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welcome to watch mojo
and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10 hilarious eddie murphy
scenes
i can see i can see i have look
it would be wise for you to put the
weapon down that's right fool
now i'm a flying talking dunking you
might have seen a house fly
maybe even a superfly but i bet you
ain't never seen
a donkey fly
for this list we're looking at this
comedy legend's funniest moments from
film and television
we're focusing on character driven
scenes which means no
taped stand up bits
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what's your favorite eddie murphy scene
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number 10 mr robinson's neighborhood
saturday night live a beautiful day for
a neighbor
would you be mine murphy made his claim
to fame on snl
where he reigned as the mvp for nearly
four seasons
murphy gave us several classic
characters although few hold a more
significant place in sketch comedy
history than mr robinson
while mr rogers neighborhood never had
the showiest production values
mr robinson had even less to work with
taking place at his apartment where the
rent is always late
robinson taught children about nutrition
procreation
and surviving on a limited budget in the
city of course
lessons were often cut short forcing
robinson to flee
you know one thing about babies boys and
girls is sometimes you have to take them
for a little stroll
like in another state murphy addressed
his audience with child-like innocence
which hilariously contrasted with the
setting and adult subject matter
when he reprised the character in 2019
the neighborhood may have changed but
robinson thankfully hadn't
i going for a bit but it's now i'm all
right
number nine destroying the great stone
dragon
mulan murphy was one of several comedic
giants jeffrey katzenberg suggested to
play the genie in aladdin
of course that role went to robin
williams one of murphy's comedic
influences
murphy finally got to voice a disney
sidekick in mulan
and as one would expect he stole the
show as mushu
his funniest moment comes early on when
he's tasked with awakening the great
stone dragon
hello hello
just as he let one of mulan's ancestors
get beheaded mushu has a slight hiccup
with the stone dragon
mushu thus decides to seek out mulan
himself but
not before impersonating his fellow
guardians
seeing mushu wave the stone head is both
funny and
kind of dark for a disney movie how many
deaths is he responsible for
number eight crossing the freeway
bowfinger how do you feel
it feel kind of strange no you look good
in one of his most
underrated comedies murphy plays
superstar kit ramsay
and his nerdy brother jeff when kit goes
m.i.a
steve martin's robert enlists jeff to
fill in robert's film is being done on a
tight budget and kit doesn't even know
he's the star
likewise robert keeps jiff in the dark
most notably in this uproarious scene
requiring a shot where the action star
crosses a busy freeway
robert tells jiff that the road is
merely populated by stunt drivers
despite all the red flags the naive jeff
goes through with the sequence
and miraculously dodges all oncoming
traffic
although he is forced to do another take
okay but first let's do this one more
time
it's only made funnier when you consider
that jiff doesn't even have the best
eyesight
amplifying the danger number 7 cleaning
up crime
coming to america all right everybody
although his central characters are
usually eccentric live wires
murphy is calm and collected not to
mention quite charming as prince akeem
joffer
excuse me for a moment the prince
disguised as a peasant keeps his cool
when a robber holds up mcdowell's
not to be confused with that other fast
food establishment the thief is played
by a then
relatively unknown samuel l jackson
whose intimidating presence
offsets akeem's relaxed persona it would
be wise for you to put the weapon down
it might take akeem a little while to
wrap his head around mopping
but he knows how to put the handle to
effective use with some help from his
pal semi
akeem wipes the floor with the foul
moused bandit
never bring a shotgun to a mop fight
number six
new sheriff in town 48 hours if i lose i
tell you everything you want to know
about halfway through his snl tenure
murphy made his film debut as reggie
hammond in this buddy cop classic
murphy quickly established himself as an
alpha of the silver screen
and nowhere is that better represented
than in this scene
nick nolte's stone-faced jack cates is
the perfect foil for wild card reggie
who takes him to a bar where their perp
used to work
not a very popular place with the
brothers my kind of place
always like country boys their shirts
are all gonna like you
from the patrons to the decorations
reggie has every reason to be concerned
reggie isn't afraid to make a scene
however showing everyone who's boss
i don't know what the hell you're
talking about or maybe you wouldn't mind
if i looked around for a little while
and huh
while jack offers some assistance he
lets reggie run the interrogation
reggie maybe enjoys messing with the
crowd a little too much
but we'd be lying if we said his tirade
wasn't hysterical or satisfying put your
country ass down
number five i can see trading places
murphy followed up his 48 hours with
another buddy picture
this time playing billy ray valentine a
fast-talking street hustler
pretending to be blind isn't enough for
valentine he goes the extra mile by
pretending to be a war veteran who lost
his
legs well i'd love to help you man but i
ain't seen until i stepped on that land
mine in vietcong back in 72.
