Trading Places * FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction & commentary * Millennial Movie Monday

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  • @agustinavila9780
    @agustinavila9780 2 роки тому +500

    Fun Fact: The Police officer with the glasses who is taking inventory of Winthorp's possessions is none other than Frank Oz also known as Yoda, Miss Piggy, Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover, Fozzie Bear, etc!

    • @TheYoungDoctor
      @TheYoungDoctor 2 роки тому +31

      I was hoping she might've recognised Frank Oz from An American Werewolf in , as the man from the US embassy.

    • @subataii
      @subataii 2 роки тому +48

      He was also the prison guard in Blues Brothers and the US Consulate guy in American Werewolf in London

    • @paxterrania
      @paxterrania 2 роки тому +29

      There is also a young Giancarlo Esposito with Eddie Murphy in the cell.

    • @rocketdave719
      @rocketdave719 2 роки тому +25

      Also, Wilson, the Dukes’ employee who gets overwhelmed on the trading floor near the end, is Richard Hunt, aka Scooter, Janice, Statler, Beaker, Forgetful Jones, etc.

    • @thecrummycook6955
      @thecrummycook6955 2 роки тому +18

      @@subataii One unused prophylactic. One soiled.

  • @michellepeters7066
    @michellepeters7066 2 роки тому +824

    "Coming to America" should be your next Eddie Murphy movie!

    • @RedwoodTheElf
      @RedwoodTheElf 2 роки тому +27

      nah, she should do Beverly Hills Cop.

    • @SkageXL5
      @SkageXL5 2 роки тому +59

      Yes! Especially as it's technically a sequel to Trading Places!

    • @karlluigi1987
      @karlluigi1987 2 роки тому +36

      @@RedwoodTheElf COMING TO AMERICA is so much better than Beverly Hills Cop

    • @ryank6824
      @ryank6824 2 роки тому +66

      @@SkageXL5 "Mortimer, we're back!"

    • @johnfriday5169
      @johnfriday5169 2 роки тому +23

      @@SkageXL5 more of an Easter Egg that could have set up a sequel.

  • @thomasplummer8103
    @thomasplummer8103 2 роки тому +245

    "Here's Johnny" is not a serial Killer reference, especially when this was made. It was the line they used to introduce Johnny Carson on the Johnny Carson show, which was the only late night talk show for a couple of decades. It was used on the shining because at the time it was so culturally known, not the other way around.

    • @betsyduane3461
      @betsyduane3461 2 роки тому +13

      The Tonight Show, and there were many late night talk shows over the years since the 1950's.

    • @padmelotus
      @padmelotus 2 роки тому +14

      Yeah, I was going to say that. Although, The Shining came out 3 years before this movie, that phrase had already been well known for a couple decades on Johnny Carson's show, and would continue to be used on it for nearly a decade afterwards. The face that the customer said, "it's 10 O'clock", kinda confirms that he was referring to the Tonight Show.

    • @defiante1
      @defiante1 2 роки тому +9

      Plus a John... a client of a prostitute. It was actually kind of a good joke lol

    • @-M0LE
      @-M0LE 2 роки тому +4

      Didn’t he ad lib that line and they loved it

    • @roadblock187
      @roadblock187 2 роки тому +3

      @@-M0LE yes jack ad-libbed that line, he thought it would be funny and ad to the tension of the scene.

  • @MC2RD
    @MC2RD 2 роки тому +111

    "He plays so many characters in this movie"
    Coming to America: Hold my beer

    • @kingpin1982
      @kingpin1982 2 роки тому +4

      And also The Nutty Professor

    • @Eric_Schon
      @Eric_Schon 2 роки тому +6

      In coming to America, Eddies character give 2 homeless guys a bunch of money.... It's the Dukes! " Hey Mortimer, We're BacK"

    • @dgeneeknapp3168
      @dgeneeknapp3168 2 роки тому

      Playing multiple characters is sort of his shtick. LOTS of his movies have him playing 3 or more fairly different characters. It cracks me up that he does a spectacular old white Jewish guy even when he was like early 30s.

    • @mattslupek7988
      @mattslupek7988 Рік тому +1

      Except he wasn’t playing multiple characters here. When he was dressed like the exchange student from Cameroon, he was in disguise.

    • @MC2RD
      @MC2RD Рік тому +1

      @@mattslupek7988 You are correct sir!

  • @JoeCool7835
    @JoeCool7835 2 роки тому +392

    Eddie Murphy was a comedy god at the time! Put "Beverly Hills Cop" on your watch list! One of the greatest action-comedies ever!!!

    • @Flytrap
      @Flytrap 2 роки тому +20

      And 48 Hours!

    • @DocJerky
      @DocJerky 2 роки тому +1

      Yes please!

    • @pete_lind
      @pete_lind 2 роки тому +7

      This concept today would not work , when there is very little outcry floor trading , nearly all are done electronically these days.
      You could leave the comedy parts , those are still good and cut out the trading parts , also the train part alway seemed to slow the flow down , its too long .

    • @NickGreyden
      @NickGreyden 2 роки тому

      Yaaassss

    • @leonu70
      @leonu70 2 роки тому +1

      Another 48 hours was better than the first in my opinion

  • @drakocarrion
    @drakocarrion 2 роки тому +278

    Ashleigh, "It's 10 O'Clock. Here's Johnny!" isn't a serial killer reference. It's a reference to The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

    • @BlushingCreep
      @BlushingCreep 2 роки тому +34

      Which is what Jack Torrance was referencing in The Shining. :D

    • @Logan_Baron
      @Logan_Baron 2 роки тому +26

      @@BlushingCreep Exactly. Rather than this referencing the Shining, they were Both referencing the Tonight Show.

    • @dave626100
      @dave626100 2 роки тому +5

      Also it was a thing for a couple to do it during Johnny Carson’s monologue

    • @johnplaysgames3120
      @johnplaysgames3120 2 роки тому +14

      It's also a double-meaning because clients of prostitutes were referred to as "Johns."

    • @DoremiFasolatido1979
      @DoremiFasolatido1979 2 роки тому +16

      I'd rather watch nightly reruns of Johnny Carson than any of the current late show hosts.

