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  • Frank Sinatra (Joe Piscopo) and Stevie Wonder (Eddie Murphy) sing a version of "Ebony and Ivory" that young people will enjoy. [Season 7, 1982]
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  • @Whoeverheardof
    @Whoeverheardof 4 ปีที่แล้ว +353

    “Side by side you are my amigo, Negro...”
    LORD HAVE MERCY 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️😂😂😂😂

    • @lindahandley5267
      @lindahandley5267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Melissa, I double-dog dare you to go to Times Square and sing that!

    • @Lmtaytay
      @Lmtaytay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Back when people didn't get so offended. It was hilarious!

    • @zangzang1268
      @zangzang1268 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Robin- 1 Yes and nobody still cares - the butthurt is all media driven propaganda - the butthurt is the masses being manipulated by the few - and people are gullible enough to buy into this BS.
      Control of the masses using the media and big tech. That's what's really happening in this country today. George Orwell's prophesy has come to pass.

    • @nhampton1115
      @nhampton1115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @imcool7481
      @imcool7481 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shut up lady don’t let race get in your brain

  • @goldenlady3495
    @goldenlady3495 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    "I am dark and you are liiiight"
    "You are blind as a bat and I have sight"😂
    CLASSIC

    • @JosephScott-ct9sw
      @JosephScott-ct9sw 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Piscopo is proud of writing the line "Who cares," which kind of says it all

  • @hawk1674
    @hawk1674 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1380

    "You're blind as a bat and I have sight!!!!"😂😂😂😂

    • @doctorthirteen5727
      @doctorthirteen5727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      That was groovy thinkin' Lincoln!

    • @sha11235
      @sha11235 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      That's the best fuckin' part of the song!

    • @robertbogert8257
      @robertbogert8257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      hawk1674 favorite line ever !!!!🤘🏻🤣🤘🏻

    • @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427
      @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Now I want an eskimo pie! Do they still make 'em?

    • @katrinamcqueen9759
      @katrinamcqueen9759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427 We call them Innuit Pies now that we're all woke.

  • @hoseaaddison-hayes3951
    @hoseaaddison-hayes3951 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1248

    I love that the audience is laughing when Eddie first starts singing "Ebony and Ivory" (because its such a hilarious impression) but then the laughter slowly turns into gasps, and is immediately followed with applause when they suddenly realize that EDDIE MURPHY CAN SING....WELL!

    • @bobthebear1246
      @bobthebear1246 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Not to mention play the piano!!

    • @rcruz262
      @rcruz262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@bobthebear1246 He was not playing the piano!

    • @carlweston4808
      @carlweston4808 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rcruz262 lol

    • @tigeramigos
      @tigeramigos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      They BOTH can sing!

    • @jaydanc3r
      @jaydanc3r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I got that "Dexter St. Jock" reference! Well done!

  • @clamshell6863
    @clamshell6863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1818

    Frank Sinatra literally cracked up when he first saw this. Joe Piscopo actually called and apologized the week after this aired to just be polite being he is a Sinatra fan. Frank Sinatra didn't take offense at all and praised him and Eddie Murphy for the skit and commented he has never laughed hard like that in years. He was right! It was very funny!

    • @vidtuby
      @vidtuby 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Thanks for the trivia.

    • @MrSean03839
      @MrSean03839 4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Frank got him back at a show Joe took his mother too. Pretended they were getting kicked out on Frank's orders but ended up bringing them backstage so Joe's mother could meet Frank.

    • @lindahandley5267
      @lindahandley5267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @Clam, I wonder how Stevie took it? LOL.

    • @thesuncollective1475
      @thesuncollective1475 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Yeah not surprised Frank was cool..Quincy Jones was is Big Band Orcestrator..paid to put his son through college.

    • @rigeur071
      @rigeur071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@lindahandley5267 I'm guessing just fine. Stevie went on to host the show during the next season.

  • @truthteller3181
    @truthteller3181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +588

    I remember singing this as a little girl around the house. "You are blind as a bat and I have sight " lol

    • @healthylifehappywife8501
      @healthylifehappywife8501 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Me too! 😂😂😂

    • @boethius9173
      @boethius9173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dess D, Ditto!

    • @leefarr8136
      @leefarr8136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Dess D, what did your parents say? I would have been laughing hard, especially the first time you said it.

    • @jrsmith1998
      @jrsmith1998 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      U are a racist.

    • @Miriam-fk9wr
      @Miriam-fk9wr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😁

  • @steffijmusic
    @steffijmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    Eddie Murphy is an amazing singer and he totally pulls off Stevie's voice!

    • @lilrock1018
      @lilrock1018 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah I was literally just thinking tha

    • @williamworrell178
      @williamworrell178 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      She likes to party all the time 😵‍💫

    • @dentalnovember
      @dentalnovember 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      He is a talented singer who could have had a bigger recording career if he wasn’t such an in demand actor. Boogie in the butt was an early favorite of mine.

  • @ukhistorian
    @ukhistorian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +866

    This was mine and my dad's favorite Eddie Murphy skit. He died a couple months ago. He would have loved Eddie last Saturday.

    • @elenaarman-tang7811
      @elenaarman-tang7811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @George Ybarra So sorry for your loss 😥🙏🙏🙏

    • @Ladysugarshaft
      @Ladysugarshaft 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      R.I.P. to your Dad ❤️🙏

    • @tadah21
      @tadah21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      My condolences

    • @krlm2280
      @krlm2280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Rip to pops

    • @bfettrulez6734
      @bfettrulez6734 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Respect bro!!! May your old man Rest In Peace.

  • @viralbuthow000
    @viralbuthow000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    "We're talking Salt & peppa, Sammy and Dean, Stevie and me are peachy keeeeeeen." LOLLLL

  • @dylanchangedeverythingfore1312
    @dylanchangedeverythingfore1312 4 ปีที่แล้ว +719

    So funny that 37 years later I still have the line in my head:
    "I am dark and you are light--you are blind as a bat and I have sight side my side on my piano me amigo negro let's not fiiiiiiiigggghht!" Slays me every time!

    • @leonguisburg413
      @leonguisburg413 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      The following Monday at work---we were still crackin up!!! I was in my early 20s. The 40 & over crowd didn't understand---and the yahoos were completely out to lunch.
      I was recently out of the U S Navy 2 years prior & that had been my first exposure to living & working with people of other races & religions and I truly thought that we were gonna be the generation that was gonna eradicate racism & dumbass biases. I guess I was wrong

    • @carlweston4808
      @carlweston4808 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@leonguisburg413 I'm still shocked about what's going on, truly depressing.

    • @seanstoutgamer
      @seanstoutgamer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This would never get buy in this dayatime even though they were JOKING!!!

    • @erica7991
      @erica7991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      “That was groovy thinkin’ Lincoln, when you set them Freeeeeeee” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @ellieelizabeth5627
      @ellieelizabeth5627 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      When I saw this all those decades ago I thought I'd choke to death laughing. That was back when the show was actually funny.

  • @jmbutler5
    @jmbutler5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +289

    Eddie Murphy is so damn talented ❤️

  • @brianjames723
    @brianjames723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    That “my amigo negro” line still kills after all these years💪🏾😂😆

    • @KoolKatDave
      @KoolKatDave 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yep, and the way Joe sings ‘let’s not fight’ is also hilarious!

  • @charlesgreen8703
    @charlesgreen8703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    “When I think of ebony I think of a magazine that most people do not buy...and when I think of ivory,I think of a soap that floats”

  • @keithbramstedt4511
    @keithbramstedt4511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +453

    The Beatle who "looks like a broad" -- That's how I'll always remember Paul.

    • @romans8024
      @romans8024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That one cracked me up to pieces :)))

    • @IgnisConsumens
      @IgnisConsumens 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Craig Ferguson always likened McCartney to Angela Lansbury.

    • @bnic9471
      @bnic9471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, we were all thinking that, anyhow.

    • @metaviewx2091
      @metaviewx2091 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      But he can't see, lol.

    • @ernestkinas5973
      @ernestkinas5973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That was hilarious.
      And I'm a huge Paul fan.

  • @Lisa-di1wi
    @Lisa-di1wi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    Joe Piscopo did the best Frank Sinatra imitation ever! And Eddie Murphy did the best Stevie Wonder imitation as well.

    • @BKSevan
      @BKSevan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Phil Hartman on "The Sinatra Group" was a less flattering albeit more accurate portrayal. I'm a Sinatra fan and heard that Frank and the kids were less than pleased, which tells me that it hit too close to home.

