Blind Item #2
Back in the day, there was no one netter than this permanent A list stand up. He hasn't even done stand up in decades and he is still permanently A list. Now, he doesn't do much except live off old standup and movie fame. He doesn't write anything any longer which means if he does get a standup gig, they will all be jokes written for him.
Eddie Murphy?
ReplyDeleteSteve Martin?
ReplyDeleteeddie murphy. i heard this morning netflix has offered him a bunch of money for a gig.
ReplyDeleteAndrew Dice Clay?
ReplyDeleteSteve Martin has his band and he just had a Netflix special with Martin Short about a year ago. I would go with Eddie Murphy.
ReplyDeleteEddie Murphy was my initial thought. Think it could be either Murphy or Martin, though, although Steve Martin used to have a bigger Twitter presence too.
ReplyDeleteI hope he comes back. He was at the very top for a reason
ReplyDeleteEddie Murphy was my first thought too. Steve Martin is pretty well known for stage and music these days too.
ReplyDeleteHe can get Jerry to write it for him. Seinfeld talking about him as his dream guest
ReplyDeleteEddie. Shame, because he was one funny dude.
ReplyDeleteI hope this is Eddie, and, just maybe, he could be putting pen to paper as we deal with this blind? He can tap that stellar funny bone! Think of all the material he hasnt done yet of being a father of ten! Surely, someone had some ice cream?😉
ReplyDeleteyes Vita!!! i am super excited. can't wait.
DeleteEddieeee
ReplyDeleteEddie Murphy/Netflix deal
ReplyDeleteAll of these comments with Eddie and Steve in same post, I cannot resist gleefully stating my love of Bowfinger! If you want a great, silly laugh about the love of filmmaking, a spoof of certain celeb-popular cultish places, and Eddie in a GREAT performance give it a watch!
ReplyDeleteEddie Murphy. Steve Martin constantly tours with his band.
ReplyDeleteWhat would Eddie have to write about?
ReplyDeleteLife on the compound?
He’s become the real Kit Ramsey
from Bowffinger
I'm going with Bob Newhart.
ReplyDeleteEddie Murphy just read something on him regarding Netflix
ReplyDeleteWhat could Eddie write about?
ReplyDeleteLife on the compound?
Keeping kid's names straight?
Yes, he has virtually become
Kit Ramsey from Bowfinger(great movie!)
Eddie, prove me wrong.
B626 I thought the in joke was that Eddie WAS Kit Ramsey.
ReplyDeleteWasn't there a scandal that suddenly went away (and the accuser mysteriously 'jumped' off a building?)
Wasn't there a really bad sci fi movie EM made not long afterward?
Bonus dig at Ellen/Anne toward the end of Bowfinger.
Bowfinger is GOLD. I could watch that on a loop.
DeleteAnd I think the bad sci fi was Pluto Nash.
Eddie Murphy was great, but no one better??
ReplyDeleteSomeone please tell enty about George Carlin and Richard Pryor.
Carlin is king.
DeleteI thought I was the only one who remembered Bowfinger.
ReplyDeleteAn underrated gem of a movie.
I still use the phrase 'chubby rain'.
Bowfinger is great, the final gem so far in Steve Martin's career. Heather Graham's character, the one who sleeps her way to the top of production (naturally, she starts with the writer), is partially based on Anne Heche, whom Martin dated for a while. And, yes, Eddie Murphy is very endearing in a double part, because, for once, he doesn't play to the lowest common denominator and is part of an ensemble.
ReplyDeleteMost of Martin's fortune is used to buy Edward Hopper paintings. There was a Hopper exhibition in London (Modern Tate), and Martin had supplied something like one painting out of five.
Edddiieeeee what have you done for me lateleeeeey
ReplyDeleteFlashy Vic - every time heels click on concrete, anywhere, I think of that dog.
ReplyDeleteAny comedian from "back in the day" is gonna have to have someone else write their material because almost any topic or joke that used to be funny is now off-limits due to PC police.
ReplyDeleteI watched Eddie Murphy on a DVD that I got for $1 at christmas with my kids (teenagers) and they were shocked at how non-PC it was. Thought it was hilarious but they are able to see through the SJW BS...many of their friends would not be. Very, very few standup routines from prior to mid-2000s would be allowed today and if you don't continuously bash Trump, they probably won't even let you on stage.
If SNL wanted to do Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood today (and they don't. They are all agenda, zero funny) they couldn't
ReplyDeleteIf you were a child of the 80's then you destroyed your VHS copies of 'Delirious and 'Raw' from over playing.
ReplyDelete$20 mil for a Netflix special.....I just can’t.
ReplyDeleteHi, Eddie.
ReplyDelete@MeliticusBee 100% agree. It would be so hard for them to be PC that it would suck the funny right out of them. That man used to make me cry I would be laughing so hard. Too bad we all got so uptight.
ReplyDeleteAlf - or "Kill My Landlord. K - I - L my land...lord."
ReplyDeleteMB - Eddie did a LOT of gay bashing in his standup back in the day. He got chided for it even then but didn't seem to care.
"And I think the bad sci fi was Pluto Nash."
Yes! Nonya I think you're correct.
😂 😂- Thorne! You beat me to it. Give me half Eddieeeeee!! Give me half- Mr. FuckYou man!!!!
ReplyDeleteI believe Eddie could still do it. He was/is a comedic genius. So what if he doesn't write it on his own any longer...he's also a genius of timing and delivery and stage presence.
ReplyDelete@Samantha.
ReplyDeleteWhen Steve Martin puts the elastic on the dogs hind legs to stop it showing off it's balls.😆 Especially because that's usually the first sight a visitor to my house will see from my lazy scrote of a dog.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
ReplyDeleteI don't remember that part, Vic!
ReplyDeleteIt's the scene where they put high heels on the dog, then let it wander around, to make someone think he's being followed.
I know, Sam, in the mutli storey car park. The bit I'm referring to is near the beginning when Heather Graham is about to call round.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm thinking about Heather Graham.....erm....I'm just off to the bathroom...
@Flashy - Did you know that Heather Graham was Adam Ant's girlfriend back in the day? Mmmmm, Adam Ant ... off to the bathroom myself, lol.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely the great Don Rickles.
ReplyDeleteKimberely- whoa! Never knew Adam Ant (swoon) and Heather Graham were a couple! That would be one gorgeous pair. Adam Ant's greatest hits is a good time!
ReplyDeleteUnconnected tidbit...I think she also dated James Woods when they filmed Diggstown, i think.
Angela- Thanks for the info about Steve Martin and the Edward Hopper exhibition. I knew that he was an art lover, but didnt know Hopper was a fave that he collected. Cool!
Has anyone seen Martin Short's and his live show together? Has to be a great time!
Eddie was 19 when he started SNL. He was prob 20 when he wrote Delirious. Or younger. He was super silly in his youth but life is in session. He got unfunny and concentrated on characters.
ReplyDeleteWriting a joke js one thing. Selling that joke on stage and actually dynamically weaving the web of jokes is also critical talent for a A list guy.
ReplyDeleteDon Rickles encouraged Eddie to do stand up, according to the DM.
ReplyDeleteSNL Mr. Robinson was a hoot. Eddie was smiling, then a knock at the door - snarling 'Who Dat?'. Then smarming out the window. Such an low-rent take on Mr. Rogers. Who btw I never took to because he was so respectful to his audience. I couldn't relate.
good times Gentle Breeze!!🤣🤣🤣 so funny!!
DeleteChr9s Rock?
ReplyDeleteAlbert Brooks. Lazyass prefers posting anti-Trump scribes as opposed to actually working.
ReplyDeleteGive us the review, SdAuntie!😁
ReplyDeleteWhenever I'm in a parking garage and I hear clicking heels, I snicker because of "Bowfinger".
ReplyDeleteReally good comedies are special.
There is a documentary somewhere about Adam Ant. He fell hard for Heather. She nursed him through a breakdown and then they split. Sad for both I think.
ReplyDeleteAdam is a very sensitive person. I'm glad he is recording again and touring again. He seems to have mended.