The night my grandmother died in 1988 after a long battle with cancer, my mother and grandfather popped this into the VCR. She stirred briefly from her haze, stated "Oh I love this movie," laughed, and drifted back into the haze. It was the last thing she ever said.
I hope they left it on for her. Even when they're not responding people at that stage are able to hear their surroundings. Im glad that there was an atmosphere she could enjoy. 😢
Yeah, it’s not really blackface. I’ve always thought of blackface as something that’s demeaning to the race. This was just a disguise, very much like Gene Wilder’s in Silver Streak.
Fun Fact: Don Ameche, who played Mortimer Duke, really didn't like to curse, so he screams "Fuck him!", he actually apologized beforehand to the entire cast, crew on the set and did the scene in one take. A true professional. Another Fun Fact: The cop who says mockingly "it's an opera" back to Winthorpe is Frank Oz, the voice of Yoda. The more you know!
Frank Oz also appeared in another Dan Aykroyd movie: The Blues Brothers. Frank Oz portrayed a Correctional Officer who gave John Belushi back his belongings from when he entered Joliet Prison.
I never get over how talented Eddie Murphy was at such a young age. You accept him here as a fully formed movie star when in reality this was filmed when he was 21 and it's only his second movie.
@@graham974 Eddie's fall from being the top comic probably started around the eary 90s. I mean he's still making bank doing the donkey in the Shrek movies but its a lot less meaningful being a comic who sold out arenas and starred in his own movies.
@@joemckim1183 he aged out of the role, he played the same guy in every movie, but as he gets older he cant be the young hyper active type on screen, the nutty professor was his last major solo and he had moved past in by that point, Donkey is a perfect solution because its just voice work, he could be doing that at aged 80
Thw way Coleman told Billy on his first day "whatever you do, just be yourself, they cant take that from you", you can tell Coleman not only appreciated Billy's appreciation of Coleman, but also Coleman despised what the Dukes were doing and felt bad that Billy was caught up in it. Thats a good writing moment.
The guy playing Beeks is also the principal in "Breakfast Club". Two great roles. One of the baggage handlers is future US Senator Al Franken & the pawn broker is rock n roll icon Bo Didley
@@scott-mercer actually 48Hrs. was Eddie's first film, in 1982. Best Defense was in 1984. I remember it when I went to see it, and was mad at my date (she begged to go see it) because the movie was so bad (IMO) and Eddie was used so sporadically in it. Murphy needed to bounce back after that turkey Best Defense, and that's when he followed up with Beverly Hills Cop, a fantastic film.
Fun fact: This "sell high then buy back cheap to cover the 'Short Sales'" is exactly how that whole Gamestop fiasco happened a few years ago. They literally made a small fortune on this tactic, and because "outsiders" pulled it off, the stock market changed the rules for market trading.
The actor who plays the butler in "Trading Places" is named Denholm Elliott. Elliott played Dr. Marcus Brody alongside Harrison Ford (--> Indiana Jones) in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". In total, Denholm Elliott appeared in two Indiana Jones movies and many other productions. "Trading Places" is a great movie. Although it was filmed in 1983, it is still relevant today and absolutely worth seeing. Great reaction. 👏
*Coming to America (1988)* is a must-watch follow-up. Eddie Murphy and John Landis join forces again to hit it even further out of the park, and it's even an unofficial sequel to this movie. One tip: don't do any research before watching it, but make sure to check out the cast in the credits afterwards.
Aykroyd and Murphy were good friends already from the extended SNL community. Their chemistry in this when taking on the Dukes is just gold. I absolutely love the crazy shit going on in the train, between the accents and gorillas and DGAF staff, it's all so zany and great. Just a wild sketch they decided to keep in the film. And Don Ameche's meltdown when the Dukes are ruined is one of the all time great meltdowns in a comedy. It's still very weird to me watching Aykroyd and Murphy walk past the entrance to World Trade Center 2.
This was a pretty big movie for Aykroyd since a lot of folks in Hollywood thought he wouldn't work as an actor/comedian following the death of John Belushi (since they were such a double-act onscreen). This put those fears to rest and then with "Ghostbusters" the next year, it was completely forgotten.
48 hours, trading places, Beverly Hills Cop no Comedian will ever start a career on fire like that again in the movies. Was a treat to see you both discuss it and debate it. Fun watch. Timeless Film
27:54 - "Egg nog?" DECADES of class resentment boiled into those two words! Denholm Eliot as Coleman the butler is simply fantastic this this film! His character is rather dry and understated, but he does SO much with it! Earlier, when he's pretending to not know Winthorpe, just before he closes the door for the last time, there is a flash across his face that says, "My old boss may be a pompous ass, but nobody deserves this. I hate what my bosses the Dukes are doing, and I hate myself for the part I am being forced to play." All in a single half a second. SO good!
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The shorter of the two Gorilla handlers was Senator Al Franken. He also showed up in the end of Ghostbusters 2. Former SNL cast with Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy.
Hey Sam and Daniel, one of my favorite Flicks ever. Great choice. ---- Even I laugh at the black face and the Jamaican accent. Don't worry if you laugh (ITS FUNNY STUFF!!!!!) Laughs a minute, I think Sam's face is still hurting after watching this flick.
