Michael Jackson vs Star Wars

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Brian and Murdock explore the King of Pop's long-running fascination with the theatrical - and the movie roles he ALMOST got to take.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/michael-jackson-wanted-to-play-jar-jar-binks-in-star-wars-56736/

https://collider.com/star-wars-michael-jackson-jar-jar-binks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_EO

https://www.mjvibe.com/huge-movie-roles-almost-played-by-michael-jackson

https://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/03/michael.jackson.diana.ross/index.html

http://oprah.com/own-oprahshow/who-discovered-michael-jackson-diana-ross-or-gladys-knight

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Jackson_(talent_manager)#Public_image_and_controversy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_relationships_of_Michael_Jackson

https://time.com/4135018/the-wiz-michael-jackson/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson%27s_Thriller_(music_video)

https://www.mjjcommunity.com/threads/michael-jacksons-unrealised-film-career.200546/

https://www.mjjcommunity.com/threads/john-landis.143211/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krzG7OKjzUA&t=15s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlock_(film)

How Rick Baker met John Landis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHp9LUSgEv0&t=3s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Werewolf_in_London

https://mouseplanet.com/the-untold-story-of-captain-eo/2773/#google_vignette

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1092496918912993&id=100044580847515&set=a.643639267132096

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-07-ca-7919-story.html

https://vindicatemj.wordpress.com/2018/06/25/michael-jackson-and-david-geffen-the-operator/

https://collider.com/hook-steven-spielberg-michael-jackson/

​​https://variety.com/2015/film/news/michael-jackson-star-wars-jar-jar-binks-1201547616/

E.T audio storybook: https://youtu.be/VB9v_BBi6Cg?si=dxfxoIPlfS3cmG4S

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Brian and Murdock explore the King of Pop's long-running fascination with the theatrical - and the movie roles he ALMOST got to take.

Support the show on Patreon

See the show on YouTube

Visit the show on Instagram

Visit the show on Facebook

Sign up for Brian's daily FIVE SONGS email! (It's free!)

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/michael-jackson-wanted-to-play-jar-jar-binks-in-star-wars-56736/

https://collider.com/star-wars-michael-jackson-jar-jar-binks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_EO

https://www.mjvibe.com/huge-movie-roles-almost-played-by-michael-jackson

https://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/03/michael.jackson.diana.ross/index.html

http://oprah.com/own-oprahshow/who-discovered-michael-jackson-diana-ross-or-gladys-knight

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Jackson_(talent_manager)#Public_image_and_controversy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_relationships_of_Michael_Jackson

https://time.com/4135018/the-wiz-michael-jackson/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson%27s_Thriller_(music_video)

https://www.mjjcommunity.com/threads/michael-jacksons-unrealised-film-career.200546/

https://www.mjjcommunity.com/threads/john-landis.143211/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krzG7OKjzUA&t=15s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlock_(film)

How Rick Baker met John Landis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHp9LUSgEv0&t=3s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Werewolf_in_London

https://mouseplanet.com/the-untold-story-of-captain-eo/2773/#google_vignette

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1092496918912993&id=100044580847515&set=a.643639267132096

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-07-ca-7919-story.html

https://vindicatemj.wordpress.com/2018/06/25/michael-jackson-and-david-geffen-the-operator/

https://collider.com/hook-steven-spielberg-michael-jackson/

​​https://variety.com/2015/film/news/michael-jackson-star-wars-jar-jar-binks-1201547616/

E.T audio storybook: https://youtu.be/VB9v_BBi6Cg?si=dxfxoIPlfS3cmG4S

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

2025-10-08 50 min
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