Airplane! · 1980 — 第 4 / 10 章 · 3'34" · B1

Joey Meets Kareem in the Cockpit, Explained:have someone confused with

The cockpit tour is a child's treat, but the jokes underneath are pointed, and the biggest is the co-pilot: a boy recognizes him as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who flatly denies it — "you must have me confused with someone else." Meanwhile Ted promises Elaine a fresh start, and she answers that nothing changes while he keeps living in the past.

あらすじ

Air traffic warns the crew of rough weather. In the cockpit, the pilots introduce a young visitor, Joey Hammen, and let him stay to watch. They ask him odd questions, and then Joey recognizes the co-pilot as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who insists his name is Roger Murdock. Elsewhere Ted pleads with Elaine, saying he remembers everything and wants it to be like the beginning.

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up in a planeget in the wayhave someone confused withRoger Murdock

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このシーンの表現

have someone confused with

to mistake someone for another

Recognised by Joey, the co-pilot insists the boy must have him confused with someone else.

You must have me confused with someone who enjoys meetings.

このシーンの他の表現

  • up in a plane

    aboard a plane in flight

  • get in the way

    to hinder or block someone

  • Roger Murdock

    the name he keeps insisting on

  • run downcourt

    to sprint to the offensive end

  • crap

    nonsense, rubbish

このシーンのメモ一覧

57 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · B1rough weather

bad weather

You're approaching some rough weather.
表現 · B1special visitor

a guest of honour

Joey, we have something here for our special visitors.
表現 · A2up in a plane

aboard a plane in flight

Joey admits to the crew that he has never been up in a plane before.

No, sir, I've never been up in a plane before.
発音up in a

Up in a runs together as one smooth beat.

No, sir, I've never been up in a plane before.
表現 · A2take care of something

to deal with it

No, why don't you take care of it?
表現 · B1get in the way

to hinder or block someone

The captain lets Joey stay on one condition: that he does not get in the way.

- Could I? - Okay. If you don't get in the way.
表現 · A2play for a team

to play for a club

You play basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers.
発音must have me

Must have collapses into a weak syllable before me.

I'm sorry, son, but you must have me confused with someone else.
表現 · B1season tickets

a full-season pass

You are Kareem. I've seen you play. My dad's got season tickets.
文法 · B1don't work hard enough on defense

negative with enough: Not hard enough means the effort falls short of what the job needs.

I think you're the greatest, but my dad says you don't work hard enough on defense.
表現 · C1run downcourt

to sprint to the offensive end

Joey relays his father's complaint that the star does not even run downcourt.

And he says that lots of times, you don't even run downcourt.
スラング · C1downcourt

the offensive end — Basketball jargon for the offensive half of the court.

And he says that lots of times, you don't even run downcourt.
発音ever since

Link ever since without a pause between the words.

I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA.
スラング · B2crap

nonsense — Vulgar for nonsense; only in casual complaints.

I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA.
表現 · C1bust one's buns

to work extremely hard

The co-pilot insists he is out there working himself to the bone every night.

I'm out there busting my buns every night.
スラング · B2buns

buttocks, here meaning effort — Slang for buttocks; here it stands for hard work.

I'm out there busting my buns every night.
表現 · B1things haven't been right

not as they should be

I know things haven't been right for a long time, but it'll be different.
表現 · B1all I have are ...

the only things left to me

All I have are memories.
文法 · B2All I have are

plural agreement: All I have takes a plural verb here because memories are the plural thing being counted.

All I have are memories.
表現 · B2live in the past

to dwell on old times

Elaine tells Ted there is no future for them while he keeps living in the past.

Not as long as you insist on living in the past.
文法 · B2as long as you insist on living in the past

as long as clause: The as-long-as clause sets the one condition that keeps the promise from happening.

Not as long as you insist on living in the past.
表現 · B1believe everything you see

to take it all at face value

You mustn't believe everything that you see.
表現 · B2play tricks on someone

to deceive or mislead

The mind can play tricks on people.

「Joey Meets Kareem in the Cockpit」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene gets its laughs from a simple inversion: the stranger being asked the intrusive questions is a child, and the grown man asking them is a pilot. The film keeps the boy's tour light, then springs its real joke — the co-pilot is the Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and he will not drop the act. "I'm sorry, son, but you must have me confused with someone else," he says, then repeats that his name is Roger Murdock. Two kinds of denial sit side by side: a famous man refusing his own face, and, in Ted's plea to Elaine, a man refusing to accept that a love is over. She cuts through the wishful thinking: "Not as long as you insist on living in the past."

Theme

IdentityThe co-pilot hides the famous face and name everyone recognizes, insisting he is only Roger Murdock.
MemoryTed clings to remembered nights and is told the relationship cannot return while he lives in the past.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Get in the way means to hinder someone
  • Bust one's buns means to work very hard
  • Must have me confused is a smooth denial
  • Living in the past is a mild accusation

発音のポイント

  • up in a — Up in a runs together as one smooth beat.
  • must have me — Must have collapses into a weak syllable before me.
  • ever since — Link ever since without a pause between the words.
I'm sorry, son, but you must have me confused with someone else.

The co-pilot politely denies being Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; the polite phrasing is the joke, since the child is right and he knows it.

Not as long as you insist on living in the past.

Elaine's condition: the relationship cannot begin again while Ted keeps clinging to how things used to be.

I'm out there busting my buns every night.

An outburst from the famous man, insisting he works as hard as anyone despite what critics say about him.

All I have are memories.

Ted's admission that the past is all he has left, which is exactly what Elaine says he must let go of.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the boy get to stay in the cockpit?

The pilots invite Joey up to see better, and one of them lets him stay as long as he does not get in the way. It is the setup for the jokes that follow.

Who is the co-pilot really?

He is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the Lakers player. Joey recognizes him, but the co-pilot keeps calling himself Roger Murdock and denies the resemblance.

Why does he deny being Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?

The scene plays the denial for laughs: the more the boy insists, the more the pilot repeats his airline name, even while blowing up at criticism of his play.

What does 'busting my buns' mean?

It is slang for working extremely hard. The pilot snaps 'I'm out there busting my buns every night' to prove he gives full effort.

What is the argument between Ted and Elaine?

Ted wants another chance and says it can be like the beginning. Elaine answers that it cannot, as long as he insists on living in the past.

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