It was twenty years ago today...

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...Michael Jackson had his hair catch on fire during the filming of a Pepsi Commercial.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 02:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Memories, like the smiles we left behind!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 02:58 (twenty-two years ago)

i don't ever remember being blown away by "carry that weight." i do remember listening to CBS play a shitload of beatles songs on labor day 1984 and being amazed.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 03:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Did people really freak out about that?

How exactly did that happen any way? All I know is he was filming a Pepsi commercial and then his hair was on fire.

― Aja (aja), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 03:01 (twenty-two years ago)

i think that they had some fireworks go off when they were shooting the commercial, jacko was standing very close to said fireworks and his hair was full of eighties-type hair-goop, and then POOF

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 03:03 (twenty-two years ago)

i also remember some really tasteless (and prob. racist) jokes about this incident (also involving richard pryor, who also lit himself on fire not that long before the jacko pepsi commercial).

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 03:03 (twenty-two years ago)

i also remember running around quakerbridge mall that xmas, trying to get my sister one of those wham!/fgth-stylee t-shirts.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 03:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Did he have hairspray in his hair?

― Aja (aja), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 03:06 (twenty-two years ago)

i think so, but i'm not 100% sure.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 03:07 (twenty-two years ago)

It was that Jerri-curl stuff, I think.

― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 03:10 (twenty-two years ago)

i think so, but i'm not 100% sure.

Maybe. That stuff is flammible, right? But so is your hair naturally.

― Aja (aja), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 03:12 (twenty-two years ago)

that's true. but i think that nick is correct ... he probably had some jerri-curl goo in his hair at that time.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 03:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Did he have to put that crap in his hair?

― Aja (aja), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 03:16 (twenty-two years ago)

For what's it's worth, last week marked the 20th anniversary of Hulkamania ... imagine that? Hulk Hogan and freaky-deaky Michael born the same week.

― Chris O., Wednesday, 28 January 2004 03:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm listening to Thriller right now and I'm only getting a visceral reaction to "Billie Jean." The rest, even "Wanna Be Startin' Something," is just earwash to me.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 03:20 (twenty-two years ago)

One of my friends, I guess she really likes that album. Well, she brought it to school one day. One of those short days where we kind of just had a class party. Well anyway, she played "Billy Jean" over and over. She was also dancing to it the whole time. We bagged her to put on another song!

― Aja (aja), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 03:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Did he have to put that crap in his hair?

If you were an African-American popstar, yes.

― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 03:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha!

But why?

Oh, right! He had to live up to his image.

― Aja (aja), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 04:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Pepsi-Cola burnt him up
Now he's drinking 7-up

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 04:08 (twenty-two years ago)

What about Coca-Cola?

― Aja (aja), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 04:12 (twenty-two years ago)

"Lola" Drsnk Coca-Cola. Lola was awright...

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)

"Drank" Coca Cola
Sorry for the macular degeneration bit...

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 04:34 (twenty-two years ago)

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