Great reactions guys like always a fun-fact. The cop in booking that finds the PCP on Louis was Frank Oz, the famous puppeteer and voice for Yoda and many other Muppets and characters like Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Grover and Cookie Monster. He plays a similar role in Blues Brothers. Keep up the amazing work
YAY! LOVE THIS MOVIE! It was originally going to star Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor as a stock broker and his chauffeur switch lives for a week in order to see how different their lives would have turned out.
When I was in the army in the '80s I only owned two movies on VHS. This one and Enter the Dragon. I seen them both many times. And they just get better every time.
Fun reaction! 😁 21:45 The silence was a play on the “when E.F. Hutton talks… people listen” commercials back from back in the day. 😊 18:38 This part always cracks me up. One of my favorite fourth wall breaks in any film. Eddie/Valentine’s expression like “do you see this? These mother-effers think I’m slow.” 💀😂🤣 Hope you guys get a chance to watch *Coming to America.* If you liked this movie, you’ll _love_ that one. 😊
Some additional interesting cast notes. The cop who announces that the white powder in a baggy he pulls from Louis’ coat is PCP was, Frank Oz. The Pawnbroker was early rock singer/musician, Bo Diddley. One of the two baggage handlers tending the Gorilla on the train was, Al Franken. Also, after Billy Ray and Louis get off the train and are walking to the commodities exchange in NYC, they pass in front of the ground floor of one of the twin-towers of the WTC. The exterior steel frame work is unmistakable.
Going to love this, and I'm already looking forward to you guys reaction to " Coming to America" staring Eddie Murphy which takes place in the same universe.
You guys laughed so much i can tell you loved it! ❤ The Duke brothers have a cameo in Eddie Murphys Coming To America that youd only get after watching this movie. The guy who played Clarence Beeks was always great at playing assholes. He was an incompetent cop in Die Hard, but he's best known as the school principal in The Breakfast Club.
Paul Gleason also played the Yankee executive who hired George Costanza at Steinbrenner’s behest. I’m real life, he very briefly played minor league baseball in the Cleveland Indians system.
This movie led to a new law being introduced called 'The Eddie Murphy Law' to stop the exact situation that happens in the movie from ever happening to the stock market in real life. The movie studio didn't want Jamie Lee Curtis in the movie but the director fought them on it. They thought she was just the scream queen from Halloween and still an unknown actress. And director John Landis always puts a fake movie poster called "See You Next Wednesday" in every one of his movies. In this movie, it's in Jamie's apartment on the bedroom wall. In American Werewolf in London it was in the subway tube :)
I was just going to add this point, yes I read that in University courses on Finance, etc and as you said it's called "The Eddie Murphy rule" based on the fact that it was insider training.
The rule was named after the film but it wasn't the film that lead to the rule. The rule wasn't introduced until 2010 and was a rule for the commodities market, it was already illegal to use insider info on the stock market long before the movie came out.
Prior to this, Jamie Lee Curtis had been in "Halloween" and several other slasher / horror type films, and had a reputation as a "scream queen." This was her first sort of "breakout" role- she got to show her comedy chops, she got to show her acting skills, she got to show a LOT of things. Audiences really got to see a LOT of Jamie Lee Curtis, that they had never seen before! 😉 (That is both a double entendre regarding her first on-screen nudity, as well as the truth, because her acting in this role honestly was a tremendous opportunity, that opened a lot of doors for other non-horror roles!)
Frozen concentrate orange juice was a huge supermarket product back in the 1970s and 1980s. It was relatable to audiences at that time. PS. There is a restaurant in Philly today named Winthorp and Valentine.
In my opinion the whole train scene was just a reason to do a series of Saturday night live skits. It largely did not really fit into the movie but it was just pure comedy.
Fun fact: The pawn shop owner is played by Bo Diddley, blues man extraordinaire! Jim Belushi is the guy in the fakey looking gorilla suit, and Al Franken is one of the train porters.
Both Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd got their start on Saturday Night Live. I think that train black face "ba buya" song skit might have been inspired by an SNL skit.
13:19 - The police officer here, taking the inventory of Winthorpe's belongings, is actor/director Frank Oz. He's the man who does the voice of master Jedi Yoda in all of the Star Wars films franchise! He also does the voice of a few characters in many The Muppets films. Oz also had a small part in the cult film, An American Werewolf in London. He's also the one who directed the movies: "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986), "Bowfinger" (1999) (hilarious movie, btw), and "The Score" (2001) which stars Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Angela Bassett, and Marlon Brando (The Godfather).
Eddie Murphy was only 20 yesrs old when this was filmed. $80,000 in 1983 = $254,371 now. That's a tasty starting salary. The $42,000 that she had saved would be, $133,545. And the $394,000,000 that's the Dukes lost would be $1,252,779,178 today. The cop who found the PCP in Wimthorp's pocket was Frank Oz, the voice of Miss Piggy and Yoda. The pawn broker was legendary blues guitarist, Bo Diddly. The shorter of the two guys handling the gorilla on the train was comedian Al Franken, who later went on the become a U.S. Senator from the state of Minnesota. A few more John Landis joints you guys should check out... The Blues Brothers, with Danny Akroyd and John Belushi. Also, An American Wherewolf in London! Animal House, also with Belushi. 1941, yet another Landis/Belushi film.
"Timothy... "Harris conceived the outline for Trading Places in the early 1980s after meeting two wealthy brothers who were engaged in an ongoing rivalry with each other. He and his writing partner Weingrod developed the idea as a project to star Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. When they were unable to participate, Landis cast Aykroyd-with whom he had worked previously-and a young but increasingly popular Murphy in his second feature-film role."
