Here are two of the scariest things I ever saw on national TV, in the days when I watched it.

The Black And White Minstrel Show:

The Black and White Minstrel Show
a once-popular entertainment featuring some white people who couldn’t dance very well and who wanted to look like black people (temporarily)

Michael Jackson’s Thriller:

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a once-popular entertainment featuring a black person who could dance very well and who wanted to look like a white person (permanently)