AIRPLANE! 1980 * first time watching * reaction & commentary * Millennial Movie Monday

[@HemlockRidge]

Nobody ever sticks around through the credits to the end to see the guy waiting in the cab say, "I'll just give him 5 more minutes".

[@creech54]

Not to mention all the funny jokes in the end credits, like . . Best Boy - John Smith Worst Boy - Adolph Hitler. (A "Best Boy" is an electrician's assistant.)

[@corvus1374]

That guy was Howard Jarvis, who was a huge tax opposition politician of the time period.

[@FaithfulHorrorhound]

I never knew about that.

[@STOCKHOLM07]

Maybe the third or fourth time I watched it I just left it on and was like, "wait, wat?"

[@mikeking7710]

LOLOLOL, I always watch all the way to the end, especially with these guys' movies. It also got me into the habit, which came in handy for the more recent MCU films with their cliffhanger endings. I never saw any documentation or interviews about it, but I suspect that at least one inspiration for the ending jokes and funny credits was the very end of the classic Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. After the end of the credits each week, you would still hear a single person clapping and it wouldn't stop until NBC took over, wrestling control back from the show, almost as if it had been hijacked for an hour.

[@nortski78]

The obligatory "Now go watch Leslie Nielsen in The Naked Gun" comment.

[@ericjanssen394]

I actually tier-requested "Airplane II: the Sequel" with one other first-time reactor, and he equally busted a gut over it. (One gag in particular, but that's for later.) :D

[@johnsensebe3153]

And then Police Squad! Yeah, it's a TV series, but the entire run is under three hours.

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

"Now go watch Leslie Nielsen in " Nuts (1987) "". His last dramatic role. Afterwards Mr. Nielson only played in comedic roles.

[@isaackellogg3493]

Actually, this was his first ever comedic role-heretofore he was known only for serious dramatic roles, and they almost didn’t cast him for fear he was too high-profile a dramatic actor for the role.

[@paulgunderson4721]

The TV series Police Squad! (6 half hour episodes) came out soon after AIrplane - 1982. The Naked Gun: From the files of Police Squad! came out in 1988. The same type humor throughout.

[@anthonyhebisen]

True story, my American dad met and married my Costa Rican mom and brought her to the states. She didn’t speak a word of English and my dad took her to see Airplane while she was very full term pregnant with me. She laughed so hard at the scene where the stewardess disconnects the girl while singing, that her water broke and she went into labor and peek a boo, I’m here . Thus, a good laugh solves everything!

[@panowa8319]

That's a great idea to induce pregnancy. How's your mom's English today?

[@anthonyhebisen]

@@panowa8319 it’s pretty good. I mean she sounds like Ricky Ricardo most of the times with an accent but its not bad at all. And she’s not ashamed or embarrassed about her accent . She’ll talk to anyone

[@tapoemt3995]

That may get us 1 step closer to what causes it.

[@gspendlove]

Literally born from laughter. I love it.

[@wrigleyville]

@@anthonyhebisen Great story. I wish you and yours great health, great times and unlimited happiness. BTW, is she from San Jose?

[@brentmackey279]

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

[@Joeybagofdonuts76]

"Why does he have so much mayonnaise?" He said he was from the Mayo Clinic.

[@BuffaloC305]

That's a good example of "simply too many jokes, too many references for anyone to 'get' the first time watching."

[@Joeybagofdonuts76]

@@BuffaloC305 oh, absolutely! I've been watching this for close to 30 years now. Every so often I catch a joke that I hadn't before.

[@circa81]

@@Joeybagofdonuts76 I never noticed that before.

[@BuffaloC305]

Rewatchings bring out the 'slow scenes' (the disco dance girl-scouts' bar fight; the African adventure) but they've also made "Johnny" a lot funnier over time. Instead of being an annoying pest, he's become this treasured out-of-sync-with-film character that I have a hard time figuring out how these writers dreamed him up. I mean - seriously - there is no other character like him. And I look forward to each and every one of his one-shot appearances. "Rapunzel-!" and "...those awful shoes!!"

[@Joeybagofdonuts76]

@@BuffaloC305 "and Leon is getting LarGeR" 🤣

[@theaterbear]

I used to wait tables at a restaurant in NYC and Julie Hagerty often came in. She was always incredibly nice and friendly. One night I had a panic attack because of another customer at her table who was really rough with me and Julie sat with me and helped me calm down. From then on she’d always make a point to come over and say hello to me whenever she came in. Super nice lady.

[@ScreamingScallop]

Oh my god you found a way to make Julie Hagerty even more adorable than before. _(salutes)_

[@theaterbear]

@Hannah’s Dad here’s two things I can assure you of: 1. If I was going to make up a story about a celebrity - it wouldn’t be nice. 2. If I was going to make up a story about a celebrity - it would be a bigger celebrity than Julie Hagerty.

[@ralphschmitt5859]

Former waiter here. Let me get this straight, a guest gave YOU a panic attack? SMH 🤦‍♂️

[@___David___Savian]

Eric when Julie was consoling you, did any of the customers attack her with bats, guns and knives trying to calm her down ??

[@lilchicklets]

She just seems like a sweet and genuine person. We love Julie!

[@timsgilable]

The guy who stabbed himself with sword is James Hong, who played.the villain in Big Trouble in Little China, he also voiced Mr Ping, Po's father in Kung Fu Panda.

[@Rmlohner]

And the clueless maitre 'd in the classic Chinese Restaurant episode of Seinfeld.

[@majdjinn5042]

He voiced so many villains I was expecting a twist in Kung Fu panda about that duck.

[@silentjay01]

The guy has over 400 acting credits. Even does voicework for video games like Diablo 3. Dude is a legend.

[@darthken815]

And he played the father of Wayne's girlfriend in Wayne's World 2.

[@JuanRamos-td3ws]

The Calvary's father and also a waiter on BBT

[@davidr1050]

For many years, Leslie Nielsen used to stick his head in the cockpit door and tell the pilots, "good luck, we're all counting on you."

[@BigGator5]

Fun Fact: The argument between announcers concerning the white and red zones at the airport, the producers hired the same voice artists who had made the real-world announcements at Los Angeles International Airport. At the real airport, the white zone is for loading and unloading of passengers only, and there's no stopping in the red zone (except for transit buses). They were also married to each other in real life.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

The argument they had was lifted right from a trashy romance novel that one of the writers bought.

[@daveolson6001]

Even more fun fact: far from being from taken directly out of a "trashy romance novel", the dialogue between the "red zone/white zone" announcers was from the novel "Airport", which was made into a series of disaster movies in the 1970s. Seriously, I was reading the book in a library one day and when I got to that point ("...if it's done properly, therapeutically, there's no danger involved!") I laughed so hard I was almost asked to leave.