Good intro. to Eddie Murphy movies - others mention it here, but _48 Hours_ and _Beverly Hills Cop_ are good follow ups for an Eddie Murphy playlist. Dan Aykroyd - _The Blues Brothers_ an all time favorite. Fun as always!
You guys are my favorite movie reactors! Always the right amount of showing the movie, you're not hung up on people going to your patreon, and insightful commentary 🎉
Great job noticing the guys from Raiders as well as Gus Fring. You missed the guy in the pawn shop who was blues legend Bo Diddly. Bo played a part in the music video for George Thorogoods "Bad To The Bone"
So the short of what happened at the end was because the orange crops weren't affected by winter, then there would large amounts of cheap oranges. The Dukes thought the crops were affected, so instead of selling high then buying low, they bought high then sold low. Aykroyd and Murphy knew the real crop report so they sold high and bought low. The numbers they showed on the boards meant that Aykroyd and Murphy made contracts to buy oranges at $0.29 a pound in units of a thousand, and also made contracts to sell those exact same oranges at $1.42 a pound, making a profit of 545%. Oranges are traded in units of a thousand pounds, with several units per single contract, and you could hear traders talking about buying and selling hundreds of contracts. It's not exactly known how much they invested with the life savings and the money meant for Beaks, but the current guesstimate is in the tens of millions, possibly over 100 million. What was done to achieve such success (trading commodities on inside information obtained from the government) wasn't illegal back when the movie was made, but when it was made illegal in 2010, it was appropriately named the Eddie Murphy Rule.
One not so fun fact. In the outdoor scene where Murphy and Akroyd are walking into the stock exchange, they are standing right in front of the actual World Trade Center. It always hits me when Akroyd says "In this place, it's either kill or be killed" - right in front of the actual ground zero from a few years later.
The point with the briefcases was that they had to return it to Beeks once they had the real report otherwise he would know it had been compromised. The flaw is that having discovered the switch, he would probably know that they already had it unless he was still confused about which was the original - unlikely.
7:52 - That man playing Coleman the butler is late actor Denholm Elliott (1922-1992). You likely recognize him from the Indiana Jones series of movies with Harrison Ford. He was Indie's right hand man, Marcus Brody.
If you haven’t seen Coming To America, there is an Easter Egg from this movie in it. It is an Eddie Murphy led movie with a lot of cameos. I love your reactions! 💕 Have a Merry Christmas!🎁🎄
The Dukes' trader, Wilson, is Richard Hunt - who was a puppeteer on The Muppet Show. He performed Scooter, Janice, Statler, and many others. The big black guy "YEAH!" in the jail is football player J.T. Turner who played for the Giants and Redskins. Great job spotting a young Gus Fring in the jail scene!
nice... the Booking Officer at the jail was played by Frank Oz who also did Muppet Voices (Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal & Sam Eagle, as week as Cookie Monster, Bert & Grover from Sesame Street) and Yoda in the Star Wars movies
You're going to have more Jamie Lee Curtis in this one than you've had before. 13 year old me is very happy about this. You recognized an insanely young Giancarlo Esposito in the prison scene, and the butler Denholm Elliot was Marcus Brody in the Indiana Jones films. No one ever recognizes Frank Oz though. Or Al Franken. Or Paul Gleeson... the guy who played every jackhole in the 80's if William Atherton wasn't available. Make sure to check out Coming to America as well.
To be fair though, Frank Oz's face was never as well known as his name, for obvious reasons. I also don't think I've ever seen any reactors recognize James Eckhouse (who plays the jail guard who comes to release Valentine from his cell), maybe because most CZcams reactors are too young to have watched Beverly Hills 90210. As for Paul Gleeson, in Die Hard they needed so many jackholes that they used both him _and_ William Atherton 😀
Both Trading Places and Die Hard are examples, in my opinion, of movies with perfect casts top to bottom (starring, supporting, and cameo roles). That Paul Gleason was in both as a colossal douche underscores my point. Other examples with expansive casts: Heat Tombstone LOTR Trilogy
during the train scene, the needed to steal Beek's case to get the crop report, then swap it with a fake crop report while they made off with the original. This way when Beek's opened his briefcase, it's still his - with a seemingly real crop report to sell to the Dukes.
Nice to see you guy's enjoyed it! If you haven't watched "Coming To America" yet, you'll catch a cameo of the Dukes in that movie, alluding to this movie. Lot's of great Eddie Murphy movies. Lots already named. Eddie's 1st movie I think, was "48 Hours" with Nick Nolte. Great movie!! I don't think other reaction channels have done it, possible due to the harsh language Nolte's character does to Eddie's character, but it's explained why later in the movie.
Did you also notice that one of the baggage handlers is future Senator Al Franken? And when Winthorpe first walks into Duke and Duke he hands his coat to "Folsey", who is the famous cinematographer George Folsey, who was also an executive producer on Trading Places. He probably had more film credits to his name than anyone else in the film, having started in 1919!
The two baggage handlers were a comic team that ended up as some of the beginning writers of Saturday Night Live and the one then later becomes Senator. Al Franken from Minnesota.
The realization that this movie is 40 years old is slightly soul crushing....
The fact that I’m 40 years old is also soul crushing 😢
Going on 50
Mid 40's here. And. Ye.
