This was Leslie Nielsen's comedy debut, before this he was just a 'serious actor', this is the movie that got him to break into comedy, which of course led to the Naked Gun
One of the jokes of this movie when it came out was that Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Peter Graves and Lloyd Bridges were all in it. None of them had ever done comedy before and were known for "serious" roles. Neilsen was pretty much typecast as a villain for much of his career.
Also this lead to Leslie Neilson starring in the tv series Police Squad which was created and produced by the directors of Airplane. It only lasted 1 season. Then in the early 90s they turned the show into The Naked Gun films.
Kudos for noticing Robert Stack stepping through the mirror. Everyone misses that. Sad that "Ham on 5, hold the Mayo", "First time? No, I've been nervous lots of times.", "Let's get some pictures", "At least I have a husband", and the after credits scene didn't make the cut.
This movie is a near shot for shot remake of a movie from the 50s called "Zero Hour!". The directors were afraid that they might get sued for copying it, so they bought the film rights for about 200,000 dollars. The people who owned it didn't care much about it, since the movie was long forgotten. They also use a lot of the same lines, but Leslie Nielsen just makes them sound funnier.
Everyone should check out the video(s) comparing the two movies. It's remarkable -- they pull exact lines from the original and make them funny. Comic genius.
It is worth noting that they were likely safe because in the US, parody is considered part first amendment free speech and is protected under free use laws.
They pretty much went through the entire movie, shot-by-shot and tried to find a way to turn _every single one_ of them into a joke, and to turn every serious line into the setup for a punchline.
@@SpiderandMosquito The problem was that it was shot for shot. They might have lost a lawsuit calling this plagiarism instead if put with a hardline judge. They didn't want to risk it. Also Fair Use and Parody was weaker back in the time this was made. A parody film with Disney-like characters doing un-Disney things got shot down only a few years prior.
The airport announcers at the beginning did the announcements at LAX and were also married Irl And keep in mind that this movie is rated PG, because PG-13 didn't existence yet
I heard that the most expensive prop in this film was the fish skeleton. For some reason they just struggled to find one. Good news, the situation in this film has never happened. The pilot and co-pilot have different meals prepped in different kitchens, specifically to prevent it
The wife thinking her husband never has coffee at home (and the follow up extensions on it) is a reference to a line of coffee commercials that ran back then.
I'm reminded that the further we get away from when these types of movies are made, the more jokes that we'll get lost to time, especially if the comments section of sites like this aren't archived or are allowed to fade away. I remember when me and my best friend saw Scary Movie in the theaters, we counted all the film, television, and commercial references. If I watch that today, I'm sure I've already forgotten all but two of the commercial parodies and probably half of the film and TV show references.
27:00 The 'eggs in the mouth' is a well known magic trick, she has something that looks like the end of an egg which she pushes with her tongue, while the actual egg is hidden in the hand of the magician so he seems to take it out of the mouth. They do three '...What is it...but that's not importanrt ritght now.' jokes. 26:19 I think it's 113 dollars 30, not 11 thousand dollars, he's been a while, but not that long. There are jokes hidden in the credits and a post-credits scene with the guy still in the taxi. The sequel is kind of more of the same style, William (Captain Kirk) Shatner is in it.
There were so many airplane disaster movies out at this time. This was the movie that put them all to rest. Just like Ghostbusters did to all the spook movies of the time. There is a tendency of, when movies start taking themselves way too seriously, that a comedic gem will appear to bring everyone back down to the reality that they are meant to be entertainment.
According to a quick search, it was a '92 Supreme Court hearing that ultimately put a stop to the 'would you like a flower?' guys, following an '88 state case. So at the time of movie, yeah they were everywhere and /abysmally/ aggravating.. 10 years or so later and it was almost a full on blanket ban.
They (Hare Krishna) tried an alternative where they had young men with short haircuts try to rizz you up into buying a pamphlet, but it really felt more like they were trying to lure you to another location. It didn't last long.
@@JRSiebz They were mostly the "Children of God", their founder was named Moses David (Real name David Moses). They were in airports, malls, and anywhere else where people gathered.
Fun facts: They originally wanted Pete Rose for the pilot but they filmed during baseball season. The guy who wrote the song the stewardess plays for the girl, River of Jordan, regretted giving permission as he disliked how the song was used. Robert Stsck did his own stunts. The actor who plays the guy who gets Kramer later served as a producer on Snakes on a Plane. Johnny's lines are improvised. He was merely told the previous line.