  • @cattlerancherfromhell7666
    @cattlerancherfromhell7666 2 роки тому +93

    FYI: Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche who played the 2 older gentlemen were pretty big movie stars in the 1930's and 1940's. They were in a ton of movies back then.

    • @anthonydulin8693
      @anthonydulin8693 2 роки тому +13

      Don Ameche was so popular back then that they called the telephone the Ameche. He was also in Ron Howard's Cocoon.

    • @andreraymond6860
      @andreraymond6860 2 роки тому +8

      Also Don Ameche had a starring part in Ron Howard's Cocoon at about the time Trading Places was made.

    • @seanwatson3334
      @seanwatson3334 2 роки тому +15

      Also, they played these same roles in a cameo in Coming to America when the prince gives two homeless men (Ameche and Bellamy) money.

    • @anthonydulin8693
      @anthonydulin8693 2 роки тому +6

      @@seanwatson3334 That was the ultimate cameo.

    • @MrTech226
      @MrTech226 2 роки тому +4

      Both of them had a cameo in Murphy's Coming To America

  • @jjohnson4474
    @jjohnson4474 2 роки тому +63

    One of the best lines of all time, When they were explaining the commodity trading , and he says, "So you guys are a couple of bookies." Yes, what all stock brokerage companies are.

  • @emersonk2139
    @emersonk2139 2 роки тому +918

    Also, True Lies is an absolute must for Jamie Lee

    • @rmhartman
      @rmhartman 2 роки тому +15

      and Ahnold.

    • @ThAlEdison
      @ThAlEdison 2 роки тому +26

      Also Arnold Schwarzenegger.
      It's also like the only thing Tom Arnold actually put a good performance into

    • @emersonk2139
      @emersonk2139 2 роки тому +29

      The late, great Bill Paxton as well

    • @Wiley_Coyote
      @Wiley_Coyote 2 роки тому +18

      A Fish Called Wanda is better, IMO, if we are going beyond the T&A factor (although it's not absent from that movie either).

    • @ralphwiggum6385
      @ralphwiggum6385 2 роки тому +3

      Just scrolled down to type the same 👍😎

  • @fad23
    @fad23 2 роки тому +198

    To be fair, "Here's Johnny" came from the Tonight Show. It was fairly ubiquitous for decades and wasn't only from The Shining.

    • @IrishCarney
      @IrishCarney 2 роки тому +16

      Right, and The Shining used it because it was from the Tonight Show.

    • @help4343
      @help4343 2 роки тому +5

      @@IrishCarney
      redundant comment

    • @scarlettmi
      @scarlettmi 2 роки тому +22

      @@help4343 That wasn't a redundant comment. It was a clarifying comment.

    • @emersonk2139
      @emersonk2139 2 роки тому +3

      To be fai-uuuuuh...

    • @alanholck7995
      @alanholck7995 2 роки тому +4

      @@IrishCarney I think Jack Nicholson ad-libed the line & it made the final cut of the film

  • @aresef
    @aresef 2 роки тому +78

    Also, here’s a fun fact. Until 2010, the Dukes’ strategy was completely legal. The Dodd-Frank Act included something called the “Eddie Murphy rule.” It banned trading on nonpublic information misappropriated from a government source.

    • @nt78stonewobble
      @nt78stonewobble 2 роки тому +2

      *lol* Did not know that... thanks for the information.

    • @mxplixic
      @mxplixic 2 роки тому +1

      I wonder if the actual buying of the government information was illegal at the time or did they
      make that illegal too?

    • @wraithflaire1639
      @wraithflaire1639 2 роки тому +4

      @@mxplixic I would think that sell of government information would have been illegal even at that time.

    • @LA_HA
      @LA_HA 2 роки тому +3

      @@wraithflaire1639 I believe you're right. I mean, Martha Stewart infamously went to prison for insider trading in 2004. Her and many, many people before and after her. So, getting information from non-public means is extremely illegal

    • @ksronlinemedia3798
      @ksronlinemedia3798 2 роки тому +6

      Insider trading involving securities (stocks, bonds) had been illegal for some time, but the "Eddie Murphy" rule finally made insider trading involving commodities illegal.

  • @lazaruschernik18
    @lazaruschernik18 2 роки тому +33

    “Here’s Johnny!” Was Johnny Carson’s introduction every night on television for 30 years. The Shining movie referenced it. It is NOT a serial killer reference.

  • @jimilemons3437
    @jimilemons3437 2 роки тому +177

    The Pawn Shop guy that you liked is actually legendary blues man ‘Bo Diddley’.

    • @donovanmedieval
      @donovanmedieval 2 роки тому +7

      And if I'm not mistaken, that's his music playing in the background.

    • @KevyNova
      @KevyNova 2 роки тому +7

      One of the fathers of Rock & Roll.

    • @kasperkjrsgaard1447
      @kasperkjrsgaard1447 2 роки тому +3

      Heeeeeeeyy Bo Diddley 🎼🎸

    • @gibbletronic5139
      @gibbletronic5139 2 роки тому +5

      Bo knows watches...

    • @Salve01
      @Salve01 2 роки тому +3

      He was "The Man" R.I.P.

  • @martinbraun1211
    @martinbraun1211 2 роки тому +295

    TRUE LIES is another great movie with Jamie Lee Curtis!

  • @roadrunner3100
    @roadrunner3100 2 роки тому +91

    The pawn shop owner was played by Bo Diddley, one of the founding fathers of rock and roll. I know you’re into music of all kinds so please check him out. He created the Bo Diddley beat, which is the heartbeat of rock and roll.

    • @t0dd000
      @t0dd000 2 роки тому +4

      Saw Bo Diddley in concert once. He was spectacular.

    • @ACNC1
      @ACNC1 2 роки тому +6

      @@t0dd000 anyone notice a young gus from breaking bad?... he is in the prison cell scenes.

    • @graham974
      @graham974 2 роки тому +1

      Bo Diddley was one of the greats of the blues and rock n roll. Didn’t know he was an actor too

    • @chaseroush6503
      @chaseroush6503 2 роки тому

      Aykroyd is a huge blues fan... could have been by personal request.

