Murphy told the NYT that the joke was about his 1995 horror comedy "Vampire in Brooklyn," which he said ... the dig at his career came from an "SNL" cast member. "Yo, it’s in-house!

In 1995 David Spade made a joke about Eddie Murphy as part of his “Hollywood Minute” sketch on “Saturday Night Live.” The joke followed the release of Murphy’s “Vampire in Brooklyn ...

Spade infamously joked that Murphy was a "falling star" following the release of his 1995 film 'Vampire in Brooklyn' Eddie Murphy ... and now you got somebody from the cast making a crack about ...