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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- Watching Airplane! (1980) for the first time & wondering how I haven't seen this sooner!
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I've gotten plenty of comments about this and it's really no big deal, but I feel compelled to clarify because it's by far the most commented thing on this video lol.
I know you used to be able to smoke on planes haha. The sign said "no smoking" and I misinterpreted that to mean there was no smoking whatsoever on this particular plane and so wondered why he got a smoking ticket.
Again, not a big deal as far as being misunderstood goes, and lord knows I've had waaay less charitable misunderstandings. But that comment seems to have stood out to a lot of people so I just wanted to clarify! It's a part of the gig, but sometimes I'm like, "wait, no!" 😅
LOL I was thinking that, but I figured that was the mistake you made, so I didn't bother commenting on it.
I used to love smoking on planes. A great way to make your ears pop.
We really can't expect you to get jokes about stuff you weren't around for. Its not fair. I guess we Gen Xers thought the world we grew up in would never change. That's why we get angry.
Aaaaaaanyway, you'll probably want to watch it again, simply because there's so much going on. Ive been into this movie since 1980, and every time, even after countless views, I still see something new! 😂 Just remember, this is a movie where you don't overthink. Just accept that its absurd and silly, and roll with it.
Oh, by the way, nobody said their goodbyes on the tarmac. This movie parodies lots of other genres besides disaster films. In this case, its a WW2 movie, which featured a lot of women runninh alongside the train until they couldn't.
@@Bjy001 they trained us how to induce it on submarines, because we sometimes have to equalize air pressure when we change depth. What you want to do is take a deep breath, then pinch your nose shut so you can't exhale through it, then attempt to do so. You should feel one pop then the other. Sometimes you have to do it more than once. I think it's called the visalva maneuver, but don't quote me on that part. 🙂
The second cup of coffee wasn't because they were fighting, there was a commercial for Yuban coffee at the time where the couple was out and he asked for a second cup with the voice over "Funny, Jim never wants ..." The actress in this film is the same one from the commercial. Also the voices arguing about the red and white zones are actually the same people who recorded the LAX announcements in the 70's so anyone who went to the Los Angeles airport would have heard those exact voices (sans arguing about the abortion).
The woman who spoke jive was the mother on the sitcom Leave it to Beaver, about a very 50's nuclear family. Hearing her speak jive brought the house down.
She took the jive bit seriously. The two gentleman wrote her lines and she worked closely with them to fine tune her performance.
Your reaction to "I take it black, like my men..." and the little boy's face was hilarious 🤣🤣🤣 One of the best little jokes.
I really want to see how they prepared those two kids and explained the scene to them.
For the rest of her life will she tell people "I played the ten year old girl who's into coffee and black dudes"?
When someone talks on a plane's speakers, everyone looks up at the ceiling. That's why they make an announcement every time they drag an unconscious crewmember down the aisle.
People were not allowed to say goodbye on the tarmac, they were spoofing a train sequence from old movies.
There were movies spoofs you miss if you haven't seen the movies- Saturday Night Fever, Jaws, From Here To Eternity, Knute Rocknie...
The two airport announcers at the very start of the film ("the white zone is for loading...") were the actual announcers at LAX in the 70's. The best part is they were a married couple in real life, so their sniping at each other is extra funny. :D
The most topical joke (and thus the one almost everyone misses) is the guy stuck in the taxi. That's Howard Jarvis, the guy responsible for Propisition 13 in 1973, a property tax initiative that gutted the state's budget and took away a lot of services, as well as making state colleges and universities extremely expensive. (They were pretty cheap before then.) Believe me, seeing that guy waiting for hours for a service that would never arrive got BIG laughs when this film came out!
Not sure if you noticed that the shelves in the office of the Mayo Clinic are filled with jars of mayo.
The bit where Ted and Elaine are on the beach kissing and the wave washes over them is a play on the famous seduction scene from the film "From Here to Eternity". The couple in that film didn't get covered in seaweed, though.
