TRADING PLACES (1983) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION 

Don Ameche who played the racist Mortimer, was vehemently opposed to the racism in the script, especially using the n-word. Eddie Murphy told him it was just part of his character, and that the lines would be okay. It took a lot of convincing to get Ameche to deliver the lines, but Eddie was critical to giving Ameche the okay to use them.

Don Ameche screaming "Fuck him!" is one of my favorite moments in film. I still crack up every time I hear it.

As a teen from the 80's I can confirm that Eddie Murphy was a comedic legend for his roles in these films.

I used to work as a butler. Five years working this European family, who were so out of touch with humanity. I cooked, cleaned, did everything. Coleman is my favorite character in this one.

Another awesome reaction. They originally had Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder in mind for this movie. But Pryor suffered a back injury while filming The Toy so he had to bail. Wilder refused to do it without him. Step in Ackroyd and Murphy and it worked out perfectly.

_"They're key to the plot"_ This man understands true cinema.

This movie is a staple at our house. The look on Coleman's face while serving the topless party girls is priceless! That's probably the first party he ever attended that was actually fun.

My absolute favorite scene in this movie is Eddie Murphy's expression when Ralph Bellamy tries to explain to him what bacon is.

Can't believe the murder whistle has never seen this! This is going to be AWESOME. 😎😎

It's hard to describe how integral this movie is to my childhood. I must have watched this dozens of times before the 90s began. I saw Coming to America in the theater with my sister while ditching school after our ortho appointment.

"He got his collar popped like Kanye!" lol, this was '83.... Actually, Kanye got his collar popped like Todd. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I have been binging this channel for 3 days now and I got to say you are hilarious JL and even though I'm not a dog guy, I love the way your dogs care for you when you tear up, jump up when you yell, and always show their love. What a great team!

This is one of the best movies to come out of the 80s...yes, it's hilarious, but it hits on deeper societal issues in a way that isn't necessarily preachy or off-putting. This movie should be studied in school, IMO, because it would keep the students engaged while also making them think more deeply than they're usually allowed to.

The best part has to be watching.you realize what's going to happen with the gorilla. You watch the scene, you think about it and then there's that moment of realization. Love it.

"Galaxy Quest" is a 1999 movie you will enjoy. Starring Alan Rickman, Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and many more stars you will recognize.

"The Distinguished Gentleman" - 80s comedy staring Eddie Murphy that takes place in Washington DC and it's about politics. Really worth watching!

I watch this movie every year for New Years and I wait on that scene 38:12 😂 That line delivery on "fuck him!!" is the best of all-time.

Growing up with Eddie Murphy's career in its prime and watching his stuff in order was a treat. I am thankful for being taken to see "Beverly Hills Cop" at that really young age. "I've played basketball in some ghetto ways but I've never played it like that." I saw teenagers using a trash can that was on the ground. Kids in the past would at least put in some effort.

That was a stoooone groove, my man..

Beef jerky time! Looking forward to this review. Will have to see Coming to America after this! Favorite Duke quotes: Randolph: "Mother always said you were greedy." Mortimer Duke: "She meant it as a compliment." Mortimer: "We seem to be paying some of our employees an awful lot of money." Louis: (laughs) "can't get around the ol' minimum wage, Mortimer."

Kind of hard to believe the actor playing the goofy-eyed baggage handler ended up as a US Senator

Trading Places was perpetually on HBO during the 80s. Great movie.

This was Eddie's 2nd movie, he was still on Saturday Night Live when he made it. Dan Akroyd had already left SNL by the time Eddie got there. The movie that came before this is 48 hours, you should check that out.

Not only one of my favorite comedies, but also one of my favorite films. And, yeah. Coming To America is also in my top five favorite comedies.

The guy on the train with the curly hair is none other than a young Senator Al Franken

The bit where he eats the fish through his beard has always been stuck in my head since the first time I saw this movie 😂

The pawnbroker was none other than the legendary rhythm-'n'-bluesman, Bo Diddley, and that was his music playing in the background. The Roche-Foucault watch is a real thing and it's real expensive.

38:11 lol it's so nice to finally see someone reacting to this part and actually laughing because when I first saw it, I could not breathe I was laughing so hard. Even seeing that part again now I'm still laughing hard lol.

You’ve got a great sense of humor and a quick wit. I enjoy your channel. You get me laughing out loud multiple times in nearly every reaction vid. You always catch me off guard !

