Buckwheat Dead and America Mourns - SNL

[@Jim76]

The thing that made this even more brilliant was that it wasn't a single skit. It was intersperse in small segments throughout the whole 90 minute show.

[@imrustyokay]

Hell they were committed to this premise in 3 shows in a row. Brilliant.

[@Jim76]

@@imrustyokay That's right. I'd forgotten about that!

[@douglaslowe5]

They did a lot of pre taped sketches with Murphy, because he missed some live shows while on movie shoots. this was brilliant

[@shelliecarlson7015]

Just like when Ragan was shot.

[@bkblair71]

Yeah , it was done brilliantly. I miss those days when SNL was actually funny

[@schizoidboy]

"Ouch, I'm shot..." Pure comedy genius.

[@deborahhansen7516]

To this day, if I injure myself and say “ouch,” I usually follow it up with “I’m shot.”

[@blairminyard2666]

My best friend and I were in middle school and we'd try making each other crack up while practicing free throws. This was one of my go-to lines.

[@joshuabrown2521]

I love how you hear one dude near the camera start cracking up after that

[@albundy6008]

"Brought to you by Mutual Life, because you could die tomorrow, just like John David Stutts!" I lost my shit on that one!!

[@Damone7653]

No Ferguson?

[@jessemathes5126]

IKR.

[@troyallen8405]

LOL Same here

[@corvus1970]

"Mr. Stutts, did you kill Buckwheat?" "Sure!"

[@SarahB1863]

That was a great joke - as was all the interviews with people who knew him. "Do you think he killed Buckwheat?" "Oh, sure! It's all he ever talked about!"

[@cflournoy1529]

That’s the part that cracks me up😂🤣

[@dennispearson9287]

DAMMMM !!!!!......

[@hfontanez98]

"President of the Future Assassins of America" and "Most likely to kill Buckwheat" in the yearbook LMAO

[@dennispearson9287]

@@hfontanez98 Not A Good SIGN ! Somebody Should Have Connected The Dots And Seen The Writing On The Wall !!!....This Tragedy Could Have Easily Been Avoided 😔 !!!....

[@ascribecalledtess7439]

The “Hey Mr. Wheat!” nearly took me completely out! 😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂⚰️

[@jackaction7077]

Me too!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Mach7RadioIntercepts]

That part was a parody of Mark David Chapman when he shot John Lennon.

[@richardcarrier9536]

I was sleeping over my cousin's house when this first aired. It felt like a real news report because they kept interrupting the other skits to bring more news. We were in hysterics! Great childhood memory!

[@thatJRPGmocro]

awesome

[@brianstorm5488]

I wonder if they took any inspiration from radio’s War of the Worlds, in which a supposed music show would be interrupted repeatedly with reports of alien invasion that sound real. Many believed it was really happening. It’s hard to imagine but radio has never run a fake satire or parody of the news. Or, parodies of commercials etc that sounded real. Think when people had that much faith in media.

[@antonewilson4310]

The Jack Ruby reference was so brilliant it hurt.

[@godfreymccammon4531]

For freakin' sure.....I laughed my old man ass off.

[@albundy6008]

Also had a "Son of Sam" reference. The reporter asked him, "Mr.Stutts, why did you kill Buckwheat?" To which he answered, "I had to. My dog told me that he was the Anti-Christ."

[@jimfinigan1681]

There was also a Lee Harvey Oswald reference. Check out his yearbook picture as president of the "Future Assassins of America".

[@brianstorm5488]

@@jimfinigan1681You mean the picture with the rifle? The pose is just like the famous backyard shot holding the rifle at an odd angle. And all assassins having 3 word names.

[@georgedilligaf8570]

On a later episode of SNL, we found out that John David Stutts was only a patsy when Alfalfa was revealed to be the one who actually shot Buckwheat. And that Buckwheat survived the shooting, but faked his own death and was living under a new identity. Alfalfa’s attempted assassination of Buckwheat was an act of revenge stemming from elementary school involving an incident where Buckwheat stuck a frog down Alfalfa’s pants in Ms . Crabtree’s class

[@nakiashelby6413]

Such a sick, twisted plan....I'm so glad to have seen it!!!😂😂😂

[@yungkidnf]

Bruh, you KNOW what they do to wistle blowers. Or do I need to remind you what happened to Stimiey and Frogbreath(RIP)?

[@JUYOBWISIT]

So it wasn’t Gumby or Axel Foley ??

[@TheRomeerome]

😂😂😂😂

[@caisediabhassan5262]

Didn't Alfalfa shoot him a second time?

