AIRPLANE! (1980) TWIN BROTHERS FIRST TIME WATCHING MOVIE REACTION!
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I just wanted to tell you both: Good Luck, we're all counting on you.
And don't call me Shirley
I just wanted to tell you both: Good Luck, we’re all counting on you.
I just wanted to tell you both: Good Luck, we're all counting on you.
What kills me no one watching Airplane waits till the end credits. It answers your question, what happened to the guy in the cab!!!!!!
Richard T: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌
When the boy asked the girl if she wanted cream for her coffee, and then you took a drink... I instantly feared for your life 🤣
That was perfectly timed!
So did I! Once you picked up your cup for a drink I thought “shit, he is going to choke on that”
It's the expression on the boy's face after that is the best bit!
I was going to call 911
I hate they skipped the "I speak Jive" scene sooo great
The older actors in this were known for their very serious roles which makes their ridiculous characters acting very serious even more hilarious.
You write that exact same thing in the comments on all Airplane reaction videos.
@@drServitis So f*ckin what. What are you, the comments hall monitor? Actually I haven't since I've watched a lot of these.
@@sca88 I watch alot of Airplane reactions too, and you write the same thing on all of them. Why do you do that?? I mean, it's a pretty informative comment, but I already learned that info from you many Airplane movies ago. So try to come up with something new for me to learn on the next one.
@@drServitis Why would you even care what other people write? I don't. It was 8 f*ckin months ago and I don't even remember it anyway.
@@sca88 It matters because you were trying to be informative, and you were, but I keep reading the same info from you on every Airplane reaction video, so you need to write something new so that I can learn more from you about this movie. Don't you have anything else informative to write???
The man waiting in the taxi is shown after the credits. "Well I'll give him another 20 minutes, but that's it."
The Mayo Clinic is a medical center in the US that treats the most difficult medical cases and does a lot research. Hence all the mayonnaise bottles on the shelves 🤣
There's an airplane2 but temper your expectations
Fun fact: All the patients in the Mayo clinic have to go around naked...because they don't like dressing....
@@thewildgoose7467 Lol! I bet they’re a lot of jokes about that clinic.
It was surprising they had no clue about the Mayo Clinic. We are fortunate to have one right here in Jacksonville, FL and it has the reputation of being the best of the best in terms of medical care and treatments. I thought everyone knew of it.
@@dunhill1 Maybe we know about it because we are old :)
Chris choking at "like my men." Classic!
Edit: You didn't watch the credits. At the end of the credits, the taxi is still there.
Never drink anything when watching this movie for the 1st time..lol
As soon as I saw Chris raise the cup to his lips, knowing the punch line. “Oh boy, here we go…”. :P
It never occured to me before but there's a pschological thing . Seeing someone take a drink will make you thirsty. That she takes a sip before the punchline... hey they did that on purpose!
And there's jokes in the credits too... like after Best Boy (assistants to film crew), there's Worst Boy...Adolf Hitler.
The nice guys and Logan lucky are great comedies that came out in 2016. Jojo rabbit was the last comedy I really enjoyed. But by and large you guys are right about comedies.
I love the beach scene where Ted provides all the details of his upcoming mission and when Elaine asks when he'll be coming back, Ted replies "I can't tell you, it's classified". Brilliant subtle humor!
Leave it to beaver's mom serving as translater was one of the funniest parts for me.
There's no mistaking that Barbara Billingsley voice either
Speaking Jive😂😂😂😂 thank you Mrs. Cleaver!!!
The guy who "...picked the wrong week to quit..." is the father of mega star Jeff Bridges. I believe this was his first foray into comedy and he killed it.
Lloyd Bridges was a megastar himself.
Yeah, he's my fave character - he kills it. Also, the guy wearing the leather jacket and talking into the mic is none other than Jonathan Banks, Mike from Breaking Bad. He's the one who opens up the mic oven with the chicken - ua-cam.com/video/Zp1-xLuliEg/v-deo.html
My dad always likes to say ‘There’s Mike’ when he’s on screen
I first saw Lloyd Bridges in Airplane, and Hot Shots. And then I saw him playing Jefferson Davis in North and South, and I couldn't get all the goofy stuff out of my head.