    • @Masterfighterx
      @Masterfighterx 2 роки тому

      @@ACNC1 Antón Castillo

  • @decipleofnod6515
    @decipleofnod6515 2 роки тому +19

    Scene in The Shining where Jack says "Here's Johnny" is actually from The Tonight Show, which was hosted by a man named Johnny Carson.

  • @gspendlove
    @gspendlove 2 роки тому +133

    "Trading Places" has a double meaning, because the climax of the film takes place at the Commodities Exchange....literally, a trading place.

    • @kaikell7541
      @kaikell7541 2 роки тому +4

      I don't know how many times I've seen this film and I only got that double meaning whilst watching this video!

    • @jamesweible5357
      @jamesweible5357 2 роки тому +2

      nearly everyone trade in this movie, the old guys, JLC, the butler.

    • @fordhouse8b
      @fordhouse8b 2 роки тому +3

      Triple meaning. First Louis and Billy Ray trade places, but in the end they both trade places with the Duke brothers.

    • @jasongerrard8940
      @jasongerrard8940 2 роки тому +3

      Call me a dumb limey, but is that why they called the twin towers the world trading center,they actually traded there?

    • @ej62133
      @ej62133 2 роки тому +1

      @@jasongerrard8940 not a dumb question for a foreigner. Yes. That's why. I forget how long trading was held up due to the attacks.

  • @BennoWitter
    @BennoWitter 2 роки тому +81

    It's good that you've watched this one before "Coming to America". You'll know why, when you've watched it.

    • @drewrayg
      @drewrayg 2 роки тому +2

      💯

    • @stevenwheat3621
      @stevenwheat3621 2 роки тому +1

      A strong substantial 80's flick that reminds me of my best time..
      They just don't make em like they used to..

    • @douglasthomashayden2566
      @douglasthomashayden2566 2 роки тому +4

      "....we're BACK!..."
      ;-)

  • @hawkmaster381
    @hawkmaster381 2 роки тому +42

    The “Here’s Johnny” reference in this movie and The Shining was based on Johnny Carson’s intro by Ed McMahon.

    • @scottcortmeister4164
      @scottcortmeister4164 2 роки тому +3

      A prostitute's client is also known as a "John", usually those seeking the services of a hooker would never announce it to the world like that..
      Its funny on at least two levels for me...

  • @nathanmagro1
    @nathanmagro1 2 роки тому +13

    "It's 10 o'clock. here's Johnny!" from this and "Here's Johnny!" from The Shining are both references to the opening of The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.

  • @RoundingThird
    @RoundingThird 2 роки тому +121

    Jamie Lee Curtis said that her brother's friends all called her 'freeze frame' after the mirror scene.

    • @bamachine
      @bamachine 2 роки тому +18

      I know I nearly wore out the VCR, hit play, hit pause, hit rewind, hit play, rinse, repeat. I was a young teenager when this came out on video cassette for home watching.

    • @dlb83082
      @dlb83082 2 роки тому +5

      i did - lol

    • @Stefan-
      @Stefan- 2 роки тому +5

      Well if it wasnt for the blurring in this video im sure youtubes servers would wear out because of playing that clip over and over :-)

    • @asterix7842
      @asterix7842 Рік тому +4

      The length young boys would go before the internet was invented.

  • @campagnollo
    @campagnollo 2 роки тому +55

    "He plays so many characters in this movie." Wait till you see 'Coming to America'.

    • @turbopokey
      @turbopokey 2 роки тому +5

      Or “The Nutty Professor”. But agreed, she should do Coming to America first.

    • @JohnnyJoe
      @JohnnyJoe 2 роки тому +1

      Oh yes! I love "Coming to America". That´s one of the funniest movies from the 80s,

  • @OrAngeAnArchy
    @OrAngeAnArchy 2 роки тому +13

    I love watching react's of this movie because most people have forgotten about Dan Aykroyd's Jamaican black face. It's hilarious in it's own right, but watching peoples speechless faces is just as good.

  • @thefumegator
    @thefumegator 2 роки тому +31

    Bless her young heart, she doesn't know that "Here's Johnny" is originally from the Johnny Carson show... Because her only experience with the phrase is from The Shining. I officially feel old now.

    • @boojiemonster
      @boojiemonster 2 роки тому +3

      "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson

    • @MysterClark
      @MysterClark 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah, I know. I'm just going to go cry into my Social Security check... :\

    • @Yugioh420
      @Yugioh420 2 роки тому +1

      I knew Carson but is it wrong I thought Short Circuit, Johnny 5

    • @Yugioh420
      @Yugioh420 2 роки тому +1

      And yes I know or am pretty sure the line in that movie is who's Johnny not Here's Johnny but I still thought it.

    • @MysterClark
      @MysterClark 2 роки тому

      @@Yugioh420 Johnny 5 is always welcome here.

  • @migbarr3806
    @migbarr3806 2 роки тому +41

    Footnote: Don Ameche was a very religious person, that he refused to say both the N-Word and the F-word but was convinced after a while but under the agreement that he would only say it once, and went around to apologize to everyone afterwards.

    • @jean-paulaudette9246
      @jean-paulaudette9246 2 роки тому +7

      He's a class act. Maybe we can get her to watch Cocoon!

    • @christinadoxstader3004
      @christinadoxstader3004 2 роки тому +7

      It was his history as a proponent of civil rights that was the reason that he didn't want to say the n-word.

    • @migbarr3806
      @migbarr3806 2 роки тому +1

      @@jean-paulaudette9246 Or Coming to America ;)

    • @michaelboggus9993
      @michaelboggus9993 2 роки тому +2

      Eddie Murphy said he apologized to him before they shot the scene

    • @migbarr3806
      @migbarr3806 2 роки тому +1

      @@michaelboggus9993 Shows what a class act he was.

  • @TommyJonesProductions
    @TommyJonesProductions 2 роки тому +57

    One of the "monkey handlers" was former Senator Al Franken. His writing partner on SNL was the other one. Akroyd and Murphy are also SNL alumni.