[@joeno-say5504]

No word on if she got the abortion Top Secret is another movie by the same writers - very underrated

[@fubar1217]

@@joeno-say5504 Top Secret is a must watch!!!!

[@ingibingi2000]

Kareem is a 6x nba champion and the all time points scorer still to this day

[@awkwardashleigh]

Ohhh wow

[@ingibingi2000]

@@awkwardashleigh lebron has a chance of taking that title, but still has about 3,000 points to go

[@nitrokid]

And was also a good friend of Bruce Lee. He was also a co-writer of a mystery novel starring Mycroft Holmes.

[@merchillio]

The pilot and the doctor (who went on to do the Naked Gun series and loads of other spoof movies) were, at the time, very serious actors. They were chosen specifically because the anti-casting would make it even funnier. They told the director they were afraid they didn’t know how to play funny. The director told them “no, I want you to play serious, the script will take care of the comedy”. Their deadpan delivery is one of the many reasons the movie works so well.

[@darindonahue5901]

And when he says Walton & Lanier. he is referring to Bill Walton, & Bob Lanier two NBA Hall of Fame players, that he played against.

[@SebastianWeinberg]

You're watching _Airplane?_ Well, I just want to tell you, Good luck! We're all counting on you. 👍

[@shanem4703]

Surely your not serious.

[@tommcfeely8707]

I heard he liked to go up to the pilots of the planes he flew on and say that line to them.

[@rhaynhillyard9772]

@@shanem4703 yes I am serious and dot call me Shirley

[@uselessfamiliar]

I see what you did there ☺️😂

[@moeball740]

Don't eat the fish!

[@williambeckett6336]

This girl is the DEFENITION of a "sweet heart." Just the sweetest soul that ever dared the internet,

[@peterolsen9131]

anyone disses our ashleigh and we go all "liam neeson " on their ass! " we will find you.....'

[@victornewmanforever]

""Are you supposed to bring visitors on the cockpit?"" The internet makes me feel so old.

[@davidq.5488]

And smoking on a plane.

[@knavekid]

I remember visiting the cockpit during a jet flight when I was a kid. The pilot gave me an airlines pin.

[@ScreamingScallop]

That, and Ashleigh's reaction to smoking on airplanes. People also used to smoke on buses and trains (because "freeeedumb"), but I don't want to be the one to tell her--I'm afraid her head might explode.

[@TheCaptainmaim]

@@knavekid I had the same experience.

[@garrybartlett6853]

The cockpit visits and the smoking on planes... good old days...

[@badhidingplace9558]

"Why is there a bird?" That bird was a vulture, a bird that typically hangs around creatures about to die, as they feed on carrion. It was meant to indicate that their chances were pretty piss poor.

[@kanweian6482]

Vultures love to fly commercial because they are allowed one piece of carrion luggage.

[@Luv2Dnce4]

@@kanweian6482 👏👏👏👏

[@mrkelso]

@@kanweian6482 Great joke!

[@michaelboggus9993]

Rimshot

[@Whateva67]

@@kanweian6482 oh dude,comment of the day 😁

[@robbfour5882]

The older woman who “spoke jive” was Barbara Billingsley best known at the time for playing the wholesome mom on “Leave it to Beaver”.

[@paulpeterson4216]

And talk about an age of innocence, the name of the lead in Leave it to Beaver was literally named Beaver-Cleaver

[@UTU49]

@@paulpeterson4216 omg, it never occurred to me how that would sound now.

[@frozenmj9562]

“I take it black like my men.” Never gets old. 🤣😂

[@ranyarock5783]

I had a 98 year old woman say, she takes her coffee like her men: straight.

[@romanhardware]

@@ranyarock5783 😆😂🤣

[@stevesparks2001]

yes it does!

[@Lensmaster1]

Always funny. That girl had great delivery, then the boys reaction.

[@Hopespringseternal]

My 9 year old is a fan. But knows we can only quote these classic lines inside our home!

[@mikerhodes8454]

What made it funny is that actors like Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen, and Peter graves (along with others) were primarily known as serious actors before this and the makers of the film told them to be as serious as they could when reading their lines.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

BTW, has anyone seen what "Lori from _That 70s Show"_ looks like these days?

[@LostButBroken]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver like a corpse....

[@owend33344]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver she died

[@derekgilbert1752]

Also, the director told them to act as seriously as they could.

[@howardbeatman2820]

Peter Graves was going to turn down his role until his wife insisted that he take it to show that he could do comedy. Leslie Nielsen had played dramatic roles for decades but had always wanted to do comedy - and his success in this role enabled him to do comedy for the rest of his career.

[@dionbram]

I think that "don't call me Shirley" and "I picked the wrong day to quit...." are probably the most common quotes from the movie.

[@dappergander]

"I picked the wrong week to quit smoking" was quoted in the original Zero Hour! too.

[@Boomerbox2024]

Don't forget, "What's that?"

[@dadoctah]

And "ever seen a grown man naked?"

[@Serai3]

I'm partial to variations on "...but that's not important right now". :D

[@kennethhall289]

“do you like Gladiator movies”

[@ml1941]

"Airplane". The perfect date movie. If she doesn't laugh, there's not gonna be a second date.

[@Outlaw8908]

Thanks for the idea.

[@benjim8462]

For sure I think the same test could be applied to any of the Monty python movies

[@Mike19737]

"Is she asleep?" Me: In a matter of speaking: yes. 😂😂😈

[@lindakimmelman6439]

Absolutely

[@dreamweaver1603]

That was a plot point in Freaks and Geeks too, but with The Jerk.

[@mwbp]

“ no, i’ve been nervous lots of times” one of the best lines ever, still kills me each and every time

[@Ian-xw2vo]

"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit watching Millennial Movie Monday." - No one... ever

[@anhistorian7255]

@tconlon251 Any more awful choices like that one will see Fridays become an Ash free day :(

[@mst3katie52]

A lot of the older men in this movie were only known for dramatic roles. They were serious dramatic actors and played this movie straight, which makes it that much funnier.

[@rmhartman]

Leslie Nielsen, after a long career as a serious leading man, started a whole new career in the absolute crapload of similar comedies that followed this movie.

[@ericjanssen394]

@@rmhartman It's still hard to take him seriously as the stalwart space captain in "Forbidden Planet", or the ship captain in "The Poseidon Adventure".

[@LanceHerod-n5d]

@@rmhartman Plus the short lived TV series Police Squad

[@tomchris60]

Paramount executives wanted the filmmakers to cast known comic actors at the time. Dom Deluise, for example. They didn't believe anyone would think Leslie Nielsen could be funny.