I remember a Christian preacher was trying to hand out flyers for a local church when I was university. I politely heard him out cause he wasn't being pushy about it and he got super excited when he found out we have the same name like it was a sign from God. I hope he's doing well in life 😅.
The singing stewardess and the sick girl were both from the tv series The Love Boat … once the girl arrived on The Love Boat, they played most of their scenes together on that show
the "I speak Jive" woman is Barbara Billingsly- she played the mom on "Leave it to Beaver." That is the joke: get the whitest person from the whitest show and have them play against two black guys.
Old airplane headphones were a lot like stethoscopes. There were two tiny speakers in the armrest, that you plugged the headrest into. The technology for tiny speakers wasn't too advanced, and it would have potentially been expensive to distribute earphones with speakers, knowing that some might break or go missing. The method worked surprisingly well. There were certain religious groups that actually sold flowers at airports as a fundraiser, and others that gave them out free. They were typically tulips, wrapped in wax paper. Airports used to be rather public places, with metal detectors near the gate area as the only security.
@syabilaazri7834 so true man. Comedy in my opinion is the hardest to write, because on one hand, you need a plot around it, then you have to come up with jokes that your audience hasn't heard, and finally, somehow keep up with the jokes while finishing the movie.
Not only _after_ credits. Airplane! (and all the Zucker brothers' movies) hide a lot of jokes _in_ the credits, as a bonus for those of us who stay to read them.
They were also the movies that introduced Leslie Nielsen to comedy. He had a 30 year career as a dramatic actor before he was in Airplane! That was the funniest joke at the time. No one expected to see him (or Robert Stack, or Peter Graves, or Lloyd Bridges) doing comedy.
I had been watching reactions to this movie, probably at least a year before I noticed the mirror gag and I didn’t notice it until someone pointed it out.
The sequel wasn't made by the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker team, sadly. Opinions are divided on whether it's a hilarious continuation of all the running gags from the first one, or an unoriginal copy with nothing to add.
I've heard that to this day the Zuckers still refuse to watch the sequel. I saw it and thought it was very funny. But it did recycle a good number of jokes from this one.
I’ve always been way too focused on the happy dog wagging it’s tail-as the dubbed audio pretends it’s growling and snarling-to notice he steps *through* the mirror, nice catch!
29:18 - They wouldn't "hope" that the sound would travel, as if it were just a weird idea that someone wanted to try on a whim. There was actual design and engineering involved, and it worked.
The first I knew of this movie was after playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, when the post-credit level had the "I'm serious and don't call me Shirley" line.
Just to point out, you missed a post-credits bit - the guy is *still* sitting in the car, looks at his watch, and says "I'll give him 5 more minutes..."
I always grew up being told Chicago was horrible. But about three years ago my wife had to go there to get her citizenship. Took a Amtrak train there. The city was beautiful, clean, people were nice, the parks were amazing. We didn't go outside the big city end of it so I assume the trouble is more so in the suburbs around it rather then in the city itself.
I was shocked when y'all both said you're single. I'm in my late 50s been 90% of my adulthood and what I've come to realize is a lot of meeting the right person is luck. Anywho y'all are both too handsome funny and intelligent... Get out there and find someone! Great reaction as always. I remember when this came out. Still funny after all these yrs😊
There was a serious airline incident some years ago. It was either that the engines kind of shut off mid flight or the plane unexpectedly nose dived (Two accidents, I get them mixed up), but either way they were over the ocean, it was a dire situation and the flight crew needed to get the plane on the ground as soon as possible. The pilot just says "I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue." The rest of the crew chuckled and it eased the tension. They got the plane safely down, everyone survived. So Airplaine ironically helped to save a plane
As a former truck-moving dancer, it really isnt hard to improve. Social dancing became my favorite social hobby, and now, 9 years later, i have a TON of fun with it every week. If you can find a low-key place, it can be super rewarding
1:19 Same here. I used to love it but then I got stuck on a cheap flight that had the worst turbulence for the entire ride and ever since I no longer liked flying.
19:10 - Yeh everyone had Tupperware and they were all really useful! My grandma bought hers early on and she still using most of them! However, sadly Tupperware company has filed for bankruptcy mid-september so will not be around much longer! Make sure to get all the bowls and containers before it's gone forever! It might become an antique that your kids and grandkids can sell, an unused Tupperware set!
Highly recommend watching the short lived TV series Police Squad. A show made by the same people who made this movie and the reason why the show ended so soon is because the studio thought it had too much comedy for the audience to keep up. The resulting cancelation of Police Squad then gave us it's successor: the Naked Gun movies.
