Wednesday Video: James Brown and Alfred Hitchcock


Here's a clip from The Mike Douglas Show where an earnest James Brown asks Alfred Hitchock a question about a movie that Hitchcock didn't make. Hey, I would have guessed that it was a Hitchcock film, too. Also notice Joan Rivers, before hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of plastic surgery.

RIP James Brown
Evidently James Brown wasn't feeling that great, as he the Godfather of Soul passed at 1:45AM this Christmas morning. He was hospitalized on Sunday, with pneumonia. Here are some good words, including a clip of him in the Blue Brothers movie. Here is an excellent recent Rolling Stone feature on The Godfather of Soul, which gives some insight on a musical genius, who was also a complicated and troubled man. Like so many other musical geniuses...

Thanks for the music, Godfather.

Wednesday Video: Nuthin' Wrong With James Brown

I didn't know that Nancy Reagan ever interviewed James Brown, but here it is. The picture quality isn't great, but it's still worth it, and the sound quality is fine, so you get a full taste of the insanity that is James Brown.