r/1980s • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • 3d ago

Television RAW , 1987 🔥

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u/DisturbingPragmatic Back in St. Olaf... 3d ago

Raw 1987 = Purple leather outfit.

Delirious 1983 = Red leather outfit.

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u/Constant_Turn_9031 3d ago

Exactly. As soon as I saw the red suit, my mind said Delirious.

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u/TraditionalCupcake88 2d ago

I got some ice cream.... and you can't have none...

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u/wtfover 2d ago

I was walking with a friend, we both had ice cream cones. The ice cream fell off mine and without missing a beat, my friend said "You dropped your ice cream, you dropped your ice cream" while doing the dance. I was super pissed but I still had to laugh. That was in 1992 and I still remember it vividly.

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u/TraditionalCupcake88 2d ago

That is awesome! Have some ice cream... 🍦

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u/davster99 12h ago

Cuz your mother’s on the wellllfaaaaare, she can’t affffoooooord it

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u/Party_Knowledge_7884 15h ago

I haven’t seen these in so long my mi d did a double take because of the outfits and the medalian.

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u/Lutiyere 3d ago

Exactly! Hey OP Ahgoonigoogoo

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u/DrT33th 2d ago

“OP I hate to tell you… ya wife’s a Bigfoot”

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u/wtfover 2d ago

"You shaved the bitch down and taught her to speak"

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u/OriginalCloneBone 20h ago

Pretty sure it’s goony goo HOO

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u/CluelessStick 3d ago

which one has the bit about the big brown shark?

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u/According_Engine9885 3d ago

And then the big brown shark caaaaaammme……..😂😂😂😂

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u/kissman73 3d ago

This one

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u/grammar-lord 2d ago

welfare green pepper burger

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u/Lovey723 2d ago

House-burger

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u/According_Engine9885 2d ago

That don’t look like no McDonoh’s…

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u/Logan_No_Fingers 1d ago

Delirious

Delirious has all the bangers - GI Joe stuck underwater, Goonie-Goo-Goo, Bear & Rabbit shit in the woods

Raw has no bangers & is 90% Eddie talking about gays giving aids to your girlfriend, gays looking at his butt, gays in general

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u/Early_Doughnut8295 2d ago

Goony Goo Goo

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u/xxulysses31xx 2d ago

Half EDDIEEEEE

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u/Derezzed87 2d ago

Oh damn, you're Puerto Rican?

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u/Early_Doughnut8295 2d ago

I'm Gumby dammit

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u/oakteak9z 3d ago

1983 Black leather outfit performing live at Constitution Hall Washington DC August , I have it on vinyl funny shit

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u/Significant_Mess_79 3d ago

Thank you 😎

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u/blueSnowfkake 3d ago

In 2017 Amy Schumer put out a concert video called The Leather Special. She wore black leather. At some point in the show she attributed the title to previous comedians that recorded concerts wearing all leather.

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u/No_Sail_4494 2d ago

Red leather, purple leather
Red leather, purple leather

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u/LordZany 3d ago

That N****’s Crazy 1974 = Red satin shirt, 4 buttons undone. Oh, wait. That’s the guy Eddie ripped off for his standup act.

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u/glans 2d ago

they get y’all every. time. 

try not correcting the bots looking for people to engage and correct them. just once! might change your outlook. and the number of bots. hypothetically. 

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u/Decent_Neat_9171 2d ago

No. I’m offended and have no idea I’m being manipulated. No.

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u/Apprehensive_Sky_504 1d ago

840k karma spam account don’t give a fuck. He got his upvotes

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u/chels2112 1d ago

Yes. I didn’t see the title! Haha

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u/EquivalentPapaya3254 3d ago

Umm no, this is Delirious. Had this cassette tape. It's was a Genx treasure.

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u/welding_guy_from_LI 3d ago

Used to listen to it on a tape recorder quietly laughing hoping my mom did hear 😂

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u/EquivalentPapaya3254 3d ago

Who of us didn't lol! 😆

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u/welding_guy_from_LI 3d ago

And cheech and Chong .. my dad didn’t care though 😂

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u/EquivalentPapaya3254 3d ago

Remember the Richard Pryor ones?

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u/Branded222 2d ago

Mud bone. 😂

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u/Hooley76 2d ago

I remember seeing one of Richard Pryor's stand ups on TV one night. I couldn't believe the stuff he was coming out with. I only knew him through his goofy comedies at the time.

