Eddie Murphy going back to stand-up comedy?

[suttercain]

"Meet Dave" star Eddie Murphy tells Extra that he's considering retirement. Murphy says "I have close to fifty movies and it's like, why am I in the movies?" he said, adding, "I've done that part now. I'll go back to the stage and do standup."

I don't know about you guys, but I thought 'Delirious' and 'Raw' were two of the funniest stand-up films ever!

I don't know if he'd be able to pull it off 20 years later (and about half a billion dollars richer), but if he does do it and is brutally honest like he was with his other stand up acts, it could work.

[The Batman]

You know, he might as well because the movie thing doesn't seem to be working out for him anymore.

And yeah, Delirious and Raw were hilarious, but they were also the product of a younger, possibly hungrier, Eddie Murphy.

[JohnPopa]

I'd love to see Eddie go back to stand-up, to see how the years change his worldview and his comedy.

[pariah-1972]

I don't think theres anything wrong with going back to your roots,
but after doing so many "family friendly" movies and low brow comedies would he really be able to keep up with todays comics who have taken what he did back in the 80s and pushed it even further and further?

But at least he is challenging himself which is always good.

[Sean Whitmore]

He was good enough back in the day that seeing him return to comedy is intriguing, at the very least. That said, I don't really see myself listening to his new album and thinking, "He hasn't lost a step in all these years!"


SEAN

[rick]

I would love to see Eddie do stand-up again, but after all this time, who knows what that would really look like.

[Agent Helix]

There was a time when Eddie Murphy was probably the funniest person alive. Richard Pryor went back to comedy after a bunch of middling, family-friendly movies. Maybe Murphy can do the same.

At least this will spare us another movie where he's in a god damn fatsuit.

[B. Kuwanger]

I don't doubt him but I also don't doubt the challenge. I mean, he's no longer Eddie Murphy, he's Eddie Murphy. Pluto Nash, the guy who got with Scary Spice.

[Sean Walsh]

Well, there's certainly a void in the stand-up comedy world now that Carlin is gone. Very interesting.....

....although the pessimist in me sees a complete failure which makes stuff like Life, Holy Man and Norbit look like Oscar worthy performances.

[Legato]

I respect the guy who decided that, before he retires, he should go back into doing what made him famous in the first place.

All I can say is I wish him the best of luck on his stand up gig.

[Pro]

I prefer Eddie Murphy as voice actor.

[Hypestyle]

Ed should get some people to help him write new material--
Chris Rock; Dave Chappelle; Paul Mooney

have Robert Townsend or Keenan Wayans direct--

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Eddie's routine would be different. I'd predict he'd do a lot of comedy on his movie failures... "Hey even I ....the black billion dollar movie god , Eddie Murphy felt PLUTO NASH would be worth it !"

I think Murphy's reached his end peek with movies. I don't think he can make a transition to serious actor like a Robin Williams can. And lets be honest...Williams has juggled stand up , playing psycho killers in INSOMNIA and doing comedy family flicks.

Murphy is realizing he can't do serious roles and the family/comedy flicks are slowly dying. I wouldn't be shocked if we don't see Eddie Murphy sign a TV deal and go to sitcoms at a network in the next year or 2 after reading this.

[SnowTrooper]

I would love to see Eddie Murphy do some more stand-up. RAW is one of my favorites of all time.

Apparently Eddie is going to be shooting the next Beverly Hills Cop movie next year with Brett Ratner(Credit:411mania.com), so I dont see him going back to stand-up for another couple of years.

[DWEarhart]

For years, I've been hoping Eddie Murphy would do this.

Brett Ratner is saying that Beverly Hills Cop 4 will a "hard-R." Doesn't mean Eddie has to curse, I guess.

If Eddie Murphy did go back to standup who's to say he would even go back to his Raw and Delirious style. He could end up doing Sinbad's kind of material, which can still be funny to some people, but you've gotta know what your audience is expecting out of you. I figure when Eddie says he may do stand up, people are going to expect that raunchy side and if he gives them something cleaner - who knows how they'll react? It can still be funny, just not the kind of funny most folks were anticipating.

[Movie-Brat]

Well, I wish luck Eddie Murphy in his return to Stand Up Comedy.

