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{\an8}- [emotional music playing]
- Once upon a time,
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{\an8}before you were born,
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even before I was born,
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the movies were born.
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One of the great gifts they gave us,
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perhaps the greatest gift,
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was laughter.
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In its earliest days,
there were kings of comedy,
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Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd.
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And across time,
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the movies have lifted us up
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when the world brought us down.
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Film, television, no matter the medium,
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laughter has always proved to be
the best medicine.
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[audience laughing]
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[Mel] Some have talents
that burst beyond the screen
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and onto the stage.
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They create characters
that have us look inside ourselves.
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Whoa, okay, like you're really supposed
to be like my best friend?
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[Mel] And there are some, very few,
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that did it all.
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It's good to be the king.
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[music swelling]
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[Mel] But tonight,
beyond the echo of laughter…
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[laughing]
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…we honor a man full of greater surprises
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and one who broke barriers
to drive culture forward.
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Ladies and gentlemen, Eddie Murphy.
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{\an8}- [band playing "Axel F"]
- [crowd cheering]
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[music continues]
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[announcer] From the Dolby Theatre
in Hollywood,
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the highest honor for a career in film,
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the AFI Life Achievement Award,
a Tribute to Eddie Murphy,
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with Kevin Hart, Tracy Morgan,
Eva Longoria, Chris Rock,
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Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Kenan Thompson,
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Stevie Wonder, Robert Townsend, Bill Burr,
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Judge Reinhold,
Arsenio Hall, Dave Chappelle,
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Mike Myers, Martin Lawrence, Spike Lee,
and many more.
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With a special performance
from Dreamgirls by Jennifer Hudson.
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Ladies and gentlemen, Kevin Hart.
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- [upbeat music playing]
- [crowd cheering]
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Welcome, welcome to
the 51st AFI Life Achievement Award.
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This is a tribute to Edward Regan Murphy.
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[crowd cheering]
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That is his given name,
Edward Regan Murphy.
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Look, I think we should take time
and we should break this down. Uh…
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"Edward." Edward originates
from the old English name,
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"Eadweard," which translates
to "protector of wealth," right?
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And we know that that's true.
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Eddie, we think you've
done a great job with wealth
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through your duration of time
in this career.
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And then there's "Regan."
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Regan is an Irish name that translates
from "Ó Riagáin" to "royal child."
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This is true.
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So we basically have a rich king.
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So far this tracks, right?
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Um, and then comes "Murphy."
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This is where…
This is where I got fucked up,
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because I said, "Well, who… fucked who?"
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Like who…
What happened to give us Eddie Murphy?
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And it's a lot of questions that I had,
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but regardless of the who,
the how, and the what,
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it tells us everything we need
to know about Edward Regan Murphy.
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Everything so much
that we call the man Eddie.
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The reason why we call him Eddie
is because he's our pal.
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He's our friend.
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Even you white people
think he's your friend.
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Uh, he's given us
the gift of laughter across generations.
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And, you know,
it's not just about the laughs,
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and we'll see that tonight.
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This is a man who can do it all.
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We're talking about comedy,
we're talking drama, singing, dancing.
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He can curse like a motherfucker.
He's special at it.
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He can play any part,
and, in fact, he likes to play all parts.
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Think about The Nutty Professor,
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where he played
seven different characters, right?
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[crowd cheering]
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And tonight, tonight he is playing three.
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He is this guy, take a look.
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Yeah, that's right. Right?
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And this person.
He's gonna be this person right here.
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Yep.
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Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep.
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And wait, and yes, this person too.
One more, go ahead.
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Oh, that's me. Okay, wait.
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Look, Eddie, genuinely,
man, I have to tell you,
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and I wanna take this time to say
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what I have said
in quick passings over the years.
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You truly mean everything to me
in this business.
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I stand where I stand today because
of the work that you did before me,
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the doors you opened up before me.
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You are a brother,
a mentor, an inspiration.
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Goddamn it, you're an idol.
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And I'm lucky,
I'm lucky to call you a friend, man.
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I truly am grateful
for the relationship that we have.
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And it's an honor to be here tonight
to celebrate you
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and to kick off what is long overdue,
my friend,
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an evening in your honor from the AFI
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and the highest honor
for a career in film.
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Eddie Murphy.
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[crowd applauding]
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I was born in Brooklyn, New York,
Kings County Hospital.
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Yes, I remember the hospital very well.
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[laughs]
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In Brooklyn, we lived right down
the street from Loew's Gates Theatre.
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So we used to go to movies all the time.
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My very first time I saw
the original Planet of the Apes
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was in the Loew's Gates Theatre.
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I remember the reveal
of the Statue of Liberty
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and the audible, the audience,
you know, "Oh!"
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And I was… [gasps]
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[laughs]
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So we moved out to Long Island.
It was, like, quiet.
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Felt like we moved to the country.
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All that shit they was talking
in the Civil Rights movement,
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where you're getting to the mountaintop
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and going… We felt like we had got there,
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you know, like,
"Yeah, we're in the Promised Land."
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{\an8}I watched a lot of TV.
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{\an8}I Dream of Jeannie and Gilligan's Island,
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{\an8}Andy Griffith Show.
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{\an8}I was watching Andy Griffith last night
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and I realized I was like,
"Hey, you know something?"
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"You don't see
no Black people in the… Nobody."
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[laughs]
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"Not one."
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[whistles "The Andy Griffith Show Theme"]
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That's why
they were so happy and whistling.
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No brothers in the neighborhood.
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[laughs]
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I asked for a ventriloquist dummy
when I was about nine.
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So very early on,
I paint pictures with words
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{\an8}and tell stories
and do characters and stuff.
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And I knew I could
make a room of people laugh.
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My brother Charlie is the only person
to ever get the best of me.
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You know,
we used to call it ranking on each other,
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but it's not competitive.
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That's part of the culture.
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And it was really big in the house.
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When I first heard Richard Pryor's album,
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that was when it was like,
"Oh, I'm… that's me."
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"That's who I'm going to be.
I'm going to be that."
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"I'm going to do what this guy is doing."
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I would sign in people's yearbooks,
"Eddie Murphy, future plans, comedian."
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"Now you have proof to your children
that you knew me."
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I signed it in everybody's yearbook.
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I started going into the city around 17.
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It was 1979, 78.
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So I was usually the only Black person
and the only young person.
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[humming jingle]
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- [crowd applauding]
- [upbeat music playing]
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[announcer] Please welcome Tracy Morgan.
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Eddie Murphy is an icon.
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He's an inspiration.
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Yeah, he's an inspiration for me
and many others.
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So when I found out
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that he and I were going to be
playing in the sketch together
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at the SNL 50th anniversary show,
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I was immediately excited.
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And then I found out
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he was going to be
playing me in the sketch.
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I said, "What the…?"
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"Oh my God."
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"One of the greatest performers ever
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was going to be
playing me in the sketch with me."
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"My God, what if he's funnier than me
while he's playing me?"
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[crowd laughing, cheering]
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Without Eddie, there is no Axel Foley.
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There's no Reggie Hammond.
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There's no "Hercules, Hercules!"
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None of that.
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Eddie Murphy changed the movie business
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and paved the way
for an entire generation of actors.
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Eddie Murphy has made the world laugh.
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And right now
the world really, really, really…
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I mean, really needs that.
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[crowd cheering]
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Hey! Yo, listen,
I'm one of the lucky people
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who can honestly say
Eddie Murphy is my friend.
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He's my OG.
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And I think he my biological father.
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He know it!
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I look just like him.
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To my friend…
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First of all, I love you.
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And for all moviegoers
all around the world,
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I say, thank you, Eddie Murphy.
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[crowd cheering]
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[mouthing]
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[Don Pardo] It's Saturday Night Live.
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[theme music playing]
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{\an8}[Pardo] Starring Eddie Murphy.
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{\an8}When I got the opportunity to audition
for Saturday Night Live,
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my first reaction wasn't like,
"Okay! Let's go."
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My first reaction was like,
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"Saturday Night Live?"
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"Sketches?"
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So how's it been going?
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Well, it ain't exactly so easy, Bill.
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Everybody keeps
comparing us to the old cast.
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The original cast left
and the audiences was like,
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"Fuck this show and fuck y'all."
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You're going down the street
and people be like,
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"Hey, you're that dude,
Saturday Night Live."
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"Yes." "Fuck you!"
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Cleveland judge ruling
all high school basketball teams
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must have two white players.
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Fair? Unjust? Comment.
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Cleveland high school student
Raheem Abdul-Mohamed.
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{\an8}- What's the story, Raheem?
- Yo, baby.
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{\an8}Look, I've been a junior at Cleveland High
going on seven years now.
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Eddie's first Weekend Update appearance,
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{\an8}it was wild to watch him
come out to like a smattering
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{\an8}of just claps, like… Just kind of…
No one knows who this guy is.
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Anytime we get something going good,
y'all got to move in on it.
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In the '60s, we wore platform shoes.
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Then y'all had to wear platform shoes.
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In the early '70s, we braided our hair.
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Then in the late '70s,
y'all had to braid your hair.
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Now it's 1980.
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We on welfare,
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and by the end of next year,
y'all going to be on welfare too.
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[studio audience cheering]
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[Kenan] By the time
he finished, uproarious.
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Hi, I'm Buckwheat. A-member me?
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…getting in with me, Cassius Clay,
the man's a disgrace to boxing.
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…just send for my new book entitled,
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I Wanna Be A Ho.
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What a silly negro.
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{\an8}We used to have in the house,
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{\an8}The Best of Eddie Murphy:
Saturday Night Live tape.
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{\an8}And so I knew
all of those sketches by heart.
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{\an8}Buckwheat getting assassinated,
James Brown, Celebrity Hot Tub.
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- Should I get in the hot tub?
- Yeah.
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- Will it make me sweat?
- Yeah!
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Should I get in the hot tub?
Will it make me wet?
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{\an8}A sketch that I really liked of his
was Mr. Robertson.
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Hi, boys and girls.
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I'm all alone today,
but that don't mean you can stay too long
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because my wife
will be home from work soon.
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Can you say "bitch"?
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I'm sure you can.
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That's our special word today, you know.
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Come see.
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This is the funniest I've ever seen.
248
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Please welcome Gumby.
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I remember Gumby as a kid,
250
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but I don't remember
understanding why it was funny.
251
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It was like,
"What is happening here exactly?"
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I have no idea what he was…
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What it was or supposed to be,
but I liked it.
254
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I'm Gumby, dammit.
255
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Don't be smart with me.
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Pay your dues first, baby.
Then get smart with me.
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There's only one Gumby, all right?
And that's me, okay?
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I'm Gumby, dammit. Me.
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Gumby's based off a manager that I had
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named King Broder.
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He's the one that would talk like this
and he would say, you know,
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Frank Sinatra threw a salad in my face.
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And I told him, "Frank,
you don't throw a salad in my face."
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"I'm King Broder."
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I'm Gumby, dammit.
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{\an8}I'm Gumby, dammit.
267
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{\an8}You don't talk to me that way.
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{\an8}Eddie, I just wanted to say,
I really wanted to be there tonight,
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but life has me all
bent out of shape right now.
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I will say, here and now,
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it has been an honor to be your
inspiration for making people laugh.
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That's the truth.
273
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Oh, and one more thing.
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I'm Gumby, dammit.
275
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[announcer] Please welcome Kenan Thompson.
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Good evening.
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Good evening, everyone.
Good evening. Good evening.
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It is truly an honor to be here
celebrating a man
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who didn't just change comedy,
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he redefined what it could be.
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Eddie Murphy, come on, man.
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You're not just a legend,
you're the blueprint, bro.
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For me personally, as someone who grew up
dreaming about making people laugh,
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Eddie wasn't just an influence,
he was proof.
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Proof that you could come in young,
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take big swings,
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trust your voice,
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and leave a mark that lasts decades.
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This is Arsenio Hall right here.
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[cheering]
291
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This whole night is crazy.
292
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But beyond the comedy,
293
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what I've always admired most
is your range, sir.
294
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I mean, you could have stayed in one lane
and been comfortable forever,
295
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but you didn't do that.
296
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You evolved, you challenged yourself,
297
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you even changed your laugh.
I mean, who does that?
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But all jokes aside,
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Eddie Murphy, man, thank you.
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Thank you for the laughs.
301
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Thank you for showing
generations of performers
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what's possible
when talent meets fearlessness.
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We celebrate you tonight, but truthfully,
304
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we've been celebrating you
for a long time, man.
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Cheers.
306
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Let's do a plug for Eddie,
307
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he's doing a movie this summer
with Nick Nolte. We're gonna miss him.
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- Going off to San Francisco.
- Yay! All right!
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[Eddie] Movies just kind of happened.
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As a kid, I never thought,
"I could be in the movies."
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{\an8}[Reggie] ♪ Roxanne ♪
312
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♪ You don't have to put on the red light ♪
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[toilet flushing]
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♪ Walk the streets for money ♪
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♪ You don't even care
If it's wrong or if it's right ♪
316
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♪ Roxanne ♪
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It's my first movie,
but I go in and improvise.
318
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And Walter Hill used to tell me,
"This isn't a comedy, Eddie."
319
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"How about if I did that?"
"This isn't a comedy."
320
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What the hell kind of cop are you?
321
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You know what I am?
I'm your worst fucking nightmare, man.
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I'm a nigga with a badge.
323
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I got permission to kick
your fucking ass whenever I feel like it.
324
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That bar scene was the only time
I ever had an acting coach
325
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because I'd never done anything like that.
326
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As I said, I like to improvise,
327
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so I would improvise stuff
and I'd grab somebody
328
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and they would pull their arms off.
329
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The director'd be like, "Cut!"
330
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The guy'd say,
"I wouldn't let him do that."
331
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I'd say, "It's a fucking movie, dude."
332
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There was real tension in that room.
333
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There's a new sheriff in town.
334
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And his name is Reggie Hammond.
335
00:17:11,296 --> 00:17:13,498
Y'all be cool. Right on.
336
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Nobody thought, like, this is gonna be
like this amazing classic scene.
337
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We did it.
338
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We were just glad to get through it.
339
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[laughing]
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{\an8}[crowd cheering]
341
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{\an8}I can see!
342
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I can see! I have… I have legs!
343
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[classical music playing]
344
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{\an8}I would like to press full charges.
345
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People like this
are a menace to decent society.
346
00:17:42,461 --> 00:17:45,313
I'll bet that that man could
run our company
347
00:17:45,314 --> 00:17:47,298
as well as your young Winthorpe.
348
00:17:47,299 --> 00:17:49,184
[music continues]
349
00:17:51,270 --> 00:17:53,755
Someone told you to do this to me?
350
00:17:53,756 --> 00:17:55,356
Yeah, and he paid me a hundred bucks too.
351
00:17:55,357 --> 00:17:58,526
It was the Dukes. It was the Dukes.
352
00:17:58,527 --> 00:18:01,146
You're a dead man, Valentine!
