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Here are the jive scenes from the movie "Airplane!". Click on the wav files to download the sounds.
The opening scene in Quicktime!
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The opening Jive Scene - | Download opening.wav | |
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Jive-speak |
Translation |
| Jiveman #1: Sheeeet, man, that honkey mus' be messin' my old lady got to be runnin' col' upsihd down his head! | Golly, that white fellow should stay away from my wife or I will punch him. |
| Jiveman #2: Hey Holm, I can dig it! You know he ain't gonna lay no mo' big rap upon you man! | Yes, he is wrong for doing that. |
| Jiveman #1: I say hey sky, s'other say I won say I pray to J I get the same ol' same ol. | I knew a man in a similar predicament, and he ended up being sorry. |
| Jiveman #2: Knock yourself a pro slick. Gray matter back got perform' us' down I take TCBin, man'. | Don't be naive Arthur. Each of us faces a clear moral choice. |
| Jiveman #1: You know wha' they say: See a broad to get that bodiac lay'er down an' smack 'em yack 'em. | Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. |
| Together: Col' got to be! Yo! | How true! |
| Together: Sh010039et! | Golly! |
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The Jive Dudes orderin' dinner - | Download dinner.wav | |
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Jive-speak |
Translation |
| Elaine: Would you gentleman care to order your dinners? | |
| Jiveman #1: Bet babe, slide a piece a da porter, drink si' run th' java. | I would like the steak please. |
| Jiveman #2: Lookie here, I can dig grease and butter on some draggin' fruit garden. | I'll have the fish. |
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The Jive Dudes, a mystery illness, and Barbara Billingsley... - | Download illness.wav | |
| Attendant: | Can I get you something? |
| Jiveman #2: | S'mo fo butter layin' to the bone. Jackin' me up. Tightly. |
| Attendant: | I'm sorry I don't understand. |
| Jiveman #1: | Cutty say he cant hang. |
| Woman : | Oh stewardess, I speak jive. |
| Attendant: | Ohhhh, good. |
| Woman : | He said that he's in great pain and he wants to know if you can help him. |
| Attendant: | Would you tell him to just relax and I'll be back as soon as I can with some medicine. |
| Woman : | Jus' hang loose blooood. She goonna catch up on the`rebound a de medcide. |
| Jiveman #2: | What it is big mamma, my mamma didn't raise no dummy, I dug her rap. |
| Woman : | Cut me som' slac' jak! Chump don wan no help, chump don git no help. Jive ass dude don got no brains anyhow. |