Eddie Murphy getting $70 million for a comedy special (netflix)

Spiritual_Chaos
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According to TMZ.



He is also the first (very somber) guest in the new season of Comedians in Cars getting coffee.

https://youtu.be/v1dduefw3_s
"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Should be interesting.  Eddie is a very funny man.
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471
    Meltdown99 said:
    Should be interesting.  Eddie is a very funny man.
    Yeah, and he must be the Led Zeppelin/Pink Floyd of comedy. Everyone wants him to get back on stage
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,571
    I’m sure this will go over well in a PC society. I wished this happen 20 years ago when it still could have been a huge success. Truth is, you cannot joke about anything anymore without offending someone.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471
    edited July 2019
    mookieblalock said:
    I’m sure this will go over well in a PC society. I wished this happen 20 years ago when it still could have been a huge success. Truth is, you cannot joke about anything anymore without offending someone.
    tired take. 

    You don't need to call gay people "fags" and joke about them being feminine to be funny.
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471
    edited July 2019
    IT WILL BE AMAZING. 

    He will joke about how he just likes hanging at home doing nothing with his kids. 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,305
    Netflix and Eddie are going to be in deep shit in a few days once the woke crowd pops in one of his old specials.  I can see this getting canceled by next Tuesday.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    edited July 2019
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    According to TMZ.



    He is also the first (very somber) guest in the new season of Comedians in Cars getting coffee.

    https://youtu.be/v1dduefw3_s
    I don't know... to me, neither of those guys are very funny any more.  Certainly not 70 million bucks worth of funny.  I'll pass.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,305
    Seinfeld makes more then $70M a year from reruns
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    Party On, Dudes!
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,305
    I'm guessing Jim Parsons saw how much Seinfeld was making sitting on his butt and realized as a 46 year old man he didn't need to keep showing up at work playing a 30 year old nerd for a show that is 1% as funny as Seinfeld but will end up paying him just as much.  Although I'm not sure Big Bang will have the shelf life of Seinfeld ...
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,571
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    mookieblalock said:
    I’m sure this will go over well in a PC society. I wished this happen 20 years ago when it still could have been a huge success. Truth is, you cannot joke about anything anymore without offending someone.
    tired take. 

    You don't need to call gay people "fags" and joke about them being feminine to be funny.
    Thanks for teaching me how to interpret humor. And also for misinterpreting my post in epically bad fashion.
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,610
    Who ? 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    70M?  Insane.   That cannot be true.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471
    edited July 2019
    mookieblalock said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    mookieblalock said:
    I’m sure this will go over well in a PC society. I wished this happen 20 years ago when it still could have been a huge success. Truth is, you cannot joke about anything anymore without offending someone.
    tired take. 

    You don't need to call gay people "fags" and joke about them being feminine to be funny.
    Thanks for teaching me how to interpret humor. 
    No problems.

    I liked Chris Tuckers netflix special, but I found his jokes about raping women in bad taste and not funny at all. It was off putting. What did you think of it? And does that make me a part of this problem you feel exist?

    And most stuff from RAW and Delicious would still work today. Or what in them can't you joke about? if you remove the homophobia that is?
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    Well I just read Chappelle got $60M for his three stand up specials.  I guess I get why people asking for $15 am hour isn’t an unreasonable request.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471
    edited July 2019
    bootlegger10 said:
    70M?  Insane.   That cannot be true.
    Chapelle got 60 million for three specials. And I think two of them were already recorded...

    70 million is for a series of specials (I'm guessing 3 then or 2 and something else...) and the number is not fully confirmed:

    The reclusive comedy legend, 58, hasn’t been on the standup stage in years, but he’s reportedly in talks with Netflix for a series of comedy specials, sources close to Murphy tell TMZ.

    The streaming giant’s big lure: a whopping $70 million paycheck.

    TMZ admits they’ve been “unable to firmly confirm the exact figure” at this point, but that dollar amount is certainly in line with what headliners of the “Beverly Hills Cop” legend’s caliber can demand from the streaming giant.

    Dave Chappelle raked in $20 million for each of his three award-winning specials, Chris Rock banked $40 million for his two-show package and Amy Schumer reportedly asked for — and received — more than $11 million for her last Netflix showcase.



    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471
    edited July 2019
    Jason P said:
    Seinfeld makes more then $70M a year from reruns
    Didn't Netflix also pay like 100 million for some of his comedy-stuff and his comedians in cars-show.
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    bootlegger10 said:
    Well I just read Chappelle got $60M for his three stand up specials.  I guess I get why people asking for $15 am hour isn’t an unreasonable request.
    I have to agree with you there...
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    bootlegger10 said:
    Well I just read Chappelle got $60M for his three stand up specials.  I guess I get why people asking for $15 am hour isn’t an unreasonable request.
    Perfectly said!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    mookieblalock said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    mookieblalock said:
    I’m sure this will go over well in a PC society. I wished this happen 20 years ago when it still could have been a huge success. Truth is, you cannot joke about anything anymore without offending someone.
    tired take. 

    You don't need to call gay people "fags" and joke about them being feminine to be funny.
    Thanks for teaching me how to interpret humor. And also for misinterpreting my post in epically bad fashion.
    You are right.  If he goes all PC then it will not be the Eddie that we have come to know.  But will he go PC.  Netflix airs the Ranch and nothing PC about that show...
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471
    Meltdown99 said:
    mookieblalock said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    mookieblalock said:
    I’m sure this will go over well in a PC society. I wished this happen 20 years ago when it still could have been a huge success. Truth is, you cannot joke about anything anymore without offending someone.
    tired take. 

    You don't need to call gay people "fags" and joke about them being feminine to be funny.
    Thanks for teaching me how to interpret humor. And also for misinterpreting my post in epically bad fashion.
    You are right.  If he goes all PC then it will not be the Eddie that we have come to know.  But will he go PC.  Netflix airs the Ranch and nothing PC about that show...
    So what would he not be able to joke about in this PC hell you are scared off?
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"

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