Mike Judge Presents Tales from the Tour Bus - Bootsy Collins (2018)

Made for Cinemax , airing November 23rd in the US.
Season 2. Episode 4.
The story : William Earl Collins or as the public may know him as his alter ego Bootsy Collins - grew up in Ohio.
He didn't have a father in the house but his older brother was a big influence on him.
Bootsy wanted to do everything his brother did.
Big brother had a band and a gig one night.
When the bassist couldn't make it , Bootsy swore he could step into his place and that he did.
This was the onstage experience he needed.
As a teen still playing bass with his own band he was constantly hanging at Kings Recording Studio.
There he and his band were exposed to many important artists and everyone there seen Bootsy and band as the best James Brown cover band around.
James Brown called on Bootsy and his band to back him , which they did for a bit.
But being young and rebellious , Bootsy and his buds couldn't live by James strict rules.
Back on the scene again without James in Detroit , Bootsy and band were killing it in their own right.
A fan told them that they reminded her of George Clinton of Parlament and Funkadelic and suggested that they meet him.
So that's what they did.
George thought that Bootsy was so good , he needed his own band.
After being the frontman of his own funk band , now Bootsy and The Rubber Band but never really wanting to be frontman , Bootsy literally became ill.
Staying out of the spotlight helped him heal and he began taking his time , doing what he wanted.
But after a terrible accident that he was told he wouldn't recover from he decided to make one more change.
Stars (voices by) Mike Judge , Bootsy Collins , Frankie "Kash" Waddy , Alan Leeds , Dr. Scott Brown , Tom Vickers , George Clinton , Stozo the Clown
Directed by Mike Judge
Rated TVMA
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"The following is about real people and real events. However , due to the passage of time , and , in some cases , indulgence in both controlled and illicit substances , details of some tales are a bit hazy."