[suttercain]

I would love to see Eddie Murphy do some more stand-up. RAW is one of my favorites of all time.

Apparently Eddie is going to be shooting the next Beverly Hills Cop movie next year with Brett Ratner(Credit:411mania.com), so I dont see him going back to stand-up for another couple of years.

I should have posted the entire thing....

Murphy, 47, said that while a “Beverly Hills Cop 4″ flick was in the works, he didn’t want to do it, because “the movie wasn’t ready to be done.”

[Athena Bast]

I don't doubt him but I also don't doubt the challenge. I mean, he's no longer Eddie Murphy, he's Eddie Murphy. Pluto Nash, the guy who got with Scary Spice.

More like, Norbit who picks up tranny hookers.

[The Joker]

I would be up for Eddie's return to standup. Absoltuely. Although he did make statements on the Delirious DVD that he thought it was kinda cool that he left standup virtually during his peak, and chose to instead concentrate on films. Which actually worked out quite well for him, but it's indeed looking like that road is winding down, and if Eddie decides to return to his roots, I would be all for it. However, the rumors of a Beverly Hills Cop 4, and the fact that Murphy also stated he would probably have to take a year to get back into the groove of things if he ever decided to actually return to standup comedy, almost insures that we are in for quite a wait.

[Monty_Cristo]

Eddie's routine would be different. I'd predict he'd do a lot of comedy on his movie failures... "Hey even I ....the black billion dollar movie god , Eddie Murphy felt PLUTO NASH would be worth it !"

I think Murphy's reached his end peek with movies. I don't think he can make a transition to serious actor like a Robin Williams can. And lets be honest...Williams has juggled stand up , playing psycho killers in INSOMNIA and doing comedy family flicks.

Murphy is realizing he can't do serious roles and the family/comedy flicks are slowly dying. I wouldn't be shocked if we don't see Eddie Murphy sign a TV deal and go to sitcoms at a network in the next year or 2 after reading this.

was Robin Williams every funny? i know that he's never made me laugh. and i've seen Popeye.

as for Eddie Murphy returning to stand-up, i think he's in that small class of people who were celebrities simply because it was the 80s i.e. Madonna, Steve Guttenberg, etc.

[kalorama]

"Meet Dave" star Eddie Murphy tells Extra that he's considering retirement. Murphy says "I have close to fifty movies and it's like, why am I in the movies?"

I've been asking that question since the late 80s.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

was Robin Williams every funny? i know that he's never made me laugh. and i've seen Popeye.

Robin's comedy is fast , fast....fast. He may do 5 jokes in 10 minutes and 2 hits. He's slowing down and all at his age. I saw him do INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO and he completely took over the show. A normal show for them was 30 minutes. But Robin would inter-act with the audiance so much and just went completely insane the show had to be edited. (I read somewhere he did 2 hours of material and the poor bastards had to edit it down to 30 minutes)

He's a rare comedian taste for some. Either you really love the insane crazyness he does or ya don't. Me...well I always loved the insanity of Robin Williams. So he was always on my 'Watch List". Its good to see him manage to stick around so long.


as for Eddie Murphy returning to stand-up, i think he's in that small class of people who were celebrities simply because it was the 80s i.e. Madonna, Steve Guttenberg, etc.

Murphy is the man that SNL cast members judge themselves to. Sure Bill Murrey,Belushi,Spade,Myers and all made lots of money at the Box Office. But Eddie Murphy was in a class by himself. He's a Billion Dollar box office guy. His movies have made that much. He's made his share of bombs but the damn guy is considered the one many SNL cast members push themselves to measure in terms of Box Office.

Chris Rock said everyone who comes in wants to follow the Eddie Murphy path. Do great standup , go to SNL and become huge , break off big into films. Will Ferrell seems to have followed the Murphy path for now.

[Sean Whitmore]

Murphy is the man that SNL cast members judge themselves to.

Not the fat white guys. They all wanna be Belushi.


SEAN

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Not the fat white guys. They all wanna be Belushi.


SEAN

I'd like to be Murray though. Being Belushi is a tough act and its already taken 2 SNL members before their time.

[Sean Whitmore]

I'd like to be Murray though. Being Belushi is a tough act and its already taken 2 SNL members before their time.