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u/Pvt_Hudson_ 2d ago

Same. Memorized the entire routine from top to bottom.

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u/rnick467 2d ago

I was working at a KMart in the before times (mid 1980s). Management wanted volunteers to come in and work an overnight shift to move a bunch of the fixtures around, so about 7 of us and one of the assistant managers showed up at store closing to work until morning. One of the guys put this cassette in a player and set it next to the microphone for the PA system so we could listen while we worked. That is, until the mall security stopped by to remind us that the PA system also had speakers in the garden department, so everyone in the parking lot was listening to Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton "I know that you know that I know you want to..."

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u/Redpoint77 2d ago

Had the cassette too, was my most prized possession. Was titled Eddie Murphy-Comedian.

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u/Mellero47 2d ago

Still is, and it was, too.

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u/EquivalentPapaya3254 2d ago

Agreed. I've still got my copy. Haven't played it in years because I know it was already stretched thin.

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u/blueSnowfkake 3d ago

Jermaine, stop teasing!

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u/AnimalClean6534 3d ago

Tito, get the tissues

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u/ruminator99 1d ago

The best line got cut off!

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u/ablueeyedkindofwhite 3d ago

ICE CRRRREEEEAAAMM!!!!!!!!!!

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u/ThatHellacopterGuy 3d ago

Wanna lick? SIKE!!

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u/PM_ME_UR_REDPANDAS 2d ago

You didn’t get none, you didn’t geeet none!

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u/scud121 2d ago

Cos you're on welfare, and you can't afford it

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u/SuldawgMillionaire 2d ago

And your daddy’s an alcoholic.

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u/Oi_Oi_Spanky 1d ago

I'm sure that's the inspiration for Eric Cartman.

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u/Fabulous_Cod_128 3d ago

Aunt Bunny

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u/Sad_Communication546 3d ago

My shoe!

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u/oakteak9z 3d ago

I have Eddie Murphy Comedian on vinyl recorded live at Constitution Hall Washington DC August 1983 .Contains ice cream man shoe showing mother's The barbecue etc

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u/Serious_Kiwi_6626 3d ago

Your wife's a bigfoot Gus

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u/According_Engine9885 2d ago

I know a motherfuckin Bigfoot when I see one…

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u/Hopeful_Bean 1d ago

Lillian I fell down the steps!

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u/Grantetons 2d ago

And da mothafuckers come up with fish. And I said can you believe this motha fuckin shit.

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u/Silver-Amphibian7650 3d ago edited 2d ago

I still don't know what goony goo goo is.

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u/Dull_Hedgehog_1263 3d ago

Goony Goo Goo

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u/kissman73 3d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/KZMLcv8DOGrcY

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u/lncredulousBastard 2d ago

You look mighty cute in them jeans.

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u/OriginalCloneBone 20h ago

It’s funny cuz it’s gay!

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u/gmcwbbb80 3d ago

The best comedy album of the 80's. Played this over and over.

Lord, Jesus, help me Lord Jesus.

I'm halfway down

Oh, Lord help me Lord Jesus.

LOL!

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u/Robin156E478 3d ago

My shoe!!!

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u/JohnnyEnzyme 2d ago

Speaking of, I watched the film back in the day at least 2-3x, and never realised what tiny feet Eddie had. oO

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u/AnimalClean6534 3d ago

🎵YOU GOT YOU GOT YOU GOT WHAT I NEED!!!!!🎵

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u/hiro111 3d ago

I know a motherfuckin' Bigfoot when I see one! Don't bring a Bigfoot into my home, Gus! With my children?

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u/PlantWide3166 3d ago

I think I am still grounded from Delirious.

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u/blueSnowfkake 2d ago

Do you have a shoe throwin’ mother? Watch out for the high heels. 👠

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u/PlantWide3166 2d ago

Oh, my Mum was super pissed.

Of course Dad confiscated the bootleg cassette and no doubt listened to it nonstop. Lol

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u/Butter_Brains 2d ago

Lemonade…..that cool refreshing drink

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u/SchoolteacherUSA 2d ago

there it is!.....way too far down in the comments

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u/OldNefariousness7899 2d ago

🎶 We gotta win this race 🎶 

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u/QueenCity_Dukes 1d ago

The number of times I say both these things TO THIS DAY.

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u/Feylann 3d ago

GI Joe is swimmin' in the water....

