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To find this scene in the film look for it around the 1 hour 12 minute mark with the following dialog.
Arsenio Hall (Semmi): Akeem!
Eddie Murphy (Akeem): What have you done?
Eddie Murphy (Akeem): What have you done?
Arsenio Hall (Semmi): You told me to fix up the place.
Eddie Murphy (Akeem): I should kill you!
Arsenio Hall (Semmi): Why?
Eddie Murphy (Akeem): I'm supposed to be a poor man.
Eddie Murphy (Akeem): I'm supposed to be a poor man.
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Elizabeth Perkins (Susan): I'm not so sure we should do this.
Tom Hanks (Josh): Do what?
Elizabeth Perkins (Susan): Well, I like you, and I want to spend the night with you.
Tom Hanks (Josh): Do what?
Elizabeth Perkins (Susan): Well, I like you, and I want to spend the night with you.
Tom Hanks (Josh): Do you mean sleep over?
Elizabeth Perkins (Susan): Well...yeah.
Tom Hanks (Josh): Well, okay... but I get to be on top.
Tom Hanks (Josh): Well, okay... but I get to be on top.
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I love this lamp and bought it in the 80s from a shop in the Cerritos Mall called Doo-Dahs
ReplyDeleteHi. I, too, have one of these lamps; but the starter for the fluorescent bulb burnt out. Do you have any idea how I can replace it? Any suggestion would be helpful. Thanks. You can email me at terrellschafer@yahoo.com.
DeleteI'm commenting on a six year old post to say that I just noticed one of these lights in the amazing Over Our Heads shop on Facts of Life season 7. I wouldn't have made the connection were it not for your great blog!
ReplyDeleteHere’s a link to one for sale on eBay
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