Eddie Murphy's appearance on "SNL 40th Anniversary Celebration" last weekend had many viewers disturbed that he did not bring back a classic character or tell jokes. The reason is because the writers demanded to play Bill Cosby.
Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Norm MacDonald took to social media to explain in detail what took place behind the scenes at SNL 40.
"Among many other things, this show was to be the return of Eddie Murphy," MacDonald, 51, tweeted, adding: "He knew the laughs would bring the house down. Eddie Murphy knows what will work on SNL better than any one. Eddie decides the laughs are not worth it. He will not kick a man when he is down."
Check out Norm MacDonald's tweets below…
Eddie Murphy is the coolest, a rockstar even in a room with actual rockstars.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) February 19, 2015 Eddie Murphy, I realize, is not like the rest of us. Eddie does not need the laughs.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) February 19, 2015 Eddie decides the laughs are not worth it. He will not kick a man when he is down.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) February 19, 2015 He knew the laughs would bring the house down. Eddie Murphy knows what will work on SNL better than any one.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) February 19, 2015 He doesn't.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) February 19, 2015 We talk in his dressing room a good hour. When it's over, I'm convinced he'll do it.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) February 19, 2015 It's my job to talk him in to doing Jeopardy.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) February 19, 2015 Rock says, "There he is. Like Ali in Zaire." Eddie, Bomaye.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) February 19, 2015 I'm standing with my son, Lori Jo, and Chris Rock. We see Eddie from 100 yards away.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) February 19, 2015 And then comes Eddie.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) February 19, 2015 Feel free to comment and share this blog post if you find it interesting!


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