down on my floor movie life eddie murphy

Black-exploitation movies, even if you dealt with the Man, it was in your neighborhood, never in their world. That’s why I became as popular as I became. You know why it worked then and the reason why it wouldn’t now? My significance in film – and again I’m not going to be delusional – was that I’m the first black actor to take charge in a white world onscreen.

Murphy commented on why the movie – in which Nolte’s character says some very politically incorrect racial slurs – worked: The buddy cop movie began with Nolte and Murphy in 48 Hours. It practically invented a genre that would dominate the film landscape for the next decade. I don’t think the impact of 48 Hours can be over-stated. While Murphy was still on SNL, he made his feature film debut in 1982’s 48 Hours. How many people have come off this show whose careers really are fucked up, and you guys are shitting on me?” And you know every joke has to go through all the producers, and ultimately, you know Lorne or whoever says, “OK, it’s OK to make this career crack…” It was like, “Hey, come on, man, it’s one thing for you guys to do a joke about some movie of mine, but my career? I’m one of you guys. What really irritated me about it at the time was that it was a career shot. I made a stink about it, it became part of the folklore. “They were shitty to me on Saturday Night Live a couple of times after I’d left the show. Once he left, he would not return for over three decades. Murphy also has the distinction of being the only cast member to host the show while he was still a regular cast member. He also did a killer Stevie Wonder impression. Murphy became the show’s clear star with characters like Buckwheat, Gumby and Mr. Murphy and co-star Joe Piscopo were the sole stand-outs of the cast and arguably saved the show. It was actually facing the possibility of cancellation. In the early 80s, SNL was in its first real slump. At the time, he was the youngest cast member in the history of the show. In 1980, at the age of 19, Murphy joined the cast of Saturday Night Live. Murphy started performing as a stand-up comedian as a teenager. Eddie Murphy – Saturday Night Live – 1980 – 1984

Down on my floor movie life eddie murphy