# The comedy Airplane! was released 30 years ago! Surely you can't be serious! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249 "2010-07-10T21:33:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/161 "2010-07-18T23:20:53Z")
This thread is populated with every cutthroat from Bombay to Calcutta…it’s worse than Detroit! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/162 "2010-07-19T01:38:35Z")
“Are you nervous?” “Yeah.” “First time?” “No, I’ve been nervous lots of times.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/163 "2010-07-19T01:42:55Z")
[“It’s over there!”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=570360)_waves flashlights_ ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/164 "2010-07-19T02:06:17Z")
[“Oh Stewardess, I speak Jive.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhJDvI3gUO8) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/165 "2010-07-19T02:15:21Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > [“It’s over there!”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=570360)_waves flashlights_ If you didn’t get it from this, we just did this thread about a week ago. That link points you in the right direction. Surely, I’m serious. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/166 "2010-07-19T02:29:16Z")
…It will help you better prepare and store foods for the up and coming monsoon months. Also, Supperware products are ideal for storing leftovers to help stretch your food dollar. This 2-quart Sealz-em-Right container will keep hot dog buns fresh for days… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/167 "2010-07-19T02:49:50Z")
“No… that’s just what they’ll be EXPECTING us to do.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/168 "2010-07-19T02:56:22Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > If you didn’t get it from this, we just did this thread about a week ago. That link points you in the right direction. > > Surely, I’m serious. Don’t call me Shirley! ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/169 "2010-07-19T04:06:32Z")
I had to take my dad to the ER on Friday (he’s doing fine), and to keep him distracted and cheerful, I started quoting _Airplane!_ at him. “We’ve got to get these people to a hospital immediately.” “A hospital? What is it?” “It’s a big building with a lot of doctors, but that’s not important right now.” Dad set off the heart monitor he laughed so hard. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/170 "2010-07-19T06:06:38Z")
_There’s no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you’ll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?_ _Joey, have you ever been in a… in a Turkish prison?_ ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/171 "2010-07-19T11:11:18Z")
“Mostly, I remember the nights when we were together. I remember how you used to hold me and… how I used to sit on your face and wiggle.” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/172 "2010-07-19T11:50:31Z")
**RickJay** : I merged your thread into the active _Airplane_ thread. **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/173 "2010-07-19T13:39:49Z")
Flying a plane is just like riding a bike; it’s just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/174 "2010-07-19T13:56:09Z")
In the directors commentary, ZAZ talk about seeing the movie in Germany and wondering why the jive scenes were getting so much laughter. Since it was all translated into German, it shouldn’t have been funny. But somebody told them that the black guys were translated with thick Bavarian accents, which preserved the spirit of the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/175 "2010-07-19T14:14:02Z")
Damn, that’s AWESOME! (thick Bavarian accents) ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/176 "2010-07-19T14:16:18Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > [“Oh Stewardess, I speak Jive.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhJDvI3gUO8) The follow-up during the trial in the second film is my favorite bit from the entire series. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/177 "2010-07-19T15:16:59Z")
**twickster** , that was probably the worst thread merging in the history of this message board, but some of us here, particularly me would like to buy you a drink and shake your hand . . ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/178 "2010-07-19T16:24:54Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > In the directors commentary, ZAZ talk about seeing the movie in Germany and wondering why the jive scenes were getting so much laughter. Since it was all translated into German, it shouldn’t have been funny. But somebody told them that the black guys were translated with thick Bavarian accents, which preserved the spirit of the joke. I read awhile back that _Hogan’s Heroes_ is or was very popular in Germany, and that Sgt. Shultz was dubbed with a very thick Bavarian accent. I gather it’s the preferred accent when you really want to bring the funny. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/179 "2010-07-19T16:44:13Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > **twickster** , that was probably the worst thread merging in the history > of this message board, but some of us here, particularly me > would like to buy you a drink and shake your hand . . Municipal bonds Twick, I’m talking double A rating. . .the best investment in America. (actually Otto did most of the work but ----------) :smack: ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/180 "2010-07-19T21:42:55Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > _Joey, have you ever been in a… in a Turkish prison?_ Do you like watching gladiator movies? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249.md?page=10)