Since i didn't learn fluent English til i was like 8 or 9 i didn't know that Fuck You was a bad thing to say ...i remember not even really knowing what was being said in this movie but still loving the hell out of it from the first time i saw it when I was 5 in 91 and i actually use to say Fuck You to people thinking it was a nice greeting ..it didn't take me long to realize it wasnt
Thats the idea. He was born and raised in privilege, and riches and grew tired of it so slumming in the poor man's life was an exciting experience from him. It was different from his lifestyle and therefore he could feel like he was doing for himself.
As a Cameroonian (West-Central Africa),I always laugh at the part where the landlord tells them "We've got a bit of an insect problem. But you boys from Africa, you're used to that" lmao
@@jhutfre4855 YoU CoUlDn'T dO ThAt toDaY!! Don't people get tired of making the same inane comments over and over again? Of course you can still make that joke.
“Damn shame what they did to that dog..” is such a brilliant line, painting a picture yet leaving it vague enough.. This era of Eddie Murphy films is a course in great comedy/cinematography.
Really man i remember watching this when i was like 6 in 92 and seeing the credits at the end where they show the characters and it kept saying Eddie Murphy and a few Arsenio's i was like wtf? I had no idea how that worked but when i found out a few years later it made me love Eddie even more..he was a pioneer of doing multiple roles..him and Arsenio
Eddie's smile is funny. The funniest smile to me was when that dude from Zamunda took a picture with Akeem at the basketball game. That dude had a big ass smile on his face. Lol.
My god why is this movie so perfect. Something about eddie tapping aresenio shoulder when mentioning that they are african students just kill me. That smile 😃
This film was an absolute classic, Eddie Murphy at his best, would have to agree with all who still amazed he never won an Oscar for this performance!!!! ❤😮
Something about when the cab driver asks "Is this shitty enough for you?" and Akeem says "Yes, it's perfect" then gets out of the cab, looks around in total wonder at the starkly contrasting scene in front of him compared with what he has only known his entire life up until that point, then when a resident throws garbage on the street and Akeem says "Fascinating. Semi, look at this. America is great indeed. Imagine a country so free one can throw glass on the street" makes me cry.
@@theintrovertedaspie9095 My favorite scene in the movie is at the same exact location when King Jaffe Joffer arrives to "save" his son Akeem - ua-cam.com/video/S-e9_2FoxT0/v-deo.html
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏 I'm originally from Forth Worth Texas currently. and you where are you from if i may ask
😂 The background argument at 4:44 ( man: what happened to my $7 dollars. Woman: what $7 dollar. Man: the $7 dollars I left in the nightstand. Then both get at each other.) 😂
If someone don’t like this movie. I know they a bad spirited person and don’t come near me. This movie for its genre and time is perfection. How can anyone not enjoy it?
Nothing cringier than "if everyone else doesn't like something I think is unanimous, they're a bad person". How insecure can you be about your own likes and dislikes...
The reason why I love this movie so much. I live on the west coast, we traveled to Cali to visit relatives. Crackheads or whoever stole our luggage and all that while we were checking into the hotel.
A man stands in front of your cab in the middle of traffic and holds up his hand demanding you stop, he then looks at you like you just gave him a compliment after you called him a dumb f***, then demands you take him to Queens at once. All you can do is look around and try to figure out whats going on 😂😂😂
Lol thanks for a honest comment. Nothing I hate more than this nostalgic spin everyone has on past decades. People don't understand, that save for a few problems being more in our faces than they were then........things have never been better. Crap, psychological problems, diseases etc....were just more hush hush and swept under the rug in the past.
This was a fun movie and enjoyable, no politics, just plain funny entertainment. Wish more movies like this were produced. 1980s. America was free back then.
Racist idiots made the same comments back then that they make today. Plus the movie is loaded with social messaging. You're just too much of a ding dong to see it.
Just noticed that outside the barbershop there are paintings of Bobby and John Kennedy, Malcolm X, and MLK. Just like in the Blues Brothers Cab Calloway has their pictures in his room in the basement of the orphanage.
Yo, you wanna buy some toothbrushes, man? This some fly personal hygiene equipment I got here, man. And I got a hell of a hair dryer over here, too. Check it out. THEIF! STOP, THEIF! COME BACK! THEIF! Semmi, Semmi, let him go. But those things belong to us! Yeah. We’re well rid of those material things. Let them wear our princely robes. We’re in New York now. Let us dress like New Yorkers. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I love how,"This shitty enough for you" doesn't only apply to queens anymore. Should be what all taxi drivers should say when dropping off anyone anywhere in NY now.
