Coming to America (1988) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!

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  • @bdog1323
    @bdog1323 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +242

    When people use to ask me if Wakanda was a real place, I'd tell them that it borders Zamunda.

    • @k.delpino1124
      @k.delpino1124 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I use to hear someone say that Wakanda is like Zamunda.
      Except it's more bad-a**.

    • @AmperSand666
      @AmperSand666 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      and down below Mumbambu 🤣 th-cam.com/video/3q_iqrvnC_4/w-d-xo.html

    • @frankgesuele6298
      @frankgesuele6298 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Just south of Atlantis.

    • @dazeitgeist
      @dazeitgeist 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Damn! I wish I'd thought of that! 😂😁👌

    • @brabdonsimmons1158
      @brabdonsimmons1158 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      That is a great answer!

  • @diongray2501
    @diongray2501 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +470

    Fun fact: James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair both starred in Disney’s The Lion King 1994 as Simba’s parents Mufasa The Lion and Sarabi The Lioness.

    • @vincegamer
      @vincegamer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

      Fun fact: Sinclair was the first woman to play a captain in a Star Trek production

    • @caesar_44
      @caesar_44 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Whoa… I never knew that. Thanks for sharing…

    • @jscan4442
      @jscan4442 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

      Fun Fact: John Amos and Madge Sinclair both starred in the original "Roots" TV mini-series as Toby (Kunta Kinte) and Belle.

    • @Wired4Life2
      @Wired4Life2 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      All-timer trivia. 😊

    • @dsscam
      @dsscam 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      The King (James Earl Jones) is also Darth Vader! He'll soon be 93 and is still going strong with his iconic voice.

  • @nluna75
    @nluna75 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    Back in 88 in the theaters, when the bride turns out to be Lisa the whole theater bursted into applause. It's funny the stuff you remember.

    • @foreverflylove
      @foreverflylove 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      i remember seeing it with my dad on the west side of manhattan

  • @BrahmaDBA
    @BrahmaDBA 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    "Good morning my neighbors!"
    " F YOU!"
    "Yes, F YOU TOO!"
    Classic

    • @MaryMuffin520
      @MaryMuffin520 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      HAHAHA!!! awesome!

    • @KimC657
      @KimC657 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This line, with Eddie Murphy’s voice, has lived rent free in my head for 20 years. 😂 It never gets old to me.

  • @adamgrunther1367
    @adamgrunther1367 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +106

    I absolutely love that they brought back Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche back to play the Dukes for a cameo. It was both hilarious and brilliant.

    • @zacharylewis2802
      @zacharylewis2802 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      In the sequel (which is honestly not very good), the Duke brothers are shown to have reestablished their business empire, and it is implied that they did kind of learn their lesson.

    • @tackyzack8693
      @tackyzack8693 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@zacharylewis2802Wow I missed that. And you're right it was horrible🤦🏾i can't watch it again. I wish they would've made a duke and duke spin-off.

  • @harrybusby3487
    @harrybusby3487 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +157

    James Earl Jones took the line" leave them to me , I will deal with them myself " from Star wars Return of the Jedi in which he was the voice of Darth Vader.

    • @tahirahshabazz50
      @tahirahshabazz50 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      And Mufasa! ❤❤❤

    • @zvimur
      @zvimur 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      32:05, they cut it out😢😅

    • @zvimur
      @zvimur 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wait, I'm talking about "TESB". I think.

    • @k.delpino1124
      @k.delpino1124 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I remember getting a cold feeling when JEJ sounded like that in the moment.
      Still do.

    • @DC3328
      @DC3328 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@zvimur No it's rotj

  • @fabianenriquez2814
    @fabianenriquez2814 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +242

    Fun Fact: The dance scene in the beginning of the movie was choreographed by Paula Abdul. Paula Abdul remembers being a Laker girl when she got the call that she would be choreographing the 1988 film "Coming to America." During that time, Abdul was choreographing both the Laker girls and Janet Jackson. She was a girl who was very high in demand back in the 80’s.

    • @SupremeJudge
      @SupremeJudge 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Abdul was born in 1962 though. One thing a lot of people don't know is that the song "Forever Your Girl" is a song she wrote for her father.

    • @theoriginalsamueljohnson
      @theoriginalsamueljohnson 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    • @USCFlash
      @USCFlash 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@SupremeJudge
      lol....she did not write "Forever Your Girl".
      The song was written and produced by Oliver Leiber, & "K.C." Cohen added additional production.