Airplane, Hot Shots, Naked Gun, Not Another Teen Movie, and Loaded Weapon 1, might be my favorite parody movies. Edit: Mel Brooks I'd have to place on their own, but some gems there.
The people with religious causes/political causes approaching you in airports went away after 9/11. Prior to that, you could be in airports (even up to the gates) without tickets and boarding passes. But for many years, depending on the airport, it was sometimes a gauntlet you had to navigate.
With the old airplane headphones, if you turned the volume up all way you could sometimes hear the audio right at the port, without paying for headphones.
Airplane! 2 is worth a watch, it's not quite as good as the first one and reuses a few jokes (for example they have another joke with magazine names, but they are different jokes using the same formula), but it's still funny and better than most modern comedies
A JW once knocked on our door early in the morning. My grandmother answered and boy - let me tell you - I have never seen my grandfather move so fast in my life to slam the door in their face.
I've heard that one of the main reasons they go door to door is not to try to convert other people, but to show their young members that other people are unfriendly.
I had Jehovah's witnesses come to my door one time when I just woke up and had a full conversation with them in nothing but my boxers and it bothered them to the point where they were trying to end the conversation and leave but I kept continuing the conversation. They never came to my house again.
YAAAAAAAS~! I'm so happy you guys finally did this one. Fun fact: Lloyd Bridges basically played a parody of his character from the NBC miniseries "San Fransisco International Airport" in this movie.
I gotta say, y’all have been my new favorite channel, I discovered, the algorithm is doing yall well. Newly subbed and love watching y’all’s stuff. I don’t know if y’all have seen or done Harry Potter but it’s a great one to do in the Fall! But you guys are awesome to watch and wish I could just get a beer with y’all, keep up the good work, I’ll be watching your guys stuff! Can’t wait for more of the Clone Wars, I never watched it but I am technically watching it for the first time with y’all and it’s great so far!
Robert Stack's character was right about municipal bonds back then. There were times in the 80s where the interest rate on municipal bonds was around 10%, and in states with no income tax, you get to keep all of it. These days, the rates are pathetically low, but not as bad as a regular savings account.
Jeff Bridges' father is the one who picked the wrong week to quit smoking, drinking, etc. Jonathan Banks was one of the tower personnal. This predates the Naked Gun movies. Nielson was known for serious roles, his most famous being Forbidden Planet. There was a quick after credits scene.
This movie is great. Has a lot of jokes _just_ for pilots, too. Visual and audio gags to do with the plane itself.My dad was a freight pilot for a long time, he laughs about stuff that I don’t understand even _after_ he explains it. But what’s even better, is when this movie came out, it was one of those that _everyone in the country_ knew and was quoting at each other and all that. It was huge, people were nuts for it. And about a week after it released, a friend of my dad’s, who at the time flew passengers, had _Leslie Nielsen himself_ stick his head in the cockpit before they took off (because they were open pre-9/11) and say the “We’re all counting on you” line. It was incredible.
Religious solicitation in airports was officially ended following the 1992 Supreme Court case International Society for Krishna Consciousness v. Lee, 505 U.S. 672. In the 1970s it was very common and was an annoyance for travelers.
The gum chewing trick is best if you start chewing before and through the ascent/descent portions of the flight when the plane pressurization and depressurization happens.
This film has been rated to have the most laughs per minute. It’s a comedic remake of an original movie from 1957 called ZERO HOUR - ua-cam.com/video/8-v2BHNBVCs/v-deo.html BTW, the producers bought the rights to ZERO HOUR just to avoid being sued. References: Opening plane in clouds mimicking the movie JAWS. Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home (coffee commercial spoof) - ua-cam.com/video/MJ4kCF22O2w-/v-deo.html same actress in real coffee commercial Boy/Girl Coffee Scene: The Original and the Spoof - ua-cam.com/video/yH6KW6eMWJI/v-deo.html From Here to Eternity- Beach Scene - ua-cam.com/video/7TlDNMc_hFk/v-deo.html
Surely you can’t be watching this Movie ? They are ... & don't call them Shirley because here are some fun facts - This is a parody of the 1957 movie “Zero Hour!” where even they named the main character Ted Striker after the movie’s own character Ted Stryker, & as a even more interesting fact Ted’s actor Robert Hays is a licensed pilot - Universal thought Airplane! was too similar to their Airport franchise even about to sue when they wanted Helen Reddy who played Sister Ruth in Airport to play as that character in the parody - Rossie Harris who played as young Joey really at the time didn’t understand the humor in Oveur’s comments that is until a year later after turning 10 & watching the movie he figured it out - Leslie Nielsen (still so funny) played a prank on set where he would used his fart machine - Jonathan Banks plays air traffic controller Gunderson
''Joey have you ever been in a turkish prison?'' line is a reference to *Midnight Express 1978* movie, which is about William "Billy" Hayes an american got sent in to a turkish prison after he was found guilty for smuggling hashish. in there billy experiences hell on earth until he escapes. it's a true story.
