Coming to America is the 387th episode of Screen Junkies comedy series Honest Trailers. It was written by Spencer Gilbert, Danielle Radford, and Lon Harris. It was narrated by Jon Bailey as Epic Voice Guy. It parodies the 1988 romantic comedy film Coming to America. It was published on March 2, 2021, to coincide with the release of its sequel, Coming 2 America. It is 4 minutes and 21 seconds long. It has been viewed over 100,000 times.
Script[]
Before you watch another comedy sequel released 10+ years after the original that will probably suck ass (shows posters for Zoolander No. 2, Dumb and Dumber To, Bad Santa 2, and Jay & Silent Bob Reboot), revisit the modern fairy tale that asks, "What if one of those Nigerian prince scams were real?" (shows a "Nigerian prince" letter) Damn, I knew I should've answered that email...
Coming to America
Get ready for a series of late-80's SNL sketches held together by the nuclear charisma of Eddie Murphy...
Prince Akeem: When you think of garbage, think of Akeem!
...that has him cast against type as a naïve romantic, then makes up for it by casting himself as everyone else, too, in a formula that works 100% of the time. (shows posters for The Nutty Professor, Coming to America, and Bowfinger) 50% of the time. (shows posters for Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Vampire in Brooklyn, and Norbit)
Mr. Wong: "--because it is long time in Hell before Wong suck poison out of another man's ass." (laughter from the crowd)
Meet Akeem, yet another royal immigrant who comes to the U.S. to take our jobs; seriously, it's an epidemic. (multiple articles pop up detailing European princes and princesses moving to the United States) But he's surprisingly humble for a guy whose face is on money, and surprisingly righteous for a guy with his own dick washer...
Bather: The royal penis is clean, Your Highness.
...making him one of the only spoiled rich kids to turn out pretty cool. (Not even the director could manage that...) (shows John Landis' director credit) So congratulations to whichever kindhearted nanny raised Akeem, because it was definitely not his parents. (shows King Jaffe and Queen Aoleon on opposite ends on an extremely long table)
Journey to a Wakanda known as Zamunda, a fictional African kingdom thought up by white guys, rich beyond all comprehension, with a bachelor prince who's shy around girls, and the king dresses like a big cat. But Akeem will gladly leave the fame and fortune behind for a chance to move to New York and blatantly steal this poor schmuck's girlfriend. Yeah, I know he's a jerk, but I guess Bro Code ends at the border, huh?
Along for the ride to the Big Apple is Semmi, his... valet? Personal trainer? Human toy? If his job is to be the royal best friend, he's terrible at it.
Semmi: I feel like a complete idiot. / I doubt we will ever find your queen. / What's not fair is me doing manual labor. / Do you realize I have not had sex since we got to America?
Prince Akeem: Things are going so well with Lisa.
Semmi: I do not care.
But every king needs his queen, and Lisa is a hardworking, independent woman with principles... that she'll quickly sell out for a bigger house like the rest of the Boomers.
Prince Akeem: If you like, we can give it all up now.
Lisa: Naaaaahh!
And experience James Earl Jones as you love to see him most: being someone's dad. You may not be my father, sir, but you will always be my daddy.
Witness a truly impressive parade of soon-to-be-famous actors, from Samuel L. Jackson getting his start as this bad mother-effer...
Hold-Up Man: Anybody move, I'll blow your f*cking head off.
...to Cuba Gooding Jr. as "Boy Getting Haircut", to a young Paula Abdul choreographing the dance scenes. (shows Paula Abdul's choreography credit on IMDb) Even the "royal penis" lady got work! (shows Victoria Dillard's IMDb filmography) If Eddie and Arsenio played fewer parts, we could've had Don Cheadle in our lives a whole decade sooner! (shows Don Cheadle as Captain Planet in a Funny or Die sketch)
So sit back and enjoy Eddie Murphy's 80's comedy about Africans, that's aged better than his other 80's comedy about Africans...
Eddie Murphy: I have to go off to the woods of Africa and find me some crazy naked zebra p*ssy.
...that takes you back to a golden era when these two were on top of the world, before they stopped working all the time and went off to enjoy their families and spend their millions. Wait, celebrities are allowed to do that? Will somebody please tell Bruce Willis? (show's Bruce Willis' upcoming filmography
Gen. Ryle (Cosmic Sin): We didn't know whether to burn it or put it in a museum.
James Ford: I'm sure they said the same thing about me.
Welcome to the party, pal; it ended many years ago. You can rest now.
Starring: The Nutty Successor (Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem Joffer); (Dog Pound Noises) (Arsenio Hall as Semmi); Burger Queen (Shari Headley as Lisa McDowell); And Twiinz (Karen and Sharon Owens as Ex-Siamese Twins/Dancers); The Founder (John Amos as Cleo McDowell); City Slicker Too: Legend of Curly's Glo (Eriq La Salle as Darryl Jenks); And Twiiiiiinz (Janette and Vanessa Colon as Fresh Peaches and Sugar Cube); Robert Muga-Bae (James Earl Jones as King Jaffe Joffer); and Sir, This is a Wendy's (shows the McDowell's restaurant in the film, which is actually a redecorated Wendy's).
The honest title for Coming to America was ‘The Prince’s Bride’. Titles designed by Robert Holtby.
Since this takes place in a shared universe, does that mean that Eddie has an identical millionaire twin named Valentine? (shows Eddie Murphy as Billy Ray Valentine in Trading Places)
Viewer's Comments[]
Please say in your awesome voice: "It was Agatha all along!" - Lennon Fausset
SAY: "If the universe is so big, then why won't it fight me?" - Connor Kent!
Please say: "This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them!" - Nathan Searcey
Please say "Harder. Better. Faster. Stronger." - Lost Legend
Trivia[]
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Production Credits[]
Voice Narration: Jon Bailey aka Epic Voice Guy
Title Design: Robert Holtby
Written by: Spencer Gilbert, Danielle Radford, & Lon Harris
Produced by: Spencer Gilbert
Edited by: Kevin Williamsen
Post-Production Supervisor: Emin Bassavand
Director of Video Production: Max Dionne
Associate Producer: Ryan O'Toole
Executive Producer: Roth Cornet