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In a nature versus nurture experiment, two too-rich men decide to swap the roles of an unfortunate and fortunate man.

A riveting movie through and through.

• Contains plenty of inappropriate things that wouldn't fly in later years.

• 2023-01-20
• 2007-06-21
• Watched before on DVD; notes not taken.

• Likely watched much earlier on TV.

2023-01-20 ∞

• 1:15 --

  • Hoagie
  • Benjamin Franklin
• 2:45 -- Pennsylvania
• 3:15 -- That's a statue of Rocky, of Rocky - (1968 movie)
• 6:30 -- Pork belly
• 7:45 -- Nature versus nurture

• 9:30 --

  • Vietnam War
  • Veteran

• 10:30 --

  • Genetics
  • Nobel Prize - I'm not going to look up the 1983 Nobel prizes.
  • Human nature
• 11:30 -- Squash (sport)

• 13:30 --

  • Exeter
  • Harvard
• 14:00 -- Porgy and Bess
• 15:00 -- Agent Orange
• 15:30 -- He just littered those sunglasses.
• 18:15 -- Lawyer

• 20:30 -- I guess he could mean anywhere, but see the Washington State Department of Agriculture

  • Some other references to products like Soybean
• 23:30 -- Kung Fu
• 24:45 -- Pimp
• 26:00 -- Nightstick

• 28:30 --

  • Hong Kong
  • Kuwait

• 28:45 --

  • Randy Jackson
  • The Jackson 5
• 32:00 -- Harlem Globetrotters
• 34:15 -- Oh, I recognize that actor from somewhere. I thought it was Ferris Bueller's Day Off - (1986 movie) but I can't recall.

• 38:30 --

  • Watches
  • Alligator skin
  • Is "Master Charge" Mastercard?
  • American Express Gold Card
  • Visa Inc.
  • Diners Club International Carte Blanche
  • La bohème
  • Opera
  • PCP

• 42:15 --

  • Persian carpet
  • Kool (cigarette)
  • Coasters
• 43:00 -- Random toplessness..
• 44:45 -- Zoo
• 46:45 -- Purse

• 47:45 --

  • Heroin
  • Embezzlement
• 54:00 -- That is a statue of George Washington.

• 56:30 -- Commodity broker

  • .. various products.
• 56:45 -- Fourth wall break.
• 57:45 -- Bookmaker

• 58:45 -- Unnecessary near-toplessness. I guess this is fan service for her fans.

  • Also actual toplessness..
• 59:30 -- Ophelia
• 1:01:30 -- Monopoly (game)
• 1:02:00 -- G.I. Joe

• 1:04:00 -- The song "Constance Fry" appears to be fictional.

  • https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=153346
  • https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-trading-places-what-was-that-song-they-sang-at-the-tennis-club/261614
  • It was also sung by the Pi Delta Pi in Revenge of the Nerds - (1984 movie)
• 1:07:00 -- A watch.
• 1:11:15 -- Christmas Eve

• 1:15:00 --

  • Marijuana joint
  • Pills
  • Quaalude
  • Valium
  • Cocaine
  • Injection (medicine)
  • Illegal drug trade
  • I should have mentioned False evidence and Frameup earlier..
• 1:16:45 -- Santa Claus
• 1:18:15 -- Psychopathy
• 1:19:00 -- Oh the actual N word this time.
• 1:22:15 -- Suicide.
• 1:23:15 -- Suicide.
• 1:27:15 -- Why are they dressed funny? Is that an American new years thing?
• 1:29:15 -- Cameroon
• 1:29:45 -- Jerky

• 1:30:15 --

  • Tranquilizer
  • First aid kit

• 1:31:00 --

  • Austria
  • Sweden
  • Lederhosen
  • Rucksack

• 1:33:15 --

  • Gorilla
  • Clown
• 1:33:30 -- Aah yes, blackface.
• 1:34:33 -- Philidalphia
• 1:35:00 -- He's leaving his briefcase behind. A case which should have had handcuffed to him.
• 1:35:30 -- King Kong
• 1:37:30 -- Implied zoophilia rape.
• 1:39:45 -- Chewing gum

• 1:41:15 --

  • Super Bowl
  • World Series
  • Soybean
  • College
  • Repossession
  • Bentley

• 1:42:00 --

  • Ulcer
  • Hypertension

• 1:43:00 --

  • Capitalism
  • New York (The New York Stock Exchange)
  • Stock exchange
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Platinum
  • Heating oil
  • Propane
  • Cocoa
  • Sugar
  • Orange juice
  • Broker - Runner, Trader - Pit
  • Cotton]
• 1:46:30 -- This movie can't be remade because the technology has completely changed.
• 1:46:45 -- United States Secretary of Agriculture

• 1:52:00 --

  • Lobster
  • Crab

2007-06-21 ∞

"Looking Good, Feeling Good" Edition

• 58:45 -- Man, that dress is great. Nice body, but the woman isn't all that hot. =(
• 59:10 -- Whoa.
• 1:00:35 -- Ok, I didn't remember much of this movie I guess.

• 1:10:20 -- More nudity? Holy decadent 80s movies, Batman!