AIRPLANE! (1980) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

Airplane! (1980) First Time Watching Movie Reaction Review and Commentary for JL. Extraordinarily Ordinary Media Much admiration for Leslie Neilson's comedic timing and recognition that nobody had more fun on this movie than Johnny were had. Extraordinarily Ordinary Media 2022.
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[@kevinstanton5998]

Alot of people miss my favorite part of the movie. At the captains house, he is getting ready in front of a mirror, and as he walks off, his reflection walks out of the mirror and into the world.... its subtle and easy to miss

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

I don't think I've ever caught that and I've seen this movie dozens of times 😂

[@kevinstanton5998]

@@dustywaynemusic6297 here ya go :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnWQn2OvmNmsfbs

[@mildredpierce4506]

I had never noticed that even though I’ve seen it many many reactions to it. It wasn’t until someone else in the comments pointed out. If they had never pointed it out, I would have never noticed.

[@77niko09]

Finally confirmation. I asked same couple off years a go, no answers. Question for you or anybody. In the start the movie, when hes buying a ticket does there on the backround his leatherjacket weared by that religious dude also wearing sunglasses trying to walk cool????

[@ckobo84]

"No, that's just what they'll be expecting us to do". I'm always astonished how few people get the humor in that.

[@ckobo84]

Another thing I don't get is no reactor laughs off the pedophile jokes, they always take it completely serious. The first time I saw the movie at like 13 I found that hilarious. I guess I have a different kind of sense of humor.

[@stevejoshua9536]

@@ckobo84 Well, now that you just gave me a heads-up on that, maybe I'll just skip watching this reaction.

[@heather9857]

@@stevejoshua9536 it’s not exactly how he is explaining it. The movie is hilarious.

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

@@stevejoshua9536 why would you watch a reaction to a movie you've never seen anyway? This is one of the best comedies ever

[@jnichols3]

@@ckobo84 In 2022 where we are supposed to except "Drag Queen Story Hour" at public libraries and "Family Friendly Drag" shows at bars where adults give small children money to put in the under ware of Transvestites, the pedophile remarks of the captain are as funny as saying "It's cloudy today". To many it is simply normal conversation that you can have with children now. Like the Jews in "Monty Python's Life of Brian" arguing about the rights of a man identify as a woman and have the "right to have babies". Back then it was funny and insane. Today it can get you cancelled if you do not except it as fact. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXelgISwiNBkasU

[@stobe187]

"Let's get some pictures" is one of my favorite gags, so simple yet so effective.

[@josheldridge8546]

Along with the line of phone booths that all flip over when all the reporters run into them. For some reason I wanna think they used that same gag in Johnny Dangerously.

[@westlod]

Yes that one always cracked me up.

[@becausereasons3168]

It's the little things that matter!

[@josheldridge8546]

Barbara Billingsly was the woman who could speak jive-- the ma from Leave it to Beaver. The two black dudes wrote their lines in this (Abrahm and both Zuckers all agreed they were funnier than what they originally wrote) and coached her though the scene. This movie was just as much as collaboration from the actors as it was from ZAZ-- the panicky woman getting the shit beat out of her suggested having the line of other passengers with weapons of escalating violence and ZAZ thought it was hilarious the moment she described it. Also, the dude checking the radar range and playing basketball on the Atari is Johnathan Banks, aka Mike Ermintrout from Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul.

[@jameskirschling7887]

I was going to comment on that too. When he checked the "Radar' range I thought, Is that Mike? Then they showed him again and I knew I was right. Sorry but Jonathan Banks will forever be Mike to me now.

[@breakingames7772]

Jive ass dude ain't got no brains anyhow

[@S_047]

I did not know that Mike worked at an airport before moving to Philly to be a cop

[@rickwelch8464]

Banks was also one of the goons in Beverly Hills Cop

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

He's also the younger cop in Gremlins

[@tonkatrucker]

Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Leslie Nielson et al, were all serious actors. When the studio sent the script to Peter Graves ( Capt Over), he read, and threw it in the trash. His son came into office, asked, pulled it out and read it. Immediately turned to his father and said " Dad, you gotta do this movie".

[@11DNA11]

And the rest is history. Peter Graves was magnificent in this :)

[@redpillfreedom6692]

I'm sure he felt none too comfy about the moments implying that his character is a pedophile.

