Friday morning, the Steve Harvey Morning Show re-played their recording of the first ever "live" international radio show interview with Michael Jackson in 2001! MJ said himself that he has never called in to any morning radio program before that day. I wake up every weekday morning to Steve Harvey's Morning Show and the Crew because he starts my days off with some healthy laughter!
For the first time since MJ's death, I finally missed him yesterday. They were paying homage to MJ because they are burying him tomorrow and/or it's his birthday. Whatever the case, it was Great to hear from the man himself! Instead of hearing a journalists point of view, a stiff reporter, or anyone else for that matter.
Michael said he was a "big fan" of Steve Harvey's and that Steve did a skit about the Titanic in The Kings of Comedy that Michael thought was hilarious. Now, I feel bad for not missing or grieving for MJ sooner! Long before his death, I was desensitized to news of MJ for one reason or another. Either it was too trivial, {I believed it was} false, or it no longer interested me. I grieved for Michael Jackson a LONG time ago, when his appearance changed so drastically that I no longer recognized the person I fell in love with -- along with the rest of the nation.
Of course, Steve & the Morning Crew have a way to make you care about anyone he talks about. I love Steve Harvey. It also brought to mind the post Danny Quinn wrote about MJ having dinner with them one evening. Steve, of course, had MJ cracking up on the phone! Hearing Michael's own words, reactions, and laughter brought it all home to me in a way I did not expect. Nor was I prepared to handle. So, I had to share this with whoever wanted to read it.
Michael Jackson was born the seventh of nine children on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana. That's how I'll remember him. That cute kid up front in the Jackson 5! The skinny guy with the short fro who sang the greatest songs I knew all the words to; That phenomenal entertainer whose videos I could perform its entire routine to in our living room for Mama, EVERY SINGLE TIME it came on TV...that's who I will always see and who I will miss, dearly.
For the record, during the time of PYT, Thriller, Billie Jean, Beat It, etc. was when I personally thought MJ's appearance was both astounding and perfect. And I never really forgave him for being so ashamed of his God given features that he felt the need to go off the deep end with surgical procedures to alter them...but that wasn't him; not really. That was an outward appearance that only served to darken the glow of his inner beauty the rest of the world clung to about him. Now I know. And I will never forget it.
To Read The Article Steve Harvey Referred To Repeatedly, Click Below:
http://www.buttonmonkey.com/misc/maryfischer.html
To Read A Weird Blog About This With Several More Links Throughout The Article:
http://www.slumdance.com/blogs/brian_flemming/archives/000470.html
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Picture is of GQ's Cover Page for the 1994 Article
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