The genre became a specific draw in North America in the eighties when comedians such as Eddie Murphy started taking more action oriented roles such as in 48 Hrs.

Popular comedy stars in the 1980s included Dudley Moore, Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd.

Eddie Murphy made a success of comedy-action films including 48 Hrs.

Beginning in 1982, Eddie Murphy began a parody of Gumby on Saturday Night Live.

Other examples are the Star Trek series and a string of films starring comedian Eddie Murphy like Trading Places, Coming To America, and Beverly Hills Cop and its sequels.

As a consequence, the hit remake starring Eddie Murphy were released by Universal Pictures.

Parodies of Popeil's infomercials were done on the comedy show Saturday Night Live by Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy and the " Veg-O-Matic " may have provided comedian Gallagher inspiration for the " Sledge-O-Matic " routine since the 1980s.

Toward the end of the 90's, Will Vinton launched the first prime-time stop motion television series called The PJs, with creator Eddie Murphy.

Spock was voiced by Charlie Murphy ( brother of Eddie Murphy ).

In 2010, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment were talking of producing another comedy remake starring Eddie Murphy.

These films propelled the careers of modern celebrities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Eddie Murphy, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone to international recognition.

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* April 3 – Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian

In 1982, veteran actor Nick Nolte and rising comedian Eddie Murphy smashed box office records with the action-comedy 48 Hrs, which is credited as the first " buddy-cop " movie.

The sub-genre became a popular trend in the 1980s when actors who were known for their background in comedy such as Eddie Murphy, began to take roles in action films.

Comedian-actor Eddie Murphy often based his stand-up routines on a reversal of the dozens, the purpose of which was boasting about oneself rather than insulting someone else.

Examples of this can be found in his known comedy albums, Comedian, Delirious, and the soundtrack to the film Eddie Murphy Raw.

Edward Regan " Eddie " Murphy ( born April 3, 1961 ) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician.

The film stars Eddie Murphy, who plays an African prince who comes to the United States in hopes of finding a woman he can marry.

Akeem Joffer ( Eddie Murphy ), the prince and heir to the throne of a fictitious, wealthy African country called Zamunda, is discontented with being pampered all his life.

* Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem Joffer, Clarence, Randy Watson, Saul

Coming to America reunited star Eddie Murphy with director John Landis.

Ming-Na, Eddie Murphy, Miguel Ferrer and BD Wong star in the English version, while Jackie Chan provided his voice for the Chinese dubs of the film.

* Eddie Murphy as Mushu

In the experimental post 1960s eras, which saw the development of free jazz and jazz-rock fusion, some of the influential bassists included Charles Mingus ( 1922 – 1979 ), who was also a composer and bandleader whose music fused hard bop with black gospel music, free jazz and classical music ; free jazz and post-bop bassist Charlie Haden ( born 1937 ) is best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman and for his role in the 1970s-era Liberation Music Orchestra, an experimental group ; Eddie Gomez and George Mraz, who played with Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson, respectively, and are both acknowledged to have furthered expectations of pizzicato fluency and melodic phrasing, fusion virtuoso Stanley Clarke ( born 1951 ) is notable for his dexterity on both the upright bass and the electric bass, and Terry Plumeri, noted for his horn-like arco fluency and vocal tone.

The first nine " honoured members " ( players Hobey Baker, Charlie Gardiner, Eddie Gerard, Frank McGee, Howie Morenz, Tommy Phillips, Harvey Pulford, Hod Stuart and Georges Vézina ) were inducted on April 30, 1945, although the Hall of Fame still did not have a permanent home.

The inductees include Keanu Reeves, Arsenio Hall, Charlie Sheen, Eddie Vedder, Steven Smith and Harry Truman.

Paul Hume, Pennell Clamp, Charlie McCarty, Dale Stuckey, Eddie Ellis, and D. J.

Other prominent knuckleball pitchers have included Joe Niekro ( Phil's brother ), Charlie Hough, Dave Jolly, Ben Flowers, Wilbur Wood, Tom Candiotti, Bob Purkey, Steve Sparks, Eddie Rommel, Tim Wakefield and R. A. Dickey.

* Saxophone: Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Herschel Evans, Lester Young, Johnny Hodges, Charlie Parker, Sam Butera, Charlie Barnet, Jimmy Dorsey, Glen Gray, Willie Smith, Otto Hardwick, Earle Warren, Vido Musso, Georgie Auld, Bud Freeman, Eddie Miller, Ernie Caceres, Tex Beneke, Al Klink, Tony Pastor

He also played with Eddie Barefield, Buck Clayton, Lorenzo Flennoy and Charlie Echols.

Eddie Cline began working for Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios in 1914 and supported Charlie Chaplin in some of the shorts he made at the studio.

He was a regular guest star and featured soloist on Rudi Blesh's This is Jazz broadcasts, as well as at Eddie Condon's Town Hall concerts and studied with Maury Deutsch, who could also count Django Reinhardt and Charlie Parker among his pupils.

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Due to the film's success, a sequel was released in 2007 titled Daddy Day Camp with Cuba Gooding, Jr. replacing Eddie Murphy's role as Charlie Hinton.

World premiere with Eddie Osei and Charlie Caine ( 1992 )

Famous Texan musicians and groups include Bob Wills / Texas Playboys / Light Crust Doughboys, Milton Brown / Musical Brownies / Light Crust Doughboys, T-Bone Walker, Freddie King, Charlie Christian, Red Garland, Eddie Durham, Albert Collins, Blind Willie Johnson, Johnny Copeland, Z. Z.

The show gave a stage to nightclub and working men's club comedians of the era, including Russ Abbot, Lennie Bennett, Stan Boardman, Jim Bowen, Jimmy Bright, Duggie Brown, Mike Burton, Dave Butler, Brian Carroll, Frank Carson, Jimmy Cricket, Colin Crompton, Charlie Daze, Vince Earl, Steve Faye, Eddie Flanagan, Stu Francis, Ken Goodwin, Jackie Hamilton, Jerry Harris, George King, Bobby Knutt, Bernard Manning, Paul Melba, Mick Miller, Tom O ' Connor, Tom Pepper, Bryn Phillips, Mike Reid, Mike McCabe, George Roper, Harry Scott, Sammy Thomas, Johnny Wager, Roy Walker, Charlie Williams, Lee Wilson and Lenny Windsor.

Early players were Eddie Durham, Floyd Smith and the most famous of them, Charlie Christian.

James also appeared in the episode recounting his memory of the experiences shared by Charlie, such as starting impromptu fights with him and staining Eddie Murphy's couch with mud.

During this time he played with musicians such as Dinah Washington, Gil Melle, Oscar Pettiford, Eddie Vinson, Paul Quinichette, Ernie Wilkins, Charlie Rouse, Lennie Tristano, Jutta Hipp, Johnny Hodges, Dorothy Ashby, Bud Powell, and Billy Taylor.

Still others, like Eddie Sullivan's and Charlie Schmidt's Radio Patrol and Will Gould's Red Barry, steered a middle course.

He started playing with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker in 1945, and performed and recorded under Gillespie from 1945 to 1946, as a member of Eddie Davis and His Beboppers in 1946 ( also featuring Fats Navarro ), and the Eddie Davis Quintet in 1947, under Parker from 1948 to 1950, and under Stan Getz from 1949 to 1951.

Other primary matches on the card were a Battle royal for the vacant Intercontinental Championship and a Tag team ladder match for the WWE Tag Team Championship between Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri facing Team Angle ( Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas ).