Toofunkyinhere said:

who?

NoChances said:

Schwarzenegger or however you spell it

Toofunkyinhere said:

ah, true.

NoChances said:

Ah the I´ll be back guy, Mr. Olympia aka the Terminator.

Toofunkyinhere said:

I remember when I met him 3 years ago. He looks REAL short And his face was like wax

i would say yes he is, this guy hasnt really done anything in the last 10 years yet lil kids 3 and 4 years old recognizes him.my 6 and 4 year old niece and nephew dont know nothing about a trial but they can see a old video and for some reason know thats michael jackson

bboy87 said:

But I will say I know kids as young as 5 who know who Michael Jackson is. An 8 year old asked me to show him how to moonwalk last year.
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lowkey said:

same thing with my 8 year old and 11 year old niece. The 8 year old neice was almost catatonic when she was watching the Bucharest concert

Hmmm, He certainly was the most famous person until, say, mid-90s.

It's probably safe to say that the president of the United States is the most famous person on the planet these days. It was Clinton first, then Bush following.

NoChances said:

Eh?

I don't know what you consider the present generation but I'm 18 and I've known of MJ since I was 3. I still remember when Dangerous album was new and Black and White video was considered amazing. I knew all the words to The way you make me feel, billie jean and beat it by the time I was 5.
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bush and bin laden

StarCat said:

True, especially for me. Nobody really knows Oprah in Europe. NOBODY! You can hardly find pictures of her in magazines.

Mike definately is. I´ve never met ANYONE who wouldn´t know who he is.
But I´ve met people who have never heard of these people.

YOung kids really don´t care about Mandela and they have never heard of Tina Turner, Michael Jordan or Shaq. Tina Turner has finished playing in the 90´s, so kids born later on know nothing about her. Just as some americans may not know who Beckham is, Jordan and Shaq (if you mean Shaq O´Neil that basketball player) are not that famous over here because basketball is also not that popular in Europe, it´s soccer and they have also finished in the 90´s (I think). And since the rest can be found in the papers or tabloids, 99.9% know the rest of the people, but I wouldn´t be that sure about McCartney among young people. They have heard about the Beatles, but I am not sure they do know its members.

MJ, for both good and bad reasons.

My 5 yr old nephew knows about Michael Jackson. I heard him singing "ABC" the other day and when I asked him who sings that song he blurted out "Michael Jackson". What made it more impressive is the fact that "ABC" is not even about Michael Jackson in the last 20 years but Michael from his J5 days!! It just goes to show how even the J5 has sipped into everyone's conscious.

The same with my family.My 6 year nephew knows Michael.When he sees him on TV he knows exactly who he is. And the strange thing is it doesn´t matter if it´s the Jackson 5, The Jacksons, The Thriller, Bad or Today Michael.
I´ve no explanation for this, it´s really strange.Do they show so much Jackson 5 Material on Kids TV????

He even recognice his voice from rare tracks like "Monkey Business"

Sometimes I wonder how the little kids know so much it is really astonishing!

monk76 said:

Yeah, Mike seems to appeal to kids generally. It´s really strange.

dag said:

Fixed it for ya

/sorry, could not resist
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"Fuck y'all, I'm still the greatest of all time!"

Paris9748430 said:

I think that used to be said to be true, and later on, Michael Jordan. Lately I wonder if Beckham is rising in that poll, considering the international nature of soccer

other names thrown around

Madonna
Oprah
George Bush (or whoever is president)
and yes, Michael Jackson

My Vote:

Ted McGinley. Love Boat, Happy Days, Married With Children, Dancing With the Stars. legend

dag said:

its NOT strange but its funny.

I know exactly what you mean. You can show any kid micahel jackson videos and they will get overly excited like they see a magic trick or something.

but michael is magic. and really only the kids or the few adults who are kids at heart will appreciate Michael

NDRU said:

Guys, I´m telling ya, there are very few people in Europe who know who Oprah is.


Then, try harder next time, please.
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dag said:

Are you in Europe and know who she is? I have a feeling people know who she is, but she's not nearly as popular there.

NDRU said:

Yeah, I live in Europe and I truly know her just thanks to her interview with Mike. I am not sure if I knew who she was if she did not interview him.
But I am a teacher and when kids prepare for their A levels in English and have to learn about culture of the US, they always ask me who it is and want me to show them some pictures of her because they don´t even know what she looks like and they don´t understand why they read in the papers that they study from that she is among the richest and most powerful people in the US when they have never heard of her. It´s truly a rarity to find a person among the general public who know who Oprah is.
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NDRU said:

I think that goes with any celebrity, thing with Mike is he performed all over the world once upon a time and people probably first saw him on that Bucharest show so yeah they all know him.

Timmy84 said:

I agree Mike is probably more of a world artist, and Oprah is an English speaking TV star. Music & sports can cross the language barrier.

I do find it a little hard to believe that no europeans even know who she is, tho

NDRU said:

Well, maybe in the "western" Europe, people know her but not in central or eastern Europe - in the ex-communist countries.

monk76 said:

I HATE but this comments opeing this thread are rather RETARDED--SHORT--SIGHTED, and above all WAY TOO MATERIALISTIC![/b]

Michael Jackson is one of the most [b]UNHAPPY PERSONS in existence! No amount of record sells or OBNOXIOUS TITLES can ever change the fact that Michael doesn't have a PEACE OF MIND. You can't put a price on that because it can't be bought.

NDRU said:

Yeah, sports and musical stars definitely are more known than television personalities but I do believe people in Europe know who she is. Maybe NOT to the degree of Michael but they know her.

Where I'm at (The Netherlands) everybody knows who Oprah is, her show is aired daily for years, and that DVD with the best moments we got that on DVD. You also have fanclubs, and shit.