Trading Places (1983) Movie Reaction & Commentary | FIRST TIME WATCHING
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- "He was wearing my Harvard tie. Can you believe it? My Harvard tie!" Today we are watching Trading Places (1983) for the first time! Trading Places is directed by John Landis and stars Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, and Jamie Lee Curtis
The life of Louis Winthorpe, a successful businessman, is turned upside down when two wealthy brothers make a wager. The two brothers are on opposite ends of the nurture vs. nature debate, so they hatch an elaborate experiment that has Louis switching lives with a poor street hustle named Billie Ray Valentine!
00:00 Intro
01:53 Reaction
41:11 Final Thoughts
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Hi there! We're Eric and Sarah, a couple who is on an adventure to experience the wonderful world of cinema. Join us as we react to various genres of film for the first time. There will be plenty of laughs and definite tears, so we hope you tune in!
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The young man admiring Eddie Murphy's stories in jail is Giancarlo Esposito, better known today as Gus Fring from "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul."
Denholm Elliott was low key awesome in this movie. His facial expressions alone are enough to make you laugh. Great actor.
How he went from narrator in "Watership Down" to "Raiders of the Lost Ark" to this is beyond me and fascinating.
Yeah, especially his reaction to "rip out your eyes and piss on your brain" I was ROFL the first time I saw that!
He was one of my favorite parts of the movie!
- Sarah
Sir John Gielgud, who played the butler in "Arthur" (1981) was even better.
His dry wit absolutely stole every scene he was in.
@@EricSarahReact Hi Eric and Sarah are you not making anymore new reaction vids, i really enjoy watching them :-)
Don Ameche was _very_ upset about using the "n" word and wanted his line changed. Murphy convinced him to say it because it coffin-nailed the Dukes as being evil.
I think though he said he’d only do it for 1 take, and they’d have to use that take if they wanted it in the movie b/c he wasn’t saying it again.
Don Ameche shouting "F him!" as his brother has a stroke is perfectly delivered.
It's a fukn a word, people, get over it! We did, until someone set the clocks back 60 gd yrs between 2008-2015 to divide & conquer! The result? Before 2008, we laugh instead of fight, & we make MLK's "Dream" come true,... TWICE!!! Only to have the political pigs use skin-color, conspiracy theories, & later sex (2016) to create a cult of personality no longer allowed to question authority or think for themselves! Now the only thing ALLOWED to come out of the youth's mouth IRONICALLY is, "BAAAH! RACIST, CONSPIRACY THEORIST, SEXIST, BAAAH! FUK AMERICA! BAAAH" 🐑 SMGDMFH! This has only happened over & over & over throughout history at the cost of 100+ MILLION GRAVES!!! Yet they'd rather teach CRT! Wonder why???
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions." -Mahatma Gandhi. & KARL'S KANCEL KULTURE IS THE GD DEVIL!!! Good luck with that, young mofos! You're gonna need it!!!
✌😔❤
'Being evil'?!!!! I would have thought murdering babies would indicate that more than uttering a word that is used everyday, lool. Please god tell me you're not a high court judge..
@@rnw2739 I second this.
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.
The Dukes trader at the end was played by the late Richard Hunt another of the Muppeteers who was responsible for Scooter, Statler, Janice, Beaker, and Sweetums
The Pawn Broker was played by Bo Diddly
Thank you! *Coming To America* would be the perfect follow-up to this gem of a movie :)
One of my favorite 80s movies, indeed a good suggestion !
Especially because of a cameo or two in Coming to America :)
Why, because the Dukes make a cameo? Their appearance doesn't even have anything to do with the movie. My vote is for Beverly Hills Cop.
YES!
"Is that a whole salmon?!" 🤣🤣🤣
Dan Aykroyd's deranged Santa is one of the weirdest bits but he's so crazy it just works! It uses the rule of three perfectly to set up that final dark joke with the gunshot.
