Coming to America
by John Landis (director)
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Mar 2026 on Good Hang with Amy Poehler.
The general take
The host on Good Hang with Amy Poehler calls Coming to America an "incredible movie" that still has her heart, ranking it alongside Friday as one of her favorite films from growing up. She credits it as a formative influence, suggesting it's a movie that deeply resonated with her and has held up well over time.
About
Thousands of years ago, the first people to arrive on American soil traveled across a land bridge from Asia to what is now Alaska. Millions of people were already settled when Christopher Columbus "rediscovered" America in 1492. New about the "new" world soon spread, and more people arrived on American shores. The trans-atlantic journey was long and arduous, but by 1700, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch colonies had been established. This expansion exacted a toll, however, on the native people who were pushed off their land as well as African people who were forced into slavery. By the mid 1800's, so many people had immigrated to the United States that in 1892, an immigration office was opened on Ellis Island to count and document the new arrivals. By the early 1900's, laws were passed to limit the number of new arrivals.
Who said what
- GH
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“A lot of it for me, these days, it's coming from the internet. Yeah. Like big time, man. But coming up, one of my favorite movies is Coming to America. Oh my God. Incredible movie. Like that's my... Incredible. That's got my heart to this day. And I love Friday. You know? Like that's a big one.”
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