    • @youteo3596
      @youteo3596 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I overthink things, but is that why in bowfinger Eddie Murphy had a thing about showing "it" to the laker girls? Lol back in the day filming this did Arsenio have to say, "now that is the pretty girl from the laker girls that teaches our dancers, she is from America do not show it to her again or there will be a lawsuit Akeem"

    • @bigb2494
      @bigb2494 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      She did the choreography for that scene, but it didn't quite go down that way. Paula was a student of Debbie Allen (sister of Phylcia Rashad) and wife of former Laker Norman Nixon. She later became a Laker girl where she met Jackie Jackson who connected her with his sister Janet. Later Janet found out she was having an affair with her brother and felt betrayed, so she severed ties. Paula then started dating Arsenio Hall who just so happened to be best friends with Eddie Murphy. She's had an accomplished career, but had some connections along the way.

  • @brandonsittler6145
    @brandonsittler6145 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +222

    Darryl is played by Eriq La Salle who is amazingly talented. He's an award winning author, he was on the TV show E.R. for more than 170 episodes, he's the executive producer for the show Chicago PD, and he's directed dozens of episodes across a wide range of prime time TV shows. The man can do it all.

    • @arosha1
      @arosha1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I just saw him play a cop in One Hour Photo.

    • @tempsitch5632
      @tempsitch5632 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Rebound: The Legend Of Earl ‘The Goat’ Manigault 1996 starring Don Cheadle with Eriq LaSalle is incredible acting.

    • @carlosrvra
      @carlosrvra 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      He also has a small role in LOGAN, as the father from the nice horse family.

    • @tahirahshabazz50
      @tahirahshabazz50 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@carlosrvraYes love that family

    • @smaddox8363
      @smaddox8363 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Sheesh every comment is a fun fact about the movie 😂

  • @BDogg2023
    @BDogg2023 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +216

    The McDowell’s worker who gets robbed by SLJ was also a famous comedian, Louie Anderson, who had a prolific career in his own right, but was less well known as time went by.

    • @cplcarlman
      @cplcarlman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      A role he had late in life was playing Zack Galifinakis' character's mother in Baskets. It was an amazing job in a great series that is way too underrated.

    • @joeriveracomedy
      @joeriveracomedy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@cplcarlmanhis appearance on mohr stories was a comedy clinic

    • @chongsfury4358
      @chongsfury4358 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I remember a movie he was in called "the wrong guys" where he plays a cub scout leader who gets back together with his old cub scout friends, I remember the movie had Richard Lewis,Tim Thomerson, Bryon James and John Goodman in it, but can't remember the others.

    • @vincegamer
      @vincegamer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      He had his own Saturday morning cartoon show too: "Life With Louie"

    • @paullanier3597
      @paullanier3597 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chongsfury4358 Richard Belzer was also in that movie.

  • @jdelark6428
    @jdelark6428 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +95

    I love the cameo by Duke and Duke 😂

    • @StephenLuke
      @StephenLuke 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      RIP
      Ralph Bellamy
      (1904-1991)
      and
      Don Ameche
      (1908-1993)

    • @jkhoover
      @jkhoover 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      I saw this movie at least a hundred times before I saw Trading Places. Eventually I learned it was a cameo, but back in the 80s I never understood it.

    • @tahirahshabazz50
      @tahirahshabazz50 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Love the callback

    • @SaintLouisEastSaintLouisHiphop
      @SaintLouisEastSaintLouisHiphop 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thats another good movie to watch Trading places !!!

    • @brianschaffer9220
      @brianschaffer9220 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jkhooverI didn’t realize it until I watched both movies another 25 times each 🤣

  • @JohnnyBarton85
    @JohnnyBarton85 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    RIP Louie Anderson 🙌

  • @christianhernanalancamaren1582
    @christianhernanalancamaren1582 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +98

    It is an authentic classic from the 80's. The times that Eddie and Arsenio brought out characters it was to die of laughter.

    • @tahirahshabazz50
      @tahirahshabazz50 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Eddie was the first to do multiple characters. First saw him in The Golden Child then his standup Raw

    • @DANTE83100
      @DANTE83100 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Alec Guinness play eight roles in the film Kind Hearts and Coronets. And that came out in 1949. There may have been more before or after. But Murphy was definitely not the first.

  • @MissTeeFy
    @MissTeeFy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    I can't believe someone spoiled the Duke Brothers being in it!! The whole joy of that scene is the unexpectedness of it!!

    • @deg6788
      @deg6788 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Where Does he live 😂😂

  • @gamerbear84
    @gamerbear84 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

    The cast was stacked with like most of the biggest black talent of the 80s. Eddie and Arsenio were so good together, wish they'd had more joint projects.