[@nocomment2468]

“Do you believe he killed Buckwheat?” “Oh yes, definitely. That’s all he ever talked about.” Everything about this satire is chefs kiss.

[@jordanpeacock8774]

That was my grandfather John Robert Evans. Miss him every day.

[@kristinemunholland8980]

🤣🤣🤣

[@williamrowlett740]

I laughed at Buckwheat's bodyguards all wearing sunglasses at night.

[@MpaYn]

They just want to weave their storied lies.

[@radamesa.delacruz5222]

That's to fuckin funny!

[@jeromemosley1164]

The guy with the sunglasses was Arsenio Hall

[@JaeDee66]

Uhm not to uncommon but ok

[@robynsegg]

They were inspired by Corey Hart. 😏

[@georgep.burdell7237]

"Mr. Wheat!" will never stop making me laugh.

[@ianobrien3248]

I recall watching this live as a far too young kid and laughing hysterically while being completely confused

[@mr.worldfree3333]

I was just thinking that

[@gregslav6755]

My friends and I would always yell “hey, Mr. Wheat”! Lol

[@DreDrums215]

Same here… especially when they do the slow mo of him being shot

[@joemc7614]

Me too.that was the first time I watched snl. My dad was out of town and my mom let me watch it with her. I remember earlier in the episode when they did a slow pan up a dude wearing jeans, only to see Eddie at the end saying, 'hi I'm buckwheat '. At 6 years old, it was the funniest thing I ever saw and still may be to this day

[@inkfishpete8695]

The Little Rascal's Funeral March was priceless!

[@dcinsc7]

GENIUS stuff. Amazing they had the confidence to run this gag the whole show, just Murphy and Piscopo essentially. I remember watching it as a high school kid and laughing, but re-watching it now and realizing how smart this skit/episode is. “Oooooo, I’ve been shot.” LOL

[@bostonseeker]

In college, we were dimly aware of how brilliant Murphy is. But only dimly :)

[@RichV20]

It was the Eddie & Joe show. SNL knew where there bread was buttered and put them in every sketch as everyone else sucked.

[@3xbadboy264]

5:33 "OOOUUUCH, I'm shot!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Only Eddie could've played that role! 😂😂😂

[@deaconbluezzz]

Quite possibly the greatest sketch ever produced by SNL.

[@cozmo562]

“Hey Mr. Wheat!” 🤣👏🏼

[@Bradford659]

“I had to kill him. My dog told me he was the Antichrist” 😂

[@powrpak2]

Brad Lanky HAAHAAA!!!!

[@georgeshelton6281]

Would I dare cheer like Curly Howard going "WOOB WOOB WOOB WOOB WOOB WOOB WOOB WOOB," as he always does in the '3 Stooges' when you mocked Ted Koppel?

[@oveidasinclair982]

That was a direct reference to the Son of Sam killings

[@georgeshelton6281]

Which means Eddie Murphy retired from SNL.

[@georgeshelton6281]

For Adam Sandler; he was definitely fired from SNL, since he told the audience that.

[@ianwashburn2012]

Murphy's Stutts character is so comically unnerving

[@DTailorUK]

Yeah, like you could tell Stutts was comfortable at home during the early 80s and had enjoyed all the original Shaft trilogy and just wanted more action in his life. Stutts just wanted to get out.

[@antonewilson4310]

At least Jack Ruby got him...

[@norbertop.niebres6320]

@@antonewilson4310 Who killed Jack Ruby? Tune in tomorrow on Nightline.

[@monilaninetynine3811]

@@antonewilson4310 Jack Ruby or Ruby Jack

[@nealbradleigh5069]

@@antonewilson4310 Easily! Arguably, this alleged guy is probably THE MOST HATED MAN IN THE WORLD (as of his arrest friday night). Fast forward to Saturday's transfer to arraignment. Now, where was that Police cordon of at least FOUR TO SIX MEN DEEP to properly insure this guy gets to the arraignment, hmm? The entire world sees an officer IN WHITE SUIT AND HAT (proper for late autumn weather) lead this guy out, handcuffed. Ask why the white attire? To make sure " YOU HIT HIM ...NOT ME, DAMMIT! SHOOT AWAY FROM MY WHITE SUIT AND HAT"! Sheesh!😖🤔

[@MajesticalHonky]

"Ouch. I'm shot." 😂 I'm dead.

[@aaronmccracken7351]

Just like John David Stutts.

[@deebeexbro8597]

"Ouuuuuuch, I'm shot." 😂🤣

[@m83-b7y]

:35 " Hey Mr. Wheat" haha

[@SWLinPHX]

My mom and I died laughing when they kept showing the assassination footage (a parody on the constant replaying of the Reagan assassination attempt) and then how they do a whole piece on the assassin just after the psychologist said the media encourages stunts like this because they spotlight the assassin almost to the point of glorification.

