One of my favorite black actors. I used to get him confused with a black dude on sesame Street when I was a child. I was not aware of his passing till now 😔 I will have to sit down and watch The Principal as a kind of personal tribute. "I'll get the chains and chain the doors"!
@@JMcLeodKC711 That's Vernon Lynch, Eddie's step-father. Eddie's bio dad, Charles Murphy Sr., passed away when he was 8. Vernon raised him since then. He's the father that Eddie is referring to in his stand-up bits about being drunk at the cookouts.
Matthew Allen I’m not sure why it wasn’t him, but that’s not him. Vernon was a lighter black man than that darker gentleman in the crowd. Again, I’m not sure why Vernon wasn’t actually there! But that was an actor. Look up pictures of Vernon - Vernon was my dad’s boxing trainer as a kid on Long Island 👍
In retrospect, this is one of the most brilliant SNL sketches ever showcasing Eddie Murphy's dramatic acting talent years before the world knew he was more than just a great comic
Eddie Murphy's acting abilities is like the 48th reason why this is a brilliant sketch. The fact that everyone in the comments section is saying this is a brilliant/great/genius sketch but UNwilling to say *why* (the *true* reasons why) is more proof we've internalized the commands of our oppressors.
LOL there was another sketch where he did that too...it was some sort of "deep south" sketch and when he opened the door it was black folks playing banjos and he did the same "SHUT UP!" and I've looked for that sketch for YEARS. Haven't seen it since the original back in 83 whenever his debut was...just hilarious in Eddies style!
Completely different compared to the current SNL norms.. here they only glanced at the cue cards (seemingly), they seemed way more familiar with their lines back then and also way more invested in the actual acting part. More depth to their roles, even if they were just sketches.
I have seen something like this before,-ABC’s Fridays had similar sketches that broke the fourth wall. One skit had Michael Richards playing a young punk interacting with his “father”.
Wo Wow Wow! The genuineness of this sketch is surreal, you won't see that in SNL today! Also the unorthodox structure of that sketch is very original and interesting.
Amazing too how it was played straight for the first bit. You have two men who are not just comedians but talented actors utterly committing to a crap scene that is remarkably like August Wilson's "Fences." It makes the payoff all the more hilarious.
The guy that stood up as Eddie's father was an actor portraying his real father Vernon Lynch Sr. The actor's name is Robert Judd who played the devil in the movie "Devil at the Crossroads." This was pointed out by a commenter by the name of Ted Mims. Eddie and his brother Charlie's biological father was murdered by his girlfriend when he was 8 years old. After that and a year in foster care due to his mother being sick, they came back to her when she recovered. She married a man who became what he considered his father, Vernon Lynch Sr. Vernon was a lightweight boxer from Roosevelt, Long Island and was a strong contender to be a world champion even having fought the Canadian champion to a draw. He later coached and trained boxers there as well as working as a foreman at Breyers Ice Cream factory. He was a wonderful father and Eddie and Charlie loved him deeply. He couldn't be there for a skit for whatever reason but the point of the skit still rings true. Eddie's whole demeanor changed when his father died due to lung cancer in 2001. He became withdrawn and mostly quiet and stayed at home with his family. You could see that in many of the interviews he did since then. He had cried on his deathbed and told him that he loved him and wished he could be half as good a father as he was to his kids.
I knew it! I know I’m replying to an old comment but this is the first time I’ve seen this video/sketch. Crossroads is one of my favourite childhood movies, and when that guy stood up, I went “holy schnitt, that’s Legba!” I don’t really follow actors or anything, but it gave me a buzz to see that face again. Thanks for the rundown
Eddie can be really funny with or without a script. That moment when he told his father to sit down got me laughing legit unlike those moments when you just have to laugh for the sake that it's supposed to be funny. Eddie Murphy the greatest cast member of SNL!
You're right. Late 70's and early 80's television was way more progressive than current television. Cureent stuff is deliberately shocking or crass, but not groundbreaking. I recently started to watch episodes of All in the Family...that show was wild. If you've seen it before, it's definitely worth a revisit.
@@bigbawlzlebowski8886 You're all wrong to an extent. I would argue the same amount of people have been pro-human for thousands of years. It's always a small number of psychopaths who make insane laws that everyone capitulates to by default. Most just go along to get along to avoid confrontation with State sponsored terrorists in the form of military/police or rogue militias who are never prosecuted. The fear of getting a bullet to the face or beaten to death keeps insane systems in power. it's only when people understand that there are more people who disagree do things change. The fear goes away. Propaganda is also a tool that keeps people supporting, obviously stupid ideas. What rational person supports separate bathrooms and water fountains? Can any of you imagine having to fight such insane and childish laws? It's literally a waste of time, and frankly a distraction from focusing on the real enemies like banks, corruption and large multinationals destroying societies.
I remembered that skit. I loved it. It was a new era. Eddie Murphy really opened the doors for black comics. The 80's was really a open the door revolutionary time for everyone.
I don't know how I missed this skit. I watched SNL many weekends in the early to mid 80s when I was in my early teen years. One classic that I had not seen in years was Eddie's skit with Ron Howard as a dysfunctional speech therapist. Eddie broke character in that one but not intentionally. It was hilarious. Howard's daughter was the female lead on the recent Jurassic World films.
while he was funny in 48 Hrs, that was really an action cop movie, and Eddie did VERY well in the dramatic aspect. his acting teacher worked with DeNiro and Keitel in Mean Streets, and it was David Proval, so Eddie COULD do some intense acting.
His father was murdered in 1969. He later stated: My mother and father broke up when I was three and he died when I was eight, so I have very dim memories ... He was a victim of the Murphy charm (laughs). A woman stabbed my father. I never got all the logistics. It was supposed to be one of those crimes of passion: "If I can't have you, no one else will" kind of deal. When Murphy's single mother became ill, eight-year-old Murphy and his elder brother Charlie (1959-2017) lived in foster care for one year. In interviews, Murphy has said his time in foster care was influential in developing his sense of humor. Later, he and his brother were raised in Roosevelt, New York, by his mother and stepfather Vernon Lynch, a foreman at an ice cream plant
Talent is making something so uncomfortably true as this, both funny and entertaining. You can not write and perform things like this from a place of hatred. That is why everyone loves and respects Eddie Murphy.
This is the best skit , comprising of Louis Gossett, Jr. & Eddie Murphy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Classic piece. Blessings to Louis Gossett, Jr. Thanks for the best movies and TV shows. Take your rest, Louis Gossett, Jr. #R.I.P. AMERICAN ICON
Roosevelt long island! My home town. We used to see Eddie walking to Roosevelt park. Passed my house a few times and stopped to throw a football with us. I didn't know who he was then. He came to the park in a brand new car and signed autographs and shit. He also used to practice his material at our after school hall next to Washington road elementary school. They would shut it down when he was there. I tell people this, and they look at me like I'm crazy! Haha!
A lot of young people do not realize how controversial Saturday night live used to be. I grew up late 60s. On the rare occasions that I would be up my mom and dad would not allow me to watch Saturday night live. They thought it was too adult for children. My parents were not alone thinking that way. Almost every kid I knew were not allowed to watch this show. On Saturday nights at I was getting older my parents and my aunt and uncle would go out and leave all the kids at one house with my older cousin. On those particular nights we would watch Saturday night live. Our parents had came home early and caught all of us watching Saturday night live and every single one of us even my older cousin were all punished. Eventually it did not bother our parents as much. When Eddie Murphy joined the cast he appealed to every body that matters their age or race. I was in a record store yes that's what they were called back then but they sold tapes also. I saw Eddie Murphy's first recorded album on tape and purchase this. I ran up to my room but my headphones on and started listening to it. It was so filthy and dirty that if my parents had any idea what was on that tape they would have burned my stereo in the tape all together. Most of my friends' parents had found out how bad it was and would not allow their kids to buy one. When I was in school where you were part of the auditorium club and we would set up for assemblies and movies. We had a tape deck in the back office where we would all sit during assemblies and play cards and listen some music until I brought my Eddie Murphy tape in. After hearing it all my friends hit the mall without their parents and all picked up a copy of the tape. It's just funny how things were back then and how they are today. People today would probably not think twice and play Eddie Murphy's first album.
I can still remember back in 1981 one of my new coworkers repeatedly telling me to watch this new guy on SNL name Eddie Murphy. When l finally did l was hooked.
Nobody breaks the 4th Wall quite like Eddie. And to see him an thee amazing Lou Gossett Jr together in any kinda scene is incredible. 💯💖 AND, his Pops was in the house!? 😃👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Sheeit - just googled Lou Gossett Jnr's age and the man is 84 years old. This actor could easily have been a recruiting poster for the Marines back in the 80s - even then, he would have been well into his forties. Kudos to both these men for holding their respective age so well.
People don't know how brilliant Eddie Murphy still is! Every star spends a portion of their career, chasing money. Some die before they make it all the way back and once again, some grace us with their talent.
@Maxx Kroes , Damn! I was subjected to your lame comment, when I could have been entertained by the sketch, a second time. Please enjoy your Will Farrel and Chris Fartly clips.
R.I.P. Louis Gossett Jr. ❤🌹🙏🏽🕯
One of my favorite black actors. I used to get him confused with a black dude on sesame Street when I was a child. I was not aware of his passing till now 😔 I will have to sit down and watch The Principal as a kind of personal tribute. "I'll get the chains and chain the doors"!
@@michaelparylak5649 I grew up In the 70s watching PBS and believe you refer to Gordon on Sesame Street
@@dougfredricks2017 you are probably right sir 🤔🙂
🙏🏽❤️
@@michaelparylak5649Why would he not just be one of your favourite actors?
And we lost yet another legend. RIP Louis Gossett Jr. You’ll be missed.
I don't think that I have ever seen him so young
That was pure genius. I can't believe I have never seen that clip.
Tim Mars the fact that he said shit a few times makes me think it may never have been shown on air.
Me either
Me either
I can believe I never saw it. I wasn't born yet.
genius ayfk it’s stereotypes and a wall break
Rest in peace, Mr Louis Cameron Gossett Jr 🙏🏾
See? THIS is how to break character, make a point and then break character while breaking character to make a joke. THIS is good writing and acting.
You don’t have to insult everything else to praise something.
Bitception
nobody broke character....this entire scene is the script ya IDIOT
I think you might be confusing breaking character with breaking the fourth wall.
WHY are people so obsessed with “breaking” in SNL skits? It’s just a way of being unprofessional
WOAH! What are these people doing in Mr. Robinson's home?
He stole it from them in the first episode
I came here looking for this comment.
Who told you about it?
Funny thing is, this episode HAD a Mr. Robinson's sketch. XD
It’s Mr. Robinson and his father.
"HEY PAP, STAND UP! I LOVE YOU MAN, I LOVE YOU" "I love you too son." "SIT DOWN!"
ha ha ha
Is that really Eddie Murphy's dad?
John McLeod No! Eddie Murphy's real father died when he was eight years old
@@JMcLeodKC711 That's Vernon Lynch, Eddie's step-father. Eddie's bio dad, Charles Murphy Sr., passed away when he was 8. Vernon raised him since then. He's the father that Eddie is referring to in his stand-up bits about being drunk at the cookouts.
Matthew Allen I’m not sure why it wasn’t him, but that’s not him. Vernon was a lighter black man than that darker gentleman in the crowd. Again, I’m not sure why Vernon wasn’t actually there! But that was an actor. Look up pictures of Vernon - Vernon was my dad’s boxing trainer as a kid on Long Island 👍
'Take the bass out' your voice' - old school parent warning before raining fire on you.. 😂😅
Yup. Kids need more of that these days.
word
Love it!
Shut the fuck up
I brought you into this world and I can take you out. Classic parents show stopper line!
In retrospect, this is one of the most brilliant SNL sketches ever showcasing Eddie Murphy's dramatic acting talent years before the world knew he was more than just a great comic
"brilliant "
Isn't SNL ostensibly a comedy show?
It was very well done!
Eddie Murphy's acting abilities is like the 48th reason why this is a brilliant sketch. The fact that everyone in the comments section is saying this is a brilliant/great/genius sketch but UNwilling to say *why* (the *true* reasons why) is more proof we've internalized the commands of our oppressors.
@@Didymus1984You are merely oppressing yourself. Mental slavery.
@@Didymus1984Reason #1: importance of a father in the home, which our oppressors continue to steal
I was wondering about the music as well. When he opened the closet and yelled
“Shut Up!” ...holy shit cracked me up.
The band in the closet cracked me up!
Keenan Ivory Wayans is the band leader if you look closely
Spoiler alert my dude....
What I first saw this I do the drum track was going to played to it somehow eventually
Excuse me for a moment, SHUT UP!
😁😁😁😁😁😁
LOL there was another sketch where he did that too...it was some sort of "deep south" sketch and when he opened the door it was black folks playing banjos and he did the same "SHUT UP!" and I've looked for that sketch for YEARS. Haven't seen it since the original back in 83 whenever his debut was...just hilarious in Eddies style!
Mr. Robinson is gonna be pissed when he gets home and all those folks are in his apartment! 😃
They gonna learn what a long...
He'll try to sell the band.
Like Brotherman (from the 5th floor) in Martin's apartment unit? Brotherman would've been shot on the 1st attempt.
😃
😂,,😂😂😂😂😂
To those saying that Eddie's father died when he was 8 years old, therefore he grew up without a father figure, remember-he grew up with a stepdad...
Then the step dad was a father figure.
Charles/marilyn Billington
I believe that was the point
@@T25de in all agreement with you. I didn't doubt the statement.
This the dad that called his aunt bunny a fat hairy bitch
As a step dad I triple Like this!!!!
R.I.P. Louis Gossett Jr. (1936 - 2024)!
great actor - :( rest in peace
A LEGENDARY CHAMPION...🖤👑😇
A testament to their acting skills, they both played 80s stereotypical black families very well.
I was watching the beginning of the sketch thinking "man, Eddie really could have been a great dramatic actor in theatre"
Completely different compared to the current SNL norms.. here they only glanced at the cue cards (seemingly), they seemed way more familiar with their lines back then and also way more invested in the actual acting part. More depth to their roles, even if they were just sketches.
"This scene bites!" I almost fell outta my chair laughing :D :D
Giacomo Zeitgeist On foe foe cap LMFAOO
Same because I sure was wondering what they were doing lol
I think he said “This scene biased.”
What does it mean
I was thinking the same thing before they said it
Eddie really could act back then! He sold that sketch at the beginning with Louis Gossett, Jr., a Oscar winning actor.
Louis Gossett, Jr was a Great actor ! That man would convince me to sit up and pay attention....and hell, I was at home watching him on TV
Damn Lou Gossett was screwin up his lines
To be honest I didn't buy anything from Eddie's acting. He delivers it really badly.
@@coryr94 it's live. It happens
@@satchelmouth1 Yeah right
What's deep is this is 35 years ago and we think woke is something new to this age. Black men have been standing up a long time.
Stand up harder because 3 lesbians are writing you out of the family in BLM manifesto.
We are with you! Be strong men!
#fathers
Indeed. Sad that we are still trying to solve many of the same problems.
@@ShifuCareaga Oh, hush
@@thomastobin9919 no 👎
@@ShifuCareaga Yes.
Two legends. RIP Louis Gosset Jr.
Didn't remember this sketch until his Dad stood up, that was awesome. His Dad looked so proud of his son.
Except that was just actor
@@Kwpate except it was actually his stepfather Vernon Lynch SR.
@Kwpate shut up, it was his step dad idiot
That was NOT Vernon Lynch Sr.
Pop is handsome!
Why have I not seen this before? It's *brilliant*
probably region locked in the US until recently.
I have seen something like this before,-ABC’s Fridays had similar sketches that broke the fourth wall. One skit had Michael Richards playing a young punk interacting with his “father”.
Eddie is brilliant.
Jen diamond you have not seen it because the man kept us from seeing it
I know......
Remember this airing like it was yesterday. The years fly.
Wo Wow Wow!
The genuineness of this sketch is surreal, you won't see that in SNL today!
Also the unorthodox structure of that sketch is very original and interesting.
Amazing too how it was played straight for the first bit. You have two men who are not just comedians but talented actors utterly committing to a crap scene that is remarkably like August Wilson's "Fences." It makes the payoff all the more hilarious.
I wish there would have been a Brechtian moment like this in Eddie's new serious movie where he plays a retired musician.
The guy that stood up as Eddie's father was an actor portraying his real father Vernon Lynch Sr. The actor's name is Robert Judd who played the devil in the movie "Devil at the Crossroads." This was pointed out by a commenter by the name of Ted Mims.
Eddie and his brother Charlie's biological father was murdered by his girlfriend when he was 8 years old. After that and a year in foster care due to his mother being sick, they came back to her when she recovered. She married a man who became what he considered his father, Vernon Lynch Sr.
Vernon was a lightweight boxer from Roosevelt, Long Island and was a strong contender to be a world champion even having fought the Canadian champion to a draw. He later coached and trained boxers there as well as working as a foreman at Breyers Ice Cream factory.
He was a wonderful father and Eddie and Charlie loved him deeply. He couldn't be there for a skit for whatever reason but the point of the skit still rings true.
Eddie's whole demeanor changed when his father died due to lung cancer in 2001. He became withdrawn and mostly quiet and stayed at home with his family. You could see that in many of the interviews he did since then. He had cried on his deathbed and told him that he loved him and wished he could be half as good a father as he was to his kids.
My God that's deeply touching
I never knew that about Eddie Murphy... he was lucky to have a father to replace the one he didn’t have!
@@sheilameyers152 And now his brother Charlie is gone too.
Wow man I knew he looked familiar! I remember that movie!
I knew it! I know I’m replying to an old comment but this is the first time I’ve seen this video/sketch. Crossroads is one of my favourite childhood movies, and when that guy stood up, I went “holy schnitt, that’s Legba!” I don’t really follow actors or anything, but it gave me a buzz to see that face again.
Thanks for the rundown
Louis Gossett, Jr., rest in peace.
The layers to this are insanely funny and reflect true genius.
"I love you too, son".
SIT DOWN.
Ahha
🤣🤣🤣
Real life he would have caught a beaten in front of everyone
That was hard (NORE voice) hahaha
Dying 🤣🤣🤣
RIP Louis Gossett Jr
👍🙏❤️😢
R.I.P to him he was an awesome actor and a true legend.
So very true.
Thank you, SNL Vault, for introducing me to this sketch.
Eddie can be really funny with or without a script. That moment when he told his father to sit down got me laughing legit unlike those moments when you just have to laugh for the sake that it's supposed to be funny. Eddie Murphy the greatest cast member of SNL!
But it's not his father.
Well the joke’s on you sorry to say...
@Nelson Robert Willis , look, did you enjoy the sketch, premise and performances?
"you been out drinking smoking reefas and getting girls pregnant." Lmao 😂
H F
Your smoking reefas??
Of course we are cant you smell it??
No Sam I cant. 😔
I know the scene was incorrect. The father didn't mention stealing.
With 10 kids, he’s not wrong lol
Describing a straight up badass, gangsta. I personally wouldn't know anything about that.
@@larrygill2223 He doesn't drink or smoke reefers, though.
"SHUT UP!!" ha haaa...what a nice breaking of the fourth wall!! Love to see Eddie´s father up there.
Thought his father died when he was young.
yootoobnewbie: His step dad, the only dad he really remembers, is the one he calls father.
It's amazing how well Eddie Murphy and Louis Gossett, Jr. played well off of each other. They sold this sketch well! 😂
It's so sad that sketches like these don't get made anymore. Eddie is still KING!!!!
This is a pretty darn progressive sketch.
Harold baldr? Is that you?
You're right. Late 70's and early 80's television was way more progressive than current television. Cureent stuff is deliberately shocking or crass, but not groundbreaking.
I recently started to watch episodes of All in the Family...that show was wild. If you've seen it before, it's definitely worth a revisit.
@@caseylevins9900 no it wasn't lol. It pretty easy to be progressive when Jim crow ended 20 years earlier.
Progressive would be if it taught people to start a business.
@@bigbawlzlebowski8886 You're all wrong to an extent. I would argue the same amount of people have been pro-human for thousands of years. It's always a small number of psychopaths who make insane laws that everyone capitulates to by default. Most just go along to get along to avoid confrontation with State sponsored terrorists in the form of military/police or rogue militias who are never prosecuted.
The fear of getting a bullet to the face or beaten to death keeps insane systems in power. it's only when people understand that there are more people who disagree do things change. The fear goes away.
Propaganda is also a tool that keeps people supporting, obviously stupid ideas. What rational person supports separate bathrooms and water fountains? Can any of you imagine having to fight such insane and childish laws? It's literally a waste of time, and frankly a distraction from focusing on the real enemies like banks, corruption and large multinationals destroying societies.
Excuse me for a second "Shut up!😅
Lmaofff
Funny
Betty Tanner minute*
😂😂😂😂😂
I honest Just saw in my head John Cleese shouting at the greek dancers :D
WE FINALLY GET TO SEE THE MAN WHO TOLD US "THIS IS MY HOUSE"!
"If you don't like it, you get the FUCK OUT!!!" 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My first time ever seeing his father and I been an Eddie Murphy fan since back then.
"This MY HOUSE Lill!!!"
Yes..!
lol
That was intense! Got quite invested in their story.
Rest In Power Louis Gossett Jr.!
there would never be a real moment like this in SNL today
+Captain Mike Meloni Yeah, this was totally real! /s
Sure there would have been but it would have been sincerely hate Trump related.
Nelson Robert Willis there’s a bit of joke in every truth.
This wasn't real, it was completely scripted.
😂 Eddie that young was just friggin funny!
Josh Freeman he lost his stamina ever since charlie died
@@SB25-n6j , he had "calmed down" before we lost Charlie.
Eddie wearing the 1st ever Under Armour!
Back then it was called over armour
@@mrmushin1 😭😭😭😭😭
delano92 😂😂😂
@@mrmushin1 good sh!t...🤣🤣🤣
So your joke wasn't funny and the joke in this comment section was even worse
I remembered that skit. I loved it. It was a new era. Eddie Murphy really opened the doors for black comics. The 80's was really a open the door revolutionary time for everyone.
I don't know how I missed this skit. I watched SNL many weekends in the early to mid 80s when I was in my early teen years. One classic that I had not seen in years was Eddie's skit with Ron Howard as a dysfunctional speech therapist. Eddie broke character in that one but not intentionally. It was hilarious. Howard's daughter was the female lead on the recent Jurassic World films.
To this day, the 80's is my favorite decade.😍
OMG, I cannot believe I never knew this clip existed. Eddie telling those guys in the closet to shut up was classic!
The look on their faces was so authentic 😂😂😂lol
Can't wait for tonight to see Eddie make his return to SNL,haven't seen or been excited since Dave Chappelle hosted.
And then Chappelle showed up!
MisterE1976 did you enjoy the show?!
@@jordachejordan90 I popped big time when I saw Dave Chappelle couldn't beleive it,like a little Nutty Professor reunion with them two.
@@cata3350 I thoroughly enjoyed it, thank you for asking. Between Mr. Robinson Neighborhood & The North Pole News those were my favorites.
you must be easily amused to wait for Chappelle, a terrible unfunny "comedian"
The interesting thing is that the message about wider stereotyping is still as relevant today as it was back in the 80s.
I think it's more relevant now.
Yes but they also knew that stereotypes were funny and entertaining in a Comedy medium.
The stereotyping of the victimization is worse today, and done purposefully so. Sad but true.
More sad than interesting.
Too bad the black man just cannot fit in to the white ways and work
If Eddie Murphy had decided to have a career playing drama roles, he would have excelled in it. Pure talent.
He was robbed of that nomination for his role in Dreamgirls
@@christinethuo6840 thanks! I’m reading that he got a golden globe and screen actor’s guild for it..
while he was funny in 48 Hrs, that was really an action cop movie, and Eddie did VERY well in the dramatic aspect. his acting teacher worked with DeNiro and Keitel in Mean Streets, and it was David Proval, so Eddie COULD do some intense acting.
I thought he was good in Mr. Church
"Sit down!" 😆 i probably would still get slapped if i did that
Serious + Comedy at the same time......Classic
Real af, vintage Eddie and Louis Gossett Jr blessing it.
The "black/African percussion", in the background. LOL
It was playing in background bc Lou Gossett stared in Roots in 70's.
@@beberodriguez4160 that's not the reason, you liar.
Lou Gossett Jr ahead decades with the shaved head
tonyfan3 no, black men have been wearing baldheads forever. It’s not a trend for us.
Lol This aint nothing new for black men. Been doing it longer than America existed.
WTF you talking about? Bald heads have been around since the dawn of time.
Muff “the dawn of time” isn’t what you think it means lol WTF are you taking about and Nobody had shaved heads in the 80s
@@tonyfan3 You are not too bright are you?
His father was murdered in 1969. He later stated:
My mother and father broke up when I was three and he died when I was eight, so I have very dim memories ... He was a victim of the Murphy charm (laughs). A woman stabbed my father. I never got all the logistics. It was supposed to be one of those crimes of passion: "If I can't have you, no one else will" kind of deal.
When Murphy's single mother became ill, eight-year-old Murphy and his elder brother Charlie (1959-2017) lived in foster care for one year. In interviews, Murphy has said his time in foster care was influential in developing his sense of humor. Later, he and his brother were raised in Roosevelt, New York, by his mother and stepfather Vernon Lynch, a foreman at an ice cream plant
We know all that. STFU !
I love the part where Eddie recognizes his dad, how freaking awesome.
It was an actor playing his dad.
That “shut up!” moment was brilliant!
Oh man! Never seen this one before. Laughed my ass off! When he opened the door and told those musicians to shut up I fell out!
Me too!
Talent is making something so uncomfortably true as this, both funny and entertaining. You can not write and perform things like this from a place of hatred. That is why everyone loves and respects Eddie Murphy.
Louis and Eddie are both talking to the crowd, in 30 Rock(erfeller Center); the 4th wall: brilliantlly crafted.
This is the best skit , comprising of Louis Gossett, Jr. & Eddie Murphy
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Classic piece.
Blessings to Louis Gossett, Jr.
Thanks for the best movies and TV shows.
Take your rest, Louis Gossett, Jr.
#R.I.P. AMERICAN ICON
I thought I’d seen all of Eddie’s SNL skits! This one’s incredible! Also cool to see Lou Gossett Jr. especially after binging “The Watchmen”.
That’s Academy Award winner, Louis Gosset Jr right there. He should be more famous.
he was pretty famous back then
@@cultfilmfreakreviews Indeed.
Eddie: I love you Pops, I love you.
Pops: I love you Son
Eddie: aight now SIT DOWN
I never seen this skit this was funny but so powerful..
The "golden era" of SNL everyone.
Big facts!!
😂the 80s and 90s had no boundaries for a laugh....this was true and funny at the same time good stuff
BY FAR, the best sketch in SNL history!!
RIP Louis Gossett Jr 😔🙏🏾💔🕊
Louis Gossett Jr was a Great actor and legend and was in a bunch of movies that we're classics
Chappy !!!!
Eddie Murphy is a genius and a phenomenal talent. Thank you for coming back.
Guy in the background with the mustache is having the time of his life!
it me
When he told them dudes to shut up, dead!!!!!!!😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀
I was just about to quit watching until I heard "This scene bites!" yep... It sure did up until that point lol
Lol, you were getting triggered over snl? 😂
@@Oliverklozov13 triggered? What?? I just thought it wasn't funny until then. Lol
I have been an SNL fan for more than 40 years and had never seen this sketch. Just Great!👍👍👍
You know Eddie had been partying with Little Richard wayyyyy too much with that "SHUT UP!!"" LOL
Roosevelt long island! My home town. We used to see Eddie walking to Roosevelt park. Passed my house a few times and stopped to throw a football with us. I didn't know who he was then. He came to the park in a brand new car and signed autographs and shit. He also used to practice his material at our after school hall next to Washington road elementary school. They would shut it down when he was there. I tell people this, and they look at me like I'm crazy! Haha!
MG D for real?
@@landonjohnson35 absolutely!
Good stuff.they couldn't believe it.
Cool
Amen I love this one 💋
Philadelphia USA 🇺🇲
Absolutely brilliant🎉❤
A lot of young people do not realize how controversial Saturday night live used to be. I grew up late 60s. On the rare occasions that I would be up my mom and dad would not allow me to watch Saturday night live. They thought it was too adult for children. My parents were not alone thinking that way. Almost every kid I knew were not allowed to watch this show.
On Saturday nights at I was getting older my parents and my aunt and uncle would go out and leave all the kids at one house with my older cousin. On those particular nights we would watch Saturday night live. Our parents had came home early and caught all of us watching Saturday night live and every single one of us even my older cousin were all punished.
Eventually it did not bother our parents as much. When Eddie Murphy joined the cast he appealed to every body that matters their age or race.
I was in a record store yes that's what they were called back then but they sold tapes also. I saw Eddie Murphy's first recorded album on tape and purchase this. I ran up to my room but my headphones on and started listening to it. It was so filthy and dirty that if my parents had any idea what was on that tape they would have burned my stereo in the tape all together. Most of my friends' parents had found out how bad it was and would not allow their kids to buy one.
When I was in school where you were part of the auditorium club and we would set up for assemblies and movies. We had a tape deck in the back office where we would all sit during assemblies and play cards and listen some music until I brought my Eddie Murphy tape in. After hearing it all my friends hit the mall without their parents and all picked up a copy of the tape.
It's just funny how things were back then and how they are today. People today would probably not think twice and play Eddie Murphy's first album.
I can still remember back in 1981 one of my new coworkers repeatedly telling me to watch this new guy on SNL name Eddie Murphy. When l finally did l was hooked.
Comedy back in those days shed light on these types of issues, and many more. It was a wonderful time to be alive in America....
The smile on Papa Murphy is contagious. So proud of his son!
@SuperPunch76 no it's his step dad Vernon dumbass
Sorry to disappoint that wasn’t his real dad it’s an actor
@@adrianpate4694 it's easy to get confused they do all look the same.
This is amazing. Kudos to both of them. they did a fantastic job.
“Your wife’s a Bigfoot, ain’t she Gus?”
Goonie goo goo.
Nice how in the older SNL sketches you couldn’t tell they were reading off cue cards
Wow. Never seen this SNL skit until now. Immediately a favorite... for saying something....
Nobody breaks the 4th Wall quite like Eddie. And to see him an thee amazing Lou Gossett Jr together in any kinda scene is incredible. 💯💖 AND, his Pops was in the house!? 😃👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Sheeit - just googled Lou Gossett Jnr's age and the man is 84 years old. This actor could easily have been a recruiting poster for the Marines back in the 80s - even then, he would have been well into his forties. Kudos to both these men for holding their respective age so well.
People don't know how brilliant Eddie Murphy still is! Every star spends a portion of their career, chasing money. Some die before they make it all the way back and once again, some grace us with their talent.
R.I.P. Louis Gossett Jr., who along with Eddie Murphy and the audience delivered a good skit here. Gossett had a good performance in Iron Eagle.
Great skit. Love how Eddie breaks character
Dang!!! This was a great skit!! I thought I've seen ALL of Eddie's skits from this show. How did I missed THIS one??!!
A skit like this would NEVER happen again in todays climate. This was great.
I guess you're not paying much attention to the climate then.
You're right. Fathers are bad. But mom's tho? That'll work
This is something that would TOTALLY fly today.
@@Oliverklozov13nah you’re not paying attention to the current climate
It's pretty amazing how these two are still so relevant in 2019.
Rest in power and respect louis gossett jr
This was a gold mine. Never seen it before. Lou Gossett Jr. will be missed.
🤣🤣 First time seeing this. I see why Hollywood came for him. He's very talented
SNL skits have always been so damn amazing
The people who disliked this video thought that if this was really a sketch on black stereotypes, the father wouldn’t be there in the first place.
They dont count.
that's a newer stereotype
@Maxx Kroes , Damn! I was subjected to your lame comment, when I could have been entertained by the sketch, a second time. Please enjoy your Will Farrel and Chris Fartly clips.
that was my entertainment in elementary school on Saturday nights....it was all we needed
"STAND UP. I love you man!" "I love you too!" "SIT DOWN!"