Comedian Eddie Murphy will make his much-anticipated return to nbcsnl this weekend after 35 years.
"Usually we'll do characters that were popular," Murphy said."We've been talking about different things, talking about a Gumby thing, talking about a Buckwheat thing and talking about a Bill Cosby thing."
"I don't know if he would think it was funny, but it'd be very funny," Murphy added about doing a sketchy on Cosby, whoIt's been 35 years since Murphy appeared on"SNL" and in that time, he's continued to build an illustrious comedy and film career. He was recently nominated for a best actor Golden Globe for his role in"Dolemite Is My Name," a film he both starred in and produced.
“What really irritated me about it at the time was that it was a career shot. It was like, ‘Hey, come on, man, it’s one thing for you guys to do a joke about some movie of mine, but my career?'" Murphy said of the joke in a 2011Murphy, who is also known for his music background and has released five studio albums, will appear alongside musical guest Lizzo on Saturday, but says he has no plans to actually sing alongside her.
"They did a little remodeling in the offices, but it was still the same spirit up here," Murphy told"TODAY.""This is like the Harvard for comic actors, and I knew I was doing something at a special place."
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