- four years later, pryor's influence was seen on "saturday night live" in a 19-year-old black comic named eddie murphy. - this is how you answer a door in my neighborhood. who is it?! (audience laughing) - he was fresh, and funny, and fearless. - "i wanna be a ho." (audience laughing) - [kim] you could just feel the energy that this kid had and you knew he was going somewhere. ♪ gonna get in a hot tub ♪ gonna get it wet ♪ good god! ow! - he showed the versatility that white people didn't even think black people was paying attention to, and it made them go, "oh, oh, he knows about all these different white artists and actresses and actors, whatever." he mimicked them, you know? and it made them accept him more and it made us go, "wow!" - how are you? (audience exclaiming) - that's good that we feel good. i feel great! (audience laughing) - now eddie murphy made it real easy for leslie jones,