Can Confirm both "I'm Rick James, Bitch!" and "Cocaine's a helluva drug..." were both instantly in use throughout schoolyards for an entire generation after.

Technically Charlie Murphy was telling stories about his past at lunch break, Dave Chappelle loved them and showed the stories in his show. The Dave Chappelle show was unique no lie.

"He's a habitual line-stepper."

There still another part to that story... Dave said he showed this episode to Eddie Murphy before it aired and he watched it silent, and when it was over all he said was.... "The couch was red"😂😂😂

“I’m Rick James bitch!” was a gwillion percent more popular than A-A-Ron could ever dream of being

RIP Rick James and Charlie Murphy

This one ended about 3 minutes early. In the end the real Rick James explains how he truly loves Charlie Murphy and how they’re still friends today. Btw, both Rick James and Charlie Murphy passed away a few years ago.

"I'm Rick James Bitch" and "Cocaine Is A Hell Of A Drug" are still used regularly today.

Fun fact: Eddie Murphy and Rick James have have a song together called "Party all the time"

“What am I gonna do about my legsss charlie Murphyyy” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Prince made an album where he used a pic of Dave Chappelle playing him with a plate of pancakes. 🤣

I absolutely love it towards the end "Rick needs help...." "Psssh we just gave him some help. We whupped his fucking ass" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Can confirm kids back in the day did indeed quote "I'm Rick James bitch"

When you stopped the video right before "Cocaine's a hell of a drug" i screamed "NOOOOOOOOOO" but then you brought it a few seconds back and i sighed of relief hahaha 🤣🤣🤣

Chapelle’s Show became instantly quotable. I mean instantly. The next day at school (I was a junior when it first aired) it was immediately part of the lexicon. Witnessing that show become a cultural icon was one of the coolest things I saw growing up. It was like Nirvana or something like that. Became a part of the American milieu instantly.

It sucks that they cut out the last story with Rick James that was on Chappelle's show, because the last part coined another popular saying in schools at the time "What did the five fingers say to the face?"

I can confirm, I was in hs when these skits debuted. "I'm Rick James Bitch" was a thing followed by "WHAT AM I GON DO BOUT MUH LEGS"

damn rip charley murphy .. on the dvd you can get the extended version .. charlie murphy tells a 30 minute story .. it’s fukin hilarious

"That's the best one yet, innit?" - Daz *responding to every Chappelle skit* 🤣

I was in college when that aired. Me and my boy would always call out in lab "Charlie Murphy" and the response was always "Darknesses" it was so random, we'd always have people cracking up. We really pissed the profs off when we'd yell "I'm rick james bitch".

Seeing you guys react and find out in real time that either Charlie is Eddie's brother, or that these are real stories that really happened, is a gem! R.I.P CHARLIE MURPHY!!

This shows the odd nature of fame. Rick James was famous as a musician in his time, but not many would remember him today if not for a comedian telling crazy stories about him much later.

Office Blokes = Office GOATs

For people who dont know Eddie Murphy in the1980s had a large entourage of people who hung around with him Most of them were his family and friends that worked for him. Charlie was Eddies security , His brother Vernon was his security Eddies cousin "Big Larry" was also his security. Eddies Uncle Ray was always with them .

"Habitual line stepper" is the line that has actually lasted longer, people still use that for people that always line step.

The sight of his dead legs dragging always kills me haha

Charlie Murphy was a writer for the show,that's how they knew the Stories

I remember Bill Burr and other comics saying that they practically forced Charlie to eventually do Stand Up, because he was so funny.

I have seen that sketch at least 20 times but I still laughed until my face hurt.

Can confirm, when this came out you couldn't go an hour without hearing somebody holler out "I'm Rick James bitch" Edit: Y'all gotta watch part 2

"I'm Rick James, bitch!" was so popular Chappelle has this whole bit in one of his specials about how people would randomly come up and say it to me, in public, in front of his family. It's a longer bit that's hilarious

Rick James was a different breed. Criminally underrated musician his music is incredible!!!

The "I'm Rick James" line actually originated from an appearance at the BET Awards on the BET (Black Entertainment Television) network. James was receiving a lifetime achievement award and ended his acceptance speech with, "And to the woman in the back who didn't know me, I'm Rick James, Bitch!" Edit: Enough. I misremembered the chronology because I'm old and probably saw the episode in reruns. I'll leave the original comment for the replies.

Chapelle wasn’t heard of when these stories happened. Charlie Murphy was part of Chapelle Show which is how Dave heard these stories.

I was in high school when this came out. For months after this aired “I’m Rick James bitch” could be heard echoing throughout the hallways at any given time. You’re right about that

I never laughed so hard as I did to that segment. It’s was apex brilliant comedy then and is apex brilliant comedy now. RIP Charlie Murphy and Rick James, and thanks for this legendary comic moment. Cheers, guys!!!

That’s not the whole story. There’s probably a part 2 to it! Glad y’all were able to react to it

i still use the term "Habitual linestepper" to this day xD Charlie's a legend

Charlie Murphy was also ex military & started out doing security for his brother. He’s a legit tough guy.

