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‘Airplane!’ creator slams joy-killing threat: ‘Twitter 9 percent’
New York Post ^
| October 15, 2021
| By David Zucker
Posted on 10/15/2021 8:45:49 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the release of “Airplane!,” the comedy I wrote and directed with my brother Jerry and our friend Jim Abrahams. Just before the world shut down, Paramount held a screening at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, followed by a Q&A in which an audience member asked a question we never used to receive: “Could you make ‘Airplane!’ today?”
My response: “Of course, we could. Just without the jokes.”
Although people tell me that they love “Airplane!” and it seems to be included on just about every Top Five movie-comedy list, there was talk at Paramount of withholding the rerelease over feared backlash for scenes that today would be deemed “insensitive.”
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KEYWORDS: airplane; california; cancelculture; davidzucker; egyptiantheatre; hollywood; jerryzucker; jimabrahams; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; paramount; twitter; twitter9percent; zucker
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To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
10/15/2021 8:47:50 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: ConservativeStatement
There are a lot of good movies they couldn’t make today.
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posted on
10/15/2021 8:49:02 PM PDT
by
CatOwner
(Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021.)
To: ConservativeStatement
One of my favorite movies is Blazing Saddles, a movie universally characterized by Leftists as “racist”.
The movie was made by Mel Brooks precisely in the way it was to poke fun at racism and racists. It isn’t surprising that they don’t have the intelligence to see that.
And I absolutely love the “Airplane!” movie.
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posted on
10/15/2021 8:52:11 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
10/15/2021 8:52:18 PM PDT
by
Bratch
To: ConservativeStatement
When Dire Straits decided that censoring their Song Money For Nothing by eliminating an entire Verse was the thing to do , nothing surprises me anymore. So much for Artistic integrity.
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posted on
10/15/2021 8:54:07 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
To: ConservativeStatement
“Excuse me stewardess, perhaps I can help? I speak Jive”
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posted on
10/15/2021 9:01:48 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(Let's go Brandon!)
To: ConservativeStatement
That was my favorite part.
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posted on
10/15/2021 9:01:49 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: sphinx
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posted on
10/15/2021 9:10:26 PM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
To: rlmorel
Leftists love Blazing Saddles.
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posted on
10/15/2021 9:13:19 PM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
I didn’t like that movie.
To: ConservativeStatement
The jars of Hellmann’s mayonnaise in the bookshelves at the Mayo Clinic.
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posted on
10/15/2021 9:14:24 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
To: Kickass Conservative
Do you have a citation for that? I heard the orginal version on Sirius or over the air recently.
To: nickcarraway
“on Sirius”
Shirley, you can’t be.
To: ConservativeStatement
This is ridiculous. We can’t have these offensive movies. We need a council of 12 feminist and CRT professors who will commission and approve all future movies. It’s the only way.
To: nickcarraway
If you heard it on Sirius the entire Verse where the word Faggot was used has been edited out. It happened over a year ago, if not earlier than that.
I have Sirius as well and noticed it the first time I heard the censored version.
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posted on
10/15/2021 9:25:12 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
To: Kickass Conservative
I saw video of Knoffler singing the lyric as “That little maggot....”
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posted on
10/15/2021 9:28:06 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Were State Dept. Havana Syndrome victims the guinea pigs of 5G/graphene oxide "vaccine" tests?)
To: Rebelbase
He hates Maggots? What other Insects are on his hate list?
Betcha he loves Ladybugs. Oh wait, that makes him a sexist.
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posted on
10/15/2021 9:32:15 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
To: CatOwner
There are a lot of good movies they couldn’t make today. I'm 55 and I'm glad I lived in the freest time I can think of, the 1970's and 1980's, you could make movies without some CRT Karen jumpin' down your throat. It seems like the whole world is becoming like the strict town from "Footloose." (1984)
A side note, I'm a cat owner too, I have a 14 year old male grey and white name Rascal. I almost lost him last week, he had trouble breathing and rushed him to the vets. He has a hyperthyroid and also because of it, heart failure and fluid in the chest. He's on 5 meds now but is doing a lot better, even the vet thought he would not be here next week. He's back to eating like a pig, running about and almost back to his normal self, albeit still a little weak. He has permanent damage to the heart but hopefully the meds will keep him going for a while. Close call.
Oh yeah, movies you could not make now.
Skin Game - 1971
Mandingo - 1975 (Starring one of my fave James Mason)
Soul Man - 1986
Michael Savage is correct, the person of 1970 or 1980 had a lot more freedom then than we do now.
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10/15/2021 9:46:16 PM PDT
by
MrLucky1966
(GOVT.SYS CORRUPTED! RUN GUN.COM? (Y/Y) GUN.COM NOT FOUND, EXECUTE BASEBALL.BAT? (Y/Y))
To: ConservativeStatement
If killing the 9-percenters would also eliminate those who drive in the left lane at 10 mph under the speed limit, David Zucker might be on to something.
The casting of Barbara Billingsley (aka June Cleaver) as the Jive Lady was sheer genius, but her performance in that minor role demonstrated once again that the consummate acting professional can steal any scene simply by being in it.
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posted on
10/15/2021 9:50:51 PM PDT
by
Natty Bumppo@frontier.net
(We are the dangerous ones, who stand between all we love and a more dangerous world.)
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