[@Anson_AKB]

@@tomchris60 Half the fun was that it was played seriously, creating a contrast between the delivery and the funny jokes. Leslie Nielsen did serious movies for 25 years before Airplane! and funny movies for 30 years after it, while the others stayed with serious roles.

[@dan_hitchman007]

The sheer brilliance of this spoof is that it's funny no matter how many times you watch it.

[@fzoid3534]

I love that there's a joke in every scene.. the amount of detail. Sometimes there's something funny going on somewhere in the background

[@Cubs-Den-Reactions]

Yes exactly. You always notice a new joke you missed before.

[@dylancraven3979]

I am unabashedly unashamed of how many times I have returned to this video. Makes me feel better in an instant.

[@dennisc1852]

My favorite ongoing gag in the movie is that they are on a jet airplane, but the engine noise is always from propellers.

[@nralbers]

Because the whole film is a spoof on the 1957 film "Zero Hour!". And the plane in that movie was a propellor-driven plane.

[@CrashLandon1]

From what I've read, they started with a prop-plane model, but then decided to modernize with a jetliner. No one told the sound department. When they saw the result, it fit so well with the rest of their silly movie that they happily left it that way.

[@tristramcoffin926]

There is always something new you notice when you watch this movie and I never noticed that. Hilarious.

[@DouglasJohnson.]

On the commentary track, they talked about how they originally wanted a propeller airplane, but the studio said that would be a deal breaker for them, in getting the picture made, so they compromised by continuing to use the sound of propeller over the jet airliner shots. Still one of my favorite jokes from the original.

[@tristramcoffin926]

@tconlon251 That one I have noticed.

[@morvous1]

"Are you typing loud enough?" Ashleigh honey, that is how typewriters sounded. It isn't a computer keyboard. They were loud all the time.

[@jakubfabisiak9810]

she's a millenial - she don't even know the model M

[@RonJDuncan]

Some of the electric ones were a little less noisy, but the manual ones were simply that noisy, no getting around it.

[@joe6096]

But if you watch, Johnny was typing over-exuberantly. Just slapping away at random keys to make it even more hilarious.

[@lisahumphries3898]

The guy who kept saying, “I picked the wrong day to quit drinking.”, etc. is Lloyd Bridges. He’s Jeff Bridges’ dad.

[@henrytjernlund]

And he was the main character in an old TV series called Sea Hunt.

[@rmhartman]

Another serious actor.

[@tukke]

And you're gonna meet Jeff pretty soon.

[@THOMMGB]

@@henrytjernlund Going by memory here, but MIke Nelson was his name in Sea Hunt. I have no idea why I know that.

[@dogstar75]

@@tukke she already did, she saw him in Iron Man.

[@Lexor888]

She's so lucky since this was only her first time watching this movie. Now she can still watch it another 10 times and always find new things she never noticed before

[@Anson_AKB]

yes, like a baby being thrown into the air at 3:25 ... there simply are too many things happening, and lots are missed when laughing about the other jokes that happen at the same time or only few seconds before.

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

i have watched this maybe a dozen times, & never noticed the propeller sounds until i read it a week ago haha

[@beastialmoon2327]

Yes, this is the movie where "Don't call me Shirley" comes from. I easily put this film in my top 3 comedies ever made, alongside Blazing Saddles and The Great Dictator.

[@awkwardashleigh]

So funny!

[@garycrow1943]

"Some like it Hot" is better than the great Dictator

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Y'all need to watch "hellzapoppin". It's basically the prototype of THIS sort of ridiculous comedy with insane visual gags every few seconds :D

[@fergalmoore862]

@@garycrow1943 In fairness they are very different films.

[@travisboman7531]

Another one to watch is Hot Shots!.

[@flyflorida2001]

As an airline pilot myself, love seeing you do this film. This is quoted SO often in cockpits across America, you’d be amazed.

[@Ifyernotawakeyet]

It's an entirely different kind of flying....altogether!

[@stepanserdyuk4589]

Joey, have you ever saw a grown man naked?

[@Teddyboy33]

Surely you cant be serious.....

[@SamuelBlack84]

@@Teddyboy33 They are serious, and don't call them Shirley

[@kettle_of_chris]

@@Ifyernotawakeyet _It's an entirely different kind of flying_

[@podunkcitizen2562]

Ashleigh gone all Hollywood: new studio, all made up, fresh eyeliner, hair and nails 💅 all done up! Well, you go girl!

[@sokar_rostau]

I dunno who this is but I'm pretty sure the real Ashleigh is tied up in her closet.

@@sokar_rostau If you know her *old* videos, you've seen a similar look, so yes, I believe this is the actual Ashleigh. ;-)

[@melodyrichardson5051]

@@sokar_rostau 😂😂😂

[@Y_.R]

No one ever seems to notice that the beach scene is a reference to the famous scene in From Here to Eternity. Back then it was considered the most famous movie kiss of all time. In 1953 it was scandalous and came to be considered the height of love, romance and passion.

[@shawnmiller4781]

Actually if you ever watch the special features both of the brothers insist they had never seen that movie prior to airplane and any resemblance is coincidental

[@thefandom6243]

Fun fact, this movie holds the record for the most laughs per minute in theatres of any movie

[@joshmorgan407]

Thats debateable. Monty Python, A Fish Called Wanda ranked up there. A Fish Called Wanda is the only movie where someone in the theater literally died because they laughed so hard

[@joshmorgan407]

@Brad 2021 Everytime I have watched Wanda it is laughter throughout. Just saw it in the theater with a full audience a few months ago. Nonstop laughter

[@lito6062]

@@joshmorgan407 Surely, you can't be serious?

[@YourMothersMan]

Don't be a menace is my favorite "laughs per minute" movie

[@joshmorgan407]

@@YourMothersMan Funny since I can't watch that and not laugh or crack a smile once

[@Serai3]

You being such a Bill Murray fan, you'll love this: back when you could still go into the cockpit, he used to make a point on every flight he was on, of knocking on the cockpit door and then poking his head in to say, "I just want to say good luck - we're all counting on you!" It would crack the pilots up because of course they had all seen this movie! :D

[@bradleywalker8468]

Speaking of blackout sketch comedy movies, Bill Murray was in an otherwise undistinguished film called Loose Shoes where he played a convict on Death Row. This particular film went heavy into raunch.

[@hedgehog1965uk]

That's beautiful.

[@andymcpandy2128]

And this is why Bill Murray is the GOAT

[@joshorjoshuaorjoshy]

somehow i don't think that would "fly" today

[@davidstowers1964]

The look on Ashley's face and her subsequent reaction to the little girl drinking coffee is priceless.