@@jakubfabisiak9810
When i was a kid my sister and i used to watch a show called SEA HUNT (1958), an old black and white adventure series about a deep sea diver... it was Lloyd Bridges.
"No. That's just what they'll be expecting us to do" is the greatest line of the whole film. it cracks me up every time
Rex Kramer was breaking bad there without any reason. There is another Rex Kramer who was introduced by the Zucker brothers in "Kenntucky Fried movie". He had a hilarious one liner in the movie, which all the Karens in the world would hate to see and hear
I just wanna say good luck, we are all counting on you.
@@PaulWinkle people today could not handle Kentucky Fried Movie lol
That and "Doctor you're wanted on the phone."
@@williamshelton4318 Another question, why is Ted's clothes always fly back into his face? I don't think there is a connection to his drinking problem.
I love how everybody plays it straight and only Johnny acts like he's in a comedy.
Me John, big tree!
and he’s the only one having fun too at least in character.
Airplane! takes place in a pocket mischief universe created by Loki who appears in the guise of Johnny.
The pretty much are! It was the first comedic role for most of them...and Johnny didn't really have any lines! It's all improvised!
Johnny is my fav character in this movie.
You two got so many more jokes than almost any other reaction to this; it made me so happy! It’s not about reality, it’s not about continuity, it’s about non-stop puns, jokes, plays on words, and pure ridiculousness. Such a masterpiece!
Not that that stopped them from having continuity. Kramer's driving scene where they were spoofing the rear-projection had them being chased by Indians, and later when he's talking to Bridges an Indian spear gets thrown at the wall.
This is one of my favorite movies.
Here's a fun fact: This movie was interred into the Library of Congress as one of the best films ever made.
You know i don't always agree with american but that is one of the best decisions i ever heard! God bless american!
@@yandnat1656 we're nihilists at heart; it breeds good comedians and terrible politicians
The Library of Congress?! What IS it?
@@billolsen4360 It's a big building in Washington DC, but that's not important right now.
The L.O.C. has great taste in movies!
The very end of the credits, the guy in the Taxi shows back up and says "I'll give him 5 more minutes!"
Also, where it says "Any similarities to real people" etc it ends with "So there!"
The two jive speaking dudes wrote their own dialog.
The two intercom people that are arguing about the red zone and the white zone are actually married and were actual airport announcers back in the day.
This movie is based on another movie called "Zero Hour" and in several areas is a shot-for-shot parody. Here's a comparison: ua-cam.com/video/8-v2BHNBVCs/v-deo.html and even though they were not required to get permission (since it is protected as being a satire or parody of an established work, allowed under trademark laws) they officially bought the rights from the Zero Hour studio for $2500.
No reactor (reacter?) has YET noticed that the guy in the taxi is Howard Jarvis, who led the movement to roll back property taxes in Ca, resulting in Prop 13, which I think is still in place.
@@LolliPop2000 And until someone tells them, they likely never will. He was famous (and not world famous) fifty years ago, most reactors are way younger than that.
The whole credits sequence is full of jokes, not just the end.
@@LolliPop2000 Why would they ?
The “Jim never drinks a second cup at home” coffee scene is a direct line from a Brim Coffee commercial that was popular at the time
Yuban - The woman saying in the movie was in the Yuban ad.
It's actually Yuban Coffee. I remember these back in the 70's. Here is one that somebody posted. Check it out. ua-cam.com/video/MJ4kCF22O2w/v-deo.html
Also, if you watch the commercial and then the movie, you'll see that it's the same actress and I think the same actor as in the commercial.
@@perfumistaperfumista943 And she got the movie roll without ZAZ realizing she was the same person.
ANYONE WHO REMEMBERS THAT COMMERCIAL FROM TV IS VERY OLD, NEAR DEATH! I remember that commercial.....................
The woman putting on make-up (all over her face) is the director's mother. She has a lot of cameos in their movies. She plays the secretary in Naked Gun, and a bank teller in Ghost, among others.
what about the director's themselves ? i read that they are the guys who misdirected the plane to crash through the big window !?
