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Love him. Damn, he was cool as a Shark.

Right? And so young to boot. He is legit.

And tells the crowd to shut the hell up. Like a boss!

I was born in '82, I am 38 and that is damn near near 40 years.

@@Blondie42 I was born in 76 and when people ask I say I'm close to forty. Just not which direction!!!! And we dont need anyone to tell us 38 isn't almost 40 hell my knees tell me every morning I'm pushing 45!!! Peace friend!! Remember old age beats the alternative.

Almost 40 years - and still funny, and relevant!

I think Eddie was like 19 or something... definitely the youngest SNL cast member (if I recall)

When yer high

what?? really? I am also 20... but all I can do is get a glass of water for me from the kitchen.

All he has to do was smile and I'll laugh, because I know what's coming.

It's not brilliant his act really, it's his confidence and composure and ease in the spotlight.

@@pfftwhut7638 aka his brilliance

We need more of this today

Yup, very impressive.

not the part about a black president

About half of it does.

Yeah, You don't have to be garbage to be funny, but the left likes it. I think its more talented without it.

Way ahead of his time that man is the greatest of all time!!!!!!

I just watched that, the sketch about Elvis, James Brown and Michael Jackson had me dying 😂💀

Here, you light it 🔥

I still use quotes from that album

"Now that's a fire, Gus!"

@@mcemct7434 we used to say that when starting the charcoal grill

Yep.I bet Johnny had a lot of pull for the industry.

That was more for unknown comics. Eddie was already on SNL. They usually made a big deal of showing Johnny as he waived them over. Eddie moved like he knew he was going to go.

You know what ur talking about bet ur someone that just might be on the inside

When did he do it? I seem to have missed it.

@@NikolaAvramov SNL black history minute.

That's why its so damn funny!

Prince did it, so did Elvis. The greats!

Everyone now. KZfaq, how to make rope and hang someone :-)

Cocky always cocky....

He’s trying to do clean jokes and he’s still talking about the finer points of underwear modeling LOL

@@zachvii6476 lol true!

I think he was a clean comedian when he started.

@@christinadacruz420 lol wut?? Maybe you need to go back and listen to his early albums. He was a nasty motherfucker.

Kind of a flat set

I always got to bring the race card in... It's funny but it gets old, no it gets real old...

You're cute.

I’ve always loved his laugh!! He is very talented!!

“I’m from a predominantly black family”

@@paulyakaitis3352 best bully black people of all-time

arx754 great movie!

one of my faves

That's like... the law.

Definitely a Christmas holiday movie.

Jamie Lee's tits look good in that movie!

Bootha Vandross He was born in 1961, so he was 21.

+leafyutube his birthday wasn't until April so he was 20

Amaaaazing. He speaks with the authority & wisdom of a 50yr old.

He was 20.

He hasn’t aged

Don't forget that minor stumble in '84 known as Best Defense.

Um, who asked for a re-count of his career!

@@freddiemartin699 Who asked you to be an asshole?

I did notice that. Very confident.

chill

+Uffe Ulv I get Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney, but Eddie Murphy I just don't find funny. Doing 'stand up' that is. His old movies were pretty good.

+Mike Jones funny that you find Mooney funny when his whole shtick is being butthurt about race which is just not funny at all.

+Mike Jones I love Pryor and Murphy, but Paul Mooney is one of the most unfunny men I've ever seen.

Paul Mooney is funny. He just gets too politically charged in his comedy more often than he should.

johnny was the best. and still is. one reason being that when he was glib he was pretending.

Jay leno is..no im sorry WAS a joke/job stealin hack

B C So did Jay!

Ditto!

And Jay repeated his jokes. And Jay repeated his jokes.

He referred to SNL as "my show". Ultimate confidence. He had to be having miniature heart attacks backstage but when the curtain calls, he turns so smooth, so confident.

Yeah don't over stretch it

Delirious and raw still have me rolling even today! ✨✨✨

Blown away how deep this first appearance was!

Me too I said wow he owned that he was hit as hell on the show to call it his confidence at its best lol😁

He is also such a talented actor. So great in ‘Trading Places’, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’, and many other films (including his voice work on ‘Shrek’.