For unrelated salmon humor - The Slammin Salmon (from the Super Troopers guys)
That sound he makes is impossible (at least for me and anyone I know) to replicate, just like the 'Oh Goody' from Scar in the Lion King and very few other sound bites in movie history.
Cameos: the pawn shop owner was blues legend Bo Diddley. And the shorter train baggage handler was Al Franken, of SNL fame, would later become a U.S. Senator.
Good call! I forgot that was Bo Diddley
Hello there. It has been a while. Hope you guys are still (more than) ok.
Dan Aykroyd nails it as a Rasta.
"Trading Places, and "Coming To America" are my 2 favorite Eddie Murphy movies, "Ghostbusters" for Dan Akroyd. Jamie Lee Curtis was also great in another gem of a comedy called "A Fish Called Wanda".
"Hello security? Merry Christmas!"
Hardest I've ever laughed at a movie...
That you can really call a quick reaction...!
Ackroyd’s facial expression after the “Strip you little shit, before l tear you a new asshole” is priceless.
There are some great videos explaining the stock trading here in detail. Basically, the usual rule is “buy low, sell high.” The Dukes had insider information (or so they thought) and told their trader to buy the shares from the start of trading while the price was lower, thinking that the farm report would say the crop harvest would be bad, thus reducing the number of oranges available for concentrate, driving up the cost so that they could then sell high. With their trader buying, and other traders joining in, the price went up until the crop report announcement.
Louis and Billy Ray were doing something different-short selling. In this, they held off buying shares until the price was as high as possible. Everyone then started selling the shares they had to the two of them, thus driving the share price down. That’s what tipped off the Dukes that their crop report was faked.
After the report, panic selling immediately began by everyone except for Louis and Billy Ray. Everyone who had kept buying as the price went up now had to unload those shares at the highest price possible. As the price then spiraled downward, only then did the two of them start buying. This stabilized the price a bit, but not enough to prevent it from continuing to tank.
With short selling, you can sell shares you don’t yet own, as long as you have those shares in your portfolio at the end of the trading day to fulfill your orders. So, when they sold high and then bought low, they made a huge sum.
Just one thing: they’re not involved in the stock market. It’s the commodities (futures) market and they’re trading contracts to buy or sell certain agricultural products at agreed upon prices.
BTW, you’ll notice that they are not at the NY stock exchange on Wall St.
They are entering The World Trade Center a couple of blocks from Wall St. and pre-9/11 (obviously).
what I don't get is why did they hav to pay money? if I have 400 million in stocks and it drops down to 50 million, I don't owe 350 million, I lose 350 million. Or were they buying stocks with the money they hoped to make from selling.
@@wolfwing1 Right, but with stocks, all gains or losses are on paper only, until you sell the stock. With commodities they are real materials which if you say you are going to sell or buy at a specific price in the future, you must honor the contract. Because too many people reneged on contracts in the past, the rules were established that you have to settle up at end of trading.
@@wolfwing1 They *borrowed a fcuk-ton of money* and bought a fcuk-ton of orange juice futures with it. They thought they could sell the futures at a higher price, pay back the money and pocket the difference before end of day, but when the price dropped, they're stuck with worthless futures and they're still on the hook for $300 million or whatever it was.
@@chrisleebowers Thanks, it was never fully explained in the movie, doesn't help that it was just the stock market hehe.
If you enjoy comedy, HARLEM NIGHTS is worth watch. Starring comedic legends Redd Foxx, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and cameos by many others.
I think this movie will have a place in my Top10 for the remainder of my days ❤️
Best 4th wall break of all time 🤣
That deadpan stare has been literally cracking me up for nearly forty years. 🤣
@@SilentBob731 every time!
Trading Places is a very smartly written and constructed film. Take away the language/nudity and this would fit in with the best of the 40s and 50s comedies. Great score too.
Although I certainly appreciate the curves.
