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The show had it been canceled in the early '80s. instead murphy's comic genius listed snl back to talked about must-see status. murphy's mark on the show is like none other, not only because of his talent but also because he brought a racial consciousness to the show, to all of television really, that it previously lacked. you touched on this, a lot has changed in society and culture today compared to murphy's old snl days of the '80s. where does he fit into the here and now? >> well, personally for me i think he fits squarely in it. i don't think you can have a movie like "bad boys 3," which ...

He took shots at everyone, and, you know, like i said, he's talented. i defy anyone to watch the nutty professor scenes around the dinner table and not understand his comic genius or the barbershop scenes in "coming to america." so what he was doing on tv by showing, you know, black people in scenes with white people and it just being funny. you know, the days of sydney portier and black actors walking on stage very stoic and my name is tibs, mr. tibbs, i'm axle foley, and let's have some fun. he changed the entire landscape of entertainment for not only comedians with delirious and raw and do...

Return, and i'm a fan. i'm for it. >> i'm kind of nervous for him. do you think he's nervous? >> you know, it's -- i'm worried, too, because there's that old line you can't go home again, and a lot of his best characters in this pc culture may not be received the same way, you know. we're looking at him doing gumby, and you might have have people say he's in green face and that offends people that are green. we've become a culture that's so pc that being mr. robinson and breaking into homes, people might not find it as funny. i hope they can just calm down and appreciate the comic genius. >> y...

As eddie murphy. >> they brought us on after they got rid of the best cast in television history, i mean, i don't know why they did, gilda radnor, john belushi, chevy chase, billy murray at one time in one show and went to replace that cast so i came on in this young kid from long island came on, eddie murphy, we were so young, 19 years old, 19 years old. as soon as we started talking i said first of all great guy and then i saw the comic genius. i auditioned with eddie and did their richard pryor chevy chase word association-- talk about politically incorrect. did it like as eddie's audition ...

Deep. it started with my grandparents. they lived in this condo in florida, death wish village. >> laughs are great. a healer of pain. but the laugh is over, and there's the pain again. >> comedian robin williams was found dead this morning inside his northern california home. his publicist says as of late williams had been battling severe depression. he was 63 years old. >> there's no more painful realization that the other side of whatever comic genius is is sometimes this, that with that sensitivity, that with that love, that with that mental agility comes a heart too heavy to live. a heart...