353
00:18:01,647 --> 00:18:03,432
[man] Now, what are commodities?
354
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Commodities are agricultural products,
355
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like coffee that you had for breakfast,
356
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wheat, which is used to make bread,
357
00:18:13,275 --> 00:18:15,761
pork bellies, which is used to make bacon,
358
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which you might find in a bacon
and lettuce and tomato sandwich.
359
00:18:20,883 --> 00:18:22,600
Whenever I've done that in movies,
360
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it wasn't my idea
when I did a camera take.
361
00:18:25,220 --> 00:18:26,972
That's John Landis's idea.
362
00:18:27,873 --> 00:18:30,225
But I tell you
what's interesting about that.
363
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You make a connection with audiences
when you look at them,
364
00:18:34,179 --> 00:18:35,847
because nobody looks at them.
365
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When you go see,
no one looks, you know,"Hey…"
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{\an8}When Charlie Chaplin comes on the scene,
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{\an8}he's the first one to do it.
368
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{\an8}And it made him have this connection
with audiences off the top.
369
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Chaplin is the greatest
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because Chaplin was able to do it
with no sound.
371
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Hey, how'd y'all make out today?
372
00:18:55,117 --> 00:18:59,254
How could you do this to us
after everything we've done for you?
373
00:18:59,805 --> 00:19:02,507
Oh, see, I made Louis a bet here.
374
00:19:02,508 --> 00:19:04,559
Louis bet me that we couldn't
both get rich
375
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and put y'all
in the poor house at the same time.
376
00:19:06,478 --> 00:19:08,514
He didn't think we could do it. I won.
377
00:19:09,548 --> 00:19:10,666
I lost.
378
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- One dollar.
- Thank you, Louis.
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{\an8}After you.
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{\an8}Certainly.
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[laughs]
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[applauding]
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[announcer] Please welcome
the daughter of Dan Aykroyd,
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00:19:27,749 --> 00:19:29,234
Belle Aykroyd.
385
00:19:33,922 --> 00:19:36,741
My father wanted to be here,
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00:19:36,742 --> 00:19:38,426
planned to be here,
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00:19:38,427 --> 00:19:40,161
wrote these remarks,
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00:19:40,162 --> 00:19:42,530
and then life got in the way.
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00:19:42,531 --> 00:19:45,968
So from him to you.
390
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:50,105
Good evening, sir.
391
00:19:50,772 --> 00:19:56,110
We made a big hit
classic movie together, man.
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A critical and financial success.
393
00:19:59,698 --> 00:20:01,700
[applauding]
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00:20:02,968 --> 00:20:07,455
Trading Places is now
in the pantheon of Christmas movies
395
00:20:07,456 --> 00:20:08,824
for baby Jesus' sake.
396
00:20:09,524 --> 00:20:12,093
It was a solid script
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with a great director, John Landis,
398
00:20:14,913 --> 00:20:18,683
plus talented and well-liked actors.
399
00:20:18,684 --> 00:20:21,119
But Eddie, it was you.
400
00:20:21,770 --> 00:20:26,307
It was your power, brilliance, talent,
401
00:20:26,308 --> 00:20:29,677
skills, and vibrant charisma
402
00:20:29,678 --> 00:20:33,415
that propelled the movie
into the realm of the greats.
403
00:20:35,651 --> 00:20:37,386
Looking good, Billy Ray.
404
00:20:38,186 --> 00:20:39,221
Thank you.
405
00:20:39,938 --> 00:20:41,290
Good night, Hollywood.
406
00:20:46,128 --> 00:20:47,562
I like Elvis Presley.
407
00:20:48,897 --> 00:20:50,831
{\an8}Really, I give credit where credit is due.
408
00:20:50,832 --> 00:20:53,367
{\an8}When Elvis was young,
he was a bad motherfucker, boy.
409
00:20:53,368 --> 00:20:54,469
Elvis was bad.
410
00:20:55,570 --> 00:20:57,021
He was vicious.
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00:20:57,022 --> 00:20:58,155
Sing his ass off.
412
00:20:58,156 --> 00:21:00,842
He sang so good,
they let him do movies, he couldn't act.
413
00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:04,729
They said, "Fuck it,
let him sing all his dialogue."
414
00:21:04,730 --> 00:21:07,114
They did. Everything Elvis said.
"We gotta win this race."
415
00:21:07,115 --> 00:21:08,634
♪ We gotta win this race ♪
416
00:21:09,885 --> 00:21:11,802
I was a really big Elvis fan
417
00:21:11,803 --> 00:21:13,955
and still trying to do stuff like Elvis.
418
00:21:13,956 --> 00:21:18,025
Those leather suits and all the tour buses
and chicks screaming and all.
419
00:21:18,026 --> 00:21:21,263
It was just, you would never have thought
it was a comedy show.
420
00:21:21,830 --> 00:21:24,850
I was all out. I really leaned into it.
421
00:21:25,367 --> 00:21:27,101
[laughing]
422
00:21:27,102 --> 00:21:29,887
Something about singers
that people just love and shit.
423
00:21:29,888 --> 00:21:32,674
Because I remember I did
Stevie Wonder on a show once…
424
00:21:33,175 --> 00:21:35,744
[crowd cheering]
425
00:21:37,579 --> 00:21:40,332
…and Black people
lost their motherfucking minds.
426
00:21:40,799 --> 00:21:42,199
I had brothers rolling up on me,
427
00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,303
"Hey, you the motherfucker
that be doing Stevie Wonder?"
428
00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:47,356
"That shit ain't funny, motherfucker!"
429
00:21:50,676 --> 00:21:52,877
"Don't you never let me
see you do that shit again."
430
00:21:52,878 --> 00:21:54,096
"I'll fuck you up."
431
00:21:55,047 --> 00:21:57,032
"Stevie Wonder's a musical genius."
432
00:22:04,439 --> 00:22:07,359
{\an8}[announcer] Please welcome Stevie Wonder.
433
00:22:08,110 --> 00:22:10,112
[cheering]
434
00:22:23,158 --> 00:22:24,543
Love you too.
435
00:22:27,863 --> 00:22:30,198
You know, laughter
436
00:22:31,266 --> 00:22:32,567
can make life
437
00:22:33,735 --> 00:22:34,753
livable.
438
00:22:35,420 --> 00:22:41,292
A sense of humor allows us to appreciate
439
00:22:41,293 --> 00:22:46,148
that a smile can be
the most basic connection
440
00:22:46,848 --> 00:22:49,251
to our humanity.
441
00:22:50,252 --> 00:22:52,587
Whether it is that infectious smile,
442
00:22:53,105 --> 00:22:54,255
his crazy laugh…
443
00:22:54,256 --> 00:22:56,208
[imitates Eddie Murphy's laugh]
444
00:22:59,828 --> 00:23:03,664
or just his super silliness.
445
00:23:03,665 --> 00:23:06,100
Eddie and I found each other
446
00:23:06,101 --> 00:23:09,755
because he would imitate me
on Saturday Night Live.
447
00:23:10,455 --> 00:23:11,889
Ha!
448
00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:14,342
He made fun of a blind man.
449
00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:31,376
And he made me and the world laugh.
450
00:23:32,394 --> 00:23:34,613
And it started a lifetime friendship.
451
00:23:35,630 --> 00:23:37,665
I love you for life.
452
00:23:37,666 --> 00:23:41,786
And I'll love you until the rainbow burns
the stars out of the sky,
453
00:23:41,787 --> 00:23:44,188
till the ocean covers every mountain high.
454
00:23:44,189 --> 00:23:47,541
I'll love you ever and forever and always.
455
00:23:47,542 --> 00:23:48,893
God bless you, Eddie.
456
00:23:48,894 --> 00:23:51,012
[crowd cheering]
457
00:23:57,903 --> 00:24:00,020
[announcer] Please welcome
Robert Townsend.
458
00:24:00,021 --> 00:24:01,423
[upbeat music playing]
459
00:24:07,028 --> 00:24:08,230
Thank you.
460
00:24:09,748 --> 00:24:14,018
It was 1987.
461
00:24:14,019 --> 00:24:17,171
Keenen Ivory Wayans and myself
were working on our first movie,
462
00:24:17,172 --> 00:24:18,523
Hollywood Shuffle.
463
00:24:20,075 --> 00:24:23,110
Eddie Murphy was
the biggest star in the world.
464
00:24:23,111 --> 00:24:25,747
And every casting director wanted
an Eddie Murphy type.
465
00:24:26,281 --> 00:24:28,749
"Can you walk like Eddie?
Can you talk like Eddie?"
466
00:24:28,750 --> 00:24:30,652
"How do you look in a leather suit?"
467
00:24:31,336 --> 00:24:33,587
Are you serious? Are you serious?
468
00:24:33,588 --> 00:24:35,423
So I went out and bought a leather suit.
469
00:24:37,108 --> 00:24:40,094
I say to Keenen,
"We should put this in the movie, man."
470
00:24:40,095 --> 00:24:43,097
Keenen's like, "Rob, Eddie knows us.
We can't put that in the movie."
471
00:24:43,098 --> 00:24:46,034
I mean, "Eddie makes fun of everybody.
Let's put it in the movie."
472
00:24:46,918 --> 00:24:48,335
I put it in the movie.
473
00:24:48,336 --> 00:24:49,770
The film becomes a hit.
474
00:24:49,771 --> 00:24:52,139
Eddie calls, "Everybody's
talking about Hollywood Shuffle."
475
00:24:52,140 --> 00:24:53,841
"When can I see Hollywood Shuffle?"
476
00:24:53,842 --> 00:24:55,827
I'm like, "Oh God. Oh God."
477
00:24:57,112 --> 00:24:58,679
So we have a screening for Eddie.
478
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,700
Eddie shows up with an entourage of 15.
479
00:25:02,517 --> 00:25:05,252
They're loving the movie.
They're laughing, they're laughing.
480
00:25:05,253 --> 00:25:07,505
And then it gets to the scene about him.
481
00:25:07,506 --> 00:25:11,343
The casting director says, "What we're
looking for is an Eddie Murphy type."
482
00:25:11,843 --> 00:25:13,395
And the whole room is dead.
483
00:25:13,929 --> 00:25:17,148
Keenen's head goes down and I'm like,
"Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit."
484
00:25:17,649 --> 00:25:21,418
Then I hear somebody in Eddie's entourage
go, "Eddie, they just said your name."
485
00:25:21,419 --> 00:25:24,039
"What is this bullshit, Eddie?
What is this bullshit?"
486
00:25:26,575 --> 00:25:30,161
And I'm like, "Oh God, oh God, oh, God."."
487
00:25:30,679 --> 00:25:32,013
The room is dead.
488
00:25:32,514 --> 00:25:35,115
And then all of a sudden,
Eddie starts to laugh.
489
00:25:35,116 --> 00:25:39,371
"Rob, Keenen, Why y'all do me like that?"
490
00:25:40,522 --> 00:25:42,390
And then everything was cool.
491
00:25:43,008 --> 00:25:46,310
After the screening,
Eddie's by himself in the screening room,
492
00:25:46,311 --> 00:25:47,761
and I go over to apologize.
493
00:25:47,762 --> 00:25:51,732
I go, "Hey man, if you were offended
by that scene in the film,
494
00:25:51,733 --> 00:25:52,734
Keenen wrote it."
495
00:25:55,637 --> 00:25:57,037
No, no, no, I told the truth.
496
00:25:57,038 --> 00:26:00,774
No, he goes, "Rob, Rob, Rob,
what you guys did is brilliant, man."
497
00:26:00,775 --> 00:26:02,376
"It's brilliant."
498
00:26:02,377 --> 00:26:05,563
"Look, uh, I'm getting ready
to do this concert film
499
00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:07,415
and I'm looking for a director."
500
00:26:07,966 --> 00:26:09,217
"You want to direct it?"
501
00:26:10,268 --> 00:26:11,553
"Yeah."
502
00:26:13,021 --> 00:26:16,157
"Then it's yours,
and it's going to be called Raw."
503
00:26:19,961 --> 00:26:21,963
[crowd cheering]
504
00:26:27,002 --> 00:26:30,421
I wanted to be Richard so bad,
I used to go out on stage when I was 15
505
00:26:30,422 --> 00:26:33,173
and talk and act and walk
and do everything like Richard Pryor.
506
00:26:33,174 --> 00:26:35,459
My mother would
watch her little 15-year-old son
507
00:26:35,460 --> 00:26:37,444
on stage saying some outlandish shit.
508
00:26:37,445 --> 00:26:41,548
My whole act back then was about taking a
shit because that's all I had done at 15.
509
00:26:41,549 --> 00:26:44,568
That was my life experience.
But it sounded like Richard Pryor jokes.
510
00:26:44,569 --> 00:26:48,372
[as Pryor] You ever sometime, right,
you get on that toilet and when you shit,
511
00:26:48,373 --> 00:26:50,592
that water splash up on your ass?
512
00:26:51,810 --> 00:26:53,460
Don't that make you mad, right?
513
00:26:53,461 --> 00:26:56,797
You know what really make me mad
is when shit come halfway out your ass
514
00:26:56,798 --> 00:26:58,967
then go back up in that motherfucker.
515
00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:01,102
Right?
516
00:27:02,137 --> 00:27:06,157
Why do shit be teasing your ass, right?
Just get the fuck out, right?
517
00:27:06,658 --> 00:27:10,427
You know what really bother me is when
you be straining for a long time, right?
518
00:27:10,428 --> 00:27:14,198
And one little pebble shit
come out, right?
519
00:27:14,199 --> 00:27:16,233
Be some shit this big, right?
520
00:27:16,234 --> 00:27:18,168
Wanna push your head up your asshole, say,
521
00:27:18,169 --> 00:27:20,555
"That's all the shit
I'm gonna get, motherfucker?"
522
00:27:21,673 --> 00:27:24,875
You know what really make me mad
when your ass don't cooperate with you
523
00:27:24,876 --> 00:27:27,178
and clench up and break the shit in half?
524
00:27:28,196 --> 00:27:29,780
You'd be mad as a motherfucker too
525
00:27:29,781 --> 00:27:33,134
because you know you got to wipe your ass
for five hours and shit, right?
526
00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:37,956
Use 12 rolls of toilet paper
on that motherfucker.
527
00:27:38,907 --> 00:27:41,659
You know what really make me mad though
is afterwards, right?
528
00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:45,179
Is after you shit, you done all the
shittin' you gonna do for the whole day.
529
00:27:45,180 --> 00:27:47,498
You finish shittin'
and you flush the toilet
530
00:27:47,499 --> 00:27:50,151
and wait a second and one chunk come back.
531
00:27:52,387 --> 00:27:54,122
What does that chunk want?
532
00:27:56,975 --> 00:27:58,826
[announcer] Please welcome Bill Burr.
533
00:27:58,827 --> 00:28:00,812
[upbeat music playing]
534
00:28:04,349 --> 00:28:07,017
All right, how are ya? How's it going?