Yes, that was Ethel Merman. She was a famous Broadway star who occasionally did films. She was especially well known for that song, "Everything's Coming Up Roses."
Having someone sing an inspirational song in the middle of the film was a big thing with disaster films in the 70's. This was a genre where the story revolved around some really big catastrophe. It started with "The Poseidon Adventure", about an ocean liner that tipped over (yes, really). One of the biggest of these films, "Airport", became a series of films. "Airplane!" took advantage of that popularity, even though it's based on a different movie from the 50's called "Zero Hour" - the writers took that script and embellished it with puns, gags, and exaggerations, especially that trick of answering a straight line with a response so literal it becomes ridiculous. ("What is it?" "It's a _______, but that's not important right now.") You can see the film here on YT. :)
I seriously did not know that about Jarvis. thank you
@@jacksparrowismydaddy You're welcome. It's one of my top two Movie Jokes No One Gets (along with Inigo Montoya's line, "I'm not moving, keep your 'ho there'", from The Princess Bride).
God bless Howard Jarvis
A lot of the jokes in the movie goes over the heads of anyone who doesn't remember pop culture in the late 70's. But there are so many other timeless jokes.
The movie has aged extremely well.
I wrote for Modern Sperm, but I got fired when I tried to wriggle out of an assignment...
A messy situation :(
Sounds like a sticky situation to me
You were a spoof writer? (You’d need to be Australian to get this.)
@@rickardroach9075 Well, not if you explain it, lol
I'm sure it was a very stimulating job.
BLAZING SADDLES is a must must see
Before cell phones everyone's phone number and address were published in the white pages. In many places if you had a phone number you were not allowed to opt out -- residences in the White Pages, businesses in the Yellow Pages (where you could also pay for larger listings) -- in some you had to pay a fee to be unlisted, and it was always just a difficult process with weird deadlines every year. But nobody could dox anybody either.
But also, it was long distance to call another city, which cost extra, per minute, depending on the distance and your plan.
One of the _real_ beauties about this movie is the way it rewards repeat viewings. The jokes come at you so fast, you don't _catch_ 'em all, the first time. Indeed, you don't catch 'em all the second time, either. And after you've gotten a joke you missed the first time, it changes the way the movie _looked_ the first time.
I frequently say "looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue" at work and I've been told several times it makes people uncomfortable.
I used that line with amphetamines just today!
I guess they don’t want you to quit.
I've updated it by saying "fentanyl" 😂
Guess u picked the wrong week to make co-workers uncomfortable...and the wrong week to not bring a couch to work....
Last year I had to go to the ER. The nurse asked what my problem was and I said I had a problem with my bowels. She asked "What is it?" and I couldn't resist. I said, "It's a long tube inside you where your food goes, but that's not important right now." totally deadpan.
The look on her face was a slowly rising delight and she started laughing. She said she couldn't believe that had just happened.
Turned out she had just seen the movie the night before with her boyfriend.
How cool is that, you use a joke from a 40 year old movie, and the person you say it to just happened to see the movie the night before?
Before this movie Leslie Neilson was a very well known dramatic actor, but he had always wanted to do comedy. He'd already been well known for 40 years at this point, and this was his first comedic role. After this, everything he did was comedic.
This movie had quite a few well known actors performing outside their typecast. The woman who spoke Jive played Beaver's mom in Leave it to Beaver, a wholesome, extremally whitebeard role.
Another thing, this movie is nearly a line-for line remake of a movie not meant to be funny, though it was, called Zero Hour!.
thats the mother from leave it to beaver - speaking jive -- its funnier than most understand
In 1980 we teenagers remembered Leave it to Beaver and June's voice was very distinctive.
That is the funniest part in the whole movie and yes she said she actually had to learn the lingo but in the movie it sounds as if they eventually dubbed over her voice.
The only person not playing it straight was Johnny!
