# Eddie Murphy's SNL return **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224 "2019-12-22T05:15:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/1 "2019-12-22T05:15:38Z")
Forgot it was on, but I tuned in just in time for Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood. I have to admit, I’m digging the nostalgia trip (at least the two old-timey characters I’ve seen-- Mr. Robinson and Buckwheat). The Christmas dinner sketch was good too. I’m looking forward to watching it from the beginning tomorrow. Eddie seems to be nailing the stuff I’ve seen. ETA: His “We can still win this shit” slipped past the censors in the baking sketch! ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/2 "2019-12-22T05:26:21Z")
SPOILERS Mr. Robinson was a timely home run. The Buckwheat sketch would have been 10X better if not rushed. The Christmas sketch was very funny and did well to play on Murphy’s age. The cooking sketch wasn’t very good but to his credit Eddie made it funnier than it had a right to be. I’m Gumby dammit!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/3 "2019-12-22T05:26:51Z")
Tinga Nadies is the new Wookin Pa Nub ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/4 "2019-12-22T05:29:08Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > His “We can still win this shit” slipped past the censors in the baking sketch! Wowsers! OMG! This land of free speech really knows no limits, eh what? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/5 "2019-12-22T05:44:00Z")
And… GUMBY, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/6 "2019-12-22T05:47:28Z")
Funniest part of Black Jeopardy was the sponsors-- “He Funny Pet Adoption. Don’t go near that dog! He funny!” ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/7 "2019-12-22T05:54:58Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Wowsers! OMG! This land of free speech really knows no limits, eh what? Ok, I haven’t watched in a while, so I guess they let 'em swear now? Back in the day if someone let one fly, it was notable. It didn’t happen that often. It seemed like Cecily Strong’s Jeanine Pirro ended it with “Merry Fucking Christmas, I’m Gumby dammit!” But maybe I heard it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/8 "2019-12-22T08:30:43Z")
Gumby! Damn! It! ---
**Author:** ![ralfy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ralfy/32/600_2.png) [@ralfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralfy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/9 "2019-12-22T09:58:39Z")
Also, the “Hot Tub Party” skit. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/10 "2019-12-22T13:18:07Z")
surprised they allowed Buckwheat since people said it was racist. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/11 "2019-12-22T13:33:26Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > ETA: His “We can still win this shit” slipped past the censors in the baking sketch! “Shit” is apparently OK to say, at least after 10pm or so. A couple of the USA Network shows, like Suits, seem to make a point of saying it several times each episode. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/12 "2019-12-22T14:20:10Z")
I thought Trump was not going to be in the opening skit but I guess they just can’t do an opener without him or talking about him. ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/13 "2019-12-22T14:32:03Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > surprised they allowed Buckwheat since people said it was racist. Whoh-yeah. SNL is all about avoiding controversy. :dubious: “Can you smoke up here?” “No.” _puff_ (you know Dave wished that was a splif, or at least hand rolled tobacco to imply it.) “\*Bill Cosby voice:\*Who’s America’s dad, **now**.” I only watched a bit, and I can’t DVR. It just confirmed what I always said, and I’m sorry if it makes no sense, but its what I expected to happen: Cold open (dull, I’m right-wing, so the actual Democratic debates are funnier to me) Monologue (a good one) **full length commercial break** Mr Robinson’s Neighborhood(awesome) **full length commercial break** Sorry, but I’m not playing that. Does it improve mid-show? I dunno. I guess it has to, or the DVD will be too short? I can’t stay awake that long. Not past the same commercial of the surly teen on her phone in the parent’s luxury car. I saw that five times a day during the Star Wars TNT stream, I’m done. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/14 "2019-12-22T15:04:03Z")
I haven’t watched yet. Did he do Cosby stuff? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/15 "2019-12-22T15:15:17Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I haven’t watched yet. Did he do Cosby stuff? “If you would have told me 30 years ago that I would be this boring, stay-at-home house dad and Bill Cosby would be in jail … [Even] I would have took that bet,” Murphy said. “Who is America’s dad now?” he added to the delight of the studio audience in New York City. [in Cosby’s voice] > **[Eddie Murphy returns to 'SNL' -- pokes fun at Bill Cosby, accidentally says...](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/eddie-murphy-pokes-fun-bill-cosby-during-snl)** > > Eddie Murphy was back hosting "Saturday Night Live" for the first time in 35 years this weekend, so it may be understandable he was a bit rusty when it comes to what you can or can't say on national television. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/16 "2019-12-22T16:54:10Z")
First full episode of SNL I’ve seen in probably 5 years and thought it was very funny. I thought the callbacks to Mr. Robinson’s neighborhood was especially funny, but the Buckwheat was definitely rushed and lost a lot. I also don’t understand the Gumby bit, but I do remember it was one of his old characters. Honestly, the cooking sketch was my MVP. I laughed through the whole thing. Good episode. SNL related question: Again, not having watched the show in years, is it a running joke to call Colin Jost racist or make him say racist things? You can obviously tell they’re sending him up and it’s not serious, but it also seemed to be something they do a lot. It was pretty funny and the way Michael Che set up the jokes reminds me a ton of what my best friend would always do to me back in college. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/17 "2019-12-22T17:03:36Z")
That’s just a bit they do at the end of the year (think it’s the 2nd or 3rd time). They give the most embarrassing jokes they can to each other and giving him a couple racist jokes is a good way to embarrass him. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/18 "2019-12-22T18:34:24Z")
It was all great, but one of my favorite bits of the night got cut for time: [Aidy Bizzo & Lizzo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=222&v=dIu5LRZhqcM&feature=emb_logo) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/19 "2019-12-22T19:52:20Z")
Does Pete Davidson do anything besides make fun of himself for being Pete Davidson? That’s all I’ve ever seen him do (in my admittedly limited recent viewings). ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/20 "2019-12-22T20:27:50Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > “Shit” is apparently OK to say, at least after 10pm or so. A couple of the USA Network shows, like Suits, seem to make a point of saying it several times each episode. I thought the rules didn’t apply to USA Network since they are cable only, not broadcast. Same as for HBO. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224.md?page=2)