1500+ Prisoners Doing The Thriller Dance
written by John Chow on July 28th, 2007
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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- No Song Unsung Blog - July 28, 2007 at 7:51 pm
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- John Chow dot Com: 1500+ Prisoners Doing The Thriller Dance « The Bird Man’s Blog - July 30, 2007 at 7:59 pm
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I saw this on the news yesterday night and I couldn’t believe it. All these bad people working together? Wth?
i seriously doubt there real inmates, if they are they cant be that dangerous if they do that fruity crap!
Yes they are real inmates! I’m from the Philippines, the prison director asked them to do it as part of their daily exercise, it just shows that though they are inmates, they are still humans that can be disciplined.
I saw it first here on Johnchow dot com and then recognised it when it was showed on
TV prime time news too, here in France. The presentator said that it was seen 2,000,000+ times. That’s a viral social video. Web 2.0.
If you want to see my daily progression about web 2.0:
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Greetings from France John.
They are all not bad. Some are jailed even if they are innocent. If you have the money, it’s hard to put you in jail. Cebu, Phils.
nice video and i added it to avideoaday.com
thanks for sharing
Not sure why.. But for some reason it’s really disturbing.
i’m sure you haven’t read the full story
it’s actually a pretty effective scheme in terms of improving the inmates behavior
2 of the inmates have become dancers after getting out
if you know it all, you’d agree that it’s pretty cool
Wow, prison looks like so much fun!
true
wish you were there
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!
Shock and awe. Hey, I just did a post about you on my site. Actually, it’s about you AND John Cow dot com.
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
Hilarious! Maybe it’s a cooperative exercise. I think it’s awesome.
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?
I remember seeing this for the first time and just being utterly confused by it.
The video suck
Heh, thanks for the link John. Glad you enjoyed the video.
good find, michael
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!
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.
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.
With that said, I wonder if (s)he volunteered to play that part, or if it was just “You’re the chick, bitch!”.
DevDad
Thanks for the laugh, John! Hey - everyone needs a little pick-me-up now and then - even inmates…
That awesome
No one since Vincent Price has been able to do the horror voice better than he.
This is one cool video! This would be a good thing to bring to the U.S. !
I think if we show this to young kids in the U.S., crime might actually go down.
This video is all over the news here - Very funny!
people here in the philippines are well disciplined! an enjoying part as pastime for filipinos
filipinos are entertainers really!
All people are entertainers really
That looks like soooo much fun! I want to learn the dance too
They all look like professional dancers to me, they were really good!
Saw this on the Leno show last night. Amazing. Or was it the Craig Ferguson show? Whichever it was it’s pretty funny!
doesnt look like a punishment to me
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?!?
awesome
is bored lol
Haha! That’s awesome. I’ve submitted this to Digg: link
Steve
They are real inmates
There’s also a Chinese , I think, that showed Wushu in that jail.
lol
Funny..
but who’s the girl?! O_o she looks like a monkey
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
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
At least they dont get bored.
Not funny… is bored
The video doesn’t work now, but I saw it elsewhere. Freaky!
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
Shouldn’t they have danced to “Bad”??
That is one of the coolest things I have seen, wonder how they got all the prisoners to do it… better meals?