Joseph Papp Auditions - SNL

Struggling actor Rubin (Eddie Murphy) holds a woman hostage to summon director Joseph Papp for an at-home audition, enlisting both his hostage and the police to sing along to "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" at gunpoint. [Season 7, 1982]
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[@freespeechisdead1565]

All of a sudden all of these 'video blocked in your country' Eddie Murphy SNL sketches are open LOL.

[@kennethspears22]

IKR

[@jwilliamcosby]

Hahahahahahahaha!! I've never seen any of these sketches with Eddie! 🤣😂🤣😂

[@crob5753]

J. They have been listed as “video blocked in your country”

[@jahborndarklight195]

Eddie is a comic genius

[@Heirllionaire]

He legit caused tension with his arm around her neck.

[@corneliuswhite5139]

I literally auditioned for a Joseph Papp play...It was a thing back then. LOL

[@kari7403]

Which one, and what was the part?

[@isuriadireja91]

how was that..? never heard of him. was he THE toughest audition..?

[@thephoenix2176]

Looks like Archie Bunker's house except with the door on left instead of right😂

[@cityhawk]

Coke was a hell of a drug in the 80s.

[@KennethDAstonJr]

Speaking from experience are we lol

[@BennyM_]

Yes, yes it was.

[@Skeware]

are you saying Eddie did drugs?

[@NewhamMatt]

And this is why American film producers make it a policy never to negotiate. If they let one in...

[@KennethDAstonJr]

Wow they went all out on the sets back in the day

[@ProjectDystopia]

Sad, Joseph Papp (born Joseph Papirofsky; June 22, 1921 - October 31, 1991)

[@kari7403]

He doesn't even look that old in this skit, either.

[@dimviesel]

Pass em out!😆

[@dmpsheridan3305]

Brilliant 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wardatkins1320]

😂

[@dennisii2066]

Just looking at the thumbnail, I thought Eddie was playing George Floyd LoL 😂

[@douglaslowe5]

Just a hunch but This must have Been written by Michael O'Donoghue.

[@mirandavinci4146]

Who was Joseph Papp? And what play was the song that Eddie Murphy was singing from?

[@nancyc2166]

His song was from "Piirates of Penzance"

[@BRUTUSPLAC]

who's the Female Agent ?

[@kari7403]

Elizabeth Ashley she was a pretty decent actress.

[@babygirl6789]

I don't understand this sketch

[@rachaelrichman-harris1956]

마리야ᄏᄏᄏ shitty actors have to hold someone hostage in order to audition for the shows they want.

[@dholloway2415]

This sketch didn't age well AT ALL.

[@rinse-esnir4010]

And yet it did!

[@healinggrounds19]

I think it it did!

[@alizaloring3437]

Why?