You couldn't smoke during takeoff or landing, but you could smoke (in the smoking section) during the flight.
The Soldier and girl exchange as the flight begins was making fun of old war movies where the soldier goes off to war by train.
Going to war by train was particularly rough if they had to go overseas. 😉
@@0okamino It used to be that most people didn't live on the coasts, and would have to leave home by train to get to a port where they all would board ships.
It is a common trope in movies of the interwar years about WWI.
@@0okamino Worked in Young Frankenstein
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 - "Taffeta, darling!"
"She's sleeping, isn't she? oh. OHHHHHH!" lol
"She's either not gonna be able to play the guitar or sing horribly" Waaaay too normal for this movie ;)
Hahahaha
Smoking used to be routine on Airlines. The Smoking section was typically in the rear.
Ironically, the safest area in a crash.
Great review, back in the day you actually could smoke on an airplane. This was also PG when it came out.😁
30:40 "I have a new catchphrase"
They hired these guys based on their ability to speak in the most obtuse, inscrutable slang they could improv, but because it has been imortalized in this movie, now multiple generations of movie fans are familiar with phrases like "Cut me some slack, Jack!" and "Chump don't want no help, chump don't get the help!"
The woman translating was Barbara Billingsley, who played the mother on the very popular 1950s sitcom "Leave it to Beaver". She played a very wholesome suburban mother on that show and that was her most famous role, so the gag was her speaking "jive" and talking trash.
The two jive guys improvised every line. They were told what the subtitles were going to say and let go to make their dialog. The older white woman was coached by the two men in her lines, delivery, and body language, and the three stayed friends after shooting just because they had so much fun.
One of the two guys has a role in the sequel.
Leg her down and smack em yack em
@@manutgop right and she said in an interview ( here on TH-cam ) she had to try to learn the lingo although if you listen carefully it sounds like they ended up dubbing her voice a bit.
There _are_ a lot of jokes and references in this film that made a lot more sense in 1980 than they do today (like "win one for the zipper" or the second-cup-of-coffee lady or the actress who played June Cleaver), and some that were very Los Angeles-based (like the taxi passenger or the airport voice people) but are still funny enough even if you don't get the reference (like "Leon's getting larger!" which was a very specific local ad joke). And even if they fell flat, there are so many jokes per minute, it doesn't matter!
36:51 "What is this?" Basketball for the Atari 2600.
Crash positions are shown on the fold out safety pamphlets found in the pockets on the back of the seats. The best one is to bend forward while clasping your hands under your knees, but for those who can’t do that, bending forward and placing your hands on the seat in front of you is another option.
You're watching Airplane? I just wanted to tell you good luck. We're all counting on you.
Dang this woman looks great in turquoise! Great reaction Shadowcat!
Always good to see Shadowcat, and another classic film.
When the doctor is giving his pep talk he mentions another Ronald Reagan film, “The Knute Rockne Story”. It’s about an early college football player and coach at Notre Dame. The song is the Notre Dame fight song.
Airplanes used to have a smoking section
When the pilot is talking with the Mayo clinic.....there are jars of mayonnaise on the shelves behind him.
I never thought about it before, but someone the other day mentioned that the jet sounded like a prop plane.
Also, the Zuckers didn't want all comedians to play the roles, so he filled the movie with actors who never did any comedy before. They were told to just play it straight which made the jokes even funnier. The doctor was played by Leslie Nielsen. This was his first comedic role, but then went on to play nothing but comedic roles from the TV show Police Squad, The Naked Gun movies, Dracula, Dead and Loving It.....
I was 15 when this came out and my friends and I went to the theater to go see it. I still laugh at the jokes to this day.
Great video!
The Naked Gun has the same kinda great humor and stars the doctor in this movie.
Quite a lot of the humor was contextual to the time period. They were apeing on some films that a modern audience may not have seen, some tv commercials that aren't known today, and some social constructs that were in the zeitgeist of the era.