[@001Flange]

The man in the cab is Howard Jarvis, a Los Angeles businessman that was very vocal against wasteful spending. In other words, the last person that would wait in a cab with a running meter.

[@mikeshoe74]

I never knew that, thanks. I was 6 when this came out. I saw this many times in the 80's. I know a great deal of the cast, but there's still stuff that predates me, that would probably be funnier had I been more familiar with the cast.

[@cflournoy1529]

The majority of the actors were well know for their acting in dramatic serious movies. To see them in this comedy was hilarious!

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

they all knew how to play "the straight man!"... its the guy who states the situation and enhances the joke!

[@2Takki]

This is exactly why it works so well. Same with Naked Gun :)

[@FloridaMugwump]

@@johnbernhardtsen3008 Like Leslie Neilson playing straight man for Don Knott's in the reluctant astronaut

[@rbrtck]

I just want to tell you, JL, good luck. We're all counting on you.

[@Lespaul13100]

'Your auto-pilot is dyin'!' He had the fish too! ' 😂🤣

[@embraceyourweirdness70]

Johnny is my favorite character. "I can make a hat, or a broach, or a pterodactyl..."😂😂😂

[@motorcycleboy9000]

"It looks like a giant TYLENOL. 😠"

[@anime_cyko]

RIP Stephen Stucker

[@kathyastrom1315]

Favorite line: “Why, I can make a hat, or a brooch, or a pterodactyl!”

[@lori8696]

I was so glad to see you do this one. You have more life context than a 20-year old reactor. The two jive actors were friends and came up with their own dialogue.

[@disconnexionsdotcom]

The fact that he knew the speech was from "Win one for the Gipper" made me proud. No reactor has ever caught that. Major props.

[@LordVolkov]

For more of the hilarious Lloyd Bridges, Jeff and Beau's dad, "I picked the wrong week" guy - Hot Shots, a Top Gun parody Though he has a long and distinguished film career, I will always remember him for his ability to say the most ridiculous stuff with a completely straight face.

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

He was hilarious in all of the Police Academy films, too!

[@LordVolkov]

@@Lost_n_Found_1 That's George Gaynes in Police Academy

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

@@LordVolkov Wow, guess I got 'em confused as a kid. Thanks!

[@laurenherda2415]

Loves him on Seinfeld just a phenomenal actor and comedian

[@macroman52]

I first saw Llyod Bridges in "High Noon".

[@jansenart0]

Robert Stack did his own stunts in that fight scene at age 61! That man is friggin amazing.

[@195511SM]

One thing I learned only recently. Many people thought it was based on the original 'Airport', but it's based on a film that came out in the late 50's....called 'Zero Hour'. I think the studio already owned the script, so the guys picked it up for around $1500.00....and played it for laughs. Look up 'Airplane vs Zero Hour comparison'.

[@jamesalexander5623]

Yes! "Zero Hour!' .... "Airplane!" even stole the Apostrophe!

[@ZeroOskul]

*Airport,* a novel by Arthur Hailey, though, is really good *if* you assume it takes place in this *Airplane!* universe. The air traffic control chief is overworked, another atc operator is contemplating ending his life, a stewardess is pregnant by a married pilot, there's a blizzard and only two runways are barely kept open thanks to continuous efforts of snow removal crews, the airport field manager is needed to clear a plane that skidded sideways and is stuck in ice on the longer runway and he's on the road and only five minutes away but stuck behind a jacknifed semi-truck that he is helping the local authorities to clear from the road so he can get to work and do more of the same, the rich neighborhood at the end of the only open runway is having a community meeting to sue the airport for noise pollution, and a plane that has been partially blown up by a suicide bomber needs the runway that the stuck plane is on because the damaged plane is too big and too damaged to use the shorter open runway. CHAOS! THRILLS! TAKEOFF! FLYING! LANDING! TAXI-ING! AIRPLANES! EXPLOSIONS! *AIRPORT* by Arthur Hailey, the guy who wrote the plot sans jokes to *Airplane!* so, if you loved that banal plot about a shellshocked war vet having to take control of an airplane after the crew become too ill to fly so that a little girl can get a heart transplant in Chicago, despite his PTSD about flying, you'll probably enjoy *Airport,* maybe? It's a novel!