When the Doctor is giving Ted the pep talk about George Zipp -- this is a direct reference to the 1940s movie "Knute Rockne, All American" in which Ronald Reagan played a Notre Dame football player named George Gipp who in one scene is dying in a hospital bed. He tells his coach to tell the rest of the team to "win one for the Gipper," and the Doctor's speech is pretty much word-for-word from that scene. Also, the music playing when Striker gets up and says "I've got a plane to land" is the Notre Dame fight song.
@Chris McDowell Ronald Reagan also used "Win One For The Gipper" AS his political slogan when he was running for office.
"This movie is so theater of the absurd! Play on words, sight gags, and commercial and mo ie references!! Put Ham on 5 and hold the Mayo"...the doc was calling from the Mayo Clunic.
I kept wondering why they used the Notre Dame fight song, of all things. Thanks for the info!
Thank you for explaining that because I knew none of that
No matter how many times I watch this I laugh. It’s so fun to watch people experience this comic masterpiece for the first time.
I wish I could go back and watch it for the first time again, first time I saw it I was just a kid, so a lot of jokes went over my head...
@@MetalHeadReacts Me too. And I agree. I think I only laughed at some jokes because my parents were laughing. As an adult WOW even funnier.
Airplane! Is a shot-for-shot remake/spoof of the 1957 film, “Zero Hour!”. Right down to the “would you like a cup of coffee” scene (with slightly different dialogue!) It is uncanny that they took a serious movie and turned it into a hilarious shot-for-shot remake. Classic.
Cannot believe you took a drink just as one of the best jokes was happening. Seen this countless times and for years, there were things that kept popping up I hadn't heard before.
Everybody misses the propeller noise the plane makes through out the movie, the airplane has jet engines. That's the genius of these movies.
To be fair I don't think the common person will know the difference.... I mean we'll probably tell the difference in a crop duster in comparison to a jumbo plane that's it. I've never flown never stepped foot inside an airport and I just made 30 the closest I've come to a plane is Grand Theft Auto LOL. I've seen this film countless times and I never knew that.
And when the young girl is chasing the plane it sounds like a steam train.
@@markreed392 yes because it was parodying that common trope in old romance movies. The amount of parody layers in this movie is ridiculous lol
Even as a kid I knew
It’s hilarious
Still gets me
They even miss that "Ted" is a WWII fighter pilot with PTSD which is not possible given his age. But when you realize that it's basically a shot for shot comedic remake of "Zero Hour", then it all makes sense.
Lloyd Bridges kills me. He's so funny in this and HOT SHOTS.
Jeff and Beau Bridge's father.
He was hilarious in Seinfeld too.
Yeah, he was such a talented actor and comedian.
He was amazing
Do you think these two knew they were looking at Jeff Bridges DAD?
Airplane is a classic. My dad saw it in the theater when it came out and he said they almost kicked him out for laughing too much. 😆😆😆😆
Robert Hays who played Ted Striker is actually a pilot in real life and is qualified to fly multi-engine aircraft..
Sweaty though
Robert Stack owned one of my paintings he even sent me Polaroids of it in his house with notes written in the margins. Finally got to meet him at a celebrity event in Nashville TN he was a great guy to hang out with.
Robert Stack was really a cool guy
He was also an expert skeet shooter and once had a poolside three-way with JFK and Elizabeth Taylor.
@@DeanStrickson Yes he was in fact we were at a trap and skeet shoot when a first met him in person. We spoke on the phone regularly.
When he pulled off the sunglasses...
@@BillySinnz Loved him in The Untouchables
“I just want to tell you both good luck. We’re all counting on you.”
What I love is, each time he says it, it kind of has an alternate meaning. At first it’s just saying everyone is counting on Ted to land the plane, but later it can also be wishing them good luck as a couple.
It is not, it's just a repetition joke, it's absurd humour.
When he was flying somewhere, Leslie Nielsen used to go up to the cockpit and do this line sometimes.
They use that same joke in Scary movie 3.
The guy who commits Seppuku is James Hong , who is in a TON of stuff - including being Lo Pan in "Big Trouble In Little China". And Po's dad in "Kung Fu Panda" for younger folks.
I love the fact he's in a Japanese soldiers' uniform from WW2 for no particular reason.
@@onastick2411 Yeah, that is so ridiculous lol
Aeroplane is movie that humour-wise represents everything as a society we have lost.
