What can I say?!? Eddie Murphy on SNL is like a dream come true. The man is the greatest of all time period! And he did not disappoint here. Pure comedy and he looked great doing it.
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The king is back!!!
gusgz22 December 2019
The return of the King!!
martinmatt-8197422 December 2019
After 35 years, Eddie Murphy returns to "Saturday Night Live"!
tavm29 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
After 35 years, Eddie Murphy returns to "SNL"! He appears in every sketch except the Cold Open which focuses on the Democratic Presidential debate with many current and former cast members playing the various candidates. While Woody Harrelson had played Joe Biden many times this season, since he just did Archie Bunker in Los Angeles live earlier in the week, this time Joe's portrayed by Jason Sudeikis. Oh, and Alec Baldwin also appears as Trump teasing how he'll beat them despite his impeachment. During the monologue, Eddie mentions who would have thought in 30 years he would have 10 kids and Bill Cosby would be in jail? He then mocks Cosby by saying in his voice, "Who's America's Dad now?" (That comment got Murphy into trouble with a rep of Cosby's who then called him a "Hollywood slave".) Then cameos from former "SNL" players from after Eddie's tenure show up like Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan. Also, Dave Chappell who previously performed with Murphy's late brother Charlie. Beck Bennett also shows up before Keenan Thompson pushes him away. Chris asks who that was before Tracy says, "Joe Piscopo!" (His jokingly saying that name made me think Piscopo wasn't gonna show up and, no, he didn't which is one of my few disappointments concerning this ep.) First sketch after that is "Mister Robinson's Neighborhood". Eddie plays him as a much older man with gray wig. He's now in a gentrified neighborhood surrounded by white tenants who he steals a big screen TV from. He leaves when he hears someone who may be his adult son talking behind his door. Next is a filmed piece about a black family (with one white son-in-law) celebrating Christmas with dysfunctional inserts of what happened beforehand. That is followed by a baking contest in which the contestants' cakes don't turn out well with Eddie's especially seeming possessed! This one ends with Eddie saying a bad word that went out on the air! Then comes "The Masked Singer" as someone comes in a corn costume. When I heard the voice speaking through that saying several malapropisms, I knew it had to be Buckwheat and it was! He sings songs in his own language like "Feliz Navidad" and "Single Ladies". Musical guest Lizzo performs her first set. Then "Weekend Update" starts with several jokes about the Trump impeachment before Gumby interrupts throwing insults toward Colin Jost and Michael Che. (Besides Piscopo not appearing, my other disappointment was Eddie not wearing green makeup on his face when playing Gumby.) Pete Davidson then comments comparing his being young on the show to when Eddie was when he first arrived. And then there's Colin and Michael doing jokes neither had seen beforehand before "WU" ends with Cecily Strong's Jeanne Pirro vomiting wine on Colin! After that comes "Black Jeopardy" in which Velvet Jones makes an appearance still pluging books like "I Wanna Be a Ho" though host Keenan Thompson reminds him of MeToo at one point. Lizzo does her second set before one more skit about a polar bear attacking the North Pole with Eddie's elf seeming the only one believing it. Verdict: Eddie was back! This was perhaps the funniest ep of "SNL" I've seen all season though I have to admit, part of that may have been nostalgia. P. S. I saw a couple of the cut skits from dress rehersal one of which has Eddie in a band with Keenan as lead singer as they are performing and Eddie's discussing some of his bodily troubles. That one wasn't very funny. The other one was a filmed piece in which Aidy Bryant is suddenly becoming quite sexually brave with the men in the cast (including guest host Eddie) after being around Lizzo! This one was quite funny and I wished it had actually aired on the show.
Eddie just as funny as ever!
katiearsulich29 December 2019
I loved it! You could tell from the audience reaction that the demographic has changed. I was born in '78. Have early memories of staying up late with the parents watching Eddie on SNL. If you're any younger than me it's unlikely you'd know these characters from his cast-member days. I also feel bad for the current regular SNL cast. They took a back seat to the special guests and former cast members (Larry David, Rachel Dratch, Jason Sudeikis, Fred Armison, et.al) brought in for this one. Maya Rudolph (who I love!) has been in it so much this season she should just come back permanently. Hey I don't care as long as it's funny.
need more of this
greendazed-649-14930421 December 2020
Eddie was great but the cast is horrible
jlando-7167922 December 2019
I'll start with the most obvious thing that needs to happen. Please fire Kate McKinnon. All of her impressions are played out and not funny at all. The rest of the cast was not great but I think that can be blamed on the horrible writing. I'm not saying Eddie was bad, he brought a level of comedy this show hasn't seen in years. If snl gets more hosts like Eddie the show won't be god awful anymore. This season has been really bad but the only good episodes were hosted by former cast members being Ferrell and Murphy. Snl needs to learn how to be funny again and make the show an actual comedy show with good hosts not a platform for unfunny people to promote to new movie, tv show or other projects. And again please fire Kate McKinnon.
Really weak again
rskolek22 December 2019
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