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

[@Centrinario]

I just want to tell everybody in the comments - Good luck. We're all counting on you.

[@israelss]

you surely can't be serious

[@matthewelliman8173]

@@israelss Don't call him Shirley

[@williambianchi2006]

Roger, Roger.

[@MrHartApart]

scientologeeeee.

[@NewTypeDilemma01]

That's impossible: they're on instruments.

[@jeremyadams1521]

I love what critic Roger Ebert said about the movies by these filmmakers: “You laugh, and then you laugh at yourself for laughing.”

[@tastyneck]

Perfect quote about this film. lol

[@jimhsfbay]

I laughed at your comment and then laughed at myself for laughing at your comment.

[@w41duvernay]

Probably only movie review they got right.

[@krash66]

Film Critic Gene Shalit said, "This was billed as a laugh a minute comedy... they were wrong. It's a laugh every 15 seconds."

[@jeremyadams1521]

@@krash66 Awesome! Lol

[@shinyplaid]

Fun fact: Airplane is a nearly shot-for-shot remake of a 1950s movie called “Zero Hour”. They actually bought the rights to the script, and the only real changes were to add jokes. The original dialogue was so hokey and over-the-top that half the time just reading it deadpan is enough to make it funny. 😂

[@ninjalectualx]

I was SHOCKED at how many of the most absurd gags were verbatim from the original, just played differently

[@Doug50pl]

I said that 3 years ago. Zero Hour got Zero Reply.

[@gibsongirl2100]

The thing about this movie that a lot of the more recent viewers probably don't know (and what makes the movie even funnier) is that Leslie Nielson (doctor), Peter Graves (pilot), Lloyd Bridges (chief of traffic control) and Robert Stack (Ted's ex-commander) were all famous for their primarily serious, intensely dramatic performances in the 50's and 60's and some into the 70s. Watching them behave like total hams was so much fun! The outtakes and bloopers in this have to be as funny as the actual movie!

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Also, Robert Stack was an olympic champion.

[@GGE47]

I remember all of them in the '50s and '60s. The first one was Leslie Nielson in the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet. He was the Commander of the spaceship, and nobody called him Shirley. Not even Robbie.

[@gibsongirl2100]

@@GGE47 Yeah, I've seen some clips from that one; never got around to seeing the entire movie. I did see him in "Tammy and the Bachelor" years ago on a classics channel when I was a kid - a bit lighter fare. He was a bit of a babe, back in the day, though!

[@JaydenDonnelly550]

Spot on they play it straight movies like scary movies they act like they know they are in a comedy

[@Chris-ji4iu]

Leslie Nielson in Forbidden Planet! ...and don't forget the Airport franchise which inspired this (how many of those were there? 5?)

[@hellowhat890]

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

[@UnclePengy]

All of the older actors - Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges - were all serious dramatic actors leading into this, and were all told to read their lines deadpan. People saw how funny they could be in comedy, and it really gave their careers a second wind. Especially Leslie Nielsen, who went on to do the Naked Gun movies and so many more comedies.

[@robadams5799]

I heard about someone who saw this movie and then saw Leslie Nielsen in a serious role, but he couldn't stop laughing. 😀

[@UnclePengy]

@@robadams5799 The script for this movie was built on top of the script of the movie, "Zero Hour!" (1957) (they bought the copyrights). That movie was a serious thriller, but with a lot of the same lines. It's almost impossible to watch that movie today and take it seriously.

[@Bills_Place]

It's an entirely different kind of comedy, altogether.

[@vincegarcia6416]

It's an entirely different kind of comedy

[@arisucheddar3097]

It's an entirely different kind of comedy

[@jameswilson8433]

It's an entirely different kind of comedy.

[@NoneYaBidness762]

It’s an entirely different kind of comedy

[@wambam9062]

It's an entirely different kind of comedy

[@yadarehey1130]

“I have a question.” “Sure. What is it?” “It’s an interrogatory statement used to test knowledge, but that’s not important right now . . .” 😂😂

[@ZeBackWoodz]

Lol so good

[@melodyrichardson5051]

You win the internet today!

[@brettrobinson2901]

@@melodyrichardson5051 BUT!....only for the day....and a gentle reminder to return the internet in good working order. And PLEASE!.....no gum stuck to it!...I hate that!

[@ex-navyspook]

Anytime anyone says, "What is it?" to my, "I've got a question," gets that response.

[@alanr4447a]

@@brettrobinson2901 And with all the viruses floating around the internet, don't use it without wearing a mask!

[@r.e.tucker3223]

You saying, "Just stop," while laughing uncontrollably is precious.

[@slugerama]

That laugh of hers when he asked, "You ever seen a grown man naked?" It seemed like a guilty laugh. She knew she shouldn't laugh but could not help it.

[@caleidoo]

Which is kinda sad, really.

[@LymanPhillips]

This was the moment that she gave in to the movie. After that, it was all over.

[@martinkalmus3761]

But helping autopilot after it faint and that smile is just because everybody like smileing and good mode workers but we know what we loughing there,dont we hehe One best comedy what world makes so far i think ^^

[@jcp1984again]

It's the way Peter Graves delivers that absurd line! :-D It's the straight-faced way he acts his questionable character!

