Posted on 12/31/2019 9:01:01 AM PST by DoodleBob
After almost 40 years in the spotlight, Eddie Murphy has seen how the times have changed in terms of lines comedians are willing to cross with their material.
But despite knowing how much of what he used to cover in how own stand-up routines 30-plus years ago wouldn’t fly today, he does admit there’s “some of” his material he’d still laugh at now — while other jokes are “cringey.”
“Some of it, I cringe when I watch it,” he said during an interview with Tracy Smith for CBS Sunday Morning this week, adding with a laugh, “Like, ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe I said that.’ ”
“In the moment, you kinda was like, ‘It is what it is,’ ” continued Murphy, 58, when Smith asked if people “picketing” his old material ever eats at him. “I’ve seen [old] stuff [recently] that I go like, ‘Oh, that’s … ooh.’ Yeah, you get a joke every now and then that’s cringey.”
“But that’s not to say I don’t appreciate it — I still appreciate it. And I’m looking at it within the context of the time, you know? I’m going, ‘Okay, I’m a kid saying that,’ ” said the actor and comedian, noting that he has no regrets “whatsoever” about his body of work.
Some of Murphy’s more controversial material is evident in his 1983 stand-up special Eddie Murphy: Delirious, where he joked about being “afraid of gay people” and about the AIDS epidemic.
Today, the star’s recent comeback (after starring over the years in films like Shrek and The Nutty Professor) has included a new Netflix biographical comedy, Dolemite Is My Name, and triumphant return to the Saturday Night Live stage, where he brought back several iconic characters from his initial run on the show in the 1980s.
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In the end, I believe Murphy helped bring people together. Hopefully, his return to the comedy scene helps usher in an era where our culture is less divisive and less wokey.
“Hey boy, you look mighty cute in them jeans......”
Don’t let them cancel you Eddie.
“You are black and I am white,
Life’s an Eskimo Pie,
Let’s take a bite .”
Funny stuff he probably couldn’t say now.
Dog barkin in the middle of the night....
ice cream, aunt bunny, uncle gus...classic
James Brown.....”Jump back, wanna kiss myself.....HEH!”
He should have told her to go to hell.
“Hey Elvis, how ‘bout some lemonade”
“Lemonade.......that cool refreshing drink!”
Why does he have to regret them?? WTF??
YOU ARE HERE ---> 
“We hangin’ and, like, it’s nice and all that s..., but I don’t appreciate all the flak. Personally, the piano and all the singing? I told you how I feel about the singing. I ain’t impressed. You want to impress me? Take the wheel for a while, mother.........”
“What a silly negro!”
“...and then the big brown shark came!”
“We’re gonna win this race!” So many good ones (Gooneygoogoo). I re-watched Delirious a few years back and I forgot how many F-Bombs he uses. His red jacket cracks me up. He has such stage presence, engages the audience, and tells some funny stories. “Now that’s a fire!”
The difference in the “lines you cannot cross” then and now is: then, you could make fun of everyone. Now, you can only make fun of conservatives....
The 48hrs country bar scene was epic!
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