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Eddie Murphy Steals ‘SNL50’ ‘Black Jeopardy’ Sketch, Imitating Tracy Morgan While Standing Next To Tracy Morgan; Chris Rock And Tom Hanks Also Join In

Eddie Murphy rescued a sketch in the show's 50th anniversary special with a note-perfect imitation of Tracy Morgan, while standing next to Tracy Morgan.

When he joined the show’s cast as a teen-aged phenom in the early 1980s, he helped revive it during a fallow period when creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels had stepped away from his duties due to a contract dispute. By the time he retook his throne, Murphy had made an indelible impact with characters like Gumby and Mr. Rogers and parlayed his fame into a Hollywood movie career. In the Black Jeopardy sketch on Sunday, Chris Rock at one point stepped in for Thompson, playing himself and delivering a “special guest clue” as host.

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