Best Film Ever

Ep 60 - Coming To America (1988)

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TOWARDS THE END, THERE'S ABOUT 2 MINUTES OF SILENCE.  THE PROGRAMME RESUMES AT 2:02:00 AND YOU'LL WANT TO HEAR THIS WEEK'S CODA.

This week we're heading off to McDowell's in search of two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a seedless bun in Coming To America.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, Georgia - as we head to Queens, New York via Zamunda with Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall as our royal escorts.  It's an 8-dollar haircut of a 60th episode as we discuss:

  • Why did Eddie Murphy and John Landis work together again after the friction during Trading Places
  • At what point does James Earl Jones predict his own cinematic future in this film
  • We share a sobering story regarding Louie Anderson's placement in this film
  • Ian asks if we forgive Cleo too easily by the end
  • When is a story by Eddie Murphy perhaps not a story by Eddie Murphy
  • Which of the prosthetic alter-egos of Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall fooled Ellie
  • Which actors did Georgia not recognise in this film as her legendary face blindness struck again
  • There's a coda worth sticking around to the end for as Karma strikes one of our panel in the keester
  • Whether or not Coming To America is the Best Film Ever

    • Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

    Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

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