John Landis directed this priceless jem..one of his best .he rocked on greatness even though he murdered 3 actors on the set of twilight zone 5 years prior
"Is this shit enough for you?" "Yes, it's perfect " I used to live in Queens. Good Times . How to answer your door "Now what the fuck do you want?" 😂😂😂
Nice to see this culture is still here. And as much as i dislike watching Eddie's (original) face, i must admit this movie is so sweet and heartwarming it makes me smile.
This is without a doubt one of the funniest if not the funniest black comedy movies of all time Matter of fact one of the funniest comedy movies of all time
"Good morning, my neighbors."
"HEY, FUCK YOU!!"
That is so NYC, I love it.
Z, that’s the funniest TRUE part of this scene…my face was aching for an hour…
Since i didn't learn fluent English til i was like 8 or 9 i didn't know that Fuck You was a bad thing to say ...i remember not even really knowing what was being said in this movie but still loving the hell out of it from the first time i saw it when I was 5 in 91 and i actually use to say Fuck You to people thinking it was a nice greeting ..it didn't take me long to realize it wasnt
😁😂😂😂😂
The fact Akeem wasnt bothered by anything makes it funny 😂😂
Thats the idea. He was born and raised in privilege, and riches and grew tired of it so slumming in the poor man's life was an exciting experience from him. It was different from his lifestyle and therefore he could feel like he was doing for himself.
"You better not be wasting my time, you got money?" Fav line
Flashes a stack with gold clip
"Well come on in gentlemen." 😂
As a Cameroonian (West-Central Africa),I always laugh at the part where the landlord tells them "We've got a bit of an insect problem. But you boys from Africa, you're used to that" lmao
today wouldn't be allowed as a joke, at that time nobody yet cared
@@jhutfre4855It’s damn hilarious but you wouldn’t get that through the censors today.
@@jhutfre4855 YoU CoUlDn'T dO ThAt toDaY!!
Don't people get tired of making the same inane comments over and over again? Of course you can still make that joke.
@@parttimehuman like any these mo fuc'ers been to Africa or Queens .. lol ..
(I've been to Queens, it's probably worse that Africa) 😂
@@parttimehuman you can, but I don't think it would make its way to a major movie
That line, YES, F*CK YOU TOO gets me everytime
Facts 🤣🤣🤣
Me too 🤣
I still feel just like THAT every morning !!
funny Eddie 😂
Became a true New Yorker overnight 👌🏼
“Damn shame what they did to that dog..” is such a brilliant line, painting a picture yet leaving it vague enough.. This era of Eddie Murphy films is a course in great comedy/cinematography.
Hahahaha
What did they do to the dog???
@@Joy-wx6ly I'm curious
They gutted him 🫣🫣🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
It's a joke that Eddie never won a Oscar.. he is brilliant 👏
Very true arsenio and Eddie Murphy rocked this movie great cast 👍
Really man i remember watching this when i was like 6 in 92 and seeing the credits at the end where they show the characters and it kept saying Eddie Murphy and a few Arsenio's i was like wtf? I had no idea how that worked but when i found out a few years later it made me love Eddie even more..he was a pioneer of doing multiple roles..him and Arsenio
nah. What is a joke is u probably weren't even alive when this came out and now are complaining about it.
nobody black is named Oscar so it’s ok
@@peteranserin3708 What’s more of a joke is trying to equate longevity with a person’s opinion…
Its the smile on Eddie Murphys face during this scene for me 😂😂😂😂
Eddie's smile is funny. The funniest smile to me was when that dude from Zamunda took a picture with Akeem at the basketball game. That dude had a big ass smile on his face. Lol.
@@pepstalynn 😂😂😂😂😂
Esa sonrisa de Eddie murphys en su cara durando esa escena es para mí 😂😂😂😂
"I'm starting to suspect these are the people who have stolen our luggage "..🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Let them have princely robes we're in New York now let's dress as new Yorkers
That's ridiculous funny 😊
😂😂😂😂
😁😁😁
just love that Cuba Gooding Jr is just sitting in that chair getting a fake haircut just grinning ear to ear every time the camera is on him.
