When it was decided that James Brown would be the focus of today’s Remember This? I decided I need to refrain from the impulse to post all 1,001+ clips of JB in action. Here’s an all killer, no filler salute to the funkiest man who ever lived.

Sex Machine/Soul Power
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“It’s a Man’s World” Medley from the Apollo, 1968
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Dance lessons straight from the man himself
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1974’s “Rumble in the Jungle” in Zaire with Muhammad Ali from When We Were Kings (1996)
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Get on the Good Foot
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World
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“Say It Loud” on “Playboy After Dark”
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Papa Don’t Take No Mess
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Eddie Murphy’s SNL “Hot Tub” Sketch
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A mix of vintage clips
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And clip #11 - just for the hell of it… “The Cosby Show” pays tribute to James Brown
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