# Anyone make it through the Michael Jackson Halloween special? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177 "2017-10-29T20:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/1 "2017-10-29T20:17:30Z")
Because I bailed after around 10 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/2 "2017-10-29T20:20:34Z")
Didn’t even know about it, was it ‘Bad’? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/3 "2017-10-29T20:34:55Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Didn’t even know about it, was it ‘Bad’? Beat It, you! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/4 "2017-10-29T22:00:37Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Because I bailed after around 10 minutes. You’re kidding. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/5 "2017-10-29T22:03:04Z")
My wife was a fan of his; she was aghast that I didn’t thoroughly enjoy it. It was so bad that I had to save it (on our DVR) and show my 30-year old daughter, but she was OK with seeing only the last five minutes, the part with the horribly animated dancing. So I saw it 1+ times! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/6 "2017-10-29T22:25:46Z")
Was it a ‘Thriller’? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/7 "2017-10-29T22:30:04Z")
Geez, what next? “A Very John Wayne Gacy Thanksgiving”? Christmas is taken since _South Park_ already came up with a Charles Manson episode for that holiday. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/8 "2017-10-29T23:23:39Z")
He was a ‘smooth criminal’ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/9 "2017-10-29T23:49:01Z")
OK, so fill us in. What is this? I don’t watch over-the-air TV. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/10 "2017-10-30T00:59:54Z")
Idk ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/11 "2017-10-30T02:22:30Z")
[Let me google that for you.](http://www.google.com/search?q=Michael+Jackson+Halloween+special&btnG=) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/12 "2017-10-30T02:30:54Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > the last five minutes, the part with the horribly animated dancing. Gah, yes, the dancing. Given how important it was to the plot (such as it was), you’d think they’d have taken the time to animate it properly, but…nope. It was mediocre video-game level. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/13 "2017-10-30T02:40:01Z")
‘The way you make me feel’…just ewww!! ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/14 "2017-10-31T21:54:16Z")
Nope… started to DVR it so my wife could watch later. After about 15 minutes I cancelled the recording, deleted it and changed the channel. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/15 "2017-10-31T23:05:35Z")
“Don’t stop til you get enough” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/16 "2017-11-01T18:08:14Z")
I would rather stick a pencil in my eye. I wonder, who is cashing in on this abomination? > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Geez, what next? “A Very John Wayne Gacy Thanksgiving”? Christmas is taken since _South Park_ already came up with a Charles Manson episode for that holiday. I think the Charles Manson episode is Thanksgiving. The “Woodland Critter’s Christmas” is the Christmas episode, as well as the “Mr. Hankey” ones. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/17 "2017-11-02T04:02:10Z")
“The man in the mirror”?? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/18 "2017-11-03T01:11:49Z")
Yes, Madame P. and I watched it. We love _Thriller_, enjoyed _Ghosts_ and parts of _Moonwalker_. But… It was a clear attempt of the Jackson estate making moolah off Michael’s memory. The characters were cardboard cutout boring. The script had plot-holes bigger than the entire show. The villain was named “Conformity”. Using the song _Thriller_ to help turn zombies back into people was the least of the flaws. I hope it’s never repeated. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/19 "2017-11-03T02:54:40Z")
“Say, say, say” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-through-the-michael-jackson-halloween-special/800177/20 "2017-11-05T08:12:21Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I think the Charles Manson episode is Thanksgiving. The “Woodland Critter’s Christmas” is the Christmas episode, as well as the “Mr. Hankey” ones. Nope, Christmas. “Merry Christmas Charlie Manson,” [the 16th episode of season 2](http://southpark.wikia.com/wiki/Merry_Christmas_Charlie_Manson!).