[@dme1016]

It was was moreso a parody of the JFK assassination, and the little shit Oswald's murder......

[@SWLinPHX]

@@dme1016 Of course they incorporated aspects of the Kennedy assassination especially with the assassination of the original assassin himself, but this skit was prompted by Reagan's assassination attempt which had just recently occurred, especially the footage they played of the rapid gunfire as agents pushed Reagan back into the car. Furthermore it was a commentary on how all the recent assassinations & attempts (including the recent John Lennon assassination) focused on the assassin to the point of almost glorifying them, part of the problem as they explained in the "news" section of this comedy piece -- and then they proceeded to just that in the skit.

[@dme1016]

@@SWLinPHX No one wanted to glorify the little shit Oswald.....

[@williamhuey3205]

​@@SWLinPHX I think what we have here a boomer point of view and a Gen x point of view😂

[@jackaction7077]

Hey Mr.Wheat!🤣🤣🤣

[@OlegK-h6x]

July 2024. So many decades passed, but some things don’t change.

[@jordanpeacock8774]

The man that played the church pastor was my maternal grandfather John Robert Evans. I miss you, Grandpa!!!!

[@AltRightMustDie]

Is that so?!?!

[@sinbad799]

Nice to have someone famous in your family.

[@jordanpeacock8774]

@@AltRightMustDieyes indeed. Miss him every day.

[@blairminyard2666]

That's freakin' cool!

[@lewishorton8353]

Do you believe he killed Buckwheat?

[@josen4real5]

Stutts has no eyebrows hahaha!! I love this. Hilarious

[@AltRightMustDie]

It's the style of today. I was ahead of my time.

[@andreacheney3593]

It’s the yearbook pic for me! No eyebrows! 🎉😂

[@williamhicks7736]

Probably the greatest segment SNL ever put on the air... Very prescient and edgy even now... Remember watching when it aired and thought it was absolutely brilliant!

[@LazyIRanch]

They could never do something like this now, unfortunately. Too many overly-sensitive folks with no sense of humor now who bitch about EVERYTHING. I was a high school student in the 70's, and racism wasn't nearly as rampant as it is now (at least where I lived). I really think it has much to do with the fact that we were discussing racism more openly, and Norman Lear had a positive influence on that. The most popular sitcoms in that era were created by him, and they were very edgy. He wrote scripts that shone a spotlight on bigots, and the language they used. "Sanford and Son" was a great show, and wildly popular with people of all ethnicities. Redd Fox became a beloved star; strange considering he was formerly only known as a "filthy" underground comedian. The dialogue included most of the ugliest racial epithets (not bleeped out); not for a cheap laugh, but to expose those terms for what they are: stupid and hateful. Exposure has a way of taking power away from mere words, censorship gives those words undeserved attention by making them taboo.

[@realazduffman]

So great because it parodied so many things. It was a spoof of the shooting of Reagan, which happened weeks before this. But then the expert says the news media wants to make these shooters famous, seconds after the expert they go wall to wall on the killer. Then they spoof Son of Sam and his dog. Then they spoof Oswald getting shot. You had to have lived thru Reagan getting shot and all the "lets look at the video tape" to really get the spoof. This segment was most of the show that week and IIRC might have been over 2 shows. The full sketch might have ran an hour. They even had the Pope gibing a eulogy in another language with subtitles. In the middle of it the subtitles said, "This was a tragedy. Maybe some of you have not seen the video tape, lets take a look......." Kind of so clever that it could not be topped.

[@bostonseeker]

@@realazduffman It was at the end of an ugly 20 years of publicized shootings, starting with JFK, then RFK, MLK, (attemped) George Wallace, (attempted) Gerald Ford, (attempted) Ronald Reagan ... it took Eddie Murphy to do this brilliant send-up, a generation that hadn't been funny and make it funny, the same way Richard Pryor did, without the profanity.

[@zemxxi2765]

@@bostonseeker Don't forget John Lennon. The tragedy now is that just about all the shootings today are of not of famous people who are just going about their daily business; often school teachers and the kids they teach.

[@t-bo-lesotho]

@@bostonseeker The Pope in 1981 as well.

[@oveidasinclair982]

They combined the Reagan shooting and the JFK shooting and made it hilarious, only Eddie Murphy could pull a stunt like this one off. Oh and they threw in the Son of Sam too, comical genius.