Charlie Murphy, god rest his soul, was the best story teller man. He's got another one where he tells a story about a friend of theirs that was a nuisance while drunk. Captivating sh*t.

That was "Cold blooded" lol. Great reaction boys 👍🏿🙏🏿

AAAHHHH CMON you guys gotta see “what did the 5 fingers say to the face” I’m mad that’s where the video ended😭😭

I remember a Dave Chappelle interview where he said it got so bad that he' was at Disney World with his wife and kids and people would come up and scream "I'm Rick James Bitch!" to his face. He said it was partially incidents like that that made him go on a such a long hiatus .

There's another one of charlie Murphy's true Hollywood stories out there where Rick James is behind the bar at "The China Club". It's hilarious as well😂😂🤣😆

Now timeless classic stories. RIP Charlie and Rick 🙏🏾

I can confirm me and my friends used to walk around middle school saying “I’m Rick James bitch” and “fuck yo couch” allllll the time lol

I was in a bar a week after this skit came out, and when "Superfreak" came on over the jukebox, spontaneously every in the bar said "I'm Rick James Bitch!".

These are true stories too. I met charlie Murphy at his show,shook his hand and got an autographed book. He's shorter but scarier irl. RIP G. He,like Patrice was reaching the peak before he died

Rick is an habitual line-stepper. I love that line and will remember it when needed.

You missed the best part. The finale! “What do the five fingers say to the face? Slap!”

Chappelle wasn't around back then. These stories are from the early to mid 80's. Charlie Murphy was part of the Chappelle show cast, and he would tell these wild stories, then Dave came up with the idea of doing them as sketches. I agree, the Rick James story definitely trumps the Prince story 😆

When he punched him in the face, and said, " Cold Blooded " (in reference to one of his hit songs...lol...I was rollin'....lol

I've been saying "I'm Rick James" since I was like 15. This sketch was the funniest thing I had ever seen up to that age.

I wonder why youtube doesn't have the ending to this skit, the last part of the story is the best part of this skit

I love how Charlie makes a point to "elevate" his brother. Even after Eddie had become the hugest star in the world, here's his big brother, letting you know that Eddie is "a lot more compassionate," or that Eddie didn't fuck around with the party scene. And then it makes me just so fuckin SAD, because Charlie's not around anymore to be his little brother's biggest supporter. There's another true Hollywood Story from Charlie Murphy regarding a guy (whose name I will not reveal, but you can read Charlie's lips when he's telling the story) who got shit-faced drunk and forced his way into Eddie's home late one night. There's another story about Charlie and his crew lining up for hot dogs/franks outside of a club. And I don't know why we never see it, but there's a portion of Charlie's Rick James stories where he's hanging out at Rick's house all weekend, everyone's partying non-stop, and Rick got on the house intercom to announce that none of the women there were to have sex with Charlie Murphy, and they would be fired if they did. OH! And there was a story about Charlie and Eddie and Uncle Ray and the whole gang going out to a restaurant, and Darryl Stingley was there, and he started talking some shit. So Charlie had to go over there and straighten him out. I haven't seen THAT story since it aired.

Charlie Murphy was a cast member of the Chappelle Show and he would tell Chappelle, Neal Brennan, Donell Rawlings and the rest of the writers/cast these stories, so they made sketches out of them.

Sooooo not surprised this has over 74k views... Chappelle's Best!!!... "Chahley Murphayyy!!!" *Bammm* "Unityyyyy!" 🤪🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

IMO Dave Chappell's best special is called " kill'n em softly" every bit in that set is 100% hilarious

I salute you blokes! I love the channel and your Chapelle reactions. RIP Charlie Murphy, he was a great addition to Chapelles' show and is missed. Keep up the good reactions my friends!!

the guy on the right his reaction, when rick james says "nice place n***a" Gold.

OMG YES!!! You guys finally did it! Possibly the greatest skit in sketch show history. Dave Chappelle is the GOAT!

I love the references of Eddie Murphy's stand up comedy show "Delirious" and Rick James song"You're as cold as ice"😂😂❤️

Yesss exactly what we asked for. Thank you guys

I remember living in the barracks in Alaska when this show was on, everyone walked around saying that to each other. Everyone either watched Chappelle Show or South Park or both in the Barracks.

Hands down one of the funniest skits to ever air on television. 🤣

I have a few family members who worked with Rick James as sound engineers in the '80s,and they both said he was one of the nicest guys ever.☺️

You guys have to react to The Playa Haters ball skit. It will make you cry laughing.

Every time i watch this and Charlie Murphy says "wrong, wrong". I almost die laughing.

