his opening monologue was self-deprecating

because of 'Self-Defense' and thinking he was on a cold streak

but he said something crazy, that he had previous that year done 48hrs and Trading Places...

...and then Beverly Hills Cop

the audience reaction made me think they had already seen these movies

so I guess we're talking about a 2 year span

and even when you think about what Chris Rock said

Eddie's characters, for the most part, weren't re-occuring, they were one and dones...

His rep as a comic is, IMO, based on that run starting with SNL to Boomerang

with alot of classic, genius material in between.