At SNL40 on Sunday, we were all treated to a delightful Celebrity Jeopardy sketch.
In it, Keenan Thompson played Bill Cosby for a Video Daily Double. Unbeknownst to us, that was originally going to be Eddie Murphy. On Twitter, Norm Macdonald just told a behind-the-scenes tale of why that wasn’t to be.
(Note: I’m just pulling the Murphy specific tweets here, but you should read all of Macdonald’s feed from this evening. He goes in-depth on the week before SNL40)
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568202621040726016
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568204896371146753
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568205072825503744
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568206562973462528
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568206713066635264
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568206976083062784
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568207646051807233
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568208675245940736
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568215298572222464
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568215387692789760
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568215560418414592
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568215824131104768
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568216678858772481
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568217198654676992
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568217267034435584
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568217315872870400
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568217430641627136
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568217809747980288
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568218054275895296
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568218458929827840
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568218661451796480
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568219362441629697
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568219435594424320
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568231340564455424
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568231547142340608
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568232212140675072
Flash forward a bit.
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568235286292926464
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568235617567387648
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568235959839387648
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568236140735541248
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568236197723529216
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568236410882236416
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568236590331330560
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568236763317026816
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/568236977730031616
There you have it.