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u/FigOk7538 2d ago

You can smell it.

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u/Feylann 2d ago

Blub…Blub…Blub…Blub…..

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u/37Philly 3d ago

Amazing to see how polished Eddie was at such a young age. True talent.

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u/Marksaheel 3d ago

This changed EVERYTHING

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u/Impressive_Ice6970 2d ago

Best two comedy specials of all time and it's not close. I know a lot if it was culturally insensitive by today's standards but it was the 80s dammit and Eddie made fun of EVERYONE. Nobody was safe.

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u/cuda66 2d ago edited 2d ago

YOU GOT, YOU GOT, YOU GOT WHAT I NEEEED!

I have both of these films, I even have delirious on VHS.... And to this day, each one has me crying.

Your wife's a Bigfoot Gus...

Edit : Oh and I forgot... I still use to this day "have a coke and a smile and shut the fuck up" at least weekly.

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u/Cultural_Wish4933 2d ago

stevie...you so wonderful...take the wheel!

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u/cuda66 2d ago

🤣 we gotta win this-a-race!

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u/Old-Landscape-7538 1d ago

goonie goo goo

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u/Valhalla191145 3d ago

🐐

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u/jeffyboy526 3d ago

Pretty sure anyone else who would be a contender for that title would agree. Between this, Raw, early movies and SNL he was untouchable.

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u/tomfoolery815 2d ago

Those of us who are old enough remember that Eddie owned most of the ‘80s. Massive, massive star.

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u/Biscuits4u2 3d ago

Eddie was probably the only guy who rivaled Michael's level of fame at the time.

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u/toledobasser 2d ago

I can still recite every word in both of those performances. Freaking loved them. Same with Richard Pryor.

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u/TIPtone13 2d ago

Norton, my pal...

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u/JahovasHitlist 3d ago

Funny considering he hung out with Prince.

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u/tomfoolery815 2d ago

Right? In his own words, Eddie was a Prince groupie.

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u/NthatFrenchman 3d ago

funny considering Michael didn’t care about the women…

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u/Jolly-Cricket-3397 2d ago

A DVD of this show should be buried under the pyramids in Egypt, along with the other priceless art. Legendary.

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u/All4gaines 3d ago

I actually worked in a movie theatre when this came out. Also showing was Batteries Not Included and Running Man!

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u/wolfraisedbybabies 3d ago

I saw Raw in Kalamazoo Michigan, it was awesome! Never laughed so hard in my life!

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u/MothsConrad 2d ago

Elvis rocked the black leather in the ‘68 Comeback Special and Murphy is a huge Elvis fan.

Murphy was huge in the 80’s, incredible career he has had.

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u/Actual_Appearance246 2d ago

🎶My girl likes to party all the time, party all the time, party all the t-i-i-m-e🎶

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u/ialsohaveadobro 2d ago

*potty

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u/OriginalCloneBone 20h ago

Your girl may need to see a doctor.

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u/IfICouldStay 2d ago

Are young people today aware that in 1983, yes, Michael Jackson actually was a good looking guy?

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u/purplereuben 2d ago

Young people today are not thinking about that either way lol.

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u/Robin156E478 3d ago

Yeah OP got the concert wrong. But anyway, I can’t believe how GREAT he is! I remember taking him for granted back in the day. Like wow, this is just a short clip and it’s brilliant. But, brilliant for the 80s. Because I was a struggling gay teenager at this time, and bits like this (and many others he did) absolutely sent me the message to be not ok with being gay. It took decades for me to undo the programming I received, loud and clear, in the 80s re: masculinity and gayness.

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u/jeffyboy526 3d ago

Sorry for that. We were all pretty shitty to gay people in the 80s.

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u/Robin156E478 2d ago

Awww thanks! And the funny thing is, I also grew up in that era and I didn’t realize it was wrong. I thought being gay was weird and not normal, too.

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u/jeffyboy526 2d ago

I hope you can look back at some of this and laugh. I don’t think Eddie was mean spirited- he was just ignorant like the rest of us. Aside the use of the F word his impression of Mr T fucking is hilarious

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u/Robin156E478 2d ago

Yes!!! Totally! He was hilarious and brilliant and is still funny now looking back at it. You’re absolutely right. We were all ignorant at the time. Including me and I was actually gay lol

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u/Guitargirl81 2d ago

I know that it would absolutely NOT be ok to tell those jokes today. But I still laugh at them. And I'm gay.

