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Only in show biz would you have to get away with being honest. Rock's been getting away with it for years. He started at age 18 at the New York City comedy club Comic Strip Live. Owner Richard Tienken says Rock's act was raw at first: hooker tells man she'll do anything for $300. Man answers, Paint my house, b_____! But then, hanging around the club, Rock began to see comics like Eddie Murphy (an early Rock booster) and George Carlin at work. Rock's own act got smarter, bolder, and in 1990 he landed...
Murphy is enjoying the fruits of success: a Jaguar and a Porsche, an extravagant leather wardrobe, mountains of jewelry. (Says Richard Tienken, who, with Robert Wachs, owns the Comic Strip and manages Murphy's career: "He's the only comedian who dresses like a rock star.") Richard Avedon has photographed Eddie for the cover of Rolling Stone; in its September issue, Playgirl will proclaim him one of the ten sexiest men in America; he has thunderstormed his family and friends with costly gifts. But not even Sir Derrick of the Round Table can fend off the demands...
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