The "Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home" line was playing on a Yuban coffee commercial from the 70s. A lot of people don't get that reference.
In the 70s there was a coffee commercial in which a wife thinks to herself “Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home”. That very statement is in this movie and the actress in the movie is the same actress from the coffee commercial.
Here she is in the Yuban commercial. In 1980, everyone would have known what that statement was referring to. th-cam.com/video/MJ4kCF22O2w/w-d-xo.html
Fun Fact about the Saturday Night Fever spoof: While he was doing Airplane, Actor Robert Hays (Ted Striker) was also doing a short lived sitcom called Angie and his Angie Co-Star Donna Pescow was in Saturday Night Fever.
There is a sequel to Airplane called Airplane 2 The Sequel which is also worth a look just to see William Shatner steal the show.
You should have been warned this movie has a joke every 10 seconds and you have to read everything on the screen. A lot of jokes went right past you and you talked through we have clearance Clarence, Roger Roger, what's our vector Victor? You can watch this 5 more times and still catch new jokes
I've seen this movie easily over 100x and someone pointed out during the plane crashing into the airport a woman throws her "baby" in the air 😂
@@raybernal6829one of the subtlest jokes that most people miss us that the plane is a jet, but but you hear the sound of a prop plane. That’s a callback to the original source movie “Zero Hour”.
@@Mark-xx3gh yeah everyone misses that. It took me a few viewings at the theatre.. Another subtle joke is the initials of the airline ... TA 😉
George Zip was a spoof off George Gipp(the Gipper) , a great College Football player for Notre Dame about 100 years ago. Unfortunately George died of pneumonia while in College. He was on his deathbed, when the Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne gave a speech to his team before a big game, telling them to "Win one for the Gipper"
The reason they referenced this is because Ronald Reagan was running for President in 1980, and he played Gipp in the movie "Knute Rockne, All American"
I would have a really rough time in bad turbulence as well. What can I say, every flight I am on there is always a screaming baby onboard…..ME!
Riding rollercoaster turbulence in a twin engine prop plane was my most nerve wracking flight.
@@LordVolkov
I could only imagine!
"If this movie has taught me anything, it's to expect the unexpected"
I couldn't help but think of that line from the creators of this film's previous film "THE KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE"
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35:19 "Excuse me, Doc. I've got a _plane_ to land."
Judging from the music, he's also got a _game_ to play. Put him in, coach.
" Surley you can't be serious ? " - " I am serious , and don't call me Shirley !! "😂😂
Spoof comedy. These films are always crossing boundries. Nothing is safe. And it's usually pretty hilarious. Airplane is probably on the A-list of this type. Another to recommend of course goes along the same context. Blazing Saddles-1974. This is a must. The title itself tells the kind of comedic genius that made Mel Brooks such a legend.
Two gags that run through the movie that everyone reacting misses... The airline initials are TA 😉 and the airplane sound are propeller sounds not jet noise. 😅
And the name of the airline would bring forth all kinds of new gags if the movie had been made today.
You could actually smoke on planes back in the day. CRAZY to think of now.
People used to talk to each other on planes….. nicely. Not like that do today.
As for turbulence, depends on what you mean by deal with it. Deal with the fear or the sickness? If it’s the fear, I don’t worry until I see businessmen or women look worried. If it’s the sickness, if you try to get a seat anywhere from the wings forward, you won’t feel the movement as much. The plane has to be flexible so it doesn’t snap, that leaves the tail wagging. Not really wagging but you really feel the movement the farther back you are. I actually fall asleep before we’ve even taken off then sleep through take off and the flight. I sleep hard. I actually slept through a rough flight then landing and slept all the way to the gate. The guy next to me pushed my leg and I woke up. He looked so scared, turns out, he thought I’d died mid flight. Lmao
Planes used to have smoking sections with ashtrays in the armrests. I personally have smoked on a plane. Crazy isn't it? All in the same tube in the sky.
