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Airplane!' at 40: David Zucker defends the comedy classic's controversial jive-talking sequence: 'Everything is so sensitive nowadays'
Yahoo! Entertainment ^
| July 2, 2020
| Ethan Alter
Posted on 07/03/2020 8:52:32 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: Stravinsky
Can't do the Otto-pilot scene anymore. Nope.
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posted on
07/03/2020 10:33:49 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes)
To: Stravinsky
The two black actors who spoke “jive” wrote all of their own dialog. The Zucker brothers didn’t try to write it because they knew it wouldn’t sound authentic coming from a Jewish man. They were fully in on the joke.
To: nomorelurker
Leslie Neilsen was actually on an episode of MASH.
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posted on
07/03/2020 10:36:23 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
That’s not Kareem, his name is Roger Murdoch, he’s an airline pilot.
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posted on
07/03/2020 10:39:02 AM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
(Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
To: GreenLanternCorps
He didn’t work hard enough on defense.
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posted on
07/03/2020 10:40:44 AM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Vince Ferrer
The two black actors who spoke “jive” wrote all of their own dialog. The Zucker brothers didn’t try to write it because they knew it wouldn’t sound authentic coming from a Jewish man. They were fully in on the joke. Golly!
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posted on
07/03/2020 10:41:27 AM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
If the Good Lord....is mentioned one more time I shall move you closer to Him!
I'm Irish and I love that episode.Actually all the episodes were great but that was one of the best.
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posted on
07/03/2020 11:01:06 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
To: dfwgator
He's still traumatized by having carried Walton and Lanier around on his back for 48 minutes.
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posted on
07/03/2020 11:02:50 AM PDT
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Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
07/03/2020 11:24:38 AM PDT
by
fr_freak
To: Gay State Conservative
I love the scene with the young brat and the ‘wrongly-shaped’ chips.
Boy’s Mother: “He’s very clever... rather highly strung.”
Basil: “Yes...Yes, he should be!”
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posted on
07/03/2020 11:26:27 AM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Stravinsky
Airplane is timeless. It will always be hilarious.
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posted on
07/03/2020 11:54:30 AM PDT
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Trillian
To: Stravinsky
To: frank ballenger
I was thinking the same thing. I have to buy Airplane!, Gone With The Wind, and Blazing Saddles.
I can see a time where they won’t be available.
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posted on
07/03/2020 2:09:19 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("Truth is Treason in the Empire of Lies"- George Orwell)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
07/03/2020 2:16:25 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Don't buy from China. Don't buy from Microsoft. Don't do Facebook. Tweet only enough to get banned.)
To: Meatspace
Robin Williams does a cool jive talking scene in his movie RV to kids playing basketball.
If you’re an RV nut, this is the movie for you.
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posted on
07/03/2020 4:48:33 PM PDT
by
Auslander154
("Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred." Jacques Barzun)
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