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Michael Che is looking back at a time that was no laugher matter.
After 11 years on “Saturday Night Live,” the comedian, 42, is reflecting on one of the most stressful days on set.
“The Eddie Murphy show was the most tense start to a show I’ve ever been a part of,” Che recalled in the new “Being Eddie” documentary. “It was like scary almost, like this had to go well and we would be letting down Eddie Murphy if it was bad.”
The December 2019 episode marked Murphy’s first time hosting the late night sketch show in 35 years.
The comic, 64, originally was a cast member on “SNL” from 1980 to 1984. In 1995, he severed ties with the show after David Spade made a joke about him on the air.
For Murphy’s return, “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels wanted him to “do something that was a little bit more personal” for his opening monologue.
“Because people just wanted to hear him talk,” expressed Che.
“I think he was a little, not worried, but cautious of doing a monologue,” he continued.
Michaels, 81, had former cast members Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan along with Dave Chappelle stand on stage with Murphy during his opening monologue because the “Haunted Mansion” star had inspired their careers.
Despite the high-stakes, the comedians were thrilled to be part of “SNL” history.
In the Murphy doc, Chappelle, 52, explained, “This is one of the most exciting things I think I’ve ever done. Honestly,” to which Morgan, 57, chimed in, “Yeah, I agree.”
“There was a moment in the rehearsal, my dressing room had Chappelle and Chris Rock, they were calling their moms to tell them that they was doing the Eddie Murphy show,” Che recounted. “In my dressing room I’m watching them kind of geek out.”
Rock, 60, couldn’t help but gush over the episode.
“It was one of the greatest ‘SNLs’ ever,” he expressed. “And I walked over to Lorne Michaels when it was over, and I said, ‘You should quit right now. It’s not gonna get any better than this.’”
Murphy returned to “SNL” once again in 2025 for the show’s 50th-anniversary special.
“Going back to ‘Saturday Night Live’ was a great experience,” he confessed in the doc. “My creative energy, everything had been turned back up to 10.”
The feud between Murphy and Spade, 61, meanwhile, took place during a Dec. 1995 episode of “SNL.”
During the segment, the funny man said “Look, children, it’s a falling star,” as a photo of Murphy popped up on the screen during his infamous “Spade in America” sketch. “Make a wish.”
While on his and Dana Carvey’s “Fly on the Wall” podcast last month, Spade confirmed that the “Coming to America” star “hated” him.
“I do love Eddie Murphy,” Spade told Carvey, 70. “We had some bumps in the road along the way, early on. It was weird going from being a super fan to having him hate me overnight, and to try to win him back for the last 25 years.”
“I made fun of him and it didn’t go well, and he called me and we had it out,” he added. “Actually, he had it out. I didn’t fight back really, because I did feel a little guilty about it, and he did make some sense. I just didn’t like that because he was a hero.”
The two didn’t talk for 30 years but patched things up at “SNL” 50.
“We talked a little bit and everything’s fine, and then he admitted on the show – not admitted, they just asked him about it – and he said, ‘Yeah, we’re all good,’” Spade shared. “So we’re all good.”