Title: Would This 1980 Movie Clip Of An Old White Lady Talkin' Jive Survive The Politically-Correct Censors Today? Source:
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In this funny clip from the 1980 comedy AIRPLANE, 'Leave It To Beaver' star Barbara Billingsley talks smack to two black guys in jive on the plane.
I also found a later clip of an older Barbara discussing the role and the positive repercussions it had- and a special treat, when she talks a bit of jive again, in the interview! Ha! [Note: Barbara Billingsley died five years ago this week, Born 12/22/1915-10/16/2010.]
And finally, the creators of AIRPLANE and the two jive-talking actors, now much older, discuss the filming of that scene and their roles. Also, a clip with the cast of 'Leave It To Beaver' on Joan Rivers Show in 1987, and an early clip from Leave It to Beaver where Billinglsey's character 'June Cleaver' discusses the changing roles of women with the Beav.
AIRPLANE 1980
BARBARA BILLINGSLY DISCUSSES TALKING JIVE
Barbara discusses that she met with the two black actors, they wrote the jive, and that she didn't know the exact origins of jive, was it "from the slave days they didnt want whitey to know what theyre talking about," or "was it street talk."
"All kinds of things happened to me becasue of that role," she continues. "More people talked about that then they did about Leave It To Beaver. I got fan mail- it was crazy! It was remarkable, it started my whole career again."
The Making of Jive Talk from Airplane!
Leave it to Beaver cast on Joan Rivers Show in 1987 Barbara Billingsley, Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, and Ken Osmond were interviewed on The Joan Rivers Show in 1987.
June Cleaver on women's changing roles in the 1960s