Your reaction and commentary is 110% pure comedy gold. This movie still makes me laugh out loud even though I've seen it so many times over the years. Merry Christmas to you and your wee doggies.

Good morning Jay, great movie , you’ll love it. Give the copilots a verticle belly rub for me. Missing my copilot terribly. Our first Xmas in 15 yrs without him.. watching your channel helps me . Thanx pal

1. The booking officer is Frank Oz. (Kermit/Yoda) 2. Beeks/Paul Gleason also played Richard Vernon in "The Breakfast Club" and the idiot police captain in "Die Hard". 😇 3. Landis didn't want Jamie Lee Curtis because she had always been a "scream queen" and he didn't know if she had the chops for comedy. 4. GOOF: Where did Louis get the gun AND all those drugs for only $50?🤑 5. Don Ameche's strong religious convictions made him uncomfortable with swearing. This proved to be a problem for the scene at the end of the movie, where he had to shout out "Fuck him!" to a group of Wall Street executives. When he did act out the scene, it had to be done in one take, because Ameche refused to do a second one. He also had an issue with the N word. 6. There's an Easter egg in "Coming to America" with the Duke brothers. Eddie Murphy at his best.

Oh I can't wait to watch this movie with this man!!! I musta' seen this movie at least 100 times back in the '80's... still one of my all time favs to this day! 💯

One of the best comedies ever. Classic 80’s and I never get sick of watching it. Glad you connected the Coming to America easter egg to this!! Great reaction as always JL!

Fun fact. The part of Winston in Ghostbusters was written for Eddie Murphy, but Eddie was already committed to Beverly Hills Cop. Dan tried hard to get Eddie to do both but he couldn't make the timing work

Jeffrey from Fresh Prince definitely cooked 💯 Him: My love for Jaime Lee Curtis is strong” Ofelia (o)(o) Him “We getting married” 😂 They say Heidi Klum is “the body” The only body is Jaime Lee Curtis ☝🏾

18:53 - Eddie Murphy broke the 4th wall twice in this movie(the other scene being when they put him in the squad car) In this case he's looking at us thinking "these dudes think I don't know what bacon is".

Fun fact.......John Landis always tries to put other directors (Frank Oz as the cop) and musicians (Bo Diddley as the pawn shop dude) in his movies.

1:55, looks bout possessed, 12:21, then completely covered. I love the reactions and all the funny banter but I’m so here for the doggo content too!

An extraordinary Christmas movie ! Saw it when it first came out. Eddie is hilarious and Dan Ackroyd … OMG! 😂

"What if I can't do this job, Coleman? What if I'm not what they expected?" "Just be yourself, sir. Whatever happens, they can't take that away from you." Let me explain a little what happened on the exchange for anyone who is confused by the ending. Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy "sell" commodity shares while the price is high, before they owned any shares. They then had to "buy" the same amount of shares that they sold earlier when the price fell. It is called "short-sell" and it's perfectly legal, although there are rules governing how this happens. It is a risk because if the price of the commodity or stock goes up, you could lose a lot of money. We are seeing a Hollywood version of a "short-sell" event. Fun Fact: Several funny moments in the film came about by accident. Mortimer Duke (Don Ameche) having trouble catching the money clip wasn't supposed to happen that way, but the actors kept going with it and not breaking character, so it was kept in the movie. Ophelia's "Swedish" disguise came about because Jamie Lee Curtis couldn't do the correct Austrian accent. Historical Fact: In 2010, as part of the Wall Street Transparency And Accountability Act, which was to regulate financial markets, a rule was included which barred anyone from using secret inside information to corner markets, similar to what the Duke brothers tried to do in the movie. Since the movie inspired this rule, it has since become known as the Eddie Murphy Rule. Trading Halted Fact: The World Trade Center's commodity exchange, Comex, was used for the trading scenes, and real traders performed alongside professional extras. As reported in studio production notes, the shoot at Comex was initially planned for a weekday, but the appearance of Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy on the set disrupted business activities, and six billion dollars of trading was halted. The shoot was rescheduled for a weekend.

"Coming To America" is your quotable film....? Mine is this one. Can't tell you how many times I've used the line "I'm a chain-belt Kung Fu. Bruce Lee was my teacher." and ".....I'm a Karate man. I bruise on the inside. Don't show no weaknesses". Great vid, man!

Loved yer laughter in this. And honestly, after this came out not a week would go by in high school without some people shouting out "Looking good" and "Feeling good" 😂 😂 😂

Looking Good Billy Ray! Feeling good Lewis!😁

Shoutout for. The dude experiencing cancer I hope everything worked out

Nice catch on the two old guys from the end of Coming to America. This movie was first, they are connected by that thread. Very cool you recognized them.

