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In appreciation of Prince, basketball star and pancake baker

One of the greatest skits in the history of Dave Chappelle's show is harder to watch today. Not just because Prince is dead, tragically and suddenly, at 57. Not just because the bit lampoons a man who deserves to be immortalized as one of the 20th century's greatest artistic minds.

And not just because, in 2016, the underbelly of homophobic jokes feel as off-color as the video quality.

PHOTOS: Reliving Prince's incredible Super Bowl halftime show

No, Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories — featuring Prince in all of his beautiful and purple and perfectly flamboyant basketball prowess — is harder to watch today because it makes you laugh in a moment when you feel like crying.