Michael Jackson passes away.

[Kitsa]

I forgot about the lengthy masturbation-and-destruction sequence at the end of "Black or White". I remember how shocked people were at the slow-mo crotchgrabbing.

Michael Jackson videos always went on and on and on. That was a big deal with Thriller, that the music video actually played out like a movie and had credits. It was starting to get a little weird with "Black or White"...the Macaulay Culkin skit, the video, the morph (also a huge deal at the time), then the weird panther-Michael destroys a car bit, then a Simpsons skit.

I remember it also blew everyone's mind when the "Billie Jean" video came out and the sidewalk lit up wherever he stepped. He was an innovator.