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Michael Jackson on the finale of "American Idol...?"

Michael Jackson on the finale of "American Idol...?"

MICHAEL WHO ON WHAT!!!???

The estimable critic and TV observer, Hal Boedeker (AKA TV Guy) and my counterpart at the Orlando Sentinel, has picked up the best damed rumor of the day, and maybe of the whole month. To wit...[see above.]

I'm gonna front another rumor, based on nothing but hunch and fevered imagination: What about Janet? (see below)

Hal addresses the MJ possibility with sort of a slack-jawed disbelief...and then, I got to wondering. Remember how - coincidentally - "AI" finally got use of the Beatles songs after years and years of wangling on EXACTLY THE SAME DAY that MJ got a bank reprieve and managed to hold on to his beloved Neverland Ranch?

So...what if...what if..."AI" secured his loan on the condition he appears tonight?

I have no idea whether this is true, or speculation of the most ridiculous sort, but get your sequined glove out of the closet, dust off that ancient vinyl of "Thriller" (or "HIStory," your call), and plant yourself in front of the set. This might turn out to be even more of a morbid curiosity than Celine serenading Elvis...

Personally, I'll bet Paula heard the wrong rumor - I'll bet JANET JACKSON will be on tonight. She's got a new album to promote, so...get your wardrobe malfunction ready, etc.

(Above, the You Know Whos; courtesy: People.)