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| COMING TO AMERICA Film 1988. Written by David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein. Directed by John Landis. Starring Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, Shari Headley and Samuel L. Jackson. | |||
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| 1 | Bank of Zamunda  | BBB | Financial Companies | Banks | |||||||
Bank of Zamunda Official bank of Zamunda.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | Big Mick | BBB | Menu | Burgers | |||||||
Big Mick Menu item at McDowells, Cleo's answer to McDonald's Big Mac.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | Joe's Auto Electric | BBB | Retail | Electronics Stores | |||||||
Joe's Auto Electric Store near Akeem and Semmi's apartment in Queens.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | McDowell's | BBB | Dining | Fast Food | |||||||
McDowell's Cleo McDowell's restaurant, which is not McDonald's. Instead of the Big Mac, they have the Big Mick.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | Mick Chili | BBB | Menu | Menu Items | |||||||
Mick Chili Menu item at McDowell's fast food restaurant.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | Mick Fries | BBB | Menu | Fries | |||||||
Mick Fries Menu item at McDowell's fast food restaurant.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | Mick Jr. | BBB | Menu | Menu Items | |||||||
Mick Jr. Menu item at McDowell's fast food restaurant - a smaller version of the Big Mick.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | Mick Shake | BBB | Menu | Shakes | |||||||
Mick Shake Menu item at McDowell's.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | The National Anthem of Zamunda | BBB | Music | Songs | |||||||
The National Anthem of Zamunda Song that plays at the start of the birthday celebration. Same melody as the National Anthem of Freedonia in Duck Soup. | |||||||||||
| 4 | NY-T-Sharp | BBB | Beauty Care | Barber Shops | |||||||
NY-T-Sharp Barber shop near Akeem and Semmi's apartment in Queens.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | See You Next Wednesday  | BBB | Cinema | Movies | |||||||
See You Next Wednesday Movie poster in the subway, starring Dan Aykroyd, Sybil Danning, Jamie Lee Curtis Moe Howard and James Brown, and directed by David Sosna, the associate producer and first assistant director as well as the man who delivers the earrings to the McDowell home in Coming to America. Reference to Frank Poole's father's last line in his video letter, from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | Sexual Chocolate | BBB | Music | Musicians | |||||||
Sexual Chocolate Musician Randy Watson's band that performs at the Black Awareness rally.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | Soul Glo | BBB | Personal Care | Hair Products | |||||||
Soul Glo Hair product.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | That's My Mama | BBB | Television | TV Shows | |||||||
That's My Mama Old TV show featuring Randy Watson, the musician that performs with his band Sexual Chocolate at the Black Awareness rally. | |||||||||||
| 4 | Ultra Perm | BBB | Personal Care | Hair Products | |||||||
Ultra Perm Hair product that barber Clarence mentions. | |||||||||||
| 5 | University of the United States | BBB | Education | State Colleges | |||||||
University of the United States Akeem claims to be a student. | |||||||||||
| 6 | Zamundan Film Commission | BBB | Organizations | Professional Organizations | |||||||
Zamundan Film Commission Organization from Prince Akeem's country thanked in the closing credits. | |||||||||||
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| 7 | Derby Avenue | Map | Transit Routes | Avenues | |||||||
Derby Avenue Cleo McDowel's address in Queens: Derby Avenue in Jamaica Estates. | |||||||||||
| 8 | Jamaica Estates | Map | Urban Areas | Neighborhoods | |||||||
Jamaica Estates Cleo McDowel's address in Queens: Derby Avenue in Jamaica Estates. | |||||||||||
| 9 | Zamunda | Map | Geographic Areas | Countries | |||||||
Zamunda African country where Prince Akeem is from. Name inspired by a Richard Pryor routine where he referred to an African tribe of the same name.  | |||||||||||
| OTHER | |||||||||||
| 3 | Cleo McDowell's dog's name. | Other | Trivia | Name Game-Animals | |||||||
Cleo McDowell's dog's name.
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| 4 | Extremely Ugly Girl | Other | Quotes | Quotes | |||||||
Extremely Ugly Girl Extremely Ugly Girl: I want to tear you apart. And your friend, too.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | King Jaffe Joffer | Other | Quotes | Quotes | |||||||
King Jaffe Joffer King Jaffe Joffer (paraphrasing Dsrth Vader in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi): No. Do not alert him to my presence. I shall deal with him myself. | |||||||||||
| 4 | McDowell's | Other | Themes | Pleasantville | |||||||
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| 5 | Semmi | Other | Quotes | Quotes | |||||||
Semmi Semmi: Freeze, you diseased rhinoceros pizzle.  | |||||||||||
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