Jive Speak Aeroplane!

Two passengers speaking "Jive" From the comedy movie Airplane! (1980)

[jacksonharvey]

“Shyiiiit” translated as “Golly!” always kills me

[MrMrMrprofessor]

"Oh, Stewardess, I speak jive" is still one of the funniest lines I've ever heard in a movie.

[theredman]

"Chump don't want the help, chump don't get the help!"

Words to live by

[bananachild]

As a non-native English speaker, this is exactly how English sounded to me when I was a kid.

[h.a.]

In the German version, these two guys speak an insanely thick Bavarian dialect, it's also pretty hilarious.

[lexdavies]

The fact she kept talking jive to herself on the way back just makes it more perfect 😂

[psychothof]

Whoever was behind getting the mom from "Leave it to Beaver" to do the jive deserves an award for casting. Absolutely brilliant!

[TheSympathize]

This must be the closest thing I’ll ever get to understanding what foreigners think I sound like when I speak english

[tronentertainment]

The best part of this is those two guys are actual best friends and have been talking this Jive language since high school. So when they read for the part the directors could not stop laughing and pretty much hired them on the spot. They are still friends today.

[hoyit]

Timeless comedy. One of my all time favorites. It takes geniuses to make a movie so brilliantly stupid.

[jaredschroeder]

She protecc
She attacc
But most importantly
She speak blacc

[SorryBones]

“Leg em down and smackum yackum!” Is gonna be my new thing from now on.

[excaliburhead]

”Cut me some slack, Jack” - Barbara Billingsley

[ncities]

That last line From Barbara just slays me! 'Jive-ass dude don't got no brains anyhow!' 😂😂

[grega]

What makes this scene so absolutely effective is the both Actors have a rhythm and emphasis on parts of the lines that does not come off fake or forced, They are absolutely natural with the flow becuz they both came up with it, and they used alot of terms that were absolutely obscure as opposed to more known phrases like " Jive Turkey ", " Right On " ...ect

[westlock]

Those two African-Americans actually wrote Barbara Billingsley's lines and helped her get the cadence right.

[buffalopatriot]

"Don't be so naive, Arthur. Each of us faces a clear moral choice." Are you f*cking kidding me? That translation has to be the funniest sh*t ever.

[victormeas]

Hearing a grown ass woman say “just hang loose blud” made me jolt out of my chair backwards, hollering in tongues

[adude]

In 1980 these jive-talking scenes made me laugh so hard I was afraid they were going to throw me out of the theater. 43 years later they're still some of the funniest bits I've ever seen.

[grego]

The greatest moment in cinematic history is when June Cleaver spoke jive.