Airplane
Roger the pilot was wearing goggles and shorts cause that was his uniform when he played for the Lakers
Harlem Globe trotters not the Lakers
@@iamdclxvi The Lakers.
@@sexysadie2901 you're right, I was wrong. My mistake.
Kareem is the leading scorer in NBA history.
@@iamdclxvi The basketball playing tribe was played by the Harlem Globetrotters though.
I love the genuine concern for how the horse will pour himself a glass of orange juice. 😂
No question of why the horse is in the bed.
I knew that the "black, like my men" line was coming, and I also knew at the same moment that Chris had a mouth full of liquid, so I completely anticipated Chris's choking.
ALWAYS pause this movie if you need to take a sip of your drink.
This movie is why we had a joke shortage in the early 80s. They used them all!
“I take it black... Like my men!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 They just don’t make ‘em like this anymore! 👍
The look the little boy gave her was priceless!!😂😂😂
Well they can’t. Haha
@C Flournoy
Best "What the fuck?!" look in the history of film.
@@darthken815 😂😂😂😂😂
@@dylanbollinger6270 All it takes is a director with some balls, you can still be edgy and non-pc.
These jokes are so left field, I love this movie! Fun little airplane fact, they actually have a rule on airlines (not sure when it was implemented) that the cabin crew can't have the same meal in case of this exact scenario.
Airplane is a shot for shot remake of the movie Zero Hour - an insignificant old B movie. The rule was brought in because of that movie.
I love how you were concerned about how the horse was going to partake in a glass of juice with his hooves.
I've seen this movie at least 50 times and just caught a joke that never registered before. When they're all lining up to beat the hysterical woman someone says "you're wanted on the phone." LOL . . . this was long before cell phones. As if you could get to a landline on an airplane.
I love how it’s a Jet plane but you can hear the hum of Propellers.
Most people miss the final joke after the end credits.
Airplaine! 2 is funny as well.
And they put some jokes in the closing credits...
Also the train engine sound in the beginning when the plane takes of when they're parodying the clichè scene of the woman seeing her lover going away with the train.
Airplane 2 wasn’t as good because none of the original writers had any part and it was mostly rehashing the jokes of this one.
End Credits also have "Author Of A Tale Of Two Cities . . . . . . Charles Dickens"
13:33 --- The actress who played "Randi" really did sing "The River of Jordan".. That's her voice.
And the nun (who doesn't sing but gives her the guitar) is played by Maureen McGovern, who sang "The Morning After" from THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE. So that scene is full of inside jokes.
@@Oppeldeldoc1 Maureen can't get a break...every mode of transportation gives her grief.
Love it when rex kramer is getting ready, in what we think is a mirror and then he steps through it
The problem with parodies is that they are really hard to do right. With a parody you don't deliver the joke the way you would in a normal movie. Parody has to be deadpan and serious in the delivery. That's why this movie is so great. Instead of using comedians that would have delivered the jokes the way a comedian would, they used serious dramatic actors who delivered their lines they way a serious actor does. That's why this works so well.
The Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit American academic medical center hence the Mayonaise on the shelves;)
You forgot to say that specialize in heart care, heart surgery and heart transplants.
I can't believe they didn't say anything about the sign "wacking material" by the magazines. I *DIED* when I saw that the first time.
@@JustWasted3HoursHere So few reactors seem to notice that sign...
@@RichardX1 I think they avoid it to avoid being demonetized.
@@RichardX1 This whole movie is full of little "ha ha" gags, but there are a few places that are laugh out loud hilarious. That was one of them for me. Another was the one where news anchors from around the world are presenting the news of what's going on and one of them is a Polynesian (I'm guessing) tribesman using drum sticks to talk, someone walks in with a new set of sticks and then he changes camera. Let me see if I can find it: Found it! It's the last one in this clip: ua-cam.com/video/CBT7S29cf9c/v-deo.html
The Mayo Clinic is a real thing. So they didn’t just make that up. So there’s even more to that joke than you thought.
Yeah, I was kinda disappointed they’d never heard of the Mayo Clinic before.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 When they get old, they'll hear about Clinic in many conversations with their circle of friends. 😅
You have to love a comedy that makes you think, all through the movie, "that's so stupid" and "that's so clever."
That's when you know you're in good hands. The subtlety in older comedies is a lost art.
