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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 .