Airplane!
1980
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2 days ago · Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) [5] ... Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Lorna Patterson. [6] It is a parody of the disaster film genre, ...
Jul 22, 2024 · In Case You’ve Somehow Never Seen. Airplane. (L-R) Al White, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Barbara Billingsley and Lorna Patterson in Airplane. Paramount. The jive jokes in 1980’s Airplane begin when two passengers, played by Norman Alexander Gibbs (credited as “First Jive Dude”) and Al White (credited as “Second Jive Dude”), sit down and ...
Jul 22, 2024 · (L-R) Al White, Norman Alexander Gibbs and Lorna Patterson in Airplane. Paramount. He added: “I’m referring to scenes like the one in which two Black characters speak entirely in a jive dialect so unintelligible that it has to be subtitled. I’ve lost count of the number of people who have said ...
Jul 22, 2024 · The joke is heightened when Barbara Billingsley, best known for playing “the whitest white lady on the planet” (more on that soon), offers to help flight attendant Randy (Lorna Patterson ...
Jul 22, 2024 · Airplane! is a classic comedy film that has become a cult favorite among movie lovers. Released in 1980, this spoof of disaster movies quickly became a box office hit and continues to entertain audiences to this day. Directed by Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers, David and Jerry, Airplane! delivers non-stop laughs with its rapid-fire jokes ...
Jul 22, 2024 · In the Airplane behind the scenes commentary in the film’s home release, someone made the very meta decision to add subtitles as Al White and Norman Alexander Gibbs explain their roles in the film — so that people who only speak jive can follow along. "I speak jive": The Airplane jive scenes are among the best in comedy filled with great jokes.
3 days ago · Toto! Auntie Em!" Answer: Johnny Henshaw. Johnny Henshaw is the wacky control room worker who answers all questions with insane replies. The quote above has no meaning and is said for comedy value alone. Stephen Stucker was known for his larger-than-life characters, most notably for Johnny Henshaw in the "Airplane!"
