Eddie Murphy credits Barack Obama for his standup comedy comeback

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Murphy met with then-President Obama -- who is four months younger than him -- before being honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2015. “When you get that Mark Twain Prize, you get to meet the president, and I met Obama and the first thing out of his mouth was ‘When are you doing stand-up again?’ I was like, 'Wow,'" Murphy tells EW with a laugh. “Between that and the award, I was ready to get back.”