@@collectivevision9884Don’t feel soul crushed! I’m 15 years older than you so 40 sounds great! 👍😁
Does it make you feel better that we are young enough that we had to sneak and watch it when it came out? It doesn't help me much.
The night my grandmother died in 1988 after a long battle with cancer, my mother and grandfather popped this into the VCR. She stirred briefly from her haze, stated "Oh I love this movie," laughed, and drifted back into the haze. It was the last thing she ever said.
So sad...but still....so beautiful. Blessings to her and your family.
Oh 🥺 ,, that's wonderful 🤗💋🎄🎉🌌🌠🌌🌌🕊️🕊️🕊️
I hope they left it on for her. Even when they're not responding people at that stage are able to hear their surroundings. Im glad that there was an atmosphere she could enjoy. 😢
When out with a 😊
I hope “Coming to America” is next on the list
They did it months ago, but, apparently, they missed the cameo of Duke & Duke because they were out of order.
@@libertyresearch-iu4fywho are you talking about?
@@DiggitySlice TBR Schmitt and his wife.
I think Aykroyd said in an interview that no one cared about the blackface. Murphy and his team didn’t think twice about it either. Different times.
Yeah, it’s not really blackface. I’ve always thought of blackface as something that’s demeaning to the race. This was just a disguise, very much like Gene Wilder’s in Silver Streak.
That's what I thought, too. It wasn't a big deal back then, because people didn't get offended about every little thing.
@@Eternal82Soulbut at that time it was before PC got really over the top.
Thank God those days are over, I like discovering new ways about how my sense of humor is complete shit and feeling bad about myself.
@@Eternal82SoulMore like they didn't care since they were getting paid.
The Actors playing the Duke Brothers. Ralph Belemay and Dom Ameche always talked very highly of Eddie Murphy's improvisation and comedic talents
fun fact. in Italy this movie has been broadcasted for the last 30 years straight every christmas eve evening. it's become a tradition
“I am Inga from Sweden.”
“But….you’re wearing lederhosen.”
“Ya, for sure Sweden.”😂😂😂
I love this movie so much.
BEEF JERKY TIME! 😂
Fun Fact: Don Ameche, who played Mortimer Duke, really didn't like to curse, so he screams "Fuck him!", he actually apologized beforehand to the entire cast, crew on the set and did the scene in one take. A true professional.
Another Fun Fact: The cop who says mockingly "it's an opera" back to Winthorpe is Frank Oz, the voice of Yoda. The more you know!
He also very much didn't want to say the N-word, Eddie Murphy had a talk with him. persuading him that it was okay.
Frank is also the voice of, among other Muppets, Miss Piggy
@christinadoxstader3004
Frank was also the discharge officer at the prison in "The Blues Brothers".
The movie was originally written as a project for Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder but they couldn't participate.
Frank Oz also appeared in another Dan Aykroyd movie: The Blues Brothers. Frank Oz portrayed a Correctional Officer who gave John Belushi back his belongings from when he entered Joliet Prison.
I never get over how talented Eddie Murphy was at such a young age. You accept him here as a fully formed movie star when in reality this was filmed when he was 21 and it's only his second movie.
Trading Places, Coming to America, Beverly Hills Cop, SNL, comedy specials…He went from the funniest person alive to…well, not so much, so fast!
@@graham974 Eddie's fall from being the top comic probably started around the eary 90s. I mean he's still making bank doing the donkey in the Shrek movies but its a lot less meaningful being a comic who sold out arenas and starred in his own movies.
Eddie came at the right time.
@@joemckim1183 he aged out of the role, he played the same guy in every movie, but as he gets older he cant be the young hyper active type on screen, the nutty professor was his last major solo and he had moved past in by that point, Donkey is a perfect solution because its just voice work, he could be doing that at aged 80
@@stevenr6397 It just goes to show you that no mattet how big of a star you are you cant stayvat the top forever.
Thw way Coleman told Billy on his first day "whatever you do, just be yourself, they cant take that from you", you can tell Coleman not only appreciated Billy's appreciation of Coleman, but also Coleman despised what the Dukes were doing and felt bad that Billy was caught up in it. Thats a good writing moment.
Bo Didley is the pawn store owner, and the song played at the restaurant ia the same song played at the restaurant in The Blues Brothers.
The guy playing Beeks is also the principal in "Breakfast Club". Two great roles.
One of the baggage handlers is future US Senator Al Franken & the pawn broker is rock n roll icon Bo Didley
He is also the jerk police guy in Die Hard.
@dustman820 So depending on where you see this movie, it may be the second time he gets buttf****d on national TV
“Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?”
Paul Gleason was a vice principal in "Breakfast Club".
Mess with the bull, you get the horns.
If you guys get a chance, "48 Hours" is a great Eddie Murphy film. It was Murphy's first movie, and my favorite of his.
I've been waiting FOREVER for one of my favorite reaction channels to do 48hrs.
His first film was actually Best Defense, but it was just a cameo.
@@scott-mercer actually 48Hrs. was Eddie's first film, in 1982. Best Defense was in 1984. I remember it when I went to see it, and was mad at my date (she begged to go see it) because the movie was so bad (IMO) and Eddie was used so sporadically in it. Murphy needed to bounce back after that turkey Best Defense, and that's when he followed up with Beverly Hills Cop, a fantastic film.
