Eddie Murphy Won His First Emmy for Being a Guest on SNL
By George Robbins
Eddie Murphy is a man who has, over the years, managed to make himself a household name due to his work in comedy. Ever since the 1980’s, Murphy has made it apparent to the world that he has comedy chops that make him a contender as one of the most memorable comedians of the era. Not to mention the fact that he has managed to successfully cement his place in Hollywood because he also knows how to act as well as be hilarious simultaneously. This has made him one of the most acknowledged people of our time and we wouldn’t expect anything less. The place where he truly got his start with the industry though was ‘Saturday Night Live.’
‘Saturday Night Live’ or more simply, SNL, is a weekly sketch show that has maintained a strong place on the air for a couple of generations now. Without SNL, much of the comedy industry would be an entirely different place as it gave starts to many of the most profound comedians in the industry. Not only did it give comedians their starts, but it also gave plenty of inspiration for what we see in the comedy medium today as a whole. Among what was known by many fans as the Golden Age for SNL were the members of the cast at the time and included in that cast was the aforementioned Eddie Murphy. Murphy played a huge role in SNL and definitely helped shape it into what it had become going into today.
It is a bit surprising that despite the fact that Murphy played such a huge role in television as a whole on SNL that it wasn’t until recently that he ended up getting an Emmy. In fact, Murphy received the Creative Arts Emmy for Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for hosting Saturday Night Live recently. He received the award for guest acting and not an award for appearing as an actual actor. Despite being a huge part of the show in the 80’s he only just now won an award for being a guest. It is no surprise though considering how triumphant a return it was with his reprisal of so many roles from that period of time. Hopefully this will be the first award of many as he stated that he even plans on returning to stand-up starting in the near future.