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Trading Places Full-length Movie Reaction (Patreon)

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2026-01-01 06:00:09
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2026-05-21 00:49:57
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📈 💵 🍊"Looking good, Billy Ray! Feeling good, Louis!"

Join us for the full, uncut watch-along of Trading Places Exclusively for our amazing Patrons — thank you for supporting Totally Whatever!

Please be aware that our reaction video is synchronized with the 1-hour and 51-minute version. Due to copyright restrictions, this is a watch-along format, which requires you to have your own copy of the content to sync with us!

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Trading Places Full-length Movie Reaction

📈 💵 🍊"Looking good, Billy Ray! Feeling good, Louis!" Join us for the full, uncut watch-along of Trading Places Exclusively for our amazing Patrons — thank you for supporting Totally Whatever! Please be aware that our reaction video is synchronized with the 1-hour and 51-minute version. Due to copyright restrictions, this is a watch-along format, which requires you to have your own copy of the content to sync with us! Join our Caffeine Club: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Gy-dQdSjhxTdEXS8qYKug/join Custom Reaction Videos: https://www.reactr.tv/totallywhatever Business inquiries are accepted at: info@totallywhatever.com Mail accepted here: Totally Whatever c/o Nanette PO BOX 372 Damariscotta, ME 04543 *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. All rights belong to their respective owners.

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Gábor Árki

Happy New Year! It was a fun rewatch. You're not alone thinking that whole train sequence just feels a bit out of place. But the trading scene closing the movie is great. It was shot on actual location with real world traders as extras on a day off. I think I read somewhere that it was just a few years before computers were introduced changing the trading forever. There's a fun fact about this movie that I've enjoyed ever since I first heard it regarding the casting of Don Ameche as Mortimer Duke. Director John Landis imagined the character as someone like an older Don Ameche and wanted him for the role, but everyone believed Ameche had died. Landis even contacted the Screen Actors Guild, who said Ameche had no registered agent and that his royalties were being forwarded to his son. Landis took this information as confirmation that he was deceased. However, after hearing the story, one of the secretaries insisted she regularly saw Ameche around Santa Monica. With no other leads, they used directory assistance to search for him in the area and managed to track him down. At the time, Ameche hadn't appeared in a film for over a decade, simply because no one had offered him any roles. During filming, he was very uncomfortable using foul language and would apologize in advance before every take. He was only willing to do a single take of the scene in which he shouts "f... him" at Randolph. The success of this movie revived his career and eventually led to his casting in Cocoon (1985), for which he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Unfortunately it is now one of those lost movies that are simply not available on streaming, nor had a physical media release in decades. PS: Another fun 80s comedy worth watching if you haven't seen it yet is Coming to America, starring Murphy and also directed by Landis.

Anthony Donato

Happy New Year to you both and your family!

Powers209

Happy Happy. All the best in 2026. Thanks for the watch along. It'll go great with my super late breakfast.

Totally Whatever

Happy New Year, Gábor! I'm so glad they were able to track him down. We would love to do a reaction to "Coccon", it's unfortunate that it isn't available.

Totally Whatever

Happy New Year, Powers209! I hope you enjoyed your super late breakfast.

Phil Stubblefield

Wow, Gábor, thanks for the fascinating trivia! What a great story about Don Ameche. I was also thinking about Cocoon as I watched this reaction, and I had no idea that it was no longer readily available. How sad, because I remember really enjoying that film.

Phil Stubblefield

Nanette, your comparison of the Duke Brothers with the Blues Brothers was hilarious! There is, however, one additional similarity: both sets of siblings wound up in jail at the end of their respective films! 😆 You mentioned the montage of the Heritage Club portraits that occurs while Winthorpe is being carried away by the police. To me, that scene always emphasized the deaf ears that his wealthy "friends" were suddenly turning to him. I was waiting for the look on your faces at the $1 reveal. You did not disappoint! Prior to that scene, it's hard to imagine the Dukes being any more loathsome... and then they manage to make you hate them even more! 🤬 It was also cute that, just before the final scene in the stock exchange, you were hoping that Winthorpe and Valentine would open a business together. But after cleaning out the Dukes for $394M, even split four ways, I'm pretty sure none of them ever had to worry about working again... 😁 And finally: Merry New Year, Nanolyn! 🥳

Mike the Ginger

In this country, we say "Happy New Year".

