Airplane! Review - Off The Shelf Reviews
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 เม.ย. 2013
- Join Gary, Iain and special guest Linda, for a review and discussion of the 1980 classic spoof "Airplane"
An airplane crew takes seriously ill. Surely the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly. But don't call him Shirley. - บันเทิง
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"How soon can we land?"
"I can't tell."
"You can tell me, I'm a doctor."
"No, I mean I don't know."
"Well, can you take a guess?"
"Not for another two hours."
"You can't take a guess for another two hours?"
I love how they take and show things so literally. Like f.e. the truckload of lamps being dumped on the airstrip to give them some lights.
My favourite scene is the one where they are lining up to beat the women who's freaking out.
There was actually a mini-series aired on ABC in 1982 called "Police Squad", which had Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin which was painfully (and I mean that in a good way) ridiculous. It was pulled after six episodes because you ready for this? Because it had too many sight gags and one-liners. Duh! FYI: It is available on DVD and Blu Ray. Worth a watch. Cheers.
Two of my favorite scenes are when The Zucker Brothers show up in cameo in the beginning with the fork lift gag. "It's right over there, by the baggage loader" and when Robert Stacks character is at home, getting dressed to go to the airport and he steps out of the mirror instead of in front of the hapless driver. So subtle.
What a classic, probably never be another comedy quite like Airplane. As you guys said "even seeing it for the 10th time - it's still funny!" For me the absurd dialogue is what makes this flick so great.
Shane Shalless the only Film that may come close for me is Anchorman. Only be cause they both seem to operate in these nonsensical worlds.
Great movie, still holds up to this day. "Have you ever been to a Turkish prison?"
"The shit's really going to hit the fan..." (SWACK!!) and all of Stephen Stucker's bits. RIP Stephen.
Easily one of the best comedy films ever!
The mom from Leave it to Beaver- excuse me I Speak Jive
No matter how many times you watch this it's still hysterical and you always notice something new. I think the outtakes would be even funnier.
Hilarious film, but I'd say the first spoof was 74's young frankenstein by mel brooks, either way, love that you did this one.
What I think makes this film work, unlike many modern spoofs is that you aren't required to have seen anything else to get the jokes. They're not simply references, they're funny all on their own. For example, Scary Movie is really only fun if you've seen Scream or I know what you did last Summer. Because it has few original jokes of its own and mostly references. You don't have to have seen any of the disaster films of the 70s to laugh at Airplane. It stands on it's own two feet, which makes it timeless. That's what a good spoof needs to do. Which is why Spaceballs, Blazing Saddles, Hotshots and Robin Hood; Men in Tights work and Disaster Movie, Epic Movie and Scary Movie 2 through whatever don't.
Another difference is that if you took out all the jokes from *Airplane!* you'd still have a functional movie - not a great one, but still a coherent narrative with character development for the leads. Pull the jokes from a lot of modern spoofs, and there's nothing of substance left.
Zucker,Zucker,and Abraham wrote a movie three years before "Airplane!" called "Kentucky Fried Movie"(1977). That movie was a spoof of Hollywood movies and was directed by John Landis who went on to direct "The Blues Brothers"(1980).and "Animal House" (1978).
"surely you cant be serious " ...... " I am being serious and dont call me Shirley"
We never knew Leslie Nielson could be funny until this movie.
The first two “Scary Movies” were hilarious to me. I believe they were great examples of spoof movies. And I just love Leslie Nielsen. Rest in peace.😇
Now I always thought they were taking off the TV movie 'Terror In The Sky' (1971). The cockpit and the lighting is identical, it even includes the line, 'We need to find someone who can not only fly the plane, but who didn't have fish for dinner.' Roddy McDowell said it who played the Nielsen character in this TV movie that was, believe it or not, trying to be serious.
Gary called it, 'Aeroplane,' which reminds us that we are British.
Robert Stack was hilarious. Taking off his sunglasses with small ones underneath......
the guy in the Tower asks him "shouldn't we turn on the runway lights?" "No... that's just what they're expecting us to do." ... as if they're against them now. The scene where the airport employee picks him up. Just gold.
Gary, Iain and Linda. Beautiful British names. I really love the videos with Linda in. She has good insight and doesn’t interrupt during you 2 speaking. When you have had some other guests it’s been hard to get through, no offence to those people but I only like Gary and Iain or Gary, Iain and Linda videos. The Poseidon one is a great one 👍🤙
I'd love to see a review of The Towering Inferno one of these days since you guys mention it a couple of times.
