Comments on: Trading Places

By: beth

beth — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:56:56 +0000

Now that I've seen this movie (finally) I concur - the best part is the salmon/Santa beard on the bus part. Pure comedic gold!

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By: beth

beth — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:34:51 +0000

With respect to Dan Aykroyd: I think that I might have posted something about this in the past, but have you seen his pitch for Crystal Head Vodka? It is difficult for me to tell if he is really into it or if he is just lending his "straight man act" to this situation, but in reality finds it asinine and is just laughing all the way to the bank. (Although...it's likely that he wouldn't have very many Crystal-Head-earnings to put into his checking once he got there.)

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By: C Lo

C Lo — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:16:46 +0000

@jake, of course I've never seen Coming to America either. But Trading Places is now on the list.

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By: phil

phil — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:44:39 +0000

You'll also understand how futures trading works.

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By: jake

jake — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:28:45 +0000

I definitely recommend seeing it. One reason amongst many is the fact that you'll finally understand that one scene from Coming to America.

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By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:45:58 +0000

Yeah with akroid the line between playing the straight man and being the straight man got too blurry.

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By: phil

phil — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:33:58 +0000

C Lo, Trading places is like a John Landis 80's version of a Frank Capra movie. It holds up better than most any comedy from that era does. Joe, Yeah the video I linked to has that part in it. That part on the bus is the part of the movie I think about most. People always lament the decline of Eddie Murphy but Dan Ackroyd's later career is just as sad.

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By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:27:15 +0000

@c-lo yes def. @phil the exact nadir is in that scene when he is plucking the Santa beard out of the stolen cured salmon and tells the lady "wrouaaaabhhhgghhh" @Jake I think just the idea that JLC is a prossy is,um, "interesting"

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By: C Lo

C Lo — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:09:28 +0000

I've totally never seen it. I've not seen MOST movies people tend to see. I'm working on it this year. Should I put Trading Places on the list?

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By: jake

jake — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:30:02 +0000

I find Trading Places quite entertaining, especially the part where Jamie Lee Curtis pops her top.

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