A Famous Person Dies (TOON)

[tekisui]

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. LOL

[dana_b]

2. perfect n/t

[hfojvt]

3. funny,

but they usually get a bunch of equally famous people to talk about how great the other famous person was.

[dmr]

6. and what great friends they were, and "he was my brother"

they all come out of the woodwork.

[trusty elf]

8. G. Dub and MJ hung out together

[BuelahWitch]

27. Don't compare that failure piece of shit to Michael

Bush had everything handed to him. Michael worked hard from the time he was a little boy. Michael Jackson had talent, Bush had his Daddy's connections.
BIG DIFFERENCE

[Richd506]

30. I totally agree

I think it's disgusting how quickly people start in with the bashing. It might not be very relevant to DU but for god sake, can't they all just be a little bit more respectful of the dead?

I still like the cartoon though. It is pretty funny...

[Metta]

4. that about sums it up.

thanks for posting.

[omega minimo]

5. ,

:wow: :spray:

[Richard Steele]

7. Brilliant. K&R

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. lol

[Fumesucker]

10. K&R

[RagAss]

11. Genius. This is all cable news did before they were recruited to promote the Iraq war !

[Stevenmarc]

12. ROFL, yep that's just about it

[Jackeens]

13. Brilliant!

[lpbk2713]

14. Right from the pages of "FauxNews for Dummies"

Required reading for all their talking heads. It probably applies to all networks, but Faux in particular.


:thumbsup: :hi: :thumbsup:


:kick:

[spanone]

15. this is more 'in depth' than most of the jackson coverage

[cwydro]

16. Excellent!

[saltpoint]

17. Good find, tekisui. I'm struck with how the writing does such a

quick, concise zoom lens on celebrity.

It packs a punch.

[PfcHammer]

18. News reader need to show more teeth

[checks-n-balances]

19. Brutally funny &spot on

Where did it come from? I hope somebody at MSNBC & CNN sees this.

[Solly Mack]

20. LMAO

[WillyT]

21. Perfect !!! - K & R !!!

:crazy:

[rd_kent]

22. It needs one more panel

"message boards are overloaded with new threads about this person that hasnt been mention on the board for years!" I just dont understand it. Did anyone know the guy personally? No. So why are people so upset?

[Celtic Merlin]

38. It's not like he was John Lennon.

Or Jerry Garcia, or George Carlin, or Ghandi, or some other person who carried a message of peace and acceptance to mankind.

Did he do a few nice things? Yes. Was his positive impact on the world in proportion to all of this hoopla? Nah.

Nobody here has to have known somebody personally in order to pay tribute to the passing of that person, but from what I've seen on this and other boards, you'd think it was Barack Obama who'd died. The guy wasn't THAT important.

Celtic Merlin
Carlinist

[Prometheus Bound]

23. Something happening here, David. They're transferring the corpse to the morgue.

We'll be following the ambulance for the next hour. Better cancel all commercials.

[bertman]

29. That's called man-on-the-street reporing, Prometheus Bound. You captured it.

[stlsaxman]

24. Credit and link, please?

[tekisui]

25. From this site:

http://picturesforsadchildren.com/

[stlsaxman]

28. thanks! it's like matt groening meets edward gorey...

[lunatica]

26. Reminds me of the coverage on the Teabaggers, protest

Which we will get more of on July 4th.

[MNBrewer]

31. Isn't it all frikkin meaningless... famous or not.?

[truedelphi]

42. You just may need some more beer to get through the next couple of days

Until the next really famous person dies.

[kestrel91316]

32. Yep. That was the exact response of our local tv news here in LA

on Thursday.

They had somebody drive up to the FORMER Neverland Ranch property to stand around and talk to half a dozen MJ groupies who had gone there for some unfathomable reason.

[Kutjara]

33. Never mind the enormous line that formed...

...at his "Walk of Fame" star, to look at something they could look at, without needing to line up, any other week of the year. "Oh no, MJ is dead. I need to go to Hollywood and stare at the ground." Of course the KTLA news crews were covering that "breaking" story, too.

[kestrel91316]

37. The most pathetic part of that was, you can't GET TO or even SEE his star

because of construction in the area. The Michael Jackson star everyone gathered at was ANOTHER person's by the same name (radio guy?). It was absurd.

[Kutjara]

44. Thanks for telling me that. It has genuinely made my day.

I've been laughing for five minutes straight thinking about it. Human stupidity is truly awesome in its depth and variety.

[kestrel91316]

45. Well, to be fair, as soon as he died the local tv told people about

the star situation, so most people who went to the alternate star knew it was an alternate.

But still, it's weird. Of course, I am gonna go to Barnes and Noble today and stroll the two blocks up to the Jackson home on Hayvenhurst in Encino, lol, and look at flowers and candles. So I better not criticize, lol.

[Kutjara]

47. It's easier for me.

My upstairs neighbor is named Jackson, so I'm just going to stand outside his door and cry.

[ihavenobias]

34. K & R n/t

[Tikki]

35. Many sportscasters have turned into reporting this kind of drivel, also, .....

during games....

Tikki

[Celtic Merlin]

36. Bravo! My compliments to the cartoonist.

And my thanks to tekisui for bringing it to us.

Celtic Merlin
Carlinist

[ColbertWatcher]

39. "People have gathered where we are pointing our cameras." Excellent. n/t

[Technowitch]

40. Meanwhile, in unrelated news--

H1N1continuestoturnintoapandemic,
WarsinIraq&Afghanistancontinueunabatedwithdozensdeaddaily,
TheWorldeconomyisstillinthetoilet,
Globalwarmingiseliminatingentirelowlyingnations,
Warcrimesremainunprosecuted,
Congressappearssettopassareallycrappyhealthcarereformplan, and
AnotherGOPstarwasfoundcommittingadultery.

But back to MJ, because his passing is so very much more important than everything else going on the world.

[jobycom]

41. That's how they cover every story. Iraq, Iran, elections, new cookie recipes.

[debbierlus]

43. That is hilarious!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

46. Not to mention the forthcoming books, movies, documentaries, and "specials".

All for the benefit of the public....if they're willing to pay for it.