I can't recommend 48 Hours enough. It really is a must watch. It was the first buddy cop movie, predating Lethal Weapon.
Yes!!
Fun fact: This "sell high then buy back cheap to cover the 'Short Sales'" is exactly how that whole Gamestop fiasco happened a few years ago. They literally made a small fortune on this tactic, and because "outsiders" pulled it off, the stock market changed the rules for market trading.
Again. 😂
The actor who plays the butler in "Trading Places" is named Denholm Elliott.
Elliott played Dr. Marcus Brody alongside Harrison Ford (--> Indiana Jones) in "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
In total, Denholm Elliott appeared in two Indiana Jones movies and many other productions.
"Trading Places" is a great movie.
Although it was filmed in 1983, it is still relevant today and absolutely worth seeing.
Great reaction. 👏
Filming even began in December '82 for all the outdoors Christmas scenes.
He also starred in a TV series in the 80's Called "The Equalizer" the very first original.
@@derrickbrown6387 That was Edward Woodward. Paul Gleason was in one episode, though.
He's brilliant in the Michael Caine classic,, Alfie (1966)🐕🎻
@@LarryFleetwood8675 You are right sir .I stand corrected
My personal favorite Jamie Lee Curtis movie is, A Fish Called Wanda.
i think they would love that movie it's hilarious
*Coming to America (1988)* is a must-watch follow-up. Eddie Murphy and John Landis join forces again to hit it even further out of the park, and it's even an unofficial sequel to this movie. One tip: don't do any research before watching it, but make sure to check out the cast in the credits afterwards.
And we also see the return of the Duke brothers in a hilarious scene in that movie.
Dude spoiler
It's not a sequel at all you're wrong
That's just an Easter egg
@@dirkvervecken4054😂😂😂, d'you think that's what he could, maybe have been getting at? Sorry, don't mean to be such a 'Dukes' bag!😊
I love this movie. You guys might also like Brewster's Millions (1985).
Good call, Brewster's is such an underated movie.
That and the toy are my favorite Pryor movies
@@sarparker5362 ,, not round our dinner table 🤗💸
Fun fact: this was supposed to be Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder's 4th movie together but Pryor lit himself on fire and the rest is history.
Hear no Evil🙉
See no Evil 🙈
😂🤣
Aykroyd and Murphy were good friends already from the extended SNL community. Their chemistry in this when taking on the Dukes is just gold. I absolutely love the crazy shit going on in the train, between the accents and gorillas and DGAF staff, it's all so zany and great. Just a wild sketch they decided to keep in the film. And Don Ameche's meltdown when the Dukes are ruined is one of the all time great meltdowns in a comedy.
It's still very weird to me watching Aykroyd and Murphy walk past the entrance to World Trade Center 2.
This was a pretty big movie for Aykroyd since a lot of folks in Hollywood thought he wouldn't work as an actor/comedian following the death of John Belushi (since they were such a double-act onscreen). This put those fears to rest and then with "Ghostbusters" the next year, it was completely forgotten.
@@mst3KGf He hit a home run in this, I love his performance. The police station 😂
You can't go wrong with prime Dan and Eddie.
I disagree. Can't stand this movie.
@@jkhoover i remember you. you said this about every movie
OMG dude this movie has been going great for 40yrs! Make peace with the fact.
@@76marex He's a LIE. He not see movie. I see it.
That girl tell man you can stay at my house.
but then she show him her boobies. shes a bad one.
This is one of the best "guy gets assaulted by a gorilla" films of 1983. Easily in the top three. 😉
What were the other two, out of curiosity?
That train scene is still absolutely bananas 😂
Liberals chimp out over the blackface, though.
LMAO they got "black face" on the ratings list? Thats probably the funniest thing I've heard today.
Love this movie, classic.
1st time I've ever seen it listed.
Think that's bad,Aliens is cited for having outdated language.
@@mrtim5363 lol yea me too
The next step will be to remove all that "offensive" content altogether. Buy your own discs while or if you can.
Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd are quite the duo in this funny Christmas film with some strong themes under its hood.
More Eddie Murphy please. Many great movies!!! ❤ you guy!!!
"A karate man bruise on the inside." So true, Billy Ray.
8:06* that's Denholm Elliot from Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark.
I never thought about the ‘Trading’ in the title as a double meaning! Great reaction BTW.
48 hours, trading places, Beverly Hills Cop no Comedian will ever start a career on fire like that again in the movies. Was a treat to see you both discuss it and debate it. Fun watch. Timeless Film
absolute classic movie.
watched this so much as a teenager i wore out the VHS tape.
27:54 - "Egg nog?" DECADES of class resentment boiled into those two words! Denholm Eliot as Coleman the butler is simply fantastic this this film! His character is rather dry and understated, but he does SO much with it!
Earlier, when he's pretending to not know Winthorpe, just before he closes the door for the last time, there is a flash across his face that says, "My old boss may be a pompous ass, but nobody deserves this. I hate what my bosses the Dukes are doing, and I hate myself for the part I am being forced to play." All in a single half a second. SO good!
12:01, lol!! "Want me to break something else?" "No!😮" 😂
YOUR INTRO MUSIC IS LIKE A WARM HUG WHEN I NEED IT THE MOST.
ALL ALONE I AM & FACING MANY CHALLENGES.
I FIND COMFORT & PEACE IN YOUR VIDEOS.
THANK YOU. SINCERELY. THANK YOU BOTH.
