Velvet Jones: I Wanna Be a Ho - SNL

In this commercial parody, Velvet Jones (Eddie Murphy) promotes his book, I Wanna Be a Ho, that trains young women to make big money from the comfort of their own bedroom. [Season 7, 1981]


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[MelissaNgai]

Velvet Jones is a classic!! So happy he came back tonight.

[amysellsdallas]

I remember my best friend and I in high school back in 1990 actually did this skit for speech class! We got an “A” 😂

[lft]

“Be somebody, be a ho”

- Velvet Jones

[radiowaveguitarist]

Hard to believe this was 40 years ago.

[Skeware]

"Be somebody. Be a ho" - cracks me up everytime XD

[robinreality]

Eddie owned the 80s comedy.
He owned it. We love him.

[mojojojo]

One of my favorite lines along with the extra awkward arm movement " Is as simple as dat" I've been laughing my ass off at that one line for decades!

[alexthompson]

Velvet Jones reminds us all that "ho" is not spelled with an "e."

[ds]

Just received my Velvet Jones School of Technology sweatshirt. I'm not just somebody, I'm a Ho. Thank you, Velvet Jones!

[brianwinters]

Whenever I hear some Instagram or OnlyFans thot preach about the legitimacy of their business, I remember that a man of vision wrote the book first. Everything that followed is standing on the shoulders of this giant.

[aj]

Who's here after watching Eddie Murphy On Snl 2019? 😬

[marvinkelley]

Only Eddie can kill a skit in under two minutes.

[VOIL]

In our days he will be a social media influencer..and making millions

[fatima]

Now if only they could find the skit where Robin Duke shows up in the People's Court. She is suing Velvet Jones because the How To be A Ho book didn't work for her.

[froggy]

These Eddie Murphy sketches made me howl with laughter. I have watched SNL since the beginning. I have never given up on it. Not every sketch is a knee slapper but I always find something to make me laugh.

[anniechristien]

Eddie was sensational! A great sketch!

[kshinokevin]

Iceberg Slim and/or "Bishop" Magic Don Juan are Velvet Jones, The Ladies' Man (Tim Meadows, a long-time SNL alumni), Dolemite (Rudy Ray Moore; Eddie Murphy in a 2019 biopic); The Mack ("Goldie"/Max Julien), Willie Dynamite (Gordon from "Sesame Street"/Roscoe Orman) and/or Dorinda ("Truck Turner") aka Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols, from "Star Trek, the Original Series").

[theabsolutetruth]

I remember seeing this, after smoking some really good weed...spit Cap'n Crunch all over my new couch...

[JMOP]

Mr.Jones knew of Instagram before its time

[MannyDer]

I was just watching the "sexual harassment" episode of beavis and butthead. During the Tom petty video for 'its good to be king' they said a dude looked like Velvet Jones & here I am.