Here two veterans of this 9 year run, Jacob and Taylor, return with some thoughts. An unexpected figure in a coat on a bench has a response. “Don’t believe everything you hear.” ??? The individual in the chair I garbed as Michael Jackson.

The reason: As rumors of Elvis still being alive abounded in the early ’80s, I was hearing all of these odd stories of Michael Jackson. I had also heard the idea of Walt Disney being encased in ice. Who would or could pull off such an act? Someone with a lot of money, friends and a vivid imagination.  From what I hear about Jackson, and the impressions when I got to meet him twice, was that Jackson was just the sort to pull such a gag. I watched as he shut down amusement parks just so he could be a customer. I heard the stories of his Neverland Ranch and his fascination with everything childlike.  His glove fixation and recreating his skin tone. Reality is something he visited but didn’t dwell.

Since the early ’80s I’ve thought that if Jackson was ever to die early, that I might not believe it. He probably has died. But if someone tells me Elvis is roaming the planet or Disney is in a meat locker under Space Mountain, then I’ll counter with my theories of Jackson.