[@oveidasinclair982]

@Jonathan Kent I didn't see that in there, where Buckwheat got shot was the same set up that Reagan was shot, outside of his vehicle. The shooter getting arraigned and shot followed JFK and his dog telling him to kill and Buckwheat being the anti-Christ was Son of Sam. Lennon was shot at the main entrance to his apartment building in NYC. I didn't see anything like that, or any reference to his killer?

[@darryljohnson4458]

@@oveidasinclair982 the candles lit up is footage from John Lennon fans mourning the behind the music on him is here on KZbin.

[@oveidasinclair982]

@@darryljohnson4458 I guess so, some what of a stretch, my dads not home so I can't ask him, he was in his early 20's back then.

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

@Jonathan Kent I always thought that John David Stutts was the stereotypical 3 named assassin, like John Wilkes Booth (the actor who killed Abraham Lincoln), Lee Harvey Oswald (the alleged killer of JFK), and Mark David Chapman (the killer of John Lennon).

[@hoselrocket8636]

@Dz Nutz The incessant repeating of the footage was my favorite part the skit.

[@trvrshoe4518]

Probably the most underrated sketch ever

[@monilaninetynine3811]

One of my all time favorites!

[@cattathat]

I love it!!!

[@salaamakbar3630]

nah

[@norbertop.niebres6320]

Who killed John David Stutts? I would like to know.

[@DC_R]

I watched this when it was Live that night. TRUST it's not underrated. That's all we talked about in school the next day. As a matter of fact. I remember they (NBC) hyped up this skit waaay before it aired. I lived it. No disrespect but.......Your comment is false 😶

[@airjmr3340]

“Ouch, i’m shot” 😂 5:30

[@trg-7506]

😂🤣 I'm dying

[@jenkinsb1980]

LMAO!!!!!!!

[@Jason_wears_stuff]

I lost it at that part lol

[@LtheDetective]

He said it so nonchalantly 🤣🤣🤣

[@kevinbaker3244]

And then as they kept replaying it, it (ouch, I'm shot) would switch places. 🤣

[@Poochpatrol]

Probably the best satire SNL has ever done. And I saw it live.

[@tammyclay62]

So did I. It was so funny because it was a reoccurring skit throughout the show and was totally unexpected each time.

[@pronkb000]

The best satire SNL has ever done: brought to you LIVE, by Mutual Life: Because you could die tomorrow.

[@RayNDeere]

Wish they would have included the scenes with Mary Gross playing Alfalfa . Mary was a very underrated member of the SNL cast. Always a good supporting player

[@LazyIRanch]

I agree! She was great. I wonder what happened to her? I expected her to make movies like so many SNL cast members. She has a very cute and likable persona, and could play a wide variety of characters.

[@waterandafter]

Dang, the Alfalfa parts are what I remembered most about this back in the day.

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

@@LazyIRanch her brother is Michael Gross from Family Ties.

[@MaximumBob]

"Tom Smothers?..."

[@aarondigby9859]

@@LazyIRanch Mary Gross, so underrated and a great cast member.

[@ronnie_5150]

I love how everyone that knew Stutts knew he was going to kill Buckwheat, but nobody said anything. :)

[@zemxxi2765]

Definitely a prophetic comedy sketch.

[@jfilesgraphics]

Funny part was...nobody actually protected Buckwheat lol

[@ronnie_5150]

@@jfilesgraphics lol! True. Gun shots started, everyone ran. "Hey Mr. Wheat!"🤣

[@theylivetogether8533]

@@zemxxi2765It was already a cliche. Oswald never shut up about Communist Russia even when he was in the Marines.

[@tiffanysedits5406]

This always has me in tears! It will never get old. The sponsors too!! So underrated.

[@guyfawkes578]

HEY, TIFFANY...HEEEEEEYYYY!

[@albundy6008]

"He was a quiet guy, kind of a loner, very polite." "Do you believe that he killed Buckwheat?" "Oh yes, absolutely. That's all he ever talked about."

[@leonardstokes6036]

I was only 12 years old when this sketch came out. And it's still just as funny today. The funniest part was when JDS said "Ouch, I'm shot!"

[@jakemarsing2615]

This sketch is 20 years ahead of its time.

[@freddyrichards878]

It was based off John Lennon's murder in December of 1980

[@freddyrichards878]

And Eddie wanted to stop playing Buckweat

[@kivonrahim]

Actually based off of JFK. Lee Harvey Oswald. John David Stutts. 3 full names. Buckwheat gets shot and the world leaders all mourn

[@debrawillard3034]

agreee

[@doctorthirteen5727]

@@freddyrichards878 Stutts saying his dog told him to do it was a reference to Son of Sam.