    • @wsfwsf1497
      @wsfwsf1497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@BKSevan Remember when he said "I have chunks of guys like you, in my stool"..............

    • @TheFailedmessiah
      @TheFailedmessiah ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@BKSevan Phil hartmans was the best.

    • @michaelklein5242
      @michaelklein5242 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mmmmm...speaking, somewhat. Singing! Oh no!! 😉

    • @MsJellyBellyLove
      @MsJellyBellyLove 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They were both fantastic!

  • @tayloreh
    @tayloreh 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Almost pitch perfect impressions, even the singing. WOW! An all-timer great bit.

  • @eshim3961
    @eshim3961 4 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    "That was groovy thinking, Lincoln when you set them free"..😂😂

    • @lindahandley5267
      @lindahandley5267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Eshi, the snowflakes would shit their pants!

    • @davidloman932
      @davidloman932 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      linda handley Especially NOW!!!

    • @dman221
      @dman221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lindahandley5267 : Old crusty Bat...you are the only one saying shyt.

    • @lindahandley5267
      @lindahandley5267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dman221 Poor baby. Did I insult your sensibilities? Get a life you little crybaby!

    • @BryceRogers_
      @BryceRogers_ หลายเดือนก่อน

      Such an underrated line in this skit 😹😹

  • @dumpster_mcgee_96
    @dumpster_mcgee_96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    The catchiest song that I can’t sing in public.

    • @bnic9471
      @bnic9471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Do it anyhow.

    • @dumpster_mcgee_96
      @dumpster_mcgee_96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      B Nic I never said I didn’t, I only said it wasn’t allowed to.

    • @JoeyLevenson
      @JoeyLevenson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Best comment. Thx for the laugh.

    • @DjTIMEJD
      @DjTIMEJD ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah you can, friend.

    • @melvinlew6624
      @melvinlew6624 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sad... Isn't it?!

  • @Elderkenan
    @Elderkenan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    “You are my amigo Negro...” I bout lost it! 😂😂😂😂

    • @kansastour
      @kansastour ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I remember watching it with my mom back then and she gasped and said OMG! She was shocked even then that they would say that! LOL

  • @ellieelizabeth5627
    @ellieelizabeth5627 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    "You are blind as a bat and I have sight." LMFAO

  • @MissezPremiseHello
    @MissezPremiseHello ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Omg I can't believe this is 40 years old.
    Comedy Gold.

    • @erniern4498
      @erniern4498 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That means we are getting old. Lol. I love this skit as a kid and still do. Probably SNL's best Era. Love it all. Literally saved this show. So many greats came from this show from Steve Martin Joe Eddie to Adam Sandler to Will Ferrell and Tina Fey. Lol.😅😅😅 Too many I missed in between

    • @RomulanWarbirdDecloaking-sd2ir
      @RomulanWarbirdDecloaking-sd2ir 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Definitely, classic SNL ‼️😆😆🤣.
      John Madden SNL Superbowl skit.
      Richard Pryor the exorcist SNL.
      Eddie Murphy, White Like Me,SNL.

    • @Eleahchris
      @Eleahchris 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes!!!!

  • @Kitchdmn3
    @Kitchdmn3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +327

    “Frank Sings Tunes the Young People Will Enjoy”, coming soon to cassette.

    • @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427
      @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      When will it be on Google play?

    • @Swimm12984
      @Swimm12984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      8-track is already out. Check it out at your local Tower Records

    • @doctorthirteen5727
      @doctorthirteen5727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@Swimm12984 I made the mistake of getting it from Columbia Records Club! Now they won't leave me alone and I keep getting Kenny G cassettes I don't want!

    • @chuckschillingvideos
      @chuckschillingvideos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm still holding out for 8 track.

    • @QuadMochaMatti
      @QuadMochaMatti 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@chuckschillingvideos 8-tracks are overrated. I'm still waiting for a reel-to-reel version.

  • @slaphead8835
    @slaphead8835 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I laughed TOO hard at this skit. Eddie nailed Stevie Wonder and Piscopo was hysterical as Sinatra. Piscopo had all the great lines in this. "You are blind as a bat and I have sight"!

  • @ronniewylie5115
    @ronniewylie5115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Eddie and Joe had such great chemistry. They were fantastic, and made Saturday Night Live back then. They were the best duo of all time on SNL.