'Can't watch any movies without R rated cursing these days. Even kids' movie 'Ready Player One' directed by Spielberg had the f word plus a reference to horror movie Chucky...in a effing kids' movie, for Christ's sake!!
Love this movie. You can enjoy Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Years all together.
Yeah, it's actually a great holiday movie-for adults, of course.
A recommendation for Don Ameche, opposite Gene Tierney, in Ernst Lubitsch's 1943 comedy 'Heaven Can Wait', with wonderful support from Laird Cregar ('His Excellency', adjudicating Ameche's post-mortem fate), Charles Coburn as Grandfather, and Signe Hasso as memorable French tutor 'Madmoiselle'.
A favorite movie of mine. Laird Cregar is amazing just doing nothing but listening. Also in the cast is veteran rotund supporting actor Eugene Pallette.
Ameche's partner in crime is Ralph Bellamy, another great supporting actor from the Hollywood golden age. He played the losing love interest to Cary Grant in at least two movies, and comported himself with confused grace at all times.
Jamie Lee Curtis breaking away from her scream queen/slasher movie era!!
Jamie has said in interviews she had to make a big budget studio movie to
Be exploited (the nudity) I have always thought that was ironic due to the reputation
of the slasher movies from the late 70s and early 80s
I love how Billy Ray checks his language when he remembers where he is 😂
That line, " Whiskey! All you want!" Like he's a puppy or something
That collective, "Noooo" makes me lol everytime.
I would for you to do Brewster's Millions.
John Landis went on quite a roll back then, so many great movies,
thanks again!
Eric: He's gonna hear something!"
Sarah: (whispers) "ohh yeahh"
Commentary gold 💯🏆
Since Eric's seen Coming To America, that pocket change scene was an Easter egg
Great choice reacting to this movie. Not many do it.
Ruthless People, another great comedy not many want to react to
The destruction of the Life of Brian file? Sad!
You implied you saw Coming to America before. The destitute Dukes appear at the end of it when the Prince hands of a paper bag filled with a large amount of cash. “Mortimer, we’re back!!”
4:24 - These were the homeless men in coming to America that Eddie gave the money to... That was a carry over from this film to show how they ended up!
It was the perfect set up for trading places 2 but unfortunately that never happened.
I always recommend this comedy to my friends. It's not like an avalanche of jokes, but it has a good social background that helps the development of the characters really well. Good acting, I find both Aykroyd and Murphy hilarious.
I really appreciated you two doing this movie. It gives me great satisfaction that you chose this to react to because this is one of the greatest comedic movies of all time. As a kid I went to see this several times and bought the VHS tape!!! Now, for the other news. I wished the editing was done a little better. There were a few snippets that were edited out I would have enjoyed seeing. I also thought you would enjoy Jamie Lee Curtis' character more through your comments. I didn't hear any. In fact, I heard very little throughout the reaction. Oh, well. Overall, I thought you two did a decent job, but you didn't laugh nearly enough at this comedy to support a more positive score from me. Thank you for the reaction, though.
This is a classic comedy, hilarious. This is when Saturday night live had the best comedians that moved to movies.
Fantastic movie. The money clip flip was actually an accident. Don Ameche missed the catch and fumbled with it trying to actually complete the scene. Additionally, what the Dukes did with the orange juice report was not, at the time, illegal. As of 2010, it now is because of the "Eddie Murphy Rule." After this movie was released There is a nod to this in Coming to America.
Really? So, insider trading is not illegal?
@@craigwhip from what I understand giving someone a crop report or scheming to get one is illegal but actually having it and using it wasn't.
It's weird and surprising it took that long to make it illegal because like you said it's literally insider training.
Insider trading shouldn't be illegal. One should not be punished for having access to knowledge.
The booking sergeant was played by Frank Oz he was also in Blues Brothers as the prison guard that gives John Belushi's stuff back.
