-Eddie, part of being a legend means that you spend some time
with other legends, and I was thinking that I could say
maybe the name of another iconic person and you can tell me
the first memory or story that comes to your mind.
Is that okay?
-Yeah, sure, yeah.
I don't know how many legends I've met.
-I have 104 listed here.
-You have 104 actual legends?
-No, no, no, I only have like five legends.
Alright. Here we go. Richard Pryor.
-He was so nice and sweet to me, and I loved to make him laugh.
There was nothing more rewarding than to say something
and have Richard Pryor -- [ Laughs as Pryor ]
That's how he laughed. [ Laughs as Pryor ]
When Richard did that, you would be like...
To make Richard laugh? Yeah. -Right?
-He was so, so, so sweet to me.
-How about Rodney Dangerfield?
-Rodney Dangerfield -- I met him when I was young.
He gave me, like, bad advice.
I met him when I was like 17.
I was 17. I played the Comic Strip down in Fort Lauderdale,
and Rodney Dangerfield came in and bumped everybody.
It was like, "Dangerfield's going up."
And all the comics are like, "Dangerfield!"
He went up and did...
[ As Dangerfield ] Yeah, no, I tell you --
[ Normal voice ] And all that stuff he was doing.
And I was like, "Mr. Dangerfield, please,"
after he came off and he killed.
I said, "Please watch my show."
I wanted to go up after him, right,
'cause I thought I was a hot shot.
I went up there and I crushed it.
And I came off and Dangerfield's like...
[ As Dangerfield ] Yeah, you know, you use a lot of
foul language and you say [bleep].
You use that language.
Where are you gonna go talking that kind of stuff?
[ Normal voice ] He gave me all this stuff.
Like, all the wind came out of my sails.
I was like, "Ugh, Dangerfield."
Then, you know, three years went by.
I get on "Saturday Night Live," and three years go by.
I'm at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, and I'm at a urinal.
And Dangerfield walks in,
and he comes in the urinal right next to me.
And I look over and he looks over at me and says...
[ As Dangerfield ] "Hey, who knew?"
[ Laughter ]
[ Normal voice ] That's my Rodney Dangerfield story.
-At least he was funny. -He was totally real with it.
He was totally funny with it.
-[ As Dangerfield ] Hey, who knew, huh?
-[ As Dangerfield ] Hey, who knew?
-[ Normal voice ] My favorite Rodney joke, he goes,
"My wife's cooking is so bad. Are you kidding me?
I mean, since when does toast have bones?"
-[ as Dangerfield ] You know?
Since when does toast have bones, you know?
[ Laughter ]
-Oh, my gosh. -I went to my dentist.
He told me my teeth are yellow.
He told me wear a brown necktie.
You know what I mean?
[ Normal voice ] So to have that guy tell you,
"I don't think you have a future, kid,"
I was like, "What the [bleep]?"
-Heartbreaking. -I was crestfallen.
But he kept it real.
-"Hey, who knew?" is unbelievable.
That's perfect. -"Hey, who knew?"
It was like the perfectly timed three-year gap.
Three-year buildup to that moment.
And right, you look over, he's right there.
"Hey, who knew?" Perfect.
-Good line.
Muhammad Ali.
-Oh, Muhammad Ali is my hero.
That's my hero.
-I remember you -- You did Ali, didn't you?
-Yeah, I've done impressions of him,
but there's not another person that inspired me
more in life than Muhammad Ali.
I think he's the greatest African-American
that ever lived, that ever walked the Earth.
Like, no one had the impact like Muhammad Ali.
-And you got to hang out with him?
-Oh, I didn't get to hang out with him.
I met him a couple of times. -Oh.
-I met him a few times.
And he gave me a really cool thing.
For my 40th birthday, he gave me a plaque with a glove on it.
It was like, "From your brother Muhammad Ali."
My most treasured thing is this cool little plaque from Ali.
-Gosh.
