IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Velvet Jones
Played by Eddie Murphy
Velvet Jones is Eddie Murphy's self-promoting salesman on Saturday Night Live. He markets dubious instructional books and videos with a smooth pitch to the camera. In The Exercises of Love, his fitness cassette demonstration becomes a…
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Velvet Jones is Eddie Murphy's self-promoting salesman on Saturday Night Live. He markets dubious instructional books and videos with a smooth pitch to the camera. In The Exercises of Love, his fitness cassette demonstration becomes a succession of suggestive poses.
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