Yes 💯
Cuba Gooding casually sitting there like he wasn't gone be a star one day 🤣🤣🤣
The fact that they didn't get him for the sequel just getting another haircut is sad. The movie sucked but that would have been the best cameo ever.
@@JesseJ588 You do know that Cuba has gotten himself into trouble with women?
He didn't become the star everyone thought he'd be
@@91137732 What? And you a Hollywood heavyweight? 🤣🤣🤣
This film will never age
My god why is this movie so perfect. Something about eddie tapping aresenio shoulder when mentioning that they are african students just kill me. That smile 😃
One of Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall's finest!
Eddie Very Simply Should Of Won An Oscar, In This Excellent Movie.
1:08 ohhhh those 80s horns and synthesizers. Literally in every 80s comedy. The barber shop scenes are my favorites 😍
1:53 but shit you don't hear licks like that in barely anything anymore
I love seeing how NYC is portrayed in 80s films. It's always lots of crazy eclectic personality people.
Crime riddled dump
The crimes arent bad as before?
@@MixedChick1 yes. crime was worse in the 80s than now
I have seen this movie a thousand times and still lmao Everytime. " Just let your soul GLO!" 😂😂😂
But is nice to my like
me too bro.
Lol gets me every single time 😂
feeling oh so silky smooth.
I ove the movie my favourite movie as a youth in Jamaica I see it about a 1000times ahahahahahahahah😅
This film was an absolute classic, Eddie Murphy at his best, would have to agree with all who still amazed he never won an Oscar for this performance!!!! ❤😮
“Now this is the place I was telling you about ITS REAL FKD UP!” 😂
"okay now what the fuck do you want"?
😂
“We desire a room 😁”
Anytime i walk up to a woman
gets me everytime 😅
@@fascinatinglist9654😂😂😂
The Land lord cracks me up every time, hilarious!
Something about when the cab driver asks "Is this shitty enough for you?" and Akeem says "Yes, it's perfect" then gets out of the cab, looks around in total wonder at the starkly contrasting scene in front of him compared with what he has only known his entire life up until that point, then when a resident throws garbage on the street and Akeem says "Fascinating. Semi, look at this. America is great indeed. Imagine a country so free one can throw glass on the street" makes me cry.
His name's Akeem. Prince Akeem.
@@theintrovertedaspie9095 Thanks for the reminder, I edited my comment accordingly.
@@georgehenderson7783 No problem. 👍
@@theintrovertedaspie9095
My favorite scene in the movie is at the same exact location when King Jaffe Joffer arrives to "save" his son Akeem -
ua-cam.com/video/S-e9_2FoxT0/v-deo.html
Still Bad To Throw Glass Or Anything Sharp On The Streets.
My favorit film ever!Love you guys!!!💋
"Ok, now what tha f*ck do you want?? *sees a stack of money* - well come on in gentlemen... Hhahahaha such good, classic movie..
So sweet
This movie is so genius . I’m actually in complete awe .
It didn't need a sequal. It was perfect the way it was
@@fascinatinglist9654agreed
It's great
the landlord makes this entire thing tbh
Damn shame what they did to that dog!!!
Ok now what the fk do you want😂
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏
I'm originally from Forth Worth Texas currently. and you where are you from if i may ask
That's there way
That apartment reminds me of the student house that I spent my two years in in the UK. The elevator was a dealth trap.
This is a perfect movie. Everything about it is amazing.
"What does dumb fuck mean?"
LOOOOOOL
The prince is humble. He did not mind at all that the locals were wearing their personal belongings. Not many elites would do that these days
He is a prince in every sense of the word.
@@barbiquearea absolutely right
Jeebus christ. What is this? A philosophical appreciation of what a prince "oughta" be? In 2023? World is going backwards...
@@jeanlundi2141yup!
😂 The background argument at 4:44 ( man: what happened to my $7 dollars. Woman: what $7 dollar. Man: the $7 dollars I left in the nightstand. Then both get at each other.) 😂
"Okay now what the fuck do you want?" Lmao!!! Customer service at its best.
Those Barber shop guys just argued all day long, LOL.
That's how black shops are. They all just talk crap.
The Cassius Clay thing! 🥊🥊
Haha. Isn't it the law to argue about sports in a barber shop?
@@-James-AThe Law Don't Say Anything About Arguing On All Topics Including Sports In Any Place.
