Crazy ass Jackson family patriarch Joe Jackson has decided it’d be a really good idea to the Jackson 5 back together – with the additional drama of sisters LaToya and Janet thrown in. While rumors of a reunion have been floating around for decades, supposedly the family is pretty close to working out a deal with a production company.
They would all move into the Jackson family home in Encino, California. That’s right, not only do we have Jackson family singing, we have Jackson family midnight pillow fights. Or whatever the hell they do. Supposedly Michael has even agreed to be involved, though he’ll be the only one not moving into the house.
The family is hoping that because Michael and Janet are on board it will clinch the deal. “They feel the timing is right – because Michael is becoming professionally active again, and they believe fans are ready to find out what the family is doing,” an insider told the Enquirer.
“The show will follow the lives of the brothers as they move back into the old Jackson family home in the L.A. suburb of Encino and live and perform together again.”
Michael will continue living in his Las Vegas home but will be a big part of the show… The series will center on the at-times dysfunctional family dynamics of the brothers, Michael’s eccentricity, and the flamboyant sisters, Janet and LaToya.
“Although Michael will stop in and oversee some of the recording with The Jacksons, he’ll be doing most of his singing from his private studio in Las Vegas and then have the tapes transferred to where his brothers are laying down tracks in L.A.,” explained the insider. Jermaine will run the show, but Michael has made it very clear that he wants the last say on the music.” According to the insider, Jermaine is convinced the show will be a smash hit.
[From the National Enquirer, July 7th, 2008, print ed.]
What can possibly go wrong? Frankly, I think they should do it. By most accounts the Jackson family is so messed up that it can’t really get any worse. And only Janet has a bit of a career left. Michael’s going to have to rebuild everything from the ground up. So what have they got to lose? Respect? Already gone. Fame? Gone. Money? Gone. Well, mostly. They might as well see how long they can beat this dead horse.
And poor souls in Hell want ice water, what’s your point ?
I have no, I repeat, NO, interest in seeing something like that. Ugh!
What’s with all the reality shows about someone’s pitiful lives, anyway? What’s wrong with a good sitcom? I don’t enjoy seeing the obviously falsified day-to-day lives of people like the Lohans, Jacksons, or any of them. The fifteen minutes are over, guys. Go home. Shut up.
I want a reality show too, but does that mean I will get one, for that matter, deserve one?
what could this possibly be called? The “We reek of desperation hour”?
Please this family’s shelf life has expired…years ago. No one cares. If anything they should be oddities on a ripley’s believe it or not special. Not a reality show.
Bring it on baby…reality doesn’t get more F#@$ed up than this family.
the national enquirer is the source? LMAO, you people really ARE idiots!! if it was the spears family, who are 10 TIMES WORSE than the Jacksons EVER were, you would all be hollering that it’s bullshit. but because it’s The Jacksons, all of a sudden the national enquirer is a reputable source. Joe Jackson wants the reality show; the rest of the family have NOTHING to do with it. get your facts from a REAL newspaper if you’re gonna print stories.
@ david
exactly. it’s obvious that The Jacksons are still Pop Music Royalty; people are still making up stories about them. Joe Jackson is shopping an idea for a reality show where he attempts to get the boys back together. that’s it. they’re not all moving back into the house. Janet is about to go on tour; how the hell is she gonna move back in the house with them? jermaine and michael also have NOTHING to do with it whatsoever. michael is too busy working on new music, and anyone that knows michael knows that this is something that he would NEVER be associated with. this story is a total and complete lie. and i hope the Jacksons sue the national enquirer like the beckhams did.
lies. this is just wishful thinking on the enquirer’s part.
Piss off David, I don’t recall a gun being at your head forcing you to read the article.
the fact that it’s the national enquirer should tell you all that this is a lie.
fuck off, vdantev. the truth hurts, don’t it?
Your ‘Internet Tough Guy Award’ is in the mail, mouth-breather.
that will be nice. am in for it
I can picture the Jackson’s doing that. I think a lot of their fans from the past will watch it, including me
No thanks,
I will pass.
Unless they udate FEAR FACTOR
That was a great show!!
Miss ya Joe (Rogan)!
I really don’t see Michael doing this… But who knows. Although I hope he won’t get involved.
Joe Jackson…*sighs* REALLY needs to go sit his opportunistic @$$ down somewhere! Every chance he gets to be front and center he’s there, even more so if there’s money to be made. “I wouldn’t watch.