Airplane! (1980)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Roger Murdock

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• Joey : Wait a minute. I know you. You're Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. You play basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers.

  Roger Murdock : I'm sorry, son, but you must have me confused with someone else. My name is Roger Murdock. I'm the co-pilot.

  Joey : You are Kareem! I've seen you play. My dad's got season tickets.

  Roger Murdock : I think you should go back to your seat now, Joey. Right, Clarence?

  Captain Oveur : Nahhhhhh, he's not bothering anyone. Let him stay here.

  Roger Murdock : But just remember, my name is...

  [showing his nametag] 

  Roger Murdock : ROGER MURDOCK. I'm an airline pilot.

  Joey : I think you're the greatest, but my dad says you don't work hard enough on defense.

  [Kareem gets angry] 

  Joey : And he says that lots of times, you don't even run down court. And that you don't really try... except during the playoffs.

  Roger Murdock : [breaking character]  The hell I don't! LISTEN, KID! I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I'm out there busting my buns every night! Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes!

• Roger Murdock : Flight 2-0-9'er, you are cleared for take-off.

  Captain Oveur : Roger!

  Roger Murdock : Huh?

  Tower voice : L.A. departure frequency, 123 point 9'er.

  Captain Oveur : Roger!

  Roger Murdock : Huh?

  Victor Basta : Request vector, over.

  Captain Oveur : What?

  Tower voice : Flight 2-0-9'er cleared for vector 324.

  Roger Murdock : We have clearance, Clarence.

  Captain Oveur : Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?

  Tower voice : Tower's radio clearance, over!

  Captain Oveur : That's Clarence Oveur. Over.

  Tower voice : Over.

  Captain Oveur : Roger.

  Roger Murdock : Huh?

  Tower voice : Roger, over!

  Roger Murdock : What?

  Captain Oveur : Huh?

  Victor Basta : Who?