After this masterpeice David and Jerry Zucker made "The Naked Gun" triology with Leslie Nielsen. Best movies ever.
Ironically they are also responsible for Scary Movie 3 and 4 🤣.
The last most recent comedy I enjoyed was actually 'Vacation'. It was funny.
The somehow ruined the scary movies for a lot of people though
And "Top Secret" as well!
If I hadn't seen "Top Secret" I would never had known that the national newspaper of East Germany was "The Daily Oppressor"
You need to watch "Top Secret!", it's the hidden masterpiece by the same directors/writers. Val Kilmer's first major movie role and he kills it.
That movie has one of my favorite jokes
General on the phone: "Let me know if there's any change in his condition."
Lieutenant: "How is he, sir?"
General: "He's dead."
Yes
Love Top Secret.
@@spiderfishx Please don't do this.
Has it occurred to you that you are totally ruining the joke ( one you obviously enjoyed immensely) for them & everyone who hasn't seen it by laying it out here.
Instead... Convince them to see Top Secret!
That way they get to enjoy it just like you did.
(Edit: This post is now a month old & to no avail. .. Some Fuckers apparently never learn.
Go watch Top Secret! anyway... There's plenty of jokes in it that Anthony De Tie didn't ruin.)
My dad showed me this movie on VHS when I was a little kid, and it has been one of my favorite movies ever since. This is in my opinion one of the greatest movies of all time, and I am always excited to see someone else discover it.
I bet the boob flash was exciting for you back then lol I’m younger and didn’t see this until I was in my 20s somewhere around 2008.
@@frightenedsoul Weirdly enough I don't recall noticing that until I was older. Is it possible my parents managed to distract me every time?
@@togroglog2457 you might be right. Unfortunately mine always made it obvious. I vividly remember having to go “under the blanket” during movie nights when certain scenes came on lol. Not just sex scenes too, even Indiana Jones like when the ark was opened up and melted everyone’s face. I didn’t see that until I was teenager
Great reaction guys 😂😂
I saw this when it was first released in 1980 when I was 7. I’ll never forget people laughing so hard they were falling out of their seats.
I literally saw this happen as well at my theater!!
Same! I was 11. 😊
I'm 51 and I've been saying the Jive version 'shit' since i was about 15 after seeing this move. and the roger roger bit and don't call me Shirley and a dozen other classics from this movie. Its still funny as hell today
The genius of this film is that everyone (except Johnny) is playing it extremely seriously.
Steve Stucker writes his own script!
The actors originally wanted to play it for laughs but the director insisted they play it totally straight which is really the genius behind the whole thing.
Johnny doesn't work for me.
@@Light-Rock97 Johnny is the only character who I find kind of annoying
@@christucker7655 He doesn't belong. Sticks out way too much in a cast full of deadpan pros. Kinda like an annoying kid.
Airplane is a parody of the air disaster film Zero Hour. It's nearly identical, but without the jokes.
Hence the sound of the plane
There's a scene by scene comparison here on YT that's amazing. Many of the exact same lines.
ua-cam.com/video/8-v2BHNBVCs/v-deo.html
4:01 -- those were two of the writers and directors of the movie.
10:58 -- you never drink during THAT joke. I've seen this movie at least ten times, and I still don't drink during that joke.
15:33 -- Kareem had a game that night, so he thought it would be funny if he appeared in his gear, and the directors dug the idea.
The movie came out in August or September of 1980. In October of 1983 we finally got cable in the Saint Louis area. My friend got his installed before we got ours and I went over to his house to watch movies while our parents were at bingo together. "AIRPLANE" was one we watched. This was at the height of the TYLENOL tampering scare. When Johnny described the plane as "white with red stripes, it look's like a great big TYLENOL!!!" my friend and I turned to look at each other, we both paused for a few beats, then we ROARED with laughter. No one could have imagined when the movie was made that in three years a single joke would take on extra meaning.
I just want to tell you both "good luck." We're all counting on you.
😆
If you haven't seen any of the Naked Gun movies you should watch them, they're made by the same Zucker Brothers who made Airplane and starred Leslie Nielson (The Doctor in this)
Even better is the Police Squad series. They only made 5 or 6 episodes, but the jokes are just as rapid fire in it as this movie had.