    • @carlalussini
      @carlalussini 2 роки тому

      Thanks for writing his name, I was blanking on it, could only remember him as "the guy from the Bob Ross sketches"

    • @jasonremy1627
      @jasonremy1627 2 роки тому +2

      Tom Davis is the other one. Franken and Davis were a comedy team back in the day.

    • @aaronhusk
      @aaronhusk 2 роки тому +2

      The drunk in the ape costume was James Belushi, kid brother of Juhn, and also an SNL alum.

    • @royedmonson7033
      @royedmonson7033 2 роки тому

      And the original owner of the gorilla suit was Jim Belushi, John Belushi's brother and actor in his own right.

  • @RETNASCANZ
    @RETNASCANZ 2 роки тому +42

    "Coming To America" takes place in the same "Universe" as "Trading Places". It's not a sequel but there is a scene that ties the two movies together.

    • @bessarion1771
      @bessarion1771 2 роки тому +2

      Yes, the two bums were Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy replaying their roles as Duke Brothers for about 1minute. ua-cam.com/video/h0GLVc4f02k/v-deo.html

    • @galonski64
      @galonski64 2 роки тому +2

      Must feel so good to post that spoiler right? Instead of letting her see it blind in the movie, if and when she see it?

  • @dwhelm84
    @dwhelm84 2 роки тому +10

    When you said the old guys looked familiar, you've either seen Coming to America, or maybe like me, they remind you of Statler and Waldorf from The Muppet Show.

  • @nickyG1212
    @nickyG1212 2 роки тому +110

    “Here’s Johnny” isn’t a Shining reference but a Tonight Show with Johnny Carson reference. Every show opened with Ed McMahon introducing Johnny Carson by saying “....and heeeerre's Johnny”.
    You should certainly follow up with Coming to America with Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall with a very special appearance by Randolph and Mortimer.

    • @kishad1542
      @kishad1542 2 роки тому +6

      I came to comment this. Coming to America is the natural follow up

    • @TeamSukiyo
      @TeamSukiyo 2 роки тому +4

      Shhhh spoilers!!!!

    • @DavidB-2268
      @DavidB-2268 2 роки тому +7

      The Tonight Show is also what was being referenced in The Shining

    • @markg6671
      @markg6671 2 роки тому

      *facepalm* Nice job with the spoilers there, genius.

    • @paulmcateer1595
      @paulmcateer1595 2 роки тому

      Jack Nicholson ad libbed the the “Here’s Johnny” line, & Stanley Kubrick kept it in the film!

  • @frednich9603
    @frednich9603 2 роки тому +99

    If saying ""true Lies" was a drinking game in the comments, we are about to be drunk or dead

  • @sharpsmooter5041
    @sharpsmooter5041 2 роки тому +11

    Fun fact, Jamie Lee Curtis once said in an interview that Dan Aykroid was the best kisser she’s ever worked with.

    • @leob4403
      @leob4403 2 роки тому

      Better than Arnold then

  • @cshubs
    @cshubs 2 роки тому +16

    "Here's Johnny" is a ref to The Late Show with Johnny Carson, not "The Shining."

  • @44excalibur
    @44excalibur 2 роки тому +102

    "Heeeeeeere's Johnny" was the old intro to The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Ashleigh. lol 😆 It was later used in The Shining.

    • @scarlettmi
      @scarlettmi 2 роки тому +1

      I've been watching a ton of older classics these last couple of years (like 30-60s) and it's been interesting to discover all these really old pop culture references that I never realized were movie references before.

    • @DocJerky
      @DocJerky 2 роки тому +5

      @@scarlettmi Not sure how old you are, but there is a weird moment when the pop culture references of yesterday are forgotten lol. That is when I truly started feeling old

    • @scarlettmi
      @scarlettmi 2 роки тому

      @@DocJerky Yeah, I'm old enough to remember "Here's Johnny" from The Tonight Show on nights I got to stay up late, so I'm definitely hitting that point these days.

  • @jameswilson8642
    @jameswilson8642 2 роки тому +62

    The butler, Denholm Elliot, is also an acting "heavy hitter". I thought you would've recognised him from the Indiana Jones movies, and he was a well respected classical and movie actor since the days of Black & whites.

    • @RichardX1
      @RichardX1 2 роки тому +4

      God rest his soul

    • @SierraSierraFoxtrot
      @SierraSierraFoxtrot 2 роки тому +3

      Lots of other famous actors here.

    • @jean-paulaudette9246
      @jean-paulaudette9246 2 роки тому +2

      I also loved him (and the whole cast ensemble) in "Noises Off!"

    • @ajivins1
      @ajivins1 2 роки тому

      He was a really good Dracula on TV, too!

    • @pauljackson2473
      @pauljackson2473 2 роки тому +1

      I loved him in “The House that dripped blood”. A cool anthology movie from the 70’s.

  • @chrisdobbs9155
    @chrisdobbs9155 2 роки тому +17

    "Is this legal?" At the time is technically was legal. Although it wasn't really something people did. There was a rule put in place after this movie accidentally pointed out the possible exploit, called the "Eddie Murphy rule".

    • @GeekyGarden
      @GeekyGarden 2 роки тому +3

      It also didn't become a rule for commodities until 2010.

  • @skinniehippie420
    @skinniehippie420 2 роки тому +1

    I just want to say that your reviews have made my life a better place. When I’m feeling lost and sad and bad thoughts start brewing..I turn on your channel because you make me laugh a way I haven’t laughed in years. Just want to say THANK YOU FOR BEING STRONG ON YOUR SIDE! BECAUSE IT HELPS US BE STRONG ON OUR SIDE!✨💖 Peace & Blessings

  • @littlesth0b0
    @littlesth0b0 2 роки тому +124

    The 4th wall break for the BLT - priceless, this really was peak Eddie Murphy

    • @jjjones8609
      @jjjones8609 2 роки тому +6

      Eddie's "Coming to America" movie has the old men back in their roles as a cameo.

    • @KDeCesare
      @KDeCesare 2 роки тому +4

      Yup. Shame she glossed over it.

    • @ssj4megaman
      @ssj4megaman 2 роки тому +6

      @@KDeCesare Yeah, I was waiting for the reaction to that part...... damn make your vids longer and put more scenes in.

