Lando Jackson!
The Motown 25 TV special is best remembered for Michael Jackson introducing the world to the moonwalk, but to me the most interesting thing about that night (I speak as if it wasn’t aired two years before I was born) was when Lando Calrissian joined the Jackson 5 on stage for their reunion performance.
Marlon Jackson wasn’t available for the reunion, so the General (an old friend of the Jackson family) came along to help out. Check it:
Amazing how General Calrissian found time to learn all the Jackon 5’s songs and dance steps in between waging guerilla war on the Empire and feeding his gambling habit.
(Behind-the-scenes photo of father Joe Jackson guiding Lando the stage, under threat of violence).
Are you sure it wasn’t just some other black guy with a groomed moustache? They all look the same. How can you tell it’s Lando without his distinctive cape?
Psst… Crommo. I don’t really think it’s Lando.
I wonder if we all look the same. Would a random sampling (say you, Hooly, Robin, and Ed) walking through downtown Kinshasa just look like a troupe of indistinguishable Dan Aykroyd impersonators?
That Lando Jackson, he’s a card player, gambler and scoundrel…You’d like him.
I can’t be bothered writing blogs when yours are here. If people want to see a new blog from me, I just direct them here.
Bullshit… It’s the real marlon
No it’s not. A fictional character actually entered the world as a corporeal entity and performed in a pop concert.
You’re an idiot.
Well if you remember the end of Jedi, he did bust out some moves with the Ewoks so we know he’s got mad skillz on the dance floor. ; )