*You're commentary at the end it's correct younger generations don't realize **#SNL** used to actually be funny*

Love how so many reviewers are properly shocked/surprised/thrilled to see the JLC nude part and this guy just casually goes "Key to the plot" lol

38:14 When our boy starts side laughing you know it's funny.

Yes, that's the Detention room monitor from The Breakfast Club. Paul Gleason was known for playing despicable characters. He died of Mesothelioma in 2006.

Yup, these youngsters just know Eddie as Dr. Dolittle. Man Eddie Murphy "Delirious" and "Raw" GOLDEN CHILD! But bro, you were in rare form, you had so many one liners in here, I was weak the whole damn time!

"His buithole in daycare right now" - lines like this are why I subscribed ROFLMAO!

If you had watched this before Coming to America, you'd have near died when Mortimer and his brother made their cameo!

I have to admit while the Halloween season was faun watch you jump and say shut up every two minutes, I am more entertained watching you really laugh and enjoy yourself. The commentary is hilarious.

Baggage Handler #1 is SNL alum and former U.S. Senator Al Franken. He had at least one great moment on SNL when he was able to perform a skit as his best known character Stuart Smalley in which he provides some most unnecessary motivational and emotional support to Michael Jordan by having Air repeat the line... "I don't need to dribble the ball real fast...because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and dog gone it, people like me!"

That was Bo Didley at the pawnshop. A badass guitar player.

My first words every year for the last 5 years. “Merry New Year”.

I used to drive a taxi, though I never expected to get a tip let alone a bonus. One time I gave a ride to a couple of wealthy women who were on a shopping spree. After I got them home and after helping with the unloading, they gave me a tip of two dollars. I said to them, "Thank you ladies, now I can retire!"

Dan Akroyd was part of the original SNL cast. Eddie Murphy was also an SNL alum. So many great careers came from SNL. I don't know if the channel has done the Blues Brothers 1980(Belushi, Akroyd) yet. But I would highly suggest that as a follow up. That was Akroyd's best performance.

You HAVE to do Eddie's first movie,"48 HOURS".He was INSTANTLY a huge hit & never looked back. This is some seriously funny shit!

Ralph Bellamy (Randolph) and Don Ameche (Mortimer) make cameo appearances in Coming to America (1988) as the same characters; the two are now homeless, and Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) gives them a large amount of money to get them back off the streets.

This movie was released in 1983. Coming to America released in 1988, Jaime Lee Curtis, my ex worked in the movie industry and worked in a Movie… he said Jaime is a down to earth person, a cool person 👍. Be well 💙👋🏽🤗

Bo Diddley running the pawn shop? 😆 Al Franken checkin' the gorilla? 😁 Coked up traders bustin' out the toilet stalls like race horses..😅

If you go way back to the days of radio Don Ameche had a comedy show called The Bickersons. Funny as hell. We used to listen to the albums.

Fun fact: Winthorpe's Rochefoucauld watch retailed at $9955 in that era and would be worth upwards of 28k today.

I still crack up when Louie comes in the train compartment disguised as the Rasta, like he thinks he's going to fool anyone

Escargot is a fancy word for snails served in French restaurants. "Look at that S-Car go"

The bald headed cop that found the bag of drugs was played by Frank Oz. He does the voice of Miss Piggy and Yoda, plus many other characters.

@43:34 Shout out to Lost Opportunity AKA Crow crow (idk how you spell crow). Get well, Stay well. Love ya fam. You matter. You have influence and you make a difference. Thank you.

EOM Reacts my name is Karl.What you said about Penelope,Todd,and the other so-called friends of Louis,you are soooo Right! What they said tro Louis is worst than what the Dukes did to Louis.They were never Louis friends.Their rejection of him had nothing to do with his accusation.Louis was top man in the Company,but once he gets arrested,they all turn against him.Penelope went to Todd.Real friends would have stayed with him to help him when they could.They are soooo phony.Louis may have been a bit of a snob,but at lease he would have stayed with any of them.I am glad he,and Ophelia came together.She is a better fit for Louis,and better looking than Penelope.

Actor Don Ameche (brother Mortimer Duke) apparently told director Jon Landis bluntly that if he wanted him in the movie and insisted that he did racist and profanity content that he had best have his best people on set for those scenes and run an additional camera because he was only going to get one take out of him for 'that'. Jon Landis agreed and the rest is history.

