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They're not monks. They're members of the Hare Krishna sect. A short lived and egregiously moronic religious cult imaginable. Everyone wanted to kick their butts, too.
More than half the jokes are timeless and not specific to the era. These two chicks just aren't very sharp. As they prove in every one of their reactions.
12:30 "Our orders came in. We're bombing the storage depot at 1800 hours. We'll be coming in from the north below their radar." "When will you be back?" "I can't tell you that, it's classified." Underappreciated dialogue.
"Don't take it out on the kid..." Kareem getting fed up with Joey is such a great moment. His build-up of frustration until he grabs the kid "The hell I don't!" 🤣🤣🤣 The kid didn't know Kareem was going to do that and his stunned reaction is genuine.
I think it’s hilarious that there’s no explanation as to why Kareem is pretending to be a pilot. I know it’s a reference to an older movie but without that context it’s absurd and I love it
@@CaddyJimPushing Kareem until he breaks character is classic. And rather Python-esque. "Let us taunt him further! He may become so cross he makes a mistake!"
Almost all of the male actors in the movie were famous actors, but famous for being tough-guys and villains. This movie re-launched several of these into brand new careers as comedic actors.
I think they were chosen specifically because they were serious dramatic actors. The comical lines hit harder being delivered by actors known for serious roles.
So, if no one has explained it yet, the "Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home..." is from old tv commercials for Yuban Coffee. The lady in this movie is the same lady from the commercial.
From the good old days when a man would put his wife over his knee and spank her for buying the wrong brand of coffee (yes, there were real ads like that).
Another thing I noticed with this character is she's the only person that didn't have food poisoning from from the fish. I saw that you've been coffee as she was in a few years ago. Yuban is not a very common coffee brand where I live but occasionally it does show up at the Ocean State Job Lot.
@@robertknight4672 The actress was also the one who suggested that instead of being slapped once, as the script showed, there be a line of people with weapons to slap her. It was a great idea and made for a very funny scene.
I swear you'll rarely find a film as consistently funny as this one. I mean seriously, the sheer number of legitimately hilarious visual AND verbal jokes (sometimes both happening at the SAME time) is an achievement I can't wrap my head around..
Another joke lost to time is the man in the cab. He was Howard Jarvis, a consumer rights advocate who fought against government waste. And then he's just waiting in a cab, racking up fees.
Fun fact. The guy playing Ted got his script and read it on an airplane. He was laughing so much that a stewardess came to him to check that he was ok. He handed her the script for her to read and she started doing the same thing... Just proves how good the jokes and gags were written.
The jive lady, Barbara Billingsley, was a beloved TV actress. She was the mother on the show, Leave It To Beaver. She and the two black men worked out the Jive language themselves. They remained fast friends for the remainder of her life. The glue sniffer was Lloyd Bridges, father of Jeff and Beau Bridges. He initially turned down the role but he sons convinced him to do it. He was afraid it would ruin his career since he was a well known serious actor. It actually rejuvenated his career since he was so good at comedy. He also appears in the Hot Shots parody movies. A lot of this movies is parody of the "Airport" disaster movies, like the "Hot Shots" movies parody Top Gun.
That's one of those background jokes that you sometimes don't see until later cause there are so many background things that it takes a few viewings to see
@@chipwhitley6509 I've seen this movie over 100x and still surprised when I see something I've missed. The latest is when the airplane crashes into the terminal in the beginning... One of the people that runs away throws a "baby" in the air. 😮😂
I know. Watching people react to this classic can be a bit frustrating due to what they miss or what's being referenced that they don't get, like the coffee lady. Makes me want to sit with the reactors so I can point out things like that or explain what the jokes are referencing.
It really was that bad back in the 80s, especially in D.C. You were constantly being accosted by people with petitions they wanted you to sign for one cause or another.
“Lt. Herwitz. Severe shell shock. He thinks he’s Ethel Merman.” THAT WAS the legendary Ethel Merman!!! BWA ha ha ha!!! Did you see the guy in the cab still waiting at the end?
Mrs Clever and the Black guys was one of the Longest cuts because of the laughing they did. This 2 guys and Barbara Billingsley became life long friends till she passed
Most times when I see two people alone together and I'm walking past them, I'll stop and say this and then walk away. Guaranteed they tell the story to their friends later on.
The child abuse and rape cases from the 70's and 80's which they settled out of court in the 2000's pretty much made them leave the public space in the west. They do organic farming, or "cow protection" in the UK and US now. (The movie commented only on how annoying they could be. The abuse cases were not public back then.) The singing is them repeating their manta 1728 times a day, which is a requirement for devotees. As is a vegeterian lifestyle with no sex, except for procreation. It was founded in 1966 in NY, but claims roots to the 15th century monotheistic hindu movement. They claim over 10 mil members, most of which are in India. Their founder was quite a bit of an anti-semite, who openly supported dictatorship as the best governing style. In his opinion Hitler and Napoleon were "devils", but Hitler at least killed Jews. For sure he was a character.
I am proud of Toy. She accurately predicted that Elaine would tell Striker that she was proud of him. She also predicted that Otto would show signs of life. She was in top form, for this reaction. I am glad you guys got to this movie. Many consider this an essential classic, when it comes to comedic movies. I'm sure that it won't be long, though, before a majority of the film goes over most people's heads. Not only are a lot of the character references no longer around, and not only is a lot of the culture different, so many things about how airports operate have drastically changed. One just couldn't decide on a whim, to enter an airport from the street & expect to be on the plane in less than an hour. Anyway, I am glad you guys enjoyed this movie. I am impressed at how well you were able to comprehend it. Some reactors get a bit hung up on some of the outdated references. There definitely used to be smoking on planes, and for a while you used to be able to see where ashtrays used to be on the armrests of older planes. I'm sure most of those planes have been retired, by now. I look forward to more comedy films from this era. See you guys again sometime.
The sky was looking ominous so I asked Siri "Surely, it's not going to rain today?" And she replied "Yes it is and dont call me Shirley" That was when I realized I'd left my phone on airplane mode...
Just so you know the funny part about the older lady saying excuse me stewadess i speak jive is the fact the she is most well known a being the mom from a 50's and 60's show called Leave it to Beaver. She was like the classic tv mom so wholesome and propper so her saying i speak jive and then arguing with them is hilarious.
fun fact; producers saw an old black and white dramatic movie called zero hour, the producers bought the rights to it and turned it into airplane! most ,of the serious dialogue comes straight from the movie
Yes, it's basically 3 guys cutting up MST3K-style while watching an unintentionally funny B-movie... then just purchasing the rights and making their version.
The joke about Captain Over's questionable questions to the kid Joey is that the questions he asks him are questions that nobody would ever ask anyone in a public setting like that ever.
It is a busy movie to catch everything the first time. They are a bit young to get some of these jokes, like the coffee commercial, and I doubt they have ever heard of Ethel Merman. I've seen this dozens of times and I just noticed the ice cream cone at 30:52.
Many jokes are based on the era. This was made 44 years ago and society has changed a lot. I was born in 82 and get most of these references, but people born post 2000 won't get many of them.
@@Styxswimmer I was born in 70 and missed many of the references. I own the "Don't call me Shirly" edition and recently watched to commentary version and learned a lot. These kids missed so much but at least realized there was stuff all through the movie. They just didn't realize it was ALL through the movie. They didn't even know who Mrs. Cleaver is. LOL
Agreed - I was born in 1965, and even at 15 some of the jokes were still a little too adult for me to catch the first time watching. For instance, when the little boy brings the tray of coffee to the little girl and she says she likes it black, like her men...yeah, I was still too naive to get that one.