[@IZEASGT]

If you look up the script, originally the two kids had more screen time! The boy’s apparently a lobbyist from the Small Businessman’s Association.

[@FerDeLance06]

That girl was in quite a few B-movies in the 70's. Wonder what became of her?

[@tnburn35]

@@FerDeLance06 she got her coffee AND her man

[@FerDeLance06]

@@tnburn35 Oh? What did she do - marry an African barista?

[@frankiecamacho8739]

I always wait for this scene when watching reactors.

[@SteveMND]

"Alright, boys, let's get some pictures," remains my favorite sight gag in all of cinema.

[@Haddcore]

When she said "who's that?" At Leslie Nielsen I just about fainted 😂

[@josealmeida2842]

Fun fact, Kareem Abdul Jabar had Bruce Lee as his Martial Arts teacher. Bruce even picked him as a prominent villain in his unfinished movie “Game of Death”.

[@theonewiththeeyeoftruth884]

Holy shit, that _Game of Death_ is so funny to watch, with the still frame of Bruce Lee's face over the other actor, and a towel superimposed over his shoulders for some reason. I think they even faked the death of Lee's character, then showed real footage of Bruce Lee in the casket! What a mess.

[@duffelbag1127]

Of course after you watch “Airplane” the next step should be to watch “The Naked Gun” with Leslie Nielsen.

[@Vreth6]

Or Top Secret ;)

[@HawkKing2000]

@@Vreth6 Yes. I know a few people who think that Top Secret is better than airplane. And The Naked Gun is a must...

[@EvanED]

The six episodes of "Police Squad!" first!

[@CPTDoom]

I cannot watch films, like "the Poseidon Adventure," where Nielsen plays a dramatic character any longer. He so perfectly played on his stoic past acting with this film and then the Police Squad franchise that he's ruined anything pre 1980 for me.

[@toob1979]

No. The next step is to watch _Airplane!_ again to pick up all the jokes she missed on the first watch. Both viewings will satisfy.

[@seantlewis376]

Back in 1980, yes, planes had smoking sections, usually toward the rear of the plane. There was no TSA. Children would often be able to visit the cockpit and get a commemorative set of wings from the crew. Oh, and I think you figured out that you should not take a sip of anything while watching this movie.

[@kettle_of_chris]

My dad took me with him on a lot of domestic (US) business trips begining in the early 80's when I was about 8 1/2 - anyway it got to the point I had been to the "cockpit" so many times I would like duck my head down and look busy when the stewardess would walk by. Smoking was always in the back 5 or 6 rows. I started smoking at 17 and one of the flights going back to visit my dad I sat in the smoking section. I remember too some airlines would let you stand back there and smoke. Then they made it so you had to sit in a smoking seat. Some airlines would ask the people assigned to seats in the smoking section that it would be okay to allow a passenger to sit there briefly so they could smoke a cigarette. These were transcontinental flights.

[@regould221]

Go back in time further and smoking was allowed anywhere in the plane.

[@Mike19737]

I remember flying by myself (when I was 12. Go figure. It was 1985) and got to visit the cockpit and got a pin. It was awesome! Lol

[@KevinShipe-tr2uk]

I remember in the 70 and 80 religious people and Harrih Krishna’s lolol

[@3Rayfire]

It bears saying again, Barbara Billingsley, the jive speaking lady, was freaking June Cleaver from Leave it to Beaver, America's Mom for a whole generation, so her showing up and speaking jive with some brothas was one of the greatest casting gags of all time.

[@tnburn35]

DAMN SKIPPY!

[@RDRussell2]

Sadly, I think what "June Cleaver" means is still lost in the translation. "Leave it to Beaver" was a generation before my time, so I'm one generation removed, having watched the show in reruns. But through these reruns (that you never see on TV anymore) you learned June Cleaver was the happy housewife who stayed home and cleaned house, made sure the kids did the right thing in school and in life, and that hubby was happy with a clean home when he came home from work to have perfect home-cooked meals. There was no such thing as a "bad day" for a housewife in this era. And by the way, Mrs. Cleaver achieved all this wearing perfectly coifed hair, heels, and a cute dress/skirt combo. For the purposes of the "Airplane" movie, "June Cleaver" as a concept was as white bread as they come. (Does anyone still use the phrase "white bread?") So, for white bread June Cleaver to step forward and say "I speak jive" is humor I'm afraid millennials just won't get... fortunately, all of that is SUB-text. If you don't know any of that, it's still pretty damn funny for an older white woman to step forward and ... well, you've seen the scene!

[@3Rayfire]

@Romanogers4ever Nick at Nite now and forever.

[@Straitsfan]

AMEN. June cleaver gettin' down with the Brothas. People who knew who she was would get the joke.

[@lilchicklets]

And we forever love her for it.

[@erikjohnson3859]

When told that you could not make a movie like Blazing Saddles today, he famously said "You couldnt make it then either."

[@OtakuboyT]

You can make Blazing Saddles today, you just have to be as clever as Mel Brooks.

[@jameswilson8433]

"Are we going to talk about that?" No. We just let it ride. If you don't like a joke, another will come along in about ten seconds.

[@matt-warssupreme6977]

Are we not going to talk about how well Ashleigh did with her version of Stayin Alive?? Nice! 😊

[@pmvonhoffer1]

She actually has a beautiful singing voice. Most of the time when she sings “Welcome Baaaaack!” Her voice vibrates.

[@kevinsommerfield21]

She has a nice voice!

[@Acorn_Anomaly]

"It was low-hanging fruit, but they took it." I'll be damned if that doesn't sum up this movie.

[@toddb8951]

All Mel Brooks movies, but they're all pure Gold.

[@ObiWanGinobiliTopFan]

@@toddb8951 wait.. this is a Mel Brooks joint??

[@toddb8951]

@@ObiWanGinobiliTopFan no, which is weird because I know better

[@MilkScrew]

Nobody gets the best joke in the movie: The sound being played as the plane is a *propeller plane* , not a jet! It's so subtle!

[@norricdaoc8746]

I saw this movie in my early teens, never realized it until I saw it again in my 40's. Nearly dropped my drink when my brain made the connection.

[@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond]

THANK YOU! I've seen this dozens of times, but never noticed that. Finally something new i can look for when i watch it again.

[@seiya.power.awesome.inspire]

Watch Detective Pikachu!🙂

[@tonyhaynes9080]

Or the question at the information desk. 'Should I fake my orgasms in future?' Used that so often when I'm asked, 'Do you have any questions?'

[@seiya.power.awesome.inspire]

@@tonyhaynes9080 Dude, no. Just no.😥

[@beaugibbs850]

Fun Fact: The Jive speaking lady is Barbara Billingsley who is famous for playing the mom on Leave it to Beaver and the guys speaking Jive taught her to speak it and she had a resurrgence in her career after this film came out

[@deadbeat6232]

Fun Fact: The Jive speaking guys came to their audition with all of their own lines in the film and were hired immediately

[@nightmarerealms5372]

When i first saw the movie i thought that scene was funny, years later when i found out it was Mrs Cleaver then it was about a hundred times funnier. Also because of that scene when me and my best friend would see good looking girls we quote , Layem down and smack em yack em.

[@bekindandrewind1422]

In real life, actor Robert Hays (Ted Striker) is a pilot and actually is qualified to fly multi-engine aircraft..

[@MrJacksjb]

"Are you supposed to bring visitors on the cockpit?" Ah, the good old days prior to 9/11. I remember when I was in second grade going on a field trip to an airport. We went thru security with no boarding passes and toured an airplane including the cockpit and even went to where luggage was getting sorted for loading. I can't imagine that happening now.

[@spirit1600]

I still have an AA toy plane from back in the day that I got from the pilot

[@MichaelScheele]

Post 9/11, visiting/touring the cockpit is no longer a thing. Even the airplane hijackings of the 1970s didn't put a stop to them. I barely remember when there were still smoking sections in airplanes. Times have changed a lot since Airplane! was made.

[@alexius23]

I recall the Katherine Hepburn/Spenser Tracy film called Woman of the Year. He takes her to the airport. He parks his car in front of the airport & just walks away. She gets on the airplane like she was boarding a bus.....ah, the days of yore...

[@AZMasterbaker]

Yes and the smoking on planes

[@KevyNova]

Yeah, I got to visit the cockpit when I was a kid, too. Those days were much simpler.

[@Proteus2905]

The guy who looks so familiar... it was the legend himself, Mr. Naked Gun! Mr. Dracula - dead and loving it, the one and only Leslie Nielsen! May he rest in peace.

[@afktechnical]

Watch it. Yes, I already made a comment before I saw this one.

[@spacedinosaur8733]

Also plays an incredible bad guy in Day of the Animals.

[@shawbros]

@@spacedinosaur8733 Another bad guy in Creepshow.

[@brianrogers7360]

He was also quite a serious actor. Starring in Forbidden Planet and The Poseidon Adventure. And nearly starred in Ben-Hur

[@spacedinosaur8733]

@@brianrogers7360 And I recently saw him in older Columbo episode, season 1

[@maximillianosaben]

The look on the boy's face when the girl says she takes her coffee black... like her men. Oh god it kills me every time.

[@tommcfeely8707]

I was expecting more than her just somewhat choking in response to that line.

[@anzaeria]

I don't recall them showing the boy's face or reaction when the girl made that comment. I thought they ended that sequence with a close up of the young girl's face. Then again, I haven't seen the movie in full for quite a while so I could be wrong.

[@maximillianosaben]

@@anzaeria - It's not in Ashleigh's reaction, but the look on the boy's face is surely in the film, and it is the face of shock that is too dumbstruck to comprehend how devastated he is. And it is gold!

[@anzaeria]

@@maximillianosaben Sounds funny! I should watch the film again.

[@toddb8951]

7:09 "I hope this hasn't been boring for you." Ashleigh - "Is she asleep?" I lost it. Completely lost it.

[@Ccampbell23]

Yeah, that was brilliant! Made me laugh pretty hard.

[@jackjones5314]

Airplane is almost an copy of a 1957 move called Zero Hour except all the added comedy. Some of it is word for word; they actually bought the old movie to not cause problems.

[@brettfromla4055]

ZAZ even kept the exclamation point of Zero Hour!

[@nocturneJOJO]

Wow! I didn't know that! I always assumed it was a spoof of the Airport series!

[@xerex21212]

@@nocturneJOJO Airport was written by the same guy who wrote Zero Hour. So it all works out.

[@matsv201]

I really like it when they beat up the lady in the original movie

[@johnsensebe3153]

I dare anyone who's watched Airplane! to watch Zero Hour with a straight face.

[@kendric2000-q3d]

"Oh look, there's a sale at Penny's!" Johnny is my favorite side character. LOL.

[@THOMMGB]

I know it's quick, but Johnny is holding the paper upside down as he's reading about the sale at Penny's.

[@rcrawford42]

@@THOMMGB Isn't it folded? So the half he's looking at would be correct.

[@Orlor]

@Brad 2021 - He died not long after this movie..

[@andirandolph8830]

The “where did you get that dress?” Part is my favorite!

[@THOMMGB]

@@rcrawford42 Check out 18:24 and you'll see it. If the paper looks right side up to the camera, which it does, then, by default, if the paper is folded in half then the part of the newspaper facing the actor would be upside down. Another thing is that there wouldn't be an advertisement for a sale at Penny's on the lower half of the front page of any major newspaper.

[@GreatGarloo]

Leslie Nielsen (Forbidden Planet), Lloyd Bridges (High Noon), Peter Graves (Mission Impossible tv show) and Robert Stack (Unsolved Mysteries tv show) were all serious dramatic actors before appearing in Airplane. Watching their deadpan delivery of dialogue in absolutely ridiculous situations is hilarious!

[@markinman8156]

Also somewhat related all were well known from the time period of the original movie that was spoofed, Stack in the Untouchables, Bridges in Sea Hunt, and of course the others. Splendid and inspired casting.

[@elizabeths50]

Leslie Nielsen was the captain of the Poseidon, in the original Poseidon Adventure.

[@kjmorley]

This accounted for so much of the movie’s original hilarity. It’s a testament to the sheer volume of jokes, that it’s still funny in 2021.

[@moeball740]

I think the casting against type extends to Kareem as well. Always perceived as very serious. Who knew he could poke fun at himself? Inspired casting all around!

[@dennisboznango4942]

And Barbara Billingsley was the perfect white bread mom on Leave it To Beaver in the 1950s. The idea that she'd speak jive is just delicious. Great playing against type.

[@timcarder2170]

What made this movie even more iconic, is 'almost' every member of the cast were famous for playing serious roles in other iconic serious movies and television shows. (a genius decision by the director/studio, that also made a comedy legend out of Leslie Nielson) You should peruse all their acting credits...You'll find a veritable treasure trove of other classic films You can react to. :-)

[@flixg4358]

The scene with the soldier waving goodbye to his girlfriend from the plane as though it’s a train is spoofing a scene from the 1940s melodrama “Since You Went Away.” And the scene on the beach is spoofing a famous romantic scene in the 1953 movie “From Here to Eternity.”

