Eddie Murphy Acceptance Speech | 2015 Mark Twain Prize
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Published 2019-10-01
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The inaugural Mark Twain Prize was presented to Richard Pryor during the first annual Kennedy Center Celebration of American Humor, October 20, 1998. The event was created by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Bob Kaminsky, Peter Kaminsky, Mark Krantz, and John Schreiber and is televised annually. The Kennedy Center is grateful to Cappy McGarr for his steadfast support of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor since its inception. Previous recipients of the Mark Twain include Richard Pryor (1998), Jonathan Winters (1999), Carl Reiner (2000), Whoopi Goldberg (2001), Bob Newhart (2002), Lily Tomlin (2003), Lorne Michaels (2004), Steve Martin (2005), Neil Simon (2006), Billy Crystal (2007), George Carlin (2008), Bill Cosby (2009, rescinded in 2018) Tina Fey (2010), Will Ferrell (2011), Ellen DeGeneres (2012), Carol Burnett (2013) Jay Leno (2014), Eddie Murphy (2015), Bill Murray (2016), David Letterman (2017), and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2018).
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All Comments (21)
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This is the closest we've gotten to a set from Eddie since '87.
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👏👏👏👏👏👏👏. While I was watching this, my 8 year old daughter heard his voice and asked: Dad is that Donkey? YES
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Cosby hated him for one reason and one reason only. He was a threat. This man single handedly saved SNL from extinction and then performed on the Tonight Show.....all by the age of 19. Bill's ego just couldn't handle it.
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Eddie said it was this moment he decided to come back to stand up. Cant wait until he gets back on stage.
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"I don't want to go too far on Bill." This is the perfect line to end that segment because what made it so funny was the fact that he already went too far on Bill lmao
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This man broke major ground for African Americans becoming mega stars because he was so God damn talented he couldn't be held back. He can do it all and paved the way for many others to reach that level of success.
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...and some people worry his return to stand up won't be as good. He's still got it.
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Gotta love that they muted “fuxk” and “shit” but not the N-word... Gotta love it.
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"I Dont want to go to far on Bill" Eddie is a GOD!!!! I loved growing up with him
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3:59 Eddie's a bit teary. He might have been thinking, "Oh shit. I still got it."
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For someone who, at that point, hadn't been on stage for eighteen to come out and have five minutes that killed like that, he's still got it! And especially after his Comedians in Cars and SNL appearances, it's plain to see he's still a master of his craft. Would love to see him do a third comedy special.
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"I don't want to go too far on Bill."
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Didnt censor the N word? Very Mark Twain 😂😂
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To be this calm and still exudes such charisma! We need this man back on stage!
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I grew up on Delirious and Raw, and it's so great to see Eddie standing in front of an audience and telling jokes again. Coolest and funniest dude ever.
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Imagine giving Ellen this award BEFORE Eddie Murphy.....
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His impression of Cosby has always killed me 😂
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2:15 "Sur-Prize of course being.. you ain't gettin no money." hahaha
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here he showcases how his stand up is so pristine, a mastery of kindness/generosity, story-telling and laughing
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His facial expressions and delivery of his jokes is what makes them that much better and just like he was back in Delirious and RAW. Fingers crossed his return to stand up, there is no one other like Eddie Murphy.