When the doctor is encouraging Ted, he is referencing an old Ronald Reagan movie, The Knute Rockne Story, about an early football player and coach at Notre Dame. Ronald Reagan again! (He was running for the Presidency at the time.)
I think this joke goes over most people's heads. Whenever someone was being dragged down the aisle from the cockpit, someone made an announcement. First, it was Captain Oveur, and then it was Elaine. This was done for a specific reason. When people hear an announcement over a speaker, especially on a plane, they pay attention by looking up towards the front. This is why nobody noticed bodies being dragged. They were all being distracted by design.
The frightened woman getting hit is a parody of a common trope in old films and TV shows from before the 80s. Whenever a woman starts freaking out you can calm her down by slapping her. Usually it was their boyfriend but it could be any other character in a given scene hence the line up of so many different people.
32:55 "Leon's getting larger..." is apparently a riff on an old TV commercial about a furniture store chain called Leon's. They were expanding the business and their TV commercial mentioned that Leon's getting larger.
Great factoid! I’ve seen this movie dozens of times and have maybe watched even more reactions to it, and this is the first mention I’ve seen of this. I always say that the character Johnny is the impetus for the term “he extra”, but I never knew this reference. Thanks!
6:10 Those 2 guys are speaking "jive" Toy and Tori. The joke is they're saying that they're speaking a different language and the subtitles are translating what they're saying into plain english.
I saw an interview with Barbara Billingsly (the actress) and she said those two actors actually came up with the lines and taught them to her. She was completely puzzled by it, but went with it anyway and hit a homerun. I was surprised to read that 70's street jive slang was a fairly short-lived thing. (Although jive terms had been used as early as the late 30s and beyond.)
"Jim never has a second cup of coffee (or does X) at home" is a parody of a popular series of commercials at the time. The old lady who "speaks jive" was "June Cleaver", the most "whitebread" suburban mother on American TV! The horse in the bed is a reference to The Godfather, only with the ENTIRE horse...
I thought the horse joke was how sexually depraved the couple was: The husband, Capt. Oveur, asking inappropriate questions to young boys, while the wife is at home getting it on with a horse.
The humor of this movie was from an even older time than 1980. I enjoyed watching most the jokes flying right over your heads (get it?) lol Yep, I'm old
Fun Fact on 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. As for Leslie Nielsen, Besides this and The Naked Gun Trilogy, he was also in horror movies such as Creepshow and Prom Night (1980) and other comedies like Dracula: Dead and Loving it, Spy Hard, Wrongfully Accused, Surf Ninja, Stan Helsing and played Santa Claus in a Holiday movie called Santa Who. He also played Mr. MaGoo in a live action comedy.
I am one of maybe 3 people in the world who like the live action Mr. Magoo lol. It's not a great film, but it's genuinely funny to me and Ive enjoyed it since I was a child, so my nostalgia goggles will always be on for this film.
Disaster movies produced by Irwin Allen were big in the seventies. "Poseiden Adventure", "Towering Inferno", etc. There were also the "Airport!" movies which are being parodied here. Part of what makes this movie funny to many is having serious actors saying wacky lines with a straight face. Leslie Nielsen had an entire career for decades as a dramatic actor, this was his first comedy
This is one of my favorite movies to watch reactions to...and only one or two have ever caught the joke with the mirror when Rex Cramer first appears! It's kinda subtle, go watch the scene and see if you can catch it yourself...
more comedies 4 U: "Animal House" (1978) "Johnny English" (2003) "A Shot In The Dark" (1964) "A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum" (1966) "History of the World, Part 1" (1981)"So I Married An Axe Murderer" (1993) "Coneheads" (1993) "8 Heads In A Duffel Bag" (1997) "Serial Mom" (1994) "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" (1992) "Police Academy" (1984) "Scary Movie" (2000)
That is a gorgeous cat! I currently have three myself, a Siamese and a Manx that are part of my family, and a foster I have had for about a year now. Half of the jokes in this movie are very specific to the tie. I mean REALLY specific like specific roles are played by people who reprise lines from ads they were in. And the cameos: the "Point/Counterpoint" people, JJ Walker, Kareem, Ethel Mermon, etc. But even though half the jokes are dated, it still is funny for younger people. That is genius. As an aside, a distant cousin of mine back in the day was a famous Jewish sports legend before WW II cut his career short. An all-star catcher named Harry "the Horse" Danning. I actually talked to him once about out family history.
@@RuntotheMovies He is very sweet. But my Siamese does not like him and he is aggressive (playfully) to her so we have to keep the separate. But anytime someone comes over to consider adopting him, he hides. He does not do this when other people show up. Only potential adopters!!! He wants to stay. But my sweet Siamese comes first. Want another cat?
the best thing about this movie is all the little quotes u can use in real life. I have used several like dont call me Shirley and the What is it line on friends and family. They are usually first confused, then they get it,then theres a look of pure disgust and a little bit of hatred. So its a fine day for me with mucho satisfaction:P
I still catch new stuff even after seeing this movie and reactions many times. He tells Elaine every detail of his classified mission EXCEPT when he will be back.
This movie is a near shot by shot parody of a serious film called Zero Hour. You can even find some video that show side by side comparison clips from both films. Beautiful reaction. Thank you both.
Most of these actors were already famous, but for serious roles. Leslie Neilson rebooted his career from serious actor to comic actor starting with this movie. In the 1970s the airports, malls, and other places had these religious cults roaming around begging people for contributions. Look up "moonies". That "Jim never has two cups of coffee" is from an old coffee commercial in the 1970s. By 1979 Disco had pretty much run it's course and was dead.
Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Neilson, and Robert Stack had never did a comedy movie till Airplane The Jive Lady was Joan Cleaver from Leave it to Beaver also the Pilot was Peter Graves from the original series of Mission Impossible and when things got stressful they used MI music at key moment Win one for the Zipper was a College Football movie about The Gipper and was popular back in the day, that's why after the Speech they played college football music. ]:)
This movie parody of air disaster films of the 70s/80s is an almost shot for shot remake of a black and white movie air disaster. You can find on UA-cam videos showing either one after the other or side by side the scenes. There are a lot of pop culture references in this most younger people will not get. The coffee remark was a reference to a commercial at the time. That really was Ethel Murman, a singer. The old lady Jive translator was the wife and mother actress from "Leave it to Beaver" TV series. The "win just one for the Zipper" speech was a parody of the movie starring a young Ronald Reagan where he says "win one for the Gipper". Lloyd Bridges was the dad of Beau and Jeff.
one of Leslie Nielsen's earlier drama roles was in the sci fi film FORBIDDEN PLANET. Seeing it as a kid the monster and the music score scared me and the plot twist was definitely unexpected!
The Japanese soldier that stabs himself is played by James Hung. Among hundreds of other roles, you would recognize him as the voice of Po's dad in Kung Fu Panda.
To get some of the references, you should watch some of the films spoofed, like Airport and Zero Hour. From Here to Eternity will help with the beach scene. For the captain's inappropriate comments to the kid, check out Shane, Spartacus, and Midnight Express.
FYI the lady who was putting her makeup on was the mother of the two Zucker brothers. Also the lady translating Jive was the played the wholesome mother in Leave It Beaver.
