If you had to decide between living in a home formerly inhabited by a guy who ripped off a whole buncha Jews (and Kevin Bacon) or a pop-star who possibly molested children, which would you pick? The latter comes with trains, animals and I can't quite put my finger on it but something that just makes you want to dance but also the whole (maybe) touching of kids factor (plus the possibility of unannounced pop-ins by Joe Jackson). The former's previous resident was, by all accounts, a dick who ruined a lot of people but I just feel like for most people that'd be preferable to the risk of finding Macaulay Culkin and Webster under the floor boards. The Journal is apparently on (and very much in the can for) Team MJ today, writing that "it was one thing for Colony Capital to buy Michael Jackson's Neverland, which was purchased before the singer's recent death and at the time carried only the faint stigma of Mr. Jackson's legal and financial troubles" but it would be quite another to lay down clams for one of Madoff's pads. Personally, we very much like the idea of sleeping where a criminal slept but would prefer the home of a cooler one, like Charles Manson (blood stains on the wall are a must), so for us it'd be 1) Manson 2-7) The Juice 8) Bernie 9) Stanford 10) MJ. Now you go.
Earlier: Ankle Monitoring Bracelet On The House
Who Will Buy Madoff's Homes? [The Wealth Bulletin]
Posted by trojan , Jul 01, 2009 9:51AM
Colony Capital will
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 9:52AM
$1 Bob
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 9:56AM
I will trade you Greg and a box of Ring Dings.
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 9:57AM
by mackuly culkin i assume you mean macaulay culkin...
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 9:58AM
i think they are over estimating the negative stigma these homes carry... but in at any rate, everything moves at a price
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:00AM
@5 here, i was referring only to the madoff properties...
Posted by Bess Levin , Jul 01, 2009 10:00AM
...@4 I appreciate that you were able to crack that one.
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:04AM
1) Henry Nicholas
2) BM
3) MJ
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:05AM
Can you imagine how many liens have been/will be placed on Madoff's stuff? Not worth the trouble to get clean title.
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:06AM
Personally Id go with Madoff. Youd get to see the ever so dreamy Matt Lauher on the weekends.
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:07AM
@10 your lover boy's name does not include an 'h.'
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:10AM
How do I know if I am too prestigious?
Houston trader
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:12AM
1) Martha Stewart
2) Bernie
3) MJ
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:15AM
1. BM
2. OJ
3. MJ
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:15AM
@9 Isnt that why you buy title insurance?
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:18AM
Where the fuck is KevinB and his exceptional "under the radar" daughters?
I know he'd want to buy MJ's home.
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:19AM
1. Busey
2. The Nuge a.k.a. Tedward Nugent
3. I wanna lay my head where Ruthie and Berndog bumped uglies
Posted by Bess Levin , Jul 01, 2009 10:21AM
@17 The Buse is not a criminal.
Posted by Becky Boot Fan , Jul 01, 2009 10:30AM
@Bess-18
...yet.
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:32AM
who is that in the picture? MJ was white
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:34AM
Amazing -Webster was 32 years old in that photo.
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:37AM
@Bess
While The Buse is not a criminal...yet, he certainly merits a shoutout for being absolutely batshit, chicklit toothed, f-ing crazy.
-seventeen
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:40AM
@Bess & BBF,
He is really, really close to one... I say he qualifies:
In 1988, Busey was the victim of a near-fatal motorcycle accident, which resulted in the enactment of stricter helmet laws in the state of California. A notorious drug user, he was hospitalized after a cocaine overdose in 1995, at which time he underwent rehabilitation in lieu of facing criminal charges. Three years later, he dedicated his life to the Christian faith by joining the Promise Keepers.
Posted by Bess Levin , Jul 01, 2009 10:44AM
@22/17 1. I say this in the nicest possible way, shut your filthy whore mouth 2. I shout The Buse out all the time.
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:46AM
-@20
Gary Coleman?
