Frank Drackman
V.I.P. Member
I'd love to see Murphy make a come back. He is an extraordinaryly talented individual. One of the best. Starting with Lenny Bruce, George Carlin and Richard Pryor, through Steve Martin and ending with Eddie Murphy. There was a 2 decade period of unprecedented stand up comedy. Those guys in their hay day were ground breaking.
PS: I saw Steve Martin do Stand Up as the opening act for Led Zeppelin in Feb. 1977 in Cleveland. You kids literally have no idea how epic that is. Sad.
I at least saw Sam do standup (and he is missing from your list). I also saw a George a few times...had friends who saw a Robin Williams at a Gator Growl (just to be banned after snapping a 'selfie' of the one eyed monster.
But yes, Murphy got me on opening night of SNL with that James Brown hot tub thing....