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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.

• Goes on to share the same universe as Coming to America – (1988 movie)

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• 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://web.archive.org/web/20230121052746/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!