Michael Jackson Talks to Oprah: 90 Prime-Time Minutes with the King of Pop Live!

[WINFREY, Oprah; Michael Jackson].

$150.00

Item Number: 140126

Los Angeles: Harpo, 1993.

Original Harpo press kit from Oprah’s 1993 sensational primetime interview with Michael Jackson. Quarto, the kit contains a press release and biographies of Oprah and Michael Jackson. From the collection of Bill Zwecker. A member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across a breadth of industries. He has been a frequent contributor to numerous national news and entertainment programs including Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, Showbiz Tonight, Extra, and the Today Show. In near fine condition.

"Talk-radio shows nationwide hummed Wednesday with callers speculating on what revelations Michael Jackson would make during this live (tape-delayed on the West Coast) 90-minute, one-on-one interview with Oprah Winfrey from the singer’s sprawling Santa Ynez ranch. The speculationproved to be more provocative than the interview, as viewers learned little about the reclusive singer that wasn’t already expressed in his book, “Moonwalker,” or has been rumored about Jackson for years. The worldwide telecast from the singer’s aptly named Neverland Valley Ranch scored blockbuster ratings and has already become the subject of a post-mortems by armchair psychologists" (Variety).