Will Heath/NBCEddie Murphy made his name as a cast member on Saturday Night Live in the 1980s. On the show’s last episode of the decade this weekend, he finally returned after 35 years away.
“It’s great to be back here finally hosting Saturday Night Live,” Murphy declared during his monologue. “But if you’re black, this is the first episode since I left here back in 1984.”
The actor was joined on stage during his monologue by some of the biggest black comedians of the past three decades, including Tracy Morgan, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock and longtime current cast member Kenan Thompson.
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