[@timothyreuscher8511]

Murphy really nails down that stare. Great sketch

[@Alma-999]

Ive been binging on Eddie Murphy's SNL skits since his appearance yesterday and I can't stop! lol I know Im not the only one 🤣🤗

[@nikibronson133]

Same

[@oveidasinclair982]

Same here

[@quentinbaggett1110]

Weres alec Baldwin and the trump skits? Get eddie to do Obama

[@patsystone34]

You've got company from Holland! 😂🤣🙈😂

[@margopowell9313]

Yes Will not stop laughing I mean do you think he killed buckwheat he was such a nice person but do you think he killed buckwheat. yes a course I do.

[@clarencebrowniii4750]

This was a genius move by Eddie Murphy, to avoid being typecast.

[@lurafrance6921]

I think you meant, "This is when SNL was still funny."

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

@ObamaFromKenya "Feeling good, Billy Ray!" 😁

[@desecration171]

@@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 F*ck him! Now you listen to me! I want trading reopened right now. Get those traders back in here! Turn the machiiiinees back on!!! TURN THE MACHINES BACK OOOOOOOONN!!!

[@ajschak8787]

This aired when I was 11 years old. At that point, it may have been the greatest thing I had ever seen on television. Friends talked about it for weeks afterward.

[@tttappin]

I remember when this tragedy happened, and I will never forget where I was when I heard the news😢

[@GonzoShitcock]

Yeah...but do you think he killed Buckwheat?

[@mh20767]

😢😅😅😅😅

[@ambervanhorn1361]

People described him as “A Loner” do you believe he killed Buckwheat?!?! Oh yea for sure!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lykedady72]

That's all he talked about.

[@northernsoutherngirl]

At the 5:30 mark: "oouucchh. I'm shot." I hollered..😆🤣😅😃😂

[@conniehollins3185]

northernsoutherngirl Hilarious!

[@northernsoutherngirl]

@@conniehollins3185 IKR!! 😆😆

[@monilaninetynine3811]

He said it so nonchalantly

[@blasianluvschocolate397]

😁😁😁😂

[@melissawalker4163]

I'm in stitches now 😂😂😂

[@benhuether5474]

"My dog told me he was the Antichrist" 😂 LOL 😂

[@billbates5475]

Piscopo did such an awesome impression of Ted Kopel, spot on.

[@bostonseeker]

"And this ... is Ted Koppel."

[@monilaninetynine3811]

Buckwheat was miraculously resurrected and performed on SNL last evening. 😉

[@iandowall153]

He faked his own death, there was a sketch about it way back in the day.

[@Lotmeister]

Eddie Murphy did this because he was sick of doing the Buckwheat character... but then did another Buckwheat sketch where he reveals he faked his own death.

[@willie417]

the magic of DNA and cloning

[@jamesvinson4489]

Praise the Lord

[@Diggy22]

Dey was using banks 😁

[@kennethclemons3415]

One of my favorite classic SNL Buckwheat skits. I fondly remember as a kid of the skit the 1st time in the 1980s when Eddie Murphy (alongside Joe Piscipo) was the dynamic duo of skits and we're amazing together. Watching Eddie coming back to SNL doing Buckwheat once again (O tay👌🏿!) 30 years later is still funny to me.

[@nazur72]

This is one of the greatest national tragedies. When Buckwheat died, a part of me died with him.

[@Hypestyle]

this is an eerie precursor to the way that modern news stations will create elaborate, lurid feature presentations on those accused of heinous crimes and milk it for every possible effect.

[@hammer44head]

That had been happening since Manson in 69.

[@MarcillaSmith]

This was satire at the time, but really doesn't go far enough by today's standards. Where is Mr. Stutts' manifesto? We don't even get any of his tweets which "foreshadowed the tragedy which was to come," let alone pictures and videos he had posted to his social media

[@johnwarfn]

Very true. At the time it was a parody of the way the news repeated the tape of the attempted Reagan assassination over and over again. Things have only gotten worse with the advent of cable news and the 24 hours new cycle which didn't exist back then.

[@SoUtHMeMpHis]

And every news story no matter the subject or impact becomes constant BREAKING NEWS❗

[@jonasdowner]

yeah are you sure this isn't making fun of a contemporary phenomenon, and that maybe this is something that has been happening since before you were born?

[@horizonchaser6030]

The only reason I bought a VCR was for SNL so I could go out Saturday nights. lol If I remember The Buckwheat Was Shot skit ran for 3 consecutive SNL's adding more to the story like a running news event would have run a story for a multiple days. I think this would have been part 3 of the Skit.

