The Golden Child
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Oct 26, 2026
Bob CescaHOST
So it's probably a good thing that they didn't cast Eddie Murphy.
Bob CescaHOST
He went on to do The Golden Child.
Bob CescaHOST
I think that's why he eventually said no to Star Trek IV.
Bob CescaHOST
In my head, I always try to imagine Eddie Murphy as kind of a nutty professor, UFO, conspiracy theory guy in this movie, which is what this character originally was supposed to be.
Boaz SoiferHOST
And then you have, of course, the Tibetan tradition with, for example, the Dalai Lama and the Karmapa and I believe the Tashi Lama, is that they reincarnate and come back into those roles, which means that a very sophisticated Tibetan astrology process needs to be gone through to to predict where and when and who is the next incarnation.
Boaz SoiferHOST
If you've ever seen, again, I don't know why I keep referencing Eddie Murphy movies, but The Golden Child, right? And in The Golden Child, they show you him being tested.
Boaz SoiferHOST
where he's supposed to remember the beads that he wore in his past incarnation.
Boaz SoiferHOST
And the scene in the movie there, not as a spoiler, but you really should go see it if you haven't, is when the guy shows him the tray with all the beads for him to pick up.
Bob CescaHOST
So it's probably a good thing that they didn't cast Eddie Murphy.
Bob CescaHOST
He went on to do The Golden Child.
Bob CescaHOST
I think that's why he eventually said no to Star Trek IV.
Bob CescaHOST
In my head, I always try to imagine Eddie Murphy as kind of a nutty professor, UFO, conspiracy theory guy in this movie, which is what this character originally was supposed to be.
Ron FunchesGUEST
terrified or safe.
Ron FunchesGUEST
The golden child from the movie The Golden Child.
Russ FrushtickHOST
Sorry, Thieve is Tom Cruise in this
Chris PlanteHOST
case? Thieve is like an idea of the lead fighter in your squadron, basically.
Sandy HatcherGUEST
You know,
Jeff EasterlingHOST
people play songs with these bowls together, you know, and it's like a— I don't know, it made me think of Eddie Murphy in The Golden Child, right? They ring it, but they did the first one, no big deal, but then they put it in, I don't know, they called it Big Beulah, Big Bertha, maybe something.
Jeff EasterlingHOST
It's a big, big, big bowl.
Sandy HatcherGUEST
Oh.
Tristan RiddellHOST
not Kurt Russell exactly comedic chops you gotta give me a let's just say eddie murphy and throw in some a child and maybe a golden child i don't know like something like that
John MillsHOST
golden child have you ever seen the golden child yeah um it defeats your argument so go on throw somebody else in front of me please ray leota
BretzkyADVERTISER
yes
John MillsHOST
famed comedic actor ray leota who four years later would be in goodfellas yeah this could have been a
JayHOST
Like I said, I watched it a lot when I was younger.
JayHOST
Between this, I think I had The Golden Child on the same VHS and then one other movie.
JayHOST
I know it's kind of a weird combination.
JayHOST
But
ChristinaGUEST
movies, I went back down memory lane a little bit.
ChristinaGUEST
I went to go watch The Golden Child.
RJHOST
Well, she's a great
Jared LeighHOST
supporting actress there.
ChrisHOST
Well, so my favorite movie of his, and it's not a great movie, And the reason why it's my favorite is only because of him.
ChrisHOST
It's The Golden Child.
ChrisHOST
Not a great movie.
ChrisHOST
No, it's not.
Scott IbarraHOST
And then I also think because it was the mid-'80s, uh, John Carpenter and the suits, which is one of the best decisions suits ever make, is they were like, "This is where movies are going.
Scott IbarraHOST
It's a lot, lot more special effects, action, fast-paced, things like that." And, um, but what they didn't anticipate was, uh, The Golden Child coming out.
Sean LearyHOST
Oh, yeah.
Scott IbarraHOST
With Eddie Murphy.
Sean LearyHOST
L- let's go there.
Scott IbarraHOST
Yeah.
Sean LearyHOST
Because there's a movie called The Golden Child-
Scott IbarraHOST
With Eddie Murphy
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