Frank Sinatra (Joe Piscopo) and Stevie Wonder (Eddie Murphy) sing a version of "Ebony and Ivory" that young people will enjoy. [Season 7, 1982]
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Frank Sinatra literally cracked up when he first saw this. Joe Piscopo actually called and apologized the week after this aired to just be polite being he is a Sinatra fan. Frank Sinatra didn't take offense at all and praised him and Eddie Murphy for the skit and commented he has never laughed hard like that in years. He was right! It was very funny!
Thanks for the trivia.
Frank got him back at a show Joe took his mother too. Pretended they were getting kicked out on Frank's orders but ended up bringing them backstage so Joe's mother could meet Frank.
@Clam, I wonder how Stevie took it? LOL.
Yeah not surprised Frank was cool..Quincy Jones was is Big Band Orcestrator..paid to put his son through college.
@@lindahandley5267 I'm guessing just fine. Stevie went on to host the show during the next season.
I love that the audience is laughing when Eddie first starts singing "Ebony and Ivory" (because its such a hilarious impression) but then the laughter slowly turns into gasps, and is immediately followed with applause when they suddenly realize that EDDIE MURPHY CAN SING....WELL!
Not to mention play the piano!!
@@bobthebear1246 He was not playing the piano!
@@rcruz262 lol
They BOTH can sing!
I got that "Dexter St. Jock" reference! Well done!
“Side by side you are my amigo, Negro...” LORD HAVE MERCY 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️😂😂😂😂
@Melissa, I double-dog dare you to go to Times Square and sing that!
Back when people didn't get so offended. It was hilarious!
@Robin- 1 Yes and nobody still cares - the butthurt is all media driven propaganda - the butthurt is the masses being manipulated by the few - and people are gullible enough to buy into this BS. Control of the masses using the media and big tech. That's what's really happening in this country today. George Orwell's prophesy has come to pass.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Shut up lady don’t let race get in your brain
"You're blind as a bat and I have sight!!!!"😂😂😂😂
That was groovy thinkin' Lincoln!
That's the best fuckin' part of the song!
hawk1674 favorite line ever !!!!🤘🏻🤣🤘🏻
Now I want an eskimo pie! Do they still make 'em?
@@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427 We call them Innuit Pies now that we're all woke.
"I am dark and you are liiiight" "You are blind as a bat and I have sight"😂 CLASSIC
Piscopo is proud of writing the line "Who cares," which kind of says it all
Eddie Murphy is an amazing singer and he totally pulls off Stevie's voice!
Yeah I was literally just thinking tha
She likes to party all the time 😵💫
I remember singing this as a little girl around the house. "You are blind as a bat and I have sight " lol
Me too! 😂😂😂
Dess D, Ditto!
Dess D, what did your parents say? I would have been laughing hard, especially the first time you said it.
U are a racist.
😁
So funny that 37 years later I still have the line in my head: "I am dark and you are light--you are blind as a bat and I have sight side my side on my piano me amigo negro let's not fiiiiiiiigggghht!" Slays me every time!
The following Monday at work---we were still crackin up!!! I was in my early 20s. The 40 & over crowd didn't understand---and the yahoos were completely out to lunch. I was recently out of the U S Navy 2 years prior & that had been my first exposure to living & working with people of other races & religions and I truly thought that we were gonna be the generation that was gonna eradicate racism & dumbass biases. I guess I was wrong
@@leonguisburg413 I'm still shocked about what's going on, truly depressing.
This would never get buy in this dayatime even though they were JOKING!!!
“That was groovy thinkin’ Lincoln, when you set them Freeeeeeee” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
When I saw this all those decades ago I thought I'd choke to death laughing. That was back when the show was actually funny.
This was mine and my dad's favorite Eddie Murphy skit. He died a couple months ago. He would have loved Eddie last Saturday.
@George Ybarra So sorry for your loss 😥🙏🙏🙏
R.I.P. to your Dad ❤️🙏
My condolences
Rip to pops
Respect bro!!! May your old man Rest In Peace.
Eddie Murphy is so damn talented ❤️
“When I think of ebony I think of a magazine that most people do not buy...and when I think of ivory,I think of a soap that floats”
That “my amigo negro” line still kills after all these years💪🏾😂😆
Yep, and the way Joe sings ‘let’s not fight’ is also hilarious!
"We're talking Salt & peppa, Sammy and Dean, Stevie and me are peachy keeeeeeen." LOLLLL
The Beatle who "looks like a broad" -- That's how I'll always remember Paul.
