11 Absolutely Hilarious Quotes From Charlie Murphy
The news of comedy icon Charlie Murphy's passing took the world by surprise.
After learning that he lost his ongoing battle with leukemia on Wednesday morning (April 12), fans of the comedian immediately began mourning his loss by taking to the internet to remember his indelible contributions to the world of comedy. The comic, who is set to star in Comedy Get Down, coming this fall to BET, has had quite the funny tongue.
From his memories of Rick James to a transcription of his memorable performance in Chappelle's Prince skit, take a look at 11 of Murphy's most memorable quotes.
Recap Murphy's passing in the BET Breaks video, above.
"Hurricane Sandy left me without power for five days, I was not prepared to not have power for five days. F*****g five days is long enough for your kids to start second guessing your authority. Three days in my son walks up to me and says, 'Why we gotta listen to you, you can’t even get the lights on?' I was like, 'Wow, this little boy has a point!'"
"Walked into the 7/11 and asked the dude for rolling papers and dude from behind the counter got all pissed off. Had a scowl on his face. 'We don’t sell drug paraphernalia here.' I was like, 'Really, why not? I mean you’re selling alcohol here. Look you got condoms, sex pills, you even selling ham sandwiches. And you a Muslim.'"
On Prince actually being good at ball: “Yo, it’s not that shocking if a Black man can play basketball.”
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On Rick James: “Things escalated to the point where, you know, my man got too familiar and I’d ended up having to whoop his a*s, man, you know. Because he would step across the line. Habitually. He’s a habitual line stepper.”
"I had a friend named Woody, and from the time that he was maybe 11 to when he was deep into his twenties he had one black tooth, he never got it fixed. You would think you would get enough money to get it fixed, 10 years, 12 years in his tooth was still black. He met Redd Foxx, and Redd Foxx did an hour standup on his black tooth, and the very next day Woody had that tooth fixed…Think about the metaphor, he used jokes to fix the n***a’s smile, think about that."
"Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”
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On Chappelle playing Rick James in a skit: “Dave should have got an Oscar, he nailed it. He nailed it as good as Jamie Foxx nailed Ray… And I don’t think he met Rick until after it was shot. Dave was going strictly off the narrative of what I told him.”
"As a Black man, I didn’t get mad when Paula Deen used the word n*gger. I got mad about all the recipes she stole from n*ggas."
"A man in the KKK came up to me and said, 'You know, Charlie, I used to hate n***ers. But ever since that Dave Chappelle show came on, you and Dave Chappelle make me and Bubba love n***ers every Wednesday night.'"
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"My dream role would be porno flicks."
[When Prince challenges them to basketball] "We can call it the shirts vs. the blouses. I don't know what he was crying about. He knew where he got that shirt and it certainly wasn't in the men's department."
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