535
00:28:07,018 --> 00:28:11,139
I am the reverse
diversity hire for the evening.
536
00:28:12,257 --> 00:28:13,758
[Burr laughs]
537
00:28:14,409 --> 00:28:19,580
This right here is
my entire comedy Smithsonian library.
538
00:28:19,581 --> 00:28:21,749
I've been watching him since day one.
539
00:28:21,750 --> 00:28:23,033
Eddie, when I first…
540
00:28:23,034 --> 00:28:26,220
I bought your first album,
I didn't even know who you were.
541
00:28:26,221 --> 00:28:28,689
You had the rose behind your ear
542
00:28:28,690 --> 00:28:30,841
and I had been listening to Richard Pryor
543
00:28:30,842 --> 00:28:34,478
and I was just like, "Well, here's another
Black guy, he must be funny too."
544
00:28:34,479 --> 00:28:36,314
So I bought it,
545
00:28:37,031 --> 00:28:39,084
and I became a fan.
546
00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:45,172
And a lot of people don't know this,
but I actually saw Eddie on the Raw tour.
547
00:28:45,173 --> 00:28:49,109
I was only 18 years old
and I went to go see him
548
00:28:49,110 --> 00:28:51,495
like The Weather Girls opened up.
I remember that.
549
00:28:51,496 --> 00:28:55,349
And I went with my boss from the
warehouse, and he did a bunch of blow,
550
00:28:55,350 --> 00:28:57,951
and he thought
he was gonna have a heart attack.
551
00:28:57,952 --> 00:28:59,620
He's like, "We gotta get out of here."
552
00:28:59,621 --> 00:29:03,158
And I'm like, "We're not missing Eddie,
so you gotta ride this shit out."
553
00:29:04,526 --> 00:29:05,693
So…
554
00:29:07,495 --> 00:29:11,148
So like fucking two weeks before
I went to see Eddie,
555
00:29:11,149 --> 00:29:13,751
I saw Rodney Dangerfield, same place,
556
00:29:13,752 --> 00:29:15,403
and it was an all-white crowd
557
00:29:16,054 --> 00:29:19,206
Which didn't strike me as weird
'cause I'm white as hell.
558
00:29:19,207 --> 00:29:21,608
And I just sat and I watched him
and it was all good.
559
00:29:21,609 --> 00:29:24,244
And I remember when Eddie did his show
560
00:29:24,245 --> 00:29:27,315
I immediately noticed
that he was making everybody laugh.
561
00:29:27,849 --> 00:29:32,186
So a few years later, I become a comedian
and I'm like, "I'm gonna be like Eddie."
562
00:29:32,187 --> 00:29:34,721
I'm gonna go up in front of a Black crowd.
563
00:29:34,722 --> 00:29:35,790
And…
564
00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:39,610
I went up and I did my thing
565
00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:43,481
and I got off stage and I was like,
"I am never gonna do that again."
566
00:29:44,849 --> 00:29:46,717
"Black people are mean,
567
00:29:46,718 --> 00:29:48,902
they don't let you get to the stage,
568
00:29:48,903 --> 00:29:50,421
they already heckle…"
569
00:29:52,056 --> 00:29:55,092
"They are going to have a good time
with or without you."
570
00:29:55,093 --> 00:29:56,427
That is what I learned.
571
00:29:57,545 --> 00:29:58,596
But…
572
00:29:59,130 --> 00:30:02,349
in that education that you gave me,
Eddie, it formed me as a comedian
573
00:30:02,350 --> 00:30:04,001
that I wanted to make everybody laugh.
574
00:30:04,002 --> 00:30:06,970
You've been such an amazing,
amazing inspiration.
575
00:30:06,971 --> 00:30:09,206
And I'm looking forward
to more of your work.
576
00:30:09,207 --> 00:30:11,108
I love you to death. Thank you so much.
577
00:30:11,109 --> 00:30:13,510
It was an honor to work
with your brother Charlie. Rest in peace.
578
00:30:13,511 --> 00:30:14,796
Good night. Thank you.
579
00:30:17,999 --> 00:30:23,837
There was a really strong racial reaction
to when I came on the scene.
580
00:30:23,838 --> 00:30:26,139
And different from Sidney Poitier.
581
00:30:26,140 --> 00:30:29,810
{\an8}In the Heat of the Night
he's tolerated in the white world.
582
00:30:29,811 --> 00:30:34,097
{\an8}In Beverly Hills Cop,
I come to California and I take charge.
583
00:30:34,098 --> 00:30:34,998
{\an8}What's the problem?
584
00:30:34,999 --> 00:30:36,183
{\an8}- Are you security here?
- Yeah.
585
00:30:36,184 --> 00:30:39,736
{\an8}Then you're the fucking problem
go get your supervisor, please. Now.
586
00:30:39,737 --> 00:30:41,456
Get the fuck away from me, man.
587
00:30:44,292 --> 00:30:47,160
I have a pretty good idea
that you had Mikey killed.
588
00:30:47,161 --> 00:30:49,080
And when I find out for sure,
589
00:30:49,998 --> 00:30:51,748
I'm gonna fuck you up real bad.
590
00:30:51,749 --> 00:30:53,534
[Eddie] That's why it
blew up the way I did.
591
00:30:53,535 --> 00:30:56,920
That was the first time
they'd ever seen anybody Black
592
00:30:56,921 --> 00:30:58,772
go in the white world and take charge.
593
00:30:58,773 --> 00:31:03,544
Not just be tolerated and be, you know,
like, "You gotta… dignified."
594
00:31:03,545 --> 00:31:05,262
What's all the hostility, Phil?
595
00:31:05,263 --> 00:31:07,648
- Get back, man.
- What you doing with all this gun, man?
596
00:31:07,649 --> 00:31:09,716
- I want you to get back.
- You changed, man.
597
00:31:09,717 --> 00:31:12,669
I'm telling you if you don't get back,
I'm gonna blow your fucking brains out.
598
00:31:12,670 --> 00:31:15,273
- [shotgun fires]
- [grunting]
599
00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:17,325
Police, move and I'll kill you.
600
00:31:19,227 --> 00:31:20,261
Don't move!
601
00:31:21,262 --> 00:31:22,280
Turn over.
602
00:31:23,081 --> 00:31:26,234
Way to go, Rosewood.
You're some kind of cop, you know that?
603
00:31:27,151 --> 00:31:29,469
[crowd cheering]
604
00:31:29,470 --> 00:31:31,890
{\an8}[announcer] Please welcome Judge Reinhold.
605
00:31:37,495 --> 00:31:39,913
The first time I saw Eddie was in
606
00:31:39,914 --> 00:31:43,017
a parking lot of a strip club
in broad daylight
607
00:31:44,485 --> 00:31:47,221
on the first day
of shooting Beverly Hills Cop.
608
00:31:47,722 --> 00:31:51,709
Uh, I just arrived in a nasty old Buick
609
00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:55,847
that looked like it had just made a
re-entry from outer space.
610
00:31:56,714 --> 00:32:00,300
It wasn't burnt orange,
it was just burnt, you know?
611
00:32:00,301 --> 00:32:05,773
And before I get out,
I see this vision of a car,
612
00:32:06,341 --> 00:32:09,928
a white Rolls Corniche convertible
with red leather,
613
00:32:10,428 --> 00:32:11,846
and Eddie driving.
614
00:32:12,447 --> 00:32:14,464
My impulse was to duck
615
00:32:14,465 --> 00:32:16,584
because I didn't want him
to see me in this car.
616
00:32:17,251 --> 00:32:20,204
I thought, it's not just the car.
617
00:32:21,556 --> 00:32:23,057
This guy's a classic.
618
00:32:23,558 --> 00:32:25,426
At that age, I don't know.
619
00:32:25,927 --> 00:32:29,314
It was like he was
from Hollywood from another time.
620
00:32:30,348 --> 00:32:33,334
And he walked in that strip club.
621
00:32:34,052 --> 00:32:35,719
And… [chuckling]
622
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:40,741
…we with Marty Brest and Dan Petrie Jr.,
623
00:32:40,742 --> 00:32:43,460
defined the action comedy,
624
00:32:43,461 --> 00:32:44,945
really did.
625
00:32:44,946 --> 00:32:49,183
My friend,
we're here to celebrate your artistry,
626
00:32:49,817 --> 00:32:51,586
tremendous creativity,
627
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:53,670
and also from my point of view,
628
00:32:53,671 --> 00:32:56,540
the great care
that you've taken of your gift
629
00:32:56,541 --> 00:33:00,762
because when most of us
were stumbling around in the '80s,
630
00:33:01,262 --> 00:33:02,480
you walked the line
631
00:33:02,981 --> 00:33:05,767
and you took care
of your gift for us to enjoy.
632
00:33:07,702 --> 00:33:10,972
[crowd applauding]
633
00:33:13,975 --> 00:33:20,014
Mark Twain said that laughter is
the shortest distance between two people.
634
00:33:21,182 --> 00:33:23,133
Eddie, you've brought us very close.
635
00:33:23,134 --> 00:33:24,851
That's why we're here.
636
00:33:24,852 --> 00:33:27,938
You're our Chaplin and I love you.
637
00:33:27,939 --> 00:33:28,856
Thank you.
638
00:33:31,526 --> 00:33:35,212
I'm 21 years old
and I've never left Zamunda.
639
00:33:35,213 --> 00:33:38,715
I have yet to experience
what the outside world has to offer.
640
00:33:38,716 --> 00:33:42,220
Ah! So you want to sow your royal oats?
641
00:33:42,754 --> 00:33:43,804
No, it's not that--
642
00:33:43,805 --> 00:33:44,805
You're right.
643
00:33:44,806 --> 00:33:46,289
Get out, see the world.
644
00:33:46,290 --> 00:33:50,143
Enjoy yourself,
fulfill every erotic desire.
645
00:33:50,144 --> 00:33:53,281
And in 40 days,
you will come back and marry Imani.
646
00:33:53,815 --> 00:33:55,665
- But Father--
- It is settled.
647
00:33:55,666 --> 00:33:58,568
[Eddie] The whole idea
started on a tour bus.
648
00:33:58,569 --> 00:34:00,987
I was just, you know,
nursing a broken heart,
649
00:34:00,988 --> 00:34:04,058
talking about how hard it is to, you know,
650
00:34:04,642 --> 00:34:08,995
with all this famous stuff, to meet
a girl that just likes you for you.
651
00:34:08,996 --> 00:34:10,397
Anything I say, you do.
652
00:34:10,398 --> 00:34:11,733
Yes, your highness.
653
00:34:13,468 --> 00:34:14,535
Bark like a dog.
654
00:34:15,036 --> 00:34:17,537
Arf! Arf! Arf! Arf!
655
00:34:17,538 --> 00:34:21,174
I want a woman that's going to
arouse my intellect as well as my loins.
656
00:34:21,175 --> 00:34:22,977
Where will you find such a woman?
657
00:34:23,961 --> 00:34:25,011
In America.
658
00:34:25,012 --> 00:34:27,180
Good morning, my neighbors!
659
00:34:27,181 --> 00:34:28,648
[man] Hey, fuck you!
660
00:34:28,649 --> 00:34:30,368
Yes! Yes!
661
00:34:31,052 --> 00:34:33,103
Fuck you too!
662
00:34:33,104 --> 00:34:38,409
I always liked the idea of turning myself
into looking like somebody else.
663
00:34:38,943 --> 00:34:41,612
{\an8}Peter Sellers did it in Dr. Strangelove.
664
00:34:42,263 --> 00:34:44,297
{\an8}And that blew my mind.
665
00:34:44,298 --> 00:34:48,201
{\an8}Mein Führer, I can walk!
666
00:34:48,202 --> 00:34:52,372
And my favorite thing is to do it
and the people don't know it's me.
667
00:34:52,373 --> 00:34:55,625
- Excuse me.
- Hey, it's Kunta Kinte!
668
00:34:55,626 --> 00:34:57,794
[both laughing]
669
00:34:57,795 --> 00:35:01,499
A lot of people didn't know
I was the old Jewish guy for years.
670
00:35:01,999 --> 00:35:04,468
If you didn't see the end credits,
you didn't know.
671
00:35:04,469 --> 00:35:07,521
Pound for pound, Sugar Ray Robinson,
the greatest fighter ever lived.
672
00:35:07,522 --> 00:35:09,389
Oh, come on, man. What about Joe Louis?
673
00:35:09,390 --> 00:35:10,658
The Brown Bomber.
674
00:35:11,159 --> 00:35:13,477
Now that was a great boxer.
675
00:35:13,478 --> 00:35:14,611
You damn right.
676
00:35:14,612 --> 00:35:17,665
I suppose nobody in here
ever heard of Cassius Clay.
677
00:35:18,332 --> 00:35:20,484
He got a point.
Cassius Clay was a bad motherfucker.
678
00:35:20,485 --> 00:35:22,102
I knew Arsenio from the clubs.
679
00:35:22,103 --> 00:35:25,255
When he came on, it was like,
"Hey, this is what the gig is."
680
00:35:25,256 --> 00:35:26,840
And I just assumed,
681
00:35:26,841 --> 00:35:29,609
I didn't even ask him
could you do other characters?
682
00:35:29,610 --> 00:35:31,628
It was like,
"You're going to be the barber."
683
00:35:31,629 --> 00:35:34,531
"You're going to be…"
We just put the makeup on and did it.
684
00:35:34,532 --> 00:35:36,082
I ain't saying Clay ain't bad.
685
00:35:36,083 --> 00:35:38,752
I'm just saying
I stopped liking Cassius Clay
686
00:35:38,753 --> 00:35:41,087
once he changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
What shit is that?
687
00:35:41,088 --> 00:35:43,473
Wait a second.
688
00:35:43,474 --> 00:35:48,845
A man has the right to change his name
to whatever he wants to change it to.
689
00:35:48,846 --> 00:35:52,332
And if a man
wants to be called Muhammad Ali,
690
00:35:52,333 --> 00:35:54,417
God damn it, this is a free country,
691
00:35:54,418 --> 00:35:58,388
you should respect his wishes
and call the man Muhammad Ali.
692
00:35:58,389 --> 00:36:00,775
His mama named him Clay.
I'm going to call him Clay.
693
00:36:02,109 --> 00:36:03,877
[upbeat music playing]
694
00:36:03,878 --> 00:36:06,380
{\an8}[announcer] Please welcome Arsenio Hall.
695
00:36:09,934 --> 00:36:11,068
Thank you.
696
00:36:12,486 --> 00:36:13,821
Right from jump,
697
00:36:14,572 --> 00:36:18,892
Eddie knew he wanted John Landis
to direct Coming to America.
698
00:36:18,893 --> 00:36:22,914
He had directed Eddie
in the classic Trading Places.
699
00:36:23,931 --> 00:36:27,568
And John was also
the perfect choice for me.
