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(AP) Spiffy What do you think of when you think of American treasures? The Declaration of Independence, the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, Michael Jackson's "Thriller"... wait, huh?   (hosted.ap.org) divider line 36
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Kome [TotalFark] 2008-05-14 11:22:25 PM  
I think of Stephen Colbert's portrait.

 
Jon Snow [TotalFark] 2008-05-15 12:06:25 AM  
I think that Michael Jackson should be executed (provided he receives a fair trial). But the Statue of Liberty won't make anyone dance unless they are a refugee or mail order bride.

Thriller, baby. Thriller.

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lajimi [TotalFark] 2008-05-15 02:06:55 AM  
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yarnothuntin 2008-05-15 07:19:17 AM  
I think of Nicholas Cage.

 
srtpointman 2008-05-15 07:23:40 AM  
MJ is a pedophile and walking freak show, but Thriller has been my favorite video from the day it first came out.

/you there, on my lawn...Beat it!

 
Sweet Chin Music 2008-05-15 07:26:35 AM  
Jessica Biel's ass.

 
blick [TotalFark] 2008-05-15 07:37:03 AM  
yah, jackson's pretty much been revealed to be a nambla associate.
he also makes a pretty frightening looking white woman.
that being said back when he was a good looking black kid thriller was just amazing. plus it has vincent price! what's not to like?

 
Johnny Chicago 2008-05-15 07:42:59 AM  
Michael Jackson, when he was a Black man, was one of the greatest artists alive.

Now that his Whiteness (and apparently his femininity) has taken him over, he is useless, an archaic leftover from the decade of excess.

Shame.

 
EmmaLou 2008-05-15 07:47:15 AM  
I don't even care, I made a mix CD with Thriller on it and I jam out to it in my car constantly.

What does this generation do without music videos available constantly? I just don't get how they can function without a real music television. I have to watch Pop Up Video re-runs just to reminisce. That makes me feel old, and I'm wayyyyyy too young to have a lawn yet.

I also got excited when I started seeing leg warmers in stores last winter. Again, then I felt old.

 
CarnySaur 2008-05-15 08:01:32 AM  
Jon Snow: But the Statue of Liberty won't make anyone dance unless they are a refugee or mail order bride.

Or used as a plot device in Ghostbusters II.

 
wallywam1 2008-05-15 08:01:37 AM  
I remember buying Thriller on vinyl, so I'm getting a kick out of--no, wait. Get off my...

Oh, fark it!

 
Malinki 2008-05-15 08:01:59 AM  
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Archie Goodwin [TotalFark] 2008-05-15 08:43:55 AM  
Fort Knox?

 
awfulperson [TotalFark] 2008-05-15 09:18:39 AM  
Wow--even his songs are ending up on national registries.

 
seabass242 2008-05-15 09:24:53 AM  
Declaration of Independence > Thriller > Statue of Liberty > Liberty Bell

I believe that is the correct order.

 
spanish flea 2008-05-15 09:32:07 AM  
Now he's in both national recording registry AND national sex offender registry. In your face R Kelly!

 
Sarcastica75 [TotalFark] 2008-05-15 10:18:59 AM  
I think of licking Liberty's crack.

/stolen shamelessly from Stephen Colbert.

 
TheJoe03 [TotalFark] 2008-05-15 10:25:27 AM  
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He made THRILLER man!

 
protectyourlimbs 2008-05-15 11:05:10 AM  
There it is.. the lost city of choir boys...

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Now That's What I Call a Taco! 2008-05-15 11:29:11 AM  
The liberty bell sucks. If it weren't for obnoxious people from Philly blathering about it every two seconds, it would be completely forgotten.

That being said, however, the lamest national treasure by FAR: Plymoth Rock. It's a farking boulder. In a jail cell.

 
protectyourlimbs 2008-05-15 11:33:26 AM  
Now That's What I Call a Taco!: The liberty bell sucks. If it weren't for obnoxious people from Philly blathering about it every two seconds, it would be completely forgotten.

That being said, however, the lamest national treasure by FAR: Plymoth Rock. It's a farking boulder. In a jail cell.


not sure how many people from Philly you know but I live here, never saw it in person, dont know anyone who does cause we dont talk about it..

/obnoxious people are from NY, we prefer barbaric here.

 
T-Luv 2008-05-15 11:45:42 AM  
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God bless America

 
Wettner 2008-05-15 11:57:32 AM  
protectyourlimbs: Now That's What I Call a Taco!: The liberty bell sucks. If it weren't for obnoxious people from Philly blathering about it every two seconds, it would be completely forgotten.

not sure how many people from Philly you know but I live here, never saw it in person, dont know anyone who does cause we dont talk about it..

/obnoxious people are from NY, we prefer barbaric here.


Agreed. No one here talks about the Liberty Bell unless it is being smashed with a hammer by Mitchell Guilliatt.

 
PYROY 2008-05-15 02:20:12 PM  
Well, as far as American recording go, yes.

 
Client No. 9 2008-05-15 03:56:23 PM  
Maybe they should add some Horatio Alger books, and Bill Tildens tennis equipment to the list of treasures while they are at it.

 
tical 2008-05-15 04:14:27 PM  
Subby obviously has never seen THILLER!

 
FetusAGoGo 2008-05-15 04:53:39 PM  
Michael Jackson has been the last innocent black man since Urkel went missing!

 
Courtney Cox-Zucker [TotalFark] 2008-05-15 07:07:51 PM  
Sweet Chin Music: Jessica Biel's ass.

Well, we might need to wait and see how that holds up after 25 years.

 
Bhasayate [TotalFark] 2008-05-15 10:29:56 PM  
Michael Jackson is 100% nutbag. He's an American Weirdo.

 
Maneck 2008-05-16 01:43:06 AM  
awfulperson: Wow--even his songs are ending up on national registries.

How did this get missed by everyone else? A simple, awesome comment. As good as Fark gets.

 
MikoSquiz 2008-05-16 08:12:47 AM  
Say what you like about Michael Jackson, but the first half of Thriller is stone cold classic.

("The Girl Is Mine" not so much)

/actually, all his albums except Bad are pretty f'in good

 
Bhasayate [TotalFark] 2008-05-16 10:13:17 AM  
Some songs from "Off the Wall" are good. Oh the days, back when MJ had a nose and was black.

 
TeddyRooseveltsMustache [TotalFark] 2008-05-16 02:21:43 PM  
MikoSquiz: Say what you like about Michael Jackson, but the first half of Thriller is stone cold classic.

("The Girl Is Mine" not so much)

/actually, all his albums except Bad are pretty f'in good


The Girl Is Mine is among Michael Jackson's crappiest songs.

 
Still Itchy 2008-05-16 10:27:01 PM  
All hail Quincy.

MJ's vocals on Thriller were classic, but this was Jones' baby.

 
MikoSquiz 2008-05-17 03:58:13 AM  
TeddyRooseveltsMustache:

The Girl Is Mine is among Michael Jackson's crappiest songs.

I blame McCartney.

 
aiiee [TotalFark] 2008-05-17 01:55:00 PM  
Somebody keeps putting 'Thriller' in the national eye lately. Go fark yourself and die, Jackson.

 
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