    • @georgekellon2471
      @georgekellon2471 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      They did "Harlem Nights" together, (another great one) (but not as much Arsenio)

  • @smaddox8363
    @smaddox8363 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    The taxi driver who called him a dumb F is a well known fitness guru named Jake Steinfeld. I used to watch his show “Big Brother Jake” all the time as a kid, he also had a line of fitness tapes called “Body By Jake”.

    • @SJ-ty5rw
      @SJ-ty5rw 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      His niece is Hailee Steinfeld who is an extremely popular actress and singer now days .

    • @bararobberbaron859
      @bararobberbaron859 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@SJ-ty5rw That's an interesting way to connect True Grit and Coming to America!

    • @smaddox8363
      @smaddox8363 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@SJ-ty5rw Wow I never knew that!

  • @sean---the-other-one
    @sean---the-other-one 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    One of Eddie’s most underrated movies is Boomerang. That’s hilarious, but Eddie plays the straight man in it and lets everyone else take the big laughs.

    • @hedgehog1965uk
      @hedgehog1965uk 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      First movie I saw Halle Berry in.

    • @sean---the-other-one
      @sean---the-other-one 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@hedgehog1965uk
      I can’t recall if it was Boomerang or The Last Boy Scout but they were both around her debut on major films.

  • @Charles_Gaba
    @Charles_Gaba 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +143

    It’s a shame people spoiled the cameos. That was a fantastic reveal when it first came out.
    Edit: To clarify, I’m talking about those who commented in the Trading Places reaction, not the comments here.

    • @jkhoover
      @jkhoover 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      People love to spoil in the comments. They're determined to be the ones to reveal something instead of allowing reactors to discover it on their own.

    • @Charles_Gaba
      @Charles_Gaba 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Ok, it looks like they were still mostly surprised when they saw it; good.

    • @vincegamer
      @vincegamer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I was mad about that too, though it looks like they forgot about it during the movie

    • @3DJapan
      @3DJapan 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@jkhooverI think they think it will make the reacters more l likely to watch the film.

    • @dsscam
      @dsscam 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@jkhoover People don't spoil in the comments. Reactors watch the films weeks to months in advance

  • @fmellish71
    @fmellish71 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

    This was directed by John Landis, who also directed Trading Places and An American Werewolf in London, and they all have posters that say See You Next Wednesday, which is what the one character's parents say to him during his birthday in 2001: A Space Odyssey

    • @motorcycleboy9000
      @motorcycleboy9000 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      It's also a play on "See You Next Tuesday."

    • @hulkhatepunybanner
      @hulkhatepunybanner 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@motorcycleboy9000 Nope.

    • @khensanimashego6671
      @khensanimashego6671 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      And MJ's "Thriller"

    • @DaviniaHill
      @DaviniaHill 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      And Beverly Hills Cop 3.

    • @danieljohnson2005
      @danieljohnson2005 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was the porno playing in the theater at the end of An American Werewolf in London.

  • @hbq3000
    @hbq3000 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Fun Fact: James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair are again king and queen in The Lion King voicing Mufasa and Sarabi

    • @MrGrifter123
      @MrGrifter123 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You thought about that all by yourself huh 😂😂

    • @cartersmom0629
      @cartersmom0629 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@MrGrifter123 A lot of people don't know that

  • @matthewpeters8989
    @matthewpeters8989 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +109

    The Quentin Tarantino reference with Samuel L. Jackson was perfect 😂

    • @osmanyousif7849
      @osmanyousif7849 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Ironic when you consider that this was his first movie.

    • @o0pinkdino0o
      @o0pinkdino0o 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wow, this was before Goodfellas...

    • @toddjones1480
      @toddjones1480 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@osmanyousif7849His first movie came out 16 years before this.

    • @andybullemor-music5928
      @andybullemor-music5928 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@osmanyousif7849 not his first at all. He'd appeared in a few films before this.

    • @SJ-ty5rw
      @SJ-ty5rw 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@osmanyousif7849 Actually he had a part in the first Nightmare on Elm Street movie , but they cut his footage out the movie before it was released .

  • @gibbieraven
    @gibbieraven 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Still, The Golden Child was super fun throughout the years.

    • @briagolden1
      @briagolden1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      YESSS. The "I want the knife" scene is my favorite. I still randomly say it to this day 😂😂😂

  • @FrldyZX87
    @FrldyZX87 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +120

    I know this isn't a kid's movie, but I watched this all the time with my siblings when we were younger. Still one of my favorite movies! So quotable! 😁

    • @vodengc520
      @vodengc520 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      I'm not entirely sure there was a concept of "kid's movie" when I grew up in the 80s, lol. I saw multiple Eddie Murphy movies, most of the slasher classics (Nightmare, Friday, Halloween), etc. all before I was 10 years old. My mom actually took me and my sister to see Robocop at the drive-in when it came out. I was like 7 or 8, lol.

