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"bad" the song and the video not only transformed michael jackson's image from soft-spoken to tough, but changed the face of pop culture. >> my brother's the baddest boy that ever held a microphone. that boy was bad. and we'll never have another one. >> my question is why does the good die young. the good, the good. why? >> why him? sometimes there's no answers. >> icon, pop star, legend. words that didn't seem big
>> i'll be performing the songs my fans want to hear. >> but was michael physically up to the challenge? both michael and aeg had a lot on the line. >> it was his comeback. it was his renaissance. his rebirth on stage. after so many years of being out of the spotlight, a lot of people were wondering if he could pull this off. >> this is it. and see you in july. >> but there were questions about whether jackson was ready. kenny ortega, the director for "this is it," called a private meeting at jackson's home. aeg ceo, randy phillips, attended the meeting. >> kenny was concerned that he wasn't c...
>> they had a night it was jay and robin and pryor and elaine boozler and billy crystal all in the same show, and it was unbelievable. >> it's 1977. jay's career is booming. then, he gets the call. the "tonight show" with johnny carson wants him. >> this young man's name is jay leno, and this is his first appearance on "the tonight show." >> that performance in front of johnny is life-changing. >> i'm originally from the united states. any united states people here tonight? >> big screen roles soon follow, like 1978's "american hot wax." >> all of a sudden i'm a shoreman? >> comedy career on t...
Of carnage" that he would do stuff for us. i remember when we extended, and jim got the play done. that's the only reason we were on broadway. and when we extended, jim's first thing was everybody gets paid the same or i don't do it. >> wow. >> he did things like that constantly. it was so brave of him to come to broadway. that's the proving ground. a lot of film actors can't do it. it's eight times a week. it's tough to make it look like it's happening for the first time month after month after month. i think there was part of jim that looked at "sopranos" as this cooped of i don't want to be...
>> i just think how is he going to do these shows? >> record producer rodney jerkins. >> 50 dates at 50 years old? that's a lot of dates. and i just kept saying i hope he gets a physical trainer. someone to really work him out to make sure he's healthy and prepared. >> jermaine jackson says his little brother was ready. >> i mean, he could have did 200 shows. >> i talked to jermaine following a band rehearsal. >> i felt that he could do it because of the way the shows were spaced out and it wasn't, like, every day. ♪ >> see, like, when we first started, we were doing one-nighters. every day,...