John Landis on LKL after Michael's "death"

[DREAMSandTRUTH]

I just watched the LKL inteview with John Landis (director of Thriller and Black or White) from June 30, 2009. This was the first time I saw this, and I didn't find any posts about it here. If there is, please let me know.

I saw many of Michael's friends being quite happy shortly after Michael's death, but how Landis behaved is more than strange. He laughed so much during the interview like he was watching a comedy in a movie or something. And it was only five days after Michael's "death".
Miko Brando tried to look sad though - but he laughed on one of Landis' comment too.

Landis said: by Black or White "Michael had had quite a bit more surgeries, so he looked very different" Hmm... And nothing about vitiligo.

Also interesting:
Larry King: You said that despite his gifts, Michael Jackson was a tragic figure. Explain.
Landis: blah-blah.. I have nothing but love and admiration for Mike in tems of as a person and as a truly international and great star. ... But he often was sad and he was accentric, you know. ... blah-blah
King: But why tragic?
Landis: Seriously? (still smiling!) Look what's going on right now. It's tragic. There is no reason for this person to uhh be dead.  :?:  And there is no reason for him to be broken.  :?:  There is no reason for this bizarre thing that's gonna go on now.  :?:  E-e he is a tragic guy. And I just, he was, I mean uh, hm, uhm, you can tell that I mean everyone who worked with Michael is very fond of him. He was a lovely person. But I think he was, I find him a very sad figure.

And he just couldn't stop laughing during telling how tragical Michael's life was...

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[friendlikeme81]

dear John, in appreciation for working on the Thriller sequel called "death hoax" we'd like to say 'thank you and we love you and we think you've done a wonderful job' (>")>-[}-[}-[}-[SPLAT]-{]-{]-{]<("<)

[dejavu]

dear John, in appreciation for working on the Thriller sequel called "death hoax" we'd like to say 'thank you and we love you and we think you've done a wonderful job' (>")>-[}-[}-[}-[SPLAT]-{]-{]-{]<("<)

I dont know... but to me it looks like he knows about the hoax but he's not involved, they probably talked about it before.. he just seems too surprised to be involved.

I always liked Stephen King more anyway  :lol:

[MJonmind]

I always loved the clips of John Landis tickling Michael's feet, and turning and holding him upsidedown. I think MJ trusts him and he may have a role in this hoax which isn't apparent yet.

[MJmakesmespeechless]

I have always liked and admired John Landis. He is one of the GOOD guys

[VeryLittleSusie]

Are you sure???
Then read this:

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 :roll:

[MJmakesmespeechless]

Are you sure???
Then read this:

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 :roll:

I had not seen this...is this for real? You know those UK papers!!!

I had read that the girl (forget her name) that played the lead in thriller sued Michael just weeks before his "death"

[DREAMSandTRUTH]

Are you sure???
Then read this:

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 :roll:

If I remember well, I read it too back then, but not this same article.

By the way Landis didn't seem like a good friend to Michael with his comment in the LKL interview:
"Michael had had quite a bit more surgeries, so he looked very different"
Why did he say this? Michael never liked to talk about his surgeries. And "a bit more" means that he had some before already, so it sounds to me that Landis suggested that Michael had a lot of surgeries alltogether.

[mumof3]

Oh not so nice then is he

I do remember this from a long time ago you have jogged my memeory  it seems it is all about money for most of them even Mr tickle feet.

[suspicious mind]

so he a miko were on at the same time. miko was there with dave dave .who else did miko show up on lkl with?  and hey has anybody seen miko lately?

[MJmakesmespeechless]

Are you sure???
Then read this:

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 :roll:

If I remember well, I read it too back then, but not this same article.

By the way Landis didn't seem like a good friend to Michael with his comment in the LKL interview:
"Michael had had quite a bit more surgeries, so he looked very different"
Why did he say this? Michael never liked to talk about his surgeries. And "a bit more" means that he had some before already, so it sounds to me that Landis suggested that Michael had a lot of surgeries alltogether.

Well i had thought he was a friend/good person then too. Saying that is awful!
Back on the bad boys list John!

[MJmakesmespeechless]

so he a miko were on at the same time. miko was there with dave dave .who else did miko show up on lkl with?  and hey has anybody seen miko lately?

Nope nothing!

[DREAMSandTRUTH]

so he a miko were on at the same time. miko was there with dave dave .who else did miko show up on lkl with?  and hey has anybody seen miko lately?

He was on LKL on June 26, 2009 with Deepak Chopra and Mark Geragos, and on the line there was Liza Minnelli and Usher, and Quincy Jones on the phone.

And on June 30, 2009 he was also there with Lou Ferrigno. Ed Chernoff was on the line.

Oct 28, 2009: "CNN's Larry King talks to Miko Brando, long time friend of the late Michael Jackson, about the London premiere of 'This Is It.'"

(This is just what I found now, he appeared more, e.g. in Neverland, but I don't know how many times... And I haven't heard of him lately either.)

[MJLive2010]

THERE IS NO REASON FOR THIS PERSON TO BE DEAD THATS INTERISTING  

[truthprevails]

I honestly think that what Landis had in mind when saying tragic/sad figure was Michael's eccentricities and plastic surgeries... But he felt he couldn't say that when LK put him on the spot ("But why tragic?"), so he came up with a "nice" explanation.  I mean, in this short interview Landis commits all the 3 capital sins (well, what I call "capital sins" when it comes to MJ):
1. He calls MJ "eccentric".
2. He talks about Mike's plastic surgeries.
3. He utters the word "bizarre"... And the context doesn't even matter.  I hate it when people do this, because it's the label that the vile media kept attaching to MJ (along with "wacko")!!

NOT COOL, LANDIS.