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Watch Eddie Murphy Revive All of His Classic Characters on 'Saturday Night Live'
Watch Eddie Murphy Revive All of His Classic Characters on 'Saturday Night Live'

Watch Eddie Murphy Revive All of His Classic Characters on 'Saturday Night Live'

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Murphy's triumphant return to Studio 8H featured reprisals of Gumby, Velvet Jones, Mister Robinson, and Buckwheat.

In case you somehow missed the memo, Eddie Murphy shut it all down last night as the host of Saturday Night Live's decade-closing episode.

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And the guest list was appropriately extensive. Following an opening monologue that featured pop-in appearances from Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, and Tracy Morgan, Murphy went on to revive all of his classic characters. Velvet Jones was a contestant on Black Jeopardy. Buckwheat snuck into The Masked Singer. Mister Robinson made a wholesome-ish transmission. And Gumby closed out Weekend Update with a self-righteous screed.

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Comb through all of the clips below and head over to Hulu for the full replay of a historic Saturday Night Live.