when we were kids. We thought it was lost forever. Not so. Somehow, hacky rag US Weekly obtained the footage of when Michael Jackson's Jheri curl went up in flames.
It's way worse than I imagined.
In 1984, MJ was shooting a Pepsi commercial at the Shrine Auditorium. A pyrotechnic mishap set the King of Pop alight. The burns were serious and the aftermath may have been the start of a long prescription drug dependency. See for yourself.
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It's way worse than I imagined.
In 1984, MJ was shooting a Pepsi commercial at the Shrine Auditorium. A pyrotechnic mishap set the King of Pop alight. The burns were serious and the aftermath may have been the start of a long prescription drug dependency. See for yourself.
(Note - moved to after the jump as the embed was killing the home page)
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Ouch.
Something tells me this is just the start of "unseen/unheard" MJ things we'll be hearing and seeing over the next few months.
Stop! Drop! And Roll Michael! stop, drop and roll ...
Seriously, that looks as though it would have been very painful. Burns hurt. Period.
It looks awful.
Damn. Never seen that footage before, wow.
If you look closely, you can see a second bottlerocket come in from the right side, just before Michael goes back and to the left.
Nothing like a cheeky Zapruder film joke.
That one should lock-up my place in hell.
frame 113 shows what appears to be fidel castro in the background stage left.
any bonus points for piling on?
77 bonus points to my man phatlard.
Every pilot needs a gunner, phat.
According to the Sun, MJ was a flaming homosexual. I guess they meant literally.
And ... 77 points to E for amazing inappropriateness.
So let it be written, so let it be done.
JW
Seems the death of Michael Jackson has brought us the return of Michael Jackson. What a comeback he's making! You can't buy publicity this good.
And it's just the beginning.
Seriously though. JDubs, what's up? Another post about MJ.
It's time to admit you love him.
There was no way I could resist this one. It was a big, fat, change-up left over the middle of the plate. I'm smacking it into the seats at Safeco Field.
Apparently, the "something" in "Wanna Be Starting Something" was fire.
This is also around the time he started taking skin lightening treatment and growing his hair out long enough for a Herbal Essences commercial.
So, basically, kids, Pepsi turned Michael into a drug addicted white woman. I wonder if THAT is the real "choice of a new generation."
I'm guessing that Larry Wachowski is a big Pepsi drinkers, and Chastity Bono goes for Coke.
i just noticed that the white guys were trying to put out the fire differently from the black guys. it looks like the whites are trying to stomp the fire out.
anyone else notice the 3k fans they are talking about are all children?
You know, I never realized this happened at the Shrine Auditorium.
You would have thought that the instant Jackson caught fire, guys in fezzes riding miniature firetrucks would have zipped over and put it out.
Those lazy Shriners with their worthless swords.