By the time he did Delirious at 22, he was the sharpest thing on the planet. Very minor stumble on the Star Trek joke, other than that, he was pure danger. Best delivery ever.
I can't believe he came in last. He was the 1st performer of the five. The order they performed was the reverse order they placed. I watched this on SHOWTIME when it came out. Granted I was 11 but still remember a lot of his routine (I think this only has 1/2 of it) but none from the other performers.
He's better here (at 19) than several comedians I've seen on much bigger stages with higher quality production... Eddie definitely deserved success.. About 3 years after this he was a bona-fide star
It's amazing that at age 19 Eddie Murphy looked like he was 28-30 Year's old and now at like 50-55 Year's old he still looks 28-30 Year's old!! #Hilarious
Your finally going to get your wish since Eddie Murphy is coming back via NETFLIX(for around $100 million dollars!!)on 5/15/2020!! I see 👀you've been waiting for this for the past 3 years!!
Even if there is stuff I see of Eddie that I have never in terms of his stand up, I still laugh at his jokes like its 1985 (For me) This dude is the greatest.
You would have been 3 or 4 years old in 1985. I'm pretty sure you didn't understand the majority of his jokes back then, but were merely laughing at how he sounded and the facial expressions he was making.
He wouldn't return to stand up, he said so. He hit big in '79, '80, but, today is different, and he doesn't need to re-prove himself, it might not work!
He had the gift of making the room feel uncomfortable and owning it, which only exceptional comics can do. When they say his early material has not aged well I completely disagree. This is comedy at the boundaries and he just it. Legend.
yea totally... it goes to show you copy until you make it yoru own.... i meet so many that think the key to being original is making sure you have no influences and dont steal anyone elses "shtick"
southlondon86 Ricky Gervais doesn't belong among the greatest of all time like Carlin, Pryor, and Murphy. Adding him is like a "which one of these is different from the others."
None better. I saw Delirious when I was 15. I had to sneak into the lounge room to watch it when everyone else had gone to bed, and it was so hard to stop from laughing like a crazy person after the first five minutes. I thought, by the time I'm halfway through, the whole block is going to know there's something weird going on in our house.
I watched it on TV with my Dad. We could not believe he came in last. Another black guy won I believe 500 bucks. The look on Eddie's face when he came in last. How ironic within a short period of time he was famous.
Yes, he's heavily influenced by Richard Pryor! He's said on numerous occasions, when he was 15, 16...he would basically do Richard Pryor act! And a lot of toilet humor.lol But, safe to say by his 2nd major stand up special "Raw", he was all Ed. And inspired the next generation(Rock, Martin, Morgan, Fox, Chapelle, Tucker, etc)
He and Keenan Ivory Wayans and a few later famous comics were all applying to be on SNL back then; it was said that when EM showed up to audition he told everyone else to go home, no use applying because HE was going to get that gig. EM was younger then most of them so they clowned his young ass right on the spot. He auditioned and got the gig and the rest is history.
Eddie was following Richard Pryor hard here. He even has his mannerisms in the way he does his voices. Even did a few of Richards jokes. It's true though, everybody borrows from the legends.
never saw him again. he walked out looking like a goofy looking dork and that was a big part of his routine. he sucked. I was 11 when I saw this on Showtime so I don't remember much about it. I know one of the other performers did an impression of John Wayne and told the joke about a woman going into a boat with a bunch of guys to go fishing and came back with a big red snapper.
The contestants were in order: Eddie Murphy, Carol Leifer, Rick Overton, Mark Schiff and Steve Middleman. The judges awarded in reverse order. By the way, the show was hosted by Don Novello as Father Guido Sarducci.
Did the guy at the start actually say "catapult him to fame, fortune & a LAST place finish at the New York Big Laff Off" ??? WTF? Last? Seriously? You'll never see someone this good at stand-up at 19 years old EVER again. Not seen before or since.
Like I did with his tape and the hamburger joke, I would went to school and sounded like him and had a crowd around and told some of these jokes! Peace!
Who was the black lady who won beat Eddie on this show? I've been trying to find her name to see how her career went but I never heard of or saw her again after this show in 1981. Does anyone now her name?
Yet jackass's wanna say Kevin Hart is the greatest comidien of all time? This 7:46 clip right here is pure comedy gold and. Also what's even scarier is most of what Eddie talked about. In this routine came too firwishin and holds true today.
Why oh why did he stop doing stand up???? He was the best and no one can ever top him Movies made him rich but please ed...come back to standup You are rich enough to live like a king now come back from the film industry and make us all laugh like only you can No one even comes close - he is a stand up god
