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{{quote|''"You ain't heard nothing yet!"''}}

 

 

''The Jazz Singer'', despite its reputation as the first "talkie," is fundamentally a silent film, with an atmospheric musical backdrop, no sound effects, and dialogue on title cards. It ''does'', however, have several recorded songs which are lip-synced (with [[Hong Kong Dub|variable success]]), and during the filming/recording of one of these songs, Jolson ad-libbed a spoken intro: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet! Wait a minute, I tell ya! You ain't heard nothin'!" (Additionally, the film has one short synchronized dialogue scene where Jolson talks to his mother.)

 

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* [[Artifact Title]]: Neil Diamond's character does not sing jazz.

* [[Beard of Sorrow]]: Neil Diamond version.

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: All the Jazz Singer wants is his father's approval.

 

* The 1936 [[Looney Tunes|Merrie Melodies]] cartoon ''[[I Love to Singa]]'', directed by [[Tex Avery]], featuring fledgling jazz singer "[[No Celebrities Were Harmed|Owl Jolson]]" rebelling against his family of traditionalist musicians.

* An ''[[SCTV]]'' sketch, guest-starring Al Jarreau, which reverses the plot in that the father expects the son to be a jazz singer like himself but the son instead becomes a cantor.

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