Posted by Anal_yst , Jul 01, 2009 10:47AM
Agree with @8
Henry Nicholas ftw
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/43587/
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:48AM
25 - it is Webster -not Gary Coleman -- please keep your african-american, hanger-on, Peter-Pan disease celebrities straight... geez..
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:49AM
MJ
H.H. Holmes
Frank Abagnale
Sarah Palin
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 10:51AM
@Bess
1. No offense but, s my d.
2. I'm sure The Buse hears your shout, and subsequently bashes his head against the wall.
-seventeen and twenty two
Posted by trojan , Jul 01, 2009 10:58AM
@29
Bess's voice is only one of many shouting inside his head
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 11:00AM
smooth criminal?
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 11:06AM
The Buse has learned to play the "batshit crazy" game all the way to the bank.
If you ever see the Comedy Central roast of "Larry the Cable Guy" you will see some of the best Busey ever seen.
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 11:06AM
Wouldn't it make sense to invest and turn the Neverland Ranch into a Graceland-like tourist spot?
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 11:22AM
@32, I saw that..shockingly good roast from Busey. There's a fine line between brilliant and crazy.
Posted by Anal_yst , Jul 01, 2009 11:28AM
@34
Its not so much a line...
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 11:39AM
Hitler's lair in the Alps, obviously.
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 11:44AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2v5z_dUeUE
-LA
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 11:47AM
Busey is damned brilliant. When idiots don't follow what he's saying they call him crazy because... well, they're idiots.
Prime example is the end of that roast. That was a pretty good sarcastic/sardonic rip on Larry but, of course, 90% would never figure it out.
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 11:50AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2v5z_dUeUE
-LA
Posted by Perkins Maxwell , Jul 01, 2009 11:59AM
Bess: why not go for the big one? Adolf's villa in Berchtesgaden, all the way.
Posted by NegativeConvexity , Jul 01, 2009 12:02PM
@33
I'm with you, brotha. MJ's Neverland Ranch is begging with both hands to be monetized. Huge cash cow..
Some come for the nostalgia, some come to pay their respects, some come for the faint smell of young sphincter in the morning....
Posted by Bess Levin , Jul 01, 2009 12:12PM
@29 I don't S the D's of those who malign The Buse.
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 12:28PM
1. Stefan Eriksson
2. Tony Montana
3. Ted Kennedy
Posted by guest , Jul 01, 2009 1:04PM
@Bess
Just to set the record straight, I am not a maligner of Gary Busey. I'm a big Point Break fan. One time I even watched Entourage solely to see the man you call so affectionately refer to as 'The Buse'. Oh, and that scene in Blacksheep? Love it.
I admit that I'm drawn to him like a bee to honey, like whitney to crack, or like GB to any upper/downer 'script combo he can get his sticky fingers on.
Sounds gay right? It's not, so shove it.
So again, with all due respect, S my D.
-29
Posted by EvilBuzzard , Jul 01, 2009 1:05PM
"If you had to decide between living in a home formerly inhabited by a guy who ripped off a whole buncha Jews (and Kevin Bacon) or a pop-star who possibly molested children, which would you pick?"
When faced with this dilemma I finally relized, at long last, that I had badly erred in my major life decisions. Not some somewhat, not kinda-sorta, but really, really bad. Like Robinson Devore having sex with a draft horse bad. This was when I reached peace with the fact that I was an umitigated fuck-up.
Posted by GinoT , Aug 01, 2009 3:48AM
No doubt that the King of Pop has influenced the music industry a lot and everybody was shocked with his sudden death. Kai Chase, personal chef to the stars, has decided to break her silence in the case of Michael Jackson's death. Not with a recipe for Hollandaise, either, as Kai Chase was Michael Jackson's personal chef. She was in the kitchen the day he died, cooking lunch when the paramedics were called. She attended to the children with a nanny while EMT's and an ambulance were en route, and was given the boot as soon as he was in transit to the hospital with other staff. She also said that there was a routine presence of oxygen tanks. Doubtless that Kai Chase and many others would give fast cash to get the toxicology reports back faster. Full article here: http://personalmoneystore.com/Personal-Loans/quick-Loans/fast-Cash/