Yeah, that's the problem with emulating Belushi.

Everyone wants to get to Heaven, but nobody wants to die.


SEAN

[Conn Seanery]

If he doesn't rehash old material I think this could be a really good move, maybe even win back the respect he may have lost for some of his weaker film choices. I can't imagine an Eddie Murphy given free reign to talk about whatever he wanted not being funny (assuming he's going for the edgy crowd and not the family crowd).

As for the Williams dissing, normally I'd agree but I've been told his live shows are pretty funny (some friends of mine saw him a few years ago, in Vegas I think). Apparently they're a lot raunchier and don't have a lot of the tired, repetitive, desperate-for-a-laugh stuff you've seen during his various TV appearances over the last...oh, let's say at least 10-15 years.

[rick]

was Robin Williams every funny? i know that he's never made me laugh. and i've seen Popeye.


For about 18 months, somewhere around 1979, Robin Williams was the most amazingly funny comedian on the planet.

Of course all of us, including Robin were on coke, so who knows what connection there might be with that.



…as for Eddie Murphy returning to stand-up, i think he's in that small class of people who were celebrities simply because it was the 80s i.e. Madonna, Steve Guttenberg, etc.


Sorry, I think you need to get your comedy meter checked, because plain and simple; Eddie Murphy was at one point just plain brilliant. During the 1980’s Murphy’s ability as a stand-up comedian was second only to the big three of Pryor, Carlin and Cosby. Both Raw and Delirious are classic stand-up sets.

[suttercain]

I'd like to be Murray though. Being Belushi is a tough act and its already taken 2 SNL members before their time.

Artie Lange (former MadTV cast member and Howard Stern sidekick) will be next.


If he doesn't rehash old material I think this could be a really good move, maybe even win back the respect he may have lost for some of his weaker film choices.

I agree. He has to come out and be politically incorrect. He has to be 100% honest. Talk about the bad movies. Talk about the dumb relationship choices. Talk about the transvestite incident. Talk smack about other celebrities. If he does those things, which may be hard for him now that he's an A-lister, he could easily be at the top of his game again.

[JohnPopa]

I saw him do INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO and he completely took over the show. A normal show for them was 30 minutes. But Robin would inter-act with the audiance so much and just went completely insane the show had to be edited. (I read somewhere he did 2 hours of material and the poor bastards had to edit it down to 30 minutes)

All INSIDE THE ACTOR'S STUDIO tapings run several hours and are edited down to fit the one hour time slot.

[Libaax]

I think this can be very good. I have also seen his two famous stand ups very few shows has ever made laugh as hard as those.


If he has written something new and not rehash it can be very good. Stand up writing has to be current stuff so i dont think he will rehash.

I rather see him do only decent stand up than lame family movies....

[kalorama]

For about 18 months, somewhere around 1979, Robin Williams was the most amazingly funny comedian on the planet.

I've never gotten the appeal of Williams, either as a stand-up or an actor. his comedy always had the whiff of desperation to please, and his film work has mostly played off one note.


Sorry, I think you need to get your comedy meter checked, because plain and simple; Eddie Murphy was at one point just plain brilliant. During the 1980’s Murphy’s ability as a stand-up comedian was second only to the big three of Pryor, Carlin and Cosby. Both Raw and Delirious are classic stand-up sets.

Murphy had a brief period between leaving SNL and the period right around the release of Beverly Hills Cop when he was untouchable. But the rush of success post-BHC quickly turned him into another Hollywood cliche.

[Paradox]

JohnPopa has it right:

All INSIDE THE ACTOR'S STUDIO tapings run several hours and are edited down to fit the one hour time slot.

AND the Williams one WAS two hours (a special edition).

[JohnPopa]

AND the Williams one WAS two hours (a special edition).

They do run a one hour version of Williams's. In fact, it was on just last week.

[Paradox]

Maybe that's what he's talking about then? Or is it more of a Part One thing (I saw the two hour one, so I don't even look past the listing of "Robin Williams" before moving on)?

[JohnPopa]

Heh, I only recorded it because it said it was the Eddie Murphy episode, which I haven't seen in its entirety. Instead it was a one-hour version of Williams and then the George Carlin episode (which made sense given that Carlin had just died.)