That one cracked me up to pieces :)))
Craig Ferguson always likened McCartney to Angela Lansbury.
Well, we were all thinking that, anyhow.
But he can't see, lol.
That was hilarious. And I'm a huge Paul fan.
Joe Piscopo did the best Frank Sinatra imitation ever! And Eddie Murphy did the best Stevie Wonder imitation as well.
Phil Hartman on "The Sinatra Group" was a less flattering albeit more accurate portrayal. I'm a Sinatra fan and heard that Frank and the kids were less than pleased, which tells me that it hit too close to home.
@@BKSevan Remember when he said "I have chunks of guys like you, in my stool"..............
@@BKSevan Phil hartmans was the best.
Mmmmm...speaking, somewhat. Singing! Oh no!! 😉
They were both fantastic!
"That was groovy thinking, Lincoln when you set them free"..😂😂
@Eshi, the snowflakes would shit their pants!
linda handley Especially NOW!!!
@@lindahandley5267 : Old crusty Bat...you are the only one saying shyt.
@@dman221 Poor baby. Did I insult your sensibilities? Get a life you little crybaby!
Such an underrated line in this skit 😹😹
"You are blind as a bat and I have sight." LMFAO
“Frank Sings Tunes the Young People Will Enjoy”, coming soon to cassette.
When will it be on Google play?
8-track is already out. Check it out at your local Tower Records
@@Swimm12984 I made the mistake of getting it from Columbia Records Club! Now they won't leave me alone and I keep getting Kenny G cassettes I don't want!
I'm still holding out for 8 track.
@@chuckschillingvideos 8-tracks are overrated. I'm still waiting for a reel-to-reel version.
The catchiest song that I can’t sing in public.
Do it anyhow.
B Nic I never said I didn’t, I only said it wasn’t allowed to.
Best comment. Thx for the laugh.
Yeah you can, friend.
Sad... Isn't it?!
What’s good about this is that they both parodied famous singers without being crass or making them look stupid. SNL really does not do it that way anymore. That skit had class and was very funny!
I don't know. Sinatra was portrayed as being petty ignorant.
@@Rasfreeman Based on what I've been told, the reality was even worse.
@@Rasfreeman IRL, Sinatra was influential in integrating Las Vegas. You can say a lot of awful things about Sinatra, but you have to give him credit for making life a bit easier for black entertainers.
@@stoverboo Yeah, just wanted to add that his various acts to further equal civil rights are very well documented.
Not only that - they knew their lines and didn't have to constantly look at a cue instead of the other people in the scene!
“You are my amigo Negro...” I bout lost it! 😂😂😂😂
I remember watching it with my mom back then and she gasped and said OMG! She was shocked even then that they would say that! LOL
Eddie and Joe had such great chemistry. They were fantastic, and made Saturday Night Live back then. They were the best duo of all time on SNL.
Better than Wayne & Garth?! 😁
@Chief Scheider in my opinion yes. Because Wayne and Garth were characters, while Eddie and Joe did multiple classic skits as different characters together. But I did love Wayne and Garth.
No that Honor would go to Belushi and Aykroyd
My Dad knew Mr. Sinatra who told people he liked Piscopo's imitation.
Phil Hartmann's Sinatra was better, "Hey Cue Ball, I'm looking at you, and I thinking, 'Fourteen in the side pocket!'"
@Billie...COOL!!!!
@@edlawn5481 Different interpretations, I love both though. I think Piscopo's is more dignified and less of a caricature.
Omg I can't believe this is 40 years old. Comedy Gold.
That means we are getting old. Lol. I love this skit as a kid and still do. Probably SNL's best Era. Love it all. Literally saved this show. So many greats came from this show from Steve Martin Joe Eddie to Adam Sandler to Will Ferrell and Tina Fey. Lol.😅😅😅 Too many I missed in between
Definitely, classic SNL ‼️😆😆🤣. John Madden SNL Superbowl skit. Richard Pryor the exorcist SNL. Eddie Murphy, White Like Me,SNL.
Yes!!!!
"Hey who cares what the Eskimos think they don't buy records hugh hugh"
You've got to admire Piscopo and Ed during this era, since they were carrying the whole show. All of the other cast members were simply warm bodies.
That's simply not true. Mary Gross and Tim Kazurinsky were terrific.
@@jeffw1267 I totally agree!
