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[@JeffKelly03]

As I’m sure you guys now know, the old white guy actually was Eddie Murphy.

[@maximillianosaben]

Reminds me of that classic bit on SNL when he went around the city as a white man and he was treated entirely differently.

[@MysterClark]

@@maximillianosaben *Mr. White In store and goes to buy a newspaper and puts money on the counter* Clerk: "What are you doing?" Mr. White: "I'm buying this newspaper." Clerk: "It's alright, there's nobody around. Go ahead, take it. Take it. Go ahead, take it. Yeah, take it." *Mr. White slowly backs out of store with his money and leaves with the newspaper* (Still one of my favorite parts of that skit)

[@pete_lind]

Rick Baker knows his make up , cant get 7 Oscars for make up if you are bad at it . He did opposite make up in Tropic Thunder , Downey Jr black face . Also some more unknown movies like Star Wars 1977 , The Empire strikes back 1980 and An American Werewolf in London , but no one has ever seen those .

[@MysterClark]

@@pete_lind Gotta love Rick Baker. Also... what is this Star Wars you mention? Do the stars go to war? Tell me more! :P

[@brei2670]

Eddie Murphy was a lot of people in this movie...

[@Mr.2Dirty]

Here’s a neat bit of trivia. Akeem’s parents also voice Simba’s parents in The Lion King

[@awebb62]

I knew James was the voice of both but never put together Madge Sinclair was the voice of both. Thanks!

[@christopherbowers7236]

@@orangehaw what if i told you, Akeem's father was the enemy of Conan the Barbarian?

[@mr.battle20]

@@christopherbowers7236 What if I told you that Akeem's father was the old man in the movie The Sandlot?

[@nrkgalt]

They were also in Roots, along with the actor who played Lisa’s father.

[@jeremiahhunt1998]

What if I told you that Akeem's father was Maj. Kong's bombadier in "Dr. Strangelove"?

[@rjd6214]

When I got married, my wife allowed me to play "Sheeeee's your...queeeeeeen tooohoooo beeeee!" once they announced us a husband and wife. About half the people started cracking up, the other half had no idea what was going on. It was incredible.

[@OldLadyReacts]

Please say that's on video somewhere!

[@rjd6214]

@@OldLadyReacts I wish. It was a small wedding and we didn't even think about filming it.

[@MaxWindshear]

Did you include the "Free from infection" part? 😂

[@rrmemphis427]

Oh this is the best thing I've heard today. Too bad you didn't film it!

[@ryanbryce2752]

That is brilliant

[@onikaze8445]

the homeless men who he gives the bag of cash to are the Duke brothers from Trading Places, if you haven't seen that I suggest it. "Now cracks a noble heart. Goodnight sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest" is from Hamlet and yes, it refers to the big sleep.

[@saiien2]

For years I didn't realise who those two are until I finally saw that too :D

[@o0pinkdino0o]

PLEASE DO TRADING PLACES FOR CHRISTMAS !

[@christopherwebb3517]

I saw Coming to America several times before I saw Trading Places for the first time. So the reference flew over my head at first as well.

[@TheinterfaceTvSeries]

Yes the Jewish man was Eddie Murphy

[@tracy4290]

I presumed that having Patrice use the line in a totally in appropriate way was a way to show that she's not as well-educated as Lisa is.

[@RuphusR]

This movie was an extreme hit when it debuted. I saw it when I was a kid. I loved it. The two old bums are the villains from Trading Places (1983 - Dan Akroyd, Eddie Murphy) which was another great comedy. Eddie Murphy was huge in the 80's. His standup routines were major hits as well. Several of his films like 48 hours and Beverly Hills Cop are worth reactions if you haven't seen them.

[@CharifRocka]

@@matsv201 "nobody young would know who he was" sounds more like a bad parenting problem to me.

[@CharifRocka]

@@matsv201 You don't have to show it to them. By growing with them they're naturally emersed in it. Just like listening to Stevie Wonder around the house. They know about him without knowing that they know.

[@supreme3376]

Rundolf and Mortimer definitly you ahe seen this movie

[@wendywoodruff2871]

Don Ameche (Randolph) and Ralph Bellamy (Mortimer) were big movie stars back in the 30's & 40's. Just about everybody in this movie was famous for film or TV shows or stand-up comedy. Even small parts like the cab driver or the counter guy in McDowell's or the guy in the barber chair. ❤️ this movie so much.

[@trankzen148]

I second watching Trading Places, it's a classic, Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis are great in it.

[@mr.battle20]

The Jewish guy in the barber shop was indeed Eddie Murphy. The two bums (Mortimer and Randolph) were the villains of the 1983 movie Trading Places, starring Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd. A comedy classic which you should definitely check out!

[@redviper6805]

John Amos tripping over those stairs was a real accident. He stayed in the moment and the director kept it in the movie. What a pro!

[@aligaines8476]

You could tell... I winced.

[@BrahmaDBA]

"Good Morning my Neighbors!" "F* You!" "Yes, yes! F* you too!" Best line.

[@QuayNemSorr]

"Fuck you! Fuck You! and Fuck you! Who's next?"

[@LacoSinfonia]

Eddie Murphy wrote the initial outline of this movie because he felt he couldn’t find a genuine connection with a woman romantically after he became a megastar in the 80s

[@DrNickRiveria]

Of course. Every girl he was with wanted to party all the time

[@deesee3622]

@@DrNickRiveria lol! good one

[@UWalvern0810]

A subject he also addressed in 𝘙𝘢𝘸, which was shot a couple of years before this.

[@daved2352]

I remember watching his RAW show on dvd and him talking about getting an African wife who's never heard of him before.

[@joshuahermanson341]

This movie has my favorite 4th wall break of all time: when Akeem looks at you, the viewer, while his betrothed is barking.

[@Little1Cave]

This movie was up for two Oscars: Best Makeup (yes, the Jewish man WAS Eddie Murphy), and Best Costume Design. And while you may recognize the father as Mufasa, the mother is also Serabi. A fun little reunion in The Lion King. ^-^ And yeah my dad quoted this movie ALL the time. One of his favorite comedies. ❤️

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

"What is that velvet?" I love the king wearing the lion look.

[@gpaje]

Definitely watch Trading Places for another good Eddie Murphy movie from the same Era. Arguably even better with Dan Ankroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis, and you will get the two old homeless guy cameos.

[@steved1135]

Yep. You actually have to watch Trading Places before this to get some of the jokes...

[@flaggerify]

Easily better.

[@russb24]

22:46 "Do not alert him to my presence. I shall deal with him myself." James Earl Jones referencing his line as Vader from Return of the Jedi.

[@walkinglootchest1251]

What I like about this movie is that Akeem and Lisa were facing the same dilemma in different settings and that's successful parents arranging a marriage for them instead of allowing them to find love for themselves.

[@jp3813]

To be fair, McDowell wasn't as extreme about it as the king. He was encouraging the relationship between Lisa & Darryl but didn't know that the latter lied about the engagement.

[@Serenity113]

This was one of my dad’s favorite movies. He would watch it every time it was on tv. And laugh so much even tho he already knew the jokes. 😂

[@inarar5334]

There's a try not to laugh reactor I've seen on here that has that kinda sense of humor. Hell do compilations and never succeed because he finds it funnier when he knows it's coming.

[@gggooding]

George is right: "Goodnight, sweet prince" is what Horatio says to Hamlet as Hamlet dies.

[@PhilospherStoned]

fun fact: Paula Abdul was the one behind the choreography for the whole dance in the beginning if i’m not mistaken!

[@bassbull1]

And she won an Academy Award for it.

[@PhilospherStoned]

@@bassbull1 that’s something i wasn’t aware of till now! lol

[@emilmlodnicki3835]

They had to spray down the floors with sticky stuff because the dancers kept slipping and falling on their asses.

[@lolitafalana]

@@emilmlodnicki3835 Source?