One of the greatest Comedies of all-time, absolutely the greatest Parody Comedy of all-time, and 14:30 is just about the funniest moment in anything ever.🤣🤣🤣
Super late to the party but i didn't see anyone else mention it, the scene with the conductor and the watch and her running by the plane is a scene taken from a WWII movie called "since you went away." Obviously, it's a train in the original.
“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.”
I just want to tell you both good luck we're all counting on you.
I just want to tell you both good luck, we're all counting on you.
I just want to tell you both good luck, we're all counting on you.
I just want to tell you both good luck we're all counting on you.
I just want to tell you both good luck we're all counting on you 😂
I just want to tell you both good luck, we're all counting on you.
This was Leslie Nielsen's comedy debut, before this he was just a 'serious actor', this is the movie that got him to break into comedy, which of course led to the Naked Gun
Surly you can't be serious
@@memebrain2177 I am serious and don't call me Shirley.
You know, when you look at a picture of Nielsen when he was young, it's hard to believe that he's the same person.
One of the jokes of this movie when it came out was that Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Peter Graves and Lloyd Bridges were all in it. None of them had ever done comedy before and were known for "serious" roles.
Neilsen was pretty much typecast as a villain for much of his career.
Also this lead to Leslie Neilson starring in the tv series Police Squad which was created and produced by the directors of Airplane. It only lasted 1 season. Then in the early 90s they turned the show into The Naked Gun films.
27:07 - *“Is that a fucking horse?”*
Yes. That's _exactly_ the type of horse it is.
Why Not? Her Husband is Hitting on Young Boys!
Godfather reference
21:15 "she has more eggs in her."
"She's a woman"
I hate how I laughed at that.
Kudos for noticing Robert Stack stepping through the mirror. Everyone misses that.
Sad that "Ham on 5, hold the Mayo", "First time? No, I've been nervous lots of times.", "Let's get some pictures", "At least I have a husband", and the after credits scene didn't make the cut.
They missed the smoking ticket too 😢
Yeah, seems they just concentrate on the dog mauling the airline trainee that they miss the mirror gag.
@@Damned_DasKar eric mentioned the mirror. Sean kinda missed it.
It's not that they didn't make the cut. These two kept talking all the time, they didn't even notice those jokes.
And the white woman knowing jive
Your reaction to the little girl and how she likes her coffee was fucking priceless.
Fucking highlight of the reaction lmao
Black, like her men...
This movie is a near shot for shot remake of a movie from the 50s called "Zero Hour!".
The directors were afraid that they might get sued for copying it, so they bought the film rights for about 200,000 dollars. The people who owned it didn't care much about it, since the movie was long forgotten.
They also use a lot of the same lines, but Leslie Nielsen just makes them sound funnier.
the fact this was leslie nielsens introduction to comedy makes it even better before this all his movies completely serious
Everyone should check out the video(s) comparing the two movies. It's remarkable -- they pull exact lines from the original and make them funny. Comic genius.
It is worth noting that they were likely safe because in the US, parody is considered part first amendment free speech and is protected under free use laws.
They pretty much went through the entire movie, shot-by-shot and tried to find a way to turn _every single one_ of them into a joke, and to turn every serious line into the setup for a punchline.
@@SpiderandMosquito The problem was that it was shot for shot. They might have lost a lawsuit calling this plagiarism instead if put with a hardline judge. They didn't want to risk it. Also Fair Use and Parody was weaker back in the time this was made. A parody film with Disney-like characters doing un-Disney things got shot down only a few years prior.
The airport announcers at the beginning did the announcements at LAX and were also married Irl
And keep in mind that this movie is rated PG, because PG-13 didn't existence yet
Wish I’d known that before I brought the movie to a 10th-grade study hall.
I heard that the most expensive prop in this film was the fish skeleton. For some reason they just struggled to find one.
Good news, the situation in this film has never happened. The pilot and co-pilot have different meals prepped in different kitchens, specifically to prevent it
By the time this movie came out, that was indeed a general rule - but at the time _Zero Hour!_ was written, it wasn't yet.
New Airplane reaction on UA-cam.
UA-cam, what is it?
