Posted on 08/20/2020 1:10:03 PM PDT by 11th_VA
They knew the risk, the bought their tickets — I say, LET EM CRASH
Robert Stack in an episode of the good but very short-lived Most Wanted was a police captain who had to impersonate an airline pilot.
No humor though.
I remember that short-lived one as well.
My favorite scene is when the nun is singing to the sick little girl, then swings her guitar around, yanking the intravenous tube out of her arm. Everyone continues smiling and clapping along with the song, oblivious to the girl’s frantic efforts to get the tube back in her arm.
IMDB “Airplane” trivia;
Adult language warning due to some things that thankfully didn’t make it into the film;
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/trivia
My name’s not “Shirley”.
And “IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD.”
Johnny, what do you make of this?
“It shows its age” = “there’s some unwoke stuff in there, but *I* like it, so just give it a pass, okay?”
Oh, I could make a pin, or a broach, or a terradactyl..
“d making fun of absolutely everyone-no PC at all-is real equality....”
Get a Jewish friend to translate the “Indian Chief’s” hat.
(It’s in Hebrew.)
“For the argument between announcers concerning the white and red zones at the airport, the producers hired the same voice artists who had made the real-world announcements at Los Angeles International Airport. At the real airport, the white zone is for loading and unloading of passengers only, and there’s no stopping in the red zone (except for transit buses). They were also married to each other in real life.”
IT’S COMING RIGHT AT US!!!
"My hovercraft is full of eels."
The Zuckers bought the rights to “Zero Hour” just to make sure they wouldn’t be sued for applying ginsu-level wit to it.
That was probably it, yes ...
My father, an old no-nonsense WWII vet, would sit there stern faced when watching most comedies. The only two things I ever saw him break down laughing at were the Benny Hill Show, (which he never missed) and the movie Airplane!.
Triple Feature
Airplane
Blazing Saddles
Spaceballs
Thanks-a Jewish neighbor lives on the next road-I’ll ask her next time I see her if she is familiar with the movie...
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