700
00:36:28,536 --> 00:36:32,874
Because I'd only done
one other movie at that time.
701
00:36:33,591 --> 00:36:35,475
And Landis was the director.
702
00:36:35,476 --> 00:36:39,096
It was the classic
Amazon Women on the Moon.
703
00:36:41,549 --> 00:36:44,284
My cousin, Acquanetta in Cleveland,
704
00:36:44,285 --> 00:36:50,024
she said that it's in
AFI's 50 top films of all time.
705
00:36:51,025 --> 00:36:55,062
She was also eating edibles
when she said that. But…
706
00:36:56,347 --> 00:36:58,031
Now for Amazon Women on the Moon,
707
00:36:58,032 --> 00:37:01,569
I think I had 17 callbacks
before I got the part.
708
00:37:02,987 --> 00:37:06,773
When your friend is Eddie Murphy though,
and he tells John Landis,
709
00:37:06,774 --> 00:37:10,527
"Arsenio should have the role of Semmi,"
you get the role of Semmi.
710
00:37:10,528 --> 00:37:12,045
So I was thrilled.
711
00:37:12,046 --> 00:37:16,549
I'm getting to play the body man
to a prince from Zamunda,
712
00:37:16,550 --> 00:37:18,585
I get to work with my friend,
713
00:37:18,586 --> 00:37:20,154
and they're paying me.
714
00:37:21,389 --> 00:37:24,824
It can't get any better.
But then Eddie calls me and tells me,
715
00:37:24,825 --> 00:37:27,827
"I want you to play
the preacher character."
716
00:37:27,828 --> 00:37:31,131
I say "Cake,"
because my dad was a Baptist preacher.
717
00:37:31,132 --> 00:37:34,285
And then I find out Eddie wants me to play
718
00:37:34,785 --> 00:37:36,053
the woman in red.
719
00:37:38,839 --> 00:37:42,543
The credits list her
as "extremely ugly girl."
720
00:37:46,180 --> 00:37:50,785
Then Eddie tells me he also wants me
to play Morris the barber.
721
00:37:51,919 --> 00:37:55,306
Now the first time the great Rick Baker
put us in the makeup,
722
00:37:55,806 --> 00:37:59,277
Rick suggested that we take
a walk around the Paramount lot
723
00:37:59,910 --> 00:38:02,212
as the barber characters
724
00:38:02,213 --> 00:38:03,481
and talk to people.
725
00:38:04,265 --> 00:38:05,349
So we did.
726
00:38:06,300 --> 00:38:09,153
And no one knew it was us.
727
00:38:10,371 --> 00:38:13,457
Eddie as his barber character actually
hit on this old lady
728
00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:16,059
while we were walking around
the Paramount lot
729
00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:17,912
and he got her number.
730
00:38:20,014 --> 00:38:23,401
Yes. And she was an old white lady too.
731
00:38:24,118 --> 00:38:27,821
Yeah, she thought Clarence
was this old charming Black guy
732
00:38:27,822 --> 00:38:29,456
and wanted to give him some.
733
00:38:29,457 --> 00:38:30,941
It was crazy.
734
00:38:34,061 --> 00:38:38,549
Eddie, I'm here today for you as a friend,
735
00:38:39,116 --> 00:38:40,835
but also I'm here as a fan.
736
00:38:42,303 --> 00:38:45,122
And if Reverend Brown from
Coming to America
737
00:38:45,873 --> 00:38:47,274
were here right now,
738
00:38:48,409 --> 00:38:49,977
I think he would say,
739
00:38:51,846 --> 00:38:53,514
do you love him?
740
00:38:55,750 --> 00:38:57,702
Do you love Eddie Murray?
741
00:38:59,136 --> 00:39:02,289
Y'all don't hear me?
Do you love Eddie Murray?
742
00:39:02,790 --> 00:39:04,357
Would you say Eddie Murray?
743
00:39:04,358 --> 00:39:05,575
[crowd] Eddie Murray!
744
00:39:05,576 --> 00:39:07,761
- Say Eddie Murray.
- [crowd] Eddie Murray!
745
00:39:07,762 --> 00:39:10,730
We thank you for all that you've given us.
746
00:39:10,731 --> 00:39:13,817
- Can I get an amen?
- [crowd] Amen!
747
00:39:13,818 --> 00:39:18,972
And before I leave this stage
and fly back to Jackson Heights,
748
00:39:18,973 --> 00:39:21,675
I need to say one more thing.
749
00:39:22,176 --> 00:39:27,615
If loving and thanking
Eddie Murray is wrong,
750
00:39:28,132 --> 00:39:31,469
I don't wanna be right.
751
00:39:31,969 --> 00:39:33,286
Yeah!
752
00:39:33,287 --> 00:39:35,289
[crowd cheering]
753
00:39:38,209 --> 00:39:40,026
Look, the game's over for tonight.
754
00:39:40,027 --> 00:39:42,412
I'm gonna take this little boy home
to his mother.
755
00:39:42,413 --> 00:39:43,981
My mama's dead.
756
00:39:44,615 --> 00:39:45,899
Well, your daddy.
757
00:39:45,900 --> 00:39:47,618
[boy] My father's dead too.
758
00:39:49,336 --> 00:39:50,353
Did you kill him?
759
00:39:50,354 --> 00:39:54,841
A bunch of new Black directors
coming on the scene…
760
00:39:54,842 --> 00:39:57,160
Robert Townsend, Spike Lee.
761
00:39:57,161 --> 00:39:58,862
So I was like, "Let me direct a movie."
762
00:39:58,863 --> 00:40:00,780
You know, I might as well try.
763
00:40:00,781 --> 00:40:01,998
Fuck this.
764
00:40:01,999 --> 00:40:03,166
I like the movie,
765
00:40:03,167 --> 00:40:05,318
but when it came out
and the critics saw it,
766
00:40:05,319 --> 00:40:06,536
they ripped it so bad.
767
00:40:06,537 --> 00:40:08,688
It was like I was
hitting it out of the park
768
00:40:08,689 --> 00:40:10,290
and I had becomes so popular
769
00:40:10,291 --> 00:40:13,877
and so… And it was like,
"And now he's gonna fucking direct too?"
770
00:40:13,878 --> 00:40:15,563
"Fuck that." So they hated it.
771
00:40:16,097 --> 00:40:18,783
Good Lord, you're a cool,
sweet motherfucker, sugar.
772
00:40:19,316 --> 00:40:20,650
I love to see shit like that.
773
00:40:20,651 --> 00:40:22,986
[woman] You'd love to see anything,
you blind motherfucker.
774
00:40:22,987 --> 00:40:25,305
[Eddie] Redd Foxx is the funniest,
775
00:40:25,306 --> 00:40:27,390
naturally funny person I ever met.
776
00:40:27,391 --> 00:40:29,126
Almost like a curse.
777
00:40:29,777 --> 00:40:30,994
Literally, he died.
778
00:40:30,995 --> 00:40:34,180
He died on the set
on a show I was producing.
779
00:40:34,181 --> 00:40:37,117
{\an8}He had a heart attack and died,
and they thought he was joking.
780
00:40:37,118 --> 00:40:38,485
{\an8}That's how funny he was.
781
00:40:38,486 --> 00:40:41,154
{\an8}He was dying
and motherfuckers was like this.
782
00:40:41,155 --> 00:40:43,039
[laughing] "Redd."
783
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:46,109
And he had done that,
"Oh, this is the big one" so many times.
784
00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:49,395
So when he had the big one,
people are like, "Redd, you are too much."
785
00:40:49,396 --> 00:40:51,865
This motherfucker laying there
dead and shit.
786
00:40:51,866 --> 00:40:53,984
People were like, "Redd, stop."
787
00:40:57,221 --> 00:40:58,122
{\an8}Interesting.
788
00:40:59,573 --> 00:41:03,210
I've been stabbed and I've been hanged
789
00:41:03,844 --> 00:41:05,912
and I've been burned.
790
00:41:05,913 --> 00:41:09,065
Even broken on the rack once,
but I've never been shot before.
791
00:41:09,066 --> 00:41:12,635
The only thing I would have changed,
I would have changed my hair.
792
00:41:12,636 --> 00:41:15,488
That was the thing that was
so off-putting to people.
793
00:41:15,489 --> 00:41:17,857
Black people, they just was not feeling…
794
00:41:17,858 --> 00:41:20,543
I showed up with that hair
and Black people was like,
795
00:41:20,544 --> 00:41:23,646
"Hell no, you see, that's too much.
That's too much hair."
796
00:41:23,647 --> 00:41:25,448
"We know Eddie
ain't got no hair like that."
797
00:41:25,449 --> 00:41:27,267
"Oh, he's supposed to have long hair."
798
00:41:27,268 --> 00:41:29,702
{\an8}I am Mr. Romance when I meet a woman
799
00:41:29,703 --> 00:41:32,655
{\an8}and then once I hit it, I lose interest,
but that ain't my fault.
800
00:41:32,656 --> 00:41:35,959
So in other words,
right at that moment of orgasm,
801
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,278
just all the romance
just skeets right out of you.
802
00:41:38,279 --> 00:41:42,148
Boomerang is like a perfect movie.
Insanely funny best friends.
803
00:41:42,149 --> 00:41:45,401
- Next door neighbor funny, Tisha Campbell.
- Hey!
804
00:41:45,402 --> 00:41:47,820
The things happening
with the women at work.
805
00:41:47,821 --> 00:41:49,122
Voilà.
806
00:41:49,123 --> 00:41:51,291
When Robin Givens
was first breaking his heart…
807
00:41:51,292 --> 00:41:52,393
Let me get a good look.
808
00:41:52,927 --> 00:41:55,462
Check it, just like Jet Magazine.
809
00:41:55,963 --> 00:41:58,882
To Halle Berry coming to the… Halle Berry!
810
00:41:58,883 --> 00:42:01,267
It's a stacked movie.
811
00:42:01,268 --> 00:42:03,720
Forget about John Witherspoon destroying.
812
00:42:03,721 --> 00:42:06,389
- Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!
- Ooh. Daddy, please.
813
00:42:06,390 --> 00:42:09,259
[Eddie] So when Boomerang came out,
people was talking shit
814
00:42:09,260 --> 00:42:11,895
because the cast was all Black.
815
00:42:11,896 --> 00:42:15,182
"How come there are no white people
in the movie?" It was that kind of…
816
00:42:15,933 --> 00:42:17,884
I've noticed that with a bunch of movies,
817
00:42:17,885 --> 00:42:20,904
the silliness fades away
and then it's just the work,
818
00:42:20,905 --> 00:42:23,140
and then, you know, the work holds up.
819
00:42:24,525 --> 00:42:26,626
- [upbeat music playing]
- [crowd cheering]
820
00:42:26,627 --> 00:42:28,846
[announcer] Please welcome Eva Longoria.
821
00:42:32,249 --> 00:42:33,333
Hi, good evening.
822
00:42:33,334 --> 00:42:36,103
I don't know if you guys know this,
Eddie and I were married…
823
00:42:37,922 --> 00:42:39,089
in a movie.
824
00:42:40,090 --> 00:42:44,528
Um, and Eddie, if you asked me,
I'd say "I do" all over again.
825
00:42:45,029 --> 00:42:48,781
Yes, you have made us laugh
and the world loves you for it,
826
00:42:48,782 --> 00:42:51,234
but AFI is honoring you tonight
827
00:42:51,235 --> 00:42:56,806
because you're a powerful force
in driving culture forward.
828
00:42:56,807 --> 00:43:00,494
And while the world was laughing,
it was learning.
829
00:43:01,178 --> 00:43:03,046
Case in point, Boomerang.
830
00:43:03,047 --> 00:43:07,634
Not since Cabin in the Sky,
a film made in 1943,
831
00:43:07,635 --> 00:43:11,354
starring Ethel Waters,
Louis Armstrong and Lena Horne,
832
00:43:11,355 --> 00:43:14,991
had a film featured an all-Black cast.
833
00:43:14,992 --> 00:43:17,294
[crowd applauding]
834
00:43:20,230 --> 00:43:22,198
There were a couple
white people in Boomerang.
835
00:43:22,199 --> 00:43:24,667
There was like a French guy or something,
836
00:43:24,668 --> 00:43:26,136
but nobody remembers him.
837
00:43:27,338 --> 00:43:31,659
It was a film that illustrated
"To see it is to be it."
838
00:43:32,159 --> 00:43:37,513
Proof, Eddie played a hotshot
ad executive named Marcus Graham,
839
00:43:37,514 --> 00:43:39,816
and inspired by the film,
840
00:43:39,817 --> 00:43:44,203
there is now a nonprofit called
the Marcus Graham Project,
841
00:43:44,204 --> 00:43:49,310
which empowers young multicultural people
to be leaders in media and marketing.
842
00:43:49,810 --> 00:43:50,811
That's impact.
843
00:43:54,081 --> 00:43:55,682
Thank you for blazing trails,
844
00:43:55,683 --> 00:43:58,334
for opening doors
for so many artists, Eddie,
845
00:43:58,335 --> 00:44:02,238
for making the world a more colorful place
846
00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:04,624
and for always making us laugh,
847
00:44:04,625 --> 00:44:07,077
especially when
you're moving culture forward.
848
00:44:09,713 --> 00:44:11,682
[announcer] Please welcome Chris Rock.
849
00:44:12,383 --> 00:44:13,417
Oh.
850
00:44:14,785 --> 00:44:17,354
Hey. Hey, hey, hey!
851
00:44:17,955 --> 00:44:19,390
Well, we're all here, Eddie.
852
00:44:20,157 --> 00:44:23,459
All your children, you got 20 kids,
853
00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:26,095
but you also have your comedian children,
854
00:44:26,096 --> 00:44:31,134
Tracy Morgan, Martin Lawrence,
uh, Kevin Hart, Dave Chappelle.
855
00:44:31,135 --> 00:44:35,506
We are your…
There is no us without you, okay?
856
00:44:36,056 --> 00:44:37,791
Uh, what…
857
00:44:38,709 --> 00:44:43,564
{\an8}People don't give Eddie Murphy
enough credit for revolutionizing acting.
858
00:44:44,064 --> 00:44:48,452
Do you realize how Black people
used to act before Eddie Murphy?
859
00:44:49,203 --> 00:44:54,157
It was like, do you understand,
like in a movie,
860
00:44:54,158 --> 00:44:56,809
it was very, "I'm Mr. Tibbs,"
861
00:44:56,810 --> 00:45:00,296
or… So it was like a lot of overacting,
862
00:45:00,297 --> 00:45:02,999
or it was JJ, "Dynomite!".
863
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:04,385
But Eddie…
864
00:45:08,505 --> 00:45:13,242
But like Brando, you're
the first Black man to just be cool.
865
00:45:13,243 --> 00:45:14,894
To just be yourself.
866
00:45:14,895 --> 00:45:16,379
It was just you.
