Not many people get to be a part of history in a recognizable way, but that cannot be said for the dozens of funny folks who’ve graced the halls of Studio 8H and contributed to the massive success of Saturday Night Live. As we all know, Eddie Murphy is one of the stars who made a huge impact on SNL (and in less than five seasons), and gave us some of the long-running sketch show’s funniest lines during his four seasons there. He recently reflected on being a part of TV history and how the big SNL50 celebration was “a trip,” even for him.
What Did Eddie Murphy Say About Being A Part Of The SNL50 Celebration?
Along with the landmark 50th season of Saturday Night Live wrapping up not long ago on the 2025 TV schedule, the earlier part of this year saw a number of specials hit NBC (which you can catch with your Peacock subscription) which included appearances from many former cast members, beloved hosts of seasons past, and musical acts for a giant homecoming concert.
Hilarious Beverly Hills Cop franchise mega-star Eddie Murphy can pretty reasonably be said to owe a large amount of his success in the past 40+ years to Saturday Night Live, so he was, of course, invited to take part in the SNL50 celebrations. When he made a recent appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show (which reunited him with the EGOT winner a whopping 18 years after their work in Dreamgirls), she asked what it was like to go back and see everyone. After funnily remarking that it was “a trip, ‘cause everybody was real old,” he elaborated, and said:
I got on that show when I was 19 years old. So I went back and I saw all these people 40 years later. It was just a trip. And it was a, how can I put it — I felt like I was part of something. That show was on for 50 years, you know, so it's this American institution. So when you're in the room, and you see all the different people that were part of the show, I had this really great feeling, like, 'Wow, I'm a part of this show!' It was a good feeling. I loved it.
I hadn’t really thought about it before, but seeing as how Murphy and Hudson starred in an Oscar-worthy film but hadn’t seen each other for nearly two decades, it must mean that he hasn’t necessarily spent a lot of time with many of the people he actually starred on SNL with in the years since. So, it really would be wild to return and see so many of those comedians again. It would be like going to the grocery store and running into someone from high school after four decades of not seeing their face.
Luckily, it sounds like the Coming to America star had a great time and was reminded of just how big of an impact he’s made on history because of his work on SNL.
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