Agree. And that should tell us something.

He had to do it or he would have been fined by the FCC.

Too many offended fools that think too highly of themselves.

Angela Hite not even old enough to drink and already on the tonight show. Now that’s impressive!

21

Totally agree. Born to it.

Blinks Stay fresh he would have turned 21 in April this was in January

He would've been 20 in this clip, but that's still crazy young

I love Eddie Murphy! He’s the best!

19 or 20. But he'd been writing for a few years by that point.

@@cisium1184 He's 20 here. Turned 21 4 months later. This was his second season of snl (1981-82) and took off pretty much from the the 1st episode of the 2nd season. But his 1st season 1980-81 when he was 19 he didn't have much to do and was just a background guy mostly. And no one knew him at all. Which worked in his and Piscopo'ss favor as they fired the whole cast except for them two.

Signed new standup deal with Netflix.

He ain't funny anymore.

I know right

that part actually wasn't a joke, but white people act like there aren't mixed families by marriage, etc.

F And don't take this wrong, but you're an idiot.

markuseraccount1 Buckwheat!

Special K! Top notch

Good to know. Thanks for telling us.

He came out of the gate running and hasn't looked back since...that's how you win that race. A true comic genius! A toast to Monty!!!

Stolen from Richard Pryor

@@caracasboogie hey true story, Pryor had a bit about god coming back and asking about MLK and Malcolm-X and He stopped doing it because Rob William did it. SO all and all everyone steals. But not everyone can deliver....

Maybe not so much when you're a breakout star on the same network? ;-)

@@weebunny That didn't matter to Johnny. The comedians were booked to do their stand up act and that was it. So him asking them to sit down meant he thought they were special.

@@tphillips37 if you were at a certain level you did stand up and then he went and did panel

@Steve Scheunemann, dude. Did you even WATCH this? hahahah!

It's funny because looking at him it's rather obvious.

Or he's got some mix in the bunch.... And he's just kinda precise.

Classic! 👌

It's a pretty funny line. Franklin Ajaye first mentioned it in his 1972 comedy album.

He was very good then.

Brian Laing A killer. One of the best ever in his prime.

^^ so true they can all adapt

"doo-dooo...gonna put it on youu"

Loved his humor better when he kept it clean. It was actually funnier, because he put more thought into it! Eddie was a comic genius!

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I've never been the biggest Eddie Murphy guy, but you're telling it like it is. This holds up way better than first Tonight Show sets by many of my favorites including Letterman, Leno, and Seinfeld.

I agree. "Excuse me. You crowding Mr. President." I busted out laughing.

The car battery is gone lol

Not really

Even funny in 2020

💯 I was so happy when he hosted, and he did not disappoint! He's still got it!

But you have to be pretty old to get the premise from the Little Rascals of Buckwheat and Farina. I wonder how many in the general population would get his Buckwheat character on SNL and how Buckwheat used to talk.

Special K.....no PC here..

@@scribe570 Little Rascals came out in the 30s I was born in the 60s I watched the show. Reruns not anymore you have to watch it on DVD or youtube.

I still get LL Bean catalogs sent to my house. I like having them around.

And before toilet paper became common, everybody enjoyed the Sears catalog

@@Grandizer8989 Prior to that, corn cobs were used. How does that make you feel?? I heard my grandparents say things when I was just a little kid, and while I didn't think much about it at the time, now I wonder if they really did. I always went out to my grandparent's outhouse with grandma on Sunday afternoons and sat next to her as she read something while doing her business. They had put in indoor plumbing at some point before I was born, but she still went to the outhouse. I remember my parents and older sisters had chamber pots in their bedrooms. The house my sisters grew up in had holes in the roof and snow would come into their bedroom in the winter. They were worried about fire among other things. I can remember following my dad into that house when I was probably 3 or 4, but he stopped me after a few steps and told me to never come in there again because it was so unsafe. I don't know if it was demolished or burned, but when I was born, there was a basement built where we would have a new house. It was built in '62. Sorry I got off track on that.

@@survivrs corn cobs for the cornhole?

@@Grandizer8989 Lol yeah.....makes me wonder if that had anything to do with naming the popular game when tailgating at sports events or in the back yard.

