Funny / Coming to America

• Randy Watson and his band, Sexual Chocolate.
• Akeem attempts to catch a cab...by walking out into the middle of the street, putting his hand out and shouting, "Halt!" at it.
  Cab driver: "You dumb FUCK!"
  • Akeem, with the biggest grin on his face: "What does 'dumb fuck' mean?"
• "She's your queen to be..."
• How about when Akeem stuck his head out a window to say "hello" to the city?
  "Good morning, my neighbors!"
  "Hey, fuck you!"
  "YES, YES! FUCK YOU, TOO!"
• "I worship the devil."
• "I was Joan of Arc in my former life."
• "HEY STU, YOUR RENT'S DUE, MOTHERFUCKER!!"
  • *fart*
• "You are not Akeem!" "...I know that."
  • And later, finding out Akeem has a job: "MY SON WORKS!?" Which James Earl Jones claims is his favorite of all the lines he spoke on film.
• Akeem formally introducing himself to Lisa for the first time. Murphy's timing and facial expressions make this scene.
  "When you think of garbage, think of Akeem!"
• The Queen: *In the most regal voice ever* "Put a sock in it, Jaffe! The boy is in love!"
• Reverend Brown!
  • "If loving the Lord is wrong, I don't want to be right!"
  • "He helped Joshua fight the battle of Jericho, yes, he helped Daniel get out of the lions' den, he helped GILLIGAN get off the island, Lord..."
• Akeem gleefully skipping down the street, singing very loudly about being in love.
  • And all of the people on the street yelling at him to shut up due to his poor singing at an ungodly hour of the morning.
• The two chalk outlines on the floor of the apartment: "Damn shame what they did to that dog."
  • To show how crappy the apartment is, there's a big rat.
• James Earl Jones is hysterical as King Jaffe Joffer:
  "I tied my own shoes once. It is an overrated experience."
• This exchange at the end, after Akeem and Lisa have been married, and are leaving for a life of luxury.
  Lisa: Would you *really* have given up all this just for me?
  Akeem: Of course. If you like we can give it up now.
  [Lisa pauses to think]
  Lisa: Naaaah!
• "Just let your SOOOOUUUUUL GLOOOOOO!"
• This bit:
  Akeem: Sir, I was wondering did you happen to catch the professional football contest on television last night?
  Cleo: No, I didn't.
  Akeem: Oh it was most exhilarating, the Giants of New York took on the Packers of Green Bay. And in the end, the Giants triumphed by kicking an oblong ball made of pigskin through a big "H." It was a most ripping victory.
  Cleo: Son, I'm just gonna tell you this one time.
  Akeem: Yes?
  Cleo: You want to keep working here, stay off the drugs.
  Akeem: (still smiling) Yes. (leaves)
• The barber guy and his stories.
  "There they go, there they go! Every time I start talkin' 'bout boxin', a white man gotta pull Rocky Marciano out they ass!"
  • "He beat Joe Louis' ass!" "... That's right, he did whip Joe Louis's ass."
  • "Joe Louis was 75 years old when he fought!"
  • "Fuck you! Fuck you! And fuck you! Who's next?"
• "Who the fuck is this asshole?"
• A whopper of a Brick Joke: Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche (as the now-destitute Randolph and Mortimer Duke from Trading Places) are sleeping on the street (with Randolph refusing to speak to Mortimer) when Akeem tosses them a pile of money. The two are delighted, talking about how they're going to restart their rise to the top again.
  Randolph: "Mortimer... We're back!"
  • And then, a couple of scenes later, when Akeem and Lisa are having dinner in a nearby restaurant, they're suddenly interrupted by the two "tramps" knocking on the window cheerfully saying "Thank you! Let's do lunch."
• The running gag of McDowells being a barely-veiled rip-off of McDonalds and Mr. McDowell living in permanent fear of a visit from their lawyers.
• King Jaffe furiously telling Semmi that he is to be punished... by being confined to the royal suite of the Waldorf-Astoria and bathed by the royal attendants.
  • And immediately before that, Semmi unleashes a beautifully-timed (and ad-libbed) scream when he opens the door to be greeted by King Joffre and his entourage, before slamming the door in their faces, and opening it again a second later much more composed.
• Saul, examining the huge lion skin with an intact face that Jaffe wears as a sash:
  "This is beautiful! What is this, velvet?"
• When Cleo gets Darryl's family to join him as he makes the wedding announcement at his party, they get off the couch, and the Soul Glo in the hair has left large wet patches in the fabric.
• "At least we learned how to make french fries!"

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