    • @chiefscheider
      @chiefscheider 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Better than Wayne & Garth?! 😁

    • @ronniewylie5115
      @ronniewylie5115 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Chief Scheider in my opinion yes. Because Wayne and Garth were characters, while Eddie and Joe did multiple classic skits as different characters together. But I did love Wayne and Garth.

    • @johnniec2861
      @johnniec2861 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No that Honor would go to
      Belushi and Aykroyd

  • @THEbadlnb
    @THEbadlnb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    What’s good about this is that they both parodied famous singers without being crass or making them look stupid. SNL really does not do it that way anymore. That skit had class and was very funny!

    • @Rasfreeman
      @Rasfreeman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I don't know. Sinatra was portrayed as being petty ignorant.

    • @mortsnerd5100
      @mortsnerd5100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Rasfreeman Based on what I've been told, the reality was even worse.

    • @stoverboo
      @stoverboo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Rasfreeman IRL, Sinatra was influential in integrating Las Vegas. You can say a lot of awful things about Sinatra, but you have to give him credit for making life a bit easier for black entertainers.

    • @al201103
      @al201103 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@stoverboo Yeah, just wanted to add that his various acts to further equal civil rights are very well documented.

    • @al201103
      @al201103 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not only that - they knew their lines and didn't have to constantly look at a cue instead of the other people in the scene!

  • @donwilcox3928
    @donwilcox3928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    "Hey who cares what the Eskimos think they don't buy records hugh hugh"

  • @assiabenslimane2589
    @assiabenslimane2589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    He did an awesome sinatra

  • @iknowwhoknows791
    @iknowwhoknows791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    My Dad knew Mr. Sinatra who told people he liked Piscopo's imitation.

    • @edlawn5481
      @edlawn5481 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Phil Hartmann's Sinatra was better, "Hey Cue Ball, I'm looking at you, and I thinking, 'Fourteen in the side pocket!'"

    • @lindahandley5267
      @lindahandley5267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Billie...COOL!!!!

    • @jirky015
      @jirky015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@edlawn5481 Different interpretations, I love both though. I think Piscopo's is more dignified and less of a caricature.

  • @craigfelter
    @craigfelter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    You've got to admire Piscopo and Ed during this era, since they were carrying the whole show. All of the other cast members were simply warm bodies.

    • @jeffw1267
      @jeffw1267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      That's simply not true. Mary Gross and Tim Kazurinsky were terrific.

    • @joeycacciatore7567
      @joeycacciatore7567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jeffw1267 I totally agree!

    • @NickSerritella
      @NickSerritella 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Eddie was brilliant o SNL Ashame he sold out to Disney

    • @craigfelter
      @craigfelter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jeffw1267 - I thought "Feds" was cute too, but Mary Gross was hardly an terrifically talented comedian. Quick, name one of her characters that isn't Alfalfa.

    • @541967
      @541967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Joe Piscopo was a versatile impressionist who could be amusing when utilizing that talent. Eddie Murphy was the best young comedian around throughout that period. Dick Ebersol deserves credit for maximizing both in an effort to sustain interest in SNL, but he didn’t know how to develop the remaining members of the cast.

  • @jerrytaliercio9087
    @jerrytaliercio9087 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Still a keeper….Joe Piscapo does a radio show on sundays from New Jersey on 7100 Am radio..6pm to 9pm

    • @guidojoe23
      @guidojoe23 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      970 am in NYC 6am to 10am

  • @AtomicPunk23
    @AtomicPunk23 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "You are blind as a bat and I have sight", my favorite line as a kid. 🤣

  • @kenassfktard7362
    @kenassfktard7362 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Man, Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo really nailed this!!! Well done Gentlemen!

  • @wesleyking2212
    @wesleyking2212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Eddie Murphy.. The master of impressions!!!

    • @LATVERIAN1
      @LATVERIAN1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Doesn't surprise me. Joe
      was always dead-on Sinatra.

  • @petercope6666
    @petercope6666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Wow, Eddie Murphy actually sounds really good! I didn't know he could sing! He even sounds like Stevie!

    • @DaveD1868
      @DaveD1868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He made an album back in the day.