[@kbentjg24]

She seems to be a super pure person so things like that as silly as it sounds grosses her out

[@heyedddie]

Leslie Nielsen's shows and movies were an important part of my childhood education. I recommend also watching The Naked Gun.

[@Pixelologist]

Very much the same style of humor, too.

[@michaelodonnell824]

I think it's Nielsen's first comedic role!

[@frankiethewaffle1071]

He was a traditional drama actor but he with the writers and directors of “Airplane” playing the straight guy in ridiculous comedy made him famous. Pat Proft and the Abrahams Brothers gave him the perfect comedy to make him a legend.

[@GBrimstone]

As long as you show appreciation to his serious works... I mean that's what made his funny stuff great. Even vice versa for Robin Williams

[@HawkKing2000]

Fact: When people watch the 3 biggest Zucker movies (Airplane, Naked Gun, and Top Secret) they have a hard time ranking which is best. They are all classic...

[@ShawnMcKenzie-CP]

Yes that was Ethel Merman in a cameo appearance. Ethel was huge in American musical theatre. Check out her booming voice in “There’s no business like show business”

[@billolsen4360]

And I think she was in "Its A Mad Mad Mad Mad World"

[@Bill-White-001]

@@billolsen4360 She absolutely had a co starring roll as an obnoxious mother in law in the earlier version of Rat Race. So may great stars in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

[@deathtoraiden2080]

"Okay, boys. Let's get some pictures" Fun fact: The jet plane made propeller noises the whole movie.

[@PopcornInBed]

I just read that and laughed out loud again

[@brentfugett2700]

Ok, I first saw this movie in high school (the phys-ed teacher got in HUGE trouble for cutting it loose on a bunch of tweens and not paying attention to what was in it. lol), I've seen this move probably 30 times no joke and I NEVER... NEVER noticed that until this comment. LOLOL

[@Lustie]

Funner fact: Actually the noise it makes is correct :)

[@deathtoraiden2080]

@@Lustie not it isn't. I'm not even the first one to point out this gag.

[@Lustie]

@@deathtoraiden2080 The engines on commercial planes are called turbo fans. These fans make a jet sound but they also make a propeller sound. This is because the front facing fan acts like a propeller. The “fake propeller” sound is not a gag, as I said before, people who wouldn’t know any better would think the sound is incorrect to be funny but is but the sound is accurate. All the people in the comments are not right. Copying the masses opinion that the sound is inaccurate doesn’t make the same thing you’re claiming, true. Again, the sound is accurate. And if you really don’t believe me, either look up commercial airline engine sounds or watch the movie this movie was inspired from. It has the same jet and propeller sounds, and that movie was not a comedy.

[@KennyG881]

"Was it fun watching me laugh?" That was literally what everyone expected.

[@gbsailing9436]

it was SOO...fun to watch you laugh...If I was 30 years younger I's make a pass at you. Why? Because your face and demeanour when you laugh is ADORABLE!!!

[@UTU49]

I watch reactors because watching people laugh makes me laugh... ... and watching people cry makes me cry. Imagine if this worked for any activity. Watching people crash cars makes me crash cars. Watching someone flying through the air makes me fly through the air. Watching people commit murders makes me commit murders. Watching people explode makes me explode. Watching people save the world makes me save the world. Well... we can certainly tell that I just watched a movie as silly as Airplane!.

[@Bill-White-001]

@@UTU49 That is a tough act to follow. Back in the days when silliness was not an offense. I miss those days. Those were the Mel Brooks days.

[@todderickson2435]

"Was it fun just watching me laugh?" Yes, Cassie....it absolutely was. 😁 I'm so glad you reacted to this classic!! It is my firm belief that no movie has more quotable lines than this gem. Watching someone experience it for the first time was an utter delight!

[@michaelsimpson6970]

I agree with Mr. Erickson; I only watch these videos to see your reactions.

[@martinkalmus3761]

Did not remember that there was women who need hearth surgery but hearthwarming was when she asks:where she is..kinda remembering something more important than movie itself. But it is fun movie from begin to final approach at gate..24 mby

[@louir3199]

And Caddyshack!!!

[@feldegast]

Watching Cassie laugh her way through this movie was delightfully uplifting....even more than just watching the movie 😃

[@JimmyMon666]

hearing her laugh made me laugh more

[@breandanmaguire3335]

Airplane is one of the best comedy movies ever. And I mean it

[@kennethspears22]

Surely You can't be serious.

[@solvingpolitics3172]

@@kennethspears22 He is and stop calling him Surely!

[@Mr.Ekshin]

Anybody want a peanut?

[@breandanmaguire3335]

@@Mr.Ekshin Ha ha

[@breandanmaguire3335]

@@kennethspears22 Don't call me Shirley

[@ole9421]

You should have experienced this in a full sized theater back in the day. I'm not exaggerating, the theater literally shook with laughter from beginning to end. What a hoot it was!

