Saturday, June 02, 2007

"you were there, and you said some things that seemed pretty real"

I recognize the date 5/13/1987 as when I completed my escape from Africa after being a POW in Libya the previous year. I am thinking that Phoebe and I got married - privately - in 1989.

From 5/13/1987 to 6/29/1988 is: 59 weeks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_to_america

Coming to America is a 1988 comedy film directed by John Landis. The screenplay was written by David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein, and Eddie Murphy, based on an idea and an original script by Art Buchwald. Murphy joined James Earl Jones, Arsenio Hall and Madge Sinclair in starring roles

Akeem Joffer (Eddie Murphy), the prince and heir to the throne of a fictitious African country named Zamunda, is discontented with being pampered all his life. The final straw is when his parents (James Earl Jones, Madge Sinclair) present him with a bride-to-be he has never met before, who only desires to mindlessly obey his every command.

Akeem concocts a plan to travel to America to find a wife he can both love and respect. He and servant Semmi (Arsenio Hall) go to Queens, New York, and after several scrapes, find an apartment and begin working at a local restaurant called McDowell's, a blatant copy of McDonald's. When he first meets Akeem and Semmi, McDowell explains all the minute differences between his place and McDonald's, ending with the line, "They use the sesame seed bun. My buns have no seeds."

Akeem falls in love with Lisa (Shari Headley), the daughter of the restaurant's owner, Mr. McDowell (John Amos). The rest of the film centers on Akeem's attempts to win Lisa's hand in marriage, while adjusting to life in America and dodging his royal duties and prerogatives.


Eddy Murphy is 3 years, 3.4 months, older than the actress he marries in the movie, "Coming To America."

3-3-4

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000552/

Eddie Murphy
Date of Birth: 3 April 1961
...
Coming to America (1988) .... Prince Akeem/Clarence/Randy Watson/Saul


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372191/

Shari Headley
Date of Birth: 15 July 1964, Queens, New York, USA
...
Coming to America (1988) .... Lisa McDowell



The actor who portrayed "The Golden Child" was born 33.59 months after 11/28/1976. I recognize the date 11/28/1976 as when I launched from the Jupiter moon Callisto for my 4/14/1977 return to Earth after my mission to the comet.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714164/

J.L. Reate
Date of Birth: 14 September 1979

The Golden Child (1986) .... The Golden Child


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091129/

The Golden Child (1986)

Release Date: 12 December 1986 (USA)

Plot Outline: A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child that dark forces want to eliminate.