Eddie was brilliant o SNL Ashame he sold out to Disney
@@jeffw1267 - I thought "Feds" was cute too, but Mary Gross was hardly an terrifically talented comedian. Quick, name one of her characters that isn't Alfalfa.
Joe Piscopo was a versatile impressionist who could be amusing when utilizing that talent. Eddie Murphy was the best young comedian around throughout that period. Dick Ebersol deserves credit for maximizing both in an effort to sustain interest in SNL, but he didn’t know how to develop the remaining members of the cast.
Back when SNL was must-see viewing on Saturday nights.
I laughed TOO hard at this skit. Eddie nailed Stevie Wonder and Piscopo was hysterical as Sinatra. Piscopo had all the great lines in this. "You are blind as a bat and I have sight"!
He did an awesome sinatra
Man, Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo really nailed this!!! Well done Gentlemen!
Wow, Eddie Murphy actually sounds really good! I didn't know he could sing! He even sounds like Stevie!
He made an album back in the day.
Yes 🤣
Look up his song “party all the time”
Party All The Time reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
He did his own solo work but never caught on because of some scandal
Still a keeper….Joe Piscapo does a radio show on sundays from New Jersey on 7100 Am radio..6pm to 9pm
This when late night television (TV) was all you needed.. !
Best comment ever
Eddie Murphy once did a skit with the real Stevie Wonder. I think it was on SNL. It was pretty funny.
It was a skit about white people working out their guilt over slavery...
I remember it! At one point, Eddie tells Stevie, "See, you gotta move your head around like someone is choking you...", to which Wonder subtly replies, "Tell me I'm doing it wrong again and I'll choke you." LOL!
Stevie played a really bad Stevie Wonder impersonator, and Eddie showed him how to do it right.
This is the only "Stevie Wonder Impersonator" clip on youtube. kzhead.info/sun/f7OFkrtqfImZn3A/bejne.html Even the NBC channel doesn't include the clip for that episode. www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/season-8/episode/19-stevie-wonder-with-stevie-wonder-65226
"That s___ ain't funny! Stevie Wonder's a musical genius!" *wipes nose*
they said sinatra laughed at this
And you did too if you knew what was good for you.
or else!
I will never forget this episode!!! Oldie but always a goody!!! 😂
U should go watch the Eddie Murphy Mr. Robinson skits classics
I remember watching this live, I was on the floor laughing my butt off and half in shock of what I was hearing...
This is an amazing impression and of course Eddie can sing too
I wish Piscapo would've been there Saturday too. They were a great comedy team imo
Deveal Stone Yes he should have been there that night. They fed off each other so well.
Joe Piscopo is white.
@SOLISDEUS did they? I havent seen that one. Thats kinda messed up. I'll have to watch that one.
@@kari7403 I saw that. Might be because Piscopo has a radio show that's of a conservative nature. A lot of the entertainment industry hates that sort of thing.
@@kennybluet5527 I had no idea he had his own radio show. Thanks for clueing me in. Plus, I forgot to look into that more, so im glad you said something. It reminded me that I had meant to read up on that all. 👍 It's kinda ridiculous how much Hollywood and the media have to do with politics and vice versa. One influences and partially controls the other. Its like a sick kind of symbiotic relationship. Does he still do that radio show? Just asking since you worded it to sound as if he currently has it.
Im calling this album Frank sings tunes that the young people will enjoy 🤣🤣🤣
Eddie Murphy.. The master of impressions!!!
Doesn't surprise me. Joe was always dead-on Sinatra.
Piscopo and Murphy were close friends both off and on camera. Ever since the days of SNL.
I think they had a falling out towards the end of their times on SNL
@Troy, sadly, the show has steadily declined over the years. I used to look forward to it every Saturday night because I knew it was going to be funny!
@@lindahandley5267 That's actually not true. SNL was tanking in between the original cast and the murphy-Piscopo cast. There's been ups and downs over the years just like sports teams. New England Patriots dominated for a decade, didn't even make the playoffs this year. Bu tthere have been some great cast members and seasons over the years. This just happens to have been one of the best. Phil Hartman, David Spade, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Dana Carvey, Will Ferrell..I mean who could forget "NOt enough Cowbell"?
@@ChuckWortman I'm well aware of all that. I watched it from it's inception on 10/11/75, and never missed a one. When it was good, it was good and when it was bad, it was bad. There didn't seem to be a happy medium, which makes sense.
