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01-26-2023, 10:32 PM
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eddie-murphy-redd-foxx_n_63d29fd3e4b04d4d18e462fb
The "Coming 2 America" star made the declaration to Jimmy Kimmel, who said "that's a great answer."
By Ron Dicker
Jan 26, 2023, 12:45 PM EST
Eddie Murphy, no slouch himself in the comedy department, was asked by Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday to name the most naturally funny person (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/eddie-murphy-names-the-most-naturally-funny-person-ever.5153113/) he ever met. (Watch the video below.)
“Redd Foxx,” Murphy said.
“That’s a great answer,” the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” host replied.
“Without even trying, just naturally funny,” Murphy said. “Just everything that came out of his mouth was funny.”
Foxx, the stand-up comic and “Sanford and Son” (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/sanfordandson.htm) (1972-77) star who died in 1991, would likely be touched by the shoutout.
Murphy offered a macabre postscript to his praise: Foxx met his demise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haCrYBi0Grc) on the set of “The Royal Family,” (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125331/http://www.jumptheshark.com/r/royalfamily.htm) a sitcom Murphy was producing. The bawdy funnyman collapsed during a rehearsal of the CBS comedy and later died at the hospital, The New York Times reported in its obituary.
“He had a heart attack on the show,” Murphy said. “That’s how funny he was. They thought he was joking.”
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The "Coming 2 America" star made the declaration to Jimmy Kimmel, who said "that's a great answer."
By Ron Dicker
Jan 26, 2023, 12:45 PM EST
Eddie Murphy, no slouch himself in the comedy department, was asked by Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday to name the most naturally funny person (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/eddie-murphy-names-the-most-naturally-funny-person-ever.5153113/) he ever met. (Watch the video below.)
“Redd Foxx,” Murphy said.
“That’s a great answer,” the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” host replied.
“Without even trying, just naturally funny,” Murphy said. “Just everything that came out of his mouth was funny.”
Foxx, the stand-up comic and “Sanford and Son” (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/sanfordandson.htm) (1972-77) star who died in 1991, would likely be touched by the shoutout.
Murphy offered a macabre postscript to his praise: Foxx met his demise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haCrYBi0Grc) on the set of “The Royal Family,” (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125331/http://www.jumptheshark.com/r/royalfamily.htm) a sitcom Murphy was producing. The bawdy funnyman collapsed during a rehearsal of the CBS comedy and later died at the hospital, The New York Times reported in its obituary.
“He had a heart attack on the show,” Murphy said. “That’s how funny he was. They thought he was joking.”
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