[@isaackellogg3493]

The beach scene in “From Here to Eternity” was so scandalous for its implied sex, in an adulterous context, that the movie almost got banned in America.

[@kjmorley]

Ha ha, so many callbacks to classic movies… That she hasn’t seen.

[@xxxterm]

The freshwater fish on the beach also

[@corvus1970]

@@xxxterm And don't forget a modern jet making prop-driven engine noises throughout most of it's flight.

[@jacobjones5269]

From Here to Eternity is a great film, with great performances from Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine, and Donna Reed.. All of who won Oscars during their career.. If you ever dive into the classics, it’s worth a look..

[@pauldonohew7650]

The woman that translated jive was Barbara Billingsley. If you knew what she was most famous for that scene would have doubled in funniness. She played June Cleaver in the TV show from the 50's and 60's. She was the most wholesome depiction of an american wife and mother.

[@BuffaloC305]

"...in the TV show LEAVE IT TO BEAVER..."

[@eeduranti]

Only one more wholesome was June Lockhart as Ruth Martin on Lassie.

[@mikekane1980]

I always wondered how they let a kid be named Beaver Cleaver; but I suppose the full name was never mentioned... The gutter is a narrow place for a mind, true, but it is cozy!

[@pauldonohew7650]

@@mikekane1980 Theodore. Often during Wards heart to hearts with him

[@eeduranti]

@@pauldonohew7650 You beat me to it, and I think one of his teachers used his real name as well. Now lets see how well you know the show, What was the dad's job?

[@MZ-bl6wg]

Lolol I’m a 40 year old single dad of 3 daughters and have found relief to the stresses of life right now so Thankyou for your content , your what about bob was so perfect for what I needed to see. Lost my mom to brain cancer recently and been trying to smile again for my babies and people like you help so Thankyou for putting yourself out there . 🙂

[@missmartylynn]

So sorry for your loss. Glad watching Ashleigh has lifted your spirits.

[@davidleeroth784]

Sorry for your loss

[@thomasglynn2282]

Three daughters? If you want to save some money when they're older, just leave some ladders lying around. lol Are you old enough to get that?

[@Cobalt-Jester]

40? 3 kids? You're watching YT? Awwww booo hooo hooo. Little bit stressed? Your grandfather went to war and risked his life everyday so you could just be free. Did he come home and bitch about his day?

[@ItsLikeFerrari]

16:26 when your car doesn't turn over 🤣🤣🤣

[@RichardX1]

I once read it written of "Airplane!": "If you don't like a joke, just wait a few seconds for the next one."

[@Piterdeveirs333]

That is how the Zuckers and Abrahams made movies

[@JoePlett]

I saw this movie when it first came out. Nearly everyone went back to the theater to see it multiple times because everyone would roar at a joke and you'd miss the next 2 or 3 before the laughter died down. I'm surprised at how well this movie has aged considering how topical much of the humor was (parodies of TV commercials and other popular memes). I'm just sorry that - because of the way films stream - no one sits through the crazy credits or the last gag after the credits. (BTW - The guy in the cab is Howard Jarvis - father of California's notorious proposition 13, that arguably changed politics forever by making citizen referenda a popular thing.) This has got to be the most joke-dense movie ever made.

[@paulwagner688]

One of the more subtle jokes is that even though this is a jet plane, there's the constant propeller background.

[@Johnny_Socko]

The story I heard is that the directors wanted it to be a propeller aircraft, but the studio said it should be a jet. So they went with a jet but used propeller sound effects, which ended up being a much better gag.

[@alexius23]

The “I speak” jive actress was Barbara Billingsly. She played the Mom in the very popular TV series “Leave it to Beaver”. The audience went nuts at this scene

[@rogerd777]

I was going to tell her that too, but I scanned to comments to see if someone had beat me to it.

[@alexius23]

@@rogerd777 I looked it up & others had noted that before me....

[@paulestes5420]

I flew into lax a few years after this movie came out. The people on the intercom were the same voices that were in the movie. I fell over laughing. People walking by me thought I was nuts.

[@Arxane]

The young girl who takes her coffee black (like her men) is Michelle Stacy, who provided the voice of Penny in Disney’s The Rescuers. Airplane! was her last movie role before retiring, so she at least went out on a glorious high note.

[@fivebearrugs]

She was also in Day of the Animals (1977), which also starred Leslie Nielsen in a villainous role. His death scene may be too much to “bear” witness to...

[@LostButBroken]

There's deleted scenes where those 2 kids have whole back stories where Michelle is a teacher and the boy is a small business lobbyist in DC

[@dougbriglmen716]

😮🤯 I had no idea she was the voice of Penny!😀

[@knoahbody69]

@@LostButBroken They're deleted? I remember something like that in the theatre.

[@holyshiet787]

Is the boy the one from Dr House working with cancer patients and being Houses best friend?

[@hawkthorn33]

whoever told you to watch this, gets a gold star!

[@Metal_Auditor]

There were hundreds of us.

[@hawkthorn33]

@@Metal_Auditor then we ALL get gold stars!

[@andrewdyer384]

For over 30 years now every time someone has asked me if I'm serious I've automatically replied "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley" and it's got me into trouble a few times😂

[@missmartylynn]

You are not alone in this. 🥴🤣😂🤣

[@Outlaw8908]

🤣

[@FerDeLance06]

I'd say we're all guilty of expressing 'Airplane' humour. The funny looks I get when someone ends a sentence with "altogether' and I repeat what they'd just said! That got me some great laughs one time at a shop counter though.

[@EvilTerry35]

One of the best comedies ever made. It's rare when a film such as a comedy, will fire on all cylinders throughout the duration of the movie.

[@samthelion3925]

My father and I never communicated much when I was growing up, so we watched movies like this, spaceballs and robin hood men in tights and let the silence be filled with our laughter. This is bringing it all back. :)

[@christopherconard2831]

Robert Stack, and a few of the other actors, didn't know it was a comedy when they agreed to make the movie and complained the script made no sense. They didn't have a history of comedic acting and weren't sure they could do it. I believe it was Lloyd Bridges who explained that was the point, the humor was in playing it straight regardless of what was going on around them.

[@alanellis4998]

And Lloyd Bridges continued to show his comedy chops years later playing Izzy Mandelbaum on Seinfeld.

[@hippychikforever]

@@alanellis4998 Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum!

[@porflepopnecker4376]

@@alanellis4998 And in the HOT SHOTS! movies.

[@susanmaggiora4800]

He is hilarious in the Hot Shots movies!