[@Ashamanic]

It is basically the same film, with additions jokes and some things taken from one of the airport films (the girl needing a heart transplant and the nun with a guitar for example)

[@williambryan3346]

@@jamesalexander5623 I think you mean the Exclamation Point! 😁

[@everyonelovesmajima]

"How soon can you land?" "I can't tell." "You can tell me, I'm a doctor." - Most underrated line in the movie

[@tonkatrucker]

While that was funny, the follow up to me, (which many people missed), was....."' 'cause of the fog", Cant you guess,..... " About another 2 hours"........................ You can't guess for another 2 hours. I was the only person in the theatre who busted out laughing, and got a lot of weird stares. Oh well.

[@001Flange]

Doctor you're wanted on the phone...

[@ImadSul12]

The next line was even funnier.

[@jnichols3]

...and don't call me Shirley.

[@Flufferz626]

Pretty much anything he says in the movie. "The passengers were given the option of fish or chicken. "Ah yes. I had the lasagna."

[@exile220ify]

"That shit made me fart" is possibly THE best line I've heard in any reaction video lol!

[@st0n3p0ny]

"I take it black"... Always going to be one of the funniest movie lines ever. Along with "Have you ever seen a grown man naked?". Not many movies are as quotable.

[@josheldridge8546]

I had a copy of Mission Impossible for the NES, and I never could see that picture of Peter Graves in the intro without hearing him ask if I liked games about gladiators.

[@dimitrakapa4887]

"Have you ever been in turkish prison?"🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CoryBlissitte]

FYI, the joke about the Radar Range/Microwave. When they were first marketed, Microwave Ovens were named Radaranges because they used a magnetron that was developed for radar by the Raytheon corporation.

[@kennethreedy5258]

"If it doesn't say Amana, it's not a radar range."

[@jnichols3]

The story goes that the inventor of the microwave oven came upon the idea while working on a RADAR and chocolate candy melted in his pocket when he stood in front of it when it was powered on.

[@paulklenknyc]

I love incorporating Johnny’s lines into every day jokes and conversation. Favorite: “It happened to Barbara Stanwyck!”

[@jamesalexander5623]

Johnny is the Only Character in the Movie who's Not Playing it Straight!

[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

"Your husband and the others are alive, but unconscious." "Just like Gerald Ford."

[@Flufferz626]

Oh it's white with red stripes, looks like a big Tylenol!

[@paulklenknyc]

@@Flufferz626 lol

[@jeffl9167]

How 'bout some coffee, Paul?

[@LindaK1962]

Dude - when you said (about Otto the autopilot) "he's dying, he had the fish too" , I spit out the soda I was drinking, I laughed so hard!!!!!!!

[@tristramcoffin926]

"Have you ever seen a grown man naked?" is the funniest line to me. It is so completely inappropriate and it is delivered perfectly. All the random questions to the kid in the cockpit are funny.

[@andreacongdon7912]

Those lines are a throwback to a series called Fury. Were Peter Graves played Jim Newton, Joey's adoptive father. The line appears word for word in the pilot episode.

[@stevesstuff1450]

"Do you like movies about Gladiators?" was the one that always cracked me-up the most! 😂 So deadpan, and inappropriate, but hilarious!!😁

[@les4767]

You are the ONLY reviewer who got the "Win one for the Gipper" parody. Take a bow, my friend.

[@Spikeelsucko]

Johnny is played by Stephen Stucker, a man who tragically died young from complications of being the silliest person to ever exist, if you're out there Steve I hope you know how many people have laughed thanks to you. RIP

[@jnichols3]

His life was claimed by AIDS. The disease. Not the appetite suppressant. He was quite young, being only 38.

[@Spikeelsucko]

@@jnichols3 I considered mentioning that detail but I figured it might come across a little too serious in light of Stephen himself heh

[@victorsixtythree]

The pilots are Roger Murdock, Clarence Oveur and Victor Basta. Tower: Flight 209, you are cleared for takeoff. Oveur: Roger. Roger: Huh? Victor: Request Vector. Over. Oveur: What? Roger: We have clearance, Clarence. Oveur: Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?

[@Wolf-ln1ml]

"He had the fish, too!" Damn, that was _exactly_ the level of funniness of this video, really well done 🤣

[@jasonthedave6140]

Absolute classic. My favorite line is "I like my coffee black, like my men". It's a total WTF moment early in the movie that is tough to top.

