Michael Che is looking back at a time that was no laugher matter.After 11 years on \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d the comedian, 42, is reflecting on one of the most stressful days on set.\u201cThe\u00a0Eddie Murphy\u00a0show was the most tense start to a show I\u2019ve ever been a part of,\u201d Che recalled in the\u00a0new \u201cBeing Eddie\u201d documentary. \u201cIt was like scary almost, like this had to go well and we would be letting down Eddie Murphy if it was bad.\u201dDave Chappelle, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan in \u201cBeing Eddie.\u201d Courtesy of Netflix \u00a92025Michael Che, and host Eddie Murphy as Gumby during Weekend Update on Saturday, December 21, 2019. NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesThe December 2019 episode marked Murphy\u2019s first time hosting the late night sketch show in 35 years.The comic, 64, originally was a cast member on \u201cSNL\u201d 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\u2019s return, \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d creator Lorne Michaels\u00a0wanted him to \u201cdo something that was a little bit more personal\u201d for his opening monologue.A sketch from \u201cSNL\u201d on Saturday, December 14, 2019. NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images\u201cBecause people just wanted to hear him talk,\u201d expressed Che.\u201cI think he was a little, not worried, but cautious of doing a monologue,\u201d he continued.Michaels, 81, had former cast members\u00a0Chris Rock\u00a0and\u00a0Tracy Morgan\u00a0along with\u00a0Dave Chappelle stand on stage with Murphy during his opening monologue because the \u201cHaunted Mansion\u201d star had inspired their careers.Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, musical guest Lizzo, host Eddie Murphy, Tracy Morgan, Alec Baldwin, Larry David, Maya Rudolph, and Rachel Dratch. NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesDespite the high-stakes, the comedians were thrilled to be part of \u201cSNL\u201d history.In the Murphy doc, Chappelle, 52, explained, \u201cThis is one of the most exciting things I think I\u2019ve ever done. Honestly,\u201d to which Morgan, 57, chimed in, \u201cYeah, I agree.\u201d\u201cThere 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,\u201d Che recounted. \u201cIn my dressing room I\u2019m watching them kind of geek out.\u201dRock, 60, couldn\u2019t help but gush over the episode.\u201cIt was one of the greatest\u00a0\u2018SNLs\u2019 ever,\u201d he expressed. \u201cAnd I walked over to Lorne Michaels when it was over, and I said, \u2018You should quit right now. It\u2019s not gonna get any better than this.’\u201dMurphy returned to \u201cSNL\u201d once again in 2025 for the show\u2019s\u00a050th-anniversary special.\u201cGoing back to\u00a0\u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019\u00a0was a great experience,\u201d he confessed in the doc. \u201cMy creative energy, everything had been turned back up to 10.\u201dEddie Murphy on February 15, 2015 NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty ImagesThe feud between Murphy and Spade, 61, meanwhile, took place during a Dec. 1995 episode of \u201cSNL.\u201dDuring the segment, the funny man said \u201cLook, children, it\u2019s a falling star,\u201d\u00a0as a photo of Murphy popped up\u00a0on the screen during his infamous \u201cSpade in America\u201d sketch. \u201cMake a wish.\u201dWhile on his and Dana Carvey\u2019s \u201cFly on the Wall\u201d\u00a0podcast last month, Spade confirmed that the \u201cComing to America\u201d star \u201chated\u201d him.Eddie Murphy and Stevie Wonder on \u201cSNL\u201d in 1983. Getty Images\u201cI do love Eddie Murphy,\u201d Spade told Carvey, 70. \u201cWe 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.\u201d\u201cI made fun of him and it didn\u2019t go well, and he called me and we had it out,\u201d he added. \u201cActually, he had it out. I didn\u2019t fight back really, because I did feel a little guilty about it, and he did make some sense. I just didn\u2019t like that because he was a hero.\u201dEddie Murphy as Mr. Robinson during the \u2018Mister Robinson\u2019s Neighborhood\u2019 skit on February 21, 1981. NBCUniversal via Getty ImagesThe two didn\u2019t talk for 30 years but patched things up at \u201cSNL\u201d 50.\u201cWe talked a little bit and everything\u2019s fine, and then he admitted on the show \u2013 not admitted, they just asked him about it \u2013 and he said, \u2018Yeah, we\u2019re all good,\u2019\u201d Spade shared. \u201cSo we\u2019re all good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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