Funny / Michael Jackson

• Eating popcorn in the Thriller video. The blissful smile makes it ten times better. (But of course many of you know that thanks to Memetic Mutation.)
• "Smooth Criminal" from Bad, especially in the Moonwalker cut is a mix of Coolness and Funniness.
• The first entertainer getting thrown to the lions in the music video of Remember The Time from Dangerous.
• The father being blasted to Africa by Macaulay Culkin's radio sound in the music video of Black or White from Dangerous. Plus, said father is played by George Wendt.
• In the music video for Jam, after showing Michael Jordan botching a dunk, it then cuts to Jackson casually tossing a basketball over his shoulder and kicking it (with his back to the hoop, mind you) and it goes in nothing-but-net. Jackson is thrilled; Jordan just kind of looks at him in disbelief.
  • One point Jackson jumps onto Jordon's back while playing basketball. In behind-the-scenes footage, Jordon admits he almost threw the smaller man off him instinctively.
  • Also, both during and after the video, Jackson trying to teach Jordan how to dance and moonwalk. It doesn't go so well.
  • Jordan trying to teach Jackson various basketball shots to get the ball through the hoop before grabbing a stepladder so the dancer can just drop the ball in.
• The cross eyed faces he makes in Michael Jackson's Ghosts. Even funnier in the B-Rolls.
  • "And did we have a good time?" Beat "Hel-LOO!"
• Kenny Ortega giving some directions to an assistant as they're testing a cherry picker for the "Beat It" number and nonchalantly scolding Michael for not holding on to the railing in This Is It.
  • The discussion between the male backup dancers and the female choreographer on how to best perform the iconic crotch grab move. They can't decide if the guys should actually grab themselves or to just mime it, with the choreographer commenting the latter looks better but also points out that she has nothing to grab to really notice a difference.
  • While discussing the intro for "The Way You Make Me Feel", one of the musicians describes Michael wanting more for the lead-in as "a little more booty" which causes him to crack up.
  • At the end of "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" Michael's duet partner is so entranced by him singing she misses her cue and he has to direct her to sing towards the audience.
• The ending of the "Speed Demon" video, where he's given a ticket for being in a "No Michael Jackson-ing Zone." Especially the way the cop asks for his autograph as both literal and figurative.
• This moment is both funny and heartwarming: Michael had a song called Dirty Diana which was about a groupie called Diana doing shameless things with band members to get famous. A while after the song's release, a concert was to be attended by the Royal Family including Princess Diana. Out of fear that the Princess would be offended, he took the song out of the set list for that show. However, when Diana found out, she told him that it was her favorite song; so Jackson, despite claims to the contrary, hastily reinstated the song in time for that show.
• In his tour of Neverland Ranch, Macauley Culkin pushes him off the diving board while he's dancing on it. After drying off, Michael gets shoved back into the pool by his cousins and when he runs away, loses his robe so he's running off without a shirt on. After drying off again and completely changing his clothes, Michael gets dragged back to the pool and pushed in, all the while shouting, "I'm a nice person! I just took a shower and I washed my hair thoroughly!"
• In "Scream" Michael and Janet using a massive screen and large controllers to play Pong. They also mess with each others controllers, with Michael succeeding in getting his sister to lose.

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