  • @rudystinks
    @rudystinks 2 роки тому +36

    To this day, every time I open a dried meat product I exclaim, "Beef Jerky Time!".

    • @chrisleebowers
      @chrisleebowers 2 роки тому +6

      Merry new year!

    • @AnOldYoungGuy
      @AnOldYoungGuy 2 роки тому +2

      I do something similar, except it's when I offer something I have a lot of to someone, and they don't accept any, I'll say (with the accent) "There's plenty, you know!"

    • @jimirayo
      @jimirayo 2 роки тому +1

      Haha! So do I ! 👍

  • @trickvondoom2354
    @trickvondoom2354 2 роки тому +2

    I just wanted to say, I've been watching movie reactions for a couples of years now, but I find that I always watch reactions to movies that I've seen. So for what it's worth you should know that this is the first time I've ever watched a reaction for a movie that I've never seen, only because you bring such joy. Thanks Ashleigh!

  • @damianolanzoni9583
    @damianolanzoni9583 2 роки тому +3

    Fun fact: here in Italy this movie, for some reasons, became a Christmas classic to the point that there's a TV channel that has aired it every Chistmas Eve for the last twenty plus years and watching it entered amongst Christmas' traditions for a lot of people.
    Recently Jamie Lee Curtis was told about this and she said: "“So they show me naked on TV? Hurray. You're keeping my twenty-one-year-old bosom alive."

  • @christinadoxstader3004
    @christinadoxstader3004 2 роки тому +82

    Funny story about Jamie playing "Inga." Denholm's line of "But you're wearing lederhosen" was an improve. Jamie couldn't do an Austrian or German accent but she could do a Swedish one so she just went with it so when she delivered her line Denholm was genuinely confused.

    • @roaringviking5693
      @roaringviking5693 Рік тому +1

      The problem is that she sounds more German than Swedish anyway, mostly because of her R's. We either roll our s or, more commonly, use the so called alveolar tap. And her extreme sing-songy tone is more comical than accurate.

  • @frednich9603
    @frednich9603 2 роки тому +66

    here's Johnny is a reference to Johnny Carson, so was the mention in the Shining

    • @goldenageofdinosaurs7192
      @goldenageofdinosaurs7192 2 роки тому +10

      I never thought I’d be old enough to see other people in America who don’t know what that is. It’s so ingrained on those of us who heard it every night, for 20-30 years.

  • @sikksotoo
    @sikksotoo 2 роки тому

    Watched several movie reaction content creators before getting here, your commentaries are hilariously top notch. Subbed

  • @giles852002
    @giles852002 2 роки тому

    I was really looking forward to your reaction to this! Totally worth the wait!

  • @herbyragan7801
    @herbyragan7801 2 роки тому +82

    If you want to see Eddie in multiple roles, might I suggest “Coming To America”. Very funny film, with a few surprises you might like.

    • @YourXavier
      @YourXavier 2 роки тому +3

      Golden Child is an eighties favorite. I especially like Charles Dance as the bad guy. He's the perfect counter to Murphy's goofiness.

    • @PChazman1
      @PChazman1 2 роки тому +1

      Also, The Nutty Professor

    • @jasonlee4122
      @jasonlee4122 2 роки тому +6

      Plus, there's an Easter Egg to this movie in Coming To America.

    • @gregsteele806
      @gregsteele806 2 роки тому +5

      @@jasonlee4122 "I'm still not speaking to you!" 😁

    • @wmason1961
      @wmason1961 2 роки тому +3

      Arent Mortimer and his brother in a cameo in Coming to America?

  • @SimianJack
    @SimianJack 2 роки тому +39

    Jamie's twins only make a cameo but it's a spiritual experience.

    • @PaulWinkle
      @PaulWinkle 2 роки тому +2

      I wasn't aware she was already a mother back then

    • @harryballsak1123
      @harryballsak1123 2 роки тому +3

      As someone who was 14 when this movie came out I agree

    • @Wiley_Coyote
      @Wiley_Coyote 2 роки тому +3

      I love that the audience is supposed to believe Ackroyd's character could go to sleep with those pressed against him.

  • @kjhusson
    @kjhusson 2 роки тому

    Love your channel, this is one of my favorite movies, keep up the great reviews =))))))

  • @kalandkarazor-el3088
    @kalandkarazor-el3088 2 роки тому +3

    80's comedies....hard to beat
    Fun cast and a good story, I'll watch this every few years

  • @sbunc92
    @sbunc92 2 роки тому +25

    Seeing Jamie Leigh Curtis in this movie was a life changing experience for the 14 year-old me

    • @markus1701
      @markus1701 2 роки тому

      An impression for decades :-)

    • @ckobo84
      @ckobo84 2 роки тому

      You probably lost so much fluids you needed an IV 😂

    • @gavinwock6133
      @gavinwock6133 2 роки тому

      Her charms certainly set a high bar.

    • @PaulWinkle
      @PaulWinkle 2 роки тому

      Kleenex stock prices went up back then

    • @Wiley_Coyote
      @Wiley_Coyote 2 роки тому

      It (and they) were monumental.

  • @Parintachin668
    @Parintachin668 2 роки тому +63

    There is a hilarious reference to this movie in Coming To America. It actually would make sense to watch that next.

  • @foljs5858
    @foljs5858 2 роки тому +3

    "Here's Johny" is not a serial killer reference. It was the opening line in Johny Carson's late night talk show. That's where the killer in The Shining borrowed it from as well!

  • @PhillyWild302
    @PhillyWild302 2 роки тому +1

    18:00 Philadelphia has an event called the Mummers Parade every year on January 1st where everyone involved dresses up in costumes.

  • @kevinramsey417
    @kevinramsey417 2 роки тому +48

    No lie, Trading Places is HUGE in Italy as a holiday movie. It's a tradition over there to show the film around Christmastime. No lie though, Eddie Murphy was the undisputed king of comedy in the 80s. He was it....and if you thought Jamie Lee looked great in this, wait until you get to THAT scene in True Lies.

    • @verzeihturncoat27
      @verzeihturncoat27 2 роки тому

      Same in Germany runs every christmas time like 5 times.

