Jacko in the box?

Los Angeles freeways came to a halt as Michael Jackson's casket was transported across town to the Staples Center this morning. But is Jacko's body inside that box? We know his brain is not inside the body but are Jacko's remains actually undergoing plastination preservation for a future exhibition. The corporate porn-pushing gossip site TMZ.com is insisting its "sources" say they know "100%" for sure that Jacko is inside the golden casket. But who believes them?

Exclusive! Michael Jackson's brain!

In the eleven days since Michael Jackson's death, the fallen idol's brain has gotten more attention than his dancing feet or spotted genitalia. Great speculation and concern has been expressed about the organ being removed from the inside of his head, as if the process was unusual in the case of an unexplained drug overdose and not common to every autopsy. In Jacko's case, the brain will not be returned to its home behind Jacko's scarred face in time for his memorial and possible burial, as it will be needed for a couple more weeks as tests continue to find exactly what deadly cocktail of pharmaecuticals killed him.


In a bizarre twist, Jacko's only major movie role was in The Wiz. He played The Scarecrow, who did not have a brain.