this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2023
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[–] skomposzczet@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Don't call me Shirley.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Funny thing about that scene from Airplane! is that in the German dub he says "Bitte nennen Sie mich nicht Ernst" - "Please don't call me Serious".

Ernst is a common name in Germany and also means serious.

[–] Death__BySnuSnu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This was the type of quality we used to get from the motion picture industry.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Always nice when you can make a translated pun work without too much trouble.

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

That must've been a challenging movie to translate. So many puns.

[–] 30isthenew29@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Old memes are awesome.

[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Hahahaha, remember this one 😂.

[–] Assassin4@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Hahaha that's funny shit