Police Squad was a great series, a satire on 1960s cop shows. The general audience didn't get it though. So they went back to movies, putting out "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad".
@@Lensmaster1 yes, and thus they prominently said "in color" in the title screen.
it ended up as a 6x30 minute mini series which i see as a followup to Airplane! and "Naked Gun" is its spinoff trilogy
i liked the mini series a lot, but when some reactors watched them in a single run instead of as separate episodes, it became a bit annoyingly boring to see the repetitive jokes of 3 or 6 espisodes in a single sitting, while i couldn't wait to see the next episode when broadcast only once per week. That's probably also why they only did 6 episodes.
Since this movie came out, I have probably watched it over 100 times, and I still laugh so hard every single time.
There needs to be more movies like this, that are just for some good, mindless fun.
“And stop calling me Shirley” OMFG! The best line to my taste. It’s so stupid that’s funny. I’m going through a terrible time that I really need you to keep your promise and take care of me. My mom died, my Guinea Pig died. Thank you for making me laugh.
Love, Lu
(10:51 Little girl picks up coffee cup)
Me: Oh shit, Chris is drinking? Here comes the joke.
Bwahahaha…. Is it bad a tiny part of me hoped for a spit take? :P
I love the "what do you make of this?" bit and always sneak it in when I get the chance at work :)
That will never not make me laugh.
chefs kiss: You're awesome saucy
Easily the best thing I've ever seen during a reaction. That spit take happening after the anticipation of the, "I take it black .. like my men" line was priceless.
11:01 - Oh man, I saw that coming as soon as you brought the cup to your lips! :D It was a BLAST watching you guys laugh your asses off on this one. I saw this as a kid in the theater and then I didn't see it for years, and I just assumed it probably hadn't aged that well, and was probably really silly. Boy, was I wrong! And every reaction video for this proves it, and your guys' reactions were as great as any to watch! Congratulations on being "initiated"! :D
You have to watch this movie several times. Every time you'll see something new. And I just want to tell you both, good luck. We're all counting on ya.
Oh, totally true for me too. I was a kid when this movie was out so a lot jokes went over my head. But seeing it again and again, something new always pops up. This and blazing saddles. Lol!
i had it seen as a movie at least a dozen times, and now again a few dozen times in reactions on youtube,
but sometimes i still find something new, like the name of the disco radio station (when the plane hits its antenna) : WZAZ
and just now i saw the people going through the door at 2:56 ... are they from the original series of Battlestar Galactica ?
having seen this movie like a 100 times, seeing you drink before the "like my man" line, i thought we would get an actual spit take, but a choke take is just as good
The way Curtis is petting the dog looks like he’s strumming a guitar 😂
One of my favorite subtle jokes in the movie that most people miss is when we first see Rex Kramer and the dog is mauling the guy from the airport. He is checking his tie in the mirror and they cut away, when they come back, the mirror is gone and he is in the next room. He steps thru where the mirror used to be to leave. Brilliant set and camera work!
I just want to tell you both, good luck. We're all counting on you for great videos
funniest movie ever made, more jokes per minute than any other film. TWO jokes missed by most people, 1 all the places Striker says in his stories are names of alcoholic drinks and the exterior plane shots have a prop engine sound
Another joke is that he says he was in the airforce, but his uniform in the flashback is navy.
Every flashback of Teds PSD ,, was of different war planes / footage from all wars -
One visual joke that escaped me at first was the sh*t hitting the fan - because English is not my native language.
Surely many of the puns got lost in translation. (And don't call me Shirley...)
The guy in the taxi is still there after the credits. In real life, he was tax resister Howard Jarvis who helped Proposition 13 pass in California. He was the author of the book "I'm Mad as Hell" from 1979. The Zucker Brothers probably hired him to do this cameo because they sympathized with his politics.