It's a streaming service with lots of videos , but it is not important right now
The wife thinking her husband never has coffee at home (and the follow up extensions on it) is a reference to a line of coffee commercials that ran back then.
It's more than just a reference. It's the same actors from those old commercials as well.
I'm just reminded of those sexist mountain grown coffee commercials 😓
I'm reminded that the further we get away from when these types of movies are made, the more jokes that we'll get lost to time, especially if the comments section of sites like this aren't archived or are allowed to fade away.
I remember when me and my best friend saw Scary Movie in the theaters, we counted all the film, television, and commercial references. If I watch that today, I'm sure I've already forgotten all but two of the commercial parodies and probably half of the film and TV show references.
27:00 The 'eggs in the mouth' is a well known magic trick, she has something that looks like the end of an egg which she pushes with her tongue, while the actual egg is hidden in the hand of the magician so he seems to take it out of the mouth.
They do three '...What is it...but that's not importanrt ritght now.' jokes.
26:19 I think it's 113 dollars 30, not 11 thousand dollars, he's been a while, but not that long.
There are jokes hidden in the credits and a post-credits scene with the guy still in the taxi.
The sequel is kind of more of the same style, William (Captain Kirk) Shatner is in it.
There were so many airplane disaster movies out at this time. This was the movie that put them all to rest. Just like Ghostbusters did to all the spook movies of the time. There is a tendency of, when movies start taking themselves way too seriously, that a comedic gem will appear to bring everyone back down to the reality that they are meant to be entertainment.
YES
According to a quick search, it was a '92 Supreme Court hearing that ultimately put a stop to the 'would you like a flower?' guys, following an '88 state case. So at the time of movie, yeah they were everywhere and /abysmally/ aggravating.. 10 years or so later and it was almost a full on blanket ban.
They (Hare Krishna) tried an alternative where they had young men with short haircuts try to rizz you up into buying a pamphlet, but it really felt more like they were trying to lure you to another location. It didn't last long.
@@aquatus1 I thought they were Moonies
@@JRSiebz Eh, tomato, tomahto
@@JRSiebz They were mostly the "Children of God", their founder was named Moses David (Real name David Moses). They were in airports, malls, and anywhere else where people gathered.
Fun facts: They originally wanted Pete Rose for the pilot but they filmed during baseball season.
The guy who wrote the song the stewardess plays for the girl, River of Jordan, regretted giving permission as he disliked how the song was used.
Robert Stsck did his own stunts.
The actor who plays the guy who gets Kramer later served as a producer on Snakes on a Plane.
Johnny's lines are improvised. He was merely told the previous line.
I remember a Christian preacher was trying to hand out flyers for a local church when I was university.
I politely heard him out cause he wasn't being pushy about it and he got super excited when he found out we have the same name like it was a sign from God.
I hope he's doing well in life 😅.
Cool story
There's a post credit scene that you missed, that would answer one of your questions...
I'll give him 20 minutes and that's it
The singing stewardess and the sick girl were both from the tv series The Love Boat … once the girl arrived on The Love Boat, they played most of their scenes together on that show
the "I speak Jive" woman is Barbara Billingsly- she played the mom on "Leave it to Beaver." That is the joke: get the whitest person from the whitest show and have them play against two black guys.
This film works by the actors playing it straight while the jokes are in the background
This makes me feel so old, I remember seeing this on vhs as a kid. lol
_You_ feel old? I saw it at the campus theater in my senior year at college. 😄 It's still one of my favorite movies.
most people dont realise that the longest running joke is the plane engines making the wrong noise
Old airplane headphones were a lot like stethoscopes. There were two tiny speakers in the armrest, that you plugged the headrest into. The technology for tiny speakers wasn't too advanced, and it would have potentially been expensive to distribute earphones with speakers, knowing that some might break or go missing. The method worked surprisingly well. There were certain religious groups that actually sold flowers at airports as a fundraiser, and others that gave them out free. They were typically tulips, wrapped in wax paper. Airports used to be rather public places, with metal detectors near the gate area as the only security.
I miss this kind of movies, I understand that nowadays it would be a bit strange to see them in the cinema but I would still like to see them 😔
Too bad that parody movie is hard to make these day becuase one is the comedy hard to write and two is the copyright issue...
@syabilaazri7834 so true man. Comedy in my opinion is the hardest to write, because on one hand, you need a plot around it, then you have to come up with jokes that your audience hasn't heard, and finally, somehow keep up with the jokes while finishing the movie.
@@complex2live Hot Fuzz did that very well, and it’s also played mostly straight until the climax
Top secret needs to be next on the list, incredible movie made by the same people as this.
