THR: Eddie Murphy plans standup tour next year

ManaByte · Sep 5, 2019

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/n...e=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Direct

In an episode of the Netflix podcast Present Company, hosted by Krista Smith, Murphy reflected on his performance career and mentioned that he's planning to embark on a tour. "Next year, I'm going to tour, do some standup," he said, before joking that it will be "back to the couch" after that — a reference to his infrequent film projects throughout the years.

Asked whether he has any nerves about going back on tour, Murphy said, "No.... when I think about doing standup, this is the perfect analogy — when you go to the pool, and the water is cold, freezing, and you go, 'Ah, the water's f—ing cold' before you jump in, that's how I feel with standup. It's that feeling of, ooh, it's going to be freezing when you first jump in. That's not nervous or scared, that's just, I know the water is cold."

Strafer · Sep 5, 2019

Delirious 2: Even More Delirious

wenis · Sep 5, 2019

Dooooooooooooope.

tickets will probably be hard to get and expensive.

Chopin the Third · Sep 5, 2019

Hope it's good

platypotamus · Sep 5, 2019

Hope he doesn't fall into the old comedian trap of just complaining about what he can't joke about anymore

Sectorseven · Sep 5, 2019

Is he still funny?

Prolepro · Sep 5, 2019

platypotamus said:
Hope he doesn't fall into the old comedian trap of just complaining about what he can't joke about anymore

Im not holding my breath

uncelestial · Sep 5, 2019

I kinda want to blind buy tickets and go because it's Eddie Murphy but ...the string of bad movies he's done since, what, Boomerang? ...Suggests it would probably be pretty disappointing.

platypotamus said:
Hope he doesn't fall into the old comedian trap of just complaining about what he can't joke about anymore

He did take responsibility for his old homophobic routines and apologized years and years ago, at least. But yeah, this too.

VisionaryQuest0 · Sep 5, 2019

Prediction 1 year from now:

"This is bullshit! I can't believe he's saying the things he's saying! Go back to obscurity!"

HellforLeather · Sep 5, 2019

How long before ERA calls for his cancellation? Should we take bets?

Mr.Awesome · Sep 5, 2019

Oh man that's going to make for a tough reaction thread.

platypotamus · Sep 5, 2019

uncelestial said:
He did take responsibility for his old homophobic routines and apologized years and years ago, at least. But yeah, this too.

I was thinking about that and while my post did sound pessimistic I'm actually holding on to some hope that he isn't going to go down that path, but boy does it seem to be well tread by comedians of his era these days.

HStallion · Sep 5, 2019

HellforLeather said:
How long before ERA calls for his cancellation? Should we take bets?

I canceled him back when Norbit came out

uncelestial · Sep 5, 2019

platypotamus said:
I was thinking about that and while my post did sound pessimistic I'm actually holding on to some hope that he isn't going to go down that path, but boy does it seem to be well tread by comedians of his era these days.

It's hard to predict. Those specials are over 30 years old and it was very common to use gay as a pejorative and his apology came in the early 90s, suggesting he got a clue fairly quickly. But after Chappelle's last special... :/

Gaf Zombie · Sep 5, 2019

I'm oddly excited for this.

Hopefully he can still bring the funny for an hour.

Jag · Sep 5, 2019

Check out his Comedians in Cars getting Coffee with Seinfeld on Netflix. It's really good.

uncelestial · Sep 5, 2019

HStallion said:
I canceled him back when Norbit came out

I mean if Norbit didn't do it, Pluto Nash should've

ManaByte · Sep 5, 2019

Jag said:
Check out his Comedians in Cars getting Coffee with Seinfeld on Netflix. It's really good.

His Michael Jackson impersonation had me dying.

cognizant · Sep 5, 2019

Murphy's bit about Michael Jackson is the funniest shit ever. I wonder if he's still got the magic.

"I will moon walk up and down your ass..."

EDIT: lol, beaten!

ManaByte said:
His Michael Jackson impersonation had me dying.

Instro · Sep 5, 2019

Makes sense given the upcoming Netflix specials.

Madison · Sep 5, 2019

i cant read the words "stand up tour" nowadays without instantly thinking that the person is going to do an attack helicopter joke

smurfx · Sep 5, 2019

comedians who go the tv or movie route always lose their edge. happened to martin lawrence, chris rock and i think the same will be said of eddie murphy. i'll tune in because i'm curious but i'm not expecting anything good.

Astandahl · Sep 5, 2019

Imagine if he starts the show like he did in Delirious.

Icemonk191 · Sep 5, 2019

HellforLeather said:
How long before ERA calls for his cancellation? Should we take bets?

How long before some people try to handwave away transphobia and sexual assault? Should we take bets?