[@Kylopod]

It represented a turning point in Leslie Nielsen’s career, because up to that point he’d been a dramatic actor-in fact he once was regarded as a handsome leading man type. But in this movie, he did the comedy parts so well that that’s what he continued doing for most of the rest of his career, and now he’s remembered as a comedy star.

[@gutz1981]

Its now the right time to watch Naked Gun.

[@Runescope]

Can't really appreciate those until you watch the TV series they came from.

[@darkhorse1280]

@@Runescope Speak for yourself. Never watched Police Squad, but watched all of the Naked Gun movies. Didn't affect my viewing experience.

[@Caseytify]

The ironic part is that Leslie Nilesen was famous as a handsome romantic lead before this.

[@paulwagner688]

The TV show "Police Squad!" was better. It came out right after Airplane, done by the same guys. In fact, the full title of the movie is "The Naked Gun: From the files of Police Squad!"

[@christopherpeek2647]

Or hot shots

[@johnsealey3990]

@16:37 this is one of my favorite movies, I have seen it countless times throughout my whole life, and this is the first time i ever noticed the ice cream cone.

[@WeirdGuy4928]

"The title Airplane, makes me think of airplanes." This is the kind of high quality content I've come to expect from you.:)

[@Annausagi2]

An airplane? What is it?

[@dragonheart81vids]

@@Annausagi2 it’s this big vehicle with wings, but that’s not important right now

[@WalkerStalker]

Lol

[@TheTheedad]

This movie is a parody of the movie " Airport" and sequals 1970 1975 1977

[@TheOneTrueChris]

@@TheTheedad No, but that's a common mistake. It's actually a parody-remake of the 50s movie "Zero Hour!" Many of the lines and scenes are directly lifted from that film. The Zucker brothers actually acquired the rights to Zero Hour before making Airplane. Take a look: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bl7ZY3V-g6eJedU

[@HankMeyer]

"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." Funniest line in movie history.

[@StargliderGaming]

Noooo. The best line ever comes from the second film they made, Top Secret! General Streck: (on phone) Very well, let me know if there is any change in his condition. (Hangs phone up) General Streck: He's dead.

[@HankMeyer]

@@StargliderGaming I disagree, because that line didn't help skyrocket anyone's comedy career.

[@StargliderGaming]

@@HankMeyer It's not about skyrocketing anyone's career. It's just a funnier line in Top Secret!

[@worstcaseofcrabsever5510]

Agreed!!

[@raphaelperry8159]

Ironically Groucho Marx used it first on his radio series Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel back in the 1930's but a lot of people think it originated from this movie.

[@darcywiley5096]

The subtle background joke of having the sound of propellers while they are flying on a jet is my favorite. Everything Johnny does comes in second.

[@dhaucoin]

Keeping in mind- everything Johnny did was ad libbed! Can you imagine the scripts that got handed out? McCroskey, handing print out to Johnny: What can you make of this? Johnny: (we trust you; go nuts)

[@SGlitz]

Johnny was a friend of there's from a comedy troupe. He is also in "Kentucky Fried Movie"

[@vfplayer]

A step-brother pointed out to me after I had already seen Airplane, loved it, and had watched it a dozen times about the propellers. It is a great subtle joke.

[@jaceygraham4485]

Your laugh when they were playing instruments in the cockpit sounded like a remote controlled car! 😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@EScoglio]

My favorite thing about this movie is how straight everyone plays it. Johnny is the only character who is outright being funny, but everyone else is playing it like a straight drama and that is what really makes the movie so much funnier.

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

It's actually based on a serious drama called Airport!, and the script was so similar they bought the rights to the original script just in case. In fact many of the jokes are outright references to weird or strange things in the original movie, like the "Do you like movies about Gladiators?" joke and the dog mauling the messenger.

[@rafaucett]

@@TonkarzOfSolSystem It wasn't "Airport!" They bought the rights to "Zero Hour."

[@Yldcatz]

Johnny was a stand up who improvised all his lines.

[@dajtoad1]

@@rafaucett Yep. Common error. Although I think that Airport! cannot have been far from their minds either.

[@knoahbody69]

They were all known for straight, serious roles, until Airplane! This movie had a lot of influences on later movie spoofs. Police Squad, Hot Shots, and Scary Movie.

[@PaulA-bv1rt]

The man and woman arguing over the loudspeaker at the airport car parking scene were actual husband and wife who did that job as their normal day job.

[@SamuelBlack84]

No wonder they argue

[@shawncarnes9471]

"You used to be able to smoke on a plane?!" Oh, Ashleigh.

[@MacTechG4]

Subtle AlastorCast/Hunnicast reference, nice ;)

[@UtopiaTX]

I remember when people smoked in the movie theater. The center section was non-smoking and the seats on the other side of the aisle were designated smoking sections.

[@MacTechG4]

@@UtopiaTX yes, because smoke can’t move sideways, right? ;)

[@nightkerho]

People used to smoke everywhere. Planes, trains, cars, ships, homes, offices, hospitals, some times even outside.

[@daveyjones5702]

@@MacTechG4 no but attitude can. :P

[@misterwhyte]

Fun fact: this movie is a near scene for scene remake of a serious 50s movie called "Zero Hour!". Even some of the dialogue is the same. The guys who made Airplane bought the rights to the script for $2500 just to be sure they wouldn't get sued despite the obvious parody.

[@victoriamartinez1211]

"Oh stewardess, i SpEaK jIvE" Kills me every time! 😭🤣🤣

[@DrBoneright]

June Cleaver.

[@isaackellogg3493]

Remember that until 1979 they could tell ethnic jokes right out in public; in fact, they apparently were a regular part of The Tonight Show. They had to stop telling ethnic jokes after 1979 because a Poll*ck got elected Pope, so they had to stop telling Poll*ck jokes. And the PC police seized mile after inch thereafter.

[@paulmcateer1595]

When the jive speak is reprised in Airplane 2 is even more hysterical!

[@SweetLou0523]

I love how many people miss that the jet airplane has propeller plane sound effects. This is because Airplane was a near shot for shot remake of Zero Hour, which uses a prop plane.

[@mikejankowski6321]

ZAZ wanted to use a prop plane but the studio insisted on a jet. So they just used prop sound and made it that much funnier.

[@coasterguy]

or the train noises as the plane takes off and the guy throws his watch to his girlfriend running along side

[@HepCatJack]

Probably helps to watch Zero hour first to get these references

[@gaffneyrailroading1982]

ZAZ also wanted to film the whole movie on black and white, but the head of Paramount at the time (fn. Eisner) wouldn't let them move forward unless they agreed to film it in color.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

When they wrote this they literally bought the script to a Canadian airplane disaster movie called "Zero Hour". They just added jokes and refilmed the whole movie. You can find the movie Zero Hour and compare the two. It has some scenes that are almost identical.