@@lindahandley5267 this season 2023-2024 it's funny again I saw it back to back recently and was trying not to laugh too loud since I live in an apartment....I hope you will reply to this
I saw this skit when it was shown originally on SNL and countless times since then, and I still crack up every time I see it.
I watched it live also
One of the funniest sketches ever!
Of all the SNL skits, this has got to be the funniest of all time. Some nitwit had posted this before, editing out some of the words, trying to be "politically" correct. Thanks for restoring it to it's pure comic brilliance. Frank and Stevie together again.. lol.
I don't know, man....James Brown's Celebrity Hot Tub was pretty damn good, as were the wild and crazy guys.
@@al201103 I was disappointed that I never got to see Dr. Joyce Brothers and James Brown in the hot tub. That would have been great.
Murphy is a excellent actor, singer and impersonator. I watched the movie Bowfinger about 8 times he was brilliant in it.
Natasha Agent Bowfinger was quite underrated. Heavenly God..Heavenly God!!
🤔how about coming to America😆
Bowfinger is an all time family favorite and so under-rated.
@@GABS0000 Paula Abdul choreographed that scene in Coming to America where people were wearing palm branches on their heads
Eddie. Murphy. 🤣😂 he is SO good as Stevie Wonder!!!
Because he doesn't want to party all the time.
April Q. 😭😭😭😭 Eddie is hilarious. 7/15/19
You can see Eddie holding it together through the glasses. How perfect that he could smile the whole time because that is Stevie Wonders persona anyway. Much easier to half laugh. I wonder how many times they did this and if there are bloopers of them cracking up because it was funny then it’s funny now. It’ll always be funny.
I don't know how they did when they were rehearsing it but this was (Saturday Night) Live.
I remember this as a young girl years ago. It still cracks me up.
The measure of success in musical parody is not disdain, but reverence. The more knowledge, insight and love someone has of a music genre, the better the skit tends to be. People who have nothing but passing knowledge of a type of music (pick one/any: punk, classical, jazz, rap, hip hop, heavy metal, Great American Songbook, musicals....) always comedically fall flat. The brilliance of this skit lies in how thoroughly Murphy and Piscopo inhabit their characters - these guys both have more than a passing knowledge of the repertoire and style of each singer. Even more impressive, is the nod to Sammy Cahn ("a mahvelous, marvellous songwriter, no offence Stevie....") and they nailed the Tin Pan Alley song title, and the stride-piano jazz style Cahn would have done in a mash up with Stevie Wonder. This is brilliant on so many levels.
This is really cool, and shows that the players have talents beside just comedic skill!
I wish that sketch could've gone on longer!
This is one of my all-time favorite SNL skits. Eddie's Stevie Wonder is so good!
He did a great Gumby as well.
SNL skit with Joe Piscopo hosting his show Guy Talk with his first two guests Michael Jackson (Eddie Murphy) and Liberace. Side splitting😂😂😂😂!
This is hilarious and beautiful.
Yesss absolutely hilarious 🤣😂🤣😂 and deep 😍😍😍
"Frank Sings Tunes the Young People Will Enjoy." 😀 I was 17 when this was on TV and remember HOWLING with laughter watching it.
One of the all time great SNL skits.
What a classic. I still enjoy watching this after all these years.
Eddie Murphy rocks! Would love to see him back on SNL.
He did return for the 40th anniversary special but he’s vowed to never return after David Spade insulted his career on Weekend Update when he called him “a falling star”.
I mean, Spade isn’t wrong lol
@@HBarnill LOL
@@HBarnill so he decided to take the loser's path instead of proving David Spade wrong.
feuriger Stern He used to be one of the funniest people on the planet. Then he decided to do crap like Norbit.
I remember watching that the 1st time live! Hilarious then Hilarious now!!!
Great skit. Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo had great chemistry when working together. Couldn't do this skit in today's times.
I was 12 when then episode aired, and I remember it fondly. The early 80s cast of SNL was truly great at their craft. The 80s were a great time to grow up.
Groovy thinkin Lincoln when you set them free.
how 2020 desperately needs this right now
That was groovy thinking ,Lincoln, when youz, set them free 😃😃😃CLASSIC
Joe Piscopo was always a scream as "The Chairman of the Board." This would never pass today, which makes it even more hysterical! Thanks for sharing.
This my friends is classic comedy!!!! Love it!
👍 yes
One of my favorite SNL skits ever! It's been so many years later and it still makes me laugh.