    • @nhampton1115
      @nhampton1115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes 🤣

    • @KvnDWr
      @KvnDWr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Look up his song “party all the time”

    • @BrendonCarr
      @BrendonCarr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Party All The Time reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

    • @tiffanye9403
      @tiffanye9403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He did his own solo work but never caught on because of some scandal

  • @johninmd
    @johninmd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I was 12 when then episode aired, and I remember it fondly. The early 80s cast of SNL was truly great at their craft. The 80s were a great time to grow up.

  • @Deveal2014
    @Deveal2014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    I wish Piscapo would've been there Saturday too. They were a great comedy team imo

    • @aldenbynum742
      @aldenbynum742 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Deveal Stone Yes he should have been there that night. They fed off each other so well.

    • @jasonhlavac817
      @jasonhlavac817 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joe Piscopo is white.

    • @kari7403
      @kari7403 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @SOLISDEUS did they? I havent seen that one. Thats kinda messed up. I'll have to watch that one.

    • @kennybluet5527
      @kennybluet5527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@kari7403 I saw that. Might be because Piscopo has a radio show that's of a conservative nature. A lot of the entertainment industry hates that sort of thing.

    • @kari7403
      @kari7403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kennybluet5527 I had no idea he had his own radio show. Thanks for clueing me in. Plus, I forgot to look into that more, so im glad you said something. It reminded me that I had meant to read up on that all. 👍
      It's kinda ridiculous how much Hollywood and the media have to do with politics and vice versa. One influences and partially controls the other. Its like a sick kind of symbiotic relationship.
      Does he still do that radio show? Just asking since you worded it to sound as if he currently has it.

  • @kingmind2383
    @kingmind2383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This when late night television (TV) was all you needed.. !

  • @jamestravers1896
    @jamestravers1896 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    One of the funniest sketches ever!

  • @TroyGoodwin
    @TroyGoodwin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Piscopo and Murphy were close friends both off and on camera. Ever since the days of SNL.

    • @jojopuppyfish
      @jojopuppyfish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think they had a falling out towards the end of their times on SNL

    • @lindahandley5267
      @lindahandley5267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Troy, sadly, the show has steadily declined over the years. I used to look forward to it every Saturday night because I knew it was going to be funny!

    • @ChuckWortman
      @ChuckWortman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lindahandley5267 That's actually not true. SNL was tanking in between the original cast and the murphy-Piscopo cast. There's been ups and downs over the years just like sports teams. New England Patriots dominated for a decade, didn't even make the playoffs this year. Bu tthere have been some great cast members and seasons over the years. This just happens to have been one of the best. Phil Hartman, David Spade, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Dana Carvey, Will Ferrell..I mean who could forget "NOt enough Cowbell"?

    • @lindahandley5267
      @lindahandley5267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ChuckWortman I'm well aware of all that. I watched it from it's inception on 10/11/75, and never missed a one. When it was good, it was good and when it was bad, it was bad. There didn't seem to be a happy medium, which makes sense.

    • @sherryhannah498
      @sherryhannah498 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@lindahandley5267 this season 2023-2024 it's funny again I saw it back to back recently and was trying not to laugh too loud since I live in an apartment....I hope you will reply to this

  • @suchick13
    @suchick13 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The measure of success in musical parody is not disdain, but reverence. The more knowledge, insight and love someone has of a music genre, the better the skit tends to be. People who have nothing but passing knowledge of a type of music (pick one/any: punk, classical, jazz, rap, hip hop, heavy metal, Great American Songbook, musicals....) always comedically fall flat. The brilliance of this skit lies in how thoroughly Murphy and Piscopo inhabit their characters - these guys both have more than a passing knowledge of the repertoire and style of each singer. Even more impressive, is the nod to Sammy Cahn ("a mahvelous, marvellous songwriter, no offence Stevie....") and they nailed the Tin Pan Alley song title, and the stride-piano jazz style Cahn would have done in a mash up with Stevie Wonder.
    This is brilliant on so many levels.

  • @mitch4527
    @mitch4527 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Back when SNL was must-see viewing on Saturday nights.

  • @LATVERIAN1
    @LATVERIAN1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Of all the SNL skits, this has got to be the funniest
    of all time. Some nitwit had posted this before, editing
    out some of the words, trying to be "politically" correct.
    Thanks for restoring it to it's pure comic brilliance. Frank
    and Stevie together again.. lol.

    • @al201103
      @al201103 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't know, man....James Brown's Celebrity Hot Tub was pretty damn good, as were the wild and crazy guys.

