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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: The Apollo Theater Celebrates Michael Jackson [Watch (HLS stream): The Apollo Theater Celebrates Michael Jackson](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Wzbyucc3.m3u8) (1:53)  _Published 2009-07-01. The line to get into the celebration of Michael Jackson at Harlem's Apollo Theater stretched over city blocks_ --- Jul 27, 2023 1:11 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Passover Parody of Michael Jackson's ](/video/crnkSDkw/) ### Passover Parody of Michael Jackson's [Remembering Michael Jackson](/video/bsxVQVK8/) ### Remembering Michael Jackson [Celebrity Friends on Michael Jackson's Music](/video/rK8nKK6X/) ### Celebrity Friends on Michael Jackson's Music --- ## Transcript -[ unk ] tomorrow [ unk ]-- >> God bless you, Mom, for taking me to go see the Jackson Five when I was 10 years old at Radio City. And it was a snowstorm, though we still got there. A lot of people didn't appreciate him while he was here, but, you know what, they're probably the ones that's crying now. We're not crying. We're celebrating because we loved him so much. >> Let's sing, let's shout Shake you body down to the ground Let's sing, let's shout-- >> There you go, ladies. I just changed my mind; $ 7, ma'am. >> And he was just like such an icon like right off the bat. And it looks like he inspired the world. And he's got 10 blocks of people on the-- on the way all sweating and passing out-- >> I think my mom was this mean to him with the [ unk ]. I got it when I was 15 years old, and I'm 23 now, so it was like--. I found out about it this morning. I was on my way to school and I said, you know what, sorry I can't come in school today. I gotta come over here. >> Now we're bad, we're bad-- >> Michael. >> Michael. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> I received like 10 calls from family and friends like it's somebody from my family had died. And I feel like it is. >> Gonna take a walk down the block now, and just look at all the people. And, yeah, think about what a great smile this place, you know, it's a great smile. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Apollo Theater Celebrates Michael Jackson","description":"The line to get into the celebration of Michael Jackson at Harlem's Apollo Theater stretched over city blocks","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Wzbyucc3/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2009-07-01T03:18:08.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Wzbyucc3.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/Wzbyucc3/","duration":"PT1M53S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/Wzbyucc3/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```