Now i don't know about you young'uns, but for me, in 1983 when Eddie Murphy was new on the scene he was so utterly brilliant and hysterical.
He had been on SNL for about 2 seasons when he did his standup act, "Delirious".
He was my utter favorite, I was 11 at the time it came out and everyone thought it was hysterical, and me and all my friends and cousins had it memorized.
with "Delirious" and later "Raw", I believe these were the two best stand-up performances ever.
anyway for those of you who have never seen it or are too young to remember it, i would highly recommend watching it on youtube...
it is still genius too this day, and parts of it had me rewinding and laughing myself to tears several times.
fortunately, some nice fellow on youtube posted all nine parts, for all to enjoy.
:smile:
It is rather interesting, since it is after all 25 years old, to have heard his blatant homophobia back then, but i guess it was all part of his "thing". I think he was self-deprecating enough to get away with it, and i do not think he was actively insulting gay people, so much as using homosexuality as a prop (like a gay Mr. T etc.) though his language was a bit politically incorrect.
anyway here they are.
++ATTENTION++
the first few seconds of clip1 has the sounds of two people screwing, why, i don't know, but it goes on for a few seconds before the performance starts, so if you are in a public place, you might wish to turn the sound down till that ends.
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 1
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 2
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 3
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 4
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 5
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 6
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 7
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 8
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 9
He had been on SNL for about 2 seasons when he did his standup act, "Delirious".
He was my utter favorite, I was 11 at the time it came out and everyone thought it was hysterical, and me and all my friends and cousins had it memorized.
with "Delirious" and later "Raw", I believe these were the two best stand-up performances ever.
anyway for those of you who have never seen it or are too young to remember it, i would highly recommend watching it on youtube...
it is still genius too this day, and parts of it had me rewinding and laughing myself to tears several times.
fortunately, some nice fellow on youtube posted all nine parts, for all to enjoy.
:smile:
It is rather interesting, since it is after all 25 years old, to have heard his blatant homophobia back then, but i guess it was all part of his "thing". I think he was self-deprecating enough to get away with it, and i do not think he was actively insulting gay people, so much as using homosexuality as a prop (like a gay Mr. T etc.) though his language was a bit politically incorrect.
anyway here they are.
++ATTENTION++
the first few seconds of clip1 has the sounds of two people screwing, why, i don't know, but it goes on for a few seconds before the performance starts, so if you are in a public place, you might wish to turn the sound down till that ends.
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 1
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 2
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 3
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 4
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 5
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 6
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 7
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 8
YouTube - Delirious (1983) part 9