Ep 60 - Coming To America (1988)

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/