[@adrianbradley8513]

Same with the first time I watched the first Naked Gun movie in the Cinema ESPECIALLY the love making scene. I went from " How is this scene funny, it doesn't make sense?" to actually gasping for air ,because I was laughing that much, in about 2 minutes. It took a moment for the humour of the joke to dawn on me and then I was in PURE STITCHES. I thought my sides were going to burst 😂😂. So in a nutshell, WATCH ALL THE NAKED GUN MOVIES ASAP. I told my friend that I had seen Naked Gun in the Cinema. He said" What is it?" I said it's a building that shows movies but that's not important right now"🎞️🎟️🎥🎦📽️🍿😂😂😂

[@SirOtter1]

I can attest to that. I'm amazed no one needed medical treatment from laughing so much.

[@w41duvernay]

I am sure that the way it was, it still remember when this came out on VHS and we watched this in my neighbors house in the suburbs , this was too much to take.

[@LadyhawksLairDotCom]

@@w41duvernay In high school, my friends and I rented it almost every time we got together on weekends. :)

[@scottmoore1614]

I was ten years old when I saw it with my dad in theaters when it first came out. Neither one of us had ever seen anything like it! 😂

[@chrisking5685]

Leslie Nielson is a national comedic treasure. You should watch “The Naked Gun” trilogy.. You’ll thank me later.

[@11DNA11]

"Danger is my middle name." "What about Jane?" "I don't know what her middle name is"

[@incogneato6725]

As long as by national you mean Canada.

[@rotorhd2]

@@incogneato6725 Peter Graves as well...his brother was James Arness from Gunsmoke. Yes both Canadian.

[@johndinneen1222]

And the tv show Police Squad!

[@incogneato6725]

Amazing that a TV show canceled after 6 episodes would spawn even one movie let alone a series of them.

[@urborg74]

I can only imagine how many memes Airplane would have spawned if we'd had the internet back then.

[@Cau_No]

Surely, it's still spawning them now. (As with the Naked Gun facepalm) I used the sh... hitting the fan gif a few times now ...

[@sam_c95]

@@Cau_No Yeah it must be spawning at least a few. And don't call me Shirley.

[@sorcy79au]

Well there are definitely gifs that are used regularly from that movie. And my family still goes around quoting it. Freakin hilarious!

[@rafaucett]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit making memes. 😀

[@jonnym4670]

Billy have you seen this new meme *nakked picture

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Ted's drinking problem never falis to crack me up.

[@williamsweeney3215]

Hey that’s not funny!! Do you know how hard it is to constantly be changing shirts? Lol

[@drummy747]

Good thing there's Gatorade hotlines for it nowadays

[@Logan_Baron]

I use that line every time I spill anything I'm trying to drink.

[@billolsen4360]

A real corny dad joke but yeah, hilarious.

[@jovetj]

Shirley you realize how serious drinking problems are...

[@HunchbackJack]

“Is it Groundhog Day humor, or is it Hangover humor … ?” Oh, no no no. Airplane is special and unique and amazing.

[@benkeserovic8994]

Did she say Hangover was from the 80's?

[@Linerunner99]

Well I wouldn't call it unique... I mean, the sequel, Top Secret, all the Naked Gun movies, Hot Shots....

[@rnorth8812]

@@Linerunner99 It's unique because it was first.

[@Linerunner99]

@@rnorth8812 That's not what unique means. To be unique it must be the only thing of its kind. It is not.

[@rnorth8812]

@@Linerunner99 Fine. It WAS unique. It no longer is but it is was first and in my opinion the best to date. That's what I meant and you know that's what I meant.

[@RABIDJOCK]

The fact they got a lot of top actors and actresses of the day to play this straight. Brilliant.

[@tonkatrucker]

Always remember the interview of Peter Graves ( pilot), and he tossed the script in the garbage- then his grand daughter pulled it out and read it- went to her father and said that grandpa should do this movie. Father read it, handed it back to Graves, and said.." You gotta do this movie Dad.".

[@johnlime1469]

@@tonkatrucker Wait, really?

[@halweiss8671]

Most of them were known as “serious” actors, and the delivered the lines that way. That’s what made it doubly funny. I saw this movie when it came out in 1980, and remember asking myself if I should be laughing at it.

[@imaginosdesdinova1130]

Whenever someone watches Airplane for the first time, I think the same thing . "You're in for a treat".

[@jackmcgonegal8728]

So glad you did this one. As a former Navy pilot and career airline pilot with UAL, I can safely say this is the greatest flying movie ever, hands down. I always introduced myself to my passengers as Captain Oveur and my FO as Roger Murdoch, and I always asked every kid that our flight attendants brought to the cockpit if they liked gladiator movies. I think every airline pilot in the world has this film memorized.

[@digitalranger4259]

You were a Navy Pilot? Over Macho Grande?

[@jackmcgonegal8728]

@@digitalranger4259 That’s classified. We we we’re coming out of the east, where they wouldn’t expect us. 😂😂

[@loswilko]

@@digitalranger4259 No i don't think i'll ever get over Macho Grande, those wounds run pretty deep!