    • @es330td
      @es330td 2 роки тому +3

      JLC is actually hotter in "True Lies" than "Trading Places"

    • @mikemath9508
      @mikemath9508 2 роки тому +1

      She's monstrous in that scene though

    • @es330td
      @es330td 2 роки тому +1

      @@mikemath9508 That is supposed to the point. It wouldn't have been in character if she had gone in like a professional exotic dancer.

  • @Blazingstoke
    @Blazingstoke 2 роки тому +67

    This movie has one of my all-time favorite opening credits sequences. You've got establishing shots of Philadelphia to tell you where the movie's taking place, and lots of contrasting "rich and poor", with various shots of working-class people starting their workday and Coleman preparing breakfast in bed for Winthorpe - all while Mozart's overture to _The Marriage of Figaro_ (an opera about servants plotting to teach their privileged boss a thing or two) is playing. Sets up the movie _perfectly._

    • @TSIRKLAND
      @TSIRKLAND 2 роки тому +8

      I did not realize that about the opening music! I knew it was a classical piece I had heard before, but I did not know it was from an opera, nor the plot of said opera. How clever of the filmmakers to make that reference! Cool!

  • @weirdbeard2244
    @weirdbeard2244 2 роки тому

    15:18 Before (and quite a bit after) The Shining, that was Ed McMahon’s line when introducing Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show.

  • @laudanum669
    @laudanum669 2 роки тому

    The two baggage guy's were a comedy duo called "Franken and Davis" they also were long time writer's for SNL .

  • @brachiator1
    @brachiator1 2 роки тому +33

    The title Trading Places is a double pun. It refers to the switch of the characters, and also to the Commodities Exchanges, which are investment trading places.

    • @TreeFrog851
      @TreeFrog851 2 роки тому

      At the time what they did wasn't illegal. After this movie, the twist prompted actual legislation to make it illegal.

  • @SimianJack
    @SimianJack 2 роки тому +21

    Denholm Elliott (Coleman), you might remember as Marcus Brody from Indiana Jones. He also played Dracula once, was surprisingly good, serious production for BBC TV.

    • @timothywilliams9966
      @timothywilliams9966 2 роки тому +2

      D. E. was really good in the Bill Murray movie "The Razor's Edge" too.

    • @berserkrhadley
      @berserkrhadley 2 роки тому +1

      My favourite Denholm Elliott role would have to be Col. Phelps, in The Whoopee Boys, though. :-)

    • @HobGungan
      @HobGungan 2 роки тому +1

      Noises Off is when I first became aware of him, though I had previously seen some of his more famous work when I was younger

    • @NY4Life
      @NY4Life 2 роки тому +1

      I loved him in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case Of Jekyll and Hyde opposite Jack Palance's Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde as Devlin

    • @routemaster19
      @routemaster19 2 роки тому

      Dracula was actually an episode from the ABC/Thames TV "Mystery & Imagination" series from 1968. A great early film featuring Denholm is "The Cruel Sea" - 1953 a war movie - though I very VERY much doubt someone like Ashleigh would be at all interested - let alone be able to find this film over there - it's simply just beyond her current scope as a movie watcher and I suspect it would bore her to tears. It is an excellent film though if you like that sort of thing. Ashleigh would probably prefer "A Private Function" - 1984 - though again - I suspect she would have difficulty finding it!

  • @johnhawk1089
    @johnhawk1089 2 роки тому

    Glad you finally got to see this one

  • @Rezbone
    @Rezbone 2 роки тому +1

    Omg I can’t wait for this one! Such a good movie 🍿🎥 👤

  • @houdin654jeff
    @houdin654jeff 2 роки тому +52

    My favorite fact about Jaime Lee Curtis: she is a Baroness by marriage. He husband is Christopher Guest (who played Count Rugen, the six fingered man in the Princess Bride), and Christopher Guest is the 5th Baron Haden-Guest, therefore she has the right to the title The Right Honorable The Lady Haden-Guest. Also, she’s funny and sexy as hell, and is deep into cosplay. She has dressed up as the Street Fighter character Vega in the past.

    • @The-Secret-Door
      @The-Secret-Door 2 роки тому +5

      That's really cool - didn't know about the Baroness thing. It would be great if Ashleigh watched the Christopher Guest comedies, especially Best in Show and A Mighty Wind!

    • @fordhouse8b
      @fordhouse8b 2 роки тому +3

      The title was created in 1950, for his grandfather, a Labour Party politician, and his uncle, David Great, a Communist volunteer, who died fighting on the Republican side against Franco in the Spanish Civil War.

    • @dadoctah
      @dadoctah 2 роки тому +4

      @@The-Secret-Door Never mind those two. The one she needs to see is This Is Spinal Tap.

  • @chubbypekingese
    @chubbypekingese 2 роки тому +36

    “He-e-e-re’s Johnny” was actually Ed McMahon’s introduction for Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show before it was used in movies including The Shining…
    This was when there were only a handful of channels and most people watched The Tonight Show nightly.

  • @asiahenry7798
    @asiahenry7798 2 роки тому

    GURRRRRLAHHHHH!!! This is my absolute favorite movie of all time!!! I know it by heart, and I watch it every Christmas with Home Alone, and It's a Wonderful Life!!! THANK YOU!

  • @AubreySciFi
    @AubreySciFi 2 роки тому

    This is one of my favorite 80's comedies. Oh, and my mom was an extra in the Christmas office party scene later in the film!

  • @charleslee8313
    @charleslee8313 2 роки тому +28

    You have to see "Coming To America," now that you've seen this movie. That's all I can say.
    The butler was Denholm Elliott; he played Marcus in the Indiana Jones movies.

  • @badhidingplace9558
    @badhidingplace9558 2 роки тому +7

    The cop with the powder "That's PCP!" That was Frank Oz, who you may recall as the voice of Yoda (and Fozzy Bear from the Muppets).

    • @Acme1970
      @Acme1970 2 роки тому

      And Miss Piggy.

    • @roryotoole3279
      @roryotoole3279 2 роки тому +1

      He was also the liaison from the embassy who visited Jack at the hospital in An American Werewolf in London.
      He was also the prison cop in the Blues Brothers who returned John Belushi's personal items.