My absolute favorite Run to the Movies pair reacting to one of my favorites movies, and my neighborhood supermarket has smoked ribs on sale. This is a great way to start my weekend.
Lloyd Bridges, the I picked the wrong week to quit smoking guy, is Jeff Bridge's father. You will likely remember him from Seinfeld, the personal trainer who kept throwing out his back
SEINFELD references are too old for most reactors at this point. FRIENDS is the '90s show younger folks watch today, and even that is starting to slip.
@@LordVolkov Last year, I almost got my front teeth knocked out and couldn't eat solid foods for a while. When I told my friends I would be living on soup until I healed, I quoted Lloyd Bridges from Hot Shots: "I love soup. At least I think I love soup. Soup or duck. Which one do you shoot?" He was my favorite character in that movie.
Best slapstick of all time. Everyone watch it again and listen to the propellers in the background. Remember they’re on a commercial jet. One other thing make sure you watch the whole movie to the end meaning credits too.
From what I understand, the pilot and co-pilot are always served different meals during a long flight. This should ensure that someone is still in control of plane in case one of them gets food poisoning. It's also quote possible that they are served their meals at different times, and also don't eat them in the cockpit.
The mentality of how this movie was written was that there 'always has to be something going on'. If there's no joke or gag happening in focus, something has to happen in the background. Conversation has to be funny or punny, and if not, something visual needs to be there.
The number of people who miss "would you like something to read?" "Do you have something light?" "How about this leaflet, on famous Jewish athletes." Try Kentucky Fried Movie. Same guys who did Airplane.
Most people forget the man in the cab. After the end credits there is a shot of him still waiting in the cab. And there is realy a Mayo Clinic, that's is a nonprofit American academic medical center focused on integrated health care, education, and research. This movie is next to Naked Gun still my favorite old classic humor movie.
"Are they monks?" They're supposed to be Hari Krishnas. From the late 70s until they passed a law against it in the early 80s, they were famous for bothering people in airports by trying to give them flowers.
It fills my heart with so much joy seeing you ladies watch one of the funniest movies ever made. Toy is such a hopeless romantic it melts my heart. Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker wrote Airplane! while they were performing with a theater group they founded in 1971 called the Kentucky Fried Theatre. They often recorded late night television and reviewed the tapes to find inspiration for comedic material. One night they accidentally recorded an old 1957 film called Zero Hour! It has the exact same plot as Airplane! right down to the fish poisoning. Even though Zero Hour! was made as a serious drama, the trio saw comedic potential in the storyline and decided to remake the film as a parody. They also borrowed inspiration from the Airport film series (1970-1979). Since disaster films were very popular in the 1970s, Airplane! was made as a spoof of that genre. Believe it or not, Sigourney Weaver actually auditioned for the role of Elaine. The trio decided to cast actors who up to that point hadn’t done comedy and were known for doing serious roles before this film, such as Leslie Nielsen (Dr. Rumack), Peter Graves (Captain Oveur), Robert Stack (Rex Kramer) and Lloyd Bridges (Steve McCroskey). Stack is best remembered by modern audiences as the chilling host of Unsolved Mysteries (1987-2002). The deadpan delivery of the cast combined with the absurdity of the script made for comedic gold. I wasn’t sure if you noticed, but the guy calling from the Mayo Clinic is actually sitting in front of countless jars of mayonnaise 😂 The guy left waiting in the taxi cab at the airport is actually Howard Jarvis, a businessman, activist, and political figure known for his anti-tax policies and harsh criticisms of the government. It’s hilarious seeing someone who railed so much against waste and being taxed just sitting in an empty taxi cab with the meter running. The inside joke was that he never would have paid for such a charge in real life. What made the white lady speaking jive even more hilarious is that the actress, Barbara Billingsley, is best known for playing the wholesome mother on Leave it to Beaver (1957-1963). You lovely ladies really made my day with your reactions! I hope you all get to watch more great comedies like Blazing Saddles, Clue, Spaceballs, Big, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Ace Ventura, My Cousin Vinny, and School of Rock! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I read through all the comments, and while several remarked about the propeller sounds on a jet airplane, no one seemed to have noticed the smile painted on the bottom of the fuselage below the cockpit, and how it turned into a frown at the height of the crucial part of the movie. Overall, I thought you two did a good job of reviewing the movie. Congrats!
I 4 years ago, I got a post-op infection that had spread enough that the toxins the bacteria were producing were sending me into shock, but because I always felt like absolute hell whenever I had kidney stone's removed at that hospital (and ONLY at that hospital - I felt perfectly normal within a day when I had it done elsewhere), I thought the horrible way I felt was just the same old shit. Fortunately, I had an appointment at the outpatient clinic (which is a couple of blocks from the hospital) for a wound between my shoulders days before I was scheduled for my first post-op visit. At the clinic, I collapsed when the PA (Physicians Assistant) was taking me back to the exam room. My blood pressure was crashing dangerously, so the doc called in the paramedics. When she told me "They're taking you to the ER, and you're going to be admitted to the hospital," I couldn't resist asking "Hospital? What is it?" When she earnestly explained what I explain above about infection and bacterial toxins, I told her "You're supposed to say 'It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.'" She was too young and too seriously worried about my condition to get the reference, but the older paramedic (who was teaching a newbie paramedic the ropes) got the joke. I'm weird, but even in Vietnam when I saw that half my calf was blown off, I was joked (between grunts and growls of pain) "You would think... this would make me never want to eat meat again...BUT IT DOESN'T!"
This movie jump started Leslie Nielsen’s career and created its own sub genre of comedy. When this came out this movie fried our little minds. A lot of the jokes are dated but back then this entire flick was hysterical from start to finish. The two movies prior to this with Leslie Nielsen are “Forbidden Planet,” and “The Poseidon Adventure.”
The gentlemen with shaved heads were supposed to be members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, more commonly known as Hare Krishnas. In the 70s, they were very, very well known for trying to recruit potential members of their church in airports. (Reminder to younger viewers- pre 9/11,you could basically walk up to the gate at an airport, even without being a passenger. The Hare Krishnas took full advantage of this.) The number of people pestering you while walking through an airport at the time is only very slightly exaggerated.
There are a few jokes that consistently go right past everyone. There's the "kissing on the beach" scene during which Ted gives Elaine exact details about an upcoming military attack, but then can't tell her when he'll be back because that information, literally the least important fact, is classified. Then there's Rex Kramer walking through a mirror at 23:23. No one notices.
Leslie Nelson was a serious actor, Airplane! Was his first comedy movie, he continued in comedy with the Zucker brothers in the comedy cop show "police squad" and the "Naked Gun" movies. His most famous movie before "Airplane!" Was the science Fiction classic "Forbidden Planet"
Every time they say something is cute or sweet or nice...then wait two seconds... Reactors are always so distracted by the dog that most of them don't even notice that Rex Kramer walks through his mirror.