    • @goldenageofdinosaurs7192
      @goldenageofdinosaurs7192 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@vodengc520Yeah, my dad took me to see Jaws when I was 7, lol. My folks never really thought about a movie being age appropriate, their thought being, if an adult would want to watch it, children would be bored with it. For the mist part, they were absolutely correct.

    • @AleksPizana
      @AleksPizana 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yeah I watched this when I was a kid. Nobody cared back then.

    • @motorcycleboy9000
      @motorcycleboy9000 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Grew up with this movie and every Eddie movie. Thought the kingdom from Coming to America was a real place in Africa and the Paramount logo was photographed there.

    • @robertharper5087
      @robertharper5087 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I just wrote something similar. The 80s were great, we had our collection of VHS that we would watch over and over. I loved Stripes, totally not appropriate for kids now, but back then, well, it was different times.

  • @ghettoprince187
    @ghettoprince187 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    The Soul Glo theme....first time I heard it I couldn't stop laughing. Love that song so much I have it as a ringtone to wake up too. 😂😂

    • @SJ-ty5rw
      @SJ-ty5rw 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/users/shortsZKHBPlDBU-g

    • @3912James
      @3912James 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Dude that sung that song was screaming and gasping for air....as if he couldn't WAIT for the song to end. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @John_Locke_108
      @John_Locke_108 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Haven't watched the reaction yet but now I have that jungle stuck in my head because of your comment.

  • @MsDaphfodil
    @MsDaphfodil 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Fun Facts. Hakeem’s parents are also Simba’s parents.

  • @boboca20
    @boboca20 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Oh man this is such a classic. As a child I used to watch this movie every other month with my brothers and we had a blast... Some of the lines we still use today to mock each other, for example the iconic "YES, YES, FUCK YOU TOO!!!" LMFAO

  • @talesfromthehoodtv503
    @talesfromthehoodtv503 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Ok so I'm from queens,born and raised,and i remember when i was about 4 years old i saw the McDowell's on queens blvd a few times while they were filming and i always asked my dad to take me there and he'd just say no,when i saw this film a few years after i just laughed my ass off,this is by far eddie Murphy's best film of all time,best written comedy he has ever been in,this is Eddie Murphy in his prime, it's one of my favorite comedy's,i never get tired of watching this,at the end when he's chasing the girl on the train she gets off on sutphin blvd,my train stop,this is very near and dear to my heart,glad you guys enjoyed

    • @KelzKelz
      @KelzKelz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just curious, where would you rank Norbit?

  • @LogicalNiko
    @LogicalNiko 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Rick Baker was nominated for an Oscar for his makeup in this film. He has won 7, and was nominated in 3 other films, counting this one.
    He has also won multiple BAFTA and Saturn awards, as well as an Emmy, and is on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
    He is known for his makeup, puppetry, creature creation, practical special effects, as well as being a film producer.

  • @BumpyBaluga
    @BumpyBaluga 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    This is 1 of my top 3 ever. I could watch it a million times and never get tired of it.

  • @Estrada72
    @Estrada72 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    48 Hours, Another 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop series, Harlem Nights, and Life are all great Eddie Murphy movies.

    • @kylewright7882
      @kylewright7882 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This!!!

    • @bigbird908
      @bigbird908 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dude, I actually adore all 3 Cop movies. 3rd one gets a bad rep but still enjoyable, just not as witty.
      Still blows my mind how much GTA5 takes from Cop 2.

  • @LogicalNiko
    @LogicalNiko 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    This is the first movie where Eddie played multiple characters. It became a hallmark of his movies.
    Also after 48 hours Eddie made it a point to insist as many other comedians he knew from stand up got parts in his movies to hopefully help them get some recognition as well.

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Recognition of what

  • @LuckySmurf
    @LuckySmurf 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    In case anyone was wondering: Eddie Murphy and the movie did get permission from McDonald's to use their likeness and even got to use one of their restaurant locations for the McDowell's scenes.
    Sometime later the restaurant became a Wendy's before it was all demolished and the location became the site of a condo.

  • @libertyresearch-iu4fy
    @libertyresearch-iu4fy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    John Amos (Cleo McDowell) has been all over TV for decades, especially known for the show 'Good Times' in the '70s. He was also in 'Die Hard 2' (1990) and 'Coming to America 2' (2021).

