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Can anyone understand this 'jive'?
Okay... these were from the movie Airplain (1980). Would anyone ever say anything like this, or are they totally bogus? Are they based on 80's slang?
Elaine : Would you gentleman care to order your dinners?
Jiveman1: Bet babe, slide a piece a da porter, drink si' run th'
java.
Subtitle: I WOULD LIKE THE STEAK PLEASE.
Jiveman2: Lookie here, I can dig grease and butter on some
draggin' fruit garden.
Subtitle: I'LL HAVE THE FISH.
Jiveman1: Sheeeet, man, that honkey mus' be messin' my old lady
got to be runnin' col' upsihd down his head!
Subtitle: GOLLY, THAT WHITE FELLOW SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM MY WIFE
OR I WILL PUNCH HIM.
Jiveman2: Hey Holm, I can dig it! You know he ain't gonna lay no
mo' big rap upon you man!
Subtitle: YES, HE IS WRONG FOR DOING THAT.
Jiveman1: I say hey sky, s'other say I won say I pray to J I get
the same ol' same ol.
Subtitle: I KNEW A MAN IN A SIMILAR PREDICAMENT, AND HE ENDED UP
BEING SORRY.
Jiveman2: Knock yourself a pro slick. Gray matter back got
perform' us' down I take TCBin, man'.
Subtitle: DON'T BE NAIVE ARTHUR. EACH OF US FACES A CLEAR MORAL
CHOICE.
Jiveman1: You know wha' they say: See a broad to get that bodiac
lay'er down an' smack 'em yack 'em.
Subtitle: EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE, MAKES A MAN HEALTHY,
WEALTHY AND WISE.
Some of it I can understand... like TCB, and pray to J.
3 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
"Excuse me sir, I speak jive."
Ha HAA! I love it. How hysterical is that! It's exaggereted a little fo sho fo sho, but pretty close to the truth though, I'd say less than 50/50. The subtitles were the best! lollll. Thanks for sharing the laugh with me.
Anyway, there's jive going on today that nobodyelse gets. Think about it. It's everywhere!
- bottle babeLv 41 decade ago
Is from yonkers ago, but set a trend for the modern 'humiliate the white folk' strategy that is prevalent in all ******* movies now. They think it is clever of them. THEIR ancestors were not slaves (let 'em show the family line!). Will Smith a great exponent of this supposed FUN!!!!! They try to be funny by emulating white folk. It is really crass.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
OMG! Sounds like home! I grew up in Washington, DC in the 70's. Hell yeah they talked like that back then... long before that 'fo shizzle crap you hear today. LMAO!