867
00:45:16,380 --> 00:45:18,197
My favorite Eddie Murphy story,
868
00:45:18,198 --> 00:45:19,533
we're at a club
869
00:45:20,184 --> 00:45:22,502
and this white woman walks up to Eddie
870
00:45:22,503 --> 00:45:26,689
and goes, "Oh my God,
I've never kissed a Black man before."
871
00:45:26,690 --> 00:45:28,991
"I've never kissed a Black man before."
872
00:45:28,992 --> 00:45:32,712
And it's Eddie in a big ass entourage,
like real Eddie,
873
00:45:32,713 --> 00:45:34,747
and he's got his leather on,
874
00:45:34,748 --> 00:45:36,999
and Prince is there and Rick is there.
875
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:40,754
And the woman goes,
"I've never kissed a Black man before."
876
00:45:41,255 --> 00:45:42,939
"Can I kiss you?"
877
00:45:42,940 --> 00:45:45,191
And Eddie's got all his bodyguards there,
878
00:45:45,192 --> 00:45:47,944
and Eddie looks at her and goes,
"Hey, hey, hey, hey,
879
00:45:47,945 --> 00:45:50,030
you can't start at the top."
880
00:45:55,753 --> 00:45:58,839
"You gotta kiss
one of these broke niggas first."
881
00:46:00,958 --> 00:46:07,530
Hey, man, I love you more
than you'll ever know, okay?
882
00:46:07,531 --> 00:46:10,199
Ladies and gentlemen,
give it up for Eddie Murphy.
883
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:12,202
[crowd cheering]
884
00:46:17,875 --> 00:46:19,942
{\an8}Excuse me, I'm gonna go to the restroom.
885
00:46:19,943 --> 00:46:21,227
[objects clattering]
886
00:46:21,228 --> 00:46:22,178
Sorry about that.
887
00:46:22,179 --> 00:46:24,063
- Let me pick that up for you.
- Ooh-woo!
888
00:46:24,064 --> 00:46:26,065
It's a full moon tonight.
889
00:46:26,066 --> 00:46:28,484
- [comedian whooping]
- [patrons laughing]
890
00:46:28,485 --> 00:46:31,121
I think I found
where they hid Jimmy Hoffa!
891
00:46:32,623 --> 00:46:35,074
I'm literally watching Geraldo Rivera,
892
00:46:35,075 --> 00:46:37,610
and there was a commercial that came on,
893
00:46:37,611 --> 00:46:40,530
and it was like a fat person,
and it broke away,
894
00:46:40,531 --> 00:46:42,165
and then it was a smaller person,
895
00:46:42,166 --> 00:46:44,383
and they brought it
all the way to a thin person.
896
00:46:44,384 --> 00:46:47,437
I was like, "Hey!" And that's
where I got the idea for the movie.
897
00:46:49,790 --> 00:46:51,774
[screaming]
898
00:46:51,775 --> 00:46:53,076
[gasping]
899
00:46:53,577 --> 00:46:55,094
I'm thin! I'm thin!
900
00:46:55,095 --> 00:46:57,063
Jerry Lewis' original one, you know,
901
00:46:57,064 --> 00:47:00,283
he's a wimp, a geek,
and he turns into this cool guy.
902
00:47:00,284 --> 00:47:02,485
But we made the problem physical,
903
00:47:02,486 --> 00:47:04,971
when it was like
he has this physical problem,
904
00:47:04,972 --> 00:47:06,355
it just changed everything.
905
00:47:06,356 --> 00:47:09,075
What's wrong with you? You're supposed
to eat that thing, not scalp it.
906
00:47:09,076 --> 00:47:12,512
All the calories in the chicken are found
in the skin and in the fat…
907
00:47:12,513 --> 00:47:14,947
What you talking about?
That's where all the fats and calories is.
908
00:47:14,948 --> 00:47:17,417
You know where that come from?
Watching that damn TV.
909
00:47:17,951 --> 00:47:20,870
Every time you turn it on, they got
somebody talking about "Lose weight,
910
00:47:20,871 --> 00:47:22,171
get healthy, get in shape."
911
00:47:22,172 --> 00:47:25,341
Got everybody looking all anorexic,
talking about healthy. I know healthy.
912
00:47:25,342 --> 00:47:30,513
Nutty Professor is my favorite performance
of a comedian in a movie.
913
00:47:30,514 --> 00:47:32,131
Oh, this is so fabulous.
914
00:47:32,132 --> 00:47:34,884
Ain't nothing like getting together
with family and having a good meal.
915
00:47:34,885 --> 00:47:37,403
[Che] A lot of comedians
are good listeners.
916
00:47:37,404 --> 00:47:41,591
You're paying attention to the world
making sense to everybody else except you,
917
00:47:41,592 --> 00:47:44,944
so you kind of got to piece together
everyone's voice
918
00:47:44,945 --> 00:47:47,780
and what everyone's doing
and how they sort of play.
919
00:47:47,781 --> 00:47:48,781
[farting]
920
00:47:48,782 --> 00:47:50,249
Who that calling my name?
921
00:47:50,250 --> 00:47:52,802
Yeah, I called you
if your name is… [farts]
922
00:47:52,803 --> 00:47:55,788
Whatever character I'm doing,
let's say I'm doing the father,
923
00:47:55,789 --> 00:47:58,708
and all the other characters
are a tennis ball.
924
00:47:58,709 --> 00:48:02,245
See what you made me do?
God damn it, I messed up my pants.
925
00:48:02,246 --> 00:48:05,131
Okay, now the next day,
I'll do the mother,
926
00:48:05,132 --> 00:48:09,219
and I'll have in my ear
what I did the day before.
927
00:48:09,753 --> 00:48:12,889
So I'm doing the mother,
and I remember what I'm talking,
928
00:48:12,890 --> 00:48:14,957
so I know when
I'm talking to a tennis ball,
929
00:48:14,958 --> 00:48:16,309
I remember what I did yesterday.
930
00:48:16,310 --> 00:48:18,911
Then the next day, I'm doing the brother,
931
00:48:18,912 --> 00:48:21,747
and then I'll have the mother
and the father in my ear,
932
00:48:21,748 --> 00:48:23,849
and then I have all of that,
going and talking to that.
933
00:48:23,850 --> 00:48:25,067
Probably looks crazy.
934
00:48:25,068 --> 00:48:28,537
When I was young, I used to
always have relations. Every night.
935
00:48:28,538 --> 00:48:33,542
If a nice gentleman bring me flowers
and candy, take me to the movie,
936
00:48:33,543 --> 00:48:35,479
show me a lovely evening,
937
00:48:35,979 --> 00:48:40,132
then I would take him home
and give him hot, lovely relations.
938
00:48:40,133 --> 00:48:43,135
Relations is a beautiful thing.
It's nothing to be ashamed of.
939
00:48:43,136 --> 00:48:45,504
Especially two young people.
940
00:48:45,505 --> 00:48:46,789
I think it's beautiful.
941
00:48:46,790 --> 00:48:48,257
- That's your ho-ass Mama.
- Cletus!
942
00:48:48,258 --> 00:48:50,393
Sometimes when I'm alone,
I relate to myself.
943
00:48:50,394 --> 00:48:51,461
I can relate.
944
00:48:52,095 --> 00:48:53,714
Oh, Mama.
945
00:48:55,399 --> 00:48:57,383
- [upbeat music playing]
- [crowd cheering]
946
00:48:57,384 --> 00:48:59,770
[announcer] Please welcome Dave Chappelle.
947
00:49:06,343 --> 00:49:07,343
[music stops]
948
00:49:07,344 --> 00:49:08,528
All right.
949
00:49:10,964 --> 00:49:14,750
A little cultural inside baseball. Uh…
950
00:49:14,751 --> 00:49:17,837
I know this is true for me. I think
this is true for many Black people.
951
00:49:17,838 --> 00:49:22,692
Black people often have
fear for their heroes.
952
00:49:22,693 --> 00:49:25,878
We worry about them
because so many of our heroes
953
00:49:25,879 --> 00:49:28,582
are persecuted or shot down.
954
00:49:29,700 --> 00:49:33,837
When I was 14 years old, Raw came out,
955
00:49:34,688 --> 00:49:38,574
and I would go and I would
watch it every day after school,
956
00:49:38,575 --> 00:49:41,043
like I was taking a class,
957
00:49:41,044 --> 00:49:45,882
like I knew somehow this was
something really important in my life.
958
00:49:46,550 --> 00:49:51,904
Throughout my life, Eddie,
man, I kept my eye on you.
959
00:49:51,905 --> 00:49:56,792
You were the ball I was watching,
you were the hero that I worried about.
960
00:49:56,793 --> 00:50:00,179
Man, when you came up, it looked lonely.
961
00:50:00,180 --> 00:50:01,564
You was just by yourself.
962
00:50:01,565 --> 00:50:03,966
It was you, it was Michael Jackson,
963
00:50:03,967 --> 00:50:06,302
it was Rick James, and it was Prince.
964
00:50:06,303 --> 00:50:07,471
All of whom…
965
00:50:08,288 --> 00:50:10,156
all of whom are deceased.
966
00:50:10,157 --> 00:50:13,744
And somehow… somehow you survived.
967
00:50:14,411 --> 00:50:19,315
Tonight, when I came into
the theatre to do this thing,
968
00:50:19,316 --> 00:50:21,017
man, I saw a bunch of my heroes.
969
00:50:21,018 --> 00:50:24,220
I saw Martin, and Arsenio,
and Robert Townsend,
970
00:50:24,221 --> 00:50:25,838
all these people who informed my life.
971
00:50:25,839 --> 00:50:29,493
I saw you, Chris, and I'm like,
"Man, this is fucking crazy."
972
00:50:30,594 --> 00:50:31,928
All to honor
973
00:50:33,146 --> 00:50:35,332
the sole survivor of the '80s…
974
00:50:42,789 --> 00:50:43,974
Eddie Murphy.
975
00:50:47,210 --> 00:50:49,628
When we did Nutty Professor, you know,
976
00:50:49,629 --> 00:50:53,032
and I got the role, I was terrified.
977
00:50:53,033 --> 00:50:55,452
To me… Spike Lee too,
another hero I saw tonight.
978
00:50:56,286 --> 00:50:58,988
But I was terrified to meet you.
979
00:50:58,989 --> 00:51:01,040
And when I met you,
I didn't even know it was you.
980
00:51:01,041 --> 00:51:03,392
You were dressed as Sherman.
I was like, "Who is this fat nigga?"
981
00:51:03,393 --> 00:51:05,528
"I'm nervous,
this big fat nigga's over here."
982
00:51:05,529 --> 00:51:07,531
[laughing]
983
00:51:08,899 --> 00:51:11,117
And then we did the scene.
984
00:51:11,118 --> 00:51:13,285
Man, I was in the pocket.
985
00:51:13,286 --> 00:51:16,072
"What I gotta do?"
They said, "One fat joke after another."
986
00:51:16,073 --> 00:51:17,441
I said, "I got this."
987
00:51:17,974 --> 00:51:20,192
And man,
I just started lighting Eddie's ass up.
988
00:51:20,193 --> 00:51:22,595
And he was dressed
as Sherman when I met him.
989
00:51:22,596 --> 00:51:25,314
And then they started doing
that slow push.
990
00:51:25,315 --> 00:51:27,700
And man, when you put that face on,
he was like,
991
00:51:27,701 --> 00:51:29,902
I said, "Oh no." [laughs]
992
00:51:29,903 --> 00:51:32,172
I said, "America's
gonna hate me for this."
993
00:51:32,789 --> 00:51:34,758
But a job is a job. I kept going.
994
00:51:38,812 --> 00:51:41,247
And then I worked up
the nerve to improvise,
995
00:51:41,248 --> 00:51:45,568
and I looked at Jada Pinkett, and I said,
"Who is sucking whose titties over here?"
996
00:51:45,569 --> 00:51:48,388
And water shot out of Eddie's nose.
997
00:51:50,490 --> 00:51:54,910
I made… I made my hero laugh,
998
00:51:54,911 --> 00:51:57,781
and that made me wanna cry.
999
00:51:58,932 --> 00:52:00,200
I gotta tell you, man.
1000
00:52:01,985 --> 00:52:04,720
Recently, I did
an interview that made headlines
1001
00:52:04,721 --> 00:52:08,207
because I said I was considering doing
Chappelle's Show again.
1002
00:52:08,208 --> 00:52:09,408
And I told the guy,
1003
00:52:09,409 --> 00:52:11,945
"If you would've asked me that a year ago,
I'd have said no."
1004
00:52:12,829 --> 00:52:15,581
Chappelle's Show was
a very difficult show to do,
1005
00:52:15,582 --> 00:52:17,766
but it was one of
the greatest experiences of my life.
1006
00:52:17,767 --> 00:52:21,237
And one of the reasons that it was great
was your brother, Charlie.
1007
00:52:21,238 --> 00:52:23,340
[crowd cheering]
1008
00:52:27,144 --> 00:52:28,527
And I know Bill mentioned it,
1009
00:52:28,528 --> 00:52:33,532
but Charlie used to tell us stories
all day about your ascension to fame.
1010
00:52:33,533 --> 00:52:37,119
And I just want you to know, man,
every time he mentioned you,
1011
00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:40,272
he always said how proud he was of you.
1012
00:52:40,273 --> 00:52:43,225
"Man," he said, "I love my brother."
You know?
1013
00:52:43,226 --> 00:52:46,746
And… And Charlie meant the world
1014
00:52:47,664 --> 00:52:49,232
to everybody on the set.
1015
00:52:49,733 --> 00:52:52,369
One day,
Charlie gave me the script to Norbit.
1016
00:52:52,869 --> 00:52:55,287
He said, "I'm gonna
give this script to my brother."
1017
00:52:55,288 --> 00:52:57,289
"And man, you should do this movie."
1018
00:52:57,290 --> 00:53:00,042
And then two days later,
came back and said,
1019
00:53:00,043 --> 00:53:01,994
"Never mind, he's doing both parts."
1020
00:53:01,995 --> 00:53:03,113
I said, "God damn."
1021
00:53:11,671 --> 00:53:13,406
A couple of weeks ago on a whim,
1022
00:53:13,940 --> 00:53:15,191
I reached out to Eddie,
1023
00:53:15,192 --> 00:53:18,294
and asked him if I could come by
and visit him. I went to his house.
1024
00:53:18,295 --> 00:53:21,598
I didn't know it was
the day after his 65th birthday.
1025
00:53:22,349 --> 00:53:23,383
Weather was beautiful.
1026
00:53:24,017 --> 00:53:28,137
Uh, his grandkids were
outside playing in the pool,
1027
00:53:28,138 --> 00:53:32,408
screaming and laughing like,
you know, children, just pure joy.
1028
00:53:32,409 --> 00:53:36,111
And, uh, and me and Eddie,
for the first time,
1029
00:53:36,112 --> 00:53:38,197
talked about Charlie since he passed.
