they chose to board Here it means they chose the risk, not literal ticket buying.
Shana, they bought their tickets.Airplane! · 1980 — 第 9 / 10 章 · 3'34" · B1
Don't Call Me Shirley, Explained：hit the fan
A request for help goes wrong at the level of hearing: "Surely there must be something you can do" comes back as "And stop calling me Shirley." Around that gag, the film keeps the tension — on the ground someone says of the plane, "They knew what they were getting into" — and one voice admits, "I can't take the pressure."
あらすじ
Onboard a stricken airliner, a voice tells Ted it will not deceive him and that they are running out of time. A plea — "Surely there must be something you can do" — gets the immortal reply, "And stop calling me Shirley." Meanwhile Ted loses an engine and is close to breaking under the pressure.
注目の表現
Shirleyhit the fangetting intoease off
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このシーンの表現
hit the fan
disaster is about to break
After a bad mistake, someone predicts the explosion when the boss hears about it.
Delay the launch and the shit will hit the fan.
このシーンの他の表現
- Shirley
a name used as a pun
- getting into
walking into a situation
- ease off
back off a little
- bearing up
holding up emotionally
- we're going to make it
we will survive this
このシーンのメモ一覧
48 行のセリフに 18 件のメモ
know the risk ahead
They knew what they were getting into.let them face it
I say let them crash.almost too late
We're running out of time.Link me and Shirley so it echoes the Surely just said.
And stop calling me Shirley.before long
Pretty soon. How you bearing up?holding up emotionally
Asked when they will land, the doctor says soon and checks how she is holding up.
Pretty soon. How you bearing up?The t in pretty often drops, so it sounds like preh-soon.
Pretty soon. How you bearing up?on the bright side
But at least I have a husband.at a low enough height
Target should be clear if you go in low enough.disaster is about to break
After a bad mistake, someone predicts the explosion when the boss hears about it.
When Kramer hears about this, the shit's gonna hit the fan.on earth — Forceful in casual anger, not for formal settings.
Watch that oil temperature. What the hell's he doing up there?stay composed under stress
It takes a pilot who can handle pressure!relative clause: The who-clause narrows pilot to the type who stays calm under pressure.
It takes a pilot who can handle pressure!back off a little
As Rex piles on pressure, someone tells him to ease off on the rusty pilot.
Ease off, Rex. He hasn't flown for years.not in a long time
Ease off, Rex. He hasn't flown for years.befall anyone
It's not his fault. Could happen to any pilot.overload someone
Can't push him too hard. He might break.「Don't Call Me Shirley」を読み解く
What's really going on
The famous joke here is not the words but the malfunction of an ear: a plea for help is answered with a pun, "And stop calling me Shirley." Airplane! gets a lot of mileage from people who hear only what they want to hear, and this line is the purest version — a request for action turned into a misunderstanding about a name. Around it, the film does not let the danger off the hook. On the ground, a commentator shrugs that the passengers "knew what they were getting into," as if the crash were a contract. In the cabin, the strain is real: a stewardess says she has never been so scared, and the radio warns that "we're running out of time." The gag and the dread are edited so tightly that the next beat is a man breaking and saying he cannot take the pressure.
Theme
Dark humorA plea for help is answered with a name pun, and the film plays life-or-death danger straight into the joke.
SurvivalUnder the jokes, the crew and a terrified cabin are running out of time to land.
このチャプターで学べること
- Surely and Shirley sound alike, and the film answers the wrong one on purpose.
- Pretty soon is the vague promise doctors really give.
- Ease off on someone means stop pressing so hard.
- Hit the fan predicts an explosion of trouble in crude, casual terms.
発音のポイント
- me Shirley — Link me and Shirley so it echoes the Surely just said.
- Pretty soon — The t in pretty often drops, so it sounds like preh-soon.
Surely there must be something you can do.A desperate plea for a solution, which the next line deliberately mishears as the name Shirley.
They knew what they were getting into.The cold excuse from the ground: the passengers chose to fly, so their fate is treated as their own doing.
When Kramer hears about this, the shit's gonna hit the fan.A warning that the mistake will cause a serious blowup once the boss finds out.
We're running out of time.The blunt status from the radio: the plane's situation is worsening and little time is left.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the 'Shirley' joke work?
A plea beginning with 'Surely' is answered as if 'Surely' were a name, so the reply 'And stop calling me Shirley' turns a request for help into a misunderstanding.
What does 'hit the fan' mean?
It is slang for trouble becoming public and causing a big blowup. The warning is that once Kramer learns of the mistake, the trouble will hit the fan.
Why does someone say 'let them crash'?
On the ground, a commentator argues the passengers bought their tickets and knew the risk, so no one should help them — a joke at the expense of cold indifference.
What happens to Ted during the flight?
He forgets to check the oil pressure, loses an engine, and by the end says he can no longer take the pressure and doubts he can land the plane.
How do the passengers react to the emergency?
They are frightened: one stewardess says she has never been so scared, and another asks Dr. Rumack when they will be landing and whether they will make it.
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