I had to double-check and yes, the lady in the blue dress is called "Toy." When I was in college, I took a computer class. This particular computer stores its files in a section of memory called the library." The teacher quizzed the class and asked what a library was. Silence. Suddenly someone said, "it's a big building with a lot of books." Then someone else brought it home when he said "But that's not important right now." 1:00 - I saw an interview where someone saw Leslie Nielson in a serious role but they kept thinking of "Airplane!" and giggling. Have you ladies seen Leslie Nielson in any of the "Naked Gun" movies? The puns and sight gags are similar. 3:20 - I'm old enough to remember Robert Hayes from the sitcom "Angie" in 1979-80. I'm also old enough to recognize the name "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar." 11:52 - Still think those kids are cute? 15:20 - I'm old enough to at least recognize the name "Ethel Merman," even if I'm not exactly a fan. The "second cup of coffee" was a reference to a 70s commercial for Yuban coffee. 20:51 - "Otto Pilot." Get it? 27:15 - I'm thankful for the bleeps. 29:18 - That lady who speaks "Jive" was Barbara Billingsley, AKA "June Cleaver." See? Now it's even funnier. 32:34 - "I'll have what he's having." Good one. 36:25 - Hi kitty. I'm loving the heavy metal theme!
This movie in 1980 came out rated PG even though it had nudity and adult jokes in it. A few years later Red Dawn came out as the first movie of the new rating PG 13 and from then on more stuff with nudity and violence in it was rated either PG 13 or more likely rated R. The 70's were so liberal that Airplane coming out in 1980 was able to have all it did in it and only be rated PG.
I never understood the last question that Clarence Oveur asks to Jimmy "Have you ever been in a Turkish Prison?", until I googled it. It has to do with a book called Midnight Express. I'd caution against reading it, but damn the joke, one of the darkest lines in the movie.
Before "Airplane!", Leslie Nielsen - as well as Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges and Peter Graves - were all known as "leading men" doing dramatic, heroic roles. This movie blew aoart any typecasting any of them had.
1. I guess I picked the wrong week to stop watching "first time reaction" Airplane clips. 2. This movie requires more than one watch in order to catch as much as possible. Little things to look for: Ted was in the Air Force but at the bar he's wearing a Navy Lt. Uniform. Elaine's trombone at the bar sounds like a trumpet. One of the fish was a freshwater catfish. A woman throws a baby into the air when the plane crashes through the window. Two Hari Krishnas actually fly out of the airport. Captain Kramer steps out of a mirror before leaving for the airport. The woman with the horse in bed is the creepy Captain Oveur's wife. She is also hitting on to Captain Kramer. It's a jet but the background noise is of a prop plane. The ambulance crashes after the plane lands. 3. Otto/Auto pilot has his own webpage on IMDB 4. Elaine has permission to sit on MY face. 5. IMVHO Airplane II is good too, destination moon.
Every time I watch this movie I pick up some joke I always missed before. Like the shelves in Dr. Brody's office at the Mayo Clinic being stocked with mayonnaise. Incidentally, the actor who plays Dr. Brody is Jason Wingreen, who provided the voice of Boba Fett in the original theatrical run of The Empire Strikes Back.
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What is your favorite joke in this movie?
Consulting Wikipedia will explain the jokes in this movie. They're specific to that era.
They're not monks. They're members of the Hare Krishna sect. A short lived and egregiously moronic religious cult imaginable. Everyone wanted to kick their butts, too.
More than half the jokes are timeless and not specific to the era. These two chicks just aren't very sharp. As they prove in every one of their reactions.
I hope you watched Airplane to the end of the credits. There's a post-credit scene.
Steve Hays was Huge in the Police Academy Series
Fun fact: the tribal basketball players were acted by the real life Harlem Globetrotters at the time.
I suspected it
Where was that confirmed
@josephmercel1146And from all that I've heard an extremely intelligent and nice man. A class act.😊
12:30
"Our orders came in. We're bombing the storage depot at 1800 hours. We'll be coming in from the north below their radar."
"When will you be back?"
"I can't tell you that, it's classified."
Underappreciated dialogue.
"Don't take it out on the kid..."
Kareem getting fed up with Joey is such a great moment. His build-up of frustration until he grabs the kid "The hell I don't!" 🤣🤣🤣
The kid didn't know Kareem was going to do that and his stunned reaction is genuine.
I always thought that.
I think it’s hilarious that there’s no explanation as to why Kareem is pretending to be a pilot. I know it’s a reference to an older movie but without that context it’s absurd and I love it
it also causes Kareem to out himself
@@CaddyJimPushing Kareem until he breaks character is classic. And rather Python-esque.
"Let us taunt him further! He may become so cross he makes a mistake!"
I've never seen someone watch Airplane and react like its a documentary! You guys are hilarious..
More like a horror movie.
Thank you so much 😂 glad you enjoyed it just as much as we did
They don't make it fun.
An Airplane reaction? Surely you can’t be serious?
Yes they can… and stop calling me Shirley!!!
I am serious, and don’t call me, Shirley
They are serious. And don’t call them Shirley!
I am serious. And how did you know my name was Shirley?
I had the fish! 🤢🤮🤮🤮 🐟 🥶🥵😵💀💩
Almost all of the male actors in the movie were famous actors, but famous for being tough-guys and villains. This movie re-launched several of these into brand new careers as comedic actors.
I think they were chosen specifically because they were serious dramatic actors. The comical lines hit harder being delivered by actors known for serious roles.
So, if no one has explained it yet, the "Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home..." is from old tv commercials for Yuban Coffee. The lady in this movie is the same lady from the commercial.
And, youtube will show you immediately where to find them if you just type that in. 😆
From the good old days when a man would put his wife over his knee and spank her for buying the wrong brand of coffee (yes, there were real ads like that).
Another thing I noticed with this character is she's the only person that didn't have food poisoning from from the fish. I saw that you've been coffee as she was in a few years ago. Yuban is not a very common coffee brand where I live but occasionally it does show up at the Ocean State Job Lot.
@@robertknight4672 The actress was also the one who suggested that instead of being slapped once, as the script showed, there be a line of people with weapons to slap her. It was a great idea and made for a very funny scene.
I was 13 years old when this movie came out in 1980. I have never seen an entire theater laugh so loud and so consistently before or after.😂
That was my experience with The 40 Year Old Virgin when it played at the theater I used to work at in 2005
@@adnapFreddy vs Jason 😅2003
I swear you'll rarely find a film as consistently funny as this one. I mean seriously, the sheer number of legitimately hilarious visual AND verbal jokes (sometimes both happening at the SAME time) is an achievement I can't wrap my head around..
Loved it! 😊❤❤❤
Maybe Blazing Saddles??? Lol
Another joke lost to time is the man in the cab. He was Howard Jarvis, a consumer rights advocate who fought against government waste. And then he's just waiting in a cab, racking up fees.
Really? I didn't know that. Thank you for telling us all that.
Jarvis also complained about budget deficits...hence the meter piling up charges
Look up Prop 19.
"This is very humorous, that's for sure." Very astute observation. One might even say it's a comedy.
A comedy! What is it?
"It" is a definite article pronoun used to indicate something already introduced, in this case: 'comedy.'
But that's not important, right now.
@@trespasserswill7052 : It’s a theatrical production intended to make the audience laugh. But that’s not important right now.
@@timonsolus 🛩
Fun fact. The guy playing Ted got his script and read it on an airplane. He was laughing so much that a stewardess came to him to check that he was ok. He handed her the script for her to read and she started doing the same thing... Just proves how good the jokes and gags were written.
I just want to tell you both good luck we're all counting on you.