The mirror scene is my favourite scene.
One of my favorite scenes is when Robert Stack is walking through the terminal and ends up going Chuck Norris on the religious nuts.
Jennifer Brewer Jews for Jesus?? Sciencetology.....
What makes these movies work so well is the fact that all the characters are dirt stupid but they're played by really intelligent people who portray them as being rather oblivious as opposed to being obtuse like Pauly Shore.
Airplane works so well partly as the deliberately low lighting makes it look like a real disaster movie.
Anyone else want reviews of Kentucky Fried Movie and the National Lampoon movies even Caddyshack?
will you review "blazing saddles" ?
gray man YES!!! They MUST!!! It's one if my favorite films!!!
Yeah blazing saddles is awesome.
zucker and abrams were involved in the later scary movies
Best dialog: :D
Roger Murdock: We have clearance Clarence.
Clarence Oveur: Roger, Roger. What's our vector Victor?
Tower voice: Tower's radio clearance, over!
Clarence Oveur: That's Clarence Oveur! Over.
Tower voice: Roger.
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Tower voice: Roger, over.
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Clarence Oveur: Huh?
I saw it in the theaters. and part 2 too.
Great review. You're definitely getting a lot of views from me here in South Texas. Cheers
“I like my men like I like my coffee. Black”
Whacking material 🤣🤣🤣. ( you know the bit )
Maybe the first Spoof Whole Movie, but Kentucky Fried Movie, written and acted by the Zucker brothers, preceded it by several years with spoofed commercials, TV shows, and a perfect parody of Enter the Dragon movie. It's pretty politically incorrect by today's standards, and outdated 70's references, but when I originally saw it in the theaters I was rolling on the floor laughing. You can see the obvious influences it had on Airplane.
My favorite movie.
Awesome movie. Second only perhaps to Spinal Tap.
Great review! Want to review another great spoof film? Then check out Mel Brooks' High Anxiety (1977), which he directed and starred in that's a comedy spoof of 10 classic Alfred Hitchcock films. After watching it for the first time recently, it's become one of my favorite films.
Alea Anderson Dude, ANY Mel Brooks film is AMAZING! I can't ever pick one. Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Producers, High Anxiety, the list goes on and on. Sigh, the are the best of comedy
The scene where he sings "High Anxiety" and channels Frank Sinatra is classic!
This is the best comedy film I have ever seen
Wayne Holmes You would enjoy Mel Brooks films.
Midgetwithahacksaw well some of Mel Brooks films i like ie Spaceballs, blazing saddles, Robin Hood men it tights.
Wayne Holmes Those are some of my favorites! I also like Young Frankenstein.
I loved the @#%& hits the fan scene. *splat!* lmao
I bet the Pope thinks Airplane is hilarious.
Great review
Not watched thsi in a while (review not movie, have both). Favourie scene, the way Iain n Linda gaze back at each other. So cute. Sos for bein a sap :p
This movie is called 'Flying High' in Australia. Feck knows why??
In Sweden it's called "Look! We're Flying"
That is bonkers!!
Love you to do Top Secret, great film
There is no parking in the white zone.
Midgetwithahacksaw Listen Betty, don't start up with your white zone shit again.
Brilliant 👌
You forgot Top Secret
Verry serious and dont call me Shirley.
The funny thing is, this works in the German dub as well, as "seriously?" means "ernst?", and "Ernst" is a German name and they translated it that way.
The horse in bed scene was *not* about bestiality. It was a spoof on the movie The Godfather (1972) where a severed horse's head is left in the bed of a sleeping victim as a death threat. It is a use of ''gallows humour'' where suddenly bestiality seems laughable compared to this atrocity: th-cam.com/video/c2qCQ4inKjs/w-d-xo.html
It was about bestiality.
Surely your not doing this review ......"yes I am doing this review and don't call me Shirley"
Want to review another great parody film? Check out Robert Townsend's "Hollywood Shuffle", which satirizes the still prevalent issues of racial stereotypes of African Americans in the media. There's even a bit where Townsend's character Bobby Taylor and another do their own version of a "Siskel & Ebert" film review in a movie theatre, and one of the movies they 'review' is called "Attack of the Street Pimps".
Can they handle it? Already with this move Iain calls Jabbar 'BIG BLACK'....
Wtf?
It's not 'Aeroplane'!!!
you seem to getting the title wrong it's Airplane not Aeroplane
Paul Valles Aeroplane is the British spelling.
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Jews for Jesus? Sciencetology.....