[@johnmoreland6089]

Great line. And the little boy’s face in the reaction shot kills me every time.

[@dimitrakapa4887]

Man*...

[@ganggreen9012]

That entire interaction is word for word identical to the same interaction from "Zero Hour" with two exceptions, in "Zero Hour" they were adults and she didn't say "like my men".

[@richardlacey4923]

“ let’s divert them into Lake Michigan, at least it won’t kill innocent lives!”

[@mrtveye6682]

@@johnmoreland6089 So true, the line is damn funny on it's own, but the look the boy gives is just priceless.

[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

"We have clearance, Clarence." "Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?"

[@3DJapan]

The woman with the eggs in her mouth... This was a magic trick that literally every low-budget magician was doing at the time.

[@deeanna8448]

Those girls fighting in the bar are Girl Scouts which makes it even funnier. I watched this movie a dozen times and never realized that until someone told me. This is one of my Top 5 favorite movies of all time. I'm so happy you reacted to it!

[@Talius10]

When they show up selling cookies, you better buy them if you know what's good for ya 😀

[@apple4935]

Never seen anybody flinch from the s*** hitting the fan before. Classic.

[@michaeldixon3440]

“That’s impossible they’re on instruments!” One of my favorite scenes of all time.

[@jthomann71]

This movie is so much better when you're of a certain age and can get all the references, especially to TV commercials in the 70s.

[@Random_Herox2]

“Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.”

[@davidcooks5265]

Lol yeah I think like that when I drink😜🎄👍

[@kathrynroat9139]

I say this at work all of the time! I🤣

[@legionaireb]

This movie was actually Leslie Nielsen's very first comedic role. He was a well known dramatic actor before this. Lloyd Bridges also had a great comedy career after this movie. Legend says his last words were 'Looks like I picked a bad day to quit living.'

[@srae1971]

God I love this movie. It's so absurd, I just laugh through the whole thing. Right at the beginning you said "This is gonna be silly as hell." I thought "dude you have no idea."

[@RexFuturi]

"But at least I have a husband." One of my favorite jokes in the movie.

[@athens_1psvr31]

Love it when “Keys to the Plot” are displayed to make sure we’re paying attention to the story.

[@davidr1050]

After this movie came out, it became a rule that the captain and first officer MUST have different meals... Just in case...

[@christinegelabert1651]

Johnny yelling Rapunzel! Rapunzel! and that leaping like a freaking gazelle absolutely kills me! In a lot of ways Johnny really did steal the show when it came to this movie as the expression goes. I've been watching this movie ever since it first came out and I crack up every time I see it. #JohnnyRocks #NYGenXBikerLady

[@kevinwilding7825]

Just when you think we're finally watching a movie without 'shut-up' jump scares, the Murder Whistle gives us 2!! 😂😂

[@philosopher0076]

I think few people realize that when the pilot passes out from the bad fish and the JET AIRLINER starts nosediving down through the sky when his shoulder pushes the control stick forward, that the sound is of an old prop airplane engine....not a four engine commercial jet.

[@TarossBlackburn]

Every time you see the aircraft from the outside or the engine revs it's a propellor.

[@glennkonklin2926]

The absolute seriousness of the actors is what makes the film work. And it's hardly ever mentioned, but the music is just as important in my opinion; dead-on serious.

[@toukie]

This is probably my favorite comedy of all time. This movie wouldn't even make it past the writing stage today. It would completely start riots if this movie came out today. I have watched it I don't know how many times , there are so many stuff going on in the background... it was genius. I'm a fan of stupid sarcastic jokes and this movie has more than enough for me. I always get the stink eye when people ask me "What is it?" and I describe the thing instead of answering the question (Like when she said 'A hospital? but what is it? ' and he said 'It's a building full of patients, but that's not important right now).

[@bengilbert7655]

The older lady who speaks jive was Barbara Billingsley who played the mother on the 50s TV series Leave It To Beaver.

[@thewab1974]

Just hang loose, blood. She gonna catch up on the rebound on the med side.

[@kathyastrom1315]

Gotta love Kareem! “Tell your old man to drag Walton and Laneer up and down the court for 48 minutes…”

[@DNulrammah]

The man in the taxi was Howard Jarvis. He was an American businessman, lobbyist, and politician. He was a tax policy activist responsible for passage of California's Proposition 13 in 1978. (Wikipedia). That tax reform measure was copied across the country.