    • @dnish6673
      @dnish6673 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      and grown up Kunte Kinte in Roots.

    • @QBAN2010
      @QBAN2010 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Die Hard 2 Die Harder

  • @SARSIPIOUS606
    @SARSIPIOUS606 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Saw it in the theaters with my dad.
    I was 13. The girl at the ticket booth try keeping me out. My dad said he’s seen Terminator and Rambo…..

  • @chuckshingledecker2216
    @chuckshingledecker2216 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    I had so much fun watching this reaction. This is my favorite Eddie Murphy movie and peak Eddie Murphy! 80s Eddie was so huge it’s hard for people who didn’t live through that era really grasp how big of a deal he was!
    I never stop laughing at this movie and I know I have seen it at least 100 times since it came out! Thanks for reacting to one of the best 80s comedies.

    • @MaryMuffin520
      @MaryMuffin520 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I LOVED this movie and would watch it all the time. Blockbuster rental frequent flyer! lol I hope they watch the 2nd Coming to America movie. I think it just came out last year.

    • @missssophisicated6742
      @missssophisicated6742 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did u see it in the movies?

  • @fitzgivesfits1
    @fitzgivesfits1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    At the end when John Amos (Lisa's father) steps in the camera with that cheesy grin always makes me smile.

  • @robertharper5087
    @robertharper5087 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    We had this on VHS as a kid, it was funny enough and well written enough to watch over and over. I’ve seen it more times than I can count, but it never got old.

  • @notabritperse
    @notabritperse 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    "See you next Wednesday" is a John Landis trademark (NICE CATCH!), a phrase seen or heard in most of his directed works, including Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video. For another (lesser known, but still cameo-heavy) Landis film, try "Into the Night," starring Michelle Pfieffer and Jeff Goldblum and featuring a knife-fight between two Rock & Roll Hall of Famers.

    • @brianvernon249
      @brianvernon249 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you for mentioning Into the Night. I had flashback to being 6 watching the video for BB King & the cast was in the song. And he asked the gentlemen if they wanted a Pepsi.

  • @martinviera1972
    @martinviera1972 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    This is one of my favorite Eddie Murphy movies ❤

    • @tahirahshabazz50
      @tahirahshabazz50 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mine Harlem Knights and Dreamgirls

  • @folkblues4u
    @folkblues4u 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The dog, Dottie, is the same poodle that was in Batman Returns (as the circus lady's companion), she was also Queenie in The Burbs, and Precious in Silence Of The Lambs. She had a more impressive career than most actors!

  • @MySandstrom
    @MySandstrom 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The Dukes are back. 😂😂😂

    • @bdog1323
      @bdog1323 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Saw in an interview once that Murphy really wanted a sequel to Trading Places but one of those actors got sick and died so they ended up scrapping it for other reasons too.

  • @Cadinho93
    @Cadinho93 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Fun Fact: For the movie's 30th anniversary a few years ago, an independently operated McDonald's in Chicago "dressed" as McDowell's for Halloween. The owner changed the sign, the menu and the employee uniforms. It was brilliant.
    Also, James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair would go on to voice Simba's parents in "The Lion King" (1994).
    Playing a King and Queen once again.

  • @frkzoid
    @frkzoid 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    This movie shows how much of a genius Eddie Murphy was (or maybe still). To be able to produce a film and act multiple personas was simply brilliant. And not to mention Arsenio Hall as well as support.

  • @x_mau9355
    @x_mau9355 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The "Soul Glo" commercial is like concentrated juice of the 80's, and was made for the movie (written by Nile Rodgers, vocals by Christopher Max, at the time an unknown singer at EMI)

  • @grendelz
    @grendelz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    This movie, Harlem Nights and Life are the three Eddie Murphy classics.

    • @BDogg2023
      @BDogg2023 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Harlem Nights is SO good. Kind of forgotten these days. Haven’t seen any reactions to it.

    • @blackmanta777
      @blackmanta777 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Boomerang is way above Life.

    • @BDogg2023
      @BDogg2023 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@blackmanta777 Yeah, I don’t know if I’ve even bothered to watch that one. Boomerang is a classic.

    • @njt2347
      @njt2347 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@blackmanta777I like Boomerang a lot but I love Life. Regardless of how you rank them they are both great movies.

    • @blackmanta777
      @blackmanta777 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@njt2347 I agree.

