Eddie Murphy to return to Saturday Night Live for 40th anniversary special
Eddie Murphy launched his career to superstardom with four seasons on Saturday Night Live and for the first time in more than 30 years will be back on SNL for a special 40th anniversary show.
A star was born when Eddie Murphy first appeared on Saturday Night Live in 1980 where he helped boost the show’s ratings in the early 80s after the Golden Era that was the late 70s, but since leaving the show in 1984 has yet to return to the show in any capacity.
That’s all about to change after Murphy confirmed through a phone interview with NewsOne that he’ll be taking part in the show’s 40th anniversary special that will air on February 15th.
So what took the actor who brought us such memorable characters on SNL like the adult version of Little Rascals star Buckwheat, Mr. Robinson who was a poor, but street smart host of a children’s show that spoofedMr. Rogers Neighborhood and of course Gumby, dammit!
“It’s just timing. It just never worked out where the timing was right for me to do it, Murphy said via Splitsider … They’re actually having a 40th anniversary I think in two weeks. I’m going to that, and that’ll be the first time I’ve been back since I left.”
One constant with Saturday Night Live, even more so than the laughs because there have been some lean years, is that it serves as a launching point for stars to make the jump to movies and Murphy is no exception to that.
From Bill Murray, Chevy Chase and Jim Belushi to Murhpy to Mike Myers, Dana Carvey and Chris Farley to Bill hader and Kristen Wiig this is just what happens, but some of them have at least come back in some capacity, even if it wasn’t as a host to show appreciation for what it meant to their careers.
Murphy expressed some bad blood earlier with how he was portrayed or treated by the show since leaving in 1984, but apparently time does in fact heal all wounds and that’s a win for the viewer who will see one of the brilliant comics of all-time back where it all began.
You can hear the entire phone interview with Murphy below where he also talks about his first single “Oh Jah Jah”20 years after “Party All The Time” from his debut album, “How Could It Be.”
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