he called david spade and said you wouldn't have a show. you're on my shoulders.nyone a fan of the saturday night live the show was almost cancelled in the 80s. if it was not for murphy taking the show to new levels and transcending the first cast. the show may have ended. after he was gone for a few years. putting that behind everything, watching him in the show to me i love the closing credit. when he's there with three great african-american comedians. dave chappelle. and chris rock. and he took it all in. there's a moment he looked at the crowd and realize all the bad blood any issues was gone. he was home. and that's the home where he started the home where he belongs. i'm so happy as a comedy fan. he's back and i hope they see him more often. the reviews are fabulous. check it out. >> some of the people who joined him have been influenced by his work over the years. how do you see his influence? >> he was the pioneer. of the trail blazer. he had a direct impact on chris rock. would there be tracy morgan and chappelle? probably. but were they made easier beca

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. >> david spade made a snarky joke. >> but it was -- >> david spade does. >> but it ticked off eddieposed to come back on the -- he was back on the anniversary show and he was supposed to do a cosby bit and he didn't do it. he felt it was awkward. he just sort of spoke. he didn't do comedy until this time and that's why this was special. >> that bill cosby routine that got spiked for the 40th anniversary came roaring back. >> yeah. >> so let's watch a little bit of this. bill cosby impersonation. >> i have ten kids now. 11 if you count kevin hart. i'm kidding. i love kevin hart. i'm just teasing. my kids are pretty much my whole life now. you know what, if you would have told me 30 years ago that i would be this boring, stay-at-home, you know, house dad and bill cosby would be in jail, even i would have took that bet. i tell you, who is america's dad now! >> look at his facial expression. that was so cosby-esque. >> yes. well listen, we asked for eddie and we got eddie. especially in that moment. i think that because he didn't do the bit like bill was talking about on the 40th annive

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and possibly had to do with his a little bit of his estrangement because he was very upset when david spade about him and he wasn't part of the lauren michaels era. he wasn't really attached to the show like some of the other guys were. obviously his coming back is a gigantic event. it's been 35 years and his characters are so funny. everybody still rens them. it's amazing. i think the expectation is to the moon tonight, to the moon. >> oh, my gosh, nischelle, one of my favorites is the kid, the ice cream man is coming. you spoke with him recently. will he revisit any of these characters, skits? is he bringing something new? what are his thoughts? >> i think you will see some new stuff. but i said to him, are we going to see buckwheat? he said yes. gumby, yes, mr. robinson, yes. one of the reasons people loved him is because of those characters. i read your article on cnn.com which was really good. you made a point to talk about the the fact that eddie is nervous about this. and you're right, i asked him about that. he said listen people know me for being funny. i want to show people that i

and then he really got upset with a bit that david spade did about him and really slammed him at onen one of his movies wasn't doing well. saying here's a picture of a falling star. and he hated that. so, you know, he really had an estrangement. no doubt about it. >> for sure. >> amazing though. talk about a massive comeback. i understand this was one of the highest rated shows of the year. >> take out sports, no show had a bigger 18 to 49 rating than this show already. this doesn't count the taped viewers like you, alisyn. 10 million viewers on a saturday night. >> it's important how well it's doing online as well. you see the clip like the clip we just saw already has 4 million views on youtube. people are watching this over and over again. it'll have a life beyond just watching it first run on tv. >> that's right. it's really about the reach. the reach is endless. >> but just explain the significance of eddie murphy then and now. >> something i find interesting is the fact he made the show not just a celebration of his own history walking through some of his old characters, but al

there was scuttlebutt that he was upset with the show, with david spade telling a joke about him andn michaels approved that joke. it turns out that is true. they all went public with it. loren michaels said that's one of his biggest mistakes, letting that joke go forward. that's all water under the bridge. if you like comedy, this is exciting, eddie murphy coming back to snl after 35 years to host. >> i really can't get enough of watching the old eddie murphy snl clips, so let's watch another one. >> sure. ♪ i am dark and you are light ♪ you are blind as a bat and i have sight ♪ ♪ side by side you are my amigo negro, let's not fight ♪ ♪ heavenly and ivory living in perfect harmony ♪ ♪ we're talking salt and pepper ♪ >> that's supposed to be stevie wonder and frank sinatra. he brought a racial consciousness to the show. i'd expect in this climate that we can expect something like that tonight. >> you hope so. to be honest, and if people watch that sketch, it tackles race. also eddie murphy doing an impression of stevie wonder, the audience bursts into applause organically it was so g

. >> alfonsi: his time at "snl" was spent alongside, among others, chris rock, david spade and the lateavy beans, navy beans, navy beans. >> sandler: that was farley's desk. he had a desk right there. he was always crazy and funny. spade was over here. chris rock was here. and you guys keep it a lot nicer than us. we were filthy. >> alfonsi: their generation love just a few years in, even powerful "snl" executive producer lorne michaels couldn't save sandler. >> lorne michaels: it was the rare moment in the history of the show where the network and the critics were on the same side. everybody agreed that this group of people weren't funny. >> alfonsi: was he fired or did he quit? >> michaels: i said, "i think i can protect him. but i think-- it's gonna be-- it could be a rough year." >> sandler: that's right. that's right. it was almost like a recommendation, maybe it's a good time to-- to resign, right? somethin' like that. my heart was broken and i was scared. you don't like telling anybody," hey, you know that-- that thing i was doing? they said i was no good at it." >> adam sandler!

they were worried about disruptive tactics by their own and president trump, which they got in spades. davidnough, last time they got together there were questions from president trump and president macron put the ball in play by calling 80 brain dead. -- nato brain dead. jane: these words are so unuseful. i think the brain dead comment referred to the request of the --sident of turkey, everyone president dared one -- president rdogan, he wanted to declare the kurds, many of which were dear allies including europe's allies in syria in the fight against isis, as enemies. this did not go well and so he got angry and i think that comment had more to do with him than anything about nato. david: and we saw back and forth with mr. trump and mr. macron, and even today with president trudeau, president trump called him toothpaste. faced and then -- jane: then they said he was a nice man. david: substantively, what they need to be doing instead of sniping? jane: why wasn't anyone at nato asking that question? the right term is not brain dead , its brain cells, we all have a limited number. at any rat