I'm glad you can still enjoy 90% of this film. There were some cultural references that enhanced the movie to many viewers when it came out in 1980. First the taxi passenger was a cameo by Howard Jarvis, a wealthy California leading proponent of Proposition 13, which had set a hard limit on property taxes. So there he was, known for his stinginess, sitting with the taxi meter running. And many adults would recognize the plane's captain, Peter Graves, as the friendly adult figure on two Saturday morning live action series, _Fury_ (horses) and _Sky King_ (small plane pilot). So to see this wholesome man asking the boy about seeing a grown man naked, or whether he likes gladiator movies, added a lot to the humor. Of course today, they could never get away with jokes like that on even a PG-13 movie. The last I'll mention is Barbara Billingsley, the white wholesome mother on _Leave It to Beaver_ is the lady who talked jive with the black guys.
But Ethel Merman played Ethel Merman.
I'd highly recommend you watch The Naked Gun for more Leslie Nielsen goodness
It's actually really nice no one reacting to this movie gets that Johnny is a gay parody; we've come far enough that the stereotypes don't even read for audiences anymore, he's just weird.
I was really sad when Stephen Stucker died.. He was a funny and really nice guy in real life who absolutely loved his fans..
the sad thhing is that I don't think we could do that joke today. which is pretty harmless
Yeah I thought it was just a random fat guy joke they tossed in there just because.
(The Leon's Getting Larger joke)
You know a movie is comedy gold when you keep saying, "This is sooo stupid," as you're laughing your ass off. 🤣
I always liked that the plane has a manual gearshift lever.
Kareem Abdul Jabar is wearing goggles because that is what he used to wear when he played in the NBA.
Joke that ran most of the movie...
Propeller sounds on a jet aircraft.
So many people miss that.
“Surely you can’t be serious,”
“I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley,”
He's name is
Otto Matic (first and family name)
so yeah, Otto Matic pilot
It's name used to be hidden in the credits ;)
Almost forgot to mention there is a world renowned hospital in my home state of Minnesota called the Mayo Clinic, so the joke works on several levels, as does just about every joke in this movie. As for the guy in the taxi, there is an end credit scene where he looks at his watch and says , "I'll give him 20 more minutes, but that's it"
Check out Top Secret!!! It’s the next movie from the writer/directors and has Val Kilmer in his movie debut.😂👍🔥
YES!!
The old lady with a gun kills me every time. I find that bit so hilarious.
This movie is deep in the topical knowledge of the time. It is even funnier when you have the experience of having lived at the time. There's so much going on that many of us went to see it multiple times to catch all of the references.
If you haven't done it yet, go straight to the 'Naked Gun' trilogy.
so many hungfao.....the little references as just throw away lines or visuals....
Before the "Naked Gun" they should check out the six episodes of "Police Squad!"
I loved this movie! I was in high school when it came out. It is filled with a lot of parodies on popular tv commercials that were big back then and movies that made it even more hilarious! 😂😂😂😂😂
Yes the lady with the sick husband was from the 70s Yuban coffee Commercial wondering why her husband doesn't drink a second cup at home but outside he is eager to have a second one.
"Autopilot" is not designed for landings, but for level normal flight.
He's actually Otto Pilot. ;-)
Ah yes, the hilariously subtle irony of a guy dying during the song "Staying Alive". :D I didn't even get that till just now and I've seen this movie dozens of times.
Leslie Nielsen's first comedic role. The world will miss him.
Ohhh Man, I laughed my ass off watching you trying to drink, right when one of the best lines in the movie is coming; "Cream?" "No thank you, I take it black; like my men." Aww wow saw it coming the whole time, going; NOOOOOO don't drink NOW!!! This movie has so many gags, that you can watch it a 100 times and still catch jokes you missed before. You didn't have the scene in your reaction, but the old lady who translates the jive talk for the stewardess is Barbara Billingsly, who is most famous for playing June Cleaver on the classic tv show Leave it to Beaver. She was the gold standard for suburban mom's back in the day. So her knowing how to speak jive with the brothers, is like the Dave Chappelle show sketch with Wayne Brady. Which if you haven't seen that and or don't know who Wayne Brady is I highly recommend checking out the sketch after you know who he is!!!
A few more parodies to add to the list, Airplane 2, which while not as good as the first is still hilarious. The Top Gun parody, Hot Shots and it's sequel Hot Shots Part Deux which parodies Rambo's 2&3. Balls of Fury is a parody of Bruce Lee's iconic Enter the Dragon. Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer and Kung Pow: Enter the Fist are hilarious Kung Fu parodies I know you'll love. Also while not a true parody, Army of Darkness is so much different from the other Evil Dead movies it might as well be a parody! And Lastly Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are amazing.