[@chuckster255]

A few things you probably don't know about this movie or may have missed. 1. It is actually an almost scene for scene remake of another movie, minus the slapstick comedy, called "Zero Hour" that came out in the late 1950s. 2. The guy waiting in the taxi, was Howard Jarvis, while a lot of people outside California wouldn't have known about him, he was a well-known penny-pincher here and was a hero to many homeowners, because of his crusade to control taxes. He even led a campaign to do just that with California Proposition 13 in 1978 that not only rolled back accessed values of properties to 1976 levels, it limited increases to 2% per year among other things. To have him passively wait in the taxi, with the meter running was absurd and funny. 3. Also, involving Howard Jarvis was the scene shown after the credits rolled, where he looks at his watch and says something like "I'll give him 10 more minutes, but that's it!"

[@franl155]

@@mitchellyoung5564 - you beat me to it! there are a couple, but this one is the best I've found so far.

[@snowdenwyatt6276]

Initially they had the idea of making a comedy sending up the popular series of "Airport" films. When it came to writing it, they realized that the situations would be so close as to make it hard to sell to a studio because of fears that the studio that owned the "Airport" films might sue. So they came up with the idea of buying the rights to Zero Hour and "remaking" it.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

Another little trivia thing about this movie is the woman putting the makeup on is the mother of the Zucker Brothers I think if not Abrams. She appears in cameos and all their movies. She's in Ghost, the scene where Whoopi Goldberg is doing the signature card at the bank she's the bank employee. If you think about the humor and ghost it's like a facepalm moment when you realize it's a Zucker Brothers.

[@sbenskin1]

The Zucker bothers made a film titled Kentucky Fried Movie which was a satire on commercials. They taped a bunch of television to research commercials for a sequel when they got caught up watching the movie instead. When a character in Zero Hour asked, "Shirley you can't be serious," they both replied in unison "Don't call me Shirley," and knew they had a movie.

[@phila3884]

Also, the mature woman who speaks jive was none other than Barbara Billingsley, one the most famous TV mom's ever ("Leave it To Beaver"), and the epitome of white suburban homemaker, which makes the scene even more ridiculous if you get the casting genius.

[@hungfao]

This movie is full of references of the time that it was created so that some of the jokes would mean little to people who weren't alive back then. Like the woman who was speaking jive to the two Black dudes was Barbara Billingsley. She played the mother on the old 'Leave It To Beaver' TV show. She was the most wholesome woman to grace television so when she shows up speaking jive, that alone was a joke us older people would appreciate. I went to see this at a drive-in theater then. The laughter coming from the cars was incredible to experience.

[@ArtamStudio]

Saw this in a theater w/my mom, a double-feature with "Animal House." The disco scene crumpled me to the floor with laughter and mom (who didn't get the references, or for that matter most of the jokes) thought I'd lost my mind.

[@BobSiefken]

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[@mikeshoe74]

Kareem Abdul Jabar gets over looked by a lot of reactors to this movie, and amongst being an all time great basketball, he was also a pop culture figure of the times.

[@thelastremainingmoderate1997]

@@mikeshoe74 That's because most of the reactors weren't even born when he played.

[@Lugnut64052]

Barbara Billingsley was the funniest gag in the entire movie. It's still hilarious.

[@andrewcamarato472]

I love that you did this video. My brothers and I laugh like 5 year olds start to finish when we watch and our wives just roll their eyes and shake their heads. They laugh at us laughing. I call this humor, "sophomoric". We quote this movie every family gathering until the wives tell us to "STOP!". It's a classic!

[@whiteheat916]

As a kid I didn’t get half the gags in this movie. It’s even funnier as an adult, which I thought was impossible

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

When I first saw this movie at age 7, I thought those black guys' "Jive" language was a real language. So I didn't get it at the time but now that I get it as an adult, that makes it many times funnier than before for me. "Dat honk muhfuh no be messin mah ole lady, mon." (That white gentleman should stay away from my wife, in the subtitles).

[@sksaddrakk5183]

As a kid I watched it in subbed in German and a lot of jokes are lost in translation... now as an adult understanding English it is even better then I remember it to be...

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

@@sksaddrakk5183 Of course. No two languages translate exactly word-for-word, not even our Germanic languages, so many jokes in another language are lost in the translation.

[@jamesnoneyabizness5611]

I don't think ANYBODY gets all the gags and jokes in this movie on the first watch, there are just too many coming at you too fast, and sadly there are some that are now too obscure and dated (like the "second cup of coffee at home" one) so the humor is lost.

[@SingleTax]

Dry humor, when done the right way, is the best humor. There's nothing funnier than making people laugh -- in spite of themselves.

[@madizzle90]

As much as I like the character of Johnny, his part didn’t fit in with the rest of the dry humor.

[@paulpeterson4216]

Except for the beach scene, that was not dry humor.

[@SingleTax]

@@paulpeterson4216 Actually, yes it was.

[@shannonboldman9396]

I think that making people laugh is more difficult than making them cry. Good comedy is difficult

[@nicholashunt9522]

@@madizzle90 it did fit the film as his part was made to be a different level of humour to the rest.

[@williamhicks7736]

“Checking for clearance Clarence…” “Roger, Roger!” “What’s your vector Victor?”

