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BlinkyMcChuck
08/24/09

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Horrifying. Yes, put it on.
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
08/24/09

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this is your car. this is your car if you drive and text.

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Pope John Peeps II
08/24/09

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Does british television put on a seven minute commercials? Where would this be shown, exactly?
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gooneruk
08/24/09

@Pope John Peeps II: It'd usually be on at some godforsaken hour in the middle of the night on an obscure channel. Occasionally it'll pop up on one of the main five channels, but it'll be close to midnight if it does.

With this one, however, I reckon there'll be a 30-second edit for normal ad breaks, with a tagline like "see the full version online at: ", with the hope of it going viral.

These kids with their myfacebook and twitters...
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Magister
08/24/09

@Pope John Peeps II: An upload of the original says it'll be shown in schools, but the main text is in Russian or something, so I don't know its accuracy.
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MissNormaDesmond
08/24/09

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I see people texting while driving all the time. It's something I'd never do, as I don't even text while not driving, so I feel no need to watch this myself, but damn straight people who are texting while driving should be looking at it. I don't give a damn if it traumatizes them. They're risking people's lives and I'm supposed to be worried about their poor feelings?
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Benny
08/24/09

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I'm surprised by the fuss over this. We've had these kinds of commercials (some far more graphic than this one) for as long as I can remember in Australia. Is there none of this kind of advertising in the States?
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Magister
08/24/09

@Benny: I've seen some of Australia's work via YouTube or similar sites, but in the States, we really don't have a lot of places to put a 4:15 commercial unless somebody pays for it.

Certainly the thing is graphic and it definitely drives the point home, but unless a director were to put it in front of their next blockbuster or the unless the government were to underwrite its distribution, it's pretty much up to the whims of YouTube.
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Benny
08/24/09

@Magister: Interesting. Ours typically aren't as long as this one, but I've seen so many people die horribly in these kinds of ads over the years that, to be honest, I've probably become a bit desensitised.

Here's one which shows an impact with a pedestrian in super slow motion while detailing the specifics of his individual injuries, for example.

[www.youtube.com]
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Airvault
08/24/09

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Obama could use some smart advertising like this. Imagine if this commercial ended with the screen reading "I bet you wish you had that public option now."
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Perhaps Not
06/29/09

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Video has been taken down. Can somebody repost?
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Joe Mitchell's Secret
06/29/09

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He probably made sure he was paid for this interview too. Fucking old bastard. He's responsible for those three kids now? As if their emotional doom is not overdetermined enough.
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Novaload
06/29/09

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A genuinely insane man. I would hate to be standing between him and the money to be made from Michael's death and legacy.
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shortskid
06/29/09

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I cant even bear to watch that clip.

I remember watching a Jackson family bio pic on ABC when I was a kid and at the time thanking God for not having my dad in my life. Because if he was anything remotely close to Joe Jackson it was clearly not worth having him in my life in the first place.
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jasonelias
06/29/09

@shortskid: I was watching that today, I've seen it a good 7 or 8 times. Joe was worse than that--and that was bad.
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jasonelias
06/29/09

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Oh god. It just occurred to me that a sick and out of it Michael Jackson was a cash liability and having him gone means he's a hot property again. Yuck. Saw the same thing with Elvis. He was a big sweaty thing, forgetting his lyrics declining by the minute. Once he was gone, he took off again.

That's probably why Joe is smiling.
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intime
06/29/09

@jasonelias: Oh, God....you are right. I hadn't thought of that. That evil man has outlived him and will now try to profit off of his death. Keep those children away from him!
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jasonelias
06/30/09

@intime: Oh yeah definitely. We don't need another generation of kids broken by Joe and Katherine. Good lord, could you imagine?
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boozeshaman
06/29/09

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The autopsy should reveal that this man turned his son into a castrato at a young age, which explains the "childlike" nature of MJ, the asexuality and, of course, the voice, which is what it was all about in the first place.

Honestly, I heard the rumor of MJ's childhood castration a few years ago, and it still carries loads of explanatory power.
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Schm
06/29/09

@boozeshaman: Whoa. Interesting theory. That would also explain why Liza Minelli said "all hell is going to break loose when the autopsy results come back." I thought that was sort of a strange thing to say, seeing how a drug overdose isn't the most atypical or controversial way to go out.
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Lazy Susan
06/28/09

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Well here's the scary bit - he wants custody of the fortune...
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andheartss haz it
06/29/09

@Lazy Susan: He's got Blue Ray technology to peddle, man!
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Lazy Susan
06/29/09

@andheartss haz it: And who better than two little Princes and a less remarkable girl child to do it.
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maude_flanders
06/28/09

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Is there any dispute Joe Jackson beat the hell out of his sons? (Why didn't Katherine stop it? Did she know? Was she scared of Joe too? Or was it that she didn't want to split up the family?)

Considering that MJ's kids are going to live with the grandparents, why should Jackson's children be around this man? (Or are the kids just going to Katherine, who, while flawed, did NOT abuse her kids?)

What a sad, wasted, twisted life that angelic-voiced kid ended up having. I don't think Joe ever disputed the abuse either...well, I guess you can give Joe credit for THAT, not laying on bullshit trying to cover up what he did. Maybe not much credit, if he doesn't see it as "abuse" or amiss parenting, something to be ashamed of.
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Steverino Begins
06/28/09

@maude_flanders: Agreed, I'm really worrid about those kids being under Joe's care. He's a monster. People thought MJ was the monster, but I think the details that will emerge will show how protective he was of them (sometimes in his own misguided way, like those crazy masks and veils).

It's telling that MJ's will apparently leaves the children to Katherine, no mention of Joe.
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Muggs Bigglesworth
06/28/09

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I'm not sure any one of us would know what it feels like to lose a son, much less, a man as troubled and complicated as Michael Jackson. I mean, judge not, right?
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Lazy Susan
06/28/09

@Muggs Bigglesworth: Well where's the fun in that?
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Muggs Bigglesworth
06/29/09

@Lazy Susan: I would imagine they have a strange, tortured relationship. Without his push, Michael may never have found comfort in the stage. So, I don't know, it's so fucking sad, losing someone so influential because he had clearly lost control of himself. I have a theory, that the younger you reach fame, the closer you get to the white hot light of the public eye, and the faster it warps you. Michael set the standard for this, although Britney had a similar, if not altogether different, experience later on.

It's just so fucking sad. The fact that he made him do music at such a young age, the fact that he died, and the fact that this.
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Lazy Susan
06/29/09

@Muggs Bigglesworth: I was, of course, being facetious about 'judgement' - probably because I think Joe Jackson is a fully fledged evil prick; a vain, malicious, talentless tyrant who should never be allowed anywhere near children. This has nothing to do with Michael's talent, or the stardom he found early... the Osmond's survived the same brilliant glare - the big difference (as it is with a number of child stars including Britney) is the quality of the parenting they received.
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