Fun Trivia : Raw

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What color was Eddie's leather suit?

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purple.



Why did Bill Cosby call Eddie Murphy?

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To chastise him for being dirty.



What did Eddie's father want most from Eddie?

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respect. 'R-E-S-C-C-T, find out what it means to me R-E-C-C-T-C-P...boy, you know how to spell it, Respect!'



How tall was the Italian guy who had a fight with the tall black man at the 'Rocky' movie?

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5' 2'.



Why did the Italian guy pick a fight with the black man?

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Because he thought the 'Rocky' movies were real.



Whom did Eddie's father initially think Eddie had a fight with?

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Danny Terrio.



Whom did Eddie's father initially think that Eddie shot?

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Jimmy Walker. Eddie was telling his father about the fight over the phone, and his father mixed up the message and said: 'Eddie just had a fight in a disco with Danny Terrio and shot Jimmy Walker! Ed, why'd you shot Jimmy Walker in the lips? I like 'Good Times'!' Eddie actually was talking to Danny and fighting with an Italian, and after the fight his lips looked like Jimmy Walker's lips!



What type of girls didn't Eddie like?

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Shy girls. 'I hate those shy 'salad-eating' girls!'



Who helped co-write the movie?

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Keenen Ivory Wayans. Townsend directed the film.



Why didn't Eddie want to get married?

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He feared that his wife would take half his money.



What was the name of the Jamaican guy that Eddie said a scorned woman would cheat on you with, in the Bahamas?

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Dexter. Dexter St. Jock.



How much money did Eddie say Johnny Carson had to give his wife?

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150 million dollars.



What did Eddie say Johnny's wife would do, on the side, to 'help make ends meet'?

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Get a job at a boutique on the weekends.



What did Eddie say an independent woman might say to you if you asked her where she was going to be?

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I'm gonna be where I'm at.



When Eddie was talking to his father about the fight he was in, why did his father say the man kicked his butt?

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because Eddie broke a lamp in 1971. Eddie's father said: 'Eddie, who broke that lamp in 1971? It was you, Eddie, and that's probably why that man kicked your butt tonight. If he's still there, I'd appreciate it if you told him that your father said thank you!'



In the opening scene, who played the relative of Eddie's, who was a young girl singing?

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Tatyana Ali. The little girl was played by Tatyana Ali. In the opening scene, she was singing "Why do Fools Fall in Love?" by Frankie Lymon. You may also know Tatyana Ali from her role on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" starring Will Smith. She played Ashley Banks.



Who did Eddie Murphy see on the cover of a magazine, who was getting divorced?

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Johnny Carson. It was this that launched Eddie Murphy's topic of the danger of giving half of your money after divorce. "Johnny must have had 300 million. He had to give his wife 150 million?" Apparently giving a woman half of his money would upset him greatly (who wouldn't get upset?). As many of you may already know, Johnny Carson was a famous late night talk show host, who was the subject of the famous call: "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeres Johnny!" Upon retiring, Carson was replaced by Jay Leno. Sadly, Johnny Carson has since passed away.



What movie did Eddie Murphy claim Italians went crazy for?

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Rocky. To quote Eddie Murphy "After they see 'Rocky', they come out the theater charged! They be like 'Alright, Rocko! Alright Sly!'" This was nearing the end of the show. Eddie had had a fight with an Italian man, and began to describe him in great detail. Then Eddie recalls a scenario in which an Italian man confronts a huge African-American man and challenges him, believing that he will win simply because he believed that the "Rocky" movies were real.



Which comedian did Murphy want to be, when he was 15?

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Richard Pryor. When he was 15, Eddie Murphy wanted to be Richard Pryor so badly, that he would walk, talk and act like him. His whole act was about sitting on the toilet, but he made them sound like Richard Pryor jokes. In case you don't know, Richard Pryor was a popular comedian in the 80s. He was so funny that when Comedy Central made a list of the 100 funniest stand-up comedians of all time, they ranked Pryor as number one!



What was the name of the Bahamian guy who picked up the girl on the beach?

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Dexter St. Jock. "What's a beautiful girl like you doing on the island of love all alone? This is the island for love, you should be being held right now." This was the "smooth, Bahamian" routine that Dexter St. Jock used on the woman on the beach. Eddie Murphy got on this topic after discussing why men cheat on women.



At the party in the club (where Eddie met the Italian man), who was Eddie initially talking to?

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Danny Terrio. After telling the audience that he was talking to Danny Terrio, Eddie said "Don't ask me why." It was after talking to him that Eddie began his fight with the Italian man. Danny Terrio hosted the short lived show, "Dance Fever", which was created by Merv Griffin.