It's just a really chopped up edition of Williams's two-hour episode. Really, there's very little talk about the movies, it's mostly just him doing his schtick, then answering the questionnaire with the students.

[Paradox]

Ah, that's quite possibly it, then, I guess.

[Slam_Bradley]

Sorry, I think you need to get your comedy meter checked, because plain and simple; Eddie Murphy was at one point just plain brilliant. During the 1980’s Murphy’s ability as a stand-up comedian was second only to the big three of Pryor, Carlin and Cosby. Both Raw and Delirious are classic stand-up sets.


Not only that, but he was a genuine 100% box-office star. Starting with 48 Hours, through Trading Places and on to Beverly Hills Cop, Murphy hit box-office gold with pretty darn entertaining films.

[suttercain]

Man, what happened to Bill Bellamy?

[DWEarhart]

Eddie Murphy talks Beverly Hills Cop IV, and wanting to act like a real person again. (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beverly_hills_cop_collection/news/1738756/eddie_murphy_hopes_beverly_hills_cop_4_fixes_the_f ranchise)

Why another Beverly Hills Cop film?

"Because the third 'Beverly Hills Cop' was horrible!" the once and future Detective Axel Foley laughed. "I didn't want to leave it like that. The first two were cool and the third one was sh---y. [Let's] get the franchise fixed again, clean up this old mess and do a good movie.

"[Don't] just leave Axel with his thumb up his a-- from the last movie," the comic continued, chuckling. "Whatever happened to Axel Foley? He's sitting in Detroit with his thumb up his a-- since 'Beverly Hills Cop III.' Let's take those thumbs out and make a great movie!"

After thanking Seth Rogen:

"I'll tell you what about profanity," Murphy said. "Over the last 20 years or so, because of the studios, everybody figured out there's a PG-13 audience, you know, and that's the biggest piece of the pie. And a bunch of artists, myself included, got put in this PG-13 box — artists that aren't PG-13 artists! Then comedies like 'Superbad,' 'Knocked-Up,' and 'Juno' come out and people go, 'Oh, this is the brilliant sh--.' And it's just people acting like real people, talking like real people. And those movies are making all the money now.

"Get back to the real sh--," he added, regarding what he most wants for Foley. "That's where I started. [Be] a real person!"

[Monty_Cristo]

For about 18 months, somewhere around 1979, Robin Williams was the most amazingly funny comedian on the planet.

Of course all of us, including Robin were on coke, so who knows what connection there might be with that.





Sorry, I think you need to get your comedy meter checked, because plain and simple; Eddie Murphy was at one point just plain brilliant. During the 1980’s Murphy’s ability as a stand-up comedian was second only to the big three of Pryor, Carlin and Cosby. Both Raw and Delirious are classic stand-up sets.


hey, i'm not denying that. he was a "god." i just think he was a god of the 80s. i don't think he can transform himself. i feel the same way about most of the members of N.W.A. they had their way of performing. now there's a different way. same with comedy. same with music *cough* New Kids on the Block *cough*


Man, what happened to Bill Bellamy?

the movie 'Fastlane.' bad career choice.

[Legato]

Eddie Murphy talks Beverly Hills Cop IV, and wanting to act like a real person again. (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beverly_hills_cop_collection/news/1738756/eddie_murphy_hopes_beverly_hills_cop_4_fixes_the_f ranchise)

Why another Beverly Hills Cop film?


After thanking Seth Rogen:

Hopefully all of what he said means that he will never do another movie like Meet Dave or any movie involving him being in a fat suit.

[suttercain]

hey, i'm not denying that. he was a "god." i just think he was a god of the 80s. i don't think he can transform himself. i feel the same way about most of the members of N.W.A. they had their way of performing. now there's a different way. same with comedy. same with music *cough* New Kids on the Block *cough*

Hmmm... you may have a point... just don't tell it to Bruce Willis (he had a huge down turn).

[suttercain]

Hopefully all of what he said means that he will never do another movie like Meet Dave or any movie involving him being in a fat suit.

Nutty Professor was good... Norbit, not so good.

[Legato]

Nutty Professor was good... Norbit, not so good.

The first NP was ok, the sequal following that was the funniest one to me. Norbit was more insulting than funny.