In the 80, smokers sat at the back, where hypothetically the smoke wouldn't reach everyone else! (Of course, Non Smoking Sections in restaurants were often a low railing apart from from the typical (smoking) tables! As a kid, I wondered what the point was.
In the old days, you paid by credit card by putting it on that swipe thing atop 2 pieces of (wth do you call it??) Paper. The store kept the pink copy & the customer got the white copy as their receipt.
I find it hilarious they cast such a mild voiced actress as the female lead!!
There really is a Mayo Clinic. It performs heart surgeries. Did you notice the jars of mayonnaise in the back?
The "never has a cup of coffee" copied a coffee TV ad of the time.
"Crash position" is illustrated on the card in the pocket on the back of the seat in front of you. You lean over, grab your ankles. The idea is to shield your head.
Most people are so invilved in watching the guy being attacked by the dog that they don't notice Rex Kramer (Robert Stack) walks through the mirror the first time watching this.
I learned of the mirror gag from reading comments similar to yours!
1:39 "Do they need to, like oscillate between two different people, saying the exact same thing?"
For comedic effect? Absolutely.
one of the few comedies that are funny every time. and most importantly - you already know how to fix autopilot!😂
Thanks for reviewing this non-stop classic. The same writers did a film in 1977 called The Kentucky Fried Movie. It's even crazier than Airplane and definitely worth checking out when you're ready to lose your mind. 😂
You have my gratitude!!
@@richardrobbins387 A movie of extra-ordinary magnitude!
Because they had Barbara Billingsley from Leave it to Beaver they did not just translate The Jive talkin to just any old English. They translated it into the most Leave it to Beaver 1950s television English possible.
This film is filled with cultural references from the 50's, 60's, and 70s, including TV commercials. To fully understand some of the scenes, it would be helpful to watch the films it parodies: "Airport," "The Poseiden Adventure," "Towering Inferno," "From Here to Eternity," Zero Hour," and more.The lead cast includes actors from major films and TV shows: "The Untouchables," "Mission Impossible," "The Bold Ones," Barbara Billingsley plays the mother June Cleaver on "Leave it to Beaver." In this film, she plays against character as the jive-talking passenger. Actor Leslie Nielsen was a classically trained actor and did not do comedy until the 70's.
The Japanese WWII officer is famous veteran actor James Hong. He stars in "Kung Fu Panda" and "Everything Everywhere All at Once."
The Hari Krishna panhandlers were known for hanging around airports in the 60's and 70's until they were banned.
The husband requesting a second cup of coffee is a parody of a 1960's Yuban Coffee commercial.
Again, you need to have some knowledge of these classic films and cultural references to get some of the jokes.
A lot of their jokes were time related but its fun to see how much people get. like the coffee n ill have another cup - that use to be a commercial
And those were the actual actors from that commercial
I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊😊
Smoking was allowed on planes, but not during takeoffs and landings.
I was 14 when this came out. It's definitely iconic in comedies from that era.
"Golly"
I love the Jive Talkers 🤣🤣🤣
Great use of comedic subtitles and the rule of 3.
Great reaction! This is one of my top all time fav comedies. It's a masterclass in deadpan humor. Where everyone in the whole movie is playing everything perfectly straight, despite how ridiculous the situation is.
There is a post credits scene for this movie. I think you'll like it.
the 2nd cup of coffee bit is from a very popular 70s commercial. Ethel Merman was a huge Broadway star of the 40s-60s, the original Rose in 'Gypsy'- multiple Tonys and also did many films.
Hi Miss Shadowcat!🙂Some of the jokes are dated, but still fun. The "Don't call me Shirley!" did come from this film. Also, the character that says "Looks like I picked the wrong week to........stop sniffing glue, stop drinking, etc...." came from this film and has been quoted over the years. The thing with all the charities collecting at the airport around this time was real. I just found your channel on my home page, and have watched the Back to the future Trilogy, Terminator 2, Gremlins, and I'm currently watrching your Aliens reaction now. Great reactions to Airplane and your other film reactions, Miss Shadowcat!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Actually it's not correct to say that some of the jokes are dated - I'd rather say that the present is dated, if you know what I mean. I have viewed this film for 40 years by now and still discover new jokes.
