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Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables

Coming to America 1988

With Bill Simmons, Van Lathan and Wesley Morris · 18 February 2021 · 25,385 feet

The claim

110:29 – 113:15

… graffiti. I mean, it was an E train in all likelihood. And I mean, I, did they hire some kids to paint the train? I, I just wonder. That should have been an Apex Mountain graffiti trains. Oh no, you can do way better than that. What piece of memorabilia would you want from this movie? I am going with the McDowell's cheeseburger phone that John Amos makes the call for. I would buy that on eBay right now. It's just tremendous. I like that there's cheese on it. It's so good. I want the gold, I want the gold hair dryer. I've always wanted it. The gold hair dryer. Check it out. You're like, look at this. Yeah, …

The whole segment, as transcribed

I haven't been to New York that much. So like, I asked about that. But that train was really full of graffiti. I mean, it was an E train in all likelihood. And I mean, I, did they hire some kids to paint the train? I, I just wonder. That should have been an Apex Mountain graffiti trains. Oh no, you can do way better than that. What piece of memorabilia would you want from this movie? I am going with the McDowell's cheeseburger phone that John Amos makes the call for. I would buy that on eBay right now. It's just tremendous. I like that there's cheese on it. It's so good. I want the gold, I want the gold hair dryer. I've always wanted it. The gold hair dryer. Check it out. You're like, look at this. Yeah, that guy's entire suitcase with all the toothbrushes is hilarious. Yeah. Eric LaSalle sunglasses. This is dope. The little Sogo. Actually, no, I want, I want Akeem's, I want Akeem's, whatever this, whatever that necklace is, like with the, with the red threads between each of the, of the blocks. That thing is very handsome. Who won the movie? Eddie. Eddie Murphy. Eddie Murphy won the movie. Let's not overthink this one. Yeah, let's not do it. Best supporting actor, though, for Arsenio Hall. He's really good. Oh, yeah. I was trying to think what other actor from that generation could have been his sidekick for that movie and had all the comic timing and been able to do all the different, that could have been funny like that. Good question. Nobody. Yeah, nobody. I mean, Mario Joyner, but were they friends? Was Mario, was Mario, were Mario and Eddie friends? Like, maybe Kenan Wayans, but I don't feel like he would have been as good as Arsenio Hall. No, no, it wouldn't have been the same. Robert Townsend, maybe? Plus, those guys are too good looking. I don't think he could have done it. Those guys are too good looking. Oh, Kenan, for sure. Arsenio's just perfect. Yeah, like, those guys, like, those guys are too good looking, yeah. Kenan would have upstaged, I mean, everything about Kenan Ivory Wayans was a little, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah, the whole family's too handsome to be in that, to do that. I mean, you could have gone outside comedy and had, like, a Denzel. Too much. Because at that point of Denzel's career, he would have taken a job like that. I mean, I do think there's a role for Denzel in this movie that just didn't, it just didn't happen, but. Oh, Wesley Snipes is interesting, but it's too early. He doesn't hit for, like, two more years. I got an interesting one. Sinbad? Ooh. That could have worked. He would have been as good as Arsenio, but that could have worked. He would have been as good as, what, Sinbad? Sinbad's very funny. You do have a prop, you do have a problem. What's the problem? Sinbad is Redbone.

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What the board says

This film IS their apex
Arsenio Hall17,900 ftThe highest point of the career. Carries 50 of 100 of this film.
Their apex is elsewhere
Eddie Murphy25,390 ftBeverly Hills Cop, 1984, by 4,853 feet.
James Earl Jones21,210 ftThe Lion King, 1994, by 3,210 feet.
Samuel L. Jackson26,010 ftPulp Fiction, 1994, by 8,337 feet.
Cuba Gooding Jr.22,500 ftJerry Maguire, 1996, by 4,842 feet.
Ralph Bellamy18,040 ftPretty Woman, 1990, by 411 feet.

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