[@horizonchaser6030]

@@LazyIRanch What a NIghtmare your Brothers friend endured. Good on him for being productive but really tragic.

[@BigDee0903]

John David Stutts, sound like Norbert. 🤣

[@norbertop.niebres6320]

I take exception to that. No, not me. It's my female Avatar (DCAU Supergirl). Don't get her too upset.

[@monilaninetynine3811]

Norbit wasn't out of it like JDS. He had more energy. 😀

[@philhunt26]

I’ve never seen them in the same place at the same time.....

[@benhuether5474]

Possibly the saddest episode of snl, the day we lost a legend 😭

[@ftuT]

This is fn brilliant. So subtle, true, and hilarious at the same time.

[@JRIJR75]

I remember watching this as a little kid, and believing it. I was a fan of Little Rascals, and my five-ish year old self was so upset that Buckwheat had died.

[@kari7403]

Well, Buckwheat had died about a year and a half before this skit was aired, I believe.

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

@@kari7403 he died 3 years before this sketch.

[@randomlibra]

Buckwheat is ETERNAL! You cannot kill a LEGEND!!!

[@anthonyb27]

Classic! "Hey Mr. Wheat!"

[@charlesdorsey7594]

" ow! I'm shot!" Same thing bobby Kennedy said when he got shot

[@lilyrosedaisy2003]

So everyone knew he wanted to kill Buckwheat but nobody warned him. Dang 😁

[@keeploc34]

Tsunami Facts lol

[@bauttiet.h.u.g.5900]

I was a kid who used to watch the little rascals. When i watched this live, me and my brother couldn't stop laughing. Absolutely hilarious

[@channel-nv9xc]

Why does Joe Piscopo's Ted Koppel look like Dave Chappelle's white reporter?

[@mikerodriguez5169]

Chuck Taylor LOL

[@BAYAREA-kd1ig]

Yup

[@ronbzoom8531]

Holy crap! You're right.

[@nostalgiadad7137]

Because chapelles white reporter is ted.

[@dalekelly7639]

I give up. Why?

[@PuadafaProductions]

Tupac didn’t come back. Elvis didn’t come back. Buckwheat actually came back. Buckwheat Illuminati confirmed

[@quentinbaggett1110]

😂

[@wakeupstopsleeping6300]

Shut up

[@Lessismorris17]

He really is the antichrist

[@schizoidboy]

I hate to think who else the Illuminati have in their membership.

[@norbertop.niebres6320]

Someone used the Dragon Balls (Yes, those Dragon Balls from Dragon Ball Z, Super, etc.) to revive Buckwheat.

[@WhateverHappenedToFun]

March 19th, 1983, that's the real air date

[@kaleahcollins4567]

Thnk u

[@kari7403]

A year and a half after Buckwheat actually died IRL. Oct of 1980

[@dreammakar]

I was born 3 days later.

[@FaridsVids]

Yeah. No way it was 2011

[@jamesmurray3082]

What did buckwheat ever do to John David stuffs?

[@rjfeltus]

John David Stutts was wookin pa nub in all da wong pwaces.

[@velocium1997]

Ouch....I've been shot.

[@fosterchild4523]

I remember seeing this episode when it aired. That line was one of my favourites. Another favourite....."Hey Mr. Wheat.............Yes.......bang bang bang"......hilarious.

[@TheFruitney]

@@fosterchild4523 I dont know what thats funny but it is. "Hey Mr. Wheat". LOL

[@Kev621]

Same level as Dave Chappelle: Undercover Brother: I'm hit!!! But, my vest caught it bitch...I'm alive!!!

[@KonekoCat.]

Lol, he said "ouch, I'm shot"*

[@cece3j]

I will never forget being a little girl watching this with my sister. My mother heard the tv came in the room and she asked us who is Buckwheat we burst out laughing 😂😂😂

[@ObsidianElohim]

Thomas Matthew Crooks! 😂

[@burnthetrolls5971]

I have a feeling Mutual Life had a part in this

[@cpowers94]

"Because you could die tomorrow."

[@burnthetrolls5971]

@@cpowers94 very suspicious if you ask me

[@hornetbrown]

Cashed Buckwheat's ass in like a two-dollar bill. F#*k.

[@heavnnnsent]

Because you could die tomorrow

[@BricksAndSparrows]

“Did you kill Buckwheat?” “Sure!” Hahahah

[@jamesvinson4489]

This is sick and freaking hilarious and too true

[@richardgazinia5482]

It's a parody of the Reagan assignation coverage in 1981.