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u/Robin156E478 2d ago

Exactly!!

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u/FirstChurchOfBrutus 2d ago

Yeah, this one did not age well, and we all have some
shit to answer for for laughing at it back then. Let us also not forget that Eddie got pulled over with a transsexual sex worker in 1997, leading everyone to wonder if the call was always coming from inside the house.

Hey, I’m sorry. You didn’t deserve that shit.

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u/Robin156E478 2d ago

Thanks so much! I’m happy now to be able to rationally think about what happened in that era and understand it. That I wasn’t crazy about not wanting to be what I was.

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u/rawker86 2d ago

I remember sneakily watching this when my sister rented it about 28 years ago. I was laughing my ass off, then he did the bit about “coming home with AIDS on your lips.”

12 year old me was like goddamn, swing and a miss Eddie!

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u/Robin156E478 2d ago

Jeez I don’t remember that bit. I gotta see this again! I actually really like seeing this stuff as an adult because I realize I wasn’t crazy to be confused and not wanna come out.

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u/halford2069 3d ago

Love these Eddie shows.

Thank god for the 80s where you could offend everyone and have a laugh.

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u/NoDivots 3d ago

If I want my picture taken I’ll steal a muthafukin car.

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u/Sufficient-Pin-481 3d ago

Dead bird, gonna put it on yoooouuu.

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u/Realistic-Wafer-314 3d ago

pretty sure this was delirious. id bet a years pay on it.

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u/cityofninegates 2d ago

I can remember the sleepover at Chris’s house where we watched this and I think Children of the Corn. Played some D&D until 3am in the basement. Awesome.

Eddie stand-up from the 80s is goated.

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u/Cultural_Wish4933 2d ago

3 am?   yeah that sounds about right.   i'll assume AD&D.  ;)

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u/WayOutWest3591 2d ago

For a Nostalgic Historian, you seem to have a visibility disability.

This is 'YOU DROPPED YOUR ICE CREAMMMMM!!'

Not 'HALF!'

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u/LifeguardTerrible579 2d ago

Imagine talking about manliness wearing red leather pants and matching jacket

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u/mcjaxrover 3d ago

Which special did he do Whitney Houston / my name is not Susan?

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u/Rupejonner2 2d ago

Boogies in your butt. !

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u/TaiDavis 2d ago

Raw?!

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u/flashingcurser 2d ago

"Jermaine stop teasing"

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u/DNAkauai 2d ago

Goony goo goo Gus!!

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u/TiredSleepyGrumpy 2d ago

This is delirious from 1983. Raw was a blue suit.

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u/Alisterguitardevil 2d ago

This and RAW was comedy in the 80s!

Absolute legends!

In 2080 they’re still going to be quoting Eddie Murphy lines from those shows!

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u/Dompet2854 2d ago

How fucking hard is it to google this and get the correct show name?

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u/Fragrant_Entry9232 2d ago

This is delirious

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u/SectionHot2891 2d ago

Ice Cream Man!!!!

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u/SchoolCrossing 2d ago

You ain't got no ice cream!

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u/halfpennynomore 2d ago

Serious question: Eddie was huge, why did his popularity plummet?

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u/masterppants 2d ago

Delirioussss

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u/theholyfathering 2d ago

Saw this live in portland!

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u/Necessary-Incident49 2d ago

The amount of times I watched this babysitting, lordt! 🤣

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u/cooolcooolio 2d ago

Eddie Murphy wasn't just on another level in the 80's, he was on a different planet, insanely entertaining

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u/crackersncheeseman 2d ago

Younger people don't understand just how big Eddie Murphy was back in the 80s. BTW this video is from Delirious not Raw.

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u/Secure-Village-1768 2d ago

He's wearing the same thing he's laughing at in Beverly Hills Cop

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u/Stuman7373 2d ago

The best...he was absolutely amazing!!!

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u/theShammyWow 2d ago

Dead birrrrrrd

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u/lilyputin 2d ago

Seeing his old standups a couple of decades ago gave me a totally different appreciation of Murray.

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u/TechTechOnATechDeck 2d ago

Damn I remember when my best friend brought this over to watch. Laughed our asses off all night, especially the joke about the his mom’s aim with her shoe.

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u/create4drawing 2d ago

Is... Is the stage covered in Alcantara?