[@indridcold3762]

"Chump don't want the help, chump don't get no help." 😄

[@starryeye6511]

This is the type of movie you gotta watch several times because there's no way to catch it all in 1 go 💖

[@becausereasons3168]

"Nervous?" "Yes" "First time?" "No I've been nervous lots of times"

[@christinegelabert1651]

Oh it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the window and wheels AND it looks like a Tylenol! It's a twister Auntie Em it's a twister! There's SO MANY MORE lines that he delivers in this movie that absolutely crack me up. Then the look on his face when he almost unplugs the whole place~that glint in his eye is classic maniac! Johnny is one of my favorite characters in this movie! Him AND the old lady who's talking jive to the two black dudes! Bwaaah Haaaa! #JohnnyRocks #NYGenXBikerLady

[@bradpriebe9218]

This is one of those movies that you see something different every time you watch it but you'll absolutely hate if you don't like that kind of humour . Glad you enjoyed it.

[@jamesedwards2483]

"I Just Wanted To Let You Both Know Good Luck, We're All Counting On You!!"

[@tweevers2]

"Cause he is dying,he had the fish too" 20:10 ....your remark gave me a good chuckle

[@marcye3649]

Love your babies! You’re reactions never fail to make me laugh. Thanks to you, blank, and the background puppers who always take care of their Dad

[@davidtstravels8939]

This was always one of my family favorites growing up, so I have seen it many times. My dad, especially, loved the dry and slapstick humor throughout. I have watched many people reacting for the first time to this movie. You, by far, was the most entertaining in a long while. So many people, especially younger folks, don't pick up on the dry humor. You seemed to understand it pretty well and just your expressions had me cracking up!

[@johnmiller8968]

Leslie Nielsen delivered the lines with a straight face because he didn't get the joke. Because he didn't get the joke, he played all these roles straight.

[@davidr1050]

15:07 -- Yes, Lorna Patterson who played Randy did sing "The River of Jordan".😀 --- In real life, Robert Hays who played Ted Striker is a pilot and is actually qualified to fly multi-engine aircraft..

[@paulklenknyc]

The woman who spoke / translated the jive was the mother on Leave it to Beaver, Barbara Billingsley.

[@lnwolf41]

This movie started his comedy career in movies, he is a well known drama actor from the 60's and 70's

[@Yawnzee_]

It was great to see Robert stack in this may he rip. Another great movie Jay! Loved this reaction 😆

[@youteo3596]

Have you seen Robert stacks little part in baseketball with Trey Parker and Matt Stone (the guys from south Park)? It was an unsolved mysteries spoof funny as hell. R.I.P to Robert though he was great

[@LawNerd24]

Him pulling off the sunglasses to reveal another pair of sunglasses kills me every time.

[@rbrtck]

What Leslie Nielsen did so well is called deadpan humor. 😐 He had always been known as a dramatic actor in his youth, but his career and serious demeanor found new life playing deadpan in movies like this and the _Naked Gun_ series. Nobody does it better.

[@sannakarppinen4163]

And what Leslie Nielsen did was rare talent, not anyone in the comedy genre can pull his acting style.

[@bigsarge8795]

"At least i have a husband" "That dirty bitch" 🤣 Yo - that was low key one of the funniest lines.

[@athens_1psvr31]

“What that little girl says?” Shooters shoot, but he wasted his shot. Lol

[@DraggorLecanth]

It sounds like you're teaching your copilots how to say "Like and Subscribe". I swear that's what I heard from him several times, lol 😊

[@jameschance6829]

I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.

[@scottgray8131]

lol, you had your work cut out for you doing a reaction on this one, not bad. seeing it in the theater back then, we missed half the jokes because we were laughing so hard. it was a brand new kind of comedy movie back in the day 👍

[@felixdk8727]

My favourite sequence is the stewardess talking into the microphone: "We hope you enjoy the flight. By the way is there anybody, who knows, how to fly a plane?", followed by pandemonium. "It's an entirely different kind of flying, all together" "It's an entirely different kind of flying"

[@ericjones9487]

The funniest movie of all time. One of the first movies we had on VHS as a kid and I watched it a thousand times over the years.

