Nothing is stopping him from doing funny movies if he is still funny. Which he hasn't done a single one since 1999s Bowfinger.
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Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special |OT| (Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, etc)
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Jason's Ultimatum
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Eddie's best film is Nutty Professor. I haven't laughed so hard in my life during those dinner table scenes. Still do to this day.
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
The point is he doesn't give a shit about the fame anymore. He hates the Hollywood media.
BenjaminBirdie
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chris121580
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For me, it'll always be Beverly Hills Cop
Union Carbine
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Great show. Celebrity Jeopardy and Bill Murray's Jaws Love Theme were amazing.
Man, I still get choked up when I see Phil Hartman clips and they got to me again, particularly during the In Memoriam. I don't know why his passing gets to me but it does.
Man, I still get choked up when I see Phil Hartman clips and they got to me again, particularly during the In Memoriam. I don't know why his passing gets to me but it does.
That and 48 Hours for me.
Same, but I also feel that the way about seeing Chris Farley clips too.
Jason's Ultimatum
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What do you think a colonic is? Think you can run your asshole by a car wash?
If you think nutty professor is adult Murphy I am going to guess you haven't seen Raw, Delirious or 48 Hours. Generic juvenile fart/shit jokes was when it was clear Eddie Murphy was long gone.
Jason's Ultimatum
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Well, I guess I'm just into weed, dick, and fart jokes.
TarpitCarnivore
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This is universal amongst critics when ranking the casts. The Fey, Ferrel, Poehler, Oteri years are considered in the top as well.
Rewatching this now and it 100% holds up.
I always found it fascinating how so many have so much nostgia for the Sandler/Farley era when it is still the most critically panned era of the show. Farley and Sandler were actually fired by Lorne Michaels.
In his standup the story about it was the funny part. In Nutty Professor the fart noise was meant to be the humor. One took effort the other was just nonsense cheap gags.
They weren't just Murphy in fat suits sitting around farting. Far cry from that.
In his standup the story about it was the funny part. In Nutty Professor the fart noise was meant to be the humor. One took effort the other was just nonsense cheap gags.
TarpitCarnivore
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Because it's easy to look back on the highlights than it is to remember all the bad? I ultimately think it's due to a lot of people ages at the time and how those comedians particular comedy worked for them. It's pretty typical of a lot of comedy generations (think the Frat Pack era of movies with Ferrel, Vaugh, Wilson and Stiller). I love Billy Madison and Tommy Boy, but I would not be surprised if 16 year old kids now thought they movies were dumb.
Jason's Ultimatum
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B52L95xRYFs
Only time ever in a theater where the audience were falling out of their seats from laughing so hard. The kid's laugh really sells it, too. I like how at the end of the clip, they're still playing the sound of the kid laughing, even though he's not.
Only time ever in a theater where the audience were falling out of their seats from laughing so hard. The kid's laugh really sells it, too. I like how at the end of the clip, they're still playing the sound of the kid laughing, even though he's not.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
To be fair, the subject material is the same. It's all cheap gags.
That is some bizzare replacement who took over for Eddie Murphy in the late 90s. Now THIS is Eddie Murphy
http://youtu.be/wsSlB31dwiE
Sure, they were different. The Nutty Professor is looked back at with some revised history though. I'm not saying it's his best comedy, but at the time it was something different. He just ran it into the ground a couple more times, along with Martin Lawrence aping off it.
it is fair to say nutty professor faired far less highly critically than say 48 hours or beverly hills cop
Good thing I'm not comparing them directly!
If we are talking about popular, well received Eddie Murphy movies in general then it's absolutely in that category.
I know it's hard to not see through nostalgia lens, but I do think SNL right now is the least memorable. The best moments this season is bringing back old alums to do their old bits. I can't even think of a good recurring bit now. Especially with an original character, like a steffon, church lady, etc.
They got some decent impressions going on now like Bieber and Obama, but that's all I can even remember. Weekend update moments are at an all time low and digital short quality dipped when samberg left. More viral bits are coming from the tonight show these days
They got some decent impressions going on now like Bieber and Obama, but that's all I can even remember. Weekend update moments are at an all time low and digital short quality dipped when samberg left. More viral bits are coming from the tonight show these days
SNL is in a transitional period right now. It's going to take some time or new cast members to really solidify anything.
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
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Now, I'm not a big connoisseur of all things Eddie Murphy, but I've never found him particularly funny in anything, ever. Reportedly he saved SNL, so good for him, but he seems like a jerk (just like Chevy Chase, for that matter).
He has possibly the most notable stand up performances ever created.
Was possibly the best SNL cast member, as he basically was a solo act on the program for most of his tenure.
Did some highly successful great to good films, really mixed bag in the last 15 years.
Chevy is Clark Criswold.
BenjaminBirdie
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Update Anchors are worst evs, no doubt, but we're living in a golden age of WU characs with Jebediah Atkinson and literally every single thing Kate McKinnon does on it.
Cecily Strong is still fantastic, although probably going through some turmoil behind the scenes. The anchors are starting to gel a bit, mainly Jost. I think Che with his rhythm down is more of a Norm MacDonald type in terms of delivery.
TarpitCarnivore
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Raw (Stand up)
Coming to America
Boomerang
Trading Places
Beverly Hills Cop
You should start there
Die Squirrel Die
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It surprises me that with Jebediah Atkinson landing so well that they don't have Taran Killam doing more characters along those lines. That's wher he looked to be heading during his first couple of years, now after the big departures of '12/'13 they seemed to be trying to mold him into a mini-Sudeikis, when I think he should be more of a male-McKinnon.
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
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I've seen all of those, minus Boomerang, but I was fairly young for most of them. Raw was probably the most I liked him, but even that was spotty. I guess I'm more of a Richard Pryor guy.
TarpitCarnivore
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You just identified the exact issues they're going through right now. It's clear the writers don't know how to use certain cast members. A great of example of this was during the Jim Carrey hosted episode. McKinnon would have been perfect to team up against Carrey but they really only did in the Sia spoof. But that one spoof was pure magic between the two of them.
I hope Che is let go at the end of this season. He's screws up reading punchlines every single time.
BenjaminBirdie
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They're way too Bro'd out together.
It's like a WU Frat Party. Seeing Amy/Tina/Jane was like "Oh, okay, WU can be fun and smart and great. I'd forgotten."
Jag
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ginger ninja
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Watching it on Hulu now, bad intro...I love beatles but Paul needs to stop singing may be, he sounds like a grandpa.
I thought the Nutty Professor was trash when it came out and still do, to be honest.
Sure. It's just not the more popular opinion.
Discotheque
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the fat suit shit in nutty professor was lame but when he takes the formula i think he's hilarious tbh. that scene in the club with dave chappelle was pretty funny.
Extra Sauce
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Just watched. Not everything worked but I thought there were a lot of great moments. I'm not even that much of a fan of Jerry Seinfeld as a comedian but he was perfect during the audience Q&A. That may have been my favorite segment.
Extra Sauce
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I loved their casual exchange about the success of Seinfeld being impossible in the current media landscape.
friskykillface
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the end was amazing during that Q & A
Jerry: Larry are you going to the party?
Larry: No! why would i go to the party.
Jerry: Larry are you going to the party?
Larry: No! why would i go to the party.
I don't know if is really a gag but the earliest i remember something about Lovitz being dead was on The Critic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUkpmnQkVFA#t=680
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