Do you remember that Ed Bradley interview he did
on "60 Minutes," him and Ed Bradley?
It was later, as he --
-Oh, after, yeah, when he pretended he was sleeping?
-[ Laughs ] Yeah.
-[ Laughs ]
And then he acted like he was having fits.
Yeah, it was very funny. -He's, like, punching.
-And that's one of the things that was beautiful about Ali,
that he always had --
he was always Ali, even when his health started to fail.
He was never -- That spirit was still there.
He was always Ali.
-That's so cool.
-I love Muhammad Ali so much.
-Well, Stevie Wonder.
You must have met Stevie Wonder. You sang with him.
-Yeah, I met Stevie.
Yeah, Stevie's an old friend, and I love Steve.
And he's a true genius.
Stevie's the genius -- You know how you hear people say
somebody's a genius or this person's a genius?
Stevie Wonder is a real genius.
If you're around him, it's like, okay, that's what a genius is.
It's like, okay, I never seen one before.
And when you see him, especially if you're around him
and he's doing something with music, then it's --
then you're really blown away by it.
But it don't even have to be that.
Just be around him and he's just a genius.
-Yeah, it's almost insane when you get to really see,
like, someone like that and you're just like --
You go, "Yeah," and notes just start playing like...
[ Vocalizing ]
-Yeah, I think of all the artists I've met ever in life,
the two that I've met felt, like, you know,
this otherworldly amount of talent and genius
was Stevie and Prince.
They were like, okay, this is a genius.
-Yeah, and Prince --
We talked a little bit about Prince last time you were here.
And he was on our show a bunch of times.
I always tell people if they ask me about him
that he was actually funny.
He loved to laugh.
-Yeah, yeah, sense of humor, yeah.
Oh, another genius is McCartney.
-Yeah. Of course.
-I've been around -- Yeah, those three.
You know, those three.
Prince, McCartney, and Stevie.
I was like, "I'm in the presence of a genius."
-Did the story that your brother Charlie --
which, again, I'm sorry to hear about his passing --
the story about Prince challenging you
to a game of pickup basketball that he told on "Chappelle,"
I'm sure that really happened, but --
-That is totally and absolutely accurate.
-But he gave you outfits?
-No, we had on stuff from the club, you know.
So we had on club clothes, and Prince had on that outfit
that was in the "Kiss" video
where he had the little, like, short shirt
and the leather jacket with the buttons and stuff.
He had that outfit on
and a little gold chain around his waist.
A waistlet, I think. He had on a waistlet.
[ Laughter ]
And he was like, "Yo, want to play some basketball?"
We was like, "What the [bleep]?
You want to play some basketball?"
It was like, "Alright, let's play."
My brother was -- It was Prince and some dude,
a dude named Micki Free that used to hang out.
They used to all kind of wear their kind of Prince clothes.
So my brother was like,
"Alright, it's gonna be shirts against blouses."
[ Laughter ]
-And who won?
-And they teamed up and the blouses won.
They beat the [bleep] out of us.
But you know what I think?
We had one dude on our squad that could play named Larry,
and he didn't have no shoes, so Prince said --
gave him some sneakers, right?
And Prince wore, like, maybe two, three sizes
smaller than Larry, but Larry was so excited
to have Prince's sneakers on, he put them tiny sneakers
on his feet, so he couldn't do his game.
-Toes all crammed up.
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah, so he couldn't execute. So we lost.
The one dude that could play,
Prince's shoes had him shut down, so he couldn't execute.
-That's genius!
That's the genius move.
Eddie, I always love talking to you.
I'm so happy. Congrats on everything.
Congrats on "Coming 2 America."
I can't wait for the world to see it.
It's gonna stream on Amazon Prime Video
beginning next Friday.
Thanks again for coming by. Come whenever.
-Yeah, man, I'm gonna come by.
I can't wait to come by when it's all safe to come.
-Yep. Oh, you're always welcome. -Yeah, man.
-Thank you so much. Congrats.