BEST LINE - Coming to America (1988) Discussion

[–] jbs-30 15 years ago

Well.... Every single line uttered in the barbershop!! Oh man, oh man...:-)

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[–] cltdreamer 15 years ago

The bit about Martin Luther King punching him is hilarious.
As if Dr MLK would do something like that...and "Oops, I thought you were somebody else." LOL

Also,

*opens door*
"AAAARRGH!!!"
*slams it and opens again*
"Your Majesty."

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[–] vyperman7 15 years ago

The whole movie is hilarious from start to finish. Very hard to choose a best line. However, the one I love the most would definitely have to be :

"Good morning my neighbors"

"Hey *beep* you!!"

"Yes, Yes, *beep* you too!"

Gets me every time.

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[–] willydoe71 15 years ago

"He helped Joshua fight the battle of Jericho, he helped Daniel get out the lion's den, he helped Gilligan get off the island. "

"Some of you might remember him as Joe the policeman on the what's going down episode of That's my Momma"

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[–] Kate517 15 years ago

Girl, you look so good, someone ought to put you on a plate and sop you up with a biscuit!

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[–] Riff98 15 years ago

"Hey Stu! Your rent is due Mother ******! Don't pull that falling down the stairs **** on me, you hear!? Yeah, you conscious! LOL

"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father but through me." John 14:6

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[–] irishhelden 15 years ago

Ditto on this one for me too. It very well may be the greatest delivery in the history of cinema. At the very least, no human has every uttered a better "MF-er"...

"Hey Stu! Your rent's due Muthafackah! And don't be pullin' that fallin' down the stairs sh!t on me again, you hear? Hey, you conscious!..... (then he mutters up the stairs) Sh!t, every month same g*ddamn thing"

Simply the Greatest.

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[–] PunkBuster88 14 years ago

"Hey Stu! Your rent's due Muthafackah! And don't be pullin' that fallin' down the stairs sh!t on me again, you hear? Hey, you conscious!..... (then he mutters up the stairs) Sh!t, every month same g*ddamn thing"

It`s been over 20 years and I'm still laughing at that line!

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[–] ozzy86433 12 years ago

The "Your rents due *beep* part was even sampled into a Bone Thuggz'n'harmony song. "Crept and we Came" I think. Its on the E-1999 album anyway.

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[–] cellphonefred 15 years ago

"IN THE FACE!"

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[–] Kashtaristhereaper 15 years ago

Bark like a little dog
arf arf
Big dog
Woof Woof.

And of course: The royal penis is clean sire.

"I did it thirty-five minutes ago."
Watchmen

I AM ONLY LIVING OUT A LIE!!!

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[–] irishhelden 15 years ago

"You know-ah! When I look at these contestants-ah! for the Miss Black Awareness Pageant, I feel good! 'Cause I know there's a God-ah somewhere! A God-ah somewhere!!"

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[–] rlong3404 15 years ago

Some of the funniest lines were often said by John Amos' character Cleo.

Cleo McDowell: "LOOK THE GIRL DON'T LIKE YOU ANYMORE. CAN'T YOU GET THAT THROUGH YOUR GREASY HEAD?!"

There's many lines in this movie, but that one just kills it for me. John Amos was vintage James Evans when he delivered that line. Also,

Cleo McDowell: "Now I don't care who you are! This America jack! Now you say one more word about Lisa, and I'ma break my foot off in your royal a**!"

Classic...

The last one in the same scene was:

Cleo McDowell: "He's got his own money. And baby, when I say the boy's got his own money, I mean HE'S GOT HIS MONEY!!!" ----the look on his face when he says that line is just hilarious.

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[–] JarekReanimated 15 years ago

Wow I can't believe noone has mentioned this line.

"I want a woman that will arouse my intellect as well as my loins"

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[–] dcap1979 15 years ago

Cleo: Son, I'm only gonna tell you this one time...

Akeem: Yes!

Cleo:...you wanna keep working her, stay off the drugs.

Akeem: Yes!

or this one from Semi: "40 days of fornication."

But honestly, I'd argue the whole movie is the best line; it's still the only movie that can make me laugh non-stop from beginning to end.

dcap1979: your favorite poster's favorite poster.

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[–] onyxtiger74 15 years ago

This movie is THE BEST!!!

"You lying. You ain't nevah met no Dr. Martin Lutha the Kang!"

"She's your Queeeen to hoo be. A vision of perfection, free from infection...to quench your royal fire!"

"Oh yes! I'm following the game quite well!"

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He ain't no god! It's like he being judged by God!-Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder

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[–] syvi 15 years ago

The basketball scene has some gold ones:

Lisa: Who was that?
Akeem: Oh, just some man I met in the restroom.

and the classic...

Akeem: Yes! In the face!...Put it in the face, right? I like this.

--Alien Dude: Need two tickets to Pearl Jam--

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[–] stevenackerman69 13 years ago

I can actually do that voice. And I am a white guy.

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[–] kawada_shougo 15 years ago

Cleo: "I don't know whether to shake your hand, or kiss it, or bow, or what. I feel like breakdancing."

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[–] katinka1969 15 years ago

"You see, that's the problem! I can't find a man who can satisfy me! Some men put in an hour? Hour and a half? That's it! A man's got to put in overtime for me to get off!"

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[–] Eigan 15 years ago

Plenty of it in this movie, but I'll go with King Jaffe Joffer's "so you see, my son, there is a very fine line between love and nausea."

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[–] stevenackerman69 15 years ago

I like Akeem's response to that. He says, "Please refrain from using any further obscenities in the presence of these people." Yeah, this coming from a guy who curses in stand-up. That's like Richard Pryor saying that.

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[–] robertwnielsen 15 years ago

I know it's been posted before, but my favorite has to be -

Eddie as the barber - "*beep* YOU! *beep* YOU, AND *beep* YOU!! Who's next??"

"Has anybody ever told you you have a SERIOUS IMPULSE CONTROL PROBLEM??"

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[–] chaniboo 15 years ago

Oh my gosh. From start to finish this movie is hilarious. My favorite line is at the end when the white guy in the barber shop tries to tell a joke.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait stop right there! Listen: Stop right there, man. A man goes into a restaurant. You listenin'? A man goes into a restaurant, and he sits down, he's having a bowl of soup and he says to the waiter, "waiter come taste the soup."

Waiter says: Is something wrong with the soup?
He says, "Taste the soup."
The waiter says,"Is there something wrong with the soup? Is the soup too hot?"
He says: Will you taste the soup? What's wrong, is the soup too cold?
"Will you just taste the soup?!"
"Alright, I'll taste the soup - where's the spoon??"
Aha. Aha! ... Whadaya know from funny, you bastards?

Tell me you didn't love me when you thought I was a goat herder and I will never bother you again.

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[–] stevenackerman69 13 years ago

Cute joke. I wonder how many people in the theater had gotten up and then had to sit back down realizing there was more in the film?

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