# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/61 "2019-12-31T19:55:46Z")
TV Line is reporting that Eddie Murphy’s visit on SNL was the highest rated show in 11 years. > **[Eddie Murphy's SNL Hits an 11-Year Audience High With DVR Playback, Best...](https://tvline.com/2019/12/30/snl-ratings-eddie-murphy-return-biggest-audience-since-2008/)** > > It’s an extra-beautiful day in Mister Robinson’s neighborhood, now that the latest ratings for Eddie Murphy’s celebrated Saturday Night Live return are in. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/62 "2020-01-02T22:07:17Z")
> [@Strassia](#): > > I am the only one who noticed that E.M. could not remember his lines/read from the prompter? There have been non-actors who did better reads. Between that and his eyes never opening it was uncomfortable for me to watch. I had always heard that it was an SNL staple of writers changing the dialog up until the last minute and often times what airs is sometimes being seen by the actors for the first time on the cue cards. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/63 "2020-01-07T12:50:23Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > They really couldn’t get Tim Meadows in there at the end? I doubt he was busy. Poor Tim Meadows. So much quality comedic work, and everyone goes “Hey, remember when Don Cheadle used to be on SNL?”. > [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > well he was only convicted of one rape so far. 🙂 “…but you screw _one goat_…” > [@](#): > > One thing about Cosby now is that it seems every school that gave him an honorary degree revoked it. And he had a lot of them. Fun fact: Bill has an actual earned doctorate (an Ed.D, not a Ph.D). I just like to mention that, although I suspect UM-Amherst would now rather that people didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/64 "2020-01-07T17:25:41Z")
As my sister puts it, I had one of life’s little ha-ha’s today. I talked with a person who told me her father worked with Cosby, and he was the most prejudiced person he ever met. According to him, Cosby hated all whites, Jews, women, and every one else that wasn’t Cosby. I cannot swear it’s the truth, but it certainly sounds plausible. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/65 "2020-01-08T04:24:54Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Fun fact: Bill has an actual earned doctorate (an Ed.D, not a Ph.D). I just like to mention that, although I suspect UM-Amherst would now rather that people didn’t. “Actual earned?” Yeah, I’m not so sure he didn’t get some serious concessions along the way. I used to work in Western Mass, and knew many people who had done work for him or knew him for one reason or another. Nobody had a nice word to say about the guy. This was long before any of the rape reports went public. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/66 "2020-01-08T11:49:27Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > “Actual earned?” Yeah, I’m not so sure he didn’t get some serious concessions along the way. Well, it’s helpful to literally have your own children’s television show designed to convey educational content on a national network when one is writing a dissertation on the use of that television show to convey educational content (\*Fat Albert, \*in this case, although Cosby had previously been on \*The Electric Company \*as well). I’m sure he did the work but he had a lot of ready-made material to hand (some of which may have been provided to the show by other educational psychologists). He certainly didn’t have to start from scratch. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/67 "2020-01-08T20:30:02Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I talked with a person who told me her father worked with Cosby, and he was the most prejudiced person he ever met. According to him, Cosby hated all whites, Jews, women, and every one else that wasn’t Cosby. I was drinking in a bar in Vegas with a limo driver, and he said Cosby was the biggest asshole of all the celebrities he has ever driven for. Treated anyone who waited on him or worked for him like crap. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224/68 "2020-01-10T21:27:58Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Well, it’s helpful to literally have your own children’s television show designed to convey educational content on a national network when one is writing a dissertation on the use of that television show to convey educational content (\*Fat Albert, \*in this case, although Cosby had previously been on \*The Electric Company \*as well). I’m sure he did the work but he had a lot of ready-made material to hand (some of which may have been provided to the show by other educational psychologists). He certainly didn’t have to start from scratch. That’s not what I meant. I meant granting him things like credits for “life experience” in lieu of taking classes. And I don’t know why you’re “sure he did the work” himself. I could go on, but this thread isn’t about that rapist motherfucker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224.md?page=3)