# Dave Chappelle - Charlie Murphy and Rick James **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307 "2018-11-30T02:00:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/1 "2018-11-30T02:00:38Z")
[One of the greatest moments of TV ever](http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/chappelles-show-charlie-murphys-true-hollywood-stories-rick-james/82395839/) I’m not sure if there was a post when this came out, but this episode of Chappelle’s show I think is one of the greatest TV skits I’ve ever seen. I think I use a quote from this every single day. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/2 "2018-11-30T02:10:21Z")
Yep. My favorite quote is (paraphrased), \*"I wouldn’t just grind my feet on the couch just to do something. Yeah, I remember grinding my feet on couch…"\* Cocaine is a hell of a drug. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/3 "2018-11-30T02:16:51Z")
All those Murphy stories were hilarious. Getting their butts kicked by Prince and his entourage at basketball was good too. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/4 "2018-11-30T02:19:22Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > All those Murphy stories were hilarious. Getting their butts kicked by Prince and his entourage at basketball was good too. _“They were settin’ all kind of fruity picks”_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/5 "2018-11-30T02:23:37Z")
I think I use “Fuck your couch!” more than any other quote. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/6 "2018-11-30T02:36:46Z")
The Rick james interview in its entirely is also great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LwGM6Gr2cY ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/7 "2018-11-30T03:51:14Z")
Charlie Murphy was a funny mother fucker I was really shocked when he died of Leukemia recently, he was a funny storyteller. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/8 "2018-11-30T03:56:40Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > All those Murphy stories were hilarious. Getting their butts kicked by Prince and his entourage at basketball was good too. All the more because it was apparently a true story! > **[The True Story Behind Prince's Famous Basketball Game With Charlie Murphy](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a54667/prince-basketball-game-charlie-murphy-micki-free/)** > > Micki Free remembers The Purple One's perfect jump shot. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/9 "2018-11-30T04:20:41Z")
Of course it was true. It wouldn’t be called Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood stories if it was NOT true! ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/10 "2018-11-30T13:50:02Z")
What did the five fingers say to the face? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/11 "2018-11-30T14:54:20Z")
SLAP! ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/12 "2018-11-30T15:47:35Z")
What year was that episode? Feels like a hundred years ago my friends and I were quoting that whole skit to each other nonstop. “I’m one of the baddest motherfuckers of all time! One of the best singers and one of the best lookin motherfuckers you ever seen!” I laugh just remembering that. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/13 "2018-11-30T16:11:04Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I think I use “Fuck your couch!” more than any other quote. This episode introduced _“Habitual Line-Stepper”_ into my lexicon. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/14 "2018-11-30T16:21:23Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > This episode introduced _“Habitual Line-Stepper”_ into my lexicon. Me too. I love that. Also, after Charlie and Eddie beat Rick’s ass and Eddie says “Rick really needs some help,” Charlie coming back with “we just gave him some help. I bet he won’t step on another sofa” hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/15 "2018-11-30T16:24:29Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Also, after Charlie and Eddie beat Rick’s ass and Eddie says “Rick really needs some help,” Charlie coming back with “we just gave him some help. I bet he won’t step on another sofa” Wrong. WRONG! We’re talking 'bout Rick James, man! > [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > What year was that episode? Feels like a hundred years ago my friends and I were quoting that whole skit to each other nonstop. “I’m one of the baddest motherfuckers of all time! One of the best singers and one of the best lookin motherfuckers you ever seen!” > > I laugh just remembering that. I just looked it up. It aired in February, 2004. While looking it up, I stumbled across this: > [@](#): > > The sketch attained even greater public attention when, in 2005, a candidate for city council in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, also named Rick James but unrelated to the singer, had many of his “Vote Rick James” campaign signs defaced by writing “Vote Rick James bitch!” or stolen by fans of the sketch That’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/16 "2026-02-13T19:15:39Z")
Resurrecting - did anyone else notice the Charlie Murphy reference in the [Svedka water commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=pkeWRI2yJGM) in the Super Bowl? Watch closely in the background near the end. There’s someone grinding his dirty shoes into the white couch he’s lying on. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/17 "2026-02-13T22:48:34Z")
I’m sitting at my office, trying to choke back laughter tears just reading these quotes and thinking about the skits. WRrrONG! Purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > Yeah, I remember grinding my feet on couch… Dave squirming and kicking as they beat him up. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappelle-charlie-murphy-and-rick-james/825307/18 "2026-02-13T22:53:24Z")
Its a zombie thread, bitch. Loved that.