Obamas regale trick-or-treaters with ‘Thriller’ dance (Video)

WASHINGTON — If Halloween is a thriller night, the Obamas were determined not to be found without the soul for getting down.

The family’s final Halloween in the White House saw the first couple greeting trick-or-treaters as usual, with President Barack Obama showing perhaps a touch of senior-itis as he and first lady Michelle Obama took a moment to break into the dance from the video for Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”

The original:

The Obamas (starts at about the 2:00 mark):

Which of the Obamas did it better? (Hint: She did.)

The kids outside of the White House show how it’s done:

Rick Massimo

Rick Massimo came to WTOP, and to Washington, in 2013 after having lived in Providence, R.I., since he was a child. He's the author of "A Walking Tour of the Georgetown Set" and "I Got a Song: A History of the Newport Folk Festival."

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