[@TheNeonRabbit]

I loved that whenever they showed an external shot of the jet we hear the sound of an old propeller plane. More subtle than a lot of the gags.

[@88wildcat]

"That silly dude in the airplane place." That would be an airport.😄

[@Rspenesmit]

Not sure if anyone else has mentioned but the older Lady talking Jive was Mrs. Cleaver, From Leave it to Beaver, she was the Beaves Mom!

[@busload_uk]

I love that your dog sounds like he's trying to do an impression of a dog. 😂

[@Spikeelsucko]

I've been doing "And Leon is getting L-a-a-a-a-a-a-argerr" to my dad for like 28 years

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@JL One of the top 25 comedy's of all time was a treat to see you fall in love with this

[@bradsullivan2495]

You should have an over/under competition to see how many times "STFU" is heard during a video.😂😂

[@PMc-kh5mq]

Great movie! One of the funniest of all time. People also miss the fact that whenever you hear the sound of the airplane, it makes the sound of propellers and not jet engines!

[@DicnballzBitch]

Oh this is gonna be awesome

[@GrainneMhaol]

Fun fact about Leslie Nielsen, he was a dramatic actor before this movie. The Zucker brothers gave him a whole new career in comedy. This was the first proper spoof movie, taking off a bunch of 70s references including a disaster movie called Airport. It was primarily goofing a movie called Strike Force One, which is the reason for all the war references. I grew up on this movie and Police Squad, which spoke to my love of goofy humour

[@jnichols3]

I think it was a spoof based upon the 1957 movie "Zero Hour". kzbin.info/www/bejne/bl7ZY3V-g6eJedU

[@itsjuliescottyay]

Check out “Zero Hour” from 1957. That was the actual movie they were spoofing, although it worked as a spoof for the ones in the 70s too. Some of the dialogue matches word for word (I always thought that maybe they used that movie because it was public domain lol) 😂

[@jnichols3]

@@itsjuliescottyay I dont think it was public domain. I think they used it, because they bought the rights to it for like $10,000.

[@paulinegarrity4003]

When this was made, most of the older actors weren’t getting many roles anymore. For most of them, this was their first comedy role. Barbara Billingsley (jive lady) was Mrs Cleaver on Leave it to Beaver.

[@ryanje8147]

"Excuse me stewardess. I speak jive." LOL

[@gravypatron]

You can't beat the old movies. You just can't. Who missed the CGI? Nobody. Thanks for the video!

[@CaddyJim]

The old lady speaking *JIVE* is the mother from an old show *(Leave it to Beaver)*

[@terryemery4348]

Every time Johnny was on the screen, it was golden. If you liked this, try their follow-up "Top Secret" and they movie they made before this, "Kentucky Fried Movie."

[@aceldamia9114]

Johnny really is the star of this movie.

[@balansboy]

the old lady speaking Jive is hilarious. What makes it funny is that it's the same actress that played June Cleaver in the old show Leave it to Beaver

[@davidlionheart2438]

I couldn't count how many times I've seen "Airplane!" and I not only still laugh out loud I still get the "ugly laugh"...........where you're snorting and you can't breathe and you got tears running down your face. I love everything about it especially that cast. Awesome!

[@DetectiveAlley]

Howard Jarvis in the taxi was a real hoot. His first and only movie appearance. He was a local politician in L.A.

[@garyedwardgray7549]

What’s amazing is that this movie, as funny as it is, is even funnier than most people think, because there are several that are cultural references from the time. Just a few examples… the old lady speaking jive is Barbara Billingsley, most famous for her role as the perfect little happy homemaker in the 1960s TV show Leave It To Beaver; the woman with the inner monologue is a spoof on a coffee commercial from the time; religious folks proselytizing in airports used to be a thing; so we’re Tupperware Parties; most of the main male characters were exclusively serious actors, which gave this spoof a real edge (even Neilsen was a serious actor at the time… though he became more famous for his comedic work, this was his first comedy); the guy checking under the hood of the airplane is JJ Walker, famous from the 1970s TV sitcom Good Times. And that’s only about half of the “dated” references. There are also just some funny things they did which they audience wouldn’t even know about - I guess the director/producer just got a kick out of it, I dunno… like the two airport announcers arguing back and forth about the red zone and the white zone; those were ACTUAL airport PA announcers in real life (at LAX), *and* they were actually a married couple. Think of how funny this movie already was, without knowing any of the references I just mentioned. And some people miss even more references than this. I’ve seen some viewers who don’t know who Kareem is, or they don’t know Saturday Night Fever, or they don’t realize that smoking on planes used to be illegal (so the smoking ticket joke falls flat with them). And a lot of folks have never heard of a microwave referred to as a radar range… so, when the guy is asked to check the radar range and he open a microwave, lots of viewers are probably just reacting with, “huh?” Think of how funny this movie is. Then consider all of the missed jokes possible for modern viewers (I’m old, hehehe). This is probably one of the funniest movies ever.

