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 I was kicked back the other day, enjoying a little Soul School on VH1Soul, when what do I happen upon? Bobby Brown. It was the hit video from the Ghostbusters 2 Soundtrack “On Our Own”. Now everybody remembers this song. It was a mega hit. It was attached to a huge blockbuster movie and it was from one of music’s most beloved heart throbs, Bobby Brown. Now in hindsight, Bobby Brown has tarnished his image a little to say the least. And I must admit, in light of the new information the public has been made privy to, I viewed the video through a much different lens than the one from my youth.

In other words, now I realize, Bobby was always crazy. The weird convulsions. The wild look in his eyes. In fact, I think Bobby has actually calmed down quite a bit. He was all over the place.The only thing that was more erratic was the video itself. Not only was the entire performance taking place on video screens around times square and on buses and stuff, but it also had the oddest cameos in video history. I didn’t see not one Ghostbuster, but I did see…

Darryl Hannah playing a stringed instrument in the street, until she gets hypnotically drawn towards a giant screen displaying Bobby jerking around.

There was a shot of Donald Trump with a smug smile looking directly into the camera as he walked out of his Trump Tower door while a giant Mr. Brown humped around above him on the building’s facade.

And then of coarse, the chilling shot of Christopher Reeves riding a bike through central park, only to stop in the middle of the street to glance knowingly, then chuckle to himself as he stares up at his secret friend singing above the traffic. Odd indeed.

There was also a girl dancing behind Bobby wearing what appeared to be a bra made entirely of flowers, who had trouble lip syncing the chorus when it goes “ooh, ooh, ooh, ooooh”.

And all of this, at the time, 89 to be exact, was what you would call a platinum smash single. Do you remember the time? And now, another trip through time, the historical weed session.

Ganja OG Kush (The exact buds seen in this picture to be precise)

Location Hindu Kush Mountains (Calculated to be the exact geographic center of the world’s population distribution. Upside-high mystic factor. Downside-cold as shit, so we would need some sorta hut with a fireplace, but I’m sure we could work that out. There is also the current “conflict” there, so let’s say it’s in the future after President Obama ends all war in his fourth term.)

Participants

Alara, the first King of Nubia.    (He founded the Kush dynasty at the spot where the blue nile and the white nile become one. His name is now also an acronym for the phrase ‘As Low As Reasonably Achievable’ as well as a whole block of card expansions for Magic:The Gathering and I’m not even making any of that up. The picture though, is fake. I couldn’t find any real ones so I decided to use the guy from NuNile)

Al Capone, first American triple O.G.  (Was a member of the Junior Forty Thieves, The Five Points Juniors, and eventually The Five Points Gang while he was still a teenager in Brooklyn. He was slashed across the face while in a fight with a man he would later hire to be his bodyguard, and he was already known by some as Scarface when he moved to Chicago. Only in his early 20’s, he came to the midwest to work directly under the new boss of the city. It wouldn’t take long for him to work his way to the top and later to infamy. He even spent some time in Alcatraz. O-O-O.G)

Sammy Davis Jr.  (I mean come on, he was a hip cat. And if anybody could keep a party going it was him. And if we’re pretending we’re in a hut on a mountain in Afghanistan with Al Capone and the King of Nubia, we’re gonna need somebody to make sure shit goes smooth. Could anyone do it? The Candy Man can.)

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