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Subject: Re: Video Awards and Thriller
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Date: Thu, 24-May-84 23:01:36 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 24 23:01:36 1984
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	Thriller wasn't shown for the same reason it wasn't shown in its
entirety on any "free" TV station.  Because of the high cost of the production,
the record company (RCA?) tried to recoup the cost by selling Thriller to MTV
and releasing a Thriller video tape.  As far as I know, only one clip from 
Thriller was ever released for "free" TV consumption.  In it, Jackson tells
his girlfriend, "I'm not like the other guys ...", then his eyes change color,
and he looks like he is about to undergo some sort of transformation, and the 
clip abruptly ends.  I'm sure it would have been rather boring to see the same
clip over and over again in the awards show, so they just left it out.

Paul "I still haven't seen Thriller yet!" van de Graaf     @ U. C. San Diego