Mike the Ginger

Nice reaction to one of my favorite movies and this is officially the first movie I have now watched in the New Year of 2026! - This movie was directed by John Landis, who also did the 1978 film "Animal House" with John Belushi, the late brother of actor Jim Belushi who appeared in this film, as well as the 1980 hit "The Blues Brothers". If you recall, the serious looks from the portraits on the wall at Winthorpe are similar to the serious looks from the statues in Chicago in "The Blues Brothers". - Actor and director Frank Oz also played the policeman giving John Belushi his belongings in "The Blues Brothers", in a similar cadence to when he is searching Winthorpe. - When Nanette mentioned the smoked salmon would have beard hair all over it, I couldn't wait for her reaction when he eats it on the bus. I actually have the Funko Pop of Louis Winthorpe with the smoked salmon. - I love making huge salads and Jamie Lee Curtis is eating the best looking salad I have ever seen in a movie LOL - Eddie Murphy really wears a suit well, I am quite jealous. I also recommend another John Landis directed film with Eddie Murphy "Coming to America" from 1988, as well as Eddie Murphy's massive box office hit from the year before this, 1982's "48 Hrs." Merry New Year!

Phil Stubblefield

Mike wrote: "When Nanette mentioned the smoked salmon would have beard hair all over it, I couldn't wait for her reaction when he eats it on the bust." Same! 😂

Kevin Rubio

This film (originally) was a vehicle for Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder, in a continuation of there comedy movies that harkened back to the days of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby's "Road Show Pictures." It all came to a shrieking halt when Richard Pryor accidentally set himself on fire while free basing cocaine. Eddie Murphy was an unknown commodity at the time of pre-production for this movie. Jeffrey Katzenberg championed him and convinced director John Landis that he was going to be a huge star. 48 HRS came our later in that year and Jeffrey was proven right. Dan had two failed projects prior to this film and since the death of his friend John Belushi. TRADING PLACES saved his career, and made way for his next film - GHOSTBUSTERS. "Muffy" - Dan Akroyd's girlfriend, is Jamie Lee Curitis' little sister - Kelly Curtis.

softshoes

I forgot how many boobs there were back in the 80s. I also remember how shocked everyone was when Jamie Lee dropped her top. Loved watching again with you ladies. Happy New Year to you both.

Totally Whatever

Merry New Year, Phil!! Glad you liked this reaction. $349M - not too shabby!!

Totally Whatever

I love that we were part of your first movie watch in 2026! That smoked salmon scene will never leave my head now. No wonder they have a Funko Pop 🤣.

Totally Whatever

Great trivia as usual, Kevin! Thank you. I can't believe that "Muffy" is Jamie Lee Curtis' baby sister. Really horrible to hear that about Richard Pryor. I just read more about the incident, which was truly awful.

Totally Whatever

We definitely didn't expect it in this movie. Happy New Year to you too!!

REDR58

I am still trying to track down a reasonably-priced Blu-ray copy of "Cocoon" but holy cow they are $$$.

