A 1960 French farce by Marc Camoletti about a Paris bachelor, Bernard, with three fiancées, kept from meeting each other by the fact that the three are all stewardesses with different airlines who work different schedules.
A slew of complications arises for Bernard when a winter storm, a faster jet, and his old friend Robert all arrive.
The play is the most-performed French play throughout the world, and has been adapted into six films in as many languages, including a 1965 American version starring Tony Curtis and Jerry Lewis.
Boeing Boeing provides examples of the following tropes:
- "Double, Double" Title
- Farce: Of Bernard's three fiancées, Bernard and Robert almost manage to keep them from meeting each other. When two of them do, Bernard scrambles to make up excuses.
- Gratuitous Foreign Language:
- Gratuitous German: Bernard's German fiancée, Gretchen, sometimes speaks in German.
- Gratuitous Italian: Likewise, Bernard's Italian fiancée, Gabriella, sometimes speaks in Italian.
- Love Dodecahedron: Bernard is engaged to Gloria, Gabriella, and Gretchen. Gretchen later gets engaged to Robert. Gabriella and Bernard end up together, and it turns out Gloria also had three fiancées.
- Old Friend: Robert and Bernard have known each other for a long time before Robert comes to visit.
