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1500+ Prisoners Doing The Thriller Dance

written by John Chow on July 28, 2007

How one lazy bum made $176,697.50

Remember that Wedding Thriller Dance video I posted back in January? Well, here’s another one featuring over 1,500 Filipino prisoners. That’s right, every dancer is an inmate of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Cebu, Philippines. I wonder if making them do the dance was a punishment or a reward?

Source: Michael Kwan

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That is one of the coolest things I have seen, wonder how they got all the prisoners to do it... better meals?

Shouldn't they have danced to "Bad"?? :eek:

I had seen this before reaching this entry, but I just thought that I would let you know that this video was on Best Week Ever this week also! I feel bad for the guy who had to play the woman in the video. I can imagine it got some of the prisoners feeling frisky.

DevDad

The video doesn't work now, but I saw it elsewhere. Freaky!

Not funny... is bored

At least they dont get bored. :roll:

Yeah, it says you have to go to youtube to view...
Anyway...that video has got to be staged...pretty funny...thanks for sharing John

Hey John man, you can't directly link to the video any more.

I will never understand why uses do this. Is YouTube fame more important than letting people see the video?

DevDad

lol :mrgreen:

Funny..

but who's the girl?! O_o she looks like a monkey :|

They are real inmates ;) There's also a Chinese , I think, that showed Wushu in that jail.

Haha! That's awesome. I've submitted this to Digg: link

Steve

hahahaha wtf. I saw this before and it's very fascinating how the prisoners play along with it.

Yeah they really look like they're getting into it! Haha!

I wonder what the punishment was if they didn't perform it well enough?!? :cry:

doesnt look like a punishment to me

Saw this on the Leno show last night. Amazing. Or was it the Craig Ferguson show? Whichever it was it's pretty funny!

That looks like soooo much fun! I want to learn the dance too :grin: They all look like professional dancers to me, they were really good!

filipinos are entertainers really! :lol:

All people are entertainers really

people here in the philippines are well disciplined! an enjoying part as pastime for filipinos :cool:

This video is all over the news here - Very funny!

I think if we show this to young kids in the U.S., crime might actually go down.

This is one cool video! This would be a good thing to bring to the U.S. !

No one since Vincent Price has been able to do the horror voice better than he.

Thanks for the laugh, John! Hey - everyone needs a little pick-me-up now and then - even inmates...

Hilarious...in a weird disturbing way. I bet the girl :?: got lucky that night.

Or VERY unlucky, as the case may be. Prison rules prevail.

Unlucky is definitely a better word.

You can never be too sure. :shock: With that said, I wonder if (s)he volunteered to play that part, or if it was just "You're the chick, bitch!".

DevDad

Signed up for your moronic text link ads crap and got rejected. what kind of crap is that? why would you lie and say you make money with them? no wonder google banned you.

If you got rejected, it means your site was crap, which may explain why you didn't include your site in your comment.

John,

Don't hold back. Dell him what you really think! :twisted:

Ouch! Someone just got whipped back into line!

lol, Nice apt answer John. Guys like this crack me up. Do nothing, expect everything and lash out when they dont get it.

Heh, thanks for the link John. Glad you enjoyed the video.

good find, michael

I remember seeing this for the first time and just being utterly confused by it.

Holy crap, was that ever funny. Although I'm pretty sure the "girl" was another inmate.

Question is, did he voluntary dress the role, or was that his punishment for something? :?:

Hilarious! Maybe it's a cooperative exercise. I think it's awesome.

Hmm not really something I would expect from inmates.

Were they promised some kind of reward if they performed this dance?

no, it's compulsory to do the dance routine, and it's had some good effect on the prisoners

Shock and awe. Hey, I just did a post about you on my site. Actually, it's about you AND John Cow dot com.

Looks like prison is a lot of fun!

I mean aside from the daily anal rapings and dungeons.... and did you see that girl??? she was hot!

Perhaps the Phillipines will be the new model of rehabilitation....

well, you watched too many us prison movies

and you need a pair of glasses, it's a man!

Wow, prison looks like so much fun!