[@jamesvinson4489]

and John Lennon..even more so

[@ecwdude17]

My favorite buckwheat song is wookin pa nub.

[@elenaarman-tang7811]

Bhahahaha mine too 🎵🎵🎵😂🤣😂🤣

[@kaleahcollins4567]

In all da wong pwayces

[@kaleahcollins4567]

I love babah ov di bill

[@brucewayne5140]

Fee Tines A Mady is my jam, yo.

[@TodayismyBirthday923]

I tant help pawnin in nub with you

[@Cinemaphile7783]

Eddie Murphy is a legend.

[@L.D.Intheditch]

Best SNL Player ever.

[@ssjup81]

Hilarious how this predicted 24 hour news coverage. lol

[@jrsindone]

CNN was launched on June 1, 1980, so no, they didn't "predict" it.

[@powrpak2]

ssjup81 Exactly!!

[@chadmichael03]

Except it's exactly how they covered things like Reagan's attempted assassination and attempted assassin, and the assassins of people like John Lennon and the Kennedy Brothers. And gave so much coverage to Manson. And so much more. People think shit's new when it's old.

[@ns2110theonly]

It didn’t predict it. You must be super young. It was making fun of the coverage that had already begun with Reagan’s being shot & the hostages crisis in 79, both covered 24/7 by Ted Koppel that was how ABC Nightline started; this was just spoofing that. It didn’t predict anything it was spoofing something that was already going on then. Just like SNL does today- it didn’t predict anything.

[@ssjup81]

@@ns2110theonly Nope. I wasn’t born. I started elementary school during Reagan’s second term. lol. My 2nd grade class wrote letters to him.

[@gjle]

"Hey! Mr. Wheat!"

[@Lethe69]

gjle For whatever reason, that "Mr. Wheat!" gets me every time.

[@explorak]

@@Lethe69 Yes it gets me too.

[@Tmanaz480]

Notice the Lee Oswald sweater. If Oswald hadn't demanded a sweater at the last minute, he would have been on his way out of the garage before Jack Ruby got there.

[@jesserivas1387]

Truly a sad day for the world. RIP Buckweat!

[@t-bo-lesotho]

The Our Gang curse.

[@richlouie99]

And here we are again.

[@AngelNoriega1]

“Ouch!! I’m shot!” Lmfao. 😂 I fucking can’t !!!

[@que19st]

😂

[@MrUndersolo]

I was 8 years old, stayed up too late on a Saturday night in the 80s and saw this... Became a fan for life... Thanks for posting this!

[@bigneon_glitter]

Kids today don't know how huge & original young Eddie Murphy was. He was untouchable.

[@MaximumBob]

He was on another level

[@t-bo-lesotho]

He was the Michael Jackson of comedy.

[@MsYoung00088]

Definitely binge watching all Vintage SNL with Eddie Murphy since watching his return the other night

[@joemixon834]

RIP John David Stutts.

[@AltRightMustDie]

Who said I was dead?!?!

[@joemixon834]

@@AltRightMustDie the liberal media lol

[@AltRightMustDie]

@@joemixon834 Sure...because fox news always tells the truth, right???

[@joemixon834]

@@AltRightMustDie fox news is the liberal media too they are just a saltier flavor. Infowars man is where to go because if you're going there then go balls deep lol and they never lied about John David Stutts.

[@michaelredd-b2t]

I remember seeing this when it first aired and I laughed so hard I was on the floor holding my stomach laughing.one of the best nights of my life.😂😂

[@gregoryrowlerson8457]

"That's all he ever talked about."

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

OMG.... This is an absolute, complete, iconic classic..... so ridiculous, and stupid, and funny, all at the same time absolute gold .........I am dying ! ! !

[@jgfear]

Prefect spoof of Lee Harvey Oswald

[@oveidasinclair982]

Oswald/JFK/Jack Ruby, Son of Sam and Reagan , watch it again, you'll see it.

[@A86]

And Mark David Chapman

[@oveidasinclair982]

@countrygirl countrymusiclover They blended all 4 shootings into the one that killed Buckwheat

[@mcdonoghrahloh459]

The spoofing of the reporting is so real it's sad!

[@lisapage1327]

And John Hinckley Jr.

[@johnalang]

Overlooked joke: When the criminal psychiatrist mentions that irresponsible journalists turn criminals into instant celebrities, Ted Koppel (Piscopo) begins his monologue regarding John D. Stutts....making him an instant celebrity.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Joke divided by you =

[@doricohen5014]

I remember screaming hysterical watching this very unexpected skit… pure comedy and humor never will there be such fun as the early SNL show … a must watch every week in homes and neighborhood bars you could hear the laughter roar soo very genius it was .