[@fuzzy__dunlop]

Just an FYI. 18:50, when the two homeless guys get the money. This is a crossover from an earlier movie starring Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd called Trading Places.

[@dabe1971]

Yeah you both need to see 'Trading Places' but you may as well save it for December now as it can be argued it's a Christmas movie.

[@sagittarius420cheefie]

Why not just tell them to see the movie and let them figure it out instead of spoiling the surprise.

[@thalesanastacio760]

Eddie Murphy Cinematic Universe

[@thalesanastacio760]

@@sagittarius420cheefie Spoiling a 40 year old movie? Chill

[@Wungolioth]

To be fair, it's really the John Landis Cinematic Universe, but that didn't end up turning out well.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

The Randy Watson sequence is still one of my favourite bits of comedy ever. Introducing him as Joe the policeman from what the "What's going down?" episode of "That's my Momma" immediately had me laughing

[@digitalbegley]

Totally agree, I remember watching this is the 80s and loved that scene. I often dreamed of having a 'Sexual Chocolate' T shirt

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

@@digitalbegley for my older sisters last birthday I bought her a Randy Watson sexual chocolate tour 1988 t shirt as she introduced me to this movie. She loves it and it is her favourite shirt for wearing around the house

[@digitalbegley]

@@A-small-amount-of-peas lol now I want one!

[@gorndd]

1. Randolph & Mortimer are characters from 'Trading Places', also starring Eddie Murphy 2. The characters in the barbershop were all played by Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall. Eddie Murphy was also "Randy Watson"

[@ernestortiz4555]

Great choice for a reaction! I saw this movie in the theater the weekend it came out. Lots of cameos. John Amos, Mr McDowell and the guy who recognized Prince Akeem at the game both appeared in Die Hard 2. The taxi driver who took them to Queens was Jake Steinfeld, a stand up comedian and fitness guru from the 80s. He had a workout program and tv show called Body by Jake.

[@gnpj1909]

Also, Hailee Steinfeld's uncle.

[@powerbadpowerbad]

Hey,I used to watch Body by Jake !!! LOL.The 80s were a good time.

[@timhibbard4226]

Soul Glow was not a real product but the hairstyle, the Jerry Curl was a very really and is pretty universally agreed upon as one of those fashion mistakes that will probably never come back into style.

[@verisimilitudeteller]

When I was in HS it was the "big trend" and this guy who sat next to me in one of the classes was CONTINUOUSLY spraying that Jheri Curl shit on. He'd not shower after gym class so he'd come in stinking and smelling of Jheri Curl juice.

[@ernestortiz4555]

@@verisimilitudeteller Yeah, I remember the popularity of activator.

[@shoujahatsumetsu]

We've said that about a lot of styles, thinking they're too cringe to return, but then they come back anyways.

[@Seraphim4190]

@@shoujahatsumetsu Right? A lot of things better left consigned to former decades have popped back up in the last ten to twelve years.

[@Yora21]

The 80s produced endless amounts of amazing entertainment full of great style. Hair and fashion are not among them.

[@Ammeeeeeeer]

Easily the best Eddie Murphy movie 😁 Also love James Earl Jones' blatant Darth Vader homage: "Do not alert him to my presence, I will deal with him myself" 🤣

[@ADADEL1]

I'd say 2nd best, but I'm biased toward Trading Places. 😀

[@johnhoward7083]

My personal preference is Golden child then Coming to America then Trading Places then all the Beverly Hills Cop movies then the Forty-Eight hours movies.

[@skovol007]

When Simone pointed out how good Samuel L. Jackson is at yelling, it reminded me of The Chapelle Show commercial for Samuel Jackson beer. Someone asked him if he could please stop yelling and he responded ,"I'M NOT YELLING! THIS IS MY NATURAL TONE OF VOICE!"

[@RyoHazuki224]

Its funny that she commented how the opening of the music made her think of The Lion King, as the King and Queen in this movie also voiced Simba's parents! haha

[@andreaspooky6183]

Fun fact: in the scene where the father gets back and forward to the door, he wasn't meant to slip, but the way the actor stayed in character, had the director to keep it for the final cut.

[@heavycritic9554]

22:00 Semmi's scream is so damn good! 😀 It's one of my favourite moments of the movie. 26:35 That was freaking perfect! 😆

[@maximillianosaben]

Hysterical classic! The McDowell's restaurant was actually a Wendy's for many years when I was growing up. It was on Queen's Blvd, right by the Queens Center Mall.

[@noneya3635]

LOL, totally forgot that Vader reference "I will deal with them myself." And the fact that Mufasa was already a king wearing a lion shawl was a nice precursor to The Lion King. Simone's Tommy Wiseu was perfectly timed.

[@Jay-ate-a-bug]

"Zamunda forever!!!" I loved it when Akeem killed Thanos.

[@seantlewis376]

Just a mention here. The King and Queen are played by the same actors who played Mufasa and Sarabi in The Lion King: James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair. The sequel was fun. I watched it with my roomies, and we laughed.

[@andreaspooky6183]

my last effort as a developer was a manager for a trash bin network, to automatize a form of optimization. In homage to this nice movie, I named it "Akeem". So when you think of the trash, think of Akeem.

[@powerbadpowerbad]

That's so FUUNY and charming.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

"I tied my own shoes once; it is an overrated experience." 👞🤣👟

[@danielcody7568]

Yes, the old Jewish man at the barber shop was also Eddie Murphy. He was doing the multiple characters thing long before The Nutty Professor.

[@TheTrmetzgar]

When Darth Vader says Do not alert them to my presents. "I will deal with him myself'! Take me back every time.

[@richardfoster2435]

FUN FACT:The person in the barber chair is a young Cuba Gooding Jr. since then he’s starred in major movies like Jerry MacGuire,Boys In the hood,boat trip,Radio and Men Of Honor

[@NoelMcGinnis]

Randolph and Mortimer were the two antagonists from the other Eddie Murphy movie Trading Places. 👍

[@LeePresson]

The third star of this movie is makeup artist Rick Baker. Eddie and Rick worked together many times after this (with varying results).

[@adrianowen476]

I'd love to see you guys react to Crocodile Dundee

[@OldLadyReacts]

I haven't thought about that movie in years! That would be fun to see them react to.

[@hulkslayer626]

YESSSS!!!

[@Yora21]

That's a movie I've probably not seen in 25 years. I don't remember much, but it got one of the great movie quotes that everybody knows.

[@MiddleAgedBob]

That would be a fun one. We can pass on the sequels, though. Best to pretend those don't exist.

[@DaLander]

@J. DrinkWater Very much like the second one too. I think I saw the second one first when I was a kid.

[@deano42]

"New York looks really cold," says the Canadian! Having been in Canada in the winter myself, I had to laugh.

[@jasonremy1627]

The throwback to Trading Places is one of my favorite moments.

[@feldegast]

The Golden Child is a great movie with Eddie Murphy

[@QuayNemSorr]

"Hey, Bird! Did you just see a Hara krishna midget in a tree, floating? Or is it me?"

[@mediumvillain]

Yes, watch the Golden Child.

[@supatiltgaming]

yes please, I think they would love the golden child!

[@richardrobbins387]

It'd be great to see if they recognize a young Tywin Lannister.

[@NielsRiethorst]

Numsy!

[@williambanks2223]

The funniest part is that Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall played multiple roles in this movie.

[@RETNASCANZ]

"Coming To America" and "Trading Places" are my favorite Eddie Murphy movies. I wish you would have watched Trading Places first so you could recognize a short scene that connects the two movies.

[@jksgameshelf3378]

I really hope one day you'll react to "Bowfinger" with Eddie and Steve Martin. It's so great and a hilarious film about making movies.

[@frankk1992]

A classic of my childhood 😄 Seen it so many times on VHS.

[@SpaghettiWst]

"But was it normal rain? Or was it Chubby Rain?"

[@NielsRiethorst]

‘I have to show it to the Laker girls!

[@infguy]

Keep it together. Keep it together. Keep it together. Keep it together. Keep it together. Keep it together. Keep it together. Keep it together.

