12729538, I think he was like MJ in a sense
Posted by PIMPINCHICAGO, Tue Feb-17-15 07:30 PM
once he understood the game, it was a different story altogether...
He wasn't about that dope life (see: Whitney and the Rick James stories his brother told)
He was about making connections to get his and leverage.
Standup lead to SNL
SNL lead to households (Johnny Carson etc.)
That lead to making that cinema money.
He was big time by the time Delirious and especially Raw and in an era with no internet, it was straight word of mouth.
I always saw Eddie as both a funny comedian (who i wasn't supposed to listen to as a kid) and a great impressionist and I think he just had an all around game that couldn't be touched.
Maybe he just viewed standup as just a stepping stone only and once he reached a point, he recognized his value.
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