  • @edwardpate6128
    @edwardpate6128 2 роки тому +1

    Merry New Year!

  • @Begining2013
    @Begining2013 2 роки тому

    Great review.

  • @emersonk2139
    @emersonk2139 2 роки тому +28

    Coming to America and Beverly Hills Cop are absolute must-sees for Eddie!

  • @luludee1300
    @luludee1300 2 роки тому +72

    I personally find the little barbershop quartet song and that whole interaction with the ladies to be absolutely hilarious because it's so ridiculously stuffy and WASP-y. I also find it interesting that the girls all think it's sweet, even though they are basically singing about the girls being easy, particularly miss Constance Fry.

    • @rammsteinrulz16
      @rammsteinrulz16 2 роки тому

      Can you explain the reference of "WASP-y" meaning something tacky? Ive heard it used elsewhere...
      But all i know of WASP is the metal band, who would be nowhere near tortoiseshell glasses, sweater vests and barbershop quartets.

    • @kentonkruger8333
      @kentonkruger8333 2 роки тому +4

      @@rammsteinrulz16 Negative term for White Anglo-Saxon Protestants.

    • @eadricstorm9874
      @eadricstorm9874 2 роки тому +6

      @@rammsteinrulz16 (WASP) White Anglo-Saxon Protestant: a person descended from N European, usually Protestant stock, forming a group often considered the most dominant, privileged, and influential in American society.

    • @rammsteinrulz16
      @rammsteinrulz16 2 роки тому +1

      Much obliged

    • @seamusburke639
      @seamusburke639 2 роки тому +2

      @@rammsteinrulz16 Definition of "WASP" aside; imagine a bunch of people in nice houses whose idea of fun on the weekends is a bake sale. That's a WASP.

  • @gayleeidson6724
    @gayleeidson6724 2 роки тому

    Wonderful Reaction ☺️ !!! So much fun, neighbor ! I love this movie and Jamie Lee as well, she is the most honest, in your face person in Hollywood !!! She does NOT give a rip... LOL...and always says exactly what is on her mind ! LOVE her for that, and everything else ! Best wishes from Maryville TN. Thanks for the fun movie 🐱🐱🐱, hello Beans !

  • @Someonesaidthis
    @Someonesaidthis 2 роки тому

    This makes me happy ❤️❤️

  • @frednich9603
    @frednich9603 2 роки тому +23

    In addition to true lies, I would also recommend Beverly Hills Cop.

  • @cbpoppet1288
    @cbpoppet1288 2 роки тому +26

    Denholm Elliott is MVP in this movie, the perfect understated foil to the much broader, comedic acting of Murphy and Ackroyd.

    • @ladyshar42
      @ladyshar42 2 роки тому +4

      i love Denholm Elliott. He's one of my all-time favorite character actors

    • @tempsitch5632
      @tempsitch5632 2 роки тому +3

      He keeps a profession butler face and demeanor while doing a tonne of acting within it.

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 2 роки тому

      He is always a pleasure, especially in comedy.

  • @KevinR1138
    @KevinR1138 2 роки тому

    Tidbit of trivia, during the barbershop quartet scene at the squash court (“Muffy in the bathroom stall Constance by the lake“) the character of Muffy is played by Jamie Lee Curtis’s sister Kelly Curtis.

  • @laticiadavis8627
    @laticiadavis8627 11 місяців тому

    Love this movie,great reaction. Miracles and blessings to you and yours ✌️ 💜.

  • @melhenline8438
    @melhenline8438 2 роки тому +142

    If you'd like to see JLC and Dan together as a couple again, try "My Girl". Huge tear-jerker as well.

    • @pmd1973
      @pmd1973 2 роки тому +5

      I'm actually shocked she hasn't had My Girl on her channel yet.

    • @flynnoldman3542
      @flynnoldman3542 2 роки тому +4

      For JLC go with True Lies.

    • @3Rayfire
      @3Rayfire 2 роки тому +3

      Ah, My Girl, the source of my crush on Anna Chlumsky....Ashleigh when you watch it, bring wine.

    • @fordhouse8b
      @fordhouse8b 2 роки тому +6

      And if shed like to see Randolph and Mortimer (Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) again, she should see Coming to America.

    • @st0n3p0ny
      @st0n3p0ny 2 роки тому +3

      My Girl... Yes... Vada was such a sexy babe. And that's not perverted because I was the same age at the time haha.

  • @danh8804
    @danh8804 2 роки тому +52

    Now that you've seen this, if you haven't already, you REALLY need to see "Coming to America"

    • @johnwjr7
      @johnwjr7 2 роки тому

      To she if she gets the connection.

    • @emhemhemh
      @emhemhemh 2 роки тому

      it's like a little sequel in one scene.

  • @otisroseboro5613
    @otisroseboro5613 2 роки тому

    Happy holidays sweetheart

  • @michaelgordon3552
    @michaelgordon3552 2 роки тому +3

    "Heeeere's Johnny" is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. That's where the line used in The Shining came from. So the John in Trading Places was most likely quoting the intro from The Tonight Show, and not The Shining.

  • @paulinlongbeach
    @paulinlongbeach 2 роки тому +23

    FUN FACT: One of the gorilla handlers is Al Franken. He became a U.S. Senator from Minnesota.

    • @DeltaAssaultGaming
      @DeltaAssaultGaming 2 роки тому +1

      Also resigned in disgrace

    • @garretthenderson5738
      @garretthenderson5738 2 роки тому

      Was just coming to the comments to drop that nugget.

    • @Rodgerdodger66
      @Rodgerdodger66 2 роки тому

      The other one is Tom Davis (RIP), Franken's longtime writing partner on SNL.

  • @chrisleebowers
    @chrisleebowers 2 роки тому +26

    48 Hours
    Eddie Murphy's electrifying movie debut. Still maybe his best performance ever.

    • @smithincanton
      @smithincanton 2 роки тому +1

      Beverly Hills Cop is another great one!

    • @SeymourAlexander
      @SeymourAlexander 2 роки тому +1

      Maybe. Murphy got the part due to his performance in Beverly Hills Cop, which had finished filming but had not been released yet.

