Rated R for Pervasive Strong Language and Crude and Sexual Humor. Quebec Rating:13+ Canadian Home Video Rating:18AI saw Eddie Murphy's Raw on BET about a month ago.I must say it is simply hilarious.Eddie Murphy is a very funny comedian and Eddie Murphy's Raw is one of my favorite stand-up comedy routines of all time.Eddie Murphy's Delirious came four years before this.It was very funny but Raw was definitely better! There is an opening skit with an unknown Samuel L Jackson as Eddie Murphy's uncle and it goes on from there.There are plenty of funny topics such as how Bill Cosby called up Eddie Murphy to tell him that he was very vulgar,how Mr.T and Michael Jackson want to kick Eddie Murphy's a**.Eddie Murphy's childhood etc.Raw is a very funny stand up comedy routine and if you find it, watch it! Runtime:93min9/10

I would never have registered an account but i felt i had to say something about RAW it is funny but deleriorious owns it anyday murphy mainly talks about his childhood in delirious in Raw he talk more about marriage and divorce sorry eddy no where near delirious!!!!!!! The first time i watched delirious (his first performance) and i cried with laughter my friend watched it and he was still laughing an hour after he saw it i hope eddy does another performance, watch delirious then RAW then compare for yourself but now its up 2 me 4 another kick ass comedy performance!!! as good as delirious so watch for the name --XPOP-- cause I'm on my way up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! X marks the SPOT

What a different world we lived in, back in 1987! Eddie Murphy was a long way from shooting family films and political correctness was obviously not on many people's agendas either. There's no disputing that Eddie Murphy is and was a comic genius as this is evident in both Raw and his other stand-up film 'Delirious'. However it just amazes a person of my age (late 20s) that he could have gotten away with so much sexism and homosexual discrimination. In our world today, if you so much as look at another person the wrong way you could end up in court for it. Eddie Murphy circa-1987 on the other hand lambasts all before him in an amazing hour plus-long stand-up routine that doesn't stop for air. If you've been looking for the ultimate comic DVD release, try Raw and Delirious - you won't be disappointed. His disregard for political correctness is irreverence at its best, even if by today's standards it seems incredibly risqué.

Eddie Murphy at his peak in Hollywood had a great deal with the studios, after the money made off of 48 Hours and Trading Places, barely disappointed. This 1987 special is one prominent example. One night this came on TV recently and I could not change the channel. I heard rants on celebrities, celebrity life, romantic life (consisting of pretty much a second act in a way), race, etc, and it was in classic Murphy style. I have heard a lot of romance comedy (sex, little things, different kinds of women), but in this film Murphy takes it to another level. Not only does everything seem to be absolutely real, the stories he tells work almost cinematic ally coming full circle from where they started. And a lot of the humor coming in large doses very quickly- sometimes just from facial expressions- is worth the watch even if you're just in it to get the laughs. As this is my first Eddie Murphy stand-up special (a long-time admirer of his SNL & old-school movie work) I was caught off guard perhaps- I knew his stand-up ranked with pretty high, as it was the kind of material that influenced the likes of Chris Rock. But, as with the anything of worth in stand-up, it has to be off and absurd to really hit for the big laughs, and a couple of times it really knocked in. Some of these you might find if you're digging it, but if you're just a casual fan of Murphy much of the topics he touches on will hit somewhere at you. Not to mention two specific bits (a phone call with Bill Cosby, and a bit around the perfect wife) are as close to genius as the barbershop scenes in Coming to America. If you haven't seen either special I can't say which one to start with, however whatever combustible forces raged round in the late 80's with Murphy (before he seemed to abandon stand-up for acting) are displayed through a natural, usually hysterical performance. And in the moments that aren't big with laughs at the least held my interest. GRADE: A