[@Tonoborus]

Get out of my Mindhead!

[@Cagon415]

The song from the intro is actually a version of the song from the lion king (The lion sleeps tonight). The original is called Mbube, and was written by a South African. Murphy wanted a version of that song for the intro.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

20:16 George is right. The quote is from Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet: Horatio says it to Hamlet (the Prince of Denmark) after Hamlet dies.

[@andrewrawlings5220]

'Goodnight Sweet Prince' is from Hamlet's death scene (The rest is "May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest")

[@campagnollo]

@18:50, the two homeless men are the brothers Randolph and Mortimer Duke from the movie 'Trading Places (1983)'. It also starred Eddie Murphy so this a callback. You should put this on your watch list. I won't go into details, just remember this scene.

[@ehbiscuit]

Yes, that callback is just one of the many reasons I dig this movie!

[@rev.chuckshingledecker]

Hopefully they’ll watch it at Christmas time.

[@campagnollo]

@@rev.chuckshingledecker actually, it covers Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years.

[@markwilliams6394]

Yes, Randy and Mor-tay.

[@felixaltmann8719]

To get the Mortimer and Randolf Reference you have to watch "Trading Places"!!!

[@QuayNemSorr]

Know this movie completely by heart. Such a classic (Just forget that they ever tried making a sequel)

[@gmunden1]

LMAO @ Simone "I want a framed photograph of a hotdog for my apartment" 😃

[@jasonnewman3355]

So many comedy gems in the 80's like this. I feel like we don't get movies like this anymore (or maybe I'm just old).

[@Valeria-hy1ey]

so true

[@Yora21]

80s movies and music are just different. We only have about a century worth of pop culture that survives in accessible formats, but the 80s just blows it out of the water with timeless classics.

[@jasonnewman3355]

Yep. Stripes, Caddy Shack, Spies Like Us, Fletch, you name it... I think we also had the luck of having a crop of really, really talented comedic actors that were all making great movies at the time.

[@vorpal120]

I love this movie! The jokes still land even if you don't get all the 80s references😂. Watching this reaction I clapped when Lisa's Dad said he would break his foot off in JEJ. This movie has a lot of heart too.... I think that kind of heart is what is missing in the sequel. But it is still worth seeing for the continuing story of these characters.

[@fubar1217]

I couldn't take more than 10 min of the sequel from all the forced jokes.

[@powerbadpowerbad]

A sequel wasn't necessary,the first film was enough,you had Eddie & company all in their prime.Why wait 20 plus years for a sequel ???

[@KanWoo76]

Ohhh this is going to be fun!! This is STILL my most favorite movie! Know all the lines from the opening credits to the mid-credit scene.

[@snorpenbass4196]

Almost no reaction YTer seems to notice that the opening music is "Mbube", the original song that became "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in the US. Which is kind of hilarious, especially considering James Earl Jones later playing Simba's dad in The Lion King...

[@Rocco1332]

James Earl Jones is always great. This is one of those movies that is perfectly over the top. They know exactly how far to go without taking you out of it and losing the story.

[@alrandoloh8773]

The bark like a dog part when he looked in the camera was improv and they kept it in the film

[@leeandrewuk]

I've watched this movie about 30 times, just brilliant.

[@philrob1978]

Such an entertaining movie, and you both are wonderful as always. Thank you!

[@zenbyo]

I saw this in the theater and when he says "anything for the kids" there was an audible groan from the audience.

[@CrookiNari]

This is the kind of movie I wish they'd make more of nowadays. It's a mostly black cast and story for its own sake, not trying to push an agenda.

[@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc]

The first mic drop ever. Eddie started it.

[@augiemesa9429]

Such a beautiful piece of cinema history. Thanks you two for reacting to this.

[@timrobinson6116]

They actually sown skateboards into the train so she could move. Also the choreography for the big dance scene was done by Paula Abdul.

