TO WELCOME TO THE SHOW MR. EDDIE MURPHY, THERE HE IS, LOOK AT

THIS GUY.

EDDIE, IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

ARE YOU ZOOMING IN FROM CHURCH?

IS THAT WHERE YOU ARE?

ARE YOU AT CHURCH DISM.

>> NO, I'M IN THE LOUNGE BY THE BOWLING ALLEY DOWNSTAIRS.

>> James: [BLEEP] I GET IT, YOU HAVE DONE WELL, I GET IT.

>> YOU ASKED, YOU ASKED.

>> James: YOU CAN'T EVER FORE SEE A TIME IN MY LIFE WHERE I AM

ON A ZOOM AND I WILL GO I'M BUY BY THE BOWLING ALLEY.

>> I THINK YOU HAVE A BOWLING ALLEY IN YOUR FUTURE, JAMES?

>> James: HONESTLY.

>> YOU HAVE THAT TYPE OF TALENT, I SEE AN IN-HOUSE BOWLING ALLEY.

>> James: YOU THINK I'M BOWLING ALLEY TALENT, HONESTLY.

>> YOU HAVE BOWLING ALLEY TALENT.

>> James: I NEVER HAVE CONSIDERED MYSELF A BOWLING

ALLEY TALENT.

I THOWLS THOUGHT, I THINK HAVE I GOT LIKE WALK-IN PANTRY TALENT,

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

>> THAT IS GOOD.

>> James: I WILL SETTLE FOR THAT, I REALLY WOULD.

WHAT ELSE IS DOWN THERE WITH THE BOWLING ALLEY.

>> ON THE RECREATION LEVEL, YES.

>> James: HAVE HAVE I GOT RECREATION LEVEL TALENT OR JUST

BOWLING ALLEY TALENT.

>> RECREATION LEVEL.

>> James: NO, COME ON!

, WHAT ELSE IS DOWN THERE, EDDIE.

>> THERE IS AN ARKED CADE, A REALLY NICE ARCADE DOWN HERE

THAT YOU FIND LIKE YOU FIND IN THE MALL.

AND A MOVERY THEATER OVER HERE.

IT IS LIKE A LITTLE CLUB AREA WHERE, REMEMBER THAT MOVIE THE

JERK, HE HAD A LITTLE IN-HOUSE CLUB.

I HAVE A JERK CLUB.

>> James: I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF SOMEONE SAID TO ME

I HAVE JERK LEVEL TALENT BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IS WHAT THEY

WOULD MEAN.

EDDIE, I CANNOT TELL YOU, THIS IS SHOW 888 FOR US.

AND THIS IS HONESTLY THE FIRST TIME I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN IN

A-WE OF A GUEST ON THE SHOW, I CAN'T TELL YOU.

I'VE BEEN SUCH A FAN OF YOURS FOR SO LONG.

YOUR WORK MEANS SO MUCH TO ME AND SO MANY PEOPLE HERE IN THE

STUDIO.

BUT WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE IS YOU STARTED DOING STANDUP WHEN YOU

WERE 15.

WHICH I CAN'T GET MY HEAD AROUND.

WHAT SORT OF SHOWS ARE YOU BOOKING AT 15?

>> BARS, THERE WERE BARS.

BAN WHEN I STARTED THERE WAS A SHOW CALLED THE GONG SHOW.

>> James: YEAH.

>> AND THAT MADE A BUNCH OF LOCAL BARS STARTED HAVING GONG

SHOW NIGHT, SO THERE WERE ALL THESE GONG SHOW NIGHTS I CAN

PLAY WHEN I WAS 15.

MR. HICKS PLACE AND THE DOLPHIN COVE.

>> James: AND WHAT SORT OF COMEDY ARE YOU DOING AT 15, WHAT

SORT OF MATERIAL WAS IT?

>> YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I DID MOSTLY

IMPRESSIONS.

I WAS ALWAYS A REALLY GOOD MIMIC.

AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED, THAT SAUL I DID WAS IMPRESSIONS.

SO THAT IS HOW LONG AGO IT WAS.

I DID JIMMIE CARTER IMPRESSION.

THAT IS HOW OLD I AM.

JIMMY CARTER, MUHAMMAD ALI AND HOWARDS COULDEL.

MOSTLY IMPRESSIONS.

>> James: WERE YOU BRILLIANT RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE OR DID YOU

EVER HAVE MOMENTS WHERE YOU BOMBED IN THOSE EARLY DAYS?