37:51 😂😂😂 "no... thats just what they'll be expecting..."
"Don't call me Shirley" definitely came from this movie. 20:20 We went through real rough turbulence landing in Denver once, just as the plane was making a sharp turn & descending because the wind direction had shifted and we had to come in on the opposite side of the runway. I thought "This is it" but then it was over.
'Everyone's just so oblivious...' until they are not.
In the 1980s they used to be smoking on the plane, the last two rows were usually preserve for smoking passengers
20:25 My dad was a GA pilot and a Certified flight instructor (he trained pilots) as a part time job. He also owned an 1/4 airplane so I literally grew up in airplanes.
For me turbulence is fun. If you were with me, you'd be just fine.
I enjoy your time and your reaction to this classic. I like you and I look forward to your next reaction!
15:19 that "Second cup of Coffee" line was a spoof on a popular coffee commercial in the 70's, and the actress was the same lady from those commercials.
So many jokes, I noticed you missing some of them but you still laughed the entire time. 🤣
Don't feel bad. Some jokes require a working knowledge of the then-current times. 👍
I think back in the day you could smoke on a plane, but not during take off. I think it had to do with no smoking until the cabin was pressurized. Fabulous reaction and I'm saaaacribing!!!!
the running gag of Jim never (fill in the blank) at home is her from a coffee commercial she did years before. I just learned it recently and figured I'd share. and yes that was Ethel Merman in the hospital flashback.
"...is that supposed to be evocative of shark imagery..."
Yep. Because the 'Jaws' theme music was playing in the background. ('Jaws' is an old horror movie about a shark. It was pretty good for its time.)
"...Oh... I'm sorry... what!?" [as the two announcers argue over the intercom]
Yep. Oh, and apparently those two announcers were _actually_ announcers _and_ actually married in real life.
"...what the..." [as the airplane crashes through the window]
Well, the guy on the ground directs the plane since they can't see well at night. Slow motions mean to go the direction indicated slowly, quick ones mean to go fast, so when he motioned to where the baggage carts were... he motioned fast to one side, so the plane went that way... quickly... _right_ into a building. I've heard that apparently this accident has _almost_ happened in real life, too. (By 'almost' I mean they got bad signals and had to slow and stop so as not to crash into a building a hundred yards away.)
"...what's the point of getting a smoking ticked if there's no smoking on the plane..."
Usually those rules applied to take-off and landing, same with 'fasten seatbelts'. It was to prevent burning bits of matter from flying randomly through the crowd due to the plane being tilted backwards.
"...obviously they're exaggerating how lax things were back then..." [as the soldier waves to his wife/girlfriend as the plane is leaving]
Actually, no. Not that they weren't, but more that. The joke was something else entirely. Rewatch it. As they are moving off, the sounds in the background are of a _train,_ not an airplane. It makes _no sense_ in the context of an airplane to have such a scene. Same with the conductor with the watch earlier on. This is _not_ something that would have happened in planes, of any sort, ever.
This movie makes use of background noise in it's gags. One that permeates the whole movie... they're in a jet plane... but in the background of the whole movie you're hearing propeller noises. That's something you wouldn't hear on any jet.
"...she's sleeping isn't she... oh.... OH!...."
Yep. :)
"...I'm gonna need you to explain that question, sir..."
Yep. Imagine trying to have _that_ joke in a modern movie! To be honest, try to imagine _this whole movie_ being made today, with 'Modern Audiences(TM)' who are offended by _everything._
"...I'm assuming this is a cameo..."
Yep. Same with Kareem playing Murdock... and, _after_ this movie, Kareem _did_ go on a plane, and they had him up front _just_ so they could say over the intercom they were flying with Captain Murdock. (Obviously they _asked_ him to, and he had the option to say no, but... clearly, if he's in this movie, he's got a sense of humor.)