[@definitelydelish]

A Mcdonalds once changed themselves over to Mcdowells for a special occasion..... Eddie and Arsenio play so many roles in this movie it's crazy.. [Randolph and Mortimer are from an earlier Eddie murphy movie called Trading Places where they lost everything over a bet and some hijinks involving Eddie and Dan Akroyd] Eddie Murphy is the old man in makeup

[@petersonchan9250]

Do not alert him to my presence, I "will deal with him myself." - Darth Vader. Lol🤣. Eddy Murphy WAS the one telling the joke at the end, his name was there 😊

[@andrewgrossman4982]

Beyond loving you guys, I cannot begin to tell you how happy it makes me when Simone wears her The Band t-shirt. In your spare time, you should watch The Last Waltz, if you haven’t. Cheers!

[@randalthor741]

I haven't seen this movie in about 30 years, and I never realized how many recognizable faces were in it! I feel like every 30 seconds or so of this reaction I was saying "Hey, he was in Predator 2!" or "Hey, he was in Die Hard 2!" or "Hey, he was in ER!" and so on...

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

“That’s a lot of graffiti.” By 1980s NY Subway cars that thing is practically pristine.

[@stefanlaskowski6660]

Randolph and Mortimer were two characters from a previous Eddie Murphy comedy, Trading Places. Well worth watching.

[@Little1Cave]

I was actually thrown off by the super normal intro… 😂😂😂

[@ranger-1214]

Some good stars in this, both from that time and the future. When they first walked into the barber shop, the young man in the barber's chair was Cuba Gooding. Maurica, the chubby guy who worked at the restaurant, was Louie Anderson who was a pretty big comic at the time. The dad, Mr, McDowell played by John Amos who had his own TV show called "Good Times" and appeared in other successful shows back in those days. You saw that Eddie and Arsenio were others in the movie; both played 4 parts. Eddie not only was the barber but was the Jewish guy Saul in the shop too. And then he was the soul singer Randy Watson, doing a takeoff of sorts on James Brown, so total of 4 parts for him. Arsenio is also Morris, the other barber then Reverend Brown and also Baba, the grandfather. Good stuff!!

[@martinm8991]

On the start is seemed that Simone has upgraded to another jedi level: besides predicting plot elements she even got some dialogue up front. She calmed down soon after From the reaction it was not definite, whether S&G actually recognized Randolph & Mortimer from "Trading places" - did they?

[@MK67322]

They didn't

[@yasser3268]

Next Schedule weekend Monday: Paycho (1960) Wednesday: Last Action Hero (1993) Friday: The Good The Bad And The Ugly (1966)

[@jasonpratt3970]

Love your reactions. I think The Last Starfighter, an older 1984 campy sci fi flick would be right up your ally. The room at the end of Ready Player One was taken from the main character’s bedroom in that movie.

[@jayconant3816]

Yes definitely they need to watch it

[@KrK-EST]

18:48 a refrence from the previous movie Eddie M. made before this one where those 2 guys with same name were in, basicly playing as the other movie continued.

[@Tr0nzoid]

Yes, there are still beauty pageants. One similar business that seems to have slowly faded away are the promotional models at car shows, boat shows, and that sort of thing.

[@dabe1971]

13:26 Seventies reference that missed you. 'Kunta Kinte' was the name of a character in 'Roots' a TV milestone series based on Alex Haleys book Roots: The saga of an American Family which traced his own family history back to the African slaves - hence the reference to Akeem. Roots was very good, if uncomfortable viewing but it's generally accepted to be more fiction than fact about the authors own real family. Young Kunta was played by LeVar Burton of Star Trek fame and the older Kunta was played by - John Amos AKA Mr McDowell the restaurant owner !

[@mpotter9944]

Trading Places is an excellent movie, Eddie Murphy's first big hit iirc (48 hours was his first movie, also quite good), bonus it's also a Christmas movie so should definitely be on your list, and will explain the randolph and mortimer scene (where he gives the money to the bums).

