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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Bill Bailey of course! http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=2VbPd2iu4!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Michael Jackson stole it from these guys: http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=T2Bsu4z9Y!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I saw this on television about two weeks ago!. It definitely wasn't Michael Jackson but it was a black man, who was around in the 1950s!. Sorry I can't remember his name!. It may have been James Brown!.Www@QuestionHome@Com on an episode of everybody hates chris on mtv last week ,they were debating billy ocean and michael jackson!.!.!.this debate is still going on in my house!Www@QuestionHome@Com The infamous Michael JacksonWww@QuestionHome@Com Marcel MarceauWww@QuestionHome@Com Micheal JacksonWww@QuestionHome@Com The roadrunner!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Totally Michal Jackson!Www@QuestionHome@Com I would agree with the first answer, Neil Armstrong!.Www@QuestionHome@Com michael jacksonWww@QuestionHome@Com Neil ArmstrongWww@QuestionHome@Com Michael Jackson did it on his videoWww@QuestionHome@Com not michael jacksonWww@QuestionHome@Com The Clangers!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Yes, we all watched QI!. Though until then I had thought it was Jeffrey Daniels!.Www@QuestionHome@Com bill bailey or james brownWww@QuestionHome@Com lol, neil armstrongWww@QuestionHome@Com i think it was james brownWww@QuestionHome@Com ascoile!. 'Nail on the head!.'Www@QuestionHome@Com why did you ask if you knew the answer!?Www@QuestionHome@Com Here are 2 articles that might help!. They are from a database called Research Library (Proquest) that includes magazine articles from a variety of magazines about a lot of different types of topics from the 1980s to the present!. Abstract (Summary) When France's renowned mime Marcel Marceau died last month at age 84, many fans remembered his close connection with Michael Jackson, a Marceau admirer, even erroneously attributing the King of Pop's signature Moonwalk dance step to the mime's influence!. Full Text (277 words) Copyright Johnson Publishing Company Oct 15, 2007 When France's renowned mime Marcel Marceau died last month at age 84, many fans remembered his close connection with Michael Jackson, a Marceau admirer, even erroneously attributing the King of Pop's signature Moonwalk dance step to the mime's influence!. In a JET exclusive interview, Jackson shared how much in awe he was of the performer, how "he would defy the laws of gravity!." The two developed a friendship over the last several decades!. However, while he "learned a lot" from Marceau, Jackson said that his Moonwalk step, popularized in 1983, was instead inspired by "watching the great rhythmic, wonderful Black children dance around the world!." Nevertheless, Marceau was one of his inspirations, Jackson said in his first magazine interview in nearly a decade!. "He was a great guy!. I used to go see Marcel Marceau all of the time, before Off The Wall" he said, with a smile!. "I used to sneak in and sit in the audience and watch how he would defy the laws of gravity, like he was stepping on air!." Jackson said that he would later use some of the mime's magical movements in his own dance routines!. "I would take some of those things and include it into rhythm and dance when I moved," he said!. Marceau died in the southwestern France town of Cahors on Sept!. 22!. He had retired from the stage in 2005!. -Joy T!. Bennett [Sidebar] Jackson appears with one of his dance inspirations, the late French mime artist Marcel Marceau, in 1995 at the Beacon Theatre in New York!. The King of Pop admits that he was in awe of how Marceau "could defy the laws of gravity!." 2nd article: Full Text (451 words) Copyright Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc!. Jun 24, 2004 [Headnote] Dance move makes "Thriller" the biggest album ever MAY 16TH, 1983 [Photograph] Jackson's moonwalk was inspired by break dancers!. I ALREADY THOUGHT 'BILLIE JEAN' was one of the greatest records ever made when Michael performed on Motouin 25," says Island Def Jam chairman Antonio "LA" Reid!. "But when he slid across that stage, I could feel it was like an earthquake!. I was always around break dancers who attempted things like that, but I hadn't seen anyone pull it off!. It was as though he was some kind of a robot!." Before his performance on the May 16th, 1983, television special celebrating Motown's twenty-fifth anniversary, Jackson had phoned his management office with a request!. "Please order me a spy's hat, like a cool fedora - something that a secret agent would wear," he said!. Jackson was planning to perform "Billie Jean," which was in the middle of a six'Week run at the top of the singles chart!. He'd been rehearsing for weeks, but the night before the taping, he went down to the kitchen of his Hayvenhurst mansion in Encino, California, put on his spy hat, turned his stereo up loud and began practicing new moves!. He later said he was trying to perfect a "break-dance step, a 'popping' type of thing" that some hip-hop kids had taught him!. "All I was really sure of was that on the bridge to 'Billie Jean,' I was going to walk backward and forward at the same time," he said, "like walking on the moon!." [Photograph] Jackson fans (and imitators): At its height, Thriller sold a million copies a week!. That performance of "Billie Jean" is one of the most electrifying dance routines in television history, but it was all just buildup for the few seconds during the bridge when he introduced the world to the moonwalk!. Jackson later said that Fred Astaire phoned him the following day to say, "You're one hell of a mover!." Astaire had even videotaped the show and analysed Jackson's routine, step by step!. Jackson's Thriller, released in December 1982, was well on its way to record' breaking sales, and its videos had opened up MTV for other black artists such as Prince!. But the Motown 25 performance turned a hit into a phenomenon; five more Number One singles followed, and the album remained at the top of the chart for thirty-seven weeks!. Ultimately, Thriller sold 40 million copies worldwide and held the Guinness Book of World Records title for bestselling album!. "At one point," claims Walter Yetnikoff, who was president of Jackson's label, CBS, at the time, "the Smithsonian was thinking of setting up a Michael Jackson wing!. With Thriller, this young guy set the world on fire!."Www@QuestionHome@Com |