[@Javiation77]

Made me howl 🤣👍🏻

[@pablosolis1589]

Yes, Ethel Merman played the Lieutenant, who thought he was Ethel Merman.

[@rhysthomas5811]

It was her Last movie and she died 4 years later of a brain tumour

[@badbiker666]

As I understand it, her part took only a few minutes to film, but she spent four hours getting her hair just right. Seems about right for a movie like this!

[@g8kpr3000]

@@rhysthomas5811 Even weirder, Orson Welles' last film was "Transformers: The animated movie"

[@sailordave1000]

Love seeing people’s first time watching Airplane.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

I believe this was one of Ethel Merman's final roles. She could really belt out the tunes, even at her age. They say she insisted on bringing her own makeup people instead of using the ones for the film.

[@joe6096]

Yeah she was a diva before they invented the word, long before Maria Carrey or Cher there was Ethel Merman.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

You should hear her sing "Silent Night"

[@Bill-White-001]

I believe Ethel Merman also appeared as a costar in The Poseidon Adventure, where Leslie Neilson was the ship's captain.

[@jasonremy1627]

Leslie Nielsen was a serious dramatic actor before this film. This totally changed his career.

[@SAVikingSA]

Not just him, Lloyd Bridges and Robert Stack, too. All 3 were dramatic actors from the golden age of Hollywood.

[@suflanker45]

@@SAVikingSA and they were playing their characters as straight men in this movie because the Zucker's script made them funnier.

[@zaniac100]

Yeah but he also did 1980 disco/slasher film Prom Night.

[@jimdigitalvideo]

Leslie Nielsen said himself that doing comedy movies ruined some of his earlier movies when he was doing serious roles. You kept waiting for the punch line.

[@brbailey]

You're right. He was the serious captain in the 1972 "The Poseidon Adventure". Also check out "Police Squad!" ("In color!"), a short-lived TV series that all the Naked Gun movies were based on. They're incredible.

[@TomJones-uw9bf]

The more times you watch it, the more funny details you catch.

[@Chris-ji4iu]

I've seen Airplane! like 30 times and I STILL find details I missed each and every time.

[@88wildcat]

Watch the scene where Ted chases down Elaine in the airport hallway. Right where the walls turn from gray to yellow in the lower left hand part of the shot you can see a grip laying down cable. Also in the bar flashback scene when the stuntman Ted does his back flip you can see Robert Hays next to the blue star on the wall waiting to take the place of the stuntman when he lands in the crowd.

[@LieutenantAlaki]

I'm even catching new stuff watching this video!

[@timcliffsmith]

The "Are you a doctor?" cut to Leslie Nielsen with stethoscope makes me laugh out loud EVERY single time.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

That's right.

[@billolsen4360]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver And with Leslie's answer, a comedy career was launched.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@billolsen4360 You need to see the _M*A*S*H_ episode "The Ringbanger"! "THIS is my tent because THAT is my milk!"

[@roebuddy01]

The first time I watched this scene as a kid, I didn't get this scene. That's because my Dad was a Doctor, and he would often be wearing his stethoscope just like that!

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

when i was little, i thought it was airplane headphones to listen to the in-pflight movie. i have no idea why i thought that

[@immersed.in.darkness]

“Surely you can't be serious?” “I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.” 🤣

[@CitizenPerkins]

I was a senior in high school when this came out. We must have driven our teachers crazy repeating all of the one-liners from this movie! 🤣

[@elwray3506]

@@CitizenPerkins Haha, still going. Sometimes I don´t even realize anymore these originally came from that movie. lol

[@brettrobinson2901]

@@CitizenPerkins Ah!....the school paddlings you must have received...now THAT'S how to create an upstanding citizen! Upstanding...cuz you can't sit down!😂

[@ShadowMoon878]

When I was little, my dad always say "Don't call me Shirley" whenever we say "Surely" in a sentence. I thought it was his weird sense of humour until I saw the movie. He also like to quote Monty Python alot.

[@elwray3506]

@@ShadowMoon878 The little wascal´s got spiwit. lol

[@sailordave1000]

At the time it was released several of the older actors were well known for their dramatic acting which is what made this funnier for us at the time.

[@sksaddrakk5183]

Leslie Nielsen played in some of those catastrophe flicks in the late 70s which were so fashionable at the time (like the 'Poseidon Adventure'), which makes it even more hilarious imo

[@Carandini]

Christopher Lee was originally going to be the doctor, but he did '1941' instead.

[@BrakRulesAll]

I saw this in the theater in 1980 when it had been out for a few weeks and was THE hot ticket. Place was packed. The previews start up and what do we get? A preview for the upcoming Caddyshack. Oh my. The place went absolutely bonkers, a great warm-up for Airplane. Good times!

[@Opiuth]

Did the place turn into a laughing mania?

[@BrakRulesAll]

@@Opiuth Wildest I've ever seen a theater crowd get - with the possible exception of a packed screening of Animal House when it was fresh in theaters. Also off-the-charts crowd reaction!

[@MWSin1]

Lt. Hurwitz (the guy who thought he was Ethel Merman) was played by Ethel Merman, in the last film appearance before her death.

