When and Why Did Eddie Murphy Quit Stand-Up Comedy?

When and Why Did Eddie Murphy Quit Stand-Up Comedy?

Eddie Murphy had a decade like no other back in the 1980s. He single-handedly saved Saturday Night Live from cancellation, launched a massively successful film career that continues to this day, and recorded two of the most iconic stand-up specials of all time. Delirious premiered on HBO in 1983 to critical acclaim and was highly influential; Keenen Ivory Wayans later called it “a defining moment in comedy.” For 1987’s Raw, Murphy went even bigg…