"...they're doing it in a comedic way, but it seems like he's just struggling, like a lot of veterans do after war..."
Sure. But that's what makes it a _joke._ Notice that they aren't saying he's ridiculous for feeling this way. The comedy is pretty much _all_ about stuff that _doesn't_ happen with PTSD (like thinking you're Ethel Merman, or having a 'drinking problem' in the way he does). There's no topic you _can't_ make fun of, all that matters is what the exaggeration is (George Carlin covered this).
"...I will only accept a future of self-driving cars if we have blow-up drivers like this..."
Well, you don't need to worry about it. It's... never going to happen. Or, at least, not anytime soon. What started as high hopes that we'd crack it has proven that we won't unless and until we generate General AI... at which point we'll have made a race of slaves.
"...he just saved this man's life, simply by virtue of not talking anymore..."
Clearly you missed where said man blew up...
"...is that a horse..."
Yeah, a real... stud?
"...what else would it be but a f--ckin' horse..."
Yes, that's literally what it was supposed to be... a very much f--kin' horse.
"...what is this..." [as video game goes on in the background]
A video game. Basketball for the Atari 2600.
"...I'm not gonna comment on that one..." [with Israel air]
Oh? Why not? .......................... :)
If it helps, all three of the directors were Jewish.
"...this entire movie is just, like, 20 different running gags..."
Yep! You should watch it's spiritual successors, the Naked Gun trilogy (it even includes the doctor from _this_ movie). Or maybe not since it's more ridiculous comedy, which you said isn't your style, though you _did_ say if it were done _well_ that wouldn't matter.
"...what is crash positions..."
Crouch down, put your hands over your head, stick your head between your legs, and kiss your butt good-bye... ... Er. Seriously, though, other than the kissing bit, that's pretty much the position. Curl up into a ball to make yourself as small as possible to minimize the chances of something hitting your or your body being flung into something else.
"...like... good luck with each other, maybe..."
Nope. He said _exactly_ the same line twice before... and is now saying it having clearly not realized they've landed.
Have a nice day!
Back in the 70s, there was a smoking section and a non-smoking section on airliners.
The past was weird.
As for quotable parts that made it into memes, the only one I know is the "Surely you can't be serious." "I am, and don't call me Shirley"
I also miss this kind of humor, which by the way was still practiced into the 2000s (keyword: Scary Movie/2001) and is unfortunately not allowed nowadays, but I'm glad that these old movies still exist and even reactions to them are still allowed.
If you are allowed suggestions and you haven't seen it yet, please put "A Bronx Tale" (1993) on the list, because I'm sure you would love this movie for reasons I can't tell you without spoiling.
There are a couple of bits that didn't age too well, but you'd absolutely be able to make a film like this today. Unfortunately, that involves taking a risk, and Hollywood is incredibly risk averse. Tastes change though, and it's ok that "this guy is effeminate", or "this guy is gay" aren't considered funny punchlines any more unless you do something with them (like how in The Pink Panther Strikes Again, the butler turns out to be a drag queen, but Clouseau is the butt of the joke).
At 3:01 I always point out the lady throwing her baby into the air..... hilarious. Its the little things you miss and don't catch that make this funnier each time you see it.
Johnny for President
25:19 "Can you fly this plane and _land_ it?"
"Surely, you can't be _serious?"_
"I _am_ serious. And don't call me 'Shirley.'"
That's Leslie Nielsen. This was the movie that first established him as a deadpan-humor actor for which demonstrated a unique talent. Prior to this, he played _dramatic_ roles.
You have to look back a ways in his filmography for solid evidence he was not born with grey hair, but from this movie on, just about _every_ movie he was in was a movie in which he played a character that did and said the most _hilarious_ things, but evidently unaware they were absurd, and this made them even funnier.
