The Eddie Murphy-Bill Cosby Feud and the Softball Game That Brought Them Together

The Eddie Murphy-Bill Cosby Feud and the Softball Game That Brought Them Together

Eddie Murphy and Bill Cosby have never really seen eye to eye. The feud between the two comedy giants can be traced back, publicly at least, to a bit from Murphy’s 1987 stand-up special, Eddie Murphy: Raw. If the bit is to be taken at face value, Cosby once called up Murphy to scold him for cursing in his act. According to Murphy, the call angered him so much that he reached out to Richard Pryor, who encouraged him to do whatever makes the peopl…