#TMPCHECKOUT: Eddie Murphy Makes Triumphant Return to SNL

It's only just been 35 years, but Eddie Murphy is finally back to host “Saturday Night Live.”

The last time Murphy hosted the show, it was Dec. 15, 1984, just a few months after the actor (who joined “S.N.L.” when he was 19 years old) quit the program to focus on his film career. In the sketches that aired Saturday, he revisited several of his beloved characters, including Buckwheat, Gumby and Mr. Robinson.

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