  • @6sKi6z6
    @6sKi6z6 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    The sheer amount of characters Eddie and Arsinio play in this is hilarious. Some you don’t even see right away. This is the first appearance of both Cuba Gooding jr and Samuel L. Jackson. And growing up, I always wanted McDowell’s cheeseburger phone.

    • @KelzKelz
      @KelzKelz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nah Samuel L was in School Daze by Spike Lee, and I'm pretty sure I seen a young Samuel L on something like a early 20 something young.

    • @billymuellerTikTok
      @billymuellerTikTok 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it was Cuba's first FILM appearance, he had been on TV already - Samuel L Jackson's first appearance was 16 years earlier in 1972 in 'Together for Days'

  • @esclad
    @esclad 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The "See You Next Wednesday" poster is a fake movie poster; an easter egg that John Landis puts in every one of his movies.
    In Trading Places, it's on the wall in Jamie-Lee Curtis' bedroom.
    In American Werewolf in London, it's in the subway when the guy is being chased. 🤪

    • @patrickflanagan3762
      @patrickflanagan3762 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's also the actual porn movie that David goes into with Jack near the end.

    • @esclad
      @esclad 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@patrickflanagan3762 Not noticed that one before, i'll have to watch it again soon ;)

  • @ionamtab
    @ionamtab 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The Beverly Hills Cop films and two 48 Hours are all worth watching.

  • @CathleenMJennings80
    @CathleenMJennings80 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Please add Bowfinger to your list: Eddie and Steve Martin! It's unlike Eddie's other movies but i laughed HARD and it's funnier the more times I see it. Quotable, too.

  • @faithnyou1732
    @faithnyou1732 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    "Beverly Hills Cop" is a MUST! Please at least do the first one soon! Thanks for another great reaction, discussion, and movie choice! ✌💙✌

  • @lethaldose2000
    @lethaldose2000 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Again you guys hit the nail on the head with, "Coming to America" another all-time favorite classic. flick. ---------- The movie packs so many 2nd and 3 levels of jokes in each scene that you can't stop laughing. Such was the case when I saw it in theaters back in 88'. -------- This movie could not fail or else he may never get another to do another all-black blockbuster movie cast. Which was unheard of back in 1988.

  • @landotter
    @landotter 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    fun to see Murphy take on so many roles! 😂 great stuff. love the singing😅

    • @tahirahshabazz50
      @tahirahshabazz50 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes and Eddie can really sing. Not here but otherwise.

  • @johnkennethwiseman5460
    @johnkennethwiseman5460 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This movie has so many easter eggs, cameos, fourth wall breaks etc. Its absolutely hilarious. I am amazed you guys picked up on them on first viewing. Good job guys

  • @jackrodakthemovieguy1726
    @jackrodakthemovieguy1726 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Imo, this is Eddie Murphys best comedy.

  • @tristramcoffin926
    @tristramcoffin926 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I love watching you two watch my favorite movies but my favorite is your conversations after them. Thanks for doing this one.

  • @nickgoodnough6262
    @nickgoodnough6262 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I grew up with Eddie Murphy movies, so his name was just a part of my culture from the age of 5. The Golden Child, Beverly Hills Cop, and Trading Places were staples on VHS when it was a brand new technology. I could quote his 1-liners before I could ride a bike.

  • @Mattical1980
    @Mattical1980 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I'm so glad you guys watched 'Trading Places' before this (even if it was by happenstance) so you understood the Duke reference. I've seen other reaction channels miss it. Thanks, as always, for keeping me entertained on a long night at work. Merry (belated) Christmas to you and your family!

  • @CrunkKing232
    @CrunkKing232 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Beverly Hill’s Cops are a must and the 48 hour movies too

  • @cinesthesia7
    @cinesthesia7 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Yes!!! You gotta let your soul glow! You two have got to get 48 hrs and Beverly Hill Cop films on the channel! Both great blends of action and comedy. You will LOVE them!

    • @MitchClement-il6iq
      @MitchClement-il6iq 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Another 48 hours ìs great sequel as well.

  • @user-yw9dy3bs9p
    @user-yw9dy3bs9p 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is one of those rare movies where I can watch it every day for a year and still laugh just as much every single time I see it!

  • @monygemini88
    @monygemini88 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I still quote this movie endlessly

  • @mr.o6240
    @mr.o6240 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Rick Baker did the makeup for this and many other Eddie Murphy films plus the Star Wars films, Michael Jackson's Thriller, and The Nutty Professor amongst others. 😎

    • @spicy321
      @spicy321 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He also designed and wore the costume for the 1976 remake of King Kong. Legend.

