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Comedy Central line cut

posted 8 years ago by ScarletKnights
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In the cab, Akeem when asked what part of Queens he wants to go to he replies, "Take us to most common part."

The cabdriver says, "That's easy. If there's one thing Queens has got a lot of, it's common parts."

In the Comedy Central version, the cabdriver's line is cut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyRKjXuWYE0

[–] zendaddy621 8 years ago

Much like a lot of films that air on basic cable and broadcast TV, sometimes scenes deemed as inconsequential are cut simply for the sake of time constraints; this just happens to be one such example...

"...And on this farm he had an igloo..."

[–] ScarletKnights 8 years ago

Yes, but in this case they had the setup without the punchline.