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Eddie Murphy in Coming to America (1988)

Connections

Coming to America

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Edited into

    • Yoostar 2: In the Movies (Video Game 2011)

      Clips used for Yoostar karaoke.

Featured in

    • The System: Coming to America (Music Video 1988)

      clips shown
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Arthur 2: On the Rocks/Short Circuit 2/Coming to America/A Handful of Dust/License to Drive (TV Episode 1988)

      Reviewed.
    • "CBS Summer Playhouse" Coming to America (TV Episode 1989)

      Opening shot of Zamunda is used to open this show.
    • A Vintage Sit-Down with Eddie and Arsenio (Video 1989)

      Making Of
    • 100 Years of Comedy (Video 1997)

      Clip shown.

Features

    • Union Station (1950)

      Frankie Faison is watching this film in the bathtub as James Earl Jones enters the room.

Followed by

    • "CBS Summer Playhouse" Coming to America (TV Episode 1989)

    • Coming 2 America (2021)

Referenced in

    • "Perfect Strangers" High Society (TV Episode 1988)

      Referenced by a partygoer
    • "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Summer Movies Reviews (TV Episode 1988)

      Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert mention they still have not reviewed the film as the studio did not do a preview in Chicago.
    • "Valerie" Coming to America (TV Episode 1989)

      Title reference.
    • The Siskel & Ebert 500th Anniversary Special (TV Special 1989)

      Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert quarrel about the film (in an archive clip).
    • Robot Ninja (1989)

      movie poster

References

    • Duck Soup (1933)

      Zamunda's national anthem appears to be based on Freedonia's.
    • Singin' in the Rain (1952)

      Akeem sings and swings around a lamppost
    • The Ten Commandments (1956)

      During the introduction of Akeems "wife to be" he is offered a dance ritual by her kingdom's natives, mirroring Moses' Ethiopian triumph.
    • Gilligan's Island (TV Series 1964–1992)

      Reverend Brown refers to this series as if it were a Bible story.
    • "That's My Mama" The Shakedown (TV Episode 1975)

      Reverend Brown references Randy Watson's role as Joe The Policeman on this episode, but misnames the episode title as "What's Going Down?"

Remade as

    • The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon (1990)

      Hong Kong remake.
    • My Dear Marthandan (1990)

      Indian remake.

Spoofed in

    • Coming in America (Video 1989)

      parody
    • Coming on America (Video 1989)

      "Coming on America" is a porn parody of "Coming to America".
    • Survivor Series (TV Special 1998)

      The New Age Outlaws imitate the Rocky Marciano discussion scene.
    • "The Powerpuff Girls" Town and Out/Child Fearing (TV Episode 2000)

      The Professor goes to the window opens it and shouts out how he loves it, but a person tells him to shut up. This is a G-rated version of that scene.
    • "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy" My Fair Mandy (TV Episode 2005)

      Principal Goodvibes' introduction song parodies when Oha announces the courtship of Akeem and his wife through song

Version of

    • Putera (1995)

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