that's pretty low and yet murphy makes
valentine impossible to dislike
a couple of cops see right through his
disguise but valentine remains committed
until he can no longer conceal his legs
even then valentine remains in character
acting as if the police have witnessed
two miracles for the price of one
i can see i can see i have i could have
laid
while it appears the cops might let
valentine walk literally
a misunderstanding lands him behind bars
where his mouth only gets him deeper
into trouble bruce lee was my teacher
watch this
number four action scene dolomite is my
name
hold it dolomite
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what do you want fbi
just as billy valentine exaggerated his
karate skills
actor rudy ray moore wasn't exactly a
martial arts master
since moore's movies didn't take
themselves that seriously his
inexperience proved to be a likely
advantage
murphy portrays more in what might be
his best and funniest performance of the
2010s
moore performs his own stunts in the
scene which isn't saying much
to his credit moore does turn in a more
convincing performance than the amateur
playing the fbi agent
as the camera operator tells martin
however not even the magic of the movies
can make the fight choreography look
authentic you're going to jail for a
long time
you're gonna have to take me and yet
moore struggles to catch his breath as
the shoot ends
it may not be the next shaft but the
results are comedic gold
is there any angle that you can shoot
this way it looks like he's actually
kicking him
there's no such angle number three
family dinners
the nutty professor you can mess around
and miss all little earnest golden years
magic golden year you're gonna be mad at
yourself
you'll never you baby's got a little
gator
of all his collaborations with makeup
artist extraordinaire rick baker
the oscar-winning nutty professor is
murphy's magnum opus
murphy plays five members of the clump
family spanning
three generations murphy is at his best
when the clumps are around the table
mixing banter with farts who they call
my name
yeah i called you if you name it
while the clumps have a common love of
food they each have distinctive looks
voices and personalities so it never
feels like we're just watching five
eddie murphys plus jamal mixon as little
hercules
you might think twice before bringing a
date to dinner but anyone who comes from
a family with no filters will relate to
these scenes
even without all the makeup murphy's
buddy love can still hold his own
against a fellow comedic genius like
dave chappelle
look at reggie's gums and teeth look
like his mother had an affair with mr ed
number two when donkeys fly shrek hey
i can fly he can fly while murphy has
done some great physical comedy
his voice is his most valuable asset his
motor mouth was put to especially
impeccable use throughout the shrek
franchise
playing a talking donkey emphasis on the
talking murphy brings a firecracker
delivery to
every line that's right fool now i'm a
flying talking dunking
you might have seen a house fly maybe
even a superfly but i bet you ain't
never seen
a donkey fly
after sending up peter pan and dumbo
donkey runs into a certain green ogre
the real magic of this film is the
dynamic between shrek and donkey which
is established here donkey chatter so
much that shrek can barely get in a word
not that he wants to engage in
conversation well you know what i like
about you shrek
you got that kind of i don't care what
nobody thinks of me thing i like that i
respect that trick you all right
some characters have one or two quotable
lines
donkey has too many to count and at
least 10 of them pop up in this first
encounter
although few can top waffles we can stay
up late swapping manly stories and in
the morning i'm making waffles
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable mentions
hotel reservation beverly hills cop
funnily enough
murphy and michael jackson would later
collaborate on some music i'm a small
reporter from rolling stone magazine
that's in town to do an exclusive
interview with michael jackson that's
going to be picked up by every major
magazine
in the country i was going to call the
article michael jackson is sitting on
top of the world
barbershop scenes coming to america yes
that's murphy is clarence and saul power
pound
sugar ray robinson the greatest fighter
ever lived oh come on man what about joe
lewis
the blonde bomberman now that was a
great boxing you damn right
duping the dukes trading places don't
worry
prince hakeem gives them some pocket
change later oh
see i may lose a bet here lewis bet me
that we couldn't both get rich and put
you on the fall house at the same time
you didn't think we could do it
i won randolph leave me alone
mortimer friend of randolph
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i'm still not talking to you welcome to
the neighborhood
coming to america a typical american
greeting behold simmy
life real life a thing that we have been
denied for far too long
good morning my neighbors
puss and donkey duet shrek 2 dare we say
better than the ricky martin version
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number one super cops and robbers
beverly hills cop
after doing a few buddy comedies beverly
hills cop was the first true test to see
if murphy could carry a movie as the
main lead
murphy passed with flying colors as axel
foley a streetwise cop from detroit who
brings his unique methods to the la
crime scene
axel's wits are on full display at a
strip club where he's dragged billy and
taggart
hi can i get you something yes i'm
having a great time can i have a scotch
and soda
and the brothers what you want like
light beards for the fellas
although axel seems like a slacker he is
the first to sniff out an impending
robbery
that guy over there in the black coat
black jackets yeah
well it's june don't you think it's kind
of hot for a long black leather coat by
pretending to be a drunk friend
axel catches the robbers off guard
that's two shotgun stick-ups murphy has
stopped
the experience brings axel closer to
billy and taggart
who has a hard time keeping it together
in the next scene they're not just
regular cops
okay they're super cops and the only
thing missing on these guys are capes
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