Michael Jackson's Guide to parenting

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I guess by now anything Wacko Jacko does shouldn't shock me but the site of him dangling his infant son off a 4 story balcony is appalling. Its bad enough to watch this freak damage himself (his skin, his nose, his career) but recklessly handling a child the way he did is a disgace. I wonder how amused Eric Clapton was?

― Jeff K (jeff k), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 23:59 (twenty-three years ago)

yes clapton's response is surely the key issue here

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 21 November 2002 00:03 (twenty-three years ago)

I think he responded by playing "Tears in Heaven," Jeff

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 21 November 2002 00:10 (twenty-three years ago)

oh come on, nobody got pissed when they did this in the Lion King.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 21 November 2002 00:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Um, but the baboon only held Simba about 2 feet up in the air. He's a cat...if he fell, he'd land on his feet. A little human baby would probably land on his head. They're top heavy. But I'm sure if Michael saw how big the kids noggin was he'd have his plastic surgeon whittle away the excess until the kids head was the size of a walnut.

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Thursday, 21 November 2002 00:58 (twenty-three years ago)

the more interesting thing is that jacko insists on covering even his kids faces - will they grow up to be ashamed of their own image as he now is, and will they even be able to look their dad in the face 10 years from now?

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 21 November 2002 00:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Why did he cover the baby's face with the napkin? To shield him from the shock? To protect him from nosey papparazzi?

Michael Jackson's irrefutably and indefensibly a certifiable freak, and the Germans should've just marched him out of the hotel and hung him from the Brandenberg Gate for that bit of insanity.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 21 November 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

you gotta figure if the kids never see normal faces (thanks to the towels), they'll never learn that HE'S the freak.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 21 November 2002 01:02 (twenty-three years ago)

actually, that was kind of mean to say (children of "freaks" and whatnot). I'd erase it if I could.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 21 November 2002 01:03 (twenty-three years ago)

saw the photo in the paper,but am still unsure as to what happened...i know that he was holding the baby over the balcony,but why?(i dont mean "because he is crazy have you seen his face",i mean under what circumstances did this event transpire,how are there photos of it,etc...)

― robin (robin), Thursday, 21 November 2002 01:30 (twenty-three years ago)

"When Jackson got to the Presidential Suite, he shed the mask and then thrust the baby boy out the window for all to admire. The crowd erupted in applause."

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 21 November 2002 01:45 (twenty-three years ago)

That was the one thing Jackson has done right since that neat little "leaning-too-far-forward-to-be-real" thing in the "Smooth Criminal video. Two reasons.

1) Michael Jackson should not be passing his genes into the next generation.

2) Man, I fucking hate kids.

And A.C. responded to Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heavan" with a song of their own. I believe it was called "Colin Clapton Killed Himself Because His Dad Sucks."

― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Thursday, 21 November 2002 02:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Man, my spelling and punctuation totally shit the bed on that one. Sorry, fellahs.

― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Thursday, 21 November 2002 02:44 (twenty-three years ago)

What did Eric Clapton do right after he wrote "Tears In Heaven"?

He told Colin to come to the window.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 21 November 2002 02:45 (twenty-three years ago)

shit, the kids name was actually Conor. Same difference.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 21 November 2002 02:48 (twenty-three years ago)

You guys are totally DEAD ON. Let's go laugh at veterans in wheelchairs.

After that, the way deaf people try to talk. Fuckin' hilarious.

And blind people bumping into shit. Non-stop guffaws.

Does anybody ever consider the kind of wonderful parenting Michael and the rest of his family received? Like father, like son.
You'd be fucked up too.

― Tom Millar (Millar), Thursday, 21 November 2002 02:50 (twenty-three years ago)

and you think that makes it ok then?

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 21 November 2002 02:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Like father, he should RECEIVE COUNSELING. NOW.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 21 November 2002 03:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Tom, for such a total hippie, your heiny hairs sure are wound pretty fucking tight.

― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Thursday, 21 November 2002 03:01 (twenty-three years ago)

wait, somebody mated with michael jackson?

― ron (ron), Thursday, 21 November 2002 03:03 (twenty-three years ago)

It's only occasionally I get to take the moral high ground with anybody. And being from the Bible Belt, I naturally take relish in stuffing it down others' throats when I do.

THPPT.

― Tom Millar (Millar), Thursday, 21 November 2002 04:05 (twenty-three years ago)

"oh come on, nobody got pissed when they did this in the Lion King." - HAW HAW! This is going to be my official response whenever anyone brings this up from now on.

― James Blount (James Blount), Thursday, 21 November 2002 04:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Lion king is just a cartoon though.

― , Thursday, 21 November 2002 06:48 (twenty-three years ago)

you people have too much time on your hands.

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Thursday, 21 November 2002 06:48 (twenty-three years ago)

You'd think the King of Pop could afford some wallet pics.

― Tracer Dangerfield (tracerhand), Thursday, 21 November 2002 06:59 (twenty-three years ago)

don't the Krauts have Protective Services?

― Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 21 November 2002 07:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, I saw the actual film and the kid was over the balcony for maybe three seconds. Not the wisest move to be sure, but far from actually being dangerous. That thing people do where they toss the kid up in the air and catch it looks more risky, and that happens all the time.

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 21 November 2002 16:09 (twenty-three years ago)

Only takes a nano-second to drop an infant.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 21 November 2002 16:24 (twenty-three years ago)

You've timed this?

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 21 November 2002 16:45 (twenty-three years ago)

"When Jackson got to the Presidential Suite, he shed the mask and then thrust the baby boy out the window for all to admire. The crowd erupted in applause."

ok, everyone agrees this was a dumb-as sthing to do. but what the hell was a crowd doing outside his window, anyway? germans may be wacky, but they're not *that* wacky. i wonder if jackson's people now pay people to have a crowd show up outside his hotels...

― bucky wunderlick (bucky), Thursday, 21 November 2002 16:52 (twenty-three years ago)

does his people have that much spare money?

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 21 November 2002 16:55 (twenty-three years ago)

i dunno. but between his last album cost overages, etc., i wouldn't be too suprised to hear an MJ bankruptcy story at some point in the future.

― bucky wunderlick (bucky), Thursday, 21 November 2002 17:04 (twenty-three years ago)

the crowd was there because MJ has had hordes of freaks who follow his every move since he was like 5. the towels were over his kids' heads because he wants them to avoid the same fate. but of course he's still proud of them. since he obviously never grew up in any way we cd recognize, when he shows his kidz off (to this crowd of people he feels threatened by) it's like "LOOK at my shiny APPLE!" it kind of perfectly captures the fucked-up relationship to his audience that he's been working thru lyrically for the last zillion albums or so

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 21 November 2002 17:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Rob Sheffield's *Radio On* review of "Tears in Heaven":

Kill it before it grows.

― chuck, Thursday, 21 November 2002 18:16 (twenty-three years ago)

It only takes a nanny second to drop an infant.

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 21 November 2002 19:54 (twenty-three years ago)

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