Memorial? No Funeral.

I am going to keep this short and sweet. Mostly because I think so many people have lost their minds over the death Michael Jackson.* And believe me when I say that I think much of Michael Jackson's life and definitely his death are sad. I don't know if he ever did the things he was accused of and all I do know is most of the people that knew him said he was a genuine, but misunderstood guy. He was exactly as talented as everyone held him up to be and no one can deny he was a pop music giant.

That being said, people have gone crazy over this. I watched literally 3 minutes of his "memorial" (which as far as I can tell was a "funeral," not a "memorial" since the body was present). One reason I did not care or watch it was because I knew it would be an absolute circus. The other reason is because of the absolute hypocrisy of all media involved in this along with almost everyone who is now pretending that they have somehow lost a part of themselves.

Here is a guy that put out two perfect albums, a few decent ones and danced better than anyone had before him. But is he supposed to get a mulligan for the last 20 years or so? He has essentially been an absolute freak show that prior to his death EVERYONE was laughing at and/or pitied. He was belittled and mocked worse than anyone on the planet. So now he dies and all of the sudden he is idolized by a bunch of people that would never let their children within 10 feet of the guy and turned him into a punchline. So everyone loved him all along? Really?

Again - I have no idea if he did what he was accused of, but I do know that at best he was an extremely weird and creepy person that behaved inappropriately in just about every possible way with children. He seemed to make every mistake a famous person could possibly make. I'm not happy when anyone dies, but when they do - can someone please tell Al Sharpton this is not an opportunity to get on TV?

I know this wasn't a funny post, but I was just trying to make a point so I'll say this to end:

Q: What do you call Michael Jackson's personal doctor?

A: You don't call him. What do you have - a death wish?

Zing!



* I am saying this from personal experience - I posted a joke on Facebook when Jermain Jackson said he was Michael's backbone that said, "If Jermaine Jackson was my backbone, I'd need painkillers too." It took 2 minutes before someone told me that I should kill myself. Seriously.