Jacko Wacko

Long Long ago, an inquisitive boy asked his dad, “Dad, is God Black or White?”

“My Dear Child, God is neither Black nor White”, answered his Dad with a smile on his face.

“Dad, is God Male or Female?” The child asked out of curiosity

“Son, God is neither Male nor Female.” Replied his dad.

The next day, this kid goes upto all his friends and says “I know who is God. It’s Michael Jackson.”

That was the day when entire Gamut of people started worshiping King of Pop. He was indeed a King. He changed the definition of Music. There was a time when one could see kids moon walking to their class rooms. 7 out of 10 kids would dress up like MJ for a fancy dress competition, not only because they admired him but because he was the easiest to replicate. Long curly hair shabbily tied with one streak of hair falling on forehead, lotsa powder on face, Dark Red Lipstick, white shirt, black over coat, black trousers upto ankles, White Socks, Black Shoes and a Black hat. That is all you needed.

I have always known MJ and heard his music, but it was only during MBA days that I actually observed him and started admiring him. Thanks to Debu, who was glued to MJ. He would make us sit in front of his Laptop while he played MJ’s videos. And when we tried to protest, he would threaten us in MJ Thriller style… Debu was right… This guy did dance like a melted piece of butter falling off a spoon. But I wasn’t the only one who had been inspired by Micheal Jackson. A Telugu movie director made his own Indian version of ‘Thriller’ and the video on Youtube has got 15,741,543 views. (Code word: Indian Thriller)

Apparently, in the late 80s the comedians the World over had started to target Michael Jackson. He was an easy butt-end for various jokes…what with skin color, skin condition, child molestation controversies, his pet monkey which used to sleep in a crib inside his bedroom, his Peter Pan pretensions, his ranch called Neverland, his military clothes, etc.

The first Michael Jackson joke I heard was:

Question: “How does Michael Jackson pick his nose?”
Answer: From a catalog.

Now since he is dead he is free from all those controversies. I am sure they’ll accept him well in Heaven. (They do accept Plastic right?)