Delirious

Director: Bruce Gowers

Overview

Comedian Eddie Murphy's live appearance before a packed Washington D.C. audience is the subject of this performance film. The film is most notable as a showcase for the extremely risque -- and at times potentially offensive -- side of Murphy's humor, often toned down in his other film and television projects.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/04/2008
UPC:	0013137007392
Original Release:	1983
Rating:	NR
Source:	Entertainment Studio
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:10:00
Sales rank:	12,785

Special Features

Never-before-seen footage; Exclusive brand new Eddie Murphy interview

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Eddie Murphy	Performer
Richard Tienken	Actor
Robert Wachs	Actor

Technical Credits

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy	Screenwriter,Producer
Richard Tienken	Producer
Robert D. Wachs	Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Delirious
1. Pre-Show [4:05]
2. Setting the Rules [4:43]
3. F&*k Years [1:51]
4. The F*&k Business/Singers [10:37]
5. Ice-Cream [3:55]
6. Mother's Shoe [2:00]
7. Fresh Air Fund [3:18]
8. Fart Game [3:47]
9. Let's Take a Picture [5:35]
10. Uncle Gus and Aunt Bunny [12:34]
11. Reganomics [5:24]
12. Chinese People [5:37]
13. TV is Crazy [5:20]

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Buckwheat Request
Cursing Through Can't Fight
Eddie Murphy & Byron Allen Interview

Editorial Reviews

Not to be confused with the 1991 John Candy vehicle Delirious, Eddie Murphy - Delirious is the first of Murphy's two riotous concert films, which many thought he departed from at his peril when his career took a downturn in the early '90s. Vulgar almost from beginning to end, the film at least has a vitality that's missing from his later, albeit successful, attempts to round out into more of a family themed humorist. Forcing the audience to examine (and laugh at) scathing truths about a variety of topics -- chief among them race and sex -- in the vein of his comic hero Richard Pryor, Murphy struts across the stage with dead-on impersonations and deadly observations. The individual gags -- at least, what makes them so uncomfortably funny -- don't bear repeating here, but they make it easy to see why a generation of young viewers grew up singing the "I got my ice cream" song, well aware of the virtues of McDonald's versus "welfare burgers." Among his other merits, the young and vigorous Murphy has a great time interacting with the audience, who gladly (and understandably) eat out of his palm.