Hey that’s a wonderful little story

It's bizarre that I don't remember much of Delirious. The film of his that finally put my full attention on how hilarious he is was Raw. Not only was he wickedly funny but... man what guts it took to wear that suit. Purple and Black. It worked and still does. I was too young to see his early films, Trading Places and 48 Hrs in theaters. Why they made Another 48 Hrs.. I have no idea. Same with Beverly Hills Cop 3 and the Golden Child. Not his strongest material.

Im a faget? Can you rephrase your comment because I don't know if you are trying to offend me or making a point. Sorry but I just don't get it.

This is all basically just toned down TV versions of his pieces from Delirious, which is NOT PG.

Kevin Davis Haha yea, I can watch this a hundred times and laugh.

+GhettoMist yeh, he is funny. daring. always was.

+GhettoMist yeah, Little Eddie the Little racist....right! ;DD

Fire

***** I saw it. Good call on viewing that one. Mad me laugh!!

+Ajay Belgrave Hi!, my name is No One, and i touched him.......................er, inappropiately. Sorry Ed.

Ajay Belgrave and pryor too

Prayor? You speaking from the pulpit? Richard Prayor! The funniest soul in the heavens! Hymn be hilarious!

Well maybe George Carlin could

Will Ferrell

@@dannewell6449 Will Ferrell? Not a chance. Look at some of the old cast especially 1985, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. That was probably the best season. Dan Aykroyd. John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Joe Piscopo, Martin Short, Dana Carvey there were so many so much better than Will Ferrell.

nosearchwarrant He already was a well-known star on SNL for 2 years at that point. I'd understand it if he was an unknown comic and got called over.

Actually more like 14 months.. He wasn't a hit right off the bat either.. he was the only ' featured ' player of that cast.. But, once he hit, he hit big..

I read somewhere that Eddie would not appear on Carson unless he guaranteed that Carson would call him over after his stand up set. Supposedly the Tonight SHow reached out to Eddie's agent and only wanted him to do stand up. Eddie was insulted and demanded they call him to the couch. Eddie got his way. This story might be in the SNL book.

nosearchwarrant ...and was given six minutes as opposed to the usual three...

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Coasted? He worked his butt off

Yes and Richard Jeni not to mention George Carlin and Robin Williams. You've tried the rest, these are the best

Carey has lost his mind

My sentiments exactly

Absolutely! I still remember the smell of my neighborhood rental spot 😊

And the adult movies were under the counter

Achwell Foley? Hackwell Foley?

A.Khan check out Drybar comedy! Clean comedians! It’s great

@@jimmykrackkorn4347 That's one (and I'm taking your word for it that he's "this funny," as I've never seen his work).

@@akhan41 not that funny, no.

Jim Lahey sister rn

Can't stand Schumer. And, the way she seems to be competing with Meghan Markle just because she (schumer) just had a baby, too. AS IF Schumer is on the same level ---in ANY way---that Markle is on. (And, btw, it's got NOTHING to do with Markle just being a member of royalty now; Markle is "classy", "elegant", and "well-spoken", and Schumer is the OPPOSITE of all of adjectives).

rj zander Chappelle was 15 years ago though

@Mac : I'm sorry. I must have written that in a bad mood. I'm "working" on not being mean in comments, but looks like I blew it in the comment above. So what if I don't like her? I'm just another "random person" on the internet. If I don't like some celebrity, I'm trying to just "move on" and not comment at all. Sorry.

@Jim Lahey "Shhhh...The liquor's talking"

Don't you mean "deer", Vennison?

I didn't even crack a smile. While he was committed to his routine and he was confident, it just wasn't funny.

@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt - Well your generation is into more high brow comedy... talking about body functions and saying the f bomb every other word... so of course you didn't get it. It required thinking.

@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt Let me guess, you don't think George Carlin is funny either?

@Carlos your too young to understand

His SNL stuff is timeless.

You may get your wish after all.

its been 33 years since he did any stand-up.

TheTuck12 best line of the night.

so do I he was brilliant.

munchyman3 And he misses Charlie

munchyman3 i miss everything,except one big mistake,from the eighties.

Yeah, the black one.