[@georgemorley1029]

How dare you mock an afflicted veteran. Lt Hurwitz needs professional help!

[@phila3884]

And although she was game to make fun of herself in Airplane!, she was a Broadway legend and a very popular movie star, in the 30's-40's I believe.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

The TV comedy show _SCTV_ had her singing "Silent Night"

[@tremorsfan]

I love the fact that Ethel Merman's last film is playing a person who thinks they're Ethel Merman.

[@dirtydeeds8173]

"No, That's just what they'd be expecting us to do" is the greatest line ever

[@feliperamos3578]

Man, i only watched this movie once in english without subtitles (I'm brazilian and was trying to train my english) and I didn't get what was so funny bout this scene, is it just cause it's random as fuck or there's some reference I didn't get, like the "have you ever been in a Turkish prison?" scene? haha

[@HunchbackJack]

@@feliperamos3578 It's not a specific reference, but it's a line of dialogue that is commonly heard to heist movies or war movies, where someone is trying to outwit a tactical opponent or enemy. The humor comes from the absurdity of saying it in a response to a suggestion that is incredibly helpful, in a situation where you're trying to save lives. You absolutely want to do everything helpful and expected in that situation. The joke works, too, because both situations have heightened tension, so the mood is appropriate, but the reaction itself is ridiculous.

[@amyjordan195]

The actor, Robert Stack was famous for the TV series Mission Impossible. Where it was all about espionage, costumes, and fooling the bad guy.

[@MrHypnofan]

@@amyjordan195 Peter Graves, who played, Capt. Oveur was on Mission Impossible. Robert Stack was on The Untouchables, a cop drama.

[@gaittr]

I think this is probably one of your very best commentaries ever. You do realize the fact that your audience really likes you and wants the best for you. There's nothing like seeing a person that you identify with and that way being so joyfully happy.

[@maryjomw]

I saw this when it first came out in theaters, and the entire audience was laughing uproariously throughout the whole movie. A year later I went to Spain, and watched it in the theater there, and again, the ridiculous humor translated well, and the entire audience laughed so much. The film is full of pop culture references and also things happening (like the religious passing out pamphlets at the airport), so for my generation there was that added related humor. Also, Ethel Merman and Kareem Abdul Jabar were both very famous at the time.

[@Vinterfrid]

Why do you call it "ridiculous humour"? There's nothing ridiculous about it - it's simply very witty humour.

[@chrisnichols9840]

An interesting tidbit: the arguing PA announcers at the beginning of the film were the actual married couple that did the same zone announcements at LAX.

[@mattp6089]

No freaking way?! I must verify this immediately, off to IMDB I go! EDIT: IMDB agrees with you sir, that's great!

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

Fascinating, my favorite joke was those airport PA announcers fighting and getting mad over the red zone vs. white zone parking.

[@stobe187]

@@nathanfitzgerald6651 "listen Betty"

[@visaman]

The reference to abortion was from the film Airport with Dean Martin and Jacqueline Bisset.

[@billolsen4360]

@@stobe187 "Oh, really Vernon?"

[@markl3028]

The very best parody of the disaster films from the era. Can't count how many time I've seen this since it first came out. All the hidden puns & innuendo are still hilarious decades later.

[@sandrajewitt6050]

That's one aspect a modern audience wouldn't get. There were so many disaster movies in the 70s.

[@dogeyes7261]

This was Leslie Nielson's first comedic role. If you like this, the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker team behind it also used Leslie Nielson in Naked Gun, another brilliant stupid movie.

[@mattj2081]

Don't forget about the Hot Shots movies! No Leslie Neilsen, but there is Charlie Sheen and Carey Elwes!

[@porflepopnecker4376]

@@mattj2081 Lloyd Bridges is great in those movies.

[@mattj2081]

@@porflepopnecker4376 I was blanking on his name! The funeral scene in the first movie had me and my friends laughing so hard we had to pause the movie the first time we watched it!

[@TheNervousnation]

Top Secret too

[@MWSin1]

Leslie Nielson (like Lloyd Bridges) was previously known for serious roles, and this film basically launched a second career for him. It can be jarring watching Ransom! or Forbidden Planet if you only know Nielson from the comedies.

[@DutchDread]

"I am serious, and don't call me shirley", Leslie Nielsen is a legend, I miss him so much.

[@martinkalmus3761]

Most of the world agrees

[@kevinkasp]

You’re so young the multitude of references to classic movies just slips by you. But it’s always fun watching your reactions.

[@andrewj9831]

This is a movie that you watch a few times, just to get half of the jokes...as you laughing and letting the other ones pass you by

[@gregoryawsmith]

Your completely unprepared reaction at 7:06 is honestly perfect haha

[@OhArchie]

A series of air disaster movies called "Airport" came out in the late 70s that were big, over the top dramas speckled with all-star casts and the unlikeliest of scenarios involving jetliners. This is a "farce" homage to those films. Fun fact: The woman who was "translating" jive was Barbara Billingsly, who played June Cleaver on the Leave It to Beaver show.

[@bonghunezhou5051]

An homage, true; also a comedic remake of Zero Hour!

