Michael Jackson's 1989 Celebrity Menagerie
In the outpouring of reminiscences about Michael Jackson's life and career over the past few days, it has been mostly overlooked that in 1989, he built a private celebrity menagerie, and he put all of the celebrities in there so that he could watch them mingle. Seriously, all of them. Uh oh, Richard Dreyfus just pooped on Whoopi Goldberg! (Gross, sorry.) (P.S. This video is amazing.)
there are so many celebrities in this thing it is ridiculous! I can name most of them:
- Steven Spielberg
- Weird Al Yankovic
I'm sure I missed a couple. 1989 was a busy year for me, what with my divorce and my hip surgery and planning my 50th birthday party. But I am pretty sure I got most of them. (Via JimmyFallonBlog.)
Posted by Gabe at 9:30 AM in Music Related Content, Where Were They Then?
Tags: Michael Jackson
The Gutt!
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Billy Dee Williams! Lou Diamond Phillips! Whoopsie!
STARZ!
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1989 was a busy year for me as well, what with just being born and having to learn how to breathe and eat on my own.
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I know, right? Oddly enough, all of these people were also at my birth and MJ was filming...
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Lucky for you, you didn’t have to witness the Corey Feldman Obsession, only glimpsed at in this video (1:27). Cause, you guys, shit got bad.
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Baby, you've got a celebrity stew goin' on!
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AWWW, MIKE! Gabe, how could forget the most important of all celebrities: Blossom.
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I found Richard Dreyfus's pointing at the end totally unbelievable.
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I was smiling to myself the whole time. Ha ha isn't this amusing. "Hey it's George Jefferson, oh funny it's Corey Feldman, he looks like Mike. Of course Ricky Schroeder is here. OK I get it."
Then Steve Guttenberg!!!!! I lost it at that point. I need a bigger "Holy Shit! That's funny."
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Agreed, but it's been 5 days (RIP) and Mayim Bialik still hasn't released her public reaction. Clearly she was just in this to get a spot on "What Not to Wear" two decades later.
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Um... is that Philip Seymour Hoffman at 1:56?
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no, its ricky schroeder
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I thought the same thng.
And Lou Diamond Phillips! He's a celebrity; get him out of there.
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You misspelled "Weird Al" Yankovic?? I am offended.
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we are the pizza
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FACT: Danny Glover wore ladies' shoes.
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GUTTENBERG. What more is there to say?
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Was that Lady GaGa at 1:40? - YouTubeCommenter106736187
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Amy Irving = Guaranteed Music Video Dynamite
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Never before or since has anyone been able to assemble celebrities at will for a music video like Michael. "Black or White" and "Remember the Time" are just two.
Also, wasn't that the winner of "I'm a Celebrity . . ." in the video? That's why they called MJ the "prognosticator of prognosticators" or something like that.
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this is like a hazmat container/time capsule mashup.
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Is it just me or does that popping sound sound like the facebook new chat notification? Try it...go chat with someone and wait for them to message you back with the box minimized.
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It totally does sound like FB. I got excited because I thought for a split second it was a girl I was hoping would contact me. No dice. Thanks for making me feel like even more of a loser Mr. Jackson!
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it is uncomfortable watching celebrities acting like they're interacting with one another.
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Finally someone acknowledges this video. It's my favorite, like a bad celebrity grab bag.
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Dan Akroyd is in a bike club with Steve Guttenberg?
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wow. mj could've been the next michel gondry. or bob crane.
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Dakota Fanning, one or two Baldwins.
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where was Alf?
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Billy Dee Williams and Louie D. Phillips, together. So ahead of his time in predicting staged reality TV and forced celebrity camaraderie.
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Billy Dee Williams and Carl Weathers in the same room.
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I'm glad it's not 1989 anymore.
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Father Tim Gunn at :17.
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At least we still have prabhu!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36CB4jOH2UA
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Carl Weathers FTW
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Aww Miiiike, durrrrp!
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this video kinda makes me glad michael is dead. yep, i went there.
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Carl was in heaven. Great catering on that set! Cory Feldman let him have all the soup bones, not thinking ahead.
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shiiiit, that was supposed to be a reply to Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson.
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WTF? 80s superstars! wow, Michael Jackson did have the power to summon celebrities at a moment's notiice.
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If celebrities were trading cards, MJ would have owned the whole '89 collection, and a creepy chimp.
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I'm pretty sure this was the inspiration for every Quentin Tarantino casting decision.
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the truly disturbing part is that at some point someone said "you know what, it really just needs another shot of John Travolta", and nobody should ever say that.
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Note to Michael Jackson biographer: In 1989, MJ watched a lot of NBC Must See TV: Cosby Show, Different World, LA Law, Amen, Blossom
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Debbie Gibson looked hot during those seven seconds she was on film. What? Don't judge.
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