Frank Oz is the voices for Star Wars' Yoda and Miss Piggy of the Muppets too. Plus, Frank plays Test Monitor for the movie, Spies Like Us.
@@MrTech226 Yeah I almost forgot about that movie which was a great one too, all during the Cold War.
"Nenge? Nenge Mboko? It is me, Lionel Joseph!"
My fave 1980's movie. Great review guys!
Dan Akroyd, Chevy Chase, John Belushi and Bill Murray were part of the original cast of SNL of the 70s. The original cast was gone by the time Eddie Murphy joined in the 80s.
Two other underrated Eddie Murphy movies: "The Distinguished Gentleman" and "Vampire in Brooklyn"
The most under appreciated Murphy movie is Mr. Church. It's his best work (as far as I have seen), he simply disappears in the role. And the movie is great beside his performance, too. Yet nobody even seems to know the movie exists.
15:31 There's ol' Frank Oz: voice of Miss Piggy, Fozie Bear, etc., as well as successful director.
24:52 Bo Diddly, the legend. 32:38 Jim Belushi. 32:53 Al Franken and Tom Davis.
"Is there a lawyer in the House" everyone puts their head down😀
32:53 Tom Davis and Al Franken were writers on SNL back in the day. Al Franken later became a congressman.
hey you two i enjoy watching movies with you i hope you continue
When you guys said American Psycho, I said holy shit yeah!🤣
Thanks for a fun reaction!
Comedy, eh? You couldn't go wrong with "Airplane!", which is way up on my list of all-time funniest movies. One that's even higher on that list, though, is "What's Up, Doc?", and it HASN'T already been covered by every other reaction channel.
I'll second that vote for "What's Up, Doc?" One of my top three favorites.
Yeah, What's up Doc is crininally unknown. But as far as the silly movies like Airplane go, my favourite is Top Secret.
Trading Places was really The Prince and The Pauper re imagined.
I never realized this was actually filmed in Philadelphia until I visited. The scene where the characters see each other in the cars as they are in traffic is in front of Independence Hall.
Beverly Hills Cop is a good Eddie Murphy movie.
I love your reactions. You guys are so mellow, not over the top. I've got a suggestion that I haven't seen anyone react to. It's called "Brewster's Millions." (1985) Richard Pryor stars. Really funny, and the storyline is similar to this one. Keep up the good work!!
There's been 1 or 2 reactions to that. I just looked a couple days ago. Hasn't made it's rounds on the bandwagon yet though
Thank you so much Jim! Glad you enjoyed :)
Great Reaction To One Of My All Time Favorite Movie's, Guy's & Happy Holidays 🎄, Everyone 😊
What's weird is that Winthope and Prince Akeem both are pampered profusely in the opening scenes, both extremely well off yet both have different mindsets. Money doesn't buy manners
One of my favourite comedies since I was a kid.
Excellent selection. 👍🤣
This was one of my late wife's favourite films. Aykroyd's performance on the bus had her laughing fit to burst. "Trading Places" is, of course, a re-write of "The Prince and the Pauper".
Ralph Bellamy played a very mouse-like character in "His Girl Friday" (1940) with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. The film still rates very highly and it's unusual for having a female reporter. Russell is superb as usual.
Awesome, I don't think anybody has reacted to trading places. Thanks for content
Did you guys recognize Minnesota Senator Al Franken as one of the baggage handlers?
For those of you who never recognized it, that was Gus Fring (Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul) in the jail cell at the very beginning talking to Eddie Murphy's character. ua-cam.com/video/yioL-yLwYEM/v-deo.html
At 30:36, that's a common mistake if you've never loaded a revolver before.
Starting around the 10:38 mark, playing the role of "Cellmate #2" is a 25 year old Giancarlo Esposito. He's the one standing up next to Eddie with his back to the front bars.
10:35 Gus Fring! aka Giancarlo Esposito
15:32 Miss Piggy aka Frank Oz!