[@ocelot815]

Thanks to Simone for the cool intros & George for the thumb nails👍 Congrats on 94k subs!🎉⭐

[@fubar1217]

The McDowell's was actually a Wendy's at the time so it was a real working fast food restaurant. After the movie, they had pictures up of the cast hung up around the place. Sadly, they tore it down a few years ago. You both definitely need to see Trading Places.

[@scottNNJ]

I was a kid working at a different Wendy’s at the time this movie came out. As I understand, management was NOT happy about this; the franchise didn’t get permission to use the building in the movie. In some scenes, you can see the (at the time) Wendy’s products on the menu board, and also the Wendy’s logo on the red oven in the kitchen.

[@fubar1217]

@@scottNNJ Ok...now I'm gonna have to re-watch and look for those items....lol.

[@scottNNJ]

@@fubar1217 the Samuel L Jackson scene gives the best shot of the menu board. Remember at the time they had a Chicken Club sandwich (essentially chicken with bacon), the “Garden Spot” salad bar, and the stuffed baked potatoes, which you can see clearly in the movie. The oven is (I think) seen the first time Cleo escorts Akeem and Semi through the kitchen. The detail of the logo is out of focus, but the shape is unmistakeable.

[@theblackboxpodcastshow1791]

A bit of history about Eddie with the old Jewish man costume, he was so convincing, he fooled a older Jewish woman and others that didn’t know it was him in costume ( Thank Rick Baker ) for his incredible costume designs . He also did King Kong 79’

[@markmaioli4]

John Landis & Eddie were a great combo on screen, even though they clashed off it. You should definitely watch Trading Places, Eddie's first huge hit, and you'll also get the Randall & Mortimer joke in Coming to America.

[@richardfoster2435]

Eddie Murphy played the following characters:Prince Akeem,The Barber,The Old man in the chair 🪑 in the barbershop 💈,the singer of the band S. Chocolate!!!

[@UmbrellaAl]

The white guy in the barbershop is Eddie Murphy, also the sequel isn’t bad, it just doesn’t live up to the original.

[@jamesbond99]

i agree with this and also i liked the the sequel

[@davidd.3555]

The guy who worked at the restaurant was Louie Anderson, big time stand up who had his own show & was in Baskets.

[@mervinmerencio6861]

Great reaction. Just a quick point I wanted to make. Zamunda is supposed to be a country in the continent of Africa. Therefore, the United States seemed big to them compared to their country of Zamunda, not compared to the continent of Africa. Just a little FYI

[@shaftpunk84]

This was probably the most rewatched movie from my childhood.

[@joekerr7975]

26:35 Wow Simone left no "Room" for error with that reference!

[@andrewszigeti2174]

I love how Prince Hakeem can bounce back and forth between being a total Cloud Cuckoolander and the One Sane Man and manage to be in character the whole time. That's some darn good writing AND acting to pull that little trick off.

[@DataCab1e]

Celebrity paradox: Akeem is nicknamed "Kunta Kinte," which is a character from Alex Haley's "Roots." The older version of Kunta (Toby) was played by John Amos, Mr. McDowell in this film.

[@blopblop7311]

I wish you guys would’ve seen “Trading Places” before this. It’s one of thee best comedies of the 80s plus you would’ve gotten that little Randolph/ Mortimer scene

[@Argumemnon]

The Randolf and Mortimer homeless people bit only makes sense if you see the movie Trading Places, which is very worth the view, by the way.

[@maestro80smusic93]

Took me years to realize I'd seen the actress who played Lisa before... she was in an episode of the original "Quantum Leap" tv series called "Pool Hall Blues"

[@sagittarius420cheefie]

The sequel is not that bad. It's not the first one but it's worth a watch.

[@BuffaloC305]

Oh boy. You've recently added TRADING PLACES, where the Duke Brothers make their first appearance. Having Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy re-appear in this film was SOOOO wonderful. Those two have so many favorite films in the history of film entertainment.

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So many great lines in this.

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Eddie Murphy and Arseno Hall played a dozen characters each, including everyone in the harbor shop And Randolph and Mortimer are characters in another Eddie Murphy movie called Trading Places.

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Masterpiece ever. Greatness