I take it that no one in this thread has ever done stand-up?It's been too long, he'd be trash now. Seen it before. Comedians try to come back after a long hiatus, get on stage making outdated references about shyt they never got to talk about years ago.
Eddie would probably get on stage and be like, Whatever happened to payphones? everybody gotta cell phone now, even my momma .
Comedy equivalent of
Depends on his writing/creative regimen but he probably has tons of material. If he does do stand-up again, he will be in an interesting position.
Will he be rusty in this format? Sure but he isn't washed by any means. A guy with his talent will never lose "it" and I think a lot of you will be surprised, if he returns.