REDR58

New Jersey... NEW JERSEY??? Nanette! So, speaking of a sightseeing tour of Philadelphia... Right after the Paramount logo, in the center of the first shot with the water spilling over the top of the Fairmount Dam, the building behind the 3 sculls on the water is the Turtle Rock Light/Lighthouse on Turtle Rock, the only lighthouse in Philadelphia. It was built in 1887 on the Schuylkill River (the same river Sylvester Stallone runs past in Rocky (1976)), but is no longer used as a formal navigation light, though there is a decorative light in the tower's lantern. It is home of the 128-year-old "Sedgeley Club" which is a women's social club: sedgeleyclub.org The lighthouse is located near the famous "Boathouse Row" which is a series of 100+ year old buildings owned by rowing clubs which make up the "Schuylkill Navy" which hosts several large regattas on the river every year. Each night the boathouses are outlined in light. You can see a photo of the boathouses at night and more of the lighthouse here: friendsofhistoricsedgeley.org Then there is a shot of The Liberty Bell located directly across from the historic Independence Hall (where the bell used to be located in its bell tower). Right after the shot of the Salvation Army collection and the Santa decorations, there is a view of The Italian Market at 00:00:38, which is the same neighborhood Stallone runs through during the training montage in "Rocky" but I'm not sure if it's the same exact street. At 00:01:42 there is a shot of the Schuylkill Expressway/Interstate-76 and just across the Schuylkill River in the background you can see Boathouse Row and once again the Turtle Rock Lighthouse with its white lantern at the top of the tower. At 00:01:50 behind the "Apollo" adult movie theater is Philadelphia's City Hall, the largest masonry building in the world with no metal skeleton. Stallone ran right past this building in the first Rocky movie early in the morning after drinking the eggs! Then at 00:01:52 you can see the top of the bell tower at Independence Hall where the Liberty Bell used to hang and where the "Centennial Bell" is now located. At 00:01:57, Louis' house at 2014 Delancey Place (Street) is a real private residence, near Rittenhouse Square. At 00:02:12 you can see the Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier with the statue of General George Washington and the Eternal Flame (which has gone out on occasion!) at Washington Square where thousands of US revolutionary soldiers are buried nearby. The clock seen at 00:03:35 on the West side of Independence Hall is a 1973 replica of the "Thomas Stretch Clock" built in 1753 and later removed. Note that the Roman numeral for "4" is represented by "IIII" instead of the typical "IV" which is usually seen on such clocks. At 00:03:02 Rodin's "The Thinker" statue can be seen just outside the Rodin Museum (rodinmuseum.org) on the mile-long Benjamin Franklin Parkway which runs between the "Rocky steps" of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and City Hall. After views of several other statues we finally see at 00:03:10 the statue of Rocky himself that was formerly located near the steps of the Art Museum, then moved to The Spectrum, the then-home of The Philadelphia 76ers basketball and Philadelphia Flyers hockey teams at the time this movie was filmed. The statue has since been moved back to near the steps of The Philadelphia Museum of Art. The "Duke & Duke" building seen at various points is the old Fidelity Bank building (now Wells Fargo) at 135 South Broad Street near City Hall. As Dan Akroyd first enters the building at 00:05:25, that is the real interior of the lobby. The exterior of the "Heritage Club" at 00:09:15 is the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music building at 1726 Locust Street in Philadelphia, but the interiors were filmed in New York. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Institute_of_Music The exterior of the police station seen after Valentine is bailed out of is an old branch building of the U.S. Mint which was being used by the Community College of Philadelphia. I think some of the interiors are of the real building. At 00:52:30, Jamie Lee Curtis is standing in front of the 1976 "Clothespin" sculpture by Claes Oldenburg at Centre Square (with the massive City Hall seen after she gets in the cab) near 1500 Market Street. The stainless-steel spring between the two halves of the clothespin happens to resemble a "76": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIgu9_Pxe7s At 00:53:58 you get a nice overview of Independence Hall (and the Thomas Stretch Clock replica seen again, under the main bell tower) with the Society Hill Towers in the background and the Delaware River and Camden, New Jersey beyond. Once again, Stallone ran right along that stretch of this river's edge in Rocky as he passes the old sailing ship "Moshulu" (not visible here). The shots then move in on the statue of Washington in front of Independence Hall. During the sequence of close-up views, a man in a bright red puffy jacket, black pants and brown shoes can be seen on the far left, walking left to right first on one side of the street and suddenly he's on the opposite side of the street moving left to right again, as if he instantly crossed the road and then went back the same way he came! A few of the cars are also "reset." BTW, blues and rock guitarist Bo Diddley plays the pawn shop worker who Winthorpe tries hocking his watch to. A great nighttime view of City Hall with its yellow clock face in the tower is at 01:19:58. The sign on the side of the train in the subway heading outbound to NYC at 01:31:00 reads "Reserved for Baltimore Delta Club annual New Year's Eve Costume Party." After the Duke Boys, er, brothers meet up with "Beeks" in the parking garage at 01:38:50, we get a view of the interior of Philadelphia's 30th Street (railway) Station. Its full name is the "William H. Gray III 30th Street Station" but no one calls it that. The winged Pennsylvania Railroad World War II Memorial statue from 1952 at the far end: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_World_War_II_Memorial The interior of this building is seen in a number of other movies, including "Blow Out" (1981) with John Travolta and "Witness" (1985) with Harrison Ford. Anyway, that's just about all the noteworthy places from the movie to see if you decide to visit Philadelphia! Happy New Year!

Totally Whatever

Oh my goodness! 🤦‍♀️ I'm so embarrassed by my New Jersey comment. I wasn't paying attention. Apologies to anyone from Philadelphia! Thanks for the full tour - we have to visit at some point, and we can use this comment as our guide! Happy New Year!

REDR58

Us Pennsylvanians like to hassle New Jersey but it’s all in good fun,

REDR58

Oh, also, the 2004 movie “National Treasure” with Nicholas Cage is set partly in Philadelphia and at one point he goes up inside the bell tower of Independence Hall which is, as far as I know, the only time a movie has had a scene filmed up in there. It’s a fun movie you two should watch on your own outside the channel.