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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:15 PM Original message |
"Trading Places" has got to be one of the funniest movies of all time |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. It was a very satisfying movie. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. If people had taken it seriously, we could have avoided TARP I & II. See link: |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. Classic comedy of its era |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. A favorite comedy, back when Eddie Murphy used to be funny. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. I remember Al Franken in that movie, |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I remember that part |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Wow, I didn't know (or notice) that! |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. One of Richard Hunt's few on screen appearances |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'm dressed as a baggage handler. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Is that Franken as the handler? Looks like him. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Very much so. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Yes, he was great. Of course I loved him more when he got into political writings. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Who couold forget |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. Loved the movie |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. yeah, that's a classic |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. DON'T GIVE THEM ANY IDEAS!!! |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. lol |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I don't think it could be a remake |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. it could still be made to interrogate such stereotypes |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. I liked that it did a nice job of pointing out that people are a product of their environment |
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siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
36. The old nature vs nurture |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. The TV version is not funny at all |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. "Pork bellies, which is used in bacon, |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I love that scene! |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. Sooooo....without looking it up on Wikipedia (!), what did they do in the last scene .... |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. "Selling FCOJ at 142!!!" |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. No, not entirely. What did they actually DO? (edited) |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 12:01 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. They sold high, and bought low |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Very close. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Thanks for the explanation |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Eye contact and hand signals. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 02:41 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. They used illicit knowledge of the federal orange crop report that they had stolen from... |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
28. Another hilarious scene |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
30. Margin call, gentlemen. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
33. Good illustration of the sense of entitlement the rich have. |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
34. I saw it when it came out- and was hypnotized by Jamie Lee Curtis' spectacular tatas; |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
35. Yea, that fits in also. |
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