Please stop shouting.
@@Argumemnon IM NOT. IM BLIND IN ONE EYE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE.
Keep hanging tough, amigo. The holidays can be a difficult time. Keep the faith, you got this.
@@davelong4416 YESSIR & THANKS
I bet $1 y'all are gonna like this movie.
Now you're gonna have to react to Coming to America. The quasi sequel to Trading Places.
Not even quasi. More like a nod.
The shorter of the two Gorilla handlers was Senator Al Franken. He also showed up in the end of Ghostbusters 2. Former SNL cast with Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy.
Also starred in a very funny/heartwarming movie called 'Stuart Saves His Family', based off his SNL character!
The other handler was Tom Davis, Franken's friend and writing partner at SNL.
Hey Sam and Daniel, one of my favorite Flicks ever. Great choice. ---- Even I laugh at the black face and the Jamaican accent. Don't worry if you laugh (ITS FUNNY STUFF!!!!!)
Laughs a minute, I think Sam's face is still hurting after watching this flick.
Another great classic movie is Heaven Can Wait. Oh and Brewster's Million. And Coming to America.
loved Brewster's millions. we actually saw this movie in the theatre. dang. i'm giving away how old i am. lol
The way Dan Aykroyd delivers the line "I was poor and no one liked me" always cracks me up. Great movie.
Great reactions guys like always a fun-fact. The cop in booking that finds the PCP on Louis was Frank Oz, the famous puppeteer and voice for Yoda and many other Muppets and characters like Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Grover and Cookie Monster. He plays a similar role in Blues Brothers. Keep up the amazing work
Yeah, Frank Oz has a cameo, but also the pawn broker is played by the one-and-only Bo Diddly...!
@@davelong4416You beat me to it!
Speaking of Bo, director Landis' next movie Into the Night (1985) would be cool for the channel as well.
Have you seen Coming To America? I'd HIGHLY recommend checking it out after watching this.
YAY!
LOVE THIS MOVIE!
It was originally going to star Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor as a stock broker and his chauffeur switch lives for a week in order to see how different their lives would have turned out.
Both Silver Streak (1976) and Stir Crazy (1980) with Wilder and Pryor would make good reaction movies.
When I was in the army in the '80s I only owned two movies on VHS. This one and Enter the Dragon. I seen them both many times. And they just get better every time.
Fun reaction! 😁
21:45 The silence was a play on the “when E.F. Hutton talks… people listen” commercials back from back in the day. 😊
18:38 This part always cracks me up. One of my favorite fourth wall breaks in any film. Eddie/Valentine’s expression like “do you see this? These mother-effers think I’m slow.” 💀😂🤣
Hope you guys get a chance to watch *Coming to America.* If you liked this movie, you’ll _love_ that one. 😊
1:59 "i don't know. i have to check if she has a playlist." -sam
she does now. 👍🏼
Hey! It's you! 😲
The movie also gave a non-boring introduction to how markets work.
"How many drunk, stumbling santas are out walking the streets?" In Philadelphia , on new years, literally thousands. It's called the Mummer's Parade
This is my #1 comedy all time to me. I don't think there's a limit to how many times I can see this and still not laugh at every part!
Some additional interesting cast notes. The cop who announces that the white powder in a baggy he pulls from Louis’ coat is PCP was, Frank Oz. The Pawnbroker was early rock singer/musician, Bo Diddley. One of the two baggage handlers tending the Gorilla on the train was, Al Franken.
Also, after Billy Ray and Louis get off the train and are walking to the commodities exchange in NYC, they pass in front of the ground floor of one of the twin-towers of the WTC. The exterior steel frame work is unmistakable.
Wolf of wall st also made it clear brokers make commissions whether or not their clients lose or make money. Trade via apps. Less fees.
Going to love this, and I'm already looking forward to you guys reaction to " Coming to America" staring Eddie Murphy which takes place in the same universe.
Gotta check out the deleted scene from Coming to America where Prince Akeem helps out the two homeless beggars . . . .
That scene is actually in the movie, they put it in.
I'm pretty sure they reacted to Coming to America a few months ago actually.
6:45 "omg. is this gonna be like a bet between two rich guys?" -daniel
called it ✅
You guys laughed so much i can tell you loved it! ❤ The Duke brothers have a cameo in Eddie Murphys Coming To America that youd only get after watching this movie.
The guy who played Clarence Beeks was always great at playing assholes. He was an incompetent cop in Die Hard, but he's best known as the school principal in The Breakfast Club.
Paul Gleason also played the Yankee executive who hired George Costanza at Steinbrenner’s behest.
I’m real life, he very briefly played minor league baseball in the Cleveland Indians system.
This movie led to a new law being introduced called 'The Eddie Murphy Law' to stop the exact situation that happens in the movie from ever happening to the stock market in real life. The movie studio didn't want Jamie Lee Curtis in the movie but the director fought them on it. They thought she was just the scream queen from Halloween and still an unknown actress. And director John Landis always puts a fake movie poster called "See You Next Wednesday" in every one of his movies. In this movie, it's in Jamie's apartment on the bedroom wall. In American Werewolf in London it was in the subway tube :)
I was just going to add this point, yes I read that in University courses on Finance, etc and as you said it's called "The Eddie Murphy rule" based on the fact that it was insider training.
