truInside - Smack 'Em Yak 'Em!

The cast and crew discuss the inspiration behind Airplane's famous jive scene.
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truInside - Smack 'Em Yak 'Em!

[@abairdk]

I do not think anybody will ever get tired of the "soul brothers". That is one of the signature scenes in Airplane. I saw Airplane forty years ago, and I still enjoy it.

[@Simp_Zone]

I still have the phrase "lay her down and smack em yack em!" in my head for the past 20 years lmao such a funny scene. What a movie.

[@neneshubby]

"Nervous?" "Yes." "First time?" "No, I've been nervous lots of times"

[@Fedekpc]

A hospital? What is it?" It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now."

[@Weshopwizard]

I’m not joking and don’t call me Shirley.

[@HereNowOOO]

@@Weshopwizard Here are the real lines: - Surely you can't be serious! - I am serious. And don't call me Shirley!

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Still one of the best comedies ever made. They really made sure there was a gag in every scene and the writing was incredible. We are lightyears away today from this quality gag writing and acting. No wonder why movies like "Airplane" are still such fan favorites.

[@tomservo5347]

How can you not love the "Golly!" subtitle?

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Sheiiiiit xD

[@tomservo5347]

"Mofo butter layin' me to de bone!" "The mutherfuckin' fish made me ill!" LOL@@KRAFTWERK2K6

[@traceywhitney1272]

One of the BEST comedy scenes EVER!! Right up there with Blazing Saddles! ♥️♥️😂😂

[@AutoYoung]

Where the white women at?!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@sushifornico]

The best thing about Airplane is, that its so timeless and epic comedy

[@drlarrymitchell]

I taught my kid sister "Smack 'em, yack 'em when she was a toddler- she'd crack up every time.

[@johnhall393]

This was fantastic comedy. Thank you Mr. Davis for brilliantly pulling this off.

[@AquaFan1998]

Brilliant movie wouldnt change it for the world

[@theman1412]

"Cut me some slack Jack" 😀

[@bailyboy6536]

Loved that scene, still hilarious after all these years.

[@rixxy9204]

I watched this movie while on a Europe trip - the TV was in the common room with most of the other guests and this movie was playing. Everyone was literally crying in laughter, it was just hilarious.

[@alphazero2005]

I used "Smack em yack em" whenever someone got a shot drained in their face on the basketball court for years

[@Sean72_]

Hahaha.... one of the funniest scenes and lines in film history!😂😂😂😂

[@Ston247]

*Vintage movie scene.* We laughed our asses off because a lot of us watched channel 9 and channel 5 so we knew that was Mrs. Leave it To Beaver. This was around 1980-82 The civil rights stuff had calmed down and we were united as a nation for a few years thanks to movies and music.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

And then came the liberal marxis SJW clowns and started to burn it all down to make people hate each other again, with victimization, forced diversity, Critical race theory propaganda becoming forced learning material in school and all that stuff that divided people again into their races and skincolors and ripping people away from each other >_< I swear.... this is why we can't have nice things.. I just wish we all could be just this cool again as we were in the early 80s.

[@dannypowers4995]

One of the best scenes in Hollywood history.😂

[@agwhitaker]

I remember this scene as dangerous humor - I laughed so hard i had trouble breathing.

[@kordarron3501]

1:07 This man looks like an older Samuel L. Jackson.

[@alphazero2005]

I can see that. He looks like a skinny Craig Robinson to me.

[@scottgoldstein119]

TIL where I first heard the phrase "Chump don't want no help..." which I think I've been saying nearly every day for the past 40 years.

[@lynnstervinou2530]

Best part of the movie !!!!

[@pamelamays4186]

Having June Cleaver translate was brilliant!

[@Bigaphid]

"I just jived it down." Aren't we all just jiving it down?

[@martinkingphotography]

Best scene in the movie.

[@michaelkuhn402]

That is an ALL time CLASSIC in movie history. LOL Mo fos butter done lay me down to the bone. Jack me up. Tight me. Hilarious

[@csnide6702]

"yes - he is wrong for doing that"..... got me......

[@I_Was_Chrispy_Kreme]

My favourite is ‘slick’ always makes me laugh

[@Cjephunneh]

10:50 she makes it even funnier. I fell in love with her right there.

[@crazycatzmum]

I could watch this film a thousand times and always laugh. She's right, when the world was less politically PC it was a lot more fun

[@junkboxxxxxx]

I can understand Barbara Billingsleys jive but not the others

[@somospeti]

It’s amazing what weird places this scene has gotten to. I’m a 90’s kid from Hungary, a country just trying to crawl out of communism back then. We probably had about 7 black people in the whole country (by now it must have risen up to at least 10!), so when dubbing the movie the translators had a hard time finding anything the people could associate this talk with. It ended up being some invented semi-hooligan, semi-street kid talk with a fair amount of gibberish. That’s all we got back then. And EVEN SO it worked, I grew up with this movie as well, we can (to this day) quote any line from Airplane with my siblings and basically continue quoting it to the last line of the movie. We know it all by heart. Now over 30, speaking English, understanding the context it’s twice as funny. As non-PC as these movies were, I would be a much poorer person without Airplane, Naked Gun, Jane Austen’s Mafia, Hot Shot, Loaded Weapon, etc. Ah, and Maya Rudolph must have been like my little sister on the playground telling other 5 year olds “looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking…”. I’ll send this video to her so that she knows she’s not alone. 😂

[@williamhatchjr2307]

"What it is Big Momma my Momma ain't raise no dummies I dug her rap....." I've been waiting for the right moment for most of my life, to say that to somebody....

