TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[cardsfansince82]

Eddie Murphy was supposed to do Cosby on Celebrity Jeopardy but backed out at the last minute.

http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/norm-m ... 1686686768

[haltz]

Felt bad for Dan Aykroyd when the Bass-O-Matic stalled. But I guess that kind of crap happened in 1975 too.

I thought that was on purpose.

[Famous Mortimer]

Seeing Murphy actually do something funny would have been a treat, having watched a few of his recent movies

I know it's a big deal to see Eddie Murphy in 8H, but he's not had a hit movie in how long? And the reason he gave - that exceptionally mild David Spade joke - is the most thin-skinned behaviour from a comedian I've ever seen.

Talking of "Celebrity Jeopardy", I was sort of praying for the real Burt Reynolds to take over for Norm, like he wanted to do during the sketch's initial run.

PS- it was fun to see Colin Quinn mess up another line.

[heyzeus]

Re: The Americans.

Who wants to listen to some [expletive]' Yaz today?

[Jocephus]

Eddie Murphy was supposed to do Cosby on Celebrity Jeopardy but backed out at the last minute.

http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/norm-m ... 1686686768

interesting stuff but damn, just write it out in an article or something

[go birds]

Eddie Murphy was supposed to do Cosby on Celebrity Jeopardy but backed out at the last minute.

http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/norm-m ... 1686686768

interesting stuff but damn, just write it out in an article or something

If you don't follow Norm on twitter, he's prone to story telling.

He's actually one of the more interesting follows, both for story telling and betting

[pioneer98]

Seeing Murphy actually do something funny would have been a treat, having watched a few of his recent movies

I know it's a big deal to see Eddie Murphy in 8H, but he's not had a hit movie in how long? And the reason he gave - that exceptionally mild David Spade joke - is the most thin-skinned behaviour from a comedian I've ever seen.

Talking of "Celebrity Jeopardy", I was sort of praying for the real Burt Reynolds to take over for Norm, like he wanted to do during the sketch's initial run.

PS- it was fun to see Colin Quinn mess up another line.

Yeah, I suspect there is some deeper issue with Eddie Murphy and Lorne Michaels that we don't know about. Lorne left the show for dead in 1980 (he took the whole cast with him when he left). Murphy was so little regarded at first he was only given a bit part his first season. Then, he was given a real chance the next year and put the show on his back and revived it entirely. Then, he left and Lorne took it over again. Seems like behind the scenes there is tension between the two. The Spade thing was just a spark that blew it up.

[go birds]

can someone refresh my memory on the whole david spade joke thing? I think i completely missed that

[33anda3rd]

He said Murphy's career was going down in one of those Hollywood MInute bits he used to do on Update.

[go birds]

He said Murphy's career was going down in one of those Hollywood MInute bits he used to do on Update.

ahhh

found this in the comments of the deadspin post with Norm's story