Four decades after it was revealed on Saturday Night Live, Eddie Murphy returned to direct the program's prestigious Christmas episode over the weekend.
Eddie Murphy at Saturday Night Live this weekend
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Four decades after it was revealed on Saturday Night Live, Eddie Murphy returned to the American Satire program last weekend, managing to upset Bill Cosby behind bars.
Murphy (58) guided the program's Christmas episode, which is considered one of the biggest televised events of the year. The aforementioned African American comedian comeback achieved a record-setting program of ten million viewers.
In the opening monologue, Murphy was quick to laugh at the expense of Bill Cosby, who is serving a prison sentence for sex offenses and sexual assault in which he was convicted in 2018. "If you told me 30 years ago that I would be a busy father to ten kids and that Cosby would sit in jail - that's a bet that even I wouldn't be willing to take," Murphy said. "Who's America's Daddy Now?" He continued, referring to his nickname, Cosby won on the days when the Cosby Family program aired with great success.
Murphy also criticized Cosby in Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedians in Coffee Drinking Cars" program, which he recently hosted. "He had a weird thing with me that he didn't have for other comedians," Murphy said of the attitude he received from Cosby. "It was mean. He was never nice to me."
Cosby, who watched Saturday Night Live among the prison walls, quickly dispatched a message on his Instagram account through his PR man, calling Murphy "the slave of Hollywood." "Mr. Cosby broke race barriers in the entertainment industry so blacks like Eddie Murphy and others could take a stage to showcase their talents to future generations," the statement said. Murphy was given the freedom to leave his slave colony so he could make his own decisions, but he decided to sell himself and become a slave of Hollywood. "
By the way, the two have a history of media conflict. Murphy joined Saturday Night Live in December 1981 and was immediately starred as a rising star. He later said that when he became a successful standupist, he was excited to receive a call from the man and legend, Bill Cosby. But Cosby didn't compliment him, but scolded him for his rude language. Murphy put this anecdote in his stand-up show with an unflattering imitation of Cosby.
The episode, directed by Eddie Murphy, will air Saturday night at 9:10 PM on Yes Comedy.
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