[5] Irresponsible[6] Prince Tariq of Zamunda has been exiled[7] to attend college in America[8] by the king, his brother[9] Akeem.

So in order to make ends meet, Tariq and his assistant Oha, find jobs in the diner owned by their landlord, Carl Mackey.

[17] Thompson wrote that the pilot floundered because it was written by a Jewish writer, Ken Hecht,[18] “who had made a name penning Black sitcoms like Diff'rent Strokes and Webster[19] and reportedly took a rigid, I-know-best approach to comedy".

But, what Hecht was able to do with family sitcoms like Diff'rent Strokes and Webster "did not rule in 1989--and a suspect fascination with Africans eating insects didn't help," he continued.

She added that if your idea of humor is seeing a fat man's pants split in back when he bends over, then you will find Coming to America screamingly funny.