[@BigTroyT]

Yes, this came out after almost a decade of "Airport" disaster movies, so to have a complete comedy based around the same idea both felt relevant AND was a huge surprise at the same time. This movie was VERY popular.

[@billolsen4360]

@@BigTroyT Too bad they couldn't have put Burt Lancaster in there somewhere.

[@TheLrcoffey]

Cassie: my face hurts from smiling so much Me: and I’m smiling so much because I love your reactions ❤️

[@Leesmapman]

"It's like dad-jokes" - correct, there's an entire generation of people raised on these movies...

[@samellowery]

@Romanogers4ever i am serious and don't call me Shirley.

[@thediscostu4127]

The entire generation of people raised on these movies are all dads now

[@ex-navyspook]

@@thediscostu4127 A lot of them are GRANDDADS now.

[@alisonarias978]

“And Leon is getting larger”😂🤣 found that hilarious when I was 6 and I still find it just as funny as a 40 year old woman

[@mikegreene8461]

You weren't a female when you were six?

[@Firefax]

Years ago,I worked at a Renaissance Faire. One day, it was pretty overcast and threatening to rain. Two guys came up and happened to stop next to me, facing the opposite direction. The thinner of the two said (and I kid you not), "The clouds are getting thicker." I immediately leaped sideways grabbed the heavvier of the two around the waist and said, "And Leon's getting laaaaarger!" then jumped away. They both got it and I thought they were going to choke from laughing. They then asked my boss if they could take me to an ale stand and buy me a beer. Fur times.

[@SilentBob731]

I think I was eight or nine and the line never fails to make me cackle. 😛

[@UTU49]

@@Firefax Oh my God... what a great memory to have.

[@HerbertAckermans]

This is that kind of movie you never ever want to end, they are just that entertaining and giving you such a fun time!

[@bombomos]

This is my grandmother's favorite movie haha. She always had a great sense of humor :)

[@jdm1066]

"She looks familiar...does she grow up to be..." She was 30 years old. Also, Julie Haggerty was the mother in "What About Bob".

[@billolsen4360]

She also did a goofy old lady stint on Malcolm in the Middle

[@RetroRobotRadio]

Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen and Robert Stack were all very serious actors up to the point where they did this film. They all did an excellent job playing humor.

[@rogeriopenna9014]

"I hope there is a love story." Yes, featuring an automatic pilot

[@dan_hitchman007]

And it has a happy ending too! Giggidy!

[@whitecourt83]

Love, or lust?🙃

[@SciTrekMan]

@@dan_hitchman007I see what you did there!!!😂😂😂

[@vapoet]

Quick things that help you get a deeper appreciation on the movie. This takes about 80% of it's dialogue from Zero Hour. Lines you might think are ridiculously melodramatic come straight from that film. You can call this a remake. The jive talking woman is Barbara Billingsley, who played the mom on Leave it to Beaver, one of the most wholesome shows in the history of TV.

[@ugaladh]

yeah, the jive talk thing is probably lost on people who didn't spend years watching straight-laced, wholesome Beaver's mom. At the time, that's what was so funny, it wasn't expected of her. Oh, and the pilot fighting his way through the airport was just a mild exagerration of what it used to be like getting through all the Hari Krushnas trying to get a "donation" from you. they finally outlawed all that crap because it got so bad.

[@splatoonistproductions5345]

I honestly treasure these films because nowadays a film made like this would be burnt to the ground by people who can’t take jokes Also, 8:40 had me laughing so hard as a kid, like my dad watched this with me cause he thought it’d be nice to spend time, we both laughed so damn hard, I had stitches, a sore jaw and my eyes were watering it was so funny 😂 Ofc it’s a horrible situation don’t get me wrong, I feel kinda awful now but my god it was golden at the time

[@javix2013]

"Top Secret" for the next, another hilarius movie like this.

[@DeltronZed]

My favorite. Val Kilmer as an Elvis-type joining the French resistance. Good one.

[@bonghunezhou5051]

@@DeltronZed The French Resistance? (East Germany came into existence AFTER the Resistance disbanded)

[@unforged]

I was about to say the same and Space Balls could be a nice one too

[@DeltronZed]

@@bonghunezhou5051 there is no correct time line in the movie. It's anachronistic. Nazi Germany and fifties style rock (Kilmer plays an Elvis type bringing US culture to Germany) with resistance themes.

[@IamnotJohnFord]

"They asked me to help out in Pre-Teen Maternity." That line is so messed up in so many ways.

[@earlofbroadst]

If you liked Airplane, you'll love "The Naked Gun" and "Police Squad."

[@KungKokkos]

Unfortunatly not in my case '

[@RabbitShirak]

Don't forget Top Secret.

[@kayakuprising5914]

This!

[@andregon4366]

And "Wrongfully accused" the train scene and the hydraulic car scene made me fall of my seat laughing.

[@billoo13]

@@andregon4366 I'd add in Spy Hard too. Also Hot Shots and Hot Shots Part Deux.