Lol I hope we didn't disappoint 😊😊😊❤❤❤
Leslie nelson was a serious dramatic leading actor before airplane and this started his comedy career
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That's amazing to know! Love hearing these facts 😊
The jive lady, Barbara Billingsley, was a beloved TV actress. She was the mother on the show, Leave It To Beaver. She and the two black men worked out the Jive language themselves. They remained fast friends for the remainder of her life. The glue sniffer was Lloyd Bridges, father of Jeff and Beau Bridges. He initially turned down the role but he sons convinced him to do it. He was afraid it would ruin his career since he was a well known serious actor. It actually rejuvenated his career since he was so good at comedy. He also appears in the Hot Shots parody movies. A lot of this movies is parody of the "Airport" disaster movies, like the "Hot Shots" movies parody Top Gun.
He was kind of right. Now no one can take him seriously in those dramatic roles.
I can’t hear anyone talk about Leave It To Beaver, without immediately thinking of Scrooged, and the IBC promo’s, Father Loves Beaver.
Nobody sees the label "wacking material" on the magazine rack 😂
That's exactly why I stopped watching.
That's one of those background jokes that you sometimes don't see until later cause there are so many background things that it takes a few viewings to see
@@chipwhitley6509 I've seen this movie over 100x and still surprised when I see something I've missed. The latest is when the airplane crashes into the terminal in the beginning... One of the people that runs away throws a "baby" in the air. 😮😂
I know. Watching people react to this classic can be a bit frustrating due to what they miss or what's being referenced that they don't get, like the coffee lady. Makes me want to sit with the reactors so I can point out things like that or explain what the jokes are referencing.
@@toastnjam7384 I'd just like to sit with them and watch a movie cause I think Tori is really pretty 😂🤣
26:35 Robert Stack acted out the fantasy of many travelers back in the days of unbridled, and thoroughly unwanted, soliciting in airports.
Robert Stack playing it all straight as an arrow is so funny.
It really was that bad back in the 80s, especially in D.C. You were constantly being accosted by people with petitions they wanted you to sign for one cause or another.
“Lt. Herwitz. Severe shell shock. He thinks he’s Ethel Merman.”
THAT WAS the legendary Ethel Merman!!! BWA ha ha ha!!! Did you see the guy in the cab still waiting at the end?
Mrs Clever and the Black guys was one of the Longest cuts because of the laughing they did. This 2 guys and Barbara Billingsley became life long friends till she passed
I also appreciate that those two actors came up with the jive lingo themselves.
„Good luck, we’re all counting on you…“
I just want to tell you good luck. We're all counting on you...
Most times when I see two people alone together and I'm walking past them, I'll stop and say this and then walk away. Guaranteed they tell the story to their friends later on.
Haha thank you 😂
The "monks" were Hare Krishnas. They used to be a thing back in the day. Airports eventually banned them. Not sure where they disappeared to.
Producer's note: Toy and Tori are too young to know about them. Lucky for them.
The child abuse and rape cases from the 70's and 80's which they settled out of court in the 2000's pretty much made them leave the public space in the west. They do organic farming, or "cow protection" in the UK and US now. (The movie commented only on how annoying they could be. The abuse cases were not public back then.)
The singing is them repeating their manta 1728 times a day, which is a requirement for devotees. As is a vegeterian lifestyle with no sex, except for procreation.
It was founded in 1966 in NY, but claims roots to the 15th century monotheistic hindu movement.
They claim over 10 mil members, most of which are in India.
Their founder was quite a bit of an anti-semite, who openly supported dictatorship as the best governing style. In his opinion Hitler and Napoleon were "devils", but Hitler at least killed Jews.
For sure he was a character.
@@AdamMPick 😮
I am proud of Toy. She accurately predicted that Elaine would tell Striker that she was proud of him. She also predicted that Otto would show signs of life. She was in top form, for this reaction. I am glad you guys got to this movie. Many consider this an essential classic, when it comes to comedic movies. I'm sure that it won't be long, though, before a majority of the film goes over most people's heads.
Not only are a lot of the character references no longer around, and not only is a lot of the culture different, so many things about how airports operate have drastically changed. One just couldn't decide on a whim, to enter an airport from the street & expect to be on the plane in less than an hour. Anyway, I am glad you guys enjoyed this movie. I am impressed at how well you were able to comprehend it. Some reactors get a bit hung up on some of the outdated references. There definitely used to be smoking on planes, and for a while you used to be able to see where ashtrays used to be on the armrests of older planes. I'm sure most of those planes have been retired, by now. I look forward to more comedy films from this era. See you guys again sometime.
Many UA-cam reactors are at least temporarily puzzled by the vulture, but Toy understood that gag immediately.
I love this movie. When I’m having a bad day, I get elevated, and I turn this movie on for a laugh!!!
They missed the bottles of mayonnaise at the Mayo Clinic, LOL.
And the classified line at the beach.
Producer's note: I watched the film a number of times before and I only noticed them when reviewing the edit of this reaction.
@@RuntotheMovies - excellent reaction! ❤️❤️
I will take Ham on 5 hold the Mayo.
The sky was looking ominous so I asked Siri "Surely, it's not going to rain today?"
And she replied "Yes it is and dont call me Shirley"
That was when I realized I'd left my phone on airplane mode...
Fun fact: the great Sigourney Weaver auditioned for the part of Elaine
Toy pointing out the way to "fix things"....LOL!!!
Wish more people would just fix things instead of sending things to the dumps. LOL
That's some premium wifey material right there 😍😆
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Just so you know the funny part about the older lady saying excuse me stewadess i speak jive is the fact the she is most well known a being the mom from a 50's and 60's show called Leave it to Beaver. She was like the classic tv mom so wholesome and propper so her saying i speak jive and then arguing with them is hilarious.
fun fact; producers saw an old black and white dramatic movie called zero hour, the producers bought the rights to it and turned it into airplane! most ,of the serious dialogue comes straight from the movie
Yes, it's basically 3 guys cutting up MST3K-style while watching an unintentionally funny B-movie... then just purchasing the rights and making their version.
There's a video with scene by scene comparison- it's very entertaining
The joke about Captain Over's questionable questions to the kid Joey is that the questions he asks him are questions that nobody would ever ask anyone in a public setting like that ever.
Wow. I've never seen reactors miss or not even get 90% of the jokes in this film before!
It is a busy movie to catch everything the first time. They are a bit young to get some of these jokes, like the coffee commercial, and I doubt they have ever heard of Ethel Merman. I've seen this dozens of times and I just noticed the ice cream cone at 30:52.
Many jokes are based on the era. This was made 44 years ago and society has changed a lot. I was born in 82 and get most of these references, but people born post 2000 won't get many of them.
@@Styxswimmer I was born in 70 and missed many of the references. I own the "Don't call me Shirly" edition and recently watched to commentary version and learned a lot. These kids missed so much but at least realized there was stuff all through the movie. They just didn't realize it was ALL through the movie. They didn't even know who Mrs. Cleaver is. LOL
@@StyxswimmerDon't really need to get most of the references of the era to get most of the humor.
Agreed - I was born in 1965, and even at 15 some of the jokes were still a little too adult for me to catch the first time watching. For instance, when the little boy brings the tray of coffee to the little girl and she says she likes it black, like her men...yeah, I was still too naive to get that one.
This film succeeds by having the characters play it straight while the jokes are in the background
When the doctor is encouraging Ted, he is referencing an old Ronald Reagan movie, The Knute Rockne Story, about an early football player and coach at Notre Dame. Ronald Reagan again! (He was running for the Presidency at the time.)
In that movie, he wanted to win one for the Gipper.
And I'm pretty sure the tune playing is the Notre Dame Fight Song as Ted gets up to go to the cockpit (the little room in the front of the plane...)
