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TIL That Charlie Barnett a former street performer who would go on to fame on 'Miami Vice' was almost a member of the 1981 SNL cast. He was passed over after it was discovered he was functionally illiterate. His replacement was an equally unknown comedian named Eddie Murphy.

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