There is a third section to this…. features the GREATEST SLAP IN THE HISTORY OF COMEDY lol

"F*#k your couch" was what everybody in my high school said when this came out

I never forget when Rick James said that to a young lady back stage at the BET Awards.Thats how that saying became popular. She asked someone who he was? That pissed him off that she didnt know who he was. So when he got out on stage for an award he says " Yeah Im Rick James Bitch"! The audiance was shocked because they didnt know what had happened.Then everyone started to laugh.lol That was the talk of the town the next day.And I guess the rest is history.I may be missing a small bit of it but this is pretty much what happened 🤣🤣

I literally have to watch this once a week. One of my favorite bits, and one of my favorite reactions. Much love from St. George, UT, USA

Love some Charlie. Rest easy bro. For anyone who doesn't know, Charlie did martial arts for years and was even his brother"s body guard for some years. Think he mentioned it in the other skit. He also talked about it in an interview I watched. That's why that kick he did was so fluid.

Yall are the GOATS. This was the skit I been waiting on. Such a classic episode. 🔥🔥🔥

These Charlie Murphy stories are 100% true. Eddie Murphy did an interview with Jimmy Fallon. It was funny as hell

"I'm Rick James bitch!" Was huge in the states for years.

The Prince skit was so real, Prince actually used the shot of Dave dressed as him with the plate of pancakes for the cover of Breakfast Can Wait.

I wasn't big on Rick James, but he was one of a kind, and a good musician...was just wild as hell.. that I'm Rick James bitch started when Rick got the Legend award at the BET awards...some girl that was working backstage didn't know who Rick was and he came out there and accepted the award...and said some young girl in the back didn't know who I was... I'm Rick James bitch....and the crowd erupted...yes he was something else

Good react, gents!! As others have said, there's one more portion to this story which is cut from the KZfaq version and I hope you guys have had a chance to watch it. 2 Years on but just an FYI: according to one of Charlie Murphy's stand up sets - the whole reason Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories became a segment, was because he'd be telling Chappelle and the people on the show these actual stories. And they'd all be laughing, hard. Then after a particular story Chappelle said: "Hey, we should make this into a sketch". Charlie's initial reaction was: "Sketch? Motherf***er this is my life, the f*** you mean a 'sketch'?!" Then Chappelle helped him flesh it out and Charlie Murphy realised: "My life is a sketch"

7:32 OMG that dude on the far right white shirt his laughter is too contagious, my eyes are watery no ROFL! XD

These depictions came about because Charlie Murphy was working on the show and would often tell these crazy stories during lunch times. Dave decided that they had to heard and who better to tell them than the man himself. Charlie lived a crazy life that's for sure!

Thank you guys. Charlie's stories were the greatest.

So charlie murphy use to hang out with chappelle and during breaks they would listen to charlie talk about tons of wild stories from when eddie was at the top of his popularity. Like eddie wasn't just the best comedian, he was like the first major black comedian to be at the top, he had entourage from all realms of the planet. Religious, sports, politics all from the black side of america. charlie hung out with some amazing people in america's histroy.

the saddest part, is prince, rick james and charlie murphy are gone now ..

When this came out we were at a friend's house watching it. One of my friends got in a fight about a week ago (rip to my buddy) the dude he had a fight with stomped on his face and left a filla print on him. We laughed our asses off 😂😂

R.I.P. Charlie Murphy. Darkness!!

RIP Charlie Murphy

People used to say im rick james bitch CONSTANTLY when this came out. i was only a little kid but i remember all the hs kids and college kids saying it cuz my uncle was that age at the time. RIP to Rick James and the GOAT Charlie Murphy

Was waiting for this one! The best Chappelle ever!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Charlie Murphy was a writer on The Chappelle Show. He used to tell these stories onset to Dave Chappelle and Bill Burr who was also a writer on the show. Dave convinced Charlie to tell 2 of his stories for the show. His story from the Joe Rogan show about Mike Tyson wrestling his pet tiger is a another great story.

Classic Dave 🤣😂"I'm Rick James bitch" is quite a line 😂🤣😂🤣😂 love Charlie Murphy true stories 😂🤣😂🤣

RIP Charlie Murphy. “ I’m Rick James, bitch” and “cocaine is a helleva drug” are still in rotation. These are classic lines. Also, Dave Chappelle is like a generation younger than Rick James, Eddie and Charlie Murphy.

Now ya gotta do the 2nd half the China club story

Right around that time (when Charlie was telling these stories) some friends of mine went to see him doing stand-up (or telling stories). The opening comic? Bill Burr. Prince put out a single and he used a photo of Dave as him for the cover. "Breakfast Can Wait" is the title.

Dude… Charlie Murphy’s is one of those guys who you hear crazy stories about but it’s all true. I think he’s next on the list of guys you guys need to take a deep dive on. He’s from the age of the Patrice O’Neal’s and Bill burrs of the world. He came up around the same time they did. Everyone has nothing but great stories about him. Truly one of the most under appreciated comics of our time imo.

Confirmed "I'm Rick James bitch!" was yelled constantly by my brother and I.

We have all been waiting for this greatness! Thanks for putting out the video while my sons napping!

The level of "Slap, I'm Rick James" in high school when this aired was off the charts.

Ah Rick James being from my hometown Buffalo NY made this clip extra legendary there. But to clarify, this would have been long before Dave's career took off. But he knows the stories because Charlie was a close friend and colleague.

since they first mentioned Dave Chappelle, I've been waiting for this! it didn't disappoint. lol