Network Television Premiere of Michael Jackson's Thriller

[DPQuebec]

This video has been recorded on a Mitsubishi 4 heads with dolby. My dad paid 1000$ for this heavy piece of new technology!

[ShangoJamal]

It was December 9, 1983. ( I was 15 years old ). This video is the reason my Mom sprung the $400+ for our very first VCR. (The remote actually had a chord) This was our first video cassette, and all the neighborhood kids would come over to watch. We'd push the furniture back and do the Thriller dance in the Living Room.

[Firebirrd85]

wow this is super rare!

[DPQuebec]

@Firebirrd85 Thanks for posting. I recorded it without knowing what was going to air that day. I remember my father was watching this with me for the first time. Quite a shock !

[Firebirrd85]

@DPQuebec Yeah I seen you were in canada. I'm still looking for the one from here in America. It was on MTV I hink.

[SwaggerLikeUz]

Wow, ..what a Post!

[newromanticgal]

Oh man!!...this show takes me waay back <3 <3 !!!, Thanks for posting :D :D!!

[DPQuebec]

@newromanticgal

Thanks for posting Tan !

You were very young in 1983 :-)

[newromanticgal]

@DPQuebec It is truly an honor :D!...too bad TV programing is not cool like this anymore :(...used to watch this show every weekend while growing up! ...have to admit, i've been hearing this intro in my head for the entire day, lol.....Thanks for posting :D!!

[hildergarn]

Was this video released in holiday 1983??

[DPQuebec]

You're right hildergarn ! december 83.

Thanks for posting :-)

[DPQuebec]

"Michael Jackson's Thriller" is a 14-minute music video for Michael Jackson's single of the same name. It was released on December 2, 1983 and directed by John Landis, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jackson.

[mjcastaway]

wow this is a very important video, it's history and a time when mj was taking over the world, good times, i remember it well!

[ramirez1983]

What "network is this?"

[paredone]

Hello Ramirez, Friday Night Videos is a music video show broadcast on the American NBC television network from July 29, 1983 to May 24, 2002, and was considered network televisions answer to MTV.

Enjoy!

[fantomfriend3]

nbc

[newromanticgal]

@ramirez1983 NBC

[PanchoPantera10]

Wow, thanks for sharing this, I've always wanted to see the premiere of this now legendary video! I was a baby when it aired, what memories! Today isn't the day Michael Jackson was born but rather the day he's reborn!

[paredone]

Thanks for kind words.

I have to share this...

[PanchoPantera10]

You're truly welcomed friend, thanks for keeping Michael's memory alive. :-) Did you see Janet's tribute at the MTV Awards tonight? I cried... :-(