I love this movie. Funny, yet educational when it comes to short trading, which defines the film's climax. A true classic.
Meanwhile, after 39 years I say a big YEP!
The bacon lettuce tomato sandwich 4th wall break was the best!
There is no other film, where the main character's first word is pork bellies. It never ceases to amaze me that no one ever notices...
The sequence toward the end always gives me chills. In less than 20 years, the building they’re in would be a smoldering rubble.
Sad.
I had this movie on vhs in junior high it was my favorite comedy brilliant well written I love when Eddie Murphy looks at the camera when he says what you might find in a bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich
One of the baggage handlers was Al Franken. He was a senator for a period of time.
If you get to ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (Robt Redford, Dustin Hoffman), you'll see the original 'garage scene' and enjoy this one all the more.
And others have mentioned COMING TO AMERICA, where Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche reprise their Duke Brothers' role in most hilarious link.
Lord I haven't seen this since I was a kid. I see theres stuff I would not have understood. Need to watch it again some day. Eddie was at the top of the world in the 80s. ...Goodness Jamie Lee's body.
I've heard commodity traders say that this movie explains their business better than any other popular entertainment. Commodity traders buy and sell futures contracts such are a contract to buy or sell something at a date in the future. They are trying to predict whether prices will rise or fall. The Dukes thought they had stolen the crop report which they thought said that cold weather in Florida was going to hurt the orange crop. When that news came out it would have driven up the price of orange juice. So, they had their guy buying as many futures contracts as possible figuring that the bad new came out they could sell at the higher prices. When people saw them buying so much they figured they had inside information so everybody started buying, driving up the price higher.
But, the real crop report said the opposite, and everybody wanted to unload their futures contracts. If they didn't, they might have to take possession of very expensive OJ. Louie and Billy Ray had been making contracts to sell at the high prices. When the prices crashed at the end they started buying up contracts. So they basically sold at $150 a share at the peak and bought shares at $30 they could use to fulfill their sell contracts. At the end of the day they bought at$30 and sold at $150, so $120 profit per share.
This is actually super helpful, thank you! I really had no idea what was happening lol
- Sarah
A Fish Called Wanda would be a good reaction. Jamie Lee Curtis and John Cleese (among others). Seriously funny.
Hi I loved your commentary. I actually saw this movie in 1983 and have always loved it. It was considered risque at the time. And the scene with Dan Akroyd dressed as a Blackman would definitely be not acceptable today but at the time it was not an issue as it was totally in context with the movie. You did an excellent job condensing it. Unfortunately I have only seen it on tv a couple of times. It was also one of the first movies discussing Futures which was a comedy. It was ahead of its time and the script was unique and in my opinion totally believable. The 2 old rich cogers got their just desserts. Wow what a great movie still relevant today snd has aged very well. Thank you.
Im no trader, but i have read what happens at the end from others and will do my best to paraphrase what happens. The Dukes were given a false report stating that the bad winter had damaged the orange crops, when in fact the opposite was true, crops were unaffected. Because the Dukes believe Oranges will be in short supply and the price will therefore shoot up, they immediately start buying any and all orange juice contracts when the stock market opens. Once the market opens and people clock on that the Dukes are buying up all the orange juice contracts, everyone else starts buying too, thinking the Dukes are on to something. This drive the price up further. Winthorpe then yells "Sell 30 April at 142" which means he is offering to sell 30 contracts of OJ at $1.42 per pound, in April (One contract is worth several thousand lbs of OJ). This is in January, so he is basically saying, in three months time, he will sell 30 contracts at $1.42 per lb. All the traders, thinking, as the Dukes do, that Oranges will be in short supply and OJ contracts will be worth more than that in April start scrambling to purchase the promised 30 contracts. This is called a Futures sale (Since you are offering to sell something you dont own right now, but will do in future). Anyway, once Winthorpe and Valentine sell these futures (the guys who bid, are contractually obligated to buy them at the agreed price, in April, no matter what happens to the price), the real crop report is then reported, which reveals that orange crops were not affected, this means that Orange Juice contract prices will now drop to rock bottom, a few cents per lb. So Winthorpe and Valentine can then buy 30 contracts at a few cents per lb, but have iron clad agreements from traders that they can sell them in April at $1.42 per lb, meaning they will make a ridiculously high profit. It also means that the Dukes have bought several hundred contracts of Orange Juice, at a high price, which are now only worth a few cents per lb, essentially bankrupting them.