An absolute classic of the genre.
It's too often overlooked and overshadowed by _Airplane_ and the _Naked Gun_ movies.
I don't think many notice throught the whole movie, the jet just makes airplane propeller sounds instead.
One of the best comedies ever made! Fun fact: Airplane! was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2010.
You stopped too early! You missed the guy in the taxi still waiting! Airplane was doing after-credit scenes before Marvel Studios was even a thing!
Not only _after_ credits. Airplane! (and all the Zucker brothers' movies) hide a lot of jokes _in_ the credits, as a bonus for those of us who stay to read them.
@@bobbuethe1477 I had completely forgotten about those!
There was a post-credits scene... IIRC it was the guy in the back of the taxi looking at his watch and saying "ehh... I'll give it another 15 minutes"
Airplane and the Naked Gun movies are what introduced me to Leslie Nielsen. Thanks dad. 😊
@@StanfordPlays same here. My dad showed these to me 17 years ago when I was maybe a little too young lol
They were also the movies that introduced Leslie Nielsen to comedy. He had a 30 year career as a dramatic actor before he was in Airplane!
That was the funniest joke at the time. No one expected to see him (or Robert Stack, or Peter Graves, or Lloyd Bridges) doing comedy.
It was Scary Movie 3 for me.
Congratulations on being one of a very, _very_ few to catch the mirror gag!
I had been watching reactions to this movie, probably at least a year before I noticed the mirror gag and I didn’t notice it until someone pointed it out.
I would recommend the sequel personally. It has a similar storyline to the first, but there are enough new jokes to make it well worth a watch
I once watched them back to back and they are basically the same movie, but funny enough that I didn't care.
The sequel wasn't made by the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker team, sadly. Opinions are divided on whether it's a hilarious continuation of all the running gags from the first one, or an unoriginal copy with nothing to add.
I've heard that to this day the Zuckers still refuse to watch the sequel.
I saw it and thought it was very funny. But it did recycle a good number of jokes from this one.
Shatner was my favorite part of the movie.
I’ve always been way too focused on the happy dog wagging it’s tail-as the dubbed audio pretends it’s growling and snarling-to notice he steps *through* the mirror, nice catch!
Apparently the "never barfs at home" is a reference to a commercial from the time.
6:07 Kareem Abdul-Jabaar!
14:35 😂😂😂
20:34 The Legend!
23:01 Bro!
24:12 Good Nip!
25:55 Famous Quote!
30:17 He's High on Glue!
32:34 Salute!🫡
33:14 The Goat!🐐
Look like I picked the wrong week to quit watching sorta stupid reactions
Every week is the wrong week to stop watching Sorta Stupid reactions.
I think this movie was Seth MacFarlane's favorite, because you can see jokes from that movie in certain episodes of Family Guy... 😄
This film is a well-deserved classic!
29:18 - They wouldn't "hope" that the sound would travel, as if it were just a weird idea that someone wanted to try on a whim. There was actual design and engineering involved, and it worked.
This movie will make anyone die of pure genuine laughter.
Right off the bat the opening Ruff story already sets you up for the humor of the movie and the reaction!
The first I knew of this movie was after playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, when the post-credit level had the "I'm serious and don't call me Shirley" line.
Leslie Nelson's first comedy. His agents and friends told him it would ruin his career. They were obviously mistaken
So the "Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home," joke is a reference to a coffee commercial at the time.
With the same actors:
ua-cam.com/video/MJ4kCF22O2w/v-deo.html
Just to point out, you missed a post-credits bit - the guy is *still* sitting in the car, looks at his watch, and says "I'll give him 5 more minutes..."
The white zone, red zone thing was done with the actual voce acters. 1:58
I always grew up being told Chicago was horrible. But about three years ago my wife had to go there to get her citizenship. Took a Amtrak train there. The city was beautiful, clean, people were nice, the parks were amazing. We didn't go outside the big city end of it so I assume the trouble is more so in the suburbs around it rather then in the city itself.
I was shocked when y'all both said you're single. I'm in my late 50s been 90% of my adulthood and what I've come to realize is a lot of meeting the right person is luck. Anywho y'all are both too handsome funny and intelligent... Get out there and find someone!
Great reaction as always. I remember when this came out. Still funny after all these yrs😊
I don't know how I said 50s.. 40s late 40s slow down time! I'm not trying to jump ahead 10 yrs!
Looks like I picked a bad time to stop sniffing glue...
Rip to Ruff2-D2
Airplane! 's unofficial motto, "Boundaries! We don't need no stinking boundaries!!"...
