- Clips are shown. Movie is reviewed.
- Eddie Murphy introduces a clip from his movie
"At the Movies" Pryor to Murphy (TV Episode 1983)
A clip is shown.Trading Places: Trading Stories (Video 1983)
Making OfTrading Places: Industry Promotional for ShoWest (Video 1983)
Making Of
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
TV version only includes clip from Sunset Blvd.To Catch a Thief (1955)
As Winthorpe and Valentine are discussing what is to be done, Ophelia is watching TV. A brief clip of the costume ball is shown, just before the newsflash.
"Saturday Night Live" Susan Saint James/Michael McDonald (TV Episode 1983)
Movie plugged by Eddie Murphy when the show needs him to fill in 40 seconds.- Richard Pryor mentions seeing the movie
Angel (1983)
Movie poster outside cinema.Michael Jackson: Thriller (Music Video 1983)
Poster is shown in a theater."Saturday Night Live" Jamie Lee Curtis/The Fixx (TV Episode 1984)
Title mentioned during the monologue and The Julia Show
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Inspired the train scene and stock market manipulationHoi Polloi (Short 1935)
Two rich guys are arguing about what matters most: breeding or upbringing. One bets the other they can take any bum off the street and make him a gentleman.Man with a Million (1954)
2 old men bet on the effect of making a poor man rich for a month.Auntie Mame (1958)
Gloria Upson's/Bunny's story ending with "...and she stepped on the ball."Porgy and Bess (1959)
In one scene, Billy Ray Valentine is riding around on a soapbox with wheels, as Porgy usually does in productions of "Porgy and Bess", but in this case Valentine is only pretending to be disabled. He tries to pick up a woman who ignores him. Calling after her, he says, "I know what you're thinkin' man, - you seen "Porgy and Bess'?"
Changing Places (Video 1984)
Video's title is a takeoff on the mainstream film's title from a year earlier.Space Quest, Chapter 1: The Sarien Encounter (Video Game 1986)
On the keycard Roger obtains aboard the Arcada it is written "Beek and Hinder Security Systems" - a parody on Beek Security company.Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
Parodied in audition for an Eddie Murphy-type.Next Friday (2000)
Kronk's New Groove (Video 2005)
"Looking jiggy Burt, Feeling jiggy, Kronk!"
The Shining (1980)
"Here's Johnny" line when Ophelia opens the door to a customerTerror Train (1980)
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