[@wearelegion6520]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bl7ZY3V-g6eJedU a comparision

[@Briansgate]

@@wearelegion6520 I have shown that video to almost everyone I know lol

[@iAmEbolaWoT]

Damn, I didn't even know that! I'm going to have to watch that comparison.

[@realspacemodels]

I was checking the comments to see if anyone would mention Zero Hour.

[@vfplayer]

They didn’t even “add” jokes per se, some of the dialogue it exactly the same, it’s just the way it is delivered, even though they delivered it straight in Airplane, comes off as funny. It is weird how knowing you are watching a comedy can make the same line, spoken with the same serious tone, seem funny as opposed to serious.

[@ScattershotOG]

Just found these a couple days ago. I love watching you crack up at these movies I've seen many times before. One of the really strange things about "Airplane!" is that it is a parody of a movie called "Airplane!". They took the same situation and lines then made a few changes here and there and the rest is comedy history.

[@tombeyerlein3813]

You mean Airport, right?

[@ScattershotOG]

@@tombeyerlein3813 Actually no. There is an old movie called Airplane! that they bought the rights to and remade it as a comedy.

[@tombeyerlein3813]

I didn't know that! Thanks.

[@largo1998]

@@tombeyerlein3813 The Movies title is Zero Hour! made in 1957. It is the basis for the Airplane! film.

[@bleedingreen4018]

I love how Ashleigh is recognizing more and more people from other movies. Our little cinephile is growing up.

[@ingibingi2000]

I know right? This is like a community project

[@righteouslydefiant5362]

Yeah she is

[@christopherterry4216]

Now all we have to do is talk her out of taking those idiotic requests from Patreon! Stick to films on the AFI lists, Ashleigh! That's where you're gonna find your cinematic education, not from the kind of people who think the People's Choice Awards are a good gauge of quality in art...

[@moxie9695]

Cinephile sounds like one of the most horrible crime you can commit

[@chadfalardeau5396]

@@moxie9695 it does

[@WAHegle91]

I love the subtle joke in this movie that the whole time the cast is on a jet airplane, there's a constant propeller noise.

[@Dirkus17]

I’ve watched this movie dozens, if not hundreds, of times. Ashleigh pointed out two jokes I’d never seen before (the catfish and the ice cream microphone). This movie surely is the gift that keeps on giving.

[@samsonau8205]

Did you notice Captain Ober using a stickshift to put the plane into gear?

[@johnpooky84]

Yes it is...and it's name isn't "Shirley".

[@MrCnurse]

I've seen it dozens of times as wel, yet everytime I watch it, I see something I never caught before.

[@SilentBob731]

The greatest absurdist satirical comedy in cinematic history, so many others owe so much to this movie.

[@El_Smeghead]

Ashleigh, I used to work at London Heathrow airport in the 1990s and that’s almost how they clean airplane windshields. I had to open the window of a 767, sit on the ledge HANGING OUT of it, and clean some bird shit off the window. True story!

[@matsv201]

The only real diffrance is that you have to clean it from the side.. because there is no cance you reach it over the "hood".. or nose. The fun thing about the credit card.. Back in the days all arlines was running under contract, but nowadays most of the smaller simply pay the fuel with card.

[@rscottdjr]

Also I know there is a lot here but "Sir should we turn on the light?" "No that is what they are expecting us to do." always was a favorite of mine.

[@mikeking7710]

The pilot was Peter Graves, who starred in the original TV series "Mission Impossible" as well as many films.

[@Marcosaur03]

Yes, at the time I think nearly all the actors for Airplane! were serious, non-comedic actors (save Kareem and the children for obvious reasons). In fact, Leslie Neilson is renowned for his comedic career, but that only started because of this movie. And of course Robert Stack went on to Unsolved Mysteries.

[@LordClunk]

One running joke throughout the film, that most people never notice. The engine noise is from a turbo prop aeroplane, despite the aeroplane being a jet aeroplane. And the sound effect was taken from the film zero hour.

[@kennethhall289]

A few jokes that people may not get The bar scene was a spoof of “Saturday night fever” The jet plane had a propeller The beach scene was from “From here to eternity” Striker was in the Air Force but wore a Navy uniform Robert Stack was playing an impersonation of himself from his role in the untouchables The speech the doctor made was from “Knute Rockne All American” The paramount executives walked out of this movie during the screening of it thinking it would never be shown in theaters. It became the studio’s most profitable movie of the decade.

[@warlock415]

"Knute Rockne All American" - which was, by the way, a Ronald Reagan film, in which he played Notre Dame football legend George Gipp. " 'Rock,' he said, 'sometime when the team is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, ask them to go out there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper.'"

[@scottb3034]

Also bill murray apparently does the "I just wanna let you know, we are all counting on you!" Every time he flies.

[@benguthrie7563]

You can watch this move over and over and catch something new every time.

[@Acme1970]

One thing a lot of people never pick up on when they first watch it is even though it's a jet plane it makes propeller noises.

[@amyfloro3039]

Absolutely! I said the same thing.

[@dougbriglmen716]

You used to be able to smoke in lots of places, inside restaurants, inside planes, even inside cinemas at one time! In the UK smoking indoors was made illegal in 2005. At least in public anyway, you can still smoke inside your own home obviously but not in public buildings.

[@danawinslett7505]

I SO want to sit with you through this movie and fill you in on all of the fabulous cameos. Literally EVERYONE in this is a famous straight-laced, dramatic actor or sports figure, and the references to other movies were completely missed! Oh, the gems you missed, my darling girl. It is so much fun watching your reactions.

[@susanmaggiora4800]

Yeah, the movie is still funny today, but it really hits different if you grew up in this time. Just seeing Barbara Billingsley speaking jive is one of those things that today’s reactors will simply never really understand. There are hundreds of little jokes like that throughout the film that raise it up much higher for the Boomer & Gen X viewers.

[@csrhymer]

Everyone misses the after credit joke ... It goes back to the guy sitting in the cab saying "I'll give him 20 more minutes - but that's it!"

[@paulwagner688]

The George Zipp speech was a direct spoof of the "Win one for the Gipper" from the Knute Rockne movie, which starred Ronald Reagan. And as the speech goes on, you hear the Notre Dame fight song start playing.

[@ccthomas]

And Ronald Reagan, while he was president, told an anecdote during a speech about a soldier who didn't give up. Turns out he was confusing this movie with reality. People started to question his sanity at that point.

[@Morris1581]

You will love: "the naked Gun" same humour, same creaters.