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talks about the moonwalk, but no one

talks about how he was genuinely one of

the funniest people on the planet. Here

are the hilarious Michael Jackson

moments you forgot existed. Michael

completely forgot about the interview

with Oprah and decided to completely

ignore her.

>> And when you are

for instance,

when we were here before

You know what? I mean, all the things

ever printed in the tabloid, the only

thing that's ever been true is when they

said I couldn't dance.

>> When we were here the last time shooting

the commercial, you were like in between

shots running off conceiving the dance,

choreographing the dance.

You were up all night dancing.

>> Can we can we just do it again without

the just the negative saying that you

don't like to tour? Just can

>> I don't like it though.

>> I know, but you you said this

>> I go through hell.

I go through hell to her.

>> Okay, then

>> I'll make it positive then. But you know

the truth.

>> And

Action, Michael.

>> I love to tour.

You guys are so

Why you all started laughing? I'm trying

to get into it.

>> He wishes he could finish watching this

impersonator's act before police pull

him away.

>> Look, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK.

THE POLICE PULL HIM OUT. WHAT WAS HE

DOING? HE WAS DOING A JACKSON DANCE. He

was doing all my Every time he starts,

they The police pull him out. Every

time. He could never get on a roll.

Poor guy.

The leg kick, the spin, he grabs his

crotch. And after that, they take him

out.

>> He figured out that every time he moves

the photographers take pictures.

>> attractions in Japan

is by the beginning.

>> Jermaine Jackson

>> Michael completely misunderstood this

lady.

He did not hold back with roasting her.

>> East Indian. I think they're really

beautiful and the darker they are the

more beautiful.

>> Bill, excuse me. Can you close that

door?

>> Your voice is very irritating.

>> I know. I hate this screen.

>> You sound like Calvin Klein.

>> Can you close that door, Bill, please?

>> Michael always loved to pick on his

brother Jermaine.

>> Also, I'd like to thank all my brothers

who I love very dearly. All of including

Jermaine.

>> Watch Muhammad Ali and Michael pretend

to have a boxing match.

>> Say champ, do you think I could ever

float like a butterfly?

>> Bam. Well,

>> sting like a bee?

>> Well, you've got the butterfly part

down, brother Michael, and you sing real

sweet to complete the cycle. But before

you can sting people out of the wits,

you got to put on some meat and keep on

eating your grits.

>> Man, you cold, man.

>> Eddie Murphy is so hilarious when around

Michael.

>> Thank you very much, Eddie Murphy.

First, I'd like to thank um

>> Could you let us set up, please?

>> First, I'd like to thank um

He said, "Eddie, pull it up like I was

working for him." I was

And I started to do it, too. I was like,

"Yes, Mike." And wait, what am I doing?

>> Here's another funny moment of Eddie

sharing a story about Michael.

>> The chimp?

>> Yeah, you know I met Bubbles, but

Bubbles

He had Bubbles and uh Michael had like a

big like a real zoo at his house. And

really like with a big zoo with giraffes

and I mean he had a he had a facility a

thing that was so big that giraffes was

walking around and like uh

It's like

it was huge.

And uh

And uh

Bubbles had gotten too old. Bubble was

in cage like tripping like

and Michael's like, "Don't go near the

cage."

And we had dinner though they brought

the trainer had the brought the chimps

in and they were running around while we

were eating dinner running under the

table. It was It was surreal. So Bubbles

>> Not a fan of his cameraman's work.

>> Bro, how close are you?

>> I don't know. Pretty close.

>> Like this?

All right. Can you see chest?

>> I can see

right about where your Nike is.

>> What a schmuck. Back up.

Ah, do it.

Like this. That's how you back up.

>> Chris Tucker shares a hilarious story

about him and Michael.

>> You guys were pretty good friends.

>> Oh yeah, man. I was blessed, man, to you

know, to grow up and to meet my somebody

I idolized and and admired so much, man,

and become his friend. I was in one of

his videos and stuff and just love

Michael. I mean we just we became

friends, man. I hung out with him a lot.

And Michael was just so nice, man. You'd

be around him and you'd just get happy,

man. He would He would give you

anything. If you liked something like I

was just complimenting a a flat screen

TV he had, and he gave it to me. I was

like, "Michael,

I didn't want the TV."

But then the black came out of me. I

started liking everything after that. I

was like,

I was like, I was like, "Michael."

I said, I said, "Michael, I like that

Rolls-Royce. That's a bad Rolls-Royce."

Not the old one, the new Rolls-Royce,

right there.

He was like, "You like it, Chris?" I

said, "Yeah, I like it."

He said, "You sure you like it?" I said,

"Yeah, I like it."

He said, "Well, you better go buy one,

cuz I ain't giving you my Rolls."

I gave you a TV. Damn.

>> Are you going to sing together?

>> No.

>> I would love to sing with you. Would you

like to sing with me?

>> sing?

