"You're Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. You play basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers.” "I'm sorry, son, but you must have me confused with someone else. My name is Roger Murdock. I'm the co-pilot.”
(*Fun fact: Ever wondered why one of the driest cities in the U.S. has a team named The Lakers? They originally moved from Minneapolis, in the state of Minnesota which is known as the land of a thousand lakes.)
(*Another fun fact: He mentions (in the film) "dragging Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes". Bill Walton was a fellow UCLA alum who helped UCLA win two national championships right after Kareem helped them win four in his four years there. The guard who threw perfectly timed lobs to allow Bill Walton to make slam dunks that were impossible to guard against, was Greg Lee who went to my high school (Reseda) and was city player of the year for two years (the first two years I was there). His dad was my track coach.)
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He's retired from being a pilot, surely?
8:52am
Roger that and don't call me Shirley.
6:40pm
Huh?
7:52pm
He was in the film Airplane. The Shirley/surely joke is a famous line from that film.
6:53am
Many thanks, John. The "Huh?" line is less famous, but equally funny. It's from the 'Roger/Victor/Oveur' scene, first 50 seconds of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9_QMveTYy0
Kudos to Al and Karen for catching my drift
7:24am
Do you like movies about gladiators?
7:28am
You ever seen a grown man naked?
7:30am
"You're Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. You play basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers.”
"I'm sorry, son, but you must have me confused with someone else. My name is Roger Murdock. I'm the co-pilot.”
(*Fun fact: Ever wondered why one of the driest cities in the U.S. has a team named The Lakers? They originally moved from Minneapolis, in the state of Minnesota which is known as the land of a thousand lakes.)
(*Another fun fact: He mentions (in the film) "dragging Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes". Bill Walton was a fellow UCLA alum who helped UCLA win two national championships right after Kareem helped them win four in his four years there. The guard who threw perfectly timed lobs to allow Bill Walton to make slam dunks that were impossible to guard against, was Greg Lee who went to my high school (Reseda) and was city player of the year for two years (the first two years I was there). His dad was my track coach.)
1:48am