jive talk

But the stuff that is borderline — people say you couldn't do the jive talk today — but every Black person we ever met said they love the joke.

The jive talk, the pedophilia jokes, the breasts, the abortion joke and more.

Someone was telling me to stick my butt out and jive talk and walk around and stick your lip out and bug your eyes.

“With anecdotes, behind-the-scenes trivia and never-before-known factoids, these titans of comedy filmmaking unpack everything from how they got Leslie Nielsen to play his first comedy role after a career of ‘straight’ roles, who was the prankster on set, to that jive talk scene.”

He highlights that absurdity in a “Hollywood Shuffle” scene that serves as a PSA for the “Black Acting School,” where White instructors teach Black actors “Jive Talk 101” and other ways to act “Blacker.”