[@RonMotta1972]

One of the greatest sketches - or running sketch - in the show’s history.

[@justinfaulcon9498]

Did you kill buckwheat? Sure lol 😂

[@EBUNNY2012]

He actually died October 10, 1980. RIP: Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas.

[@geraldstephens6612]

When Mr Murphy found out about the real Buckwheat actor had passed away, Murphy decided to "kill off" his version of Buckwheat out of respect. A class act. Yes, he brought him back when Mr Murphy came back to SNL, but hadn't done the character after his 'death ' before then.

[@erikgriffith8857]

@@geraldstephens6612 That's an interesting footnote. Thank you.

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

@@geraldstephens6612 in actuality, the real Buckwheat was gone even before Eddie Murphy started doing the character.

[@Evocati-Augusti]

I was the ONLY kid in my small little school on the East End of Long Island who was allowed to watch SNL every week with my dad starting in 77, and I was in 3rd grade, from 3rd grade to 9th i would learn al the voices used and do the skits myself every Monday or until I did them all, which gave me even more confidence to just making my own skits and jokes and I could tear somebody into pieces with words by making a large group of people laugh at them. and make fun of teachers in the hallway..and they were terrified of me. all the best skits,kids would follow me in the hallways 40-50 to see what I would do next, all thanks to this show and my dad..hears where it gets crazy,my friend Dan Cast that now works on Impracticable Jokers, would wear a suit to school with a briefcase in 6th grade and move everyone away from me, I'm dressed like buckwheat. and say he has no comments, and it was almost every day for a year..we recorded songs in our music lab with my buckwheat voice, the Monday after this episode I stayed home, and Dan told kids buckwheat was dead(which was great because we took it to far lol)so Tuesday i came in dressed as normal lol

[@marqosmarqos1201]

Great story. I hope its true

[@Evocati-Augusti]

@@marqosmarqos1201 it is..and that's not even the half of it lol i had and kids in my town with such a gifted upbringing,i don't regret anything..and we did crazy sht..my cousin,who was the Limelites resident DJ 87-93...on tour buses everybody..DJs who had traveled the world when it got quiet.id hear..Mikey..tell us a story lol and I would just tell real things we did..and said I should write a book lol...i did the Bob Nelson football routine in front of the whole school and parents and me my theatre teacher who drove me to school got called in for a board meeting after i did it,look it up and remember its 1986 when i did , bob Nelson football routine..its on google

[@Evocati-Augusti]

@@marqosmarqos1201 it is..and we did such crazy sht , I had the auditorium keys in high school and my theatre teacher drove me to school,we would trip out lock ourselves in and hit the wardrobe in the catwalks and fn ball..so many good times..no regrets

[@heavnnnsent]

Amazing memories so much talent.. .. only wish I coulda been there! Hope you guys are still out there being a couple of cut-ups!

[@locker1325]

I remember this all time classic episode of SNL. It was brilliant and funny.

[@dm7561]

Dying laughing. Its 2019, I'm 36 years old. I remember the little rascals and these eddie bw skits. I dont think I've ever seen this one. So meta

[@mitch4527]

The greatest SNL segment ever. Brilliant satire in every way.

[@edmonix6457]

Eddie was one of the greatest on SNL.

[@sinbad799]

Yes he was. In 1985 that's when I stopped watching SNL it was no good without the not ready for prime time players, and Eddie Murphy.

[@thecawdsquad875]

1. Eddie Murphy 2. John Belushi 3. Dan Aykroyd

[@davedavid427]

@@thecawdsquad875 4. Hartman 5. Myers

[@oliverleslie7382]

@@thecawdsquad875 Gilda Radner

[@KOSMICKEN09]

I'd put him slightly second behind Dana Carvey as my favorite

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

This is how old I am: I remember watching this LIVE with my Mom when it originally aired. I had just started Junior High School. Wow. This really brought back some awesome memories. Thanks Eddie & SNL!

[@EarthdogGFX]

Watching right after eddie hosted in 2019 .. still funny

[@salaamakbar3630]

HEY MR WHEAT!!!!

[@salaamakbar3630]

Ikr

[@debrawillard3034]

agree

[@mojostigletts1358]

This sketch is so funny that I'm able to ignore the idiots that I work with and just laugh histarically... God Bless you both ...

[@pvtpyle74]

Buckwheat’s killer sounds like Norbit 😂😂😂

[@Maasai-El]

Bruh, I remember when this Ep. AIred on SNL. JOE PISCAPO PLAYING TED KOPPEL IS STILL HILARIOUS 😂