  • @YouHaventSeenMeRight
    @YouHaventSeenMeRight 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    One of Eddy less recognized movies is his collaboration with Steve Martin in the comedy Bowfinger, where he also plays multiple characters (only two this time).

  • @patricke2088
    @patricke2088 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I thought you were the king
    The ultimate wife line 😂

  • @dustinklinger4658
    @dustinklinger4658 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Harlem Nights with Eddie and Richard Pryor is hilarious

  • @joeriveracomedy
    @joeriveracomedy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Offbeat suggestion: Eddie Murphy came up with the story for "I'm gonna git you sucka" with the Wayans Bros. Mad funny.

    • @vincegamer
      @vincegamer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Kung Fu Joe is one of my favorite characters in all of cinema

    • @k.delpino1124
      @k.delpino1124 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Turns 35 in January.

  • @coreyhendricks9490
    @coreyhendricks9490 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    One of Eddie Murphy's comedies of all time, cool reaction as always Schmitt & Samantha, you both take care and have a good night

    • @jkhoover
      @jkhoover 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      If Beverly Hills Cop 1 & 2 are action movies, then this is his absolute best comedy, IMO.

  • @misstriciak
    @misstriciak 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    We used to watch the movie every Christmas as kids during the 90s.
    Now the movie has become a time capsule of the late 80s with legendary AA actors. The King and the Queen voiced Mufasa and Sarabi, Lisa's father is John Amos, who played the iconic Kunta Kinte in his adult years.
    Soul Glo has become a fun memory of those days when jerry curl was all the rage.

  • @kingcassius2586
    @kingcassius2586 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    21:54 Commonly missed joke.
    "Who was that??"
    "Just the man I met in the restroom."
    Lisa & Darryl then have the "Well.. he IS from Africa" look on their faces. 😅

  • @charlesnyckd
    @charlesnyckd 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Another Eddie Murphy you guys should react to is “Boomerang.”

    • @taneshah.1260
      @taneshah.1260 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Boomerang doesn't get the love it deserves these days, IMO. I could quote damn near the entire movie once upon a time. And let's not forget that soundtrack!

    • @charlesnyckd
      @charlesnyckd 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@taneshah.1260YESSS!!! The soundtrack was beyond dope!!
      The movie got criticized when it came out for its portrayal of black people in corporate America: beautiful, accomplished and unapologetically black. This was around the time where “Boyz n the hood,” “poetic Justice,” “juice,” and “menace II society” were more accepting. It’s still a classic in my opinion, and I wish more people would react to it.

  • @chadwickvon8019
    @chadwickvon8019 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    A classic. Great movie.

  • @GGGritzer
    @GGGritzer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Geordi actor in Star Trek TNG played Kunte Kinte. Madge Sinclair played Geordi's Ma & Akeem's Ma who was also in Roots, Akeem is also called Kunte Kinte in this! Love all the tie ins! Paula Abdul did the choreography with the dancers!

    • @kaboomzzz
      @kaboomzzz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      LeVar Burton is the actor who played Geordie and he also hosted Reading Rainbow!

    • @GGGritzer
      @GGGritzer 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kaboomzzz, Geordi, more like. I must have a look at that. LeVar is one of the few TNG actors I have not met at a Convention. Seems like a really nice chap too.

  • @ShashanaCO
    @ShashanaCO 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I knew when y’all watched Trading Places this was coming 🙌🏾

  • @themoviedealers
    @themoviedealers 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Bowfinger. Great idea for a story, Eddie plays multiple characters again and Steve Martin is a great partner.

  • @lou7139
    @lou7139 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I always thought it was funny that James Earl Jones went from wearing Mufasa to being Mufasa.

  • @feintcircles
    @feintcircles 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I highly recommend the movie Bowfinger. It stars Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Heather Graham, and Jamie Kennedy. It's often overlooked but it is so great. I know y'all would love it.

    • @desmawalker556
      @desmawalker556 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wasn't Robert Downey Jr briefly in that movie as well ??? 🤔

    • @feintcircles
      @feintcircles 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@desmawalker556 Yes! He was the movie producer Bowfinger pitched the script to.

  • @thatdamelana
    @thatdamelana 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Bowfinger (Eddie, Steve Martin, Heather Graham...) is one of my favorites. It's underrated. LOL!

  • @st.elmogeorge5403
    @st.elmogeorge5403 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The dad is played by John Amos…who you may have recognized from Die Hard 2 (he was the army traitor who helped the terrorists). He is best known for playing the dad on the 70s sitcom “good times”.

  • @Whitebrowpriest
    @Whitebrowpriest 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The old Jewish guy in the barber shop fooled everybody back in the day when this movie first dropped. It was more obvious the other characters that Eddie played, but no one new that the Jewish man was Eddie too, until they revealed it in the ending credit scene. :)

  • @donnchaodalaigh4031
    @donnchaodalaigh4031 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    would love to see you react to Eddie in bowfinger, underrated movie in my opinion

    • @dawb86
      @dawb86 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s always been weird to me that a lot of people didn’t really like ‘Bowfinger’ much, one of my favorites as well.

    • @donnchaodalaigh4031
      @donnchaodalaigh4031 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dawb86 yeah absolutely one of his best,

  • @tecno8335
    @tecno8335 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Yay! I was waiting for you to watch this.

  • @JasonMoir
    @JasonMoir 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Let's count how many references are made to "Trading Places" after this...

  • @ScarlettM
    @ScarlettM 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    "Distinguished Gentleman" - 80s comedy staring Eddie Murphy. Underrated movie, Eddie Murphy had a lot of fun making it!

    • @jasonc4641
      @jasonc4641 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not 80s but was solid

    • @ScarlettM
      @ScarlettM 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jasonc4641 Right. I thought it was 1989, but it's 1992.

  • @luvaboy772
    @luvaboy772 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    11:58 That line lives rent free in my head. 😂😂😂😂

  • @evertondenver
    @evertondenver 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    The Golden Child! Don't know if it a big movie of him but it was a lot on tv in the 80/90's here in Brazil.

    • @vodengc520
      @vodengc520 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      MY DEAR SWEET BROTHER NUMPSY!

  • @dionkelly8420
    @dionkelly8420 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Eddie Murphy and Arsenio each played 4 characters. Cuba Gooding did have lines in the barbershop that were cut out. This was also Samuel L. Jackson's very first movie. This movie came out in 1988, Trading Places came out in 1983.

  • @jayrule13
    @jayrule13 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Awesome reaction. I have seen this movie in theaters in 1987 and some 100 times thereafter. It is one of my favorites of all time. An awesome must see movie that I personally recommend and am 1000% sure that you should see when going down the Eddie Murphy rabbit hole is the severely underrated movie, "Life"., which also co- stars Martin Lawrence. This movie is far more poignant than you would expect!

    • @missssophisicated6742
      @missssophisicated6742 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This movie, Boomerang, and I'm Gonna Get U Sucka were the best movies to see in the theater..I LAUGHed my ass off when I saw them in the movies...

  • @bryan11981
    @bryan11981 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The white guy who worked at McDowell fast food name is Louis Anderson. He passed away last year.

  • @mikeshoe74
    @mikeshoe74 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Also, Eddie Murphy discovered quite a few actros and talents over the years. If he didn't discover them, he certainly gave them the exposure they needed. Samual Jackson, and also Dave Chappelle

  • @tomkruze1304
    @tomkruze1304 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    James Earl Jones is so funny as the dead serious king, pretty good as the lion king too

  • @JVTrickypants
    @JVTrickypants 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The heavy white guy at the counter you have seen before is one of the amazing stand up comics from the 1980s, Louis Anderson (RIP). Had a Saturday morning cartoon show he wrote called Life With Louie as well.

  • @lobachevscki
    @lobachevscki 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Quentin Tarantino joke on Samuel Jackson's scene cracked me up so hard hahaahahah

  • @King-if5kh
    @King-if5kh 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I'm glad u guys loved this movie and now you have to check out beverly hills cop 1 and 2

  • @lockaby1
    @lockaby1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    yes the duke brothers wa in one scene here it was hilarious

  • @johnpittsii7524
    @johnpittsii7524 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Hope you two are having an great and awesome day ❤

  • @troy34bronze
    @troy34bronze 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “No. Do not alert him to me presence. I will deal with him myself”. Darth Vader callback.

  • @ironknuckle143
    @ironknuckle143 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fun Fact: On December 11 of this year the football game Eddie Murphy talked about actually happened. The Giants beat the Packers in a night game by kicking a field goal at the end of the game.

  • @ctownsc1
    @ctownsc1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This is my all time favorite movie!

  • @susanliltz3875
    @susanliltz3875 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You guys also need to see how great Eddie is as a dramatic actor in the movie:
    MR. CHURCH!!!

  • @mackstacks8913
    @mackstacks8913 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is my favorite comedy of all time. It still cracks me up and it is sweet, charming with a great message. Been watching it my whole life and I still enjoy it as much as I did when I was a kid.

  • @maximillianosaben
    @maximillianosaben 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The McDowell’s was actually a Wendy’s for many years while I was growing up. Right over there by Queens Center Mall.