>> OH YEAH, EVERYBODY, I HAVE HAD MOAVMENTS THAT I WAS NOT

REALLY ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT QUESTION, YEAH.

NOT A LOT BUT-- .

>> James: WHAT IS THE WORST YOU BOWMED BACK THEN?

>> THE WORST I BOMBED EVER, I OPENED FOR MELISSA MANCHESTER.

I WAS PRETTY BAD THAT NIGHT.

I OPENED FOR TINY TIM, I WAS PRETTY BAD THAT NIGHT TOO.

THAT WAS A HARD CROWD, THAT IS A HARD CROWD TO WORK, THE TINY

TIM'S AUDIENCE.

>> James: I KNOW RICHARD PRYOR WAS A REAL INFLUENCE ON YOU, ONE

OF YOUR BIGGEST HEROES.

I REALLY LOVE THIS STORY.

THAT YOU FIRST MET RICHARD PRYER ON AN AIRPLANE, WHAT WAS THAT

LIKE FOR YOU, WAS HE AWARE OF YOU AND YOUR WORK AS A COMEDIAN

FOR THAT TIME.

>> YEAH, BECAUSE I HAD BEEN ON SATURDAY NIGHTLIFE LIVE FOR A

YEAR.

AND I MET HIM ON THE WAY FROM ATLANTA TO L.A

HE WAS ON THE PLANE.

AND HE WAS AWARE OF ME BUT I WASN'T LIKE A BIG [BLEEP], HE

WAS RICHARD, SO I HAD A COPY OF MIEF ALBUM, MY FIRST COMEDY

ALBUM.

I WENT OVER AND I SAID MR. PRYOR, I'M EDDIE, WILL YOU

LISTEN TO MY-- HE SAID OH YEAH, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

I GAVE HIM MY RECORD, HE PUT THE CASSETTE IN, PUT ON THE

HEADPHONES, I WAS SITTING BEHIND HIM WATCH HIM LISTEN TO MY

RECORD, THAT IS THE FIRST TIME MEETING HIM.

>> James: SO HE WAS LISTENING TO YOU WHALE YOU WERE ON THE

PLANE.

>> I WAS LIKE A COUPLE OF SEATS BEHIND HIM.

RICHARD WAS-- THAT IS RICHARD PRYOR'S WEIRD LAUGH

(LAUGHTER) LAUGH.

>> James: OH MY GOD, THAT MUST BE THE GREATEST FEELING EVER.

>> AFTERWARDS WHEN THE PLANE LANDED, HE HAD HIS DRIVER MET

HIM AT THE AIRPORT WITH HIS CAR.

AND HE SAID WHICH WAY ARE YOU GOING, I SAID I'M GOING THIS

WAY, HE SAID LET ME GIVE YOU A LIFT, HE DROVE ME TO THE HOTEL

WAY WAS SAYING AT.

THAT IS THE WAY I MET MY IDOL, LIKE THAT.

AMAZING.

>> James: THAT IS INCREDIBLE.

BECAUSE I CAN REMEMBER, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT ON THE SHOW

THIS MORNING, AND I WAS LIKE I CAN REMEMBER JUST WATCHING OVER

AND OVER AGAIN, WATCHING RAW AND WATCHING DELIRIOUS AND THOSE

SPECIALS MEANT SO MUCH TO ME.

AND I WENT BACK AND WATCHED THEM RECENTLY.

AFTER WATCHING COMING 2 AMERICA, I WENT BACK AND WATCHED THEM.

AND THEY ARE STILL AS BRILLIANT.

IT ALL HOLDS YOU KNOW.

BUT MY BIGGEST TAKE AWAY NOW IS I WAS LOOKING AT IT THINKING IF

I WAS WEARING HEAD TO TOE LEATHER ON A STAGE I WOULD BE IN

A POOL OF SWEAT, AT THE END OF THAT.

>> I'M NOT SWEATING AT ALL, NO SWEAT IN THE LEATHER SUIT.

THAT IS YOUTH, I WAS YOUNG, I WAS YOUNG AND I WASN'T SWEATING

A LOT SWRZ I FEEL LIKE IF I WORE LEATHER PANTS MY WIFE WOULD HAVE

TO ROLL ME OUT OF THEM AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.

IT WOULD BE THE SINGLE LEAST EROTIC THING.

