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    Legendary Television Producer/Director Don Mischer on directing Motown 25 & watching Michael Jackson do Billy Jean in rehearsals "There's no way this is not going to be in the show. This has GOT to be in the show!"

    enDecember 16, 2023
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    About this Episode

    Legendary television producer/director Don Mischer
    His credits include: The Oscars; The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial; the 100th Anniversary of Carnegie Hall; Motown 25 - Michael Jackson’s moonwalk on national tv; Super Bowl Halftime Shows (Michael Jackson, Prince, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen to name a few)... and more!

    His book is entitled
    ":10 SECONDS TO AIR"

    Don Talks:
    -Motown 25 and did he know Michael Jackson would be doing the Moonwalk on national television for the very first time
    -How did a white guy from Texas end up with the Motown 25 job
    -Having to deal with Diana Ross' band being arrested 
    -The uncomfortable moment with Frank Sinatra on live television at the Presidential Inauguration
    -The Academy Award LaLa Land blunder
    -Prince halftime show when it started to rain
    -What Prince said to Don right before his performance 
    -Paul McCartney's halftime show followed the year after the 'wardrobe malfunction'
    -Springsteen's halftime show slide XLIII



     

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