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00:25 - Wonder what he thinks of "Tokyo Breakfast"...
http://hikeryote.blogspot.com/?/2002_07_07_hikeryote_archive.html#78721752
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Michael Jackson sucks, according to Hiker. I'm inclined to agree. If he didn't before, he sure does now.
I've been of the mind that when celebrities reach about age 40, they are presented with a decision: to start making fun of themselves, or not to start doing so. Depending on the choice they make, they enter my good graces or they leave them.
William Shatner and Patrick Stewart are two prime examples of people who get more mileage out of lampooning themselves these days than taking on serious roles. For that they have my undying respect. Ah-nuld is another. Hell, even Bill Gates wins points for things like starring in that internal Microsoft parody of the VW "stinky chair" ad a few years back. And just look what happened to Bob Dole once the election spotlight skipped off his Viagra-chomping, Pepsi-swilling visage.
But Michael Jackson appears unwilling to let go of the time when he was relevant; and, like Bill Watterson and ... well, honestly, mercifully few celebrities refuse to lampoon themselves these days; even Stallone does it. But Jackson has entered a very elite club, the club of Washed-Up Ex-Celebrity Losers who get no more benefit of any doubt from me.
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