[@scrapironfish]

It really angers me that we can't have movies like this anymore because someone may be offended. So sad.

[@meangenegeraldene7686]

When I ordered a no contact pizza the other day, in the special instructions box I put. (On the front porch, on the chair, lay em down and smack em yak em.)

[@canadiancontent352]

Kinda funny that the actor had to do research to do this scene

[@fr3dr02]

Without a doubt in the top ten all time funny 💩🤣

[@echo_3603]

Funniest scenes in movie history

[@mitch4527]

Airplane! may not have been politically correct but it will always be funny!

[@billballoo7881]

The best thing about Airplane is the fact that it ISN'T politically correct

[@keithsmith2124]

Classic!

[@ihatewhitey6689]

Al White? LOL!

[@Powerranger-le4up]

The only guy was Norm Gibbs

[@CloneShockTrooper]

love this comedy because its not political correct.. because its fun and free of censurship... favorite scene! 😀

[@ash_yt0]

It is politically correct though... If it was just plain old racist, it wouldn't be funny. The joke is in the translation, both the subtitles, and the whitest of the white old lady who inexplicably is down with black culture. If a racist is sat at home laughing and thinking "don't black people sound funny!" then the absolute geniusness of the joke has completely gone over their head.

[@gloomyvale3671]

@@ash_yt0someone’s been sniffing his own farts too much, Brother you talk babble.

[@The3289691]

That’s some good golly!

[@hayleycomet8029]

I need to start saying cuddy can't hang

[@paradox7358]

Back when comedy was funny.

[@RomulanWarbirdDecloaking-sd2ir]

Exactly 💯, back in the Day ‼️, The 80's.

[@AmyWinehouse.914]

Based on an original film.

[@mitch4527]

Yes, “Zero Hour”, in 1957. It’s virtually a scene for scene parody of that movie.

[@erwa5198]

Jive turkey

[@epistemes]

Where can i watch the entire clip?

[@wnose]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKO9nYqtbamcZ5I

[@RomulanWarbirdDecloaking-sd2ir]

On KZbin, Airplane, jive talk scene..

[@mr.nibblenips4231]

Wut it is big mama

[@pythonfan1]

This was back when comedy was actually funny. Real genuine comedy. I wish they'd ditch this political correctness horseshit.

[@lqprimetime4169]

Al White needs to knock himself a pro slick

[@jameskielland5018]

I knew a man in a similar predicament once.

[@trevertravis8963]

@@jameskielland5018 Golly.

[@rileyharrison2805]

I am blue

[@aserta]

0:04 bull. the earlier you understand where you are, the better.

[@jjs8426]

I'm not going to raise my kids politically correct.

[@Ryzot]

Oh, don't worry. Everyone else will raise your kid for you. You think you can make a difference, but your kid will be raised by the environment and the people around them.

[@Ryzot]

Also, I don't think you know what politcally corrent means.

[@TheBerkeleyBeauty]

@@Ryzot - Yo, take a chill pill, Bill. He know whus'up. He crackin', ya heard? Translation: Calm down, he knows exactly what he said. He was joking, understand?

[@Ryzot]

@@TheBerkeleyBeauty ew

[@pythonfan1]

@@Ryzot Those people need to be educated themselves. They need to realize what ignorant assholes they're being.

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

I was born in 85 i grew up watching this too. Gen x aren't really special.

[@CalmWolf-Swe]

i wish the youngones wouldnt be so dmg as they are today...

[@elixtido1448]

Jamaicans the same

[@_CaliDre100]

Family Guy anyone? Jerome and Quagmire

[@bean2155]

yep haha, was laughing my ass off during their handshake

[@Ryzot]

Golly!

[@Wrath_Lxrd]

Facts. That’s why I’m here 😂

[@crimestick6648]

Comedies like that can't be made today. The younger set has no sense of humor and no concept of satire; sad really.

[@ash_yt0]

You must be really fun at parties. Do you not see any irony in whining about modern comedy while complaining that other people lack a sense of humour? The jive scene is perfectly fine the way it is for today's audience. If they kept the original script where it was written by white jewish guys then maybe not so much. It's very ahead of its time that they got actual black actors in who knew the lingo to rewrite the scene for them, and then it effectively turned it into a joke about white people's view of black people. The jive talk presented as a "language" and also contrasted with pearl-clutching "white" subtitles like "Golly!" is why the scene is still absolutely hysterical to this day.

[@kev3d]

I hope the woke-scolds don't kill this movie.

[@kielovpyriel3752]

🙄

[@rickmarquis3008]

they could never do that movie today, political correct is selfcensorship and loss of freedom.

[@RomulanWarbirdDecloaking-sd2ir]

Exactly 💯, more classic, comedy scenes, from that time period, John Madden, SNL, Superbowl skit, 😅😅😂😅😅. Richard Pryor, the exorcist ,SNL,

[@strykertool]

Glad no one “woke” haven’t made a comment. If they do …. No one needs your damn elitist opinion!

[@ElectrickSoundz]

But you're still aging what's the problem glow in the dark help us out here in the real TV time

[@theessentials450]

It's odd how she complains about political correctness, yet she participates in it with her toothless comedies.

[@AntiVaganza]

Just maybe she doesn't call the shots? Just maybe, she wants to practice her craft instead of doing nothing. Just maybe she is cashing in on toothless stuff to fund a project of her own some day where she is not beholden to producers and studios? You don't know, I don't know. But this is YT so everyone gets to speculate...

[@CaptainSpalding72]

@@AntiVaganza toothless trash comedies.

[@brianjames4169]

Politically THIS!!!!!