One of the best skits from SNL
One of my ALL time favorite Eddie skits ❤❤
A marvelous classic of SNL. Too funny! Excellent performances by both actors 😊👍
That was groovy thinkin’ Lincoln when you set them free 😮🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That line had me laughing immediately lmao. Been a while since I've seen this but it randomly popped up in my head recently.
One of my all time favorite skits. The words to the song is hysterical
I watched this live the night it aired! 8th or 9th grade with my old friend
Simply put, one of the greatest SNL skits of all time.
Joe Piscapo did a tour 10 years as Frank Sinatra and it was amazing. Talk, sing, all the standards. This is one of the all time great skits with Eddie.
All time great SNL skit. They both nailed it and who knew Eddie Murphy could ‘hold a tune’! Hilarious!
@janetmayer3562 Eddie Murphy can sing you've never heard his record Party All the Time????????????
So perfectly captures that feeling that's been lingering in entertainment for decades, when you just wanna create and perform something in a simple, down-to-earth way with a bit of humor, but you know too many people are too sensitive about it, and the ones in charge wanna make sure to max out the money, so it's not allowed. And you get something pretentious or overly cautious in its place.
Brilliant clip, thanks for finally adding this one.
1982!!!! I was 9!!! I remember this clear as day!!!
I was 11. Me too😂😂
I wasn't born yet, but I remember it as clear as day, too. We lived in Germany, and we used to watch the VHS tape of the best of Eddie Murphy Saturday night live(which is not the same as that DVD that's out now) over and over again. To this day, I have the whole thing memorized.
I was very fortunate to have grown up when this was what SNL was. Masterful performances and inspired writing!
Love this. Well written and both performers were incredible
I have always loved this skit. I can't believe that this only has half a million views. Eddie's Stevie Wonder impression was on point and Piscopo had a great, reverential Sinatra impression. I have no idea why they don't perform together anymore but I miss their chemistry.
I remember seeing this a loooong time ago! Good stuff! 😂😂😂
I first heard this bit when I was about 8 years old and it still lives rent free in my head!!
The Sinatra Group - Saturday Night Live kzhead.info/sun/aredea6hpJ1jqnA/bejne.html
All we need known is Hanz & Franz!! Lol! That would be classic!!
Nobody laughed when Sinatra says, "Do you do your own hair?"..."No"..."Then you got no excuse." That's comedy!
The shade!
I heard a few chuckles, Rebel 😎
Holy crap!! If we didn't laugh, we'd cry, with everything going on in the USA atm, this is beautiful.
Myl1ttleworld for real. Thank you, screwball liberals. JAZZ HANDS! 100 genders! Unreal. 🙄
One of my all-time favourite sketches!
Eddie Murphy as Stevie...what can anyone say. He totally did Stevie and nailed the singing voice. Joe Piscopo brought the NY swagger to Frank in perfect overkill. Yeah, and he sounded like Frank too. This skit belongs in the top ten SNL skits of all time.
First time seeing this one and it’s HILARIOUS 😂 Eddie nails Stevie and Piscopo did a nice Sinatra too… but the writing is what really shines here. Those lyrics and the setup was genius 😂😂😂
Phil Hartman did a very good Sinatra impersonation. I recall a skit that featured Sinatra hosting a talk show and his guests were Billy Idol (Sting), Steve Lawrence & Edie Gourmet, and “Sinbad” O’Conner. I laughed until I almost shat myself.
Quality 💯
Joe Piscopo and Eddie really had an amazing chemistry.
Gad wish I still had this best of series recorded somewhere. I watched these scenes so many times as a kid. Still just as funny so many years later.
Even today , 38 years later it still makes me laugh OUT LOUD!! :-)
"You are blind as a bat and I have sight", my favorite line as a kid. 🤣
I haven’t seen this in over 12 years and I randomly woke up and had this song in my head! I had the entire SNL vintage on VCR and lost my absolute mind watching these and they’re still as funny as ever haha
"Life’s an Eskimo pie" 😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
I actually remember this in real time. One of the first sketches I remember remembering as a kid. I used to go around singing "You are blind as a bat and I have sight". I knew that was clever even as a kid. Lol.
The way Joe sings "Let's not fight" cracks me up every time
I remember my 13 year old self watching this the night it aired forty years ago. Man, where does the time go?
One of my all time favorite SNL skits and probably my favorite with Piscopo in it.