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  1. Oct 12, 2019 · Filed Under: Eddie Murphy, Saturday Night Live. Categories: Anniversaries, Longform. One of Eddie Murphy's most famous 'SNL' characters, Buckwheat, debuted on Oct. 10, 1981.

  2. Buckwheat was a wildly popular Eddie Murphy impression based on Billie Thomas' character of the same name in Hal Roach's "Our Gang" shorts of the 1930s and 40s (popularized on television as The Little Rascals). Murphy did many different sketches with the character, some involving some other...

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    • “White Like Me” This pre-taped mockumentary, where Murphy goes undercover as a white man and discovers that white people act differently when they are “alone,” is as timely and funny today as it was in 1984.
    • Buckwheat. It’s still amazing he was able to take an old racist caricature from a kid’s show and turn him into an hysterical recurring figure on SNL. Buckwheat might be Eddie Murphy’s most popular character from his time in Studio 8H, and yet SNL barely has any sketches with him uploaded.
    • Gumby. The idea of Gumby as a real “person” who is incredibly angry and entitled seems like it’d come off as stupid. Instead it’s one of Murphy’s best creations.
    • Little Richard Simmons. A Wheel of Fortune “Before and After” category come to life, combining Little Richard and Richard Simmons into one high energy impression, let Eddie show off twice as much as normal.
  4. Mar 12, 2023 · Dennis Perkins Published: March 12, 2023. YouTube. In the end, it was Eddie Murphy who murdered Buckwheat. OK, so the Saturday Night Live superstar had help in assassinating one of his most...

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  6. Dec 22, 2019 · December 21, 2019 9:22 pm. Masked Singer - SNL. Share. 5. Moments after returning to “Mister Robinson’s Neighborhood,” Saturday Night Live host Eddie Murphy slipped back into Buckwheats...

  7. Dec 20, 2019 · Buckwheat. Murphy's most recurring character was an adult version of Our Gang/The Little Rascals character Buckwheat, still using the "O-tay" catchphrase. Murphy appeared as Buckwheat...

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