![]() I wonder if I can come up with jokes.’ It’s more, ‘What would it be like without the leather suit and the anger?’ ” “Every now and then when I think about it, I think, ‘What would I even talk about onstage?’ It’s never been, ‘I wonder if I’m funny. ![]() Doolittle, so profane that his 1987 concert film, “Raw,” held the record for most uses of the “F” word in a feature: 223. He last told jokes to a live audience in 1987.īack then, he was a kid, wary of women, suited in purple leather, the anti-Dr. Eddie Murphy, the Elvis, Michael Jackson and Beatles of standup, is considering a return to the stage. The potential director? Spike Lee.įinally, there’s the most tantalizing possibility. He’s also excited about a fourth project, aimed for HBO, in which he would play controversial former D.C. He has written scripts for three other films. One movie is in the can, a promising, small-budget drama by “Driving Miss Daisy” director Bruce Beresford. As he readies to receive the Mark Twain Award for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday night, the comedian and actor, the man who, at 23, was paid $1 million for a week’s work, who saved “Saturday Night Live” and who is box-office-wise the most successful African American actor ever, is once again talking new projects. ![]() For the past five years, Murphy has been virtually invisible, tired of making movies and out of circulation. “National Lampoon used to do albums like that.”Ī possible new album? That’s just the start. Pepper’s,’ where the album is playing stuff, a little vignette here, here’s music, but remember, I’m Eddie, so here’s a crazy song, little sketches, everything,” he says. ![]()
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