He has become one of the biggest comedy stars of all time. He has released some of the most influential stand up albums and specials of all time. His movies have grossed millions at the box office, but before all of that he became a breakout star on NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’. Eddie Murphy who is coming off his hit ‘Dolemite is My Name’ on Netflix and a massive return to stand up in 2020 on the horizon, is set to return to SNL for the first time in 35 years this Saturday, December 21st. Murphy made a small non-performance cameo at the show’s anniversary show in 2015, but has been pretty far from his roots in Studio 8H for many years now.

For fans of the long-running comedy TV institution, this is a big TV event. Murphy teased some nostalgic throwbacks to his classic sketch characters.