1030
00:53:38,198 --> 00:53:41,418
I hadn't seen him or really had
an occasion to speak about it.
1031
00:53:41,918 --> 00:53:45,120
And in the midst
of the conversation, Eddie,
1032
00:53:45,121 --> 00:53:46,355
Eddie was the one that said,
1033
00:53:46,356 --> 00:53:48,874
"Man, you should do like
a Chappelle's Show movie
1034
00:53:48,875 --> 00:53:49,792
or something like that."
1035
00:53:49,793 --> 00:53:53,313
And I said, "Man, that'd be tough."
1036
00:53:53,813 --> 00:53:54,864
"That's your brother."
1037
00:53:55,515 --> 00:53:57,968
So Eddie, if I do it,
1038
00:53:59,102 --> 00:54:00,620
man, do the Charlie parts.
1039
00:54:01,121 --> 00:54:02,605
And let's fucking go.
1040
00:54:02,606 --> 00:54:04,173
[crowd applauding]
1041
00:54:04,174 --> 00:54:05,675
Thank you for everything.
1042
00:54:07,761 --> 00:54:11,464
Tonight is not just an achievement
1043
00:54:13,300 --> 00:54:16,752
of a professional career
going incredibly right.
1044
00:54:16,753 --> 00:54:19,705
Tonight, it's a lifetime achievement.
1045
00:54:19,706 --> 00:54:21,523
Those grandkids playing,
1046
00:54:21,524 --> 00:54:23,809
the fact that you
still look young and beautiful,
1047
00:54:23,810 --> 00:54:26,262
that beautiful family you're sitting with,
1048
00:54:26,263 --> 00:54:30,317
man, you are still the hero I want to be.
1049
00:54:30,834 --> 00:54:31,901
Thank you, sir.
1050
00:54:37,874 --> 00:54:39,308
{\an8}Who are you?
1051
00:54:39,309 --> 00:54:42,011
{\an8}Who am I?
1052
00:54:42,012 --> 00:54:45,481
{\an8}I am the guardian of lost souls.
1053
00:54:45,482 --> 00:54:48,183
I am the powerful, the pleasurable,
1054
00:54:48,184 --> 00:54:50,704
the indestructible Mushu.
1055
00:54:52,072 --> 00:54:53,323
I'm pretty hot, huh?
1056
00:54:54,691 --> 00:54:57,509
Back in those days,
you didn't get paid to do them.
1057
00:54:57,510 --> 00:54:59,212
You would just be swell.
1058
00:54:59,980 --> 00:55:02,031
It'd be swell to be in a Disney movie.
1059
00:55:02,032 --> 00:55:04,534
Then Robin Williams did Aladdin.
1060
00:55:05,035 --> 00:55:08,270
It was like, wow, this whole movie
is this guy's vocal performance.
1061
00:55:08,271 --> 00:55:10,422
And it changed kind of like everything.
1062
00:55:10,423 --> 00:55:11,707
{\an8}Can I stay with you?
1063
00:55:11,708 --> 00:55:12,975
{\an8}What?
1064
00:55:12,976 --> 00:55:15,061
{\an8}Can I stay with you, please?
1065
00:55:15,645 --> 00:55:17,479
Of course.
1066
00:55:17,480 --> 00:55:18,814
- Really?
- No.
1067
00:55:18,815 --> 00:55:20,215
Please! I don't want to go back.
1068
00:55:20,216 --> 00:55:22,285
You don't know what it's like
to be considered a freak.
1069
00:55:22,819 --> 00:55:24,486
Well, maybe you do,
1070
00:55:24,487 --> 00:55:28,157
but that's why we got to stick together.
You got to let me stay, please. Please!
1071
00:55:28,158 --> 00:55:30,359
Okay, okay.
1072
00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:31,844
But one night only.
1073
00:55:31,845 --> 00:55:32,995
Ah, thank you.
1074
00:55:32,996 --> 00:55:35,297
- Ah! What are you? No, no.
- This is gonna be fun.
1075
00:55:35,298 --> 00:55:37,299
We can stay up late
swapping manly stories,
1076
00:55:37,300 --> 00:55:39,919
and in the morning, I'm making waffles.
1077
00:55:41,104 --> 00:55:43,940
- [crowd cheering]
- [band playing "All Star"]
1078
00:55:45,175 --> 00:55:47,344
[announcer] Please welcome Mike Meyers.
1079
00:55:55,702 --> 00:55:56,586
[music stops]
1080
00:56:04,377 --> 00:56:06,880
When the American Film Institute
1081
00:56:07,430 --> 00:56:11,017
calls you to pay tribute to Eddie Murphy,
1082
00:56:11,668 --> 00:56:14,437
the answer is, of course, yes.
1083
00:56:15,605 --> 00:56:20,176
And when they tell you
that you have to wear the Shrek makeup,
1084
00:56:21,177 --> 00:56:24,397
evidently, the answer is also yes.
1085
00:56:25,749 --> 00:56:28,917
They also wanted me
to mention the following facts
1086
00:56:28,918 --> 00:56:31,236
about the Shrek movies.
1087
00:56:31,237 --> 00:56:34,490
I didn't think it was
particularly tasteful,
1088
00:56:34,491 --> 00:56:36,291
but they asked me to do this.
1089
00:56:36,292 --> 00:56:40,829
Shrek won the first Academy Award
for an animated feature.
1090
00:56:40,830 --> 00:56:41,931
That's pretty good.
1091
00:56:43,700 --> 00:56:49,089
Shrek is one of the top 20 film
franchises of all time, you know.
1092
00:56:50,023 --> 00:56:53,025
Here's another one. I'm sorry.
They wanted me to do this.
1093
00:56:53,026 --> 00:56:56,963
Shrek 2 was
the highest grossing film of 2004.
1094
00:56:57,847 --> 00:56:59,765
Okay, guys, I didn't want to mention it,
1095
00:56:59,766 --> 00:57:03,086
but it beat out Harry Potter
and Spider-Man, you know.
1096
00:57:03,586 --> 00:57:07,172
That's a bit braggy. I'm sorry. And…
1097
00:57:07,173 --> 00:57:09,358
Oh, I guess it says here that
1098
00:57:09,359 --> 00:57:14,763
not only is Shrek DreamWorks'
highest grossing animated film,
1099
00:57:14,764 --> 00:57:20,520
Jeffrey Katzenberg has been quoted
as saying that Shrek saved DreamWorks.
1100
00:57:21,137 --> 00:57:23,406
Jeffrey, you're welcome.
1101
00:57:28,878 --> 00:57:32,097
But none of Shrek's success
1102
00:57:32,098 --> 00:57:34,651
could have happened without Eddie Murphy.
1103
00:57:36,719 --> 00:57:40,255
Eddie's character,
Donkey, is a masterpiece,
1104
00:57:40,256 --> 00:57:43,725
as is every character that Eddie
has created over the years.
1105
00:57:43,726 --> 00:57:47,981
Lovable, hilarious, joyous,
vulnerable, and loyal.
1106
00:57:48,598 --> 00:57:51,366
Eddie combines all of those
in a tour de force.
1107
00:57:51,367 --> 00:57:56,256
And plainly put,
Eddie is one of the greatest.
1108
00:57:57,040 --> 00:57:59,992
Now, obviously, I never got
to work with Charlie Chaplin.
1109
00:57:59,993 --> 00:58:04,079
I never got to work with Alec Guinness.
I never got to work with Peter Sellers.
1110
00:58:04,080 --> 00:58:08,116
But it is my absolute honor to say
and to be able to tell my kids
1111
00:58:08,117 --> 00:58:10,170
that I got to work with Eddie Murphy.
1112
00:58:10,670 --> 00:58:13,489
Eddie, congratulations.
1113
00:58:13,490 --> 00:58:16,192
You are fantastic. Thank you.
1114
00:58:21,214 --> 00:58:24,183
♪ My girl wants to party all the time ♪
1115
00:58:24,184 --> 00:58:27,936
♪ Party all the time
Party all the time ♪
1116
00:58:27,937 --> 00:58:34,827
♪ My girl wants to party all the time
Party all the time ♪
1117
00:58:35,578 --> 00:58:37,246
♪ She parties all the time ♪
1118
00:58:37,247 --> 00:58:39,948
[Eddie] I was singing
before I was being funny.
1119
00:58:39,949 --> 00:58:41,633
You know how everybody sings,
1120
00:58:41,634 --> 00:58:44,419
you go… ♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G ♪
1121
00:58:44,420 --> 00:58:45,370
That's the melody.
1122
00:58:45,371 --> 00:58:47,005
♪ H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P ♪
1123
00:58:47,006 --> 00:58:51,493
Ms. Torresco had the audacity
to teach us the ABCs
1124
00:58:51,494 --> 00:58:53,879
on the piano with a different melody.
1125
00:58:53,880 --> 00:59:00,252
♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G
H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O ♪
1126
00:59:00,253 --> 00:59:03,288
♪ K, L, M, N, O, P
Q, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q ♪
1127
00:59:03,289 --> 00:59:05,975
♪ R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z ♪
1128
00:59:06,492 --> 00:59:07,809
How dare you, bitch?
1129
00:59:07,810 --> 00:59:09,963
{\an8}[Jimmy] ♪ Thirteen years ♪
1130
00:59:11,114 --> 00:59:14,918
{\an8}♪ Of solid gold platters ♪
1131
00:59:17,704 --> 00:59:19,422
{\an8}♪ Rising costs ♪
1132
00:59:20,557 --> 00:59:24,427
{\an8}♪ And cocktail chatter ♪
1133
00:59:27,163 --> 00:59:29,548
{\an8}-♪ Fat deejays ♪
- [girls laughing]
1134
00:59:29,549 --> 00:59:32,718
That character is supposed to be
a bunch of different people.
1135
00:59:32,719 --> 00:59:36,305
He's supposed to be Marvin Gaye,
and Otis Redding.
1136
00:59:36,306 --> 00:59:38,974
I had seen the play on Broadway.
1137
00:59:38,975 --> 00:59:41,810
Cleavant Derricks,
he played James "Thunder" Early.
1138
00:59:41,811 --> 00:59:45,480
That's why I saw him
and got an idea how to play him.
1139
00:59:45,481 --> 00:59:47,065
♪ But you can fake
Your way to the top ♪
1140
00:59:47,066 --> 00:59:48,116
♪ Round and around ♪
1141
00:59:48,117 --> 00:59:49,368
Try that part right there.
1142
00:59:49,369 --> 00:59:51,153
♪ Round and around ♪
1143
00:59:51,154 --> 00:59:54,089
- ♪ Fake your way to the top ♪
- ♪ Round and around ♪
1144
00:59:54,090 --> 00:59:56,124
You fell right in there,
didn't you, sweetheart?
1145
00:59:56,125 --> 00:59:58,543
♪ You can fake
Your way to the top ♪
1146
00:59:58,544 --> 01:00:00,178
♪ Round and around ♪
1147
01:00:00,179 --> 01:00:01,680
Shit, I knew you'd have it.
1148
01:00:01,681 --> 01:00:04,299
♪ But it's always real, so real ♪
1149
01:00:04,300 --> 01:00:06,468
♪ Always so real ♪
1150
01:00:06,469 --> 01:00:08,821
♪ When you're coming down ♪
1151
01:00:10,423 --> 01:00:15,028
♪ Yeah, yeah, been around ♪
♪ Oh, I know what's happening ♪
1152
01:00:16,696 --> 01:00:18,213
♪ I've been around ♪
1153
01:00:18,214 --> 01:00:19,748
[vocalizing]
1154
01:00:19,749 --> 01:00:24,037
♪ Faking my way
Through every town ♪
1155
01:00:25,455 --> 01:00:28,156
- ♪ I've made my living ♪
- [women vocalizing]
1156
01:00:28,157 --> 01:00:29,876
♪ Off of my sound ♪
1157
01:00:31,210 --> 01:00:32,462
♪ And the game of hits ♪
1158
01:00:34,247 --> 01:00:37,482
♪ It goes around and around
And around and around ♪
1159
01:00:37,483 --> 01:00:45,725
♪ Around and around
And around and around ♪
1160
01:00:47,477 --> 01:00:49,479
[crowd cheering]
1161
01:00:51,347 --> 01:00:57,053
♪ Lorrell loves Jimmy ♪
1162
01:00:59,205 --> 01:01:04,711
♪ Lorrell loves Jimmy ♪
1163
01:01:08,114 --> 01:01:13,769
♪ Lorrell loves Jimmy ♪
1164
01:01:13,770 --> 01:01:16,556
♪ It's true ♪
1165
01:01:18,291 --> 01:01:25,264
♪ But Lorrell and Jimmy ♪
1166
01:01:27,867 --> 01:01:32,922
♪ Are through ♪
1167
01:01:41,314 --> 01:01:45,751
♪ I want you, baby ♪
1168
01:01:45,752 --> 01:01:49,337
♪ I want you ♪
1169
01:01:49,338 --> 01:01:52,958
♪ And I need you, baby ♪
1170
01:01:52,959 --> 01:01:55,994
♪ I need you ♪
1171
01:01:55,995 --> 01:01:59,347
- ♪ Oh, baby ♪
- ♪ Baby ♪
1172
01:01:59,348 --> 01:02:02,651
♪ You got me on my knees ♪
1173
01:02:02,652 --> 01:02:04,202
♪ Got me on my knees ♪
1174
01:02:04,203 --> 01:02:06,538
♪ You got me begging ♪
1175
01:02:06,539 --> 01:02:09,925
- ♪ Baby, baby ♪
- ♪ Baby, baby ♪
1176
01:02:09,926 --> 01:02:13,278
♪ Baby, baby, please ♪
1177
01:02:13,279 --> 01:02:20,136
♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-baby ♪
1178
01:02:20,887 --> 01:02:22,254
♪ Baby! ♪
1179
01:02:22,255 --> 01:02:24,523
[crowd cheering]
1180
01:02:24,524 --> 01:02:31,330
♪ I am changing ♪
1181
01:02:33,983 --> 01:02:36,985
♪ I'll get my life together now ♪
1182
01:02:36,986 --> 01:02:42,924
♪ I am changing ♪
1183
01:02:42,925 --> 01:02:44,109
♪ Yes! ♪
1184
01:02:44,110 --> 01:02:50,982
♪ I know how I'm gonna start again ♪
1185
01:02:50,983 --> 01:02:57,223
♪ I'm gonna leave my past behind ♪
1186
01:02:58,007 --> 01:03:03,196
♪ I'll change my life ♪
1187
01:03:06,232 --> 01:03:11,303
♪ I'll make a vow ♪
1188
01:03:11,304 --> 01:03:16,374
♪ Nothing's gonna ♪
1189
01:03:16,375 --> 01:03:19,145
♪ Stop me ♪
1190
01:03:21,547 --> 01:03:28,471
♪ Now ♪
1191
01:03:31,340 --> 01:03:33,225
- [crowd cheering]
- [song ends]
1192
01:03:33,226 --> 01:03:35,328
We love you, Eddie. Congratulations.
1193
01:03:36,329 --> 01:03:38,213
All y'all put your hands together.
1194
01:03:38,214 --> 01:03:40,216
[scatting]
1195
01:03:44,754 --> 01:03:46,171
Hit me with them horns!
1196
01:03:46,172 --> 01:03:48,174
[playing "Steppin’ to the Bad Side"]
1197
01:03:48,908 --> 01:03:52,945
Let's celebrate the legendary
Eddie Murphy, y'all. Come on.
1198
01:03:57,450 --> 01:03:58,518
Hey!
1199
01:04:00,786 --> 01:04:01,703
Dreamettes!
1200
01:04:01,704 --> 01:04:10,228
♪ Steppin' to the bad side
Steppin' to the bad side ♪
1201
01:04:10,229 --> 01:04:12,948
♪ I had to step into the bad side ♪
1202
01:04:12,949 --> 01:04:14,416
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
1203
01:04:14,417 --> 01:04:17,569
♪ I had to take myself a mean ride ♪
1204
01:04:17,570 --> 01:04:19,271
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
1205
01:04:19,272 --> 01:04:21,823
♪ Oh, you know that smile
I had is gone away ♪
1206
01:04:21,824 --> 01:04:24,259
♪ Those that steal are gonna pay ♪
1207
01:04:24,260 --> 01:04:28,530
♪ Steppin' to the bad side
Steppin' to the bad side ♪
1208
01:04:28,531 --> 01:04:33,368
- ♪ Steppin' to the bad side today ♪
- ♪Yeah! ♪
1209
01:04:33,369 --> 01:04:37,138
[vocalizing]
1210
01:04:37,139 --> 01:04:38,123
Step!
1211
01:04:38,124 --> 01:04:41,009
♪ Step on
Step on to the bad side ♪
1212
01:04:41,010 --> 01:04:42,611
♪ Get to steppin' ♪
1213
01:04:42,612 --> 01:04:45,714
♪ Step on
Step on to the bad side ♪
1214
01:04:45,715 --> 01:04:47,934
♪ Better see you step ♪
1215
01:04:48,668 --> 01:04:51,253
- ♪ Step on to the bad side ♪
- ♪ Be steppin' ♪
1216
01:04:51,254 --> 01:04:55,308
- ♪ Step on to the bad side ♪
- ♪ Step ♪
1217
01:04:55,808 --> 01:05:00,229
♪ Step on to the bad side ♪
1218
01:05:01,747 --> 01:05:06,585
♪ Got to step to the bad ♪
1219
01:05:06,586 --> 01:05:10,488
♪ To the bad ♪
1220
01:05:10,489 --> 01:05:16,045
♪ To the bad side ♪
1221
01:05:16,646 --> 01:05:20,499
[vocalizing]
1222
01:05:24,003 --> 01:05:28,391
We love you so much, Eddie Murphy.
Congratulations. You are a legend.
1223
01:05:29,075 --> 01:05:32,811
All right, y'all, give it up!
Give it up for Jennifer Hudson.
1224
01:05:32,812 --> 01:05:34,814
Rickey Minor, Dreamettes.
1225
01:05:35,514 --> 01:05:37,516
[crowd cheering]
1226
01:05:42,605 --> 01:05:44,739
{\an8}Do you have any experience
in motion pictures?
1227
01:05:44,740 --> 01:05:48,143
{\an8}Oh yeah, I have quite a bit, actually.
I have quite a bit of experience.
1228
01:05:48,144 --> 01:05:53,499
I'm a active, uh, renter at Blockbuster
and I attend the…
1229
01:05:54,000 --> 01:05:57,786
film, the cinema, as much as possible,
1230
01:05:57,787 --> 01:05:59,305
weekly, bi-weekly.
1231
01:06:00,006 --> 01:06:02,274
Inter-week… Intermediately.
1232
01:06:02,858 --> 01:06:04,659
Would you be willing to cut your hair?
1233
01:06:04,660 --> 01:06:05,795
[sighs]
1234
01:06:08,114 --> 01:06:11,533
Yes, but it's usually better
if someone else does it.
1235
01:06:11,534 --> 01:06:16,856
{\an8}I had heard stories of people making
films financed on their credit card.
1236
01:06:17,473 --> 01:06:19,541
{\an8}I always thought
that was very interesting.
1237
01:06:19,542 --> 01:06:20,959
And we have a scene,
1238
01:06:20,960 --> 01:06:22,661
which I think is
one of the funniest scenes
1239
01:06:22,662 --> 01:06:24,045
I've ever come up with,
1240
01:06:24,046 --> 01:06:27,766
{\an8}which is Eddie Murphy running across
the freeway as part of the film.
1241
01:06:27,767 --> 01:06:29,801
And we convince him, "No, it's fine."
1242
01:06:29,802 --> 01:06:30,987
Action!
1243
01:06:50,206 --> 01:06:53,743
- [horns honking]
- [tires screeching]
1244
01:07:00,266 --> 01:07:01,183
Cut!
1245
01:07:02,551 --> 01:07:03,986
[whimpering]
1246
01:07:05,604 --> 01:07:07,606
Heavenly Father! Heavenly Father!
1247
01:07:08,307 --> 01:07:09,574
That was so great!
1248
01:07:09,575 --> 01:07:10,892
[Eddie] That's Steve Martin.
1249
01:07:10,893 --> 01:07:13,845
I'm just blessed
and lucky to be in that movie.
1250
01:07:13,846 --> 01:07:17,783
{\an8}Dolemite is my name and fucking up
motherfuckers is my game.
1251
01:07:18,851 --> 01:07:20,268
{\an8}His story is bananas.
1252
01:07:20,269 --> 01:07:22,437
{\an8}A guy who wanted to be this big star,
1253
01:07:22,438 --> 01:07:24,656
but he's just got a little bit of talent.
1254
01:07:24,657 --> 01:07:27,575
He's got a big, giant dream
and a little bit of talent.
1255
01:07:27,576 --> 01:07:28,627
Tug on my shit.
1256
01:07:29,128 --> 01:07:30,211
Tug on what?
1257
01:07:30,212 --> 01:07:32,630
- Tug on my shit, just tug on it.
- Tug on this?
1258
01:07:32,631 --> 01:07:34,650
Come on. Just give a little tug.
1259
01:07:35,167 --> 01:07:37,619
Don't tug too hard,
don't take the motherfucker off.
1260
01:07:37,620 --> 01:07:40,455
Oh shit, that's a motherfucking wig.
1261
01:07:40,456 --> 01:07:42,590
Oh yeah, that's right. It's all pretend.
1262
01:07:42,591 --> 01:07:45,610
Put on a cape
and turn into a fucking superhero.
1263
01:07:45,611 --> 01:07:48,097
Leave the real you behind, go on stage.
1264
01:07:48,597 --> 01:07:52,133
Back then we were watching them as a kid,
watching those Rudy Ray Moore movies.
1265
01:07:52,134 --> 01:07:55,036
{\an8}We know that these movies
are really crude and low budget.
1266
01:07:55,037 --> 01:07:59,107
{\an8}We know all of that, but there's so much
stuff in it that's so fucking funny.
1267
01:07:59,108 --> 01:08:01,110
[men grunting]
1268
01:08:04,897 --> 01:08:08,000
He's the loser who must win.
1269
01:08:08,551 --> 01:08:10,718
[laughing] He's like, "I'm gonna win."
1270
01:08:10,719 --> 01:08:13,037
And he does, he wins.
He's the loser that won.
1271
01:08:13,038 --> 01:08:15,440
I want you to live the life that you love
1272
01:08:15,441 --> 01:08:17,026
and love the life that you live.
1273
01:08:17,710 --> 01:08:20,879
From the frantic Atlantic
to the terrific Pacific,
1274
01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:22,848
be the best of whatever you are.
1275
01:08:23,349 --> 01:08:25,567
Shoot for the moon, and if you miss it,
1276
01:08:25,568 --> 01:08:27,436
hang on to a motherfucking star.
1277
01:08:33,159 --> 01:08:35,678
[announcer] Please welcome
Da'Vine Joy Randolph.
1278
01:08:40,449 --> 01:08:44,085
I first met Eddie Murphy on the set
of Dolemite Is My Name.
1279
01:08:44,086 --> 01:08:48,123
Now the audition process
and prep was rigorous,
1280
01:08:48,124 --> 01:08:49,425
but Eddie bet on me.
1281
01:08:49,925 --> 01:08:53,011
To be vouched
by someone like the likes of Eddie
1282
01:08:53,012 --> 01:08:57,449
is like being knighted
by a king in this industry.
1283
01:08:58,184 --> 01:09:01,769
And my time with Eddie didn't stop
when production ended.
1284
01:09:01,770 --> 01:09:05,306
Now, usually only the leads
go on the press tour,
1285
01:09:05,307 --> 01:09:07,976
but Eddie did something
very rare and special.
1286
01:09:07,977 --> 01:09:11,946
He made sure I was included
in every step of it.
1287
01:09:11,947 --> 01:09:16,117
Now, everywhere we went,
we were greeted by a sea of fans.
1288
01:09:16,118 --> 01:09:20,738
The magnitude
of this man's star power was so great
1289
01:09:20,739 --> 01:09:23,758
that quite honestly,
to be in that close proximity
1290
01:09:23,759 --> 01:09:26,761
to that kind of energy overwhelmed me.
1291
01:09:26,762 --> 01:09:28,980
But Eddie never flinched.
1292
01:09:28,981 --> 01:09:31,332
I watched him navigate
every fan encounter,
1293
01:09:31,333 --> 01:09:33,434
every interview, every talk show
1294
01:09:33,435 --> 01:09:36,604
with such a level of grace and humor,
1295
01:09:36,605 --> 01:09:38,673
and that I will never forget.
1296
01:09:38,674 --> 01:09:43,862
Eddie, I truly hope that I get to learn
from you for the rest of my career.
1297
01:09:43,863 --> 01:09:45,480
God bless you and thank you.
1298
01:09:45,481 --> 01:09:47,700
[crowd applauding]
1299
01:09:51,086 --> 01:09:53,756
Once upon a time, there was a little boy
named Henry
1300
01:09:54,940 --> 01:09:57,776
{\an8}and this boy was afraid
of just about everything
1301
01:09:58,310 --> 01:10:00,278
except for ladybugs.
1302
01:10:00,279 --> 01:10:02,664
- Ladybugs?
- Ladybugs.
1303
01:10:02,665 --> 01:10:04,682
And one day while he was out,
1304
01:10:04,683 --> 01:10:08,002
a ladybug caught his eye
and he decided to chase it.
1305
01:10:08,003 --> 01:10:10,421
I read the script
and the script made me cry,
1306
01:10:10,422 --> 01:10:13,208
and I was like,
"I don't be usually crying when I read."
1307
01:10:13,209 --> 01:10:16,044
I don't usually be getting,
you know, stuff, sad stuff.
1308
01:10:16,045 --> 01:10:19,565
Then he looked everywhere all over
the place and couldn't find it no more.
1309
01:10:20,065 --> 01:10:21,684
He promised her that he'd leave.
1310
01:10:22,518 --> 01:10:24,703
But the woman said, "Don't leave, stay."
1311
01:10:25,721 --> 01:10:27,356
She said, "Stay here with us."
1312
01:10:28,357 --> 01:10:31,809
She said, "We don't have much,
but everything we got,
1313
01:10:31,810 --> 01:10:33,329
we'll share with you."
1314
01:10:34,029 --> 01:10:35,030
And did he stay?
1315
01:10:36,282 --> 01:10:37,199
He did.
1316
01:10:37,700 --> 01:10:38,734
You know why?
1317
01:10:40,286 --> 01:10:42,171
'Cause for the first time,
1318
01:10:43,906 --> 01:10:45,040
he felt safe.
1319
01:10:45,541 --> 01:10:48,627
I wanna see method actors,
you know, going,
1320
01:10:49,128 --> 01:10:51,779
if they have to do a scene,
where they have to cry,
1321
01:10:51,780 --> 01:10:55,650
they think about some crazy shit that
happened and I could never do that.
1322
01:10:55,651 --> 01:10:58,653
I could never like go… and yeah.
1323
01:10:58,654 --> 01:11:01,522
For me, it's like, it's on and "action"…
1324
01:11:01,523 --> 01:11:03,358
And then I'm like… [mumbling] "Cut."
1325
01:11:03,359 --> 01:11:04,726
Then I'm this guy again.
1326
01:11:04,727 --> 01:11:07,446
{\an8}Put your hands together for Randy Watson.
1327
01:11:08,664 --> 01:11:09,964
{\an8}Randy Watson in here?
1328
01:11:09,965 --> 01:11:13,953
{\an8}And his band, Sexual Chocolate!
1329
01:11:14,820 --> 01:11:16,472
[playing "We Are Family"]
1330
01:11:24,697 --> 01:11:28,484
♪ Everyone can see we're together ♪
1331
01:11:29,051 --> 01:11:31,369
♪ As we walk on by ♪
1332
01:11:31,370 --> 01:11:33,921
{\an8}♪ We are family ♪
1333
01:11:33,922 --> 01:11:36,541
{\an8}Hey, listen,
any boob can run a childcare center.
1334
01:11:36,542 --> 01:11:38,626
{\an8}It takes a family to raise some children.
1335
01:11:38,627 --> 01:11:40,545
{\an8}That's what we're gonna be
from now on, a family.
1336
01:11:40,546 --> 01:11:43,365
{\an8}If you have family and love,
1337
01:11:44,266 --> 01:11:46,402
{\an8}you can get through anything.
1338
01:11:46,935 --> 01:11:49,854
{\an8}I'm very, very proud of you, Jane.
1339
01:11:49,855 --> 01:11:51,490
{\an8}Let's get you back, Dad.
1340
01:11:52,257 --> 01:11:55,476
{\an8}Okay, cool, "Dad." I like it.
I love it, I love it.
1341
01:11:55,477 --> 01:11:56,478
{\an8}I love you.
1342
01:11:57,062 --> 01:11:58,781
{\an8}You love me? Aw.
1343
01:11:59,298 --> 01:12:00,648
{\an8}I'm gonna need another tissue.
1344
01:12:00,649 --> 01:12:02,401
{\an8}[cheering]
1345
01:12:03,002 --> 01:12:04,536
Oh.
1346
01:12:06,405 --> 01:12:07,939
{\an8}Klump party of six, please.
1347
01:12:07,940 --> 01:12:09,291
{\an8}Yes, and we are hungry.
1348
01:12:09,908 --> 01:12:11,126
{\an8}Happy anniversary.
1349
01:12:11,760 --> 01:12:13,494
[both laugh]
1350
01:12:13,495 --> 01:12:14,496
{\an8}Thanks.
1351
01:12:14,997 --> 01:12:16,014
{\an8}We hugged just now.