I really liked this movie back in the 80s. It has morals wrapped in a funny context and Murphy just makes a movie fun to watch. I'm 48 but i'm starting to feel a bit old when realizing all those actors were indeed in their prime back then. As you get older you don't always keep track of the new, younger actors so you only have the dinosaurs to look back at...😂
I feel the same... However, I have to say that young people are in a different situation today than we were then. I'm a few years older than you. For example, I grew up in bands that were already legendary when I was/back at school. And when kids today look at guys like Jimmy Page or David Gilmour, they almost knock their feet off because they just had no idea. That makes me grin inside like a honey cake horse... The grace of early birth!
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 that's a nice look on things ! Yeah i went to a Pink Floyd concert, had many opportunities to see artists like David Bowie, Tina Turner, Michael Jackson and many more of the 70s and 80s artists, i regret i didn't go see them but i was busy going to concerts of the band of my generation : 90s. I love watching these reaction videos, it's cool to see younger people taking an interest in what the past has to offer. Cheers !
One of the best comedies and one of my favourite. Another great comedy with Jaime Lee Curtis is A Fish called Wanda.
Oh snap here we go
Thanks for watching this . I'm a big Eddie Murphy fan. 48 Hours or The Nutty Professor next 😀🤘
Thanks Levi! Of course I haven't seen either of those either haha
- Sarah
You could say this was the prequel to 'Coming to America'. There's a scene in CtA, where Winthorp & Mortimer are homeless in the park and given a lot of money by Akeem.
Btw, Clarence Beaks (aka Paul Gleason) was also featured as the school principal in "The Breakfast Club" and as an FBI agent in "Die Hard".
Thanks for spoiling the Coming To America surprise.😒
@@cflournoy1529 Sorry.
You mean Johnson? Oh, the other one.
The man at the pawn store is blues legend and musician Bo Diddley.
Coming to America (1988) for the cameos! 😁👌🏼✌🏼
The perfect comedy, and a great example of situational ethics.
If you're interested, the "nature vs nurture" debate has been largely advanced with the recent discovery of epigenetics.
In the 70's and 80's we had this thing called "comedy."
Nudity wasn't a big deal. In fact, it was required to get the teenage boys in the theaters.
Also, blackface was simply a comedic costume with no intentional racial connotations.
Ironically, one of the gorilla handlers is played by Al Franken, a former Senator and a rising star in Democratic party, who became one of the first victims of cancel culture for being caught doing something comedic when he was, well, a comic.
Good Luck getting that 1983 Reagan-Era goodness on the screen again😂
The bald-headed cop who is inventorying Winthrop's possessions is Frank Oz who is the voice of Fozzie Bear, Yoda, Miss Piggy and other Muppets.
Y'all didn't notice that was Bo Diddley playing the pawn broker. The man was a pioneer & a legend in rock & roll (we lost him in the late '00s). Look him up. You discover cool stuff when you look people up. I was so impressed by Giancarlo Esposito in "Breaking Bad" that I looked him up. He actually performed in "Trading Places" as one of Billy Ray's cellmates in the jail scene! 🤣
FYI at 15:30 ish the bald guy checking in Dan Aykroyd is Frank Oz, the voice of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover, and Yoda among others :)
The conceit of two brothers making a bet was borrowed from a Gregory Peck movie called "Million Pound Note", a really fantastic movie.