After all these years I’m still dead 😂
Great movie .. 😂
Can't be serious
@@tacotom3492 good
That’s a true NY’er cabbie guy right there!
body by jake was cab driver
You can tell cause he’s wearing a Mets hat, the professional baseball team of true New Yorkers
@@marcpags2528 m
"If there's one thing Queens got a lot of, it's common parts!" 😅
AMAZING! LOL
WHAT DOES DUMB FUCK MEAN?? 😂😂😂😂
Takes them to the most ghetto part of Queens lol
I don't get it
@@m_-.430 common means poor/rough/trashy
This movie is just classic lol
ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIE. EDDIE MURPHY & THE WHOLE CAST WAS GREAT. 👍🏿👍🏿👏👏🙌🏽
Barbershop scene need to be a movie by itself 😂😂😂 u must be out your got dam mind 😂😂😂
Man I left NYC ages ago, after watching this film thousands of times, I want to go back!
Halls facial expressions are priceless 😅😂🤣🥲
I still love this movie to this day
So sweet movie
Ill be forced to thrashed you hahaha mannnn fuck you. Sam L
Never knew Cuba Gooding Jr was in this scene 😂😂😂😂
I was surprised too 😂😂😂
@@kendrixologidi6746 which one?
@@luggerphilippe8409 the guy in the chair getting his hair cut
I like his act
It took me too become grown too notice it was Cuban Gooding Jr str8 up...😂😂😂😂 #89baby
If someone don’t like this movie. I know they a bad spirited person and don’t come near me. This movie for its genre and time is perfection. How can anyone not enjoy it?
That's what you think right ?
Nothing cringier than "if everyone else doesn't like something I think is unanimous, they're a bad person". How insecure can you be about your own likes and dislikes...
Loser.
"We seek meager accommodations." Lol.
“Cuse me” 😂😂😂
Hahaha
@@Dysontime hahaha
@@annjudith5400 lol
@@Dysontime if said so
That taxi drivers reaction!! Lol!
I love this movie and I love New York!
with the towers there
*GREATEST MOVIE EVER*
What's up Homer Simpson
😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴
Nope. The Sting is the greatest movie ever.
Eddie Murthy is a master piece 🏆💯👑
That wee fart from the dude who falls down the stairs gets me every time!
That was Eddie Murphy Uncle
So much quality entertainment in just over seven minutes.
So much comedy in just over 7 mins. What a film.
This sequel and prequels of Eddie Murphy are the greatest hits ever funny as dude
The reason why I love this movie so much. I live on the west coast, we traveled to Cali to visit relatives. Crackheads or whoever stole our luggage and all that while we were checking into the hotel.
i like the music that plays once they get to queens. and the king's motorcade music
A man stands in front of your cab in the middle of traffic and holds up his hand demanding you stop, he then looks at you like you just gave him a compliment after you called him a dumb f***, then demands you take him to Queens at once. All you can do is look around and try to figure out whats going on 😂😂😂
"I'm begging to suspect these are the people that have stolen our luggage"
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hahahahahaha
Man the 80s had great music so the depression and shittiness was easier to bare.
Honestly
Lol thanks for a honest comment. Nothing I hate more than this nostalgic spin everyone has on past decades. People don't understand, that save for a few problems being more in our faces than they were then........things have never been better. Crap, psychological problems, diseases etc....were just more hush hush and swept under the rug in the past.
This was a fun movie and enjoyable, no politics, just plain funny entertainment. Wish more movies like this were produced. 1980s. America was free back then.
The second coming to
America was sort of political which is unfortunate, and the first was just amazing and will always be my favorite movie.
@@mattadams933 I refuse to watch the 2nd. It looked busy and corny .
Racist idiots made the same comments back then that they make today. Plus the movie is loaded with social messaging. You're just too much of a ding dong to see it.
The sequel is really good. Its more corny but it uses most of actors from the original and has a really good story.
“This shitty enough for you?”
“Yes it’s perfect”
When you’re getting evicted and your desperate to find another place
The dude farting as he laid his head back down on the stairs always killed me lol
Just noticed that outside the barbershop there are paintings of Bobby and John Kennedy, Malcolm X, and MLK. Just like in the Blues Brothers Cab Calloway has their pictures in his room in the basement of the orphanage.
Yo, you wanna buy some toothbrushes, man? This some fly personal hygiene equipment I got here, man. And I got a hell of a hair dryer over here, too. Check it out.