Boundaries are what a lot of Millennials and Gen Z try to force down normal people's throats.
Sean looking sharp lately. Keep being awesome you handsome bastard.
There was a serious airline incident some years ago. It was either that the engines kind of shut off mid flight or the plane unexpectedly nose dived (Two accidents, I get them mixed up), but either way they were over the ocean, it was a dire situation and the flight crew needed to get the plane on the ground as soon as possible. The pilot just says "I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue." The rest of the crew chuckled and it eased the tension. They got the plane safely down, everyone survived.
So Airplaine ironically helped to save a plane
it woud have be way better if everybody of the group coud watch this but even with just you 2 its stil funny to see your reactions to this movie
Did you see the post credits scene?
As a former truck-moving dancer, it really isnt hard to improve. Social dancing became my favorite social hobby, and now, 9 years later, i have a TON of fun with it every week. If you can find a low-key place, it can be super rewarding
1:19 Same here. I used to love it but then I got stuck on a cheap flight that had the worst turbulence for the entire ride and ever since I no longer liked flying.
Can we please bring back spoof movies like this to theaters again?
One of the first films with a after credits scene I remember watching.
19:10 - Yeh everyone had Tupperware and they were all really useful! My grandma bought hers early on and she still using most of them!
However, sadly Tupperware company has filed for bankruptcy mid-september so will not be around much longer! Make sure to get all the bowls and containers before it's gone forever! It might become an antique that your kids and grandkids can sell, an unused Tupperware set!
Highly recommend watching the short lived TV series Police Squad. A show made by the same people who made this movie and the reason why the show ended so soon is because the studio thought it had too much comedy for the audience to keep up.
The resulting cancelation of Police Squad then gave us it's successor: the Naked Gun movies.
29:00 think about how secret service agents have those ear pieces.
Speaker/mic on their collar and coiled tube going into their ear
The amount of moments in this movie that were in Family Guy is a drinking game of its own.
25:08 idk if I’ve seen any reactors recognize Stack stepping through the mirror.
Y'all need to watch Hot shots part 1 and deux :D
Airplane, Hot Shots, Naked Gun, Not Another Teen Movie, and Loaded Weapon 1, might be my favorite parody movies. Edit: Mel Brooks I'd have to place on their own, but some gems there.
@@cistric317 all are just amazing parodies
I remember hearing that voice line (no thank you I take it black like my men) dam I'm assuming it's a meme
The people with religious causes/political causes approaching you in airports went away after 9/11. Prior to that, you could be in airports (even up to the gates) without tickets and boarding passes. But for many years, depending on the airport, it was sometimes a gauntlet you had to navigate.
Also, a fun fact: Airplane is acknowledged for having the first credit given to a non-living object, being the automatic pilot.
With the old airplane headphones, if you turned the volume up all way you could sometimes hear the audio right at the port, without paying for headphones.
Airplane! 2 is worth a watch, it's not quite as good as the first one and reuses a few jokes (for example they have another joke with magazine names, but they are different jokes using the same formula), but it's still funny and better than most modern comedies
The William Shatner performance is freaking solid comedy gold.
A JW once knocked on our door early in the morning. My grandmother answered and boy - let me tell you - I have never seen my grandfather move so fast in my life to slam the door in their face.
I've heard that one of the main reasons they go door to door is not to try to convert other people, but to show their young members that other people are unfriendly.
I had Jehovah's witnesses come to my door one time when I just woke up and had a full conversation with them in nothing but my boxers and it bothered them to the point where they were trying to end the conversation and leave but I kept continuing the conversation. They never came to my house again.
Second cup of coffee, this was parodying a Yuban coffee commercial from the 70s, and possibly very early 80s..
With the same actors:
ua-cam.com/video/MJ4kCF22O2w/v-deo.html
"Don't call me Sherly" still, almost 40 years after I first saw the movie, still makes me laugh like the first time I saw it.
Hopefully they’ll rebuild Ruff into an even stronger trash can. 😞
"is this like a casablanca thing" That's their next movie, Top Secret!
You all need to check out "Airport" (1970), the disaster film where many of these scenes were derived.
YAAAAAAAS~! I'm so happy you guys finally did this one. Fun fact: Lloyd Bridges basically played a parody of his character from the NBC miniseries "San Fransisco International Airport" in this movie.