[@EGSimon-ds1vf]

Yes, it was a lot of fun watching you laugh! I remember seeing this in the theater when it first came out. The noise from everyone laughing in the theater added to the fun. My cheeks hurt so bad for hours after the movie was over. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@goombah1970]

"I love Johnny!" We all love Johnny.

[@kathyastrom1315]

My family will still occasionally use “Why, I can make a hat, or a brooch, or a pterodactyl!” 40 years later.

[@Hollister_87]

@@kathyastrom1315 Same! It's my favourite line of the whole movie

[@RDSports5]

"The fog is getting thicker.." "And Leon is getting laaaaaaarger". Haha, gets me every time :P

[@dan_hitchman007]

And Leo is getting LARRRGER!!!

[@iandude1]

@@RDSports5 There was an NFL game a couple of years ago being played in a dense fog, and one of the announcers made this exact comment to his audience.

[@kroberts8866]

Leslie Nielsen's comedic début and Ethel Merman's last screen performance, entertainment gold. Lloyd Bridges would carry the torch through to the Hot Shots series.

[@tommcfeely8707]

Heard leslie Nielsen used to go up to the cockpit of an airplane when he was flying aboard it and say the 'I just wanted to tell you all good luck, we're all counting on you'.

[@iandude1]

"Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue".

[@iandude1]

This was a rare semi-comedic role for Robert Stack as well, best known as the host of the TV series Unsolved Mysteries and who also starred in the Untouchables about Elliot Ness.

[@Brett33]

And the mom from Leave it to Beaver ( Barbara Billingsley ) speaking jive .

[@funjuror]

It has probably been said already, but what makes the film so memorable is that it still holds its own in hilarious entertainment even without all the period in-jokes(that will go over many a younger person's heads).

[@csmelen]

Blazing Saddles, Airplane, Young Frankenstein. Classic comedies not to be forgotten.

[@interdimensionalsteve8172]

Don't forget anything Monty Python and Spaceballs!

[@csmelen]

@@interdimensionalsteve8172 So true my friend.

[@fillinman1]

Young Frankenstein on everybody's list. Airplane. Maybe Vacation? Holy grail, but takes a special mindset. "Not another Teen Movie". I wouldn't have got this is It hadn't been for my date that recognized every scene and the movie it came from.? "Why is it that every time I tell a guy he can put it any where he wants they always..." then you learn that's her brother.?!!

[@stobe187]

all 10 out of 10 movies.

[@memphistim2001]

I think the craziest fact about Airplane is that is a remake of a real 1950's melodrama called Zero Hour. The Zuckers bought the rights to the the script and 'slightly' adapted it.

[@StarkRG]

Something like 90% of the dialogue is straight from Zero Hour.

[@jvgreendarmok]

A few scenes come from "Airport", from the same writer.

[@michaelguertin1352]

I saw this movie as a kid at a Drive-in theater. Other than laughing the entire time... the main memory I have of that experience was seeing all the other cars at the drive-in bouncing up and down because everyone in their cars was laughing so much their cars were literally jigging up and down.

[@ortizmo]

I'm not 100% sure those people were "laughing" in their cars.

[@Slvrdrgn77d]

This is the type of movie you need to watch after Saving Private Ryan. It def needs to be a sad/intense movie, followed by a comedy movie. Like Interstellar followed by Hot Shots, or something like that :)

[@TeZapeo]

good advice.

[@david.j9.rabbithole808]

I’m posting this comment before watching your reaction. You needed this. We needed this for you.

[@jeffnaslund]

You can watch this movie 100 times, and discover 100 things you missed. Starting with the end credits.😊

[@llamallama1509]

Did you notice the jet plane was making propeller noises through the entire movie?

[@carlosrvra]

I neither noticed that NOR the “Whacking Magazines” joke even though I’ve seen this a ton of times 😄

[@GavP75]

@@carlosrvra it’s the movie that keeps on giving. I watched this movie so many times growing up and picked up new jokes every time!

[@arisucheddar3097]

@@carlosrvra for me it was the catfish-thing in the beach scene being alive. It took my niece pointing it out 20 years or so after I first saw it lol

[@johnr8095]

I love how he’s a veteran of WWII but the movie takes place in 1980 and he’s still in his 30’s. Also I love the Mayo Clinic with all the jars of Mayo in the background.

[@Lustie]

Actually, that’s the sound the engines make, it’s not supposed to be apart of the running gag but people who don’t know how they sound will think it’s funny.

"He thinks he's Ethel Merman." That is Ethel Merman herself. :D

[@bobogus7559]

13:20 Actually, the cockpit really was that complicated. The plane is specifically a Boeing 707, an early jet first made in 1958 (and the first to feature the under-wing engines that are standard today). Cockpits from that time were extremely complex, featuring hundreds of individual buttons, switches, knobs, and gauges spread around a three- or four-crew cockpit. A lot of the functions they would have performed manually back then are now done by computers, so modern cockpits are far simpler.

[@melenatorr]

Ethel Merman, one of the greats of old Broadway. A voice that could shake the roof if she so desired. The song she's singing here is from one of her most famous roles, Mama Rose from "Gypsy". The song is "Everything's Coming Up Roses". As noted below, this was her last film appearance. For fun, here are