Tracy Morgan told me, uh...
What'd he say "Growing up", he said,
"Yo, my three favorites was you, Bruce Lee, and Evil Knievel." I was like, "Wow!" "I looked up to you,
Evil Knievel, and Bruce Lee." - Did you see Mike Tyson's Broadway...
- No I did not - It was shockingly good.
- I heard it was shockingly good. (Jerry) He's my aesthetic role model. No robe. Hole in the towel. No stool. No logos on the shorts. - Nothing pretentious, just coming out...
- No socks. And the all-time best ring entrance music. He would come out on one note. Really? One ominous note.
There's no song playing. It's like a... /Duuuuuuuun/ For him to even come up with that... You're the one that says,
"I want my music to be..." For him to go, "Just give me one solid,
one solid note." And that shit would make you feel like
the monster was coming in the room. It was. /Boooooom/ I got to meet people like Sammy Davis
and that kind of shit, you know. - They were still around.
- What was he like? Just like you would expect him to be. - Cool. He was a hepcat, right?
- Just like he is all the time. You know what I realized about Sammy?
That was coke. - The whole thing with the mouth like this.
- It was? Think about it!
He's... The whole era is cocaine. - I don't know anything about drugs.
- Sammy is like this - with that cocaine mouth.
- (Jerry laughs) Man, and the whole... And the way he would laugh, "Ah-ha-ha,"
and hug and all that. He was totally coked up.
- Ah - That was all cocaine, man.
- (Jerry laughs) That was a cocaine thing. Sammy told me he worshiped the devil. We were in Dantanna's on... that restaurant with all the pictures up. Sammy was like, "You know,
Satan is as powerfull as God." And I was like, "What the (bleep)
are you talking about?" He said, "Why do you think
there's so much anger in the world, and killing and murder? Satan..." And he say my reaction to it
and he kind of lightened up on it, but... And he was like...
In Dantanna's it's dark and it's... The candles on the table,
and Sammy's face over the candle. You know, "Satan is as powerful as God." Michael Jackson had his chimps. When you would go to his house,
that Bubbles chimp, - when he got a certain age...
- Yeah ... you couldn't (bleep) with Bubbles.
He had Bubbles in a cage. - Like, "Don't go near him."
- (Jerry laughs) (giggles) "Don't go over there , Eddie. Did you got in his house? Yeah, a few times. And the chimp would be, "Aah!"
Going crazy. "Is that Bubbles?" And he said,
"Yes. Don't go near the cage." (giggles) "Really? I thought Bubbles was..."
"Mm-mm, don't go over there." (both laugh) You realize your memory is amazing? I have a really good memory. You remember the name of the Chinese
restaurant gig we did in Jersey? The Jade Fountain. - The Jade Fountain.
- That's crazy. The Jade Fountain.
Do you remember that place? - Yeah, vaguely.
- And the owner would say, "Hey, let me put your picture up here.
I'll give you exposure. Give me one of your pictures,
you'll get a lot of exposure." Exposure in the lounge
of the Jade Fountain.
He's such a great comedic talent, shame he doesn't do standup anymore.
Edit: Recent word is he's going on the road and will do some dates/specials in 2020. Awesome news!
He has aged so well.
Eddie is one of those effortless funny people, almost like you laugh in anticipation of what he's going to say because it's probably going to be hilarious. Raw and Delirious are still 2 of the best stand-up specials ever made IMO. Can't wait to see the new stuff.
Seinfeld brought out the nice Porsche for Eddie.
It’s like he’s got a video mixer in his brain and he’s flipping from one person to another like a director changing cameras on live TV.
Raw and Delirious is in the stand up hall of fame. Such monumental stand up right there.
I wish he would still do movies. I want another Beverly hills cop, but I don't think it would be done right.
That ain't funny motherfucker. don't you never let me see you do that shit again. i'll fuck you up!
I know hes doing standup again i hope it goes great for him he deserves an amazing comeback