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Jordan Peele Reenacts One of The Craziest James Brown Interviews Ever

June 30, 2016
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No further explanation really needed. 

Just check it out from JASH here.

Weird Al Yankovic on His Song Process, Getting a #1 Album, and Playing Wheel of Fortune with James Brown

October 1, 2014
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Turns out the Weird Al Yankovic has just wrapped up a three decade plus long record contract with his latest chart topping album Mandatory Fun. Yankovic chatted about that with Seth Meyers on Late Night last night as well as how he makes sure to clear his song parodies with the artists (even if its the night before recording) and his overall process in song writing and what he goes for.

While that’s all well and good, Weird Al also talked about the one time that he played Wheel of Fortune with Little Richard and James Brown, which is a thing that really happened.

Remain Champagne: “KNOW’M SAYN’?”

April 1, 2011
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Remain Champagne: “KNOW’M SAYN’?”

remainchampagne:

Everyone loves the song “Get Up” by James Brown, AKA “Sex Machine.” I like the beginning of the song where James is just talking. Where he’s telling his band what he’s gonna do. He’s all like: “Fellas, I’m ready to get up and do my thing. I wanna get into it, man. You know. Like a,…

I’ve seen Matt Champagne do this bit live and I feel, for the moment while I read this, privileged.

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