Top Secret! The spiritual successor to Airplane I and II.
How did you miss Kentucky Fried Movie? A major part of it is the parody of Enter the Dragon.
I grew up with this movie and still crack jokes in homage to AIRPLANE. When my friends and I were just in our teens We did Super 8 skits in homage to this movie...one time we had set up a pool side cafe where two people are having a conversation as kids were playing basketball behind them and overthrew their shots. The guys at the table gave their drink order (one asked for coffee and one said he'll 'just have tea') and carried on their conversation when a basketball came into frame, bounced hard on their table and off between them---without flinching or stopping their talk, then their order came...coffee and a styrofoam letter'T'. That was in 1981...I still have that foam T. :)
Omg I love this movie!!! What made this even more legendary is that most of the actors weren’t comedians. They were all dramatic actors up to this point. I’ll still say that to my buddies: “Hey I was wondering, “you ever seen a grown man naked?” Lmao 😂
I'm 65 and remember seeing this with my Mother at the Gold Coast in Australia. We both nearly wet our pants. It was so good to see some young ones enjoy this. I had a good time watching your reactions. People of my generation still use those catch phrases, especially 'surely you must be joking" "I'm not, and don't call me Shirley" 🤣The number of BIG name stars in this also added to the humour plus you can see it many times over and still find something you never spotted before. Thanks for an entertaining night boys😄
That Shirley line is probably one of my favorites ever in any comedy I have seen, the way Leslie Nielsen
delivers it is absolutely perfect; it's something if I ever get the chance to say I will lol.
Alllegedly some dude and his wife listened to news of Leslie Nielsen's passing while in the car. Radio newsman went quiet for a bit. Dude blurted out "Surely you can't be serious?" His wife looked at him funny. Newsman broke the silence with "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley!"
I've seen this movie more times than I can count and every time I watch, I catch at least one joke I didn't catch before.
Whacking Material. 🤣
The 1960s Star Trek fight music?
Just for context, there really is a healthcare facility called The Mayo Clinic... We even have one in the UK
You should check out the likes of Airplane 2, the Naked Gun Trilogy, and Top Secret... all brilliant films with the same kind of humour found here.
And the Hot Shots Dualology
"He's fired"
Nope, those two were the directors making a cameo.
I love Rex Kramer entering the airport and beating the shit out of religious pamphlet handlers like a fighting game beat ‘em up as he was walking through the airport.
Lmao 😂
I haven't seen this movie in like, 40 yrs! Lol. In its time, I remember laughing all the way through it. My fav parts were really the guys in the control tower. Lloyd Bridges and the totally weird gay guy just killed me. And dozens of simple site gags, and plays on words. Was pure genius. Glad you guys liked it.
You wouldn't be able to write a script like the '70s and '80s used to have, because today's scripts are written meticulously for the purpose of _not_ offending people.
Robert Hays (the one who piloted the plane to safety in the end, kind of) was so ridiculously funny in this. He had me laughing so hard. He also sort of made fun of his character in this film in "Sharknado 2" in the intro. The last really funny movie I saw was "Ted"" which was released in 2012. That movie is so freaking hilarious.
"Thanks, I take it black, like my men" Hahahahaha classic!
Go back and check out the post credits scene, worth it I promise.
Yes, they did ask about it after all, gives closure.
It was a spoof of an old 1950's movie called "Zero Hour" where the pilots all eat the bad meal. The co-pilot was played by a famous football player, which set up the Kareem bit. These were famous drama and action actors, suddenly in a comedy. LLoyd Bridges did lots of action shows, especially the Sea Hunt series where he was always getting in underwater scuba fights. Really.
And Peter Graves was famous in the two tv series "Mission Impossible" (one at the end of 60s to start of 70s, the revival at the end of the 80s) where he played the main character Jim Phelps. btw: when looking this up, i just found out that he also had a famous brother, James Arness (Marshall Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke). Real surname of both was Aurness.
The "Ham on five, hold the Mayo" joke works because there IS a hospital called the Mayo Clinic.
The old lady speaking jive is Barbara Billingsley, who played the mom in Leave It To Beaver tv series. Her speaking jive is the best.