Eddie Murphy "James Brown's Celebrity Hot Tub Party" Robe, 1983 | Eddie Murphy memorably impersonated Godfather of Soul and 1986 Inductee James Brown during SNL's ninth season. "That [sketch] was one of those things that I didn't get 'til we did it," Murphy recalled, but acknowledged that James Brown was a fan." James Brown actually told me, 'You should [play me in a movie of] my life story. And I was like, Well, people would be laughing: He said, 'No, no! They'd be laughing if you was playing a