1352
01:12:16,015 --> 01:12:19,050
{\an8}We hugged and gave each other
a pat and we… boys again.
1353
01:12:19,051 --> 01:12:21,552
{\an8}- All right, then give it to me.
- We just hugged already.
1354
01:12:21,553 --> 01:12:24,306
No, man, one big motherfucking hug, man.
1355
01:12:25,591 --> 01:12:27,059
Damn, man, I love y'all.
1356
01:12:28,110 --> 01:12:30,462
- [crowd applauding]
- [playing "We Are Family"]
1357
01:12:31,947 --> 01:12:34,316
{\an8}[announcer] Please welcome
Martin Lawrence.
1358
01:12:38,887 --> 01:12:41,874
To my brother Eddie, what can I say? Uh…
1359
01:12:42,758 --> 01:12:47,262
Eddie introduced us
to comedy in rock star fashion.
1360
01:12:47,763 --> 01:12:50,214
I remember
when I first came to California,
1361
01:12:50,215 --> 01:12:53,901
I had the honor of meeting my idol,
Eddie Murphy.
1362
01:12:53,902 --> 01:12:55,603
Went up to his security.
1363
01:12:55,604 --> 01:12:57,889
I said, "Can I meet him?
Can I just meet him?"
1364
01:12:57,890 --> 01:12:59,073
"Young comedian."
1365
01:12:59,074 --> 01:13:00,942
And they said, "Yeah, you can meet him."
1366
01:13:00,943 --> 01:13:03,345
And Eddie was leaned over so cool.
1367
01:13:03,846 --> 01:13:06,647
I said, "Eddie Murphy,
I'm Martin Lawrence."
1368
01:13:06,648 --> 01:13:09,834
I said,
"Brother, can I take a picture with you?"
1369
01:13:09,835 --> 01:13:13,237
Eddie looked at me, so smooth and cool.
1370
01:13:13,238 --> 01:13:16,241
Looked me in the eyes and he said, "No."
1371
01:13:19,178 --> 01:13:20,662
And my face was cracked.
1372
01:13:21,163 --> 01:13:23,782
And then I took a picture
with Robert Townsend.
1373
01:13:25,234 --> 01:13:27,052
I was in the picture like this.
1374
01:13:28,804 --> 01:13:32,407
What can I say about Eddie
that hasn't already been said,
1375
01:13:32,408 --> 01:13:34,909
that we already don't know about Eddie.
1376
01:13:34,910 --> 01:13:36,411
Eddie, you know, I love you.
1377
01:13:36,412 --> 01:13:39,080
Now I can get
all the pictures I want with him
1378
01:13:39,081 --> 01:13:41,717
because we in-laws now,
ain't that right, Eddie?
1379
01:13:43,852 --> 01:13:46,821
[laughing] That's right, that's right.
1380
01:13:46,822 --> 01:13:50,141
I want to tell you, Eddie,
I love you with all my heart and soul.
1381
01:13:50,142 --> 01:13:52,160
You're my brother, my friend,
1382
01:13:52,161 --> 01:13:54,263
and you are my in-law, brother.
1383
01:13:54,863 --> 01:13:56,582
Love you, God bless.
1384
01:14:01,970 --> 01:14:05,023
["La Vie En Rose"
by Louis Armstrong playing]
1385
01:14:07,342 --> 01:14:10,344
- [man laughing]
- Yeah!
1386
01:14:10,345 --> 01:14:13,481
I'm very blessed and very, very lucky
1387
01:14:13,482 --> 01:14:16,467
to have made movies for so long.
1388
01:14:16,468 --> 01:14:17,718
Oh, this is beautiful.
1389
01:14:17,719 --> 01:14:20,521
I can't believe it. Thank y'all.
I don't know what to do.
1390
01:14:20,522 --> 01:14:21,722
[gasps]
1391
01:14:21,723 --> 01:14:23,491
I've done some good movies
1392
01:14:23,492 --> 01:14:26,727
and I feel like I've distinguished myself
as a performer.
1393
01:14:26,728 --> 01:14:29,680
Oh, Hercules, Hercules, Hercules.
1394
01:14:29,681 --> 01:14:31,365
And I'm happy with my stuff.
1395
01:14:31,366 --> 01:14:34,419
I'll put my body of work
up against whoever.
1396
01:14:35,187 --> 01:14:37,505
They'll laugh more at my stuff.
1397
01:14:37,506 --> 01:14:38,940
My stuff will be the funniest.
1398
01:14:38,941 --> 01:14:39,941
[laughing]
1399
01:14:39,942 --> 01:14:41,526
Gumby, Gumby, just calm down.
1400
01:14:41,527 --> 01:14:43,912
Don't tell me the calm down, trailer boy.
1401
01:14:45,581 --> 01:14:48,599
Laughter is the best thing there is,
you know?
1402
01:14:48,600 --> 01:14:52,069
And to be in this business,
to make movies,
1403
01:14:52,070 --> 01:14:55,056
be an artist,
and make people laugh, really.
1404
01:14:55,057 --> 01:14:58,176
So everything,
all my blessings come from that.
1405
01:14:58,177 --> 01:15:00,162
It don't get no better.
1406
01:15:01,713 --> 01:15:02,980
[upbeat music playing]
1407
01:15:02,981 --> 01:15:05,100
[announcer] Please welcome Spike Lee.
1408
01:15:14,126 --> 01:15:15,977
Eddie Murphy and I were both raised
1409
01:15:15,978 --> 01:15:19,413
in the hoods of Bushwick
and Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
1410
01:15:19,414 --> 01:15:22,067
However, Eddie and I
traveled different paths.
1411
01:15:22,818 --> 01:15:27,222
Eddie made us laugh
and made our nation feel better.
1412
01:15:27,723 --> 01:15:32,411
I took a camera and told stories
about how our nation could be better.
1413
01:15:32,995 --> 01:15:36,298
When I got the email
1414
01:15:38,417 --> 01:15:40,602
that Eddie wanted me
1415
01:15:42,371 --> 01:15:43,639
to be here,
1416
01:15:45,090 --> 01:15:46,441
I was amazed.
1417
01:15:48,176 --> 01:15:49,645
And I got the date.
1418
01:15:51,630 --> 01:15:54,182
But the NBA schedule had not come out yet.
1419
01:16:00,489 --> 01:16:02,257
And the Knicks won!
1420
01:16:04,276 --> 01:16:05,193
Eddie!
1421
01:16:06,094 --> 01:16:07,512
Anybody else,
1422
01:16:09,998 --> 01:16:13,951
as my mother would say,
my skinny ass would have been courtside
1423
01:16:13,952 --> 01:16:17,022
at the world's most famous arena,
but I came out for you.
1424
01:16:22,044 --> 01:16:25,597
On every step of his journey,
Eddie's been true to himself.
1425
01:16:26,598 --> 01:16:28,433
Eddie's put his family first.
1426
01:16:28,934 --> 01:16:33,672
And last but not least,
he is a great artist.
1427
01:16:36,008 --> 01:16:37,542
Not just comedian,
1428
01:16:38,644 --> 01:16:41,696
ladies and gentlemen,
please stand up and welcome the recipient
1429
01:16:41,697 --> 01:16:45,716
of the 2026 American Film Institute
Life Achievement Award,
1430
01:16:45,717 --> 01:16:49,421
my brother from Brooklyn, Eddie Murphy.
1431
01:16:49,921 --> 01:16:51,956
[cheering]
1432
01:16:51,957 --> 01:16:53,942
[energetic music playing]
1433
01:17:32,130 --> 01:17:34,132
[music continues]
1434
01:17:49,548 --> 01:17:51,083
Thank you, Spike Lee.
1435
01:17:51,717 --> 01:17:53,719
[music stops]
1436
01:17:57,055 --> 01:17:58,240
There.
1437
01:17:59,341 --> 01:18:01,343
[crowd cheering]
1438
01:18:09,334 --> 01:18:10,652
[Eddie] Wow.
1439
01:18:15,457 --> 01:18:18,176
Yeah. This has been…
Please, this has been a…
1440
01:18:18,677 --> 01:18:21,312
They didn't… Are these…
Have these always been this size?
1441
01:18:21,313 --> 01:18:23,048
It seems like this is smaller.
1442
01:18:25,617 --> 01:18:27,853
Is it? Have they always been this size?
1443
01:18:29,388 --> 01:18:30,589
{\an8}Thank you, Spike.
1444
01:18:31,223 --> 01:18:32,391
{\an8}Thank you, brother.
1445
01:18:33,775 --> 01:18:35,844
{\an8}You know, Spike is from Brooklyn too.
1446
01:18:37,262 --> 01:18:40,464
But actually, you know,
I'm gonna tell, Spike.
1447
01:18:40,465 --> 01:18:42,417
Spike wasn't born in Brooklyn…
1448
01:18:44,586 --> 01:18:46,271
[laughing]
1449
01:18:49,007 --> 01:18:51,243
{\an8}But he's got Brooklyn in his heart.
1450
01:19:00,936 --> 01:19:03,954
Yeah, I had, this morning when I woke up,
I had so much anxiety.
1451
01:19:03,955 --> 01:19:05,256
I was like…
1452
01:19:05,257 --> 01:19:07,124
Cause I didn't know
what this was gonna be like.
1453
01:19:07,125 --> 01:19:08,843
I was like, "What?"
1454
01:19:08,844 --> 01:19:12,430
And it's nothing like… It…
Everything is wonderful.
1455
01:19:12,431 --> 01:19:16,084
It's a… And it couldn't have been at a…
1456
01:19:19,237 --> 01:19:20,304
come at a better time.
1457
01:19:20,305 --> 01:19:23,692
It's like this last month
or two months has been like…
1458
01:19:24,576 --> 01:19:27,194
Just so much has been
happening in my life.
1459
01:19:27,195 --> 01:19:30,631
I just had my first grandson,
1460
01:19:30,632 --> 01:19:32,050
and I just had my, uh…
1461
01:19:34,019 --> 01:19:36,254
my third granddaughter.
1462
01:19:36,755 --> 01:19:41,276
And, uh, yeah, I just turned 65.
1463
01:19:42,778 --> 01:19:46,731
And it just feels like
it's raining blessings on me this month.
1464
01:19:47,265 --> 01:19:49,317
Yeah, it's a lot of stuff.
1465
01:19:49,935 --> 01:19:55,874
And to get this award and still be,
you know, look like myself.
1466
01:19:57,776 --> 01:20:01,096
'Cause sometimes they let you wait
till you're real old to get this award.
1467
01:20:01,797 --> 01:20:05,217
'Cause Mel Brooks,
he was 86 when he got it.
1468
01:20:06,635 --> 01:20:10,020
And last year, Francis Ford Coppola,
1469
01:20:10,021 --> 01:20:13,175
the great Francis Ford Coppola
was 86 as well.
1470
01:20:14,109 --> 01:20:15,460
I'm 65.
1471
01:20:18,363 --> 01:20:21,131
The oldest person to ever get it,
I think, was Lillian Gish.
1472
01:20:21,132 --> 01:20:22,784
She was 92, right?
1473
01:20:23,602 --> 01:20:24,636
Yeah.
1474
01:20:25,270 --> 01:20:27,872
She was very gracious when she came out
and got the award.
1475
01:20:27,873 --> 01:20:28,772
She said thank you.
1476
01:20:28,773 --> 01:20:31,392
If y'all made me wait till I was 92,
1477
01:20:31,393 --> 01:20:34,412
I would have came out here
and said, "Fuck everybody!"
1478
01:20:41,019 --> 01:20:42,653
Fuck everybody!
1479
01:20:42,654 --> 01:20:44,990
Then I would have shit on the floor.
1480
01:20:48,643 --> 01:20:51,712
And they would start playing that music,
1481
01:20:51,713 --> 01:20:53,914
the music that when they want you to stop,
1482
01:20:53,915 --> 01:20:55,367
I would've just kept shitting.
1483
01:20:59,938 --> 01:21:05,010
But we staved off that happening
by giving me this award tonight.
1484
01:21:09,214 --> 01:21:10,298
Yeah.
1485
01:21:11,299 --> 01:21:15,270
Just looking out and seeing all my family
and all my kids and my beautiful wife
1486
01:21:16,922 --> 01:21:20,508
and seeing all my…
different people that I worked with.
1487
01:21:21,843 --> 01:21:24,930
It's just really filled up.
1488
01:21:25,630 --> 01:21:26,748
And, uh…
1489
01:21:28,767 --> 01:21:31,619
this is a special moment.
1490
01:21:31,620 --> 01:21:33,772
And I want to thank
1491
01:21:34,973 --> 01:21:38,510
AFI and Ted Sarandos…
1492
01:21:41,012 --> 01:21:44,932
Ted for putting this whole thing together.
1493
01:21:44,933 --> 01:21:46,134
It's just, uh…
1494
01:21:48,153 --> 01:21:51,572
I wish y'all could feel what I'm feeling
and see what I'm seeing.
1495
01:21:51,573 --> 01:21:55,125
It's just a really…
I've been moved by tonight.
1496
01:21:55,126 --> 01:21:57,128
[crowd cheering]
1497
01:22:00,715 --> 01:22:05,019
But yeah, I'd like to thank everybody
for giving me this night
1498
01:22:05,020 --> 01:22:07,905
that I will remember forever
and ever and ever.
1499
01:22:07,906 --> 01:22:10,075
I almost… I almost teared up.
1500
01:22:10,909 --> 01:22:13,577
Almost. I'm gonna get backstage and cry.
1501
01:22:13,578 --> 01:22:17,215
But this has been a wonderful.
Thank you so much. I love it. Thank you.
1502
01:22:19,100 --> 01:22:20,101
Thank you.
1503
01:22:22,971 --> 01:22:25,056
[energetic music playing]
1504
01:22:36,651 --> 01:22:38,653
[music continues]
1505
01:22:39,704 --> 01:22:41,873
[inaudible]
1506
01:22:58,907 --> 01:23:00,541
{\an8}Humor is like a spirit.
1507
01:23:00,542 --> 01:23:02,660
{\an8}It's a feeling that I'll get.
1508
01:23:02,661 --> 01:23:06,830
{\an8}And if I have that feeling, that little,
tiny little feeling way in the back,
1509
01:23:06,831 --> 01:23:10,167
{\an8}it's like a nanosecond
before the joke comes out.
1510
01:23:10,168 --> 01:23:12,136
{\an8}You say it in your head or you do it,
1511
01:23:12,137 --> 01:23:15,806
{\an8}and you get that little feeling
and it always worked.
1512
01:23:15,807 --> 01:23:18,425
{\an8}You tap into this spirit,
you conjure that spirit up,
1513
01:23:18,426 --> 01:23:20,894
{\an8}and funny shit starts happening.
1514
01:23:20,895 --> 01:23:22,897
[music continues]
1515
01:23:50,842 --> 01:23:52,210
[music fades]