Murphy, who was 22 years old at the time, had been doing stand-up since he was a teenager, but he was best known as a sketch comic and impressionist on Saturday Night Live, where he became a superstar. Murphy’s tight-fitting red leather suit, his copious use of the word “faggot” and his extended bits about family cookouts and kids swarming an ice cream truck. It’s not currently available on any streaming sites, but clips do exist on YouTube. And if you’d like to recommend any specials for this series, contact me on Twitter WhatĮddie Murphy: Delirious, the American comedy giant’s 1983 special taped for HBO in Washington, DC. Keep in mind, some of Murphy’s language – which I describe and quote from – will offend. If you’ve always been curious about this special, now might be the time to watch it. Murphy got awards buzz a few years ago for playing filmmaker Rudy Ray Moore in Dolemite Is My Name, and a new documentary about his return to stand-up is in the works. I decided to start with Eddie Murphy’s 1983 special Delirious because it’s constantly on lists of the best comedy specials of all time. But they have to have survived to become classics. Some I’ve seen and will be rewatching others will be new to me. In this new series, I’m going to look at some of the most revered and/or notorious comedy specials of all time to see if they still hold up. At a time when half a dozen new comedy specials are cranked out each month, and the industry is attempting to become more equitable, is there such a thing as a universally beloved comic? Or is comedy, by its very nature, tied to its era? One generation’s cutting-edge comic is another generation’s quaint curio, or even a candidate for cancellation.
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