The rule was named after the film but it wasn't the film that lead to the rule. The rule wasn't introduced until 2010 and was a rule for the commodities market, it was already illegal to use insider info on the stock market long before the movie came out.
Prior to this, Jamie Lee Curtis had been in "Halloween" and several other slasher / horror type films, and had a reputation as a "scream queen."
This was her first sort of "breakout" role- she got to show her comedy chops, she got to show her acting skills, she got to show a LOT of things. Audiences really got to see a LOT of Jamie Lee Curtis, that they had never seen before! 😉
(That is both a double entendre regarding her first on-screen nudity, as well as the truth, because her acting in this role honestly was a tremendous opportunity, that opened a lot of doors for other non-horror roles!)
@20:45 the pawn broker was the legendary Bo Didley
Frozen concentrate orange juice was a huge supermarket product back in the 1970s and 1980s. It was relatable to audiences at that time.
PS. There is a restaurant in Philly today named Winthorp and Valentine.
In my opinion the whole train scene was just a reason to do a series of Saturday night live skits. It largely did not really fit into the movie but it was just pure comedy.
"People in the back don't have a table". I never thought about it. This is one reason reactions are fun.
Fun fact: The pawn shop owner is played by Bo Diddley, blues man extraordinaire! Jim Belushi is the guy in the fakey looking gorilla suit, and Al Franken is one of the train porters.
You guys should definitely react to Beverley Hills Cop 1 and 2, and Coming to America. 80s comedy films had no boundaries😂
Harlem Nights is great too with Eddie and Arsenio plus many other comedy greats in it like Richard Pryor, Redd Fox, and Della Reese.
And life
@andymc96 Yes, another good movie of Eddie's that hardly gets talked about.
@@markwilliams6394 yeah, another classic
Should definitely add Blues Brothers to your list of Akroyd films you need to see.
Love this movie. It's not something that would be made today, but back then, it was quite funny.
It’s still funny who cares what anyone thinks? 😊
14:15, "This Persian rug is from Persia!" Lol!!
I love this movie! As an unofficial follow up you should also watch Coming to America!!!
Both Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd got their start on Saturday Night Live. I think that train black face "ba buya" song skit might have been inspired by an SNL skit.
Loved the white face skits Murphy used to do.
13:19 - The police officer here, taking the inventory of Winthorpe's belongings, is actor/director Frank Oz. He's the man who does the voice of master Jedi Yoda in all of the Star Wars films franchise! He also does the voice of a few characters in many The Muppets films. Oz also had a small part in the cult film, An American Werewolf in London. He's also the one who directed the movies: "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986), "Bowfinger" (1999) (hilarious movie, btw), and "The Score" (2001) which stars Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Angela Bassett, and Marlon Brando (The Godfather).
Eddie Murphy was only 20 yesrs old when this was filmed.
$80,000 in 1983 = $254,371 now. That's a tasty starting salary.
The $42,000 that she had saved would be, $133,545.
And the $394,000,000 that's the Dukes lost would be $1,252,779,178 today.
The cop who found the PCP in Wimthorp's pocket was Frank Oz, the voice of Miss Piggy and Yoda.
The pawn broker was legendary blues guitarist, Bo Diddly.
The shorter of the two guys handling the gorilla on the train was comedian Al Franken, who later went on the become a U.S. Senator from the state of Minnesota.
A few more John Landis joints you guys should check out...
The Blues Brothers, with Danny Akroyd and John Belushi.
Also, An American Wherewolf in London!
Animal House, also with Belushi.
1941, yet another Landis/Belushi film.
1:21 "two comedy people." -sam
😆
In Germany, the film is called Glücksritter. I love this film. In Prince of Zamunda, the two old men can be seen as bums.
they call that movie 'Coming to America' over here
"Timothy... "Harris conceived the outline for Trading Places in the early 1980s after meeting two wealthy brothers who were engaged in an ongoing rivalry with each other. He and his writing partner Weingrod developed the idea as a project to star Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. When they were unable to participate, Landis cast Aykroyd-with whom he had worked previously-and a young but increasingly popular Murphy in his second feature-film role."
13:16 That's Frank Oz, the voice of some Sesame Street characters (Grover, Burt, Cookie Monster) and most notable Star Wars character... Yoda.
The butler was played by Denholm Elliott. You might have seen him in the Indiana Jones movies.
This is my all time favorite movie!! It NEVER gets old!
Good intro. to Eddie Murphy movies - others mention it here, but _48 Hours_ and _Beverly Hills Cop_ are good follow ups for an Eddie Murphy playlist. Dan Aykroyd - _The Blues Brothers_ an all time favorite. Fun as always!
You guys are my favorite movie reactors! Always the right amount of showing the movie, you're not hung up on people going to your patreon, and insightful commentary 🎉
You two are the best. Happy to see you reacting to a great movie! Golden Child is one of my favorite Eddie Murphy movie.
Great job noticing the guys from Raiders as well as Gus Fring. You missed the guy in the pawn shop who was blues legend Bo Diddly. Bo played a part in the music video for George Thorogoods "Bad To The Bone"
So the short of what happened at the end was because the orange crops weren't affected by winter, then there would large amounts of cheap oranges. The Dukes thought the crops were affected, so instead of selling high then buying low, they bought high then sold low. Aykroyd and Murphy knew the real crop report so they sold high and bought low. The numbers they showed on the boards meant that Aykroyd and Murphy made contracts to buy oranges at $0.29 a pound in units of a thousand, and also made contracts to sell those exact same oranges at $1.42 a pound, making a profit of 545%. Oranges are traded in units of a thousand pounds, with several units per single contract, and you could hear traders talking about buying and selling hundreds of contracts. It's not exactly known how much they invested with the life savings and the money meant for Beaks, but the current guesstimate is in the tens of millions, possibly over 100 million. What was done to achieve such success (trading commodities on inside information obtained from the government) wasn't illegal back when the movie was made, but when it was made illegal in 2010, it was appropriately named the Eddie Murphy Rule.