I gotta say, y’all have been my new favorite channel, I discovered, the algorithm is doing yall well. Newly subbed and love watching y’all’s stuff. I don’t know if y’all have seen or done Harry Potter but it’s a great one to do in the Fall! But you guys are awesome to watch and wish I could just get a beer with y’all, keep up the good work, I’ll be watching your guys stuff! Can’t wait for more of the Clone Wars, I never watched it but I am technically watching it for the first time with y’all and it’s great so far!
"People just thought he was a really big trashcan..."
Surely you can't be serious!
I kept getting distracted by that white spotin Erik's hair😊
Robert Stack's character was right about municipal bonds back then. There were times in the 80s where the interest rate on municipal bonds was around 10%, and in states with no income tax, you get to keep all of it. These days, the rates are pathetically low, but not as bad as a regular savings account.
This movie was on the TV in the hospital the day I was born! Instead of paying attention to my poor mother, everyone locked in on it 😭
Jeff Bridges' father is the one who picked the wrong week to quit smoking, drinking, etc.
Jonathan Banks was one of the tower personnal.
This predates the Naked Gun movies. Nielson was known for serious roles, his most famous being Forbidden Planet.
There was a quick after credits scene.
Guinness book of world records.This movie has the most jokes per minute
“Back then too”.
Training a horse wasn’t a foreign concept in 1980.
This movie is great. Has a lot of jokes _just_ for pilots, too. Visual and audio gags to do with the plane itself.My dad was a freight pilot for a long time, he laughs about stuff that I don’t understand even _after_ he explains it.
But what’s even better, is when this movie came out, it was one of those that _everyone in the country_ knew and was quoting at each other and all that. It was huge, people were nuts for it. And about a week after it released, a friend of my dad’s, who at the time flew passengers, had _Leslie Nielsen himself_ stick his head in the cockpit before they took off (because they were open pre-9/11) and say the “We’re all counting on you” line. It was incredible.
Religious solicitation in airports was officially ended following the 1992 Supreme Court case International Society for Krishna Consciousness v. Lee, 505 U.S. 672. In the 1970s it was very common and was an annoyance for travelers.
And the legend says that the guy in the taxi still living there and his debt is more than all PIB in the world
The gum chewing trick is best if you start chewing before and through the ascent/descent portions of the flight when the plane pressurization and depressurization happens.
This film has been rated to have the most laughs per minute.
It’s a comedic remake of an original movie from 1957 called ZERO HOUR - ua-cam.com/video/8-v2BHNBVCs/v-deo.html
BTW, the producers bought the rights to ZERO HOUR just to avoid being sued.
References:
Opening plane in clouds mimicking the movie JAWS.
Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home (coffee commercial spoof) - ua-cam.com/video/MJ4kCF22O2w-/v-deo.html same actress in real coffee commercial
Boy/Girl Coffee Scene: The Original and the Spoof - ua-cam.com/video/yH6KW6eMWJI/v-deo.html
From Here to Eternity- Beach Scene - ua-cam.com/video/7TlDNMc_hFk/v-deo.html
Surely you can’t be watching this Movie ? They are ... & don't call them Shirley because here are some fun facts
- This is a parody of the 1957 movie “Zero Hour!” where even they named the main character Ted Striker after the movie’s own character Ted Stryker, & as a even more interesting fact Ted’s actor Robert Hays is a licensed pilot
- Universal thought Airplane! was too similar to their Airport franchise even about to sue when they wanted Helen Reddy who played Sister Ruth in Airport to play as that character in the parody
- Rossie Harris who played as young Joey really at the time didn’t understand the humor in Oveur’s comments that is until a year later after turning 10 & watching the movie he figured it out
- Leslie Nielsen (still so funny) played a prank on set where he would used his fart machine
- Jonathan Banks plays air traffic controller Gunderson
''Joey have you ever been in a turkish prison?'' line is a reference to *Midnight Express 1978* movie, which is about William "Billy" Hayes an american got sent in to a turkish prison after he was found guilty for smuggling hashish. in there billy experiences hell on earth until he escapes. it's a true story.
When were kids traveling through the mountains, we would force ourselves to yawn to clear our ears
One of the greatest Comedies of all-time, absolutely the greatest Parody Comedy of all-time, and 14:30 is just about the funniest moment in anything ever.🤣🤣🤣
Super late to the party but i didn't see anyone else mention it, the scene with the conductor and the watch and her running by the plane is a scene taken from a WWII movie called "since you went away." Obviously, it's a train in the original.
If all you know from this film is "Don't call me, Shirley" ... y'all're in for a treat!
“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.”
What always kills me is how Otto has an imdb page because he is credited in this movie
You may the only reactor ever to spot and call out Robert Stack walking through the mirror. That is worth a follow.