@@WithTwoFlakes Yes, it is.
@@porflepopnecker4376 Yep, that’s the joke about Zipp.
Mrs Clever speaking Jive was one of the Best season
I love the sign on the magazine rack that says "whacking material" 🤣 🤣 🤣
Lmao 😂 it's very humorous
I think this joke goes over most people's heads. Whenever someone was being dragged down the aisle from the cockpit, someone made an announcement. First, it was Captain Oveur, and then it was Elaine. This was done for a specific reason. When people hear an announcement over a speaker, especially on a plane, they pay attention by looking up towards the front. This is why nobody noticed bodies being dragged. They were all being distracted by design.
The frightened woman getting hit is a parody of a common trope in old films and TV shows from before the 80s. Whenever a woman starts freaking out you can calm her down by slapping her. Usually it was their boyfriend but it could be any other character in a given scene hence the line up of so many different people.
It was also a parody of a situation in the movie Airport. It was a man freaking out and one of the crew(I think) slapped him to calm him down
One overlooked joke is when it shows the plane itself. It's a jet plane but its making the sound of a propeller plane!
Great reaction!
A lot of people miss that one good catch.
What they ALL miss, is that if you watch the credits until the end, you see the man still waiting in the cab being charged!
Don't forget the takeoff where it sounds like a train, hence the conductor with the watch.
@@xzosox I've seen it once. lol!
Yep
32:55 "Leon's getting larger..." is apparently a riff on an old TV commercial about a furniture store chain called Leon's. They were expanding the business and their TV commercial mentioned that Leon's getting larger.
Great factoid! I’ve seen this movie dozens of times and have maybe watched even more reactions to it, and this is the first mention I’ve seen of this. I always say that the character Johnny is the impetus for the term “he extra”, but I never knew this reference. Thanks!
@@stevesheroan4131 Johnny was given free reign to adlib ALL his lines.
6:10 Those 2 guys are speaking "jive" Toy and Tori. The joke is they're saying that they're speaking a different language and the subtitles are translating what they're saying into plain english.
Lol i always thought of it as basically them tqlking in jive, then we get the white people translation, lol
“Leave it to Beaver” mother is the translator
I saw an interview with Barbara Billingsly (the actress) and she said those two actors actually came up with the lines and taught them to her. She was completely puzzled by it, but went with it anyway and hit a homerun. I was surprised to read that 70's street jive slang was a fairly short-lived thing. (Although jive terms had been used as early as the late 30s and beyond.)
Golly !
"Jim never has a second cup of coffee (or does X) at home" is a parody of a popular series of commercials at the time. The old lady who "speaks jive" was "June Cleaver", the most "whitebread" suburban mother on American TV! The horse in the bed is a reference to The Godfather, only with the ENTIRE horse...
I thought the horse joke was how sexually depraved the couple was: The husband, Capt. Oveur, asking inappropriate questions to young boys, while the wife is at home getting it on with a horse.
No I believe it implied that she was having an affair with the horse. it was kinda straight forward about that
@@vincentpuccio3689 Yes, but the initial image of the horse in the bed comes FROM The Godfather, so its both!
The humor of this movie was from an even older time than 1980. I enjoyed watching most the jokes flying right over your heads (get it?)
lol Yep, I'm old
Fun Fact on 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.
As for Leslie Nielsen, Besides this and The Naked Gun Trilogy, he was also in horror movies such as Creepshow and Prom Night (1980) and other comedies like Dracula: Dead and Loving it, Spy Hard, Wrongfully Accused, Surf Ninja, Stan Helsing and played Santa Claus in a Holiday movie called Santa Who. He also played Mr. MaGoo in a live action comedy.
Thanks so much for all these recommendations!
I am one of maybe 3 people in the world who like the live action Mr. Magoo lol. It's not a great film, but it's genuinely funny to me and Ive enjoyed it since I was a child, so my nostalgia goggles will always be on for this film.
Before this movie, though he was mostly known for his Dramatic performances and Science Fiction, ie The Forbidden Planet.
Disaster movies produced by Irwin Allen were big in the seventies. "Poseiden Adventure", "Towering Inferno", etc. There were also the "Airport!" movies which are being parodied here. Part of what makes this movie funny to many is having serious actors saying wacky lines with a straight face. Leslie Nielsen had an entire career for decades as a dramatic actor, this was his first comedy
Nielsen was the Captain of the Posieden in that disaster.
Airport (1970) was the first of the disaster movies, a must see.
@@hughdavidvisor1769 Poseidon, still a good effort :D
This is one of my favorite movies to watch reactions to...and only one or two have ever caught the joke with the mirror when Rex Cramer first appears! It's kinda subtle, go watch the scene and see if you can catch it yourself...
more comedies 4 U:
"Animal House" (1978)
"Johnny English" (2003)
"A Shot In The Dark" (1964)
"A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum" (1966)
"History of the World, Part 1" (1981)"So I Married An Axe Murderer" (1993)
"Coneheads" (1993)
"8 Heads In A Duffel Bag" (1997)
"Serial Mom" (1994)
"Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" (1992)
"Police Academy" (1984)
"Scary Movie" (2000)
That is a gorgeous cat! I currently have three myself, a Siamese and a Manx that are part of my family, and a foster I have had for about a year now.
Half of the jokes in this movie are very specific to the tie. I mean REALLY specific like specific roles are played by people who reprise lines from ads they were in. And the cameos: the "Point/Counterpoint" people, JJ Walker, Kareem, Ethel Mermon, etc. But even though half the jokes are dated, it still is funny for younger people. That is genius.
As an aside, a distant cousin of mine back in the day was a famous Jewish sports legend before WW II cut his career short. An all-star catcher named Harry "the Horse" Danning. I actually talked to him once about out family history.
It sounds like the yearlong foster is asking to be promoted to permanent resident... 😸
@@RuntotheMovies He is very sweet. But my Siamese does not like him and he is aggressive (playfully) to her so we have to keep the separate. But anytime someone comes over to consider adopting him, he hides. He does not do this when other people show up. Only potential adopters!!! He wants to stay. But my sweet Siamese comes first.
Want another cat?
This was Leslie Nielsen's first comedy movie. Up until then he was a dramatic actor.
the best thing about this movie is all the little quotes u can use in real life. I have used several like dont call me Shirley and the What is it line on friends and family. They are usually first confused, then they get it,then theres a look of pure disgust and a little bit of hatred. So its a fine day for me with mucho satisfaction:P
I still catch new stuff even after seeing this movie and reactions many times. He tells Elaine every detail of his classified mission EXCEPT when he will be back.
@@billallen1307 Also New York Tribune and Chicago Times. Obviously reversing the names of the actual papers.
This movie is a near shot by shot parody of a serious film called Zero Hour. You can even find some video that show side by side comparison clips from both films. Beautiful reaction. Thank you both.
Fun fact:
David Leisure (Joe Isuzu) is the Hari Krishna who gets slugged by Robert Hayes
Most of these actors were already famous, but for serious roles. Leslie Neilson rebooted his career from serious actor to comic actor starting with this movie.
In the 1970s the airports, malls, and other places had these religious cults roaming around begging people for contributions. Look up "moonies".
That "Jim never has two cups of coffee" is from an old coffee commercial in the 1970s.
By 1979 Disco had pretty much run it's course and was dead.
Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Neilson, and Robert Stack had never did a comedy movie till Airplane The Jive Lady was Joan Cleaver from Leave it to Beaver also the Pilot was Peter Graves from the original series of Mission Impossible and when things got stressful they used MI music at key moment Win one for the Zipper was a College Football movie about The Gipper and was popular back in the day, that's why after the Speech they played college football music. ]:)
The Gen Z sense of humor is different than other humans.
@alastairwallace6153 yep but alot of the humor was meant for baby boomers like the Ethel Merman joke. mos younger viewers have no idea who she was.
Stop making excuses for the coddled minds
This movie parody of air disaster films of the 70s/80s is an almost shot for shot remake of a black and white movie air disaster.
You can find on UA-cam videos showing either one after the other or side by side the scenes.
There are a lot of pop culture references in this most younger people will not get.
The coffee remark was a reference to a commercial at the time.
That really was Ethel Murman, a singer.
The old lady Jive translator was the wife and mother actress from "Leave it to Beaver" TV series.
The "win just one for the Zipper" speech was a parody of the movie starring a young Ronald Reagan where he says "win one for the Gipper".
Lloyd Bridges was the dad of Beau and Jeff.
one of Leslie Nielsen's earlier drama roles was in the sci fi film FORBIDDEN PLANET. Seeing it as a kid the monster and the music score scared me and the plot twist was definitely unexpected!
Tori is the absolute master of facial expressions! They are just as hysterical as the commentary!
I really appreciate it 😂❤
The Japanese soldier that stabs himself is played by James Hung. Among hundreds of other roles, you would recognize him as the voice of Po's dad in Kung Fu Panda.
James Hong got his star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in March recently.
He was one of the bad guys in Tango and Cash.
its the first time that i am watching your channel and i just wanna tell you both good luck we're all counting on you
I just love how serious you took this completely non-serious movie. Very cute.
Haha thank you 😂glad you enjoyed it as much as we did
To get some of the references, you should watch some of the films spoofed, like Airport and Zero Hour. From Here to Eternity will help with the beach scene. For the captain's inappropriate comments to the kid, check out Shane, Spartacus, and Midnight Express.
Nice!!! I can't wait to check these out. Thank you 😁❤️❤️
FYI the lady who was putting her makeup on was the mother of the two Zucker brothers. Also the lady translating Jive was the played the wholesome mother in Leave It Beaver.
My absolute favorite Run to the Movies pair reacting to one of my favorites movies, and my neighborhood supermarket has smoked ribs on sale. This is a great way to start my weekend.
Any day when you can get discounted smoked ribs is a good day!
Thank you so much! We love having you 😊 and don't skip out on those discounts!!
Lloyd Bridges, the I picked the wrong week to quit smoking guy, is Jeff Bridge's father. You will likely remember him from Seinfeld, the personal trainer who kept throwing out his back
Lloyd Bridges' comedic roles are fantastic. Particularly Hot Shots. "Did you see that crab?!"
SEINFELD references are too old for most reactors at this point. FRIENDS is the '90s show younger folks watch today, and even that is starting to slip.
@@LordVolkov Last year, I almost got my front teeth knocked out and couldn't eat solid foods for a while. When I told my friends I would be living on soup until I healed, I quoted Lloyd Bridges from Hot Shots: "I love soup. At least I think I love soup. Soup or duck. Which one do you shoot?" He was my favorite character in that movie.
The whole Bridges family did Disney movies from the 50 to 80s
You two were so sweet for having so sympathy for Ted even though the character is essentially just written as a joke delivery system.
Best slapstick of all time. Everyone watch it again and listen to the propellers in the background. Remember they’re on a commercial jet.
One other thing make sure you watch the whole movie to the end meaning credits too.
Before today I never thought I could hate a sweatshirt...
😂😂😂😂 I was cold
@@toy4871 We know, but still....🥺🥺🥺
From what I understand, the pilot and co-pilot are always served different meals during a long flight. This should ensure that someone is still in control of plane in case one of them gets food poisoning.
It's also quote possible that they are served their meals at different times, and also don't eat them in the cockpit.
The mentality of how this movie was written was that there 'always has to be something going on'. If there's no joke or gag happening in focus, something has to happen in the background. Conversation has to be funny or punny, and if not, something visual needs to be there.
The number of people who miss "would you like something to read?"
"Do you have something light?"
"How about this leaflet, on famous Jewish athletes."
Try Kentucky Fried Movie.
Same guys who did Airplane.
Most people forget the man in the cab. After the end credits there is a shot of him still waiting in the cab. And there is realy a Mayo Clinic, that's is a nonprofit American academic medical center focused on integrated health care, education, and research. This movie is next to Naked Gun still my favorite old classic humor movie.
We always have the movie discussion in a separate video. Link at the end... Maybe you see the cab guy again...
It would be nice if they made movies like this today then people would understand what a parody is.
"Are they monks?"
They're supposed to be Hari Krishnas. From the late 70s until they passed a law against it in the early 80s, they were famous for bothering people in airports by trying to give them flowers.
No wonder Anita Bryant is pissed off!
It fills my heart with so much joy seeing you ladies watch one of the funniest movies ever made. Toy is such a hopeless romantic it melts my heart.
Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker wrote Airplane! while they were performing with a theater group they founded in 1971 called the Kentucky Fried Theatre. They often recorded late night television and reviewed the tapes to find inspiration for comedic material. One night they accidentally recorded an old 1957 film called Zero Hour! It has the exact same plot as Airplane! right down to the fish poisoning. Even though Zero Hour! was made as a serious drama, the trio saw comedic potential in the storyline and decided to remake the film as a parody. They also borrowed inspiration from the Airport film series (1970-1979). Since disaster films were very popular in the 1970s, Airplane! was made as a spoof of that genre.
Believe it or not, Sigourney Weaver actually auditioned for the role of Elaine. The trio decided to cast actors who up to that point hadn’t done comedy and were known for doing serious roles before this film, such as Leslie Nielsen (Dr. Rumack), Peter Graves (Captain Oveur), Robert Stack (Rex Kramer) and Lloyd Bridges (Steve McCroskey). Stack is best remembered by modern audiences as the chilling host of Unsolved Mysteries (1987-2002). The deadpan delivery of the cast combined with the absurdity of the script made for comedic gold.
I wasn’t sure if you noticed, but the guy calling from the Mayo Clinic is actually sitting in front of countless jars of mayonnaise 😂 The guy left waiting in the taxi cab at the airport is actually Howard Jarvis, a businessman, activist, and political figure known for his anti-tax policies and harsh criticisms of the government. It’s hilarious seeing someone who railed so much against waste and being taxed just sitting in an empty taxi cab with the meter running. The inside joke was that he never would have paid for such a charge in real life. What made the white lady speaking jive even more hilarious is that the actress, Barbara Billingsley, is best known for playing the wholesome mother on Leave it to Beaver (1957-1963).
You lovely ladies really made my day with your reactions! I hope you all get to watch more great comedies like Blazing Saddles, Clue, Spaceballs, Big, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Ace Ventura, My Cousin Vinny, and School of Rock!
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Your comments and all the details you give always make us smile.
@@RuntotheMovies ☺️ 🫶🏻
I read through all the comments, and while several remarked about the propeller sounds on a jet airplane, no one seemed to have noticed the smile painted on the bottom of the fuselage below the cockpit, and how it turned into a frown at the height of the crucial part of the movie.
Overall, I thought you two did a good job of reviewing the movie. Congrats!