A lot of people don't know this, but Trading Places is actually a remake of the 1954 film 'The Million Pound Note', which is itself an adaptation of a short story by Mark Twain.

The Gorilla part is my favorite because they're BOTH guys in suits its just one is purposefully fake the other one is just a super expensive budget costume XD

10:35 $1 in 1983 had the buying power of $2.99 in 2022, so $80,000 × 2.99 = about 240,000 per year. Not bad for a starting level salary. Plus he gets a house and clothes and a car and a personal valet at no cost and with utilities and dining expenses covered, so that becomes some really good pay.

This movie is the first part of a trilogy called The Duke Bros. trilogy. Part 2 is Coming To America, and part 3 of the trilogy is called Coming 2 America. Each film involves the Duke Brothers in some way.

That single moment where Eddie Murphy looks at us is comedy genius.

Shouting out to Crow Crow, wishing you the best with your recovery brother!! Sending positive vibes your way man. J, thanks for watching this film bro for Xmas time. It's such a good film and I loved your reactions to it.

That song in that party scene is 'Do You Wanna Funk?' by SYLVESTER! Sylvester (his last name that he never used was James.) Sylvester was a major, (more like GIGANTICLY epic) Disco artist roughly five years before this movie was made and was STILL alive in 1983!

Eddie was on snl after Dan. He was on a 4 year stint where lorne Michaels wasn't producer. Also the cross eyeed guy on the train is former Senator Al Franken. Love the content, man. Murder whistle! Hawks comin! Bundle it tight!!!!!

I really appreciate your sense of humour and your honesty :) You MUST review "Strange Brew" - it's a takeoff (pun intended) on the Canadian duo of Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as "Bob & Doug McKenzie". It's a ridiculous and seriously funny movie.

One more comment...every year on New Year's Eve/day, I walk around saying HAPPY NEW YEAR just like Eddie Murphy on the train car. And you can't tell me you wouldn't chew Jamie's gum. 😂 FYI that movie was shot inside the world trade center.

The pawnbroker was Bo Diddley. The. cop who found the angel dust was Frank Oz.

...and Yes, That was Paul Gleason from the Breakfast Club...often casted as unlikable characters. The cast of Breakfast Club spoke very highly of him though and how helpful he was as he had more acting experience than the entire cast combined.

"His butt a daycare right now" 😆

Beaks was also the Captain or whatever in Die Hard. He plays smarmy pretty good.

It's so wonderful to return back to this vivid and vivifying community! Merry Christmas all! Blessings to J, Blank, and the Hounds Of Love.

So glad you did this. One of my top 5 of all time. It's great to see Jay really crack up 🤣

"I've watched the hell out of Coming to America" -- Now you finally get Randolf and Mortimer's backstory.

Louie when he’s pawning his watch, the pawn broker is Bo Didley

You have a great laugh. Another great reaction to a classic. Thank you.

Best wishes for a fast recovery Crow Crow! glad you enjoyed this movie JL! happy holidays! (the salmon going into that nasty santa suit is always the worst part to me lol)

Dan Aykroyd left SNL in 1979, Murphy joined in 1980. Lol I knew you were going to lose it at the end when Mortimer says f#%k him!

"Fuck him!" The best line in the movie, imo. I've seen this flick more times than I can count, and I laugh at that line every time.

Now ,this is a Christmas movie..

YES!! LOVE THIS MOVIE!! Originally, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor were considered for the leads in this film, as a Chauffeur and his employer, a stock broker, where they switch places for a week to see how different their lives would have been.

Classic movie. Hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤️

"Absolute power corrupts absolutely but absolute powerlessness does the same, it's not the poverty, it's the inequality we live with everyday that'll turn us insane" -Akala

27:38 comment. Observant. That might be why they did that to spot the difference from a distance.-Ernie Moore Jr.

To explain the ending, the stock prices were going because of a perceived shortage in OJ. But the protagonists waited till the right moment to start selling shares massively which drove the share prices down. When the crop report came out, it drove prices down even further. Now the protagonists are buying shares to give to the people they sold too when the market opened. Sell high, buy low. As for the Duke Bros. because of the false info they got, their strategy was opposite of what was anticipated and they ended up going broke. Until a African prince bailed them out. 😁

Cool T-Shirt. Dr.Doom is the coolest villain in comics (along with the Joker). BTW $80,000 back in 1983 is $239,125,301.20 today. (Thanks to the Inflation Calculator).