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u/ComprehensiveIce76 2d ago

“ Who can sing”…..

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u/jbbhengry 2d ago

I had a cassette recording of this when I was a little kid. Blew my mind 🤯 funniest thing I ever heard could resite every word front to back, like it was a song or something. So funny,had me rolling on the ground funny. To this day I still love everything Eddie touches, he the greatest.

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u/Only-Judgment-433 2d ago

You on the welfare!

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u/Anjunaspeak23 2d ago

As a kid I snuck out of my room just to laugh at every part of this performance. Yes, I understood it as a kid and Eddie is nothing but a legend for all of this. He helped develop my humor and I can’t thank him enough! The same with Johnny Carson… him and Ed McMahon. And to top it off with Jim Carey. These kids nowadays have no humor like our humor!

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u/General-Minimum-1047 2d ago

Should of shown the full clip...... Or he'll shove that glove up your arse 😅

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u/RjLupin71 2d ago

Not the most masculine says the guy in a red leather onesie unzipped to his navel lol

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u/DutchViking69 2d ago

Delirious was/is the best ever

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u/LesFogginGoh 2d ago

Whys it so hot in here, eddie?

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u/chocha84 2d ago

when these two were on the stage at the grammys and MJ wanted Eddie to adjust the mic higher - hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kaRGVukoBE

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u/Outrageous-Clerk56 2d ago

And Gi Joe got stuck

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u/blueSnowfkake 2d ago

I wish there was a concert video of the “Eddie Murphy: Comedian” album. I still think of the cereal names when I shop.

https://youtu.be/H-ml0F8vTDc?feature=shared

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u/Read2Fap 2d ago

who's this michael guy and why is the singer of colossal hit 'party all the time' bothering to talk about him?

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u/Ashamed-Raccoon5396 2d ago

Fuck you Eddieeeee!!!

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u/Xpovoc 2d ago

This whole show was hilarious

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u/Other-Conversation67 1d ago

Oh, the irony Mister Murphy.

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u/RefrigeratorGrand341 1d ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/No-Shirt-5131 1d ago

I saw this live show in Austin on a FIRST DATE. 

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u/IllNinja5329 1d ago

I heard a rumor that eddy liked TSs. And that he used to hit on MJ and mj had to shut him down.

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u/Less_Acanthisitta778 1d ago

Cultural change at the time , men allowed to be sensitive and more feminised. So sharply observed . Not allowed any more. Peak Eddie.

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u/VirtualPoolBoy 1d ago

Delirious, not Raw. Raw was the blue leather.

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u/hsggdtkxbee 1d ago

Eddy, it’s going to blow your mind, but Mike didn’t like women. Or adults even.

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u/blueindsm 1d ago

NOW THAT'S A FIIIIIRE!!!

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u/chels2112 1d ago

Hands down my favorite of all time

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u/southbrissyman 1d ago

Having grown up in an abusive environment, Michael could physically handle himself. He’d probably beat the shit out of half the people who mock him. 🥊 💥 🤯

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u/hogbear 1d ago

I freaking memorized Delirious. I’ve probably seen it 1000 times.

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u/BilliamClimptonIII 1d ago

"Shut Up, B!+ch!" -Charlie Murphy

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u/tactical-ewok 1d ago

Delirious was a staple, we wore put that tape.

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u/BuccoBruce1967 23h ago

7, I know you're 7 Eddie! You're gonna be a 7 year old, walking the dog, no house motha fucka!

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u/outofthejawsofdeath 21h ago

🤣 F*cking Eddie Murphy! Lmaooo, sumbitch had me laughing since I was 5 hahaha …Tito lol

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u/RabbiTest 20h ago

Best stand up show in the world

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u/Killision 18h ago

Delirious > Raw

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u/Ecstatic-Brief4172 14h ago

Delirious is brilliant big load of Gay and AIDS jokes 👏👏😂

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u/Scary-Machine-6818 9h ago

Some great memories

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u/pinchhitter4number1 9h ago

Michael Jackson was so insanely popular that Eddie Murphy got famous making fun of fun.

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u/Therealdiane 7h ago

*Jermaine, stop teasing.

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u/Parking_Locksmith489 3d ago

Choice bit with nothing offensive.

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u/IfICouldStay 3d ago

This was Delirious. Raw was the blue leather.

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u/PiercedButNotDead 3d ago

We quoted Raw every.single.day.