I 4 years ago, I got a post-op infection that had spread enough that the toxins the bacteria were producing were sending me into shock, but because I always felt like absolute hell whenever I had kidney stone's removed at that hospital (and ONLY at that hospital - I felt perfectly normal within a day when I had it done elsewhere), I thought the horrible way I felt was just the same old shit. Fortunately, I had an appointment at the outpatient clinic (which is a couple of blocks from the hospital) for a wound between my shoulders days before I was scheduled for my first post-op visit. At the clinic, I collapsed when the PA (Physicians Assistant) was taking me back to the exam room.
My blood pressure was crashing dangerously, so the doc called in the paramedics. When she told me "They're taking you to the ER, and you're going to be admitted to the hospital," I couldn't resist asking "Hospital? What is it?" When she earnestly explained what I explain above about infection and bacterial toxins, I told her "You're supposed to say 'It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.'" She was too young and too seriously worried about my condition to get the reference, but the older paramedic (who was teaching a newbie paramedic the ropes) got the joke. I'm weird, but even in Vietnam when I saw that half my calf was blown off, I was joked (between grunts and growls of pain) "You would think... this would make me never want to eat meat again...BUT IT DOESN'T!"
i watched this movie 10 times before i realised that he stepped trough the mirror (the dog scene) xD
This movie jump started Leslie Nielsen’s career and created its own sub genre of comedy. When this came out this movie fried our little minds. A lot of the jokes are dated but back then this entire flick was hysterical from start to finish.
The two movies prior to this with Leslie Nielsen are “Forbidden Planet,” and “The Poseidon Adventure.”
Jump started his career. Yeah no
He was a ship captain in both of those movies one at sea and one in space.
The gentlemen with shaved heads were supposed to be members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, more commonly known as Hare Krishnas. In the 70s, they were very, very well known for trying to recruit potential members of their church in airports. (Reminder to younger viewers- pre 9/11,you could basically walk up to the gate at an airport, even without being a passenger. The Hare Krishnas took full advantage of this.) The number of people pestering you while walking through an airport at the time is only very slightly exaggerated.
The older ya get the you realise you picked the wrong week to stop everything
There are a few jokes that consistently go right past everyone. There's the "kissing on the beach" scene during which Ted gives Elaine exact details about an upcoming military attack, but then can't tell her when he'll be back because that information, literally the least important fact, is classified. Then there's Rex Kramer walking through a mirror at 23:23. No one notices.
Leslie Nelson was a serious actor, Airplane! Was his first comedy movie, he continued in comedy with the Zucker brothers in the comedy cop show "police squad" and the "Naked Gun" movies. His most famous movie before "Airplane!" Was the science Fiction classic "Forbidden Planet"
The guy in the brown coat in the air traffic control tower is Loyd Bridges Jeff Bridges from the Big lebowski dad in real life. The dude
if you watch til the end of the credits the guy is still waiting for his cab ride
Producer's note: there's a link to the post-credits scene reaction at the end of the video.
Every time they say something is cute or sweet or nice...then wait two seconds...
Reactors are always so distracted by the dog that most of them don't even notice that Rex Kramer walks through his mirror.
Otto even has his own IMDB page.
Haha no way 😂😂 that's amazing!
I like that Toy reacts to great ta-ta's the same way I do (NICE!)
and the same reaction to a horse in the bed (DUUUUUUUDE!!!)
I had to double-check and yes, the lady in the blue dress is called "Toy."
When I was in college, I took a computer class. This particular computer stores its files in a section of memory called the library." The teacher quizzed the class and asked what a library was. Silence.
Suddenly someone said, "it's a big building with a lot of books." Then someone else brought it home when he said "But that's not important right now."
1:00 - I saw an interview where someone saw Leslie Nielson in a serious role but they kept thinking of "Airplane!" and giggling.
Have you ladies seen Leslie Nielson in any of the "Naked Gun" movies? The puns and sight gags are similar.
3:20 - I'm old enough to remember Robert Hayes from the sitcom "Angie" in 1979-80.
I'm also old enough to recognize the name "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar."
11:52 - Still think those kids are cute?
15:20 - I'm old enough to at least recognize the name "Ethel Merman," even if I'm not exactly a fan.
The "second cup of coffee" was a reference to a 70s commercial for Yuban coffee.
20:51 - "Otto Pilot." Get it?
27:15 - I'm thankful for the bleeps.
29:18 - That lady who speaks "Jive" was Barbara Billingsley, AKA "June Cleaver." See? Now it's even funnier.
32:34 - "I'll have what he's having." Good one.
36:25 - Hi kitty.
I'm loving the heavy metal theme!
This movie in 1980 came out rated PG even though it had nudity and adult jokes in it. A few years later Red Dawn came out as the first movie of the new rating PG 13 and from then on more stuff with nudity and violence in it was rated either PG 13 or more likely rated R. The 70's were so liberal that Airplane coming out in 1980 was able to have all it did in it and only be rated PG.
ahhhh you must watch Forbidden Planet! Staring Leslie Nielsen and the unforgettable Anne Francis! And dear old Robby the Robot!
I never understood the last question that Clarence Oveur asks to Jimmy "Have you ever been in a Turkish Prison?", until I googled it. It has to do with a book called Midnight Express. I'd caution against reading it, but damn the joke, one of the darkest lines in the movie.
The guy in the tower checking the turkey cooking and the radar is Mike from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
Before "Airplane!", Leslie Nielsen - as well as Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges and Peter Graves - were all known as "leading men" doing dramatic, heroic roles. This movie blew aoart any typecasting any of them had.
We have clearance, Clarence.
Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?
That's the scariest part of any flight, she says.
1. I guess I picked the wrong week to stop watching "first time reaction" Airplane clips.
2. This movie requires more than one watch in order to catch as much as possible. Little things to look for:
Ted was in the Air Force but at the bar he's wearing a Navy Lt. Uniform.
Elaine's trombone at the bar sounds like a trumpet.
One of the fish was a freshwater catfish.
A woman throws a baby into the air when the plane crashes through the window.
Two Hari Krishnas actually fly out of the airport.
Captain Kramer steps out of a mirror before leaving for the airport.
The woman with the horse in bed is the creepy Captain Oveur's wife. She is also hitting on to Captain Kramer.
It's a jet but the background noise is of a prop plane.
The ambulance crashes after the plane lands.
3. Otto/Auto pilot has his own webpage on IMDB
4. Elaine has permission to sit on MY face.
5. IMVHO Airplane II is good too, destination moon.
Airplane 2 is wildly underrated. Shatner is a perfect replacement for Nielsen.
Chicago and New York papers names be mixed up.
No one ever catches the joke, when he tells her detailed plans of his mission, but when she asks, when he'll be back, he says its classified 😆🤣😆
Also, Kramer asks Stryker: "have you ever flown a mon-engine plane before?" ... Stryker says no. But those are what he flew.
That was the funniest reaction that I've seen so far! You ladies are so funny to watch!!!!
Thank you so much! We really appreciate it 😊❤
"Loaded Weapon" spoof of lethal weapon, starring Sam Jackson, and Emilio Estevez. My favorite comedy parody.
Every time I watch this movie I pick up some joke I always missed before. Like the shelves in Dr. Brody's office at the Mayo Clinic being stocked with mayonnaise. Incidentally, the actor who plays Dr. Brody is Jason Wingreen, who provided the voice of Boba Fett in the original theatrical run of The Empire Strikes Back.