[@mikegilgenbach4840]

Ive seen so many of the Airplane reactions. Without fail, every single person across the spectrum busts out their moves during Stayin Alive.

[@ryangrissom1948]

Thanks for the great content. Brightens my day a little.

[@NightFogFilms]

This film has been rated to have the most laughs per minute. It’s a comedic remake of an original movie from 1957 called ZERO HOUR - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bl7ZY3V-g6eJedU BTW, the producers bought the rights to ZERO HOUR just to avoid being sued. References: Opening plane in clouds mimicking the movie JAWS. Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home (coffee commercial spoof) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3uXnHZ8Z5eCaNlh same actress in real coffee commercial Boy/Girl Coffee Scene: The Original and the Spoof - kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3mZfIpsmrKKgKs From Here to Eternity- Beach Scene - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYXPdYGDmMSbfM0 Also: He walked out from the mirror at Captain Kramer’s house. A lot of people don’t catch that joke. A lot of people miss the jokes throughout the credits and afterwards the man in the cab says he’s going to give him another 20 minutes but that’s it. - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoHIinl6YtuJfsk

[@EOMReacts]

I will never argue against it being the funniest movie I've ever seen. Glad J loved it, too.

[@shsrpr]

32:01 "Your husband and the others are alive, but unconscious." "Just like Gerald Ford." Gerald Ford was the President when this movie was made. 😀

[@rbrtck]

Your chair works great for disco. It has just enough give for you to shake your hips to that funky rhythm.

[@jonathanlay8746]

So awesome, me and my wife laughed along with this so hard. Thank God people still have a s sense of humor. (And my wife passed all her finals, so we celebrating) LOVE the puppies! Our shmooffle can tell when there are dogs on screen and gets excited

[@jameskirschling7887]

This was fun to re-watch with JL. I used to work for Bi=Lo foods and there was a woman who worked with us who ordered a coffee from the Deli/Bakery and told the woman, who she knows and worked with, that "she liked her coffee like she liked her men, hot and black." Later that day there was a rumor going around that she was having an affair with a black man. I like this movie but it's one that I can only watch once in a great while.

[@leeneufeld4140]

Stephen Stucker gave us some hilariously memorable performances of off-the wall characters in several movies, including a few episodes of Mork and Mindy. Sadly, he died of aids in 1986, only 38 years old. He also ad-libbed all of his lines in this movie.

[@Star-qc4br]

11:19 - Cuttin' loose with the moves! LMAO!!! One of the BEST comedies ever made! The sounds of propeller engines when seeing the jet always gets me... "Get into "CRASH" positions", the line of people waiting to "help" the panicking woman by beating the crap out of her, "Excuse me stewardess, I speak Jive", the in-flight movies are a series of plane crashes, unplugging the runway lights - "just kidding", "Where did you get that dress?! It's AWFUL and, those shoes GEEEEZ!"... I was in PAIN from laughing so hard after watching this the first time - Instant classic!!! LOL!!! "Jim never vomits at home" is a reference to a popular TV commercial at the time...

[@xrusted]

Your reactions are hilarious!!! Best part is when you go "Shut the f*** up..." -.. And yes Leslie Neilsen [[R.I.P.]] was the king of deadpan comedy!! Also about your two question: the old lady speaking Jive is Barbara Billingsly, the mom on Leave it to Beaver a really old show. Gerald Ford is one of the most useless presidents ever, elected after Nixon resigned. Oh and those two guys are playing Atari's version of basketball . This is my all time favorite film!!! Thanks for doing a reaction to it, much respect.

[@marilynlafarga1537]

Jimmy Walker aka "JJ" from Good Times, can be seen falling off the plane while washing the windows.