In the 80's you could smoke on planes. They had smoking and non-smoking sections. plus bathrooms were big enough to join "the mile high club", now you can only qualify as a solo aviator 😞.
LMAO!!!
the Old Jive Talk lady was played by Barbara Billingsley (June Cleaver from the show Leave It To Beaver.)
The inflatable pilot's name was Otto. He appeared in the credits as... Himself. ( Otto Pilot )
oh, you sweet summer child. yes, you could smoke on planes until the mid 90s. they broke the cabin up into sections. you know that area in the middle of the plane? to block smoke
You use to be able to smoke on planes, trains, Greyhound. Also your work place. That changed in the 1990's. My mom use to take her plants to work when they started to die. She was a non smoker but swore that the smoke and bullshit(conversation) would make the spring back to life. And she worked at a hospital in the purchasing department. You got to remember from the 1930's to 1950's doctors would recommend smoking for your health.
The sick girl, more than navigating the Jordan River, was navigating the Stygian River.
After so many years i recognized the kid at 20:35 playing with that toy just like luke skywalker with what obi him give.
It is said that there is a joke every 10 seconds in this movie. The movie is over 40 years old so it’s understandable when young people don’t get some of the jokes because it references so many things from pop culture of the day and earlier like Ethel Merman. Young people are not going to know who she is. There are some young people who don’t know who Kareem Abdul Jabar is either so they didn’t recognize him and didn’t know he was a basketball player in real life.
Prior to Airplane, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Robert Stack and Leslie Nielsen were all dramatic actors. This was their first comedy.
“Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!)[5] is a 1980 American parody film written and directed by the brothers David and Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams in their directorial debuts,[6] and produced by Jon Davison. It stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Lorna Patterson.[6] It is a parody of the disaster film genre, particularly the 1957 Paramount film Zero Hour!, from which it borrows its plot and central characters,[7] also drawing many elements from Airport 1975 and other films in the Airport series. It is known for its use of surreal humor and fast-paced slapstick comedy, including visual and verbal puns, gags, running jokes, and obscure humor.”
The character Captain Oveur is just as pervvy in Airplane! 2
"She's sleeping isn't she? Ohhh! Ohhhh!"
Was nice watching it with you. Also I noticed you had much more natural reactions to moments than MANY reaction channels out there. And you hardly squirmed at the shocking scenes etc. Very good!
The "Don't call me Shirley" line did come from this movie
The last time I flew was in 1437. We bombed 2 Viking ships. It was amazing.
Great reaction!
A subtle joke is that, every time we see shots of the plane in the air, the sound effect is of a WW2 bomber - with piston engines and propellers, not a jet.
Anxious? First time? Yeah I am only anxious three times on a flight, the takeoff, the landing, and the flight itself.
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Shadowcat: "If this movie has taught me anything, it's to expect the unexpected."
Me: "So, you're a Gemini?"
These types of comedies done by the ZAZ trio or even Mel Brooks can be absurd.
And that's why they're funny.
It’s a great movie and a good time capsule for the early 1980’s in general and 1980 specifically.
My best friend's father came up with the idea of putting individuals screens on airplanes, he started Airvision and later sold it to Warner Bros. 8:16
I used to be able to quote this movie from start to finish. Even then, I was constantly catching visual or audio gags that I missed. Haven't seen it in a little while now, but I'm really glad you had fun with it too. It definitely rewards repeat viewings, but then, I'm a strong believer that any good film should not only withstand, but be enhanced by, repeat viewings.
With comedies - particularly those from this period - the end credits are worth watching because the joke continue, and there are sometimes extra scenes that audiences would miss if they had left the cinema.
What I love about this movie is it explains what killed disco.
Well, not completely. I think they’ve tried everything, even a stake through the heart. It seems to just keep coming back in some way.
To answer your question about the smoking ticket. Back in the 80s you could smoke on airplanes. And in most restaurants. Heck even most jobs had a smoking area.