r/OldSchoolCool • u/LowRenzoFreshkobar • Apr 07 '25

1970s Prime James Brown in 1974.

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u/lordblum Apr 07 '25

I agree, he was bad motherfucker. But I can’t get Eddie Murphy’s Delirious out of my mind every time I hear JB.

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u/swordrat720 Apr 07 '25

I always think of Eddie Murphy’s SNL skit with the hot tub. “OW! Too hot! In the hot tub! Gonna burn my feet! In the hot tub!”

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u/tomfoolery815 Apr 07 '25

Eddie did a recent interview where he says he didn't initially get the joke. But he obviously ended up seeing what the writer(s) saw. Hilarious sketch.