    • @williamrowlett740
      @williamrowlett740 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@al201103 I was disappointed that I never got to see Dr. Joyce Brothers and James Brown in the hot tub. That would have been great.

  • @missbritt288
    @missbritt288 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This is an amazing impression and of course Eddie can sing too

  • @lisica8458
    @lisica8458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I saw this skit when it was shown originally on SNL and countless times since then, and I still crack up every time I see it.

  • @sierria64
    @sierria64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    they said sinatra laughed at this

  • @aprilq.9926
    @aprilq.9926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Eddie. Murphy. 🤣😂 he is SO good as Stevie Wonder!!!

    • @catman351
      @catman351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because he doesn't want to party all the time.

    • @cupcakes7015
      @cupcakes7015 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      April Q. 😭😭😭😭
      Eddie is hilarious.
      7/15/19

  • @katrinalewis9386
    @katrinalewis9386 4 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    I will never forget this episode!!! Oldie but always a goody!!! 😂

    • @garcel1251
      @garcel1251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      U should go watch the Eddie Murphy Mr. Robinson skits classics

    • @DaveGringo
      @DaveGringo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I remember watching this live, I was on the floor laughing my butt off and half in shock of what I was hearing...

  • @jasonknox9186
    @jasonknox9186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Eddie Murphy once did a skit with the real Stevie Wonder. I think it was on SNL. It was pretty funny.

    • @artayers2372
      @artayers2372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was a skit about white people working out their guilt over slavery...

    • @quinnrollen
      @quinnrollen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I remember it! At one point, Eddie tells Stevie, "See, you gotta move your head around like someone is choking you...", to which Wonder subtly replies, "Tell me I'm doing it wrong again and I'll choke you."
      LOL!

    • @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427
      @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Stevie played a really bad Stevie Wonder impersonator, and Eddie showed him how to do it right.

    • @yeoldtime5anddime208
      @yeoldtime5anddime208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is the only "Stevie Wonder Impersonator" clip on youtube.
      th-cam.com/video/LOLbW2EWcl8/w-d-xo.html
      Even the NBC channel doesn't include the clip for that episode.
      www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/season-8/episode/19-stevie-wonder-with-stevie-wonder-65226

    • @edlawn5481
      @edlawn5481 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "That s___ ain't funny! Stevie Wonder's a musical genius!" *wipes nose*

  • @janetswitzer5622
    @janetswitzer5622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Murphy is a excellent actor, singer and impersonator. I watched the movie Bowfinger about 8 times he was brilliant in it.

    • @drak3y
      @drak3y 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Natasha Agent Bowfinger was quite underrated. Heavenly God..Heavenly God!!

    • @GABS0000
      @GABS0000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤔how about coming to America😆

    • @efrijim700
      @efrijim700 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bowfinger is an all time family favorite and so under-rated.

    • @sherryhannah498
      @sherryhannah498 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GABS0000 Paula Abdul choreographed that scene in Coming to America where people were wearing palm branches on their heads

  • @charlieanddadreviewsandcha2243
    @charlieanddadreviewsandcha2243 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    You can see Eddie holding it together through the glasses. How perfect that he could smile the whole time because that is Stevie Wonders persona anyway. Much easier to half laugh. I wonder how many times they did this and if there are bloopers of them cracking up because it was funny then it’s funny now. It’ll always be funny.

    • @mikek5958
      @mikek5958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I don't know how they did when they were rehearsing it but this was (Saturday Night) Live.

    • @ilahildasissac1943
      @ilahildasissac1943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I remember this as a young girl years ago. It still cracks me up.

  • @SteVibiana
    @SteVibiana ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Frank Sings Tunes the Young People Will Enjoy." 😀 I was 17 when this was on TV and remember HOWLING with laughter watching it.

  • @carrrexx7190
    @carrrexx7190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    That was groovy thinking ,Lincoln, when youz, set them free 😃😃😃CLASSIC

  • @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427
    @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I wish that sketch could've gone on longer!

  • @FrankDrive
    @FrankDrive 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    This is hilarious and beautiful.

    • @elenaarman-tang7811
      @elenaarman-tang7811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yesss absolutely hilarious 🤣😂🤣😂 and deep 😍😍😍

  • @jefferydavis4090
    @jefferydavis4090 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I remember watching that the 1st time live! Hilarious then Hilarious now!!!