>> I don't sing. I I did sing, but that's

not why I married Michael. Um I don't

need that. That's ridiculous. If I

wanted it I mean, I'm not going to marry

someone for a recording career, just to

clear that up as well.

Um

What?

Stop.

Um

>> Here's another hilarious story from

Chris.

>> Yeah, Michael is my boy. We hang out. We

don't see each other that much, but when

I see him we do.

>> cuz he's a he's not around hanging out

with just other people. He's He's You

and he are hanging out. You're friends?

>> into each other around the world, man.

It's like I bump in and he's cool, cuz

he called me sometimes to check up on me

to see how I'm doing. He's like, "How

you doing, Chris?" He

And when he really missed me, he called

me Christmas. "Hey, Christmas, how are

you?"

>> He calls you Christmas?

>> me Chris. It felt good. At first I was I

was like, "Why you calling me?" But then

it started sounding good. I was like,

"Say that again, Mike." He was

"Christmas? Is that what you mean?"

We go to the mov- the movies sometime.

We go to the movies. Uh both of us like

going to the movies. So, we go to the

movies, but it's hard because Michael

got to sneak in the movie right before

it start. So, Michael come in there like

with a ninja suit on. He's hiding in all

black. All of a sudden, I'm sitting

there with a "Where's Michael?" And then

I turn around, he's like, "Hey, Chris."

I'M LIKE, "OH, MAN."

"HOW LONG YOU BEEN HERE?"

>> ABOUT 5 MINUTES.

I'm sorry.

You guys hear me?

>> Uh-huh.

>> Sorry, Chris. And then, you know, we

sneak in all this stuff. He sneaks in at

the last minute. He does all this stuff.

Security bring us popcorn and stuff. You

know, I'm like, he's trying to hide, you

know.

>> Right. Here you go, Mr. Jackson.

>> You know.

>> Yeah.

>> And then, all of a sudden, we're

watching a movie. He's the loudest

person in there.

>> Really?

>> Yeah, he's watching A MOVIE LIKE,

I SAID, "MICHAEL, WHAT YOU SET UP FOR

PEOPLE TO SEE YOU?"

>> I'M SORRY. IT WAS FUNNY, CHRIS.

>> YEAH.

>> Do you include common musical phrases in

your songs that you write?

>> Common musical phrases?

>> Do you know what that means?

>> Yeah, but I don't know if you know what

it means.

>> Well, let me ask you. Why don't you tell

us what it is?

>> A musical phrase could mean a note, a

tone.

>> Could you tell us what a common musical

phrase is?

>> A common musical phrase

>> Oprah kept asking Michael very weird

questions.

>> Who do you date?

>> Well, right now it's Brooke Shields.

>> Mhm.

>> That's I don't Well, we try not to just

be everywhere and go It's mostly at

home. She'll come over. I'll go to her

house. Cuz I don't like going out in the

public. Have you ever been in love?

>> Yeah.

>> Mhm.

>> With Brooke Shields?

>> Yes, and another girl.

>> And another girl?

I'm going to ask you this, and it's

embarrassing for me to ask you this, but

I'm going to ask you anyway. Are you a

virgin?

>> How could you ask me that question?

>> I'm just I just want to know. I want to

>> I'm a gentleman.

>> You're a gentleman.

>> I'm a gentleman.

So, I'm a gentleman.

>> So, that Okay. I would interpret that to

mean

that means that you believe that a lady

is a lady, and therefore

>> that's private. I mean,

you know, shouldn't be spoken about

openly. You can call me old-fashioned if

you want, but you know, to me, that's

very personal.

>> So, you're not going to answer it.

>> I'm embarrassed.

>> Oh, you

>> Michael wasn't satisfied with the

crowd's applause.

>> That wasn't loud enough.

>> It's my dream to go on a supermarket and

just shop and be like everybody else and

put things in a basket cuz I can't do

it. Cuz if I when I try to do it, people

crowd around you. They want autographs

and they want to do the sign things and

take pictures. That's why I love

disguises so much.

Had my cousins dressed like they were

bag boys and I I I went I went shopping.

It's great.

>> Steve Harvey shares a hilarious story

about him and Michael.

>> I said, "Mike, we we got to go to

church. It's black people. We We got to

go now. You know, we got to get parking

and everything." I said, "Mike, did you

tell anybody you was going to church?"

"Oh, no, I wanted to be a secret." I

said, "Okay, cool." And no, first Mike

goes get dressed and he comes out

dressed and I went, "Mike, what you got

on?"

So, where you going, man? What What is

this you wearing? What's the matter?

This is my suit. I said, "What What you

dressed like Captain Crunch for?

Where you going all these balls on your

shoulders?" I said, "That's your

military. We're going to church, man.

You got one stripe on one leg." I said,

"Where your suit at, man? Where This is

all I got."

Steve, this jacket is 20 20,000 dollars.