THEIF! STOP, THEIF! COME BACK! THEIF!
Semmi, Semmi, let him go.
But those things belong to us!
Yeah. We’re well rid of those material things. Let them wear our princely robes. We’re in New York now. Let us dress like New Yorkers. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah they really dressed like "real" New Yorkers with the NYC baseball cap and the many "I love NYC" pins on their jackets haha
I guess it's their first time they ever step foot on America and learning of their customs
Which is very easy to understand and follow 😂
"It's got one window that faces a brick wall. Used to rent it to a blind man."
Classic Movie 🎥🔥
I've seen this movie over and over and just realized it Cuba Gooding JR in the barber's chair...lol
The barbershop is real talk 💜💜💜💜
Real talk dear
Literally.
I love how,"This shitty enough for you" doesn't only apply to queens anymore. Should be what all taxi drivers should say when dropping off anyone anywhere in NY now.
Are you from NY? Just curious cause everyone always says the city is so bad now. Is that true?
@@underfan47there’s barely any clean air
That was Eddie Murphy playing both the old jewish guy and the older black barber right? amazing. and Arnesio was also in that scene as well!
Honestly and it look co
John Landis directed this priceless jem..one of his best .he rocked on greatness even though he murdered 3 actors on the set of twilight zone 5 years prior
The helicipter pilot murdered them Landis was blamed because he was the director (although safety was questionable)
@@DOI_ARTS but didn't he call to get the chopper to get lower..and it got to close to the put explosions...I know a lot of factors where predent
Any movie over 10 yrs old should be free to watch on YT.
The simple Irony of life,living poor or humbled is fascinating to the wealthy, just as living rich fascinates the poor
Never thought about that.
“This shitty enough for ya?”
Yes it is prefect!
Lmao! 😂
@@Superdogfan6 😂😂😂
Reminds me of my childhood in newark nj... it was great
"Is this shit enough for you?"
"Yes, it's perfect "
I used to live in Queens. Good Times .
How to answer your door
"Now what the fuck do you want?" 😂😂😂
Dude wasnt even cutting cuba gooding jrs hair LOL
"That'll be eight dollars"
@@ChartreuseDantoday: that’ll be $45
I love this movie!!!!!
Love this movie. A total classic.
Eddie Murphy is my $1 favorite actor /comedian
Semi face when he saw the kid on the skateboard😂😂😂😂
i like this movie iv seen it maybe 20 times
"His momma named him Clay, I'mma call him Clay."
eddy murphy de los mejores actores , sus peliculas siempre tienen humor
Tienes un carrito sanwichero con aguas frescas y Chiclitos?
That's about as naive I was in my first time in Portland 5 years ago. 🤣
Let us dress as new yorkers.
Hahaha
Exelente!!!!!!
Show de bola muito bom....
O cara bom na performance; tds bons ....
Nothing fazes the Prince in this movie it’s incredible
06:12
When you wake up in good mood and want to transmit it to your neighbours
That's something else
Nice to see this culture is still here.
And as much as i dislike watching Eddie's (original) face, i must admit this movie is so sweet and heartwarming it makes me smile.
Nothing wrong with the man's face
Funny how he said take me 2 queens but they're already in queens 2 begin with.
Lol that’s what I was thinking
@@demetrrius3000 surprised y'all aren't smart enough to see that he is from Africa and has no idea where he is in the city.
@@JM-yx1lm that makes sense. I’m sure he knew he flew into queens tho, he prolly flew private matter fact so someone def told him lol 🤷🏾♂️
i guess that's to show the taxi driver is somewhat opportunist (no pun)
Yeah. JFK Airport is in Queens
4:20 kills me every time 😂
I loved the rat in the room 👌🤣🤣🤣
You would've thought that it got caught stealing and hauled ass outta that apartment. Lol.
Still can't get over how they didn't even use queens in the film, that's south 5th and hooper in Williamsburg Brooklyn.
This is without a doubt one of the funniest if not the funniest black comedy movies of all time Matter of fact one of the funniest comedy movies of all time
"yesss. This is perfect 😃" ........🤣🤣🤣. Right in the hood
Queens in many areas have greatly changed since this time.
I really dig the song!
@Wildlife Warrior so?? It's still f*cking great!!! And something I'd wanna dance to!!
@Wildlife Warrior ya guessed it pal!
So sweet
This is the place I was telling you about. It's real fucked up 🤣🤣🤣