  • @AnonYmous-jp8uu
    @AnonYmous-jp8uu ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I watched this live the night it aired! 8th or 9th grade with my old friend

  • @thebroham5239
    @thebroham5239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    how 2020 desperately needs this right now

  • @trevorbarnhill1481
    @trevorbarnhill1481 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great skit. Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo had great chemistry when working together. Couldn't do this skit in today's times.

  • @johnsjohnson448
    @johnsjohnson448 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Joe Piscopo was always a scream as "The Chairman of the Board." This would never pass today, which makes it even more hysterical! Thanks for sharing.

  • @GarrettGaudini
    @GarrettGaudini ปีที่แล้ว +10

    One of the all time great SNL skits.

  • @SeanSwann1
    @SeanSwann1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    That was groovy thinkin’ Lincoln when you set them free 😮🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @reivunrantington9425
      @reivunrantington9425 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That line had me laughing immediately lmao. Been a while since I've seen this but it randomly popped up in my head recently.

  • @feurigerStern
    @feurigerStern 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Eddie Murphy rocks! Would love to see him back on SNL.

    • @HBarnill
      @HBarnill 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He did return for the 40th anniversary special but he’s vowed to never return after David Spade insulted his career on Weekend Update when he called him “a falling star”.

    • @SplendidCoffee0
      @SplendidCoffee0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I mean, Spade isn’t wrong lol

    • @pennynewsreporter6362
      @pennynewsreporter6362 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HBarnill LOL

    • @feurigerStern
      @feurigerStern 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HBarnill so he decided to take the loser's path instead of proving David Spade wrong.

    • @HBarnill
      @HBarnill 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      feuriger Stern He used to be one of the funniest people on the planet. Then he decided to do crap like Norbit.

  • @ItWentChunkaCHUNK
    @ItWentChunkaCHUNK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    This is one of my all-time favorite SNL skits. Eddie's Stevie Wonder is so good!

    • @DaveD1868
      @DaveD1868 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He did a great Gumby as well.

    • @sharonh2991
      @sharonh2991 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      SNL skit with Joe Piscopo hosting his show Guy Talk with his first two guests Michael Jackson (Eddie Murphy) and Liberace. Side splitting😂😂😂😂!

  • @paulmysliborski4832
    @paulmysliborski4832 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the best SNL skits ever!!

  • @dannyjohnson2280
    @dannyjohnson2280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    All we need known is Hanz & Franz!! Lol! That would be classic!!

  • @daddy1208
    @daddy1208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Groovy thinkin Lincoln when you set them free.

  • @paulfabian7274
    @paulfabian7274 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember my 13 year old self watching this the night it aired forty years ago. Man, where does the time go?

  • @stevensteccato3530
    @stevensteccato3530 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My favorite skit from SNL of all time

  • @franksinatra9906
    @franksinatra9906 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Phil Hartman did a very good Sinatra impersonation. I recall a skit that featured Sinatra hosting a talk show and his guests were Billy Idol (Sting), Steve Lawrence & Edie Gourmet, and “Sinbad” O’Conner. I laughed until I almost shat myself.

  • @lindalay3403
    @lindalay3403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    This is really cool, and shows that the players have talents beside just comedic skill!

  • @janetmayer3562
    @janetmayer3562 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    All time great SNL skit. They both nailed it and who knew Eddie Murphy could ‘hold a tune’! Hilarious!

    • @sherryhannah498
      @sherryhannah498 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @janetmayer3562 Eddie Murphy can sing you've never heard his record Party All the Time????????????

  • @ejvelasco1
    @ejvelasco1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1982!!!! I was 9!!! I remember this clear as day!!!

    • @user-bn7bk5mw4s
      @user-bn7bk5mw4s หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was 11. Me too😂😂

    • @eshim3961
      @eshim3961 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I wasn't born yet, but I remember it as clear as day, too. We lived in Germany, and we used to watch the VHS tape of the best of Eddie Murphy Saturday night live(which is not the same as that DVD that's out now) over and over again. To this day, I have the whole thing memorized.

  • @tacoscamp
    @tacoscamp ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was very fortunate to have grown up when this was what SNL was. Masterful performances and inspired writing!

  • @steviecritiquenewby7874
    @steviecritiquenewby7874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Eddie Murphy is the greatest Comedian/Actor ever in ShowBusiness/Hollywood 😄😁😆😅😂🤣😭 #TheGoat #TheKing

  • @StigaWorldCup
    @StigaWorldCup 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Joe Piscopos Sinatra impression is so spot on.

  • @robf6105
    @robf6105 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I have always loved this skit. I can't believe that this only has half a million views. Eddie's Stevie Wonder impression was on point and Piscopo had a great, reverential Sinatra impression. I have no idea why they don't perform together anymore but I miss their chemistry.

  • @gd515051
    @gd515051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Joe Piscapo did a tour 10 years as Frank Sinatra and it was amazing. Talk, sing, all the standards. This is one of the all time great skits with Eddie.

  • @moniquemarrie
    @moniquemarrie ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I first heard this bit when I was about 8 years old and it still lives rent free in my head!!

  • @KairuHakubi
    @KairuHakubi ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So perfectly captures that feeling that's been lingering in entertainment for decades, when you just wanna create and perform something in a simple, down-to-earth way with a bit of humor, but you know too many people are too sensitive about it, and the ones in charge wanna make sure to max out the money, so it's not allowed. And you get something pretentious or overly cautious in its place.

  • @marktravels9601
    @marktravels9601 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What a classic. I still enjoy watching this after all these years.

  • @scwaty180
    @scwaty180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of the best skits from SNL

  • @KvnDWr
    @KvnDWr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    First time seeing this one and it’s HILARIOUS 😂 Eddie nails Stevie and Piscopo did a nice Sinatra too… but the writing is what really shines here. Those lyrics and the setup was genius 😂😂😂

  • @sarahturps1384
    @sarahturps1384 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The single best skit ever in recording history!!!!!

  • @VoyageOne1
    @VoyageOne1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    "Life’s an Eskimo pie" 😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

  • @jackiegoodall2624
    @jackiegoodall2624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of my favorite SNL skits ever! It's been so many years later and it still makes me laugh.

  • @louandreola9965
    @louandreola9965 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This my friends is classic comedy!!!!
    Love it!

  • @michaelcastro6731
    @michaelcastro6731 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Eddie Murphy I can't believe it. Just brillant as Stevie Wonder and he can sing. Classic!

  • @finster444k
    @finster444k ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the Top Funniest skits Ever on SNL.

  • @roxmattern60
    @roxmattern60 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of my all time favorite skits. The words to the song is hysterical

  • @wayneburton8168
    @wayneburton8168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A marvelous classic of SNL. Too funny! Excellent performances by both actors 😊👍

  • @percyvolnar8010
    @percyvolnar8010 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Joe Piscopo and Eddie really had an amazing chemistry.

  • @navyguyinva
    @navyguyinva 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Simply put, one of the greatest SNL skits of all time.

  • @elenaarman-tang7811
    @elenaarman-tang7811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Decades later and this shit is still hilarious 🤣😂🤣😂

  • @UncleDuTheWatchman
    @UncleDuTheWatchman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I actually remember this in real time. One of the first sketches I remember remembering as a kid. I used to go around singing "You are blind as a bat and I have sight". I knew that was clever even as a kid. Lol.

    • @chiefscheider
      @chiefscheider 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The way Joe sings "Let's not fight" cracks me up every time

  • @phillymamba2791
    @phillymamba2791 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Im calling this album Frank sings tunes that the young people will enjoy 🤣🤣🤣

  • @lazypuck
    @lazypuck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I haven’t seen this in over 12 years and I randomly woke up and had this song in my head! I had the entire SNL vintage on VCR and lost my absolute mind watching these and they’re still as funny as ever haha

  • @mmurrell26
    @mmurrell26 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Gad wish I still had this best of series recorded somewhere. I watched these scenes so many times as a kid. Still just as funny so many years later.

  • @Myl1ttleworld
    @Myl1ttleworld 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Holy crap!! If we didn't laugh, we'd cry, with everything going on in the USA atm, this is beautiful.

    • @SonnyGTA
      @SonnyGTA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Myl1ttleworld for real. Thank you, screwball liberals. JAZZ HANDS! 100 genders! Unreal. 🙄

  • @crystalscott9948
    @crystalscott9948 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of my ALL time favorite Eddie skits ❤❤

  • @beverleyreid7572
    @beverleyreid7572 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was so epic and amazing. Forgot how awesome Eddie & Joe was on SNL.