I'm going, "What?" So, we go getting the

car. We get down off the 10 and we turn

on Crenshaw and it's cars

from the 10 all the way down Crenshaw,

all of Jefferson Ave.

You people are all on the side where,

"Michael." I'm going, "What the hell?" I

said, "Mike, I thought I told you I

ain't tell nobody." I never opened my

mouth. The preacher told somebody

Michael was coming and the word got out.

It was people from Belgium, Argentina,

Amsterdam. Signs from everywhere. People

from all over the world flew in to see

this guy go to church.

>> Michael was so fascinated with this

camera.

Michael could not stop laughing during

this commercial.

>> My name is Michael Jackson.

>> My name is Michael Jackson.

>> My name is Michael Jackson.

>> My name is Michael Jackson.

>> Pretty boring here on the stage which we

set.

>> Thank you.

>> I can prove it.

>> Thank you.

>> Did you see this call the director's

guild?

>> Here. Then you have to

>> say "Will the real Michael Jackson step

forward?"

>> All right, ready? Okay.

>> Go.

>> Hi, my name is Michael Jackson.

>> My name is Michael Jackson.

>> My name is Michael Jackson.

>> My name is Michael Jackson.

>> My name is Michael Jackson.

>> Will the real Michael Jackson please

stand forward?

>> Quarter to nine.

>> So I hated his guts

forever, man. Every time the Michael

Jackson name came out, I said that

...

And this and that, and this and that,

and this and that. And so one day Rodney

Jerkins was working with him, right?

>> All right.

>> And he said "Yo, man, come see Mike." I

said "No, that. I don't want to see

him. he dissed me, man.

played me, let me looking

like a

in front of all those people." He said

"Nah, man, he's cool. Man, Mike asked

for you to come." I said "He didn't ask

for me. Get the fuck" He said "Mike, he

asked for you, man." I said "Really?"

>> Damn.

>> I said "Okay, I'm coming. I'll be over

there, right?"

I got on the plane, I went over there,

and I hung out, and we started hanging

out together. And I said

man, he's a good guy. I said "But what's

my mind? Why you playing me though,

Mike? Why you playing me like that? You

knew who I was. Why you playing me?"

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
genuinely /ˈdʒɛnjuɪnli/ C1	adjective - in a truthful way; sincerely
hilarious /hɪˈlɛəriəs/ B2	adjective - extremely funny
tabloid /ˈtæblɔɪd/ C1	noun - a newspaper with small pages that often features sensational stories
choreographing /ˈkɔːriəɡræfɪŋ/ C1	verb - composing the sequence of steps and moves for a dance
impersonator /ɪmˈpɜːrsəneɪtər/ C1	noun - a person who copies the behavior or speech of another
crotch /krɒtʃ/ B2	noun - the part of the body where the legs join the torso
irritating /ˈɪrɪteɪtɪŋ/ B2	adjective - making someone annoyed or impatient
surreal /səˈriːəl/ C1	adjective - bizarre or dreamlike
idolized /ˈaɪdəlaɪzd/ C1	verb - to admire or love someone very much
complimenting /ˈkɒmplɪmentɪŋ/ B2	verb - to express praise
ridiculous /rɪˈdɪkjələs/ B1	adjective - deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd
interpret /ɪnˈtɜːrprɪt/ B2	verb - to explain the meaning of information
autographs /ˈɔːtəɡræfs/ B2	noun - a person's signature written for an admirer
disguises /dɪsˈɡaɪzɪz/ B2	noun - clothes or accessories worn to hide one's identity
fascinated /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd/ B2	adjective - extremely interested

Key Grammar Structures

• the only thing that's ever been true is when they said I couldn't dance.

  ➔ Past Modal Verb of Ability

  ➔ We use "couldn't" to express the inability to perform an action in the past.

• He wishes he could finish watching this impersonator's act before police pull him away.

  ➔ Wish + past tense for present regret/desire

  ➔ Using "wishes he could" expresses a desire for a different reality in the present.

• The darker they are the more beautiful.

  ➔ Double Comparative

  ➔ The structure "The + comparative, the + comparative" shows how one thing depends on another.

• Do you think I could ever float like a butterfly?

  ➔ Ever (in questions/hypothetical)

  ➔ "Ever" is used to emphasize the possibility at any time in the future.

• He's not around hanging out with just other people.

  ➔ Present Continuous for current state

  ➔ "Hanging out" is a phrasal verb meaning to spend time relaxing.

• Have you ever been in love?

  ➔ Present Perfect for experience

  ➔ We use the Present Perfect to ask about someone's life experiences up to now.

• It's my dream to go on a supermarket and just shop.

  ➔ Infinitive as subject/complement

  ➔ "To go" acts as an infinitive complement explaining "what" the dream is.

• Will the real Michael Jackson please stand forward?

  ➔ Polite request using "Will... please"

  ➔ Using "Will... please" is a standard way to make a formal or expectant request.