I WOULD BE LIKE A SORT OF, SHE WOULD HAVE TO CUT ME, SHE WOULD

HAVE TO CUT ME OUT OF THEM TO RELEASE MYSELF FROM THE LEATHER.

>> NOW TALKING OF STANDUP, YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS,

YOU ARE GOING BACK TO STANDUPMENT WHERE ARE YOU WITH

THIS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND WHEN YOU DO RETURN, WILL THE LEATHER SUIT RETURN AS WELL?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL BE WEARING THE LEATHER SUIT, JAMES.

BUT THE PLAN, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT, WHAT HAPPENED WAS,

LET ME GO BACK IN 2011 I KIND OF STOPPED MAKING MOVIES.

YOU KNOW, I'M TAKING A BREAK.

AND MAYBE SIX, SEVEN YEARS WENT BY.

AND THEN I KIND OF, MY BATTERIES GOT RECHARGED AND WAS LIKE OKAY,

I WANT TO DO STANDUP AGAIN.

I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST POP BACK OUT THERE DOING STANDUP.

I WANTED TO-- MAYBE DO A COUPLE OF MOVIES AND REMIND THEM THAT

I'M FUBBEE AND THEJ DO.

SO I DID DOLOMITE AND WENT BACK TO SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AND DID

COMING 2 AMERICA.

RIGHT NOW THIS LAST YEAR WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE CLUBS

WORKING OUT AN ACT, BUT THE PANDEMIC HIT SO WE HAD TO PUSH

EVERYTHING BACK A YEAR.

BUT AS SOON AS IT IS SAFE FOR EVERYBODY TO GO BACK TO BE IN

THE ROOM, WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN.

AND THEN AFTER I DO THAT, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE COUCH

AGAIN.

>> James: BACK DOWN TO THE RECREATION LEVEL.

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT COMING 12 AMERICA.

IT IS THE NUMBER ONE STREAMED MOVIE THIS YEAR.

SUCH A SMASH, FOR ANYONE THAT A HASN'T CAUGHT UP WITH IT YET,

EXPLAIN WHERE THIS MOVE WREE PICKS UP.

>> THE ORIGINAL COMING 2 AMERICA ENDED ON A, AND THEY LIVED

HAPPILY EVER AFTER LIKE A FAIRY TALE.

AND THIS MOVIE IS THAT FAIRY TALE IS INTERRUPTED BY A VERY

MODERN PROBLEM.

THAT IS WHAT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT.

>> NOW YOUR DAUGHTER BELLA PLAYS ONE OF YOUR DAUGHTERS IN THE

MOVIE.

IT IS HER SCREEN DEBUT.

SHE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB IN THE FILM.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE HAVING HER ON SET, AND ARE ANY OF YOUR OTHER

KIDS, ARE THEY INTERESTED IN ACTING AND PERFORMING?

>> YEAH, A LOT OF MY KIDS HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE ARTS.

AND ARE ACTING, AND WRITING.

BEING ON THE SET WITH MY BABY GIRL, IT IS THE FIRST ONE OF MY

KIDS TO BE IN ONE OF MY MOVIES, YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN

WHAT IT IS LIKE TO SEE YOUR KIDS DO ANYTHING.

BUT TO HAVE THEM COME TO WORK WITH YOU AND ACTUALLY BE

CONTRIBUTING AND DOING A GREAT JOB, I WAS FILLED UP EVERY DAY

JUST LOOKING AT HER AT WORK.

>> James: I CAN'T BEGIN TO IMAGINE WHAT THAT WOULD FEEL

LIKE.

IF MY SON.

>> YOU WOULD FEEL LIKE THE, IT'S AMAZING, IT WAS AN AMAZING

FEELING.

>> James: I FELT LIKE THAT THE OTHER DAY, MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER

IS THREE.

SHE WENT TO THE BATHROOM ON TUESDAY NIGHT WITHOUT, ON A REAL

TOILET, NOT ON A POTTY.

AND I JUST WENT, I STARTED CRYING.

I WAS LIKE THIS IS THE MOST, THIS IS THE STUPIDEST THING

ANYONE DOES, OH MY GOD, THAT'S IT.

>> YEAH.

>> James: MY CHILD ON A POTTY, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

>> SO IMAGINE HOW HER COMING TO WORK WITH YOU AND CONTRIBUTING.

>> James: I REALLY, REALLY CAN'T.

>> A MOMENTS OF PRIDE.

>> James: WELL, THE FILM IS BRILLIANT