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The Origin Of Airplane!'s Hilarious "Don't Call Me Shirley" Gag
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| June 7, 2019
| Padraig Cotter
Posted on 02/08/2024 4:00:05 PM PST by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob
To me, one of the very funniest scenes was when 2 black dudes are jive talking to the stewardess and she doesn’t understand. Up jumps none other than June Cleaver (mother in Leave it to Beaver). She says “I speak jive!” and proceeds to translate. It’s a scene I don’t believe would be permitted in today’s “woke” films.
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posted on
02/08/2024 5:13:00 PM PST
by
JohnEBoy
(I voted for Trump to be my president, not my pastor.)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
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posted on
02/08/2024 5:19:35 PM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
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posted on
02/08/2024 5:21:53 PM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
To: JohnEBoy
Mrs Cleaver was funny in that one, and I think you are right, it could not be done in today’s woke climate.
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posted on
02/08/2024 5:27:28 PM PST
by
Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
To: Mark17
You should look up the interview with her about that scene
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posted on
02/08/2024 5:35:51 PM PST
by
al baby
(I know sarcasm )
To: Hot Tabasco; Cletus.D.Yokel
It’s a gag from the vaudeville act of Henny Youngman. Milton Berle used it, too. Get it right. Never heard of that and it's likely they didn't either.........Thanks for the trivia tho......
It's not like comedians don't steal jokes from one another, particularly one-liners. Whether a borrowed joke or not, it was funny every time Leslie Neilson used it because his delivery was so perfect.
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posted on
02/08/2024 5:45:47 PM PST
by
CommerceComet
("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
To: dfwgator
I convinced my kids that you had to make the shhh sound to get the automatic doors to open at stores. It didn’t last too long but it was funny.
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posted on
02/08/2024 6:03:33 PM PST
by
Clay Moore
(My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
To: DoodleBob
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posted on
02/08/2024 6:04:59 PM PST
by
sauropod
(The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
To: Clay Moore; dfwgator
Maybe once at year, at random, I’ll ask one of the little DoodleBobs to get me a complete file on everyone who’s seen The Sound of Music at least four times.
They just ignore me at this point.
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posted on
02/08/2024 6:41:35 PM PST
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
To: Fledermaus; All
Just watched Zero Hour!.
Surprisingly good for a "B" movie. The line take from Zero Hour! was "I picked a bad week to give up smoking."
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posted on
02/08/2024 6:53:43 PM PST
by
marktwain
(quq)
To: Clay Moore
After the movie Star Wars: Episode 2: Attack of the Clones came out, I would sometimes walk up just close enough to trip the sensor while doing Obi Wan’s “open door” hand gesture.
No one got it.
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posted on
02/08/2024 7:50:30 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Bratch
The look on that kid’s face!
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posted on
02/08/2024 7:51:21 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: CommerceComet
It’s a gag from the vaudeville act of Henny Youngman. Milton Berle used it, too. Get it right.
Never heard of that and it's likely they didn't either.........Thanks for the trivia tho......
It's not like comedians don't steal jokes from one another, particularly one-liners. Whether a borrowed joke or not, it was funny every time Leslie Neilson used it because his delivery was so perfect.
Milton Berle once said, "I know a good joke when I steal one."
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posted on
02/09/2024 3:56:02 AM PST
by
klgator
To: Clay Moore
I convinced my kids that you had to make the shhh sound to get the automatic doors to open at stores. It didn’t last too long but it was funny. For a little while, I used the line: "Open Saysame" as I approached automatic doors with my young children. It worked a few times before they caught on.
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posted on
02/09/2024 5:09:58 AM PST
by
marktwain
(quq)
To: JohnEBoy
Agreed
I especially liked when they added subtitles for what was being said. At the end, one of the black dudes said “shiiit” and they subtitled it as “golly”.
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posted on
02/11/2024 7:54:48 PM PST
by
BlueMondaySkipper
(Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
The Lt. is actor Marc Singer ( Beastmaster. )Nope. Lt. Pervis is played by Richard Gilliland.
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posted on
02/16/2024 12:55:43 PM PST
by
al_c
(Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
To: DoodleBob
My favorite “Airplane” inspired moment of quick thinking came when a coworker entered the room and asked, “what’s the deal?” I immediately replied “it’s where you sit down and they put cards in front of you but that’s not important right now.”
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posted on
02/16/2024 5:39:24 PM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Outstanding.
Relatedly, it’s a bad move if someone asks me “what can you make of this?”
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posted on
02/16/2024 8:13:53 PM PST
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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