Jun 29 2009Michael Jackson: Singer, Dancer, Inventor

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Sure the dude danced, but did you know he invented? It's true, Michael developed a shoe that made the impossible forward-lean in his 'Smooth Criminal' dance routine possible.

He did it with special shoes that quickly slid into pegs that rise out of the floor at just the right moment. Also helping the effect were rigid anklets that worked like ski boots, supporting Jackson and his entourage of dancers as they leaned forward at that magic angle.

Cool, but you know what I want? Moonwalk shoes. One time I went to a club with a friend of mine who can moonwalk. He only did it for like five seconds. Thirty women got pregnant.

Hit the jump for a video of Michael performing the stunt, action is at 3:50.

Michael Jackson patented a gadget to perform dance magic [dvice]

Thanks to FDSY, rough criminal.

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1. bonzo420 - June 29, 2009 2:12 PM

30 women-- classic!

~420~

2. Mike Freeman - June 29, 2009 2:12 PM

first?

3. not quite - June 29, 2009 2:15 PM

@2, no

4. che-che - June 29, 2009 2:15 PM

this isnt possible! he truely had the skillz and balance. i dont beleive that he wore these magic shoes to pull this off!

5. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - June 29, 2009 2:24 PM

Ok... usually I don't do this....

OLD!

6. naas - June 29, 2009 2:25 PM

I thought he was always a little slanted, it all makes sense now

7. Pathis - June 29, 2009 2:29 PM

MJ invented those shoes so his backup dancers could follow him. He does not need such pedestrian devices to work his magic.

8. fffffffffffffffffffffffff - June 29, 2009 2:32 PM

lol you can see the doofus on the right side of the screen gets his foot stuck

9. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - June 29, 2009 2:36 PM

7 is right. MJ floated on the stolen childhood of little boys... He did not need special shoes. Or a magic feather.

10. Xander - June 29, 2009 2:41 PM

Didn't the Tinman in the Wizard of Oz invent this same thing? :P

11. Greggles - June 29, 2009 2:45 PM

Here is a great mix of all of MJ's great moments. Worth watching, and you should feel obligated to do so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2YLmWFsBXg
WATCH ALL!!!

12. Pat - June 29, 2009 2:56 PM

I still say black magic is at work here...

13. Pinkerton - June 29, 2009 3:01 PM

Greggles is a loser.

14. oyemeng - June 29, 2009 3:03 PM

@ 11- don't promote that crap music on here

15. therush - June 29, 2009 3:06 PM

"Smooth Criminal" is the best MJ song.

16. Martyn - June 29, 2009 3:07 PM

Jackson didn't invent this. it was used in the old music halls around 1900!

Apart from that, remember he didn't release any "music" in the last 20 years!

17. STOMPY - June 29, 2009 3:18 PM

These weren't Golaith's patent shoes. They were his drink stirrers.

18. STOMPY - June 29, 2009 3:24 PM

Hey, did you hear what they did with MJ's remains? Since he was already 95% plastic they turned him into legos so kids could play with him for a change!

uh-ohh, here comes the BHP!!!

19. mcfinch7 - June 29, 2009 3:35 PM

you can see the dancer that is just to the right of MJ trip over the peg as he is trying to unhook his shoe from it

21. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - June 29, 2009 3:53 PM

@18

Leave Him Alone-Stop It!
Just Stop Doggin' Him Around

22. Jerry - June 29, 2009 4:07 PM

So, everyone on the set gets pegged.....by Michael.

http://bootelicious.mybrute.com

23. STOMPY - June 29, 2009 4:11 PM

@GFS

"You Got A Way Of Making Me
Feel So Sorry"

24. Daisy - June 29, 2009 5:26 PM

FAKE!!!!

This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.

This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max used his shoe phone to call his boss, and warn him that the president (Jonathan) was going to be blowed up real good in LA.

25. twellve - June 29, 2009 7:54 PM

well, i'll be. always wondered how he did that. and now i know.

26. Anonymous - June 29, 2009 8:35 PM

Michael Jackson was a music legend let him R.I.P.

http://akumablaze.mybrute.com

27. annie is not ok - June 30, 2009 12:50 AM

Damn. He was one of the people you didn't expect to die so soon. I envy those who got to see him live. Fcuk..

30. pro - June 30, 2009 4:22 AM

I've always been fascinated by his stunts, together with the moon walk, he was truly a wanna-be-white, paedophiliac and moon-walking legend, there I've said it, it feels better.

31. DG - June 30, 2009 6:32 AM

Ah. Now I understand why for this song, his shoes have higher heels. I've always wondered about that.

32. Classic Fun - June 30, 2009 7:47 AM

Thank you so much! I was wondering how he did it since I saw Moonwalker as a child.

33. fffp - June 30, 2009 1:43 PM

hey man your funny!!

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34. Lloyd Johnson - June 30, 2009 2:21 PM

He stole that idea from Hasbro! My old star wars figures had hole in the bottoms of their feet so they cloud stand in certain places on my Deathstar playset!

35. Annie - June 30, 2009 8:43 PM

@27 - ?? O_o

36. jaja - July 1, 2009 9:03 AM

@9 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

37. led display - July 1, 2009 11:42 AM

coolll

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