Carolina Reaper · Sep 5, 2019

Netflix killing it with the comedy. Cant wait.

Surfinn · Sep 5, 2019

Icemonk191 said:
How long before some people try to handwave away transphobia and sexual assault? Should we take bets?

It's almost guaranteed to be the first post

astroturfing · Sep 5, 2019

Icemonk191 said:
How long before some people try to handwave away transphobia and sexual assault? Should we take bets?

what..? what exactly did Eddie Murphy do? do i dare Google it..? ugh.... WHY can't i enjoy any fucking comedian these days, everyone seems to be problematic, even Seinfeld seems to go too far now (dude making "in China they all look the same" type of joke on his new show, etc).

Shpeshal Nick · Sep 5, 2019

This is going to be amazing.

Given that the best moments from Raw and Delirious had nothing to do with his gay jokes, I'm sure he'll do fine in 2019.

Even if they found a way to edit out the homophobic stuff in both those shows, they'd still be fucking legendary.

Icemonk191 · Sep 5, 2019

astroturfing said:
what..? what exactly did Eddie Murphy do? do i dare Google it..? ugh.... WHY can't i enjoy any fucking comedian these days, everyone seems to be problematic, even Seinfeld seems to go too far now (dude making "in China they all look the same" type of joke on his new show, etc).

He didn't do anything (that I know of). It's that a lot of comedians (Like Louis CK and Dave Chappelle) have been saying and doing a lot of shitty things lately and people have, rightly, been calling them out for it.

However there are some people (like the dude I responded to) who think holding people responsible for the terrible actions is a bad thing.

Razgriz-Specter · Sep 5, 2019

Jag said:
Check out his Comedians in Cars getting Coffee with Seinfeld on Netflix. It's really good.

Yup, and he was basically saying he would only come back when he was ready to.
Probably my favorite episode of that show I have seen.

DOT_mjo · Sep 5, 2019

If y'all thought that Chappelle show was rough, I advise you to head for the nuclear bunker.

HellforLeather · Sep 5, 2019

Icemonk191 said:
How long before some people try to handwave away transphobia and sexual assault? Should we take bets?

Uhhh I dont think Eddie is afraid of transsexuals.

Icemonk191 said:
He didn't do anything (that I know of). It's that a lot of comedians (Like Louis CK and Dave Chappelle) have been saying and doing a lot of shitty things lately and people have, rightly, been calling them out for it.

However there are some people (like the dude I responded to) who think holding people responsible for the terrible actions is a bad thing.

What terrible actions has Chappelle performed?

Fevaweva · Sep 5, 2019

Sounds cool. Here is hoping he doesn't come out with some wack "cancel and/or PC culture is ruining comedy/society" and "Trans people are hilarious" jokes.

Barrel Cannon · Sep 5, 2019

After his Comedians getting coffee episode I figured he wasn't going to probably come back.

sir_crocodile · Sep 5, 2019

platypotamus said:
Hope he doesn't fall into the old comedian trap of just complaining about what he can't joke about anymore

I saw his bill cosby bit a few years ago at the mark twain awards, and his two things with seinfeld this year, Eddie seems super sharp. I get the feel he knows what he can and can't do.

Allforce · Sep 5, 2019

Dude saw how much those Netflix specials are raking in for guys like Chappelle and Chris Rock.

Do a 8-10 city arena tour to tune things up at 80 bucks a ticket x 18-20K, take the best one and slap it on Netflix and collect your 20 million.

Murphy is one of the few who can definitely command that kind of money.

Icemonk191 · Sep 5, 2019

HellforLeather said:
What terrible actions has Chappelle performed?

MetatronM · Sep 5, 2019

Icemonk191 said:
He didn't do anything (that I know of). It's that a lot of comedians (Like Louis CK and Dave Chappelle) have been saying and doing a lot of shitty things lately and people have, rightly, been calling them out for it.

However there are some people (like the dude I responded to) who think holding people responsible for the terrible actions is a bad thing.

I don't see how Louis CK and David Chappelle are remotely comparable situations to one another. One of the two is an admitted sexual predator, and the other has some unpopular opinions.

JDSN · Sep 5, 2019

platypotamus said:
Hope he doesn't fall into the old comedian trap of just complaining about what he can't joke about anymore

He honestly pretty much ignored the usual whinny criesbof censorship that Seinfeld drops in every episode of Comedians in Cars.

JDSN · Sep 5, 2019

Icemonk191 said:
How long before some people try to handwave away transphobia

Yeahhh I don't think Eddie is gonna touch that one.

Icemonk191 · Sep 5, 2019

MetatronM said:
unpopular opinions.

Blatant Transphobia is not just an "unpopular opinion".

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