Posted on 10/25/2009 7:24:03 AM PDT by La Lydia
Los Angeles - More than 4,000 fully made-up dancers gathered at the Nokia Center on Saturday night to help set a new world record... the most people to simultaneously dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller." The "Thrill the World Los Angeles" event at the Nokia was part of a wider global celebration that involved 300 other cities. An estimated 20,000 people around the world were said to have set a record for the largest simultaneous Thriller dance routine.
The dance, in cities in 37 countries around the world, topped the previous record. That was set on , which was set by 13,597 people in Mexico City Aug. 29, what would have been Jackson's 51st birthday.
Professional dancers were on-site to help teach newcomers the popular dance routine made famous in Jackson's Thriller music video. After about a month of practice , people came from as far away as Florida to assemble at L.A. Live to join in the attempt. Many of the participants dressed as zombies, emulating the popular music video...
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And a video of a wedding reception Thriller dance at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT6InvLJUzA&feature=related
Thrilled.
Great record.
Now my life has meaning.................
Now there can be peace in the Middle East.
Add his pedophilia sickness & druggie lifestyle and you've got an alleged "star" for the 80's who was superb in playing that one trick pony the rest of his life.
Yep. If we can just get all of those blood-thirsty Muslims to start doing the Thriller dance, in unison, instead of blowing things up, all will be well. I think the zombie theme fits them to a T.
I thought this would do it for you!
I love this one, too. They are really very good, but I guess they have had plenty of time to practice.
Yes but does it surpass MK's world record practice of child abuse? Never fear, perverts... 
The Obamanation will legalize that shortly!
I disagree. It wasn’t all hype that made people worldwide love his music. We can debate his personal life, certainly. But there’s little doubt that he was an amazing entertainer on stage and on record.
Seriously, I'd say Lynard Skinner had a higher level artistic quality.
Hard to take seriously someone who self-proclaimed himself as the "king of pop" & demanded MTV to use that phrase in order to play his videos.
“MJ is easily the most OVERRATED “musician” of all time. A bubble-gum band singer (J5) and maybe 2 advanced bubble gum albums thanks entirely to a true artist/producer (Quincy Jones).”
Nuff said
Cut! Print! Lunch!
3,999 mindless Øbama supporters and one RINO...
That’s on you tube...The inmates of a Filipino prison doing Thriller. I saw that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o
Please to lighten up. This is about as non-political — apolitical — as you can get. It is pure silliness, more of which I think we need in the world.
JMO -- but, that's how it is...
Different strokes. No need to apologize. I enjoyed him in his hay day, but long ago moved on. That said, I think the Thriller dance phenomenon is very, very funny, and, I think, basically harmless. It does take a certain amount of discipline to perform it properly, because everyone has to do the same steps at the same time, but you’re right, it is simpleminded. My mother used to talk about something called the Bunny Hop.
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