One not so fun fact. In the outdoor scene where Murphy and Akroyd are walking into the stock exchange, they are standing right in front of the actual World Trade Center. It always hits me when Akroyd says "In this place, it's either kill or be killed" - right in front of the actual ground zero from a few years later.
Really tragic out
"A few years later" = 18 years later. And the saying isn't much of a coincidence.
The point with the briefcases was that they had to return it to Beeks once they had the real report otherwise he would know it had been compromised. The flaw is that having discovered the switch, he would probably know that they already had it unless he was still confused about which was the original - unlikely.
7:52 - That man playing Coleman the butler is late actor Denholm Elliott (1922-1992). You likely recognize him from the Indiana Jones series of movies with Harrison Ford. He was Indie's right hand man, Marcus Brody.
Fun Fact: the Pawn Shop owner is the legendary Blues/Rock N Roll guitarist Bo Diddley
Check out Eddie Murphy in the Beverly Hills Cop movies!!
He’s just as great and funny in those too!!
They filmed the opening scene with Eddie Murphy outside the school I attended, was always fun re-watching that part.
"I can SEE! I have LEGS!" freakin' hilarious!
"How many drunk, stumbling, Santa's are there?"
A lot, TBR. A Lot.
If you haven’t seen Coming To America, there is an Easter Egg from this movie in it. It is an Eddie Murphy led movie with a lot of cameos.
I love your reactions! 💕
Have a Merry Christmas!🎁🎄
Penelope can GET IT!😍
Winthorp's butler is played by Denholm Elliot, who played Marcus Brodie in the Indiana Jones films (his friend at the university).
The Dukes' trader, Wilson, is Richard Hunt - who was a puppeteer on The Muppet Show. He performed Scooter, Janice, Statler, and many others. The big black guy "YEAH!" in the jail is football player J.T. Turner who played for the Giants and Redskins. Great job spotting a young Gus Fring in the jail scene!
nice... the Booking Officer at the jail was played by Frank Oz who also did Muppet Voices (Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal & Sam Eagle, as week as Cookie Monster, Bert & Grover from Sesame Street) and Yoda in the Star Wars movies
You're going to have more Jamie Lee Curtis in this one than you've had before. 13 year old me is very happy about this.
You recognized an insanely young Giancarlo Esposito in the prison scene, and the butler Denholm Elliot was Marcus Brody in the Indiana Jones films.
No one ever recognizes Frank Oz though. Or Al Franken. Or Paul Gleeson... the guy who played every jackhole in the 80's if William Atherton wasn't available.
Make sure to check out Coming to America as well.
To be fair though, Frank Oz's face was never as well known as his name, for obvious reasons. I also don't think I've ever seen any reactors recognize James Eckhouse (who plays the jail guard who comes to release Valentine from his cell), maybe because most CZcams reactors are too young to have watched Beverly Hills 90210. As for Paul Gleeson, in Die Hard they needed so many jackholes that they used both him _and_ William Atherton 😀
Both Trading Places and Die Hard are examples, in my opinion, of movies with perfect casts top to bottom (starring, supporting, and cameo roles). That Paul Gleason was in both as a colossal douche underscores my point.
Other examples with expansive casts:
Heat
Tombstone
LOTR Trilogy
Yes, it's Gleason not Gleeson.
I hope you two watch Coming to America next since you're watching this. You'll love it.
"Three Fugitives" - another great, sweet comedy from 80s with Martin Short and Nick Nolte. Consider reacting!
during the train scene, the needed to steal Beek's case to get the crop report, then swap it with a fake crop report while they made off with the original. This way when Beek's opened his briefcase, it's still his - with a seemingly real crop report to sell to the Dukes.
Nice to see you guy's enjoyed it! If you haven't watched "Coming To America" yet, you'll catch a cameo of the Dukes in that movie, alluding to this movie. Lot's of great Eddie Murphy movies. Lots already named. Eddie's 1st movie I think, was "48 Hours" with Nick Nolte. Great movie!! I don't think other reaction channels have done it, possible due to the harsh language Nolte's character does to Eddie's character, but it's explained why later in the movie.
I just knew some moron was gonna spoil it in the comments. 🤦♂️🤦♂️
EDIT: turns out you're not the only one.
Did you also notice that one of the baggage handlers is future Senator Al Franken? And when Winthorpe first walks into Duke and Duke he hands his coat to "Folsey", who is the famous cinematographer George Folsey, who was also an executive producer on Trading Places. He probably had more film credits to his name than anyone else in the film, having started in 1919!
The two baggage handlers were a comic team that ended up as some of the beginning writers of Saturday Night Live and the one then later becomes Senator. Al Franken from Minnesota.
Denholm Elliot who played the butler, also played Indy's friend Marcus Brody in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd at the top of thier game. I highly recommend Eddie Murphy stand up performances in Delerious and RAW