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The 1983 hit comedy ‘Trading Places’ turned 40 this year. Discover more fun facts about the John Landis-directed classic that helped turn stars Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd into household names.
FlixPix / AlamyIt may be mid-June, but it’s never too early to think about Christmas—and one iconic festive movie has special reason to celebrate this year. Released in 1983, Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, and Jamie Lee Curtis’ status-swap comedy Trading Places turned 40 this month. Yep, despite its reputation as a yuletide favorite—thanks to the memorable image of Aykroyd’s grubby banker-turned-hobo dressed in a dirty Santa costume, drunkenly chewing on a salmon wedge—director John Landis’ comedy i
The “Ghostbusters” star on filming John Landis’ 1983 status-swap comedy, working with Eddie Murphy, and how he looks back at that blackface scene today.
If you asked me to pick out my one most vividly remembered scene from
Coming to America, the classic Eddie Murphy comedy released in 1988, it would be the
Murphy's Prince Akeem of Zamunda is out on a date with his future wife Lisa McDowell (Shari Headley). But he's got a problem: Lisa doesn't know about Akeem's immense wealth and royal lineage, and Akeem, who is trying to pass himself off as a goat herder, ends up stuck with a paper bag filled with thousands of dollars thanks to his meddling friend and personal servant, Semmi (Arsenio Hall).
Enter the two homeless men sitting right outside the restaurant where Akeem and Lisa will have their date. Akeem pauses before they go inside and slips the men his paper bag. A few minutes later, after the happy couple is seated at their table, the homeless men reappear to shout thanks through a nearby window and we in the audience are hit with a realization: It's Randolph (Ralph Bellamy) and Mortimer Duke (Don Ameche), the chief antagonists in the Murphy comedy classic
‘Coming 2 America': All the Callbacks and Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed
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Eddie Murphy’s “Coming 2 America” is a comedy reboot that doesn’t shy away from callbacks. The sequel, which arrived last week, is loaded with references, innuendos and outright repeat jokes from the 1988 original, like the classic Mets jacket getup and even some recycled old footage. Some of the gags are hard to spot if you — like many viewers — were busy taking in the film’s lavish scenery and costume design, so we’ve got your guide to all the easter eggs you may have missed.