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Eddie Murphy Delirious is an American stand-up comedy television special directed by Bruce Gowers, written by and starring Eddie Murphy. [1] The stand-up set became a TV Special for HBO on October 15, 1983. The 70-minute special was Murphy's first feature stand-up and the predecessor to the wide theatrical release in 1987, Eddie Murphy Raw.
He released two stand-up specials. Delirious was filmed in 1983 in Washington, D.C. Murphy in 1988. Due to the popularity of Delirious, his concert film, Eddie Murphy Raw (1987), received a wide theatrical release, grossing $50 million; the movie was filmed in the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Eddie Murphy Raw is a 1987 American stand-up comedy film starring Eddie Murphy and directed by Robert Townsend. It was Murphy's second feature stand-up comedy film, following Eddie Murphy Delirious. However, unlike Delirious, Raw received a wide theatrical release.
From Eddie Murphy to Sheryl Underwood, we’re revisiting some of our favorite stand-up moments. From Eddie Murphy’s star-making stand up […] The post TheGrio shares its favorite stand-up ...
Murphy stated in “Raw” that he patterned his early stand-up routines after the voice and rhythm of Pryor’s stage shows. He reenacted a joke from age 15 while doing Pryor’s voice. 5.
In July 1976, Jerry Seinfeld and Eddie Murphy were rising comics, launching their stand-up careers at the Comic Strip in New York City. In fact, the two started at the famed comedy club the same week.
[6] Eddie Murphy has called it "the single greatest stand-up performance ever captured on film." [7] In 2021, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". [8]
Eddie Murphy is back on screens with the legacy sequel ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ (Getty/iStock) ... still to date one of the most watched and significant stand-up comedy specials ...