# Starring Michael Jackson as Edgar Allen Poe **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 1999, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starring-michael-jackson-as-edgar-allen-poe/11128 "1999-11-17T17:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starring-michael-jackson-as-edgar-allen-poe/11128/1 "1999-11-17T17:03:00Z")
I heard a report saying that the one and only **Michael Jackson** is slated to star in a movie playing the part of Edgar Allen Poe. Anyone else heard of [this](http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/feed/a5824-1999nov16.htm). And also, John McLaughlin, you combine the temper of Nixon with the mental capacity of Reagan! * * * If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starring-michael-jackson-as-edgar-allen-poe/11128/2 "1999-11-17T17:06:00Z")
Michael Jackson ? The guy that writes the Beer Books ? [http://www.televar.com/~perrydb/jackson.html](http://www.televar.com/~perrydb/jackson.html) * * * Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starring-michael-jackson-as-edgar-allen-poe/11128/3 "1999-11-17T17:12:00Z")
Gee Damn! Mickey turned completly white! (reduced to hijacking my _own_ threads. Humiliating!) * * * If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starring-michael-jackson-as-edgar-allen-poe/11128/4 "1999-11-17T17:20:00Z")
I am related to Edgar Allen Poe - he was a several times removed cousin on my father’s side. (This is no lie - I have the family tree to prove it). I will contact the members of my family immediately to get this travesty righted. * * * “If there’s anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.” ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starring-michael-jackson-as-edgar-allen-poe/11128/5 "1999-11-18T06:56:00Z")
The Wide Receiver who used to play for the Baltimore Ravens? Well, that makes sense, even if he’s not playing elsewhere… 🙂 * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starring-michael-jackson-as-edgar-allen-poe/11128/6 "1999-11-17T19:10:00Z")
“I am related to Edgar Allen Poe - he was a several times removed cousin on my father’s side. (This is no lie - I have the family tree to prove it).” Isn’t it Edgar Allan Poe? Sorry, couldn’t resist. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starring-michael-jackson-as-edgar-allen-poe/11128/7 "1999-11-17T19:22:00Z")
cher - don’t be sorry. I can hardly spell my OWN name. And I really don’t know if it’s en or an - frankly, I’ve never really cared all that much WHO was in my family, famous, nuts, or otherwise. But my kid thinks its pretty cool…then again, he thinks Pokémon rules the world… ---
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starring-michael-jackson-as-edgar-allen-poe/11128/8 "1999-11-17T19:58:00Z")
**Well** , it’s probably _ **my** _ fault! I oppened the thread with the newspaper in my hand and still spelled it **Allen**? Allan Allan Allan (don’t it kinda look like I’m praying) * * * If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starring-michael-jackson-as-edgar-allen-poe/11128/9 "1999-11-17T21:45:00Z")
I don’t know… I can’t think of many people more eerie and macabre than Michael Jackson. He has that “Fall of the House of Usher” thing going on. * * * Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars.