Why Damon Wayans Never Became Eddie Murphy - Here's Why
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- comedyhype.com/ - In the early start of his career, Damon Wayans would instantly get compared to fellow SNL cast member Eddie Murphy. Studios would attempt to mold Wayans as the next Eddie, however that wasn't the case and here's why. Instagram: @ComedyHype & Twitter: @ComedyHype_
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The brother Damon is good in his own right. Comparison is unnecessary, no path is alike.
So Damon talent is equal to Eddie and Chris Tucker..nope
King Playa right
@@derwinlowery stop spamming
@@derwinlowery Ok, I see a connoisseur of comedy you ain't
Exactly.
He didn’t need to become Eddie Murphy. Although the Wayans are very underrated in Hollywood at least they’ve managed to stay out of major scandals/backlash for the most part. 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Truth!!!!!
Facts
3rd Eye lol shutup
3rd Eye lol cool
Good for them 👍😉🙌🙏✌👌
He didn't become Eddie Murphy cuz he became DAMON WAYANS. Wtf type of title is this??
But Eddie was much better
Right! Dang! I have both Damon's and Eddies dvd's in my household and they are loved equally. We laugh at the same volume of about a high frequency at Damon and Eddie. Lol.
This video's title sound like something your typical Hollywood White Supremacist would label
Exactly, it’s garbage
I cringed as soon as I read it 😬😣
Mo’ Money,Last Boy Scout,Major Payne,Bulletproof,I always thought Damon was hella underrated with some solid movies
Facts
Colors lol
Blankman
Last Boy Scout is my joint
stryfetc1 Nawwwww I can’t agree with Bruce Willis saving that movie. Damon did his thing too,their satire carried the movie lol
They love the comparing to another Black man trying to take his position. Turns out Damon ended being himself creating a lane for himself whilst keeping the family tradition with working with his family. Now that's how you make power moves create your own lane and continue taking your family with you...True or facts?
It’s both
No...eddie,Tucker,Pryor,Cosby are top notch...then you have secondary
@@derwinlowery Eddie trash
@@Cj-hj6rm move on lLil wayne
Facts👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾💯
The Wayans dont need to be Eddie Murphy! They are THE WAYANS. The same family that when one sibling (Keenan) made it, He put THEM ALL ON.💪🏾❤ The whole family has money! 💯
Word and Keenan been friends with Eddie since high school. The title of this video is dumb
That's Real!!!
I don't think the Wayans & Murphy were friends in high school. Wayans (Keenan) once commented that he 1st met Murphy at a comedy club Murphy was working. Or, maybe, vis versa. Murphy was still a high school senior.
Actually Damon was already successful before Keenan
Damon Wayans helped me when I was homeless back in 2010 and ill always be very grateful of THAT.
Awesome!
Eddie the man but Damon is the man as well Flat out hilarious Blankman was is a comedy masterpiece .
Speaking of Blankman, David Alan Grier deserve his respect too..Him and Damon played so well off each other
@@brandonbates9259 exactly
@Maximus Prime Mo Money was DOPE
Mo money
Damon's funny, but Eddie's an all-time great
SNL kinda corny tbh in living color was way better
Kinda 🤔 lmaooooooo that shit ass
You know whats sad? "All That" was better than SNL.
Lando B 😂😂😂😂😂fr
OG LOC 🤣
They been corny for a good while, heck even "Fridays" was giving them competition for a minute
Living Color & Mad Tv were way funnier than SNL
The Wayan's mama just passed r.i.p ❤❤❤❤
Omg really? That’s so sad. My fam n I were huge wayans fam fans😔
Rip Mama Wayans 🙏🙏🙏🙏💕
💜😇
That hurt my deepest condolences 💔
@@tullathomas3925 Their parents insisted on good grades, a post secondary education & hard work. Just like Eddie Murphy's parents.
Damon Wayans became a POWERHOUSE in his own right! To the point that when he left In Living Color, it took a huge hit! Just like SNL when Eddie left!
Damon Wayans and his siblings are household names and borderline legends in their own right. There shouldn't be any comparisons.
The title of the video is demeaning and the ending of it is wrong.
1 - Not every Black entertainer needs to be the next Eddie Murphy
2 - The reason why he didn’t become the next Eddie Murphy is not because he didn’t want to be... it’s because he didn’t HAVE TO be.
Smh
Word
Eddie is the bar to which folks like to compare, just like when he started out, he was constantly compared to Richard Pryor.
Has there ever been a funnier family than the Wayans family?
if so they took them out...lol
Headas Snigga 😂
🤣
No not even close
The stillers....jerry and ben..
I honestly hope none of what they deemed as "unsuccessful" didn't discourage him, this man is a legend. Major Payne is still one of my faves till this day. My Wife and Kids didn't even have a proper finale show. That show could've easily did a solid 10 years.
I still love Major Payne too!
True I still watch my wife and kids
Major Payne is 1 of my fave movies. I still watch it til this day. Im in my early 30s ßtw lol
I was just watching My Wife and Kids and couple minutes ago
My wife & kids is still my favorite show of all time
Why the comparison? They’re both are talented and made their mark in show business years ago and they’re both financially secure. Moving on.
They compare BLACK entertainers on purpose, because their can only be 1.
Though BLACK entertainers RULE😍
That's because We have too much Talent 👑
FACTS Ms January ✊
@@thetraveler1182 Damn right
And they only let 1 Black star get their shine at a time. Especially Black comedians. Kevin Hart for example.
We do this to ourselves as well. Like when Mike Epps was tryna downplay Kevin Hart. We always blamin “them” for what we’re guilty of doin.
I remember watching Major Payne all the time growing up it was my favorite movie!!
Drop down and give me 25 more! A classic and funny movie. Also, loved him on "A Living Color" . He is definitely hilarious.
You missed the whole Robert Towsened connection and Keenan and Damon roles in Hollywood Shuffle which gave birth to In Living Color. That was a critical omission. Kinda disappointed.
☝🏽 this guy gets it!
Facts!!!! I think people don't give Robert Townsend enough credit. I still laugh my butt off at Hollywood Shuffle
Hollywood Shuffle should have been name dropped at least, like Colors and/or Earth Girls Are Easy
Thank you
@@yalanarashton facts I love Hollywood Shuffle
Damon is one the greatest underrated comics of all time.
Remember one of the skits on “In Living Color” to gay movie critics. Why I brought it up have you seen the gay black guy being interviewed by news channel after shooting recently in his neighborhood, picture Damon this guy said “I didn’t know it was the wild, Wild West I was moving into. I cried laughing
Damon One of the Original Kings..
I think Damon is the funniest Wayans next to Marlon. He should've teamed up with Shawn and Marlon in their movies
Nah he should've just teamed up with Marlon , Shawn ain't meant to be funny
Damon funnier
Damon is the funniest
@@Cj-hj6rm Ooh keh, you're like me, I never thought Shawn was funny... Only 4 Wayans are funny period and it's Damon, Marlon, Kim & Keenan
Keenan is hilarious too
His standup routine is just as STRONG as Eddie Murphy.
Eddie talked about it on Arsenio in early '90s that Damon is funnier than him on stage.
No
He's good but not Eddie Murphy
Good
@@moroccon1 is kim Wayans better than Eddie Murphy?
@@jarrelely1126 he said Damon and not his sister Kim.
You forgot Lethal Weapon (the show) that he started in.
How the hell did that get left out?!?!
@Alex Kanyima I heard the other guy was the one being a jerk I read it when I was trying to find out if there would be another season
The show is very meh, then again he seemed to be the only one on the show that cared to try and make it fun or watchable
I'm pretty sure he was being a brat
This is stupid Damon is Damon and Eddie is Eddie two different people.
"Mo Money" and "Major Payne" are to movies(of damon) that are good!
I watched mo money on Netflix. Its still there.
Don’t Be A Menace
I never felt the wayans
Nah not good but great...🤗🤗🤗✌✌✌
@@raphealnelson5551 Damon is not in that, that is Sean and Marlon
I personally love Damon! But I'm so sorry to hear about his mom. Prayers to them all.
Major Payne will always be my favorite movie.
Comedy hype: why Damon Wayans never became Eddie Murphy
Me: Because he aint Eddie Murphy and shouldnt want to be *clicks off video
I always thought they were in their own Category both equally successful
Same, I’m glad he stayed himself; same with all the Wayans, Pryor, both Murphy’s (Eddie and Charlie), Buress, Che, Chapelle, and Foxx. Speaking of all these names, can you imagine what a sequel or remake of Harlem Nights would be like?
PLEASE! The Wayans family are an Empire, that name holds weight forever.
Damon Wayans is just as great in his own right
I remember DAMON WAYANS' last appearance on IN LIVING COLOR and him going off to conquer Hollywood.
then a year later, his co-star JIM CARREY BLEW UP!
And Jim never had ONE Wayans in ANY of his movies. They are responsible for him being famous because THEY gave HIM a shot & put him on In Living Color as a regular cast member SMDH 😔
@@Sponsorship4u2 It wasn't Jim's movies though. And has always said he wouldn't be anything without the Wayans Bros
@@Sponsorship4u2 Jim is Canadian and he has acknowledged he wouldn't be the star he is without the Wayan bros
Damon Wayans is the funniest wayan and thats saying alot...facts and he can do stand up and movies,sitcoms and improv stop it he a legend
Imma be honest he is the funniest. But that’s not saying a lot . All the other ones are corny
So Keenan wasnt funny in Hollywood shuffle or im a get u sucka please they all funny when da sister did tracy chapman on in living color they all funny but ok
@@thisisjustanillusion6486 dumb as hell lol
Although I did enjoy Blankman, especially as a kid, I would’ve loved a Handy Man film.
Man that would be very difficult to make nowadays
“Homie don’t play that”. 💪🏾🤣🤣🤣🤣
He is a legend in his own right and many comedians of the future will strive to be just like HIM
He had his very own style of comedy so he didn't need to be eddie murphy and he's very humble and down to earth.
Hate it when these "the NEXT so and so" comparisons are made. I think it diminishes the unique talents and skills of the individual being considered...really it's a borderline insult disguised as a underhanded compliment. I can't imagine any artist seeking to be the next anybody, rather than the first them
This man is soooo underrated! I loved all of his films and his stand up specials were dope. I will never understand why his trajectory wasn't higher...
Thank you for doing this piece on Damon! He is my favorite Wayans and the funniest, hands down! He never got the notoriety he deserved. Hollywood and Critics always want to put our people in boxes. They approach us cause they either liked what they saw or heard but then they want to change you & mold you into what that see you as. Sorry, it don't work like that. If you like them when you first seen them, then go ahead and work with them as they are...don't try and change them. We loose our AUTHENTIC selves when you try to mold us into what you want. Let Us be Us!!
They shouldn't even compare people for real they should just let them be their funny selves like when comedians do stand up shit like that.
Never got a Men On Film movie. I'm sure Damon and David could knock it out of the park.
If that happened #ME TOO & The Alphabet folks would probably be tryna ban it
@@GaryTisdaleFungkSta1 Alphabet mafia would be in full effect. However, I think Damon and David are at the point in their careers where they have some money and can take that risk. I wonder who owns the rights to In Living Color? Could it be Disney that bought Fox Television?
I don't care what anyone says, Blankman is hilarious and Mo Money is one of my favs as well.
Damon is super successful in his own right.
The Wayans brothers and often-overlooked sister Nadia are comedy pioneers, genius performers and brilliant creative thinkers. This video needs to respect that.
Much love to damon for being himself and creating a empire that feeds his family and will continue to do for generations to come damon is a legend himself along with eddie Murphy
He played in colors as T bone in 1988 and he was on a different world in 1987
He had a small part in Beverly Hills Cop - Eddie got the bananas from Damon / banana in the tailpipe
Praying for the loss of the Wayans mom🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Damon Wayans & his family are pioneers in the comedy game
Damian took the Malcolm X approach and did for himself & his family, look how he benefited. The Wayans singly handled created more opportunities for comedians, dancers and actors than SNL ever would. I don't even remember the last time I actually saw an SNL episode and honestly don't even care. SNL is like baked unseasoned mayo marinade chicken with some bland roni rice while ILC is like soul food, flavorful fried chicken with oven macroni & cheese with some green beans on the side. We as black people need to make our own opportunities and stop begging everyone else to get a spot in theirs.
That was funny but true
He played the hell outta Pierre Delacroix on *Bamboozled*
I absolutely loved "Bamboozled".
The closing line is what I was thinking as the video started, “he didn’t want to be”. I love this channel.👊🏾👊🏾💜💜
I literally had no idea Damon was on SNL.
Because he's not a down low undercover sell out.
Eddie Murphy vs Sinbad? Who's best
But even his flops are ALL cult classics. Lmao That’s crazy
the answer was so simple but the way you broke it down was amazing. great content
I was obsessed with Major Payne growing up. Brought me so many laughs and memorable scenes.
Comparison is unnecessary, I believe Murphy & Wayans are comedians in their own right & style, same with others.
Bulletproof and The Great White Hype were great movies.
Dude, his family and a ton of his characters and roles are iconic still to this day. From "The Last Boyscout" to "Major Payne" he is forever etched into the culture and our comedic memories...both are still showing somewhere on TV, right now, and even more significantly being watched and enjoyed! And his "My Wife and Kids" sitcom showcased all kinds of powerhouse talent, also still beloved, watched and enjoyed by millions.
Why be like Eddie M. when you can just be yourself and become a living legend, In Living Color ?!?
Y'all already know, "Homie don't play dat!"👊🏿🤡🤬
@4:35 Saw what you did there Sir. Good editing 👍🏿
"He didn't wanna be" well damn
Who was Eddie Murphy before he turned into Eddie Murphy?
I need the wayans family back cause they are genius at comedy, acting, writing and so much more
Major Payne is one of my most watched movies. Loved it growing up and I think it holds up.
I'm gonna take a second and applaud the writers of comedy hype... Great job ..this was a good video
Nah, they pulled a "Crab in the barrel" video that subliminally chastising Damon for not wanting to follow Eddie's footsteps, instead of acknowledging his individuality to accomplish things his own way.
Damon Wayans is a G, Bamboozled was dope and even more relavant today, he knows what's up.
Damon Wayon, is cool as Damon Wayons. He was just another one of our very funny comedians. We had so many of different varieties, we didn't need another Eddie. Eddie was just the best after Richard. Back then originality was what it was all about, having your own style, and that was in every form of entertainment.
In the mid 90's after In Living Color ended, MTV stopped playing music videos and rap music turned gangsta, the media became "The Drive By" media and entertainment and humor went to the gutter. He was blessed to have a career in spite of all that.
The family has talent ...Hollyweird, the masses dictates... smh
I SWEAR ❗DAMON DIDN'T WANT TO BECOME WHAT KEVIN HART IS NOW❗
🤔
Not4TheB.S💯 realest comment! 👏🏾 big facts
What do you mean ?
@@tashaenadekle 🤦🏽♂️
Rich? Successful?
@@Selyn301 I think he means a trick pony... he essentially does the all the same jokes and his characters are basically himself
Man this is some dope shit you’re dropping on here my dude man! Subbing! ❤️🍻
The Last Boyscout is in that top tier of buddy action flicks up there with 48 Hours and Lethal Weapon imo! That football stopping the sniper bullet scene...🏈💥
RIP Mama Wayans 🙏🏿❤️🙏🏿
I thought Comedy Hype was going to be an encouraging black celebrating channel... Comparing one against the other is terrible. Why not celebrate both in their own rights?
Well said, well researched! Just a good and informative video! I ❤️ both Actors but Damen has been more consistent with making good meaningful movies! Authors of the Learn Something Book Series!❤️
Way underrated and very talented. Loved his standups.
Wayne was brilliantly funny is his own right along with the other greats comedians who came before him 💯💯💯💯
Lorne Michaels did not want another EDDIE MURPHY even when he had Damon, Chris Rock and Tim Meadows. They did not dominate like Murphy, Lorne likes his own stars to be white.
Lorne did not like that Eddie became a distraction. SNL had some breakout stars that went on and did great, but Eddie was to SNL like Jordan was to the NBA. Not too many producer's egos can handle that.
And Lorne's couldn't.
@GROWN WOMAN -
The difference is you know of Eddie Murphy and SNL because of TH-cam. The stuff that was going on behind the scenes with Eddie, Joe Piscopo the cast, Lorne Michaels, and Dick Ebersol was a soap opera itself played out thought The New York Post newspaper.
Also learn that Eddie was on SNL from 1980-1984. That's four years of watching him go from a cast member who had no lines in sketches, to saying maybe a sentence in a sketch, to damn near the writers feeling they need him to say a sentence or just something like, "Damn man" to keep the audience engaged in the sketch.
Now STFU and learn something.
@Alex Kanyima -
As former musician and band director G. E. Smith said about SNL, it became all about money after the third show. The first two was about being funny, after that, money. Eddie's presence was money to the show and NBC. Eddie showed how invaluable he was when Nick Noltie was scheduled to host, got arrested during an alcohol related incident, and Eddie was asked to host while being an active show member and the show was a financial success.
Once that happened, it's been claimed that was the turning point, because it showed he had outgrew the show. There was once an opening skit where Eddie was rumored to be sick and could not do the show, and the cast members were debating they could fill his vacancy. One said they could do Gumby (l'm Gumby, Dammit), another imitated Buckwheat.
As I said, you all where not living or had been old enough to see for yourself it play out in real time.
@Alex Kanyima -
What? There's this important thing called, "coherence" that's required when conversing.
The problem is we don't have our own major platform, seeking validation from folks looking to control our narratives with money, and opportunities.
Great show, good content 💯👍
I don't care what anybody says, Blankman was funny...it's still funny!
I enjoyed his work. Glad he was his own man
"he didn't want to" was the part, D rather be genuine to his craft.
Multi talented and so funny ! He just cracks me up and gets me in a good mood !!! What up Damon !! God Bless...
Im gonna get you Sucker and In Living Color...Get Serious, he's way Funnier
Keenan Ivory Wayans and Eddie Murphy are friends and he wrote for Eddie on Raw so I don't think Damon being in a movie with Eddie was coincidental. When Eddie was on SNL Loren Michaels had left the show so Eddie had more creative control. The question is if Loren Michael had stayed would Eddie have had the same freedom? It seems the industry only likes 1 black comedian at a time.. They're always comparing the new to the "old" They did it with Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby /Richard Richard/Eddie Murphy.. They do it with Kevin Hart and the new Comedians of today.. Godfrey talks about that in another video. Producer's looking for the next "Kevin Hart".. It's like with rap artists they're always pitted against each other..
0:28 that quote says everything you need to know about him. Don’t lose sight of yourself y’all.
Damon's got some serious talent! Any studio that wants to make money should sign him on to produce/act/direct ten feature films; and give him creative license over everything. When you allow someone if his calibre talent to express themselves freely, it spells M-O-N-E-Y!
He never became Eddie Murphy because he’s Damon Wayans and his name carries his own wait!!! Major Payne, Blankman, Mo Money, In Living color like the list goes on he’s hilarious period!!!
Answer: Damon was never nowhere near as funny as Eddie. Question answered. You're welcome. No need to have made a video about such an easy topic😆
Facts
Jarrel Ely no
Marlon is my favorite tho but sometimes he tries too hard to be funny
Damon Wayans is his own comedian and a great one he is.
Him breaking the mic at the end of his special "Last Stand" was an iconic moment....
@ComedyHype You guys forgot to include his animated cartoon called Wayne Head on Kids WB in the mid 90s.
Major Payne is a fucking classic and it was a huge missed opportunity that they didnt make a sequel
Damon simply stayed true to himself and didn't wanna sell out like so many other black comics once they reach a certain height. He didn't wanna play the game and did things his way instead of just grabbing the bag.. you definitely have to respect him as a man and a comedic legend for standing his ground
Damon Wayans on In Living Color was/is legendary and classic.