More people watched MJ's memorial than BHO's inauguration - did you watch?

I watched hours of the inauguration but only a small part of the memorial (Lionel Ritchie & Berry Gordy parts). Certainly the crowds for the inauguration were a lot more impressive. There were about 17,00 people inside the Staples center and 600 or so outside but there were over two million in Washinfor the Obama inauguration.

I don't believe I watched the inauguration live...I don't remember now. If it was on a Monday when we normally have our business closed I most likely did because it was an historical event and I always like watching historical events. If not I caught it later. As far as the memorial for Michael Jackson yesterday...I was at the shop all day and we don't have a television there so I didn't watch it. When I got home it was either still going on or being replayed on so many stations that we had to resort to watching a couple of episodes of Operation Repo just to avoid watching it.

I did not watch either and had no intention of watching! I managed to find some CSI shows which were IMO much more entertaining.

I watched most of the inauguration, as I always have whenever I've been able to for as long as I can remember and I saw bits and pieces of the Jackson memorial. I really don't think that watching or not watching either even really indicates someone's interest or lack of interest in our government. Of course there was a great deal of interest in Michael Jackson. Like him or not, he was an icon and he WAS one of our greatest entertainers of all time. People will always be fascinated with celebrities, it's just human nature. Annie

People have been too interested in Obama and I think it is good to get a break from him being the center of attention. However now MJ has been on too much. I did not watch either events on TV I was busy doing school.

Um, only watch Michael's memorial can be understood. only watch the inauguration can be understood. both watch can be understood. watch neither of them can be understood. MJ: a star on the pop music. a shoal of brilliant songs and dances are left. Obama: the newly on board president. a political star will be shining. Therefore, you can either one is nothing wrong. If you care nothing about them, is also not a big deal. sometime, it's just like the butterfly effect.

LOL would I look to bad if I confessed that I skipped both? ok so I did peek here and there at the Obama's one, just because hubby was watching. As for MJ, I had a few friends calling me asking me if I was watching and trying to describe to me what they were watching when they found out I wasn't. LOL it's not like I don't have a tv. It's just that I was doing something else more interesting to me :) As for your last statement, of course people are more interested in celebrities. Actually what they are more interested is in celebrities lives. Often wishing that their own lives could be like that. Avidly watching documentaries, reading magazines, looking at pictures.... Don't take me wrong. I liked him. But my best tribute to him was to enjoy his music while he was alive. Other than that I could really care less of how he lived, where, doing what etc.

hello Rollo1, just like i did not watch either of them because i have a work. But i did watch replay of MJ's memorial in the news and it has a replay. This will be the last time that we can see MJ again unlike President Obama that he will have a better and brighter tomorrow.

I couldn't watch and i feel i am unlucky.

I actually didn't watch either one, but I am glad to know more people watched MJ than Obama

I didn't watch Micael Jackson's memorial service. I just wasn't interested in watching it and had other things and priorities. I watched a bit of the inauguration but not all of it.

I am one of the people that watched the memoral service of MJ but not the inaugeration. I just don't like Obama at all sooooooooo, I just didn't watch it. I don't think it would have been a really great idea for Obama to show up at the services haha, after all, there are some major things he has to take care of, but I do think that Diana Ross should have appeared and she is nothing but a, oh never mind, just makes me wonder why MJ loved her so much haha

I didn't watch either event. For the Michael Jackson memorial, at that point I was so tired of the coverage about his life, that I was just sick and tired of the whole thing. As for the inauguration, why should I have watched it? It was only going to make my blood pressure go sky high, and I was in too good of a mood that day to get mad and yell at the TV.

I watched the inauguration only because I've watched all of them that I have lived through. (as an adult) I was embarrassed for him. A moment in history and it got messed up when the oath taking began. Is it an OMEN? I caught glimpses of the memorial as I was at work and it was on every tv in the place. (I work at a nursing home.) I did see his daughter cry and her aunt Janet hold her...and got choked up. Life is so fragile. We are all secretly obsessed with the dying process...and the famous do it so much more extravagantly. Not being sarcastic, just realistic.

I did not watch either one, I kind had a life. What I am more concerned with is people being more concerned with other's lifes than their own. You go to a grocery store and at the check out stand is all of these celebrity tabloids, telling us about the lifestyles of movie stars. Sorry but I do not care about an actress that one day lost 100 pounds and then the next month decided to gain it back, what difference does it make to me. As to caring about their government maybe this is a sign that America really does not care about Obama as much as we are lead to believe.

Hello there . I am NOT into politics, I pay attention only when I feel like I really need to - once in awhile when my one voice would actually make a difference. As you can tell, things like that don't happen very often at all. If I could make things the way I wanted them to, you know I would, but politics as a whole is rotten through and through and as such, all I can do is protect my own personal life FROM it. I did NOT watch the inauguration, I didn't vote for Obama anyway. Why the heck would I want to watch someone I did not want elected into office get inaugurated? What purpose would that serve than to make me irritated? I recorded the memorial service because I was gone all day, but I have watched some of it as well as some parts from youtube. I am not some wild and crazy die hard fan or anything, but Michael Jackson was an icon I grew up with, and he influenced music for 4 decades.... and I love music. Sorry but a politician doesn't make me 'feel' anything. I don't tie anything they say or do to any special times in my life, there are no memories attached like there are to certain songs. I feel this is comparing apples to oranges and nothing anybody can say will convince me otherwise. If someone disagrees with me, cool beans, guess you just see the world differently than I do. This is my playground, this is where I love, play, and enjoy. If you are here to do something other than that, find another place to do it. Sooner or later we will all face our own 'memorial service' and I don't want regrets.

The two events were in contrast with each other, It's a welcome for Obama and a farewell for Michael. MJ had conquered the world for his wonderful songs while Obama is just starting to introduce himself to the world. Watching at the news, feel sad too with MJ's memorial, also carried away with the emotions of the people around especially with the speech of her little girl. It's all tears in MJ's memorial, whatever, his good memories stays in the hearts. While the world is still in watch should Obama make it to be the best leader. They are both interesting personalities that affects the people of the world.

I did watch both the inauguration and most of the memorial. The inauguration I watched intentionally, I even watched some of the parade as my friend's son was in one of the marching bands performing. I watched the memorial mainly because I was off from work and it was on every channel. After I started watching it, I would flip back and forth just to see who was talking. I listened to the speeches more than the performances. I think most people keep up with celebrities more than politics, unfortunately, I think it's becoming more and more of the focus of the media as well.

Didn't watch either, NBC and it's affiliates are dying for ratings anyway so they had to cover it in hopes they could come within 2 lite years of fox news.

I only watched snippets from the inauguration, however the full thing isnt of interest to me as im in England. I did watch the full Michael Jackson ceremony though, he was a great artist and a great man. May he rest in peace.