# Michael Jackson Dead

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 25, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988 "2009-06-25T21:15:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/210 "2009-06-26T02:25:09Z")

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My favorite Jacko joke, courtesy, I believe, of Norm Macdonald:

What’s the difference between a supermarket shopping bag and Michael Jackson?

One’s white and made of plastic and the other one is a child molester.

Had to get that out of the way. I have to say though, Jackson was pretty much my first musical hero. Now bear with me here … when I was like 6, my father traveled a lot and whenever he’d come back he’d bring presents; mine were always Jackson 5 records. I was a little Motown loving 1st grader. That early _ABC, I’ll Be There, I Want You Back, Never Can Say Goodbye,_ period was top-notch.

Then I turned ten and discovered KISS.

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