    • @gamexsimmonds3581
      @gamexsimmonds3581 2 роки тому

      True

  • @mitchellbeston1033
    @mitchellbeston1033 2 роки тому +1

    Coming to America has a great cameo from Mortimer and Randolph Duke, and its funny as hell too.

  • @TheAlmaward
    @TheAlmaward Рік тому

    The doctor in 50 First Dates was played by Harold Ramis, also from Ghostbusters, but not Dan Ackroyd. ;)

  • @johndarcangelo6893
    @johndarcangelo6893 2 роки тому +20

    Dan Aykroyd is a good excuse for me to once again bring up The Great Outdoors, it's a classic.

    • @johnfriday5169
      @johnfriday5169 2 роки тому

      I'm not a big John Candy fan but The Great Outdoors is hilarious.

    • @Nozoki
      @Nozoki 2 роки тому +2

      @@johnfriday5169 If I can get a dessert down him, think you can throw in a couple of Paul Bunyan hats for the kids?

    • @joconnell8145
      @joconnell8145 2 роки тому +1

      @@Nozoki "That's NOT the last bite!"
      "What do you mean, there's nothing but fat and gristle left on the plate!"

  • @gnomegnation5823
    @gnomegnation5823 2 роки тому +59

    Since you bring up "Coming to America", there is a special connection to this movie. You should watch it next.

  • @matthewbarstow2173
    @matthewbarstow2173 2 роки тому

    One of my all time faves

  • @wahswolf88
    @wahswolf88 2 роки тому +1

    Yay Trading Places! Finally!

  • @NetanelWorthy
    @NetanelWorthy 2 роки тому +47

    I love how the younger generation doesn’t know that this is a loosely based adaption. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain 😊

    • @jeffburnham6611
      @jeffburnham6611 2 роки тому +1

      It's actually just a re-boot of so many other films of the same name that preceded it. The Original movie was released in 1921, but there were others. I liked the 1945 version the best.

    • @sadfaery
      @sadfaery 2 роки тому

      Considering when Mark Twain lived, though, aren't we all essentially younger generations, no matter how old we are? I've heard of the Prince and the Pauper, and I've seen many variations on the theme, but I've never actually read it myself, and I'm in my 40s.

  • @YouLousyKids
    @YouLousyKids 2 роки тому +3

    Ashleigh makes me feel so old. Johnny Carson retired in 1992 and ever since then, "Here's Johnny" is ONLY a line from The Shining.

    • @macmcleod1188
      @macmcleod1188 2 роки тому

      Yes I imagine how I feel about Jack Paar is how she feels about Johnny Carson.

  • @killianlpc
    @killianlpc 2 роки тому +1

    One of the best films of the 80s saw it in the cinema in 1983 everyone was in stitches watching it. So many funny moments too many to mention. A great film to watch at Christmas time.

  • @MrUndersolo
    @MrUndersolo 2 роки тому

    I used to work near the trading floor on Bay and Bloor in Toronto, and even though it was not as crazy as the NYSE, it was still crazy!

  • @Denkar11
    @Denkar11 2 роки тому +13

    Ashleigh: I cannot focus on anything...
    Me: Right there with ya.

  • @djb10
    @djb10 2 роки тому +9

    A couple fun facts: the original gorilla was played by Jim Belushi (John Belushi's brother), Clarence Beeks (i'll rip out your eyes....." was played by the bully teacher in Breakfast Club, nobody really understands what happens at the end. 😆

  • @greggburke7796
    @greggburke7796 2 роки тому +5

    "Here's Johnny" is NOT a serial killer joke, nor is it a reference to the Shining! It's a reference to how Johnny Carson was introduced every single night on The Tonight Show. Jack Nicholson was doing that in the Shining! He ad libbed the line as an homage to the Tonight show!

    • @vivalapsych
      @vivalapsych 2 роки тому

      And it’s been speculated that director Kubrick would have never left the “Here’s Johnny!!” line in The Shining if he'd known the reference himself but since Kubrick had lived in the UK since 1961, he was unaware of The Tonight Show.

    • @TinaTheNaughtyDragon
      @TinaTheNaughtyDragon 2 роки тому +1

      In a way isn't it a serial killer reference Johnny Carson Slade his audience with laughter every weeknight

  • @CofyjunkyPNW
    @CofyjunkyPNW 2 роки тому

    Love this film! 😁

  • @gutz1981
    @gutz1981 2 роки тому +18

    Jamie was indeed the perfect choice to play the hot aerobics instructor in the movie Perfect.

    • @surlechapeau
      @surlechapeau 2 роки тому +2

      and yes Ashleigh, they are real :)

  • @rustybarrel516
    @rustybarrel516 2 роки тому +13

    Yes!!! One of my favorites!
    4:19 What I say every time someone hands me five dollars
    6:44 Giancarlo Esposito
    9:37 Frank Oz
    12:37 The look he gives after that line always kills me
    13:45 Just turned back into 16 year old me
    14:41 Bo Didley (and what I say whenever I buy something for $50)
    17:57 Jim Belushi
    18:09 What I say every time I eat beef jerky
    19:14 Former US Senator Al Franken
    And my favorite line (not included) - “Turn those machines back on!!!!”
    Forgot how much I love this flick! Time to go watch the whole thing. Bye!!!

    • @toddegoldberg
      @toddegoldberg 2 роки тому +1

      I was looking for someone mentioning frank oz and i learned giancarlo! Thank you. And yes. Beef jerky time!

    • @natedoggg2002
      @natedoggg2002 2 роки тому +1

      Yes that's baby Gus at 6:45

  • @anthonynottony4655
    @anthonynottony4655 2 роки тому

    Coming to America would be THE BEST follow up to this movie
    Thanks for being awesome, have a good day

  • @jfox9126
    @jfox9126 2 роки тому +1

    This is the movie my family watched to christen our first newly purchased VCR. It was about the most exciting thing I had ever considered that we could go to a video rental store, pick up a relatively recent movie *of our choice* and watch it in our living room, with the ability to PAUSE for snack breaks. And it was a highly entertaining choice!