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tvje · 12-07-2003, 04:19 PM

Eddie Murphy's latest movie is "Haunted Mansion." This is ironic because Eddie Murphy use to joke about these types of movies in his act, and particular if black people were in a horror movie.

I remember during his monologue when he first hosted Saturday Night Live in 1982, he joked about horror movie, and how short a horror movie would be if it had black people. He said "What a beautiful house. Get Out. To bad we can't stay."

How ironic he is part of his own joke.

isiahthomas · 12-08-2003, 01:20 PM

Eddie Murphy is just playing in any kind of movies nowadays just to get a paycheck. His career is so sad now. I heard there might be a Beverly Hills Cop 4. I hope not cause the third one sucked. If John Ashton isn't gonna be in it, i don't wanna see it. John, Judge Reinhold, Eddie played good together in the first 2 Beverly Hills Cop movies. Eddie's brother Charles is still acting i guess. The last movie i saw him in was Rocafella's Paper Soldiers movie as a cop. I liked his character in The Players Club movie.

Mr. Stefani · 12-08-2003, 05:35 PM

I'd hardly consider The Haunted Mansion to be a horror movie. Its a "family movie".

tvje · 12-08-2003, 10:02 PM

I was watching Ebert and Rooper and they said the characters in "Haunted Mansoon" could not figure out the house was haunted until the end of the movie. That made me think of a joke that was part of Eddie's opening monologue when he hosted SNL in chrismas 1982.

Eddie Murphy said in his monolologue, he joked that people in haunted house movies, in particular white people are idiots, and that would never happen if there were black people in a movie about a haunted house, they would be smart enough to just leave the house, and the movie would be very short.

This is the same SNL episode that featured a Gumby Chrismas.

Now he is eating his own words.

12-07-2003, 04:19 PM	#1
tvje Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 26, 2002 Posts: 1,402	Irony of latest Eddie Murphy movie Eddie Murphy's latest movie is "Haunted Mansion." This is ironic because Eddie Murphy use to joke about these types of movies in his act, and particular if black people were in a horror movie. I remember during his monologue when he first hosted Saturday Night Live in 1982, he joked about horror movie, and how short a horror movie would be if it had black people. He said "What a beautiful house. Get Out. To bad we can't stay." How ironic he is part of his own joke.
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12-08-2003, 10:02 PM	#4
tvje Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 26, 2002 Posts: 1,402	I was watching Ebert and Rooper and they said the characters in "Haunted Mansoon" could not figure out the house was haunted until the end of the movie. That made me think of a joke that was part of Eddie's opening monologue when he hosted SNL in chrismas 1982. Eddie Murphy said in his monolologue, he joked that people in haunted house movies, in particular white people are idiots, and that would never happen if there were black people in a movie about a haunted house, they would be smart enough to just leave the house, and the movie would be very short. This is the same SNL episode that featured a Gumby Chrismas. Now he is eating his own words.
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12-08-2003, 01:20 PM	#2
isiahthomas Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Aug 20, 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 10,704	Eddie Murphy is just playing in any kind of movies nowadays just to get a paycheck. His career is so sad now. I heard there might be a Beverly Hills Cop 4. I hope not cause the third one sucked. If John Ashton isn't gonna be in it, i don't wanna see it. John, Judge Reinhold, Eddie played good together in the first 2 Beverly Hills Cop movies. Eddie's brother Charles is still acting i guess. The last movie i saw him in was Rocafella's Paper Soldiers movie as a cop. I liked his character in The Players Club movie.

12-08-2003, 05:35 PM	#3
Mr. Stefani Member Forum Celebrity Join Date: Jul 15, 2001 Posts: 20,757	I'd hardly consider The Haunted Mansion to be a horror movie. Its a "family movie".