This was Jim Belushi's first film to appear in after John Belushi, his brother, died a year or so earlier. Frankly Jim is a pale shadow of his brother's acting talent.
I agree about Jim as an actor he's just kind of "There". I think his best acting was in "About Last Night...". However it probably wasn't easy trying to live up to John. On a side note everyone has always looked at John as the over the top funny guy. His movie "Continental Divide" really shows another side of him and his acting talent.
Jim was his own person. Doesn't need to be compared to his brother.
Where y’all at?????????????
I think they gave up on their channel
Looks like they are more busy with their gaming channel. They upload regularly to that. Maybe they got too many copyright issues on this channel and can't post for now 🤷♂
37:16 what a sentence to say while walking in front of the WTC
The baggage handlers in the jumpsuits were the comedy team of Frankin and Davis. Frankin being ex senator Al Frankin. When Dan Ackroyd and Eddie Murphy are in New York City on their way to the stock exchange they pass by one of the twin towers that were destroyed on 9/ 11/ 2001
Another good one, that unfortunately a lot of people overlook is Spies Like Us, with Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd!
This was originally going to star Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder, where a Chauffeur and his boss, a stockbroker, trade places for a week to see how different their lives would have turned out.
Richard Pryor ended up in "Brewster's Millions", filmed a year before.
The bald officer with the glasses is Frank Oz, the voice of Miss Piggy and Kermit!
And the palm broker is...Bo Diddley!
it doesn't matter how much money you have, wanting people to respect your stuff should be universal.
First time seeing you both. It was enjoyable.
Thanks Andy! Hope to see you around :)
25:39 When everyone leans in to hear what he says, it's a reference to an old TV commercial. Someone would say, "My broker is E. F. Hutton, and he says..." Everyone in the room would lean in to hear, then the voiceover would say, "When E. F. Hutton talks, people listen." At 32:53, the baggage handler on the right is later-Senator Al Franken.
Okay here's a tl:dr on how the vengeance went. They sold OJ Futures (ownership of the estimated yield) they didn't have after the Duke's Broker drove the price up, after the report came out they bought the fictional futures and the real futures back at a severly reduced price as everyone tried to sell them to recoup the impending loss (with a bumper crop the actual sale price of OJ will be small.) But importantly they DIDN'T buy any of it back from the Duke's. When the bell hits all the transactions are tabulated and actual money changes hands. So the Duke's couldn't afford the huge sums spent on the OJ futures they have with the huge price they paid as the OJ actual price won't cover it anymore. Eddie and Dan's characters pocket the difference from the huge price they sold at and the far lower price they bought it all back and ifthey don't sell them they get the actual money of the sale. And the Duke's owe them a massive chunk of money not reduced because their broker didn't sell any of it back. That's also why they borrowed money from the Butler and Hooker, you needed a certain amount of operating capital to trade on floor directly.
24:53 The Legendary Bo Diddley!
The cargo/baggage handlers, that was the comedy team of Franken & Davis, who also did a stint on SNL. Tom Davis died of cancer in 2012. Al Franken became one of the sharpest and most virtuous US Senators we've ever had. He actually did quite a bit of good before he was smeared and coerced to resign over a harmless joke photo from his show biz days. Years later, his colleagues apologized for letting Republicans do that to him while they were too spineless to stand up for his right to a hearing.
One of the goofy maintenance men on the train is ex senator Al Franken and Saturday Night Live alumni.
You should watch "Brewster's Millions" and see the old guys again in that film.
Classic 👊🏻
As one of you said you saw Coming to America, there is a link between these two movies. When the rich prince in that movie sees two bums on the sidewalk, he hands them a large amount of money. We quickly realize it's the Duke brothers, played by the same men, and going by the same names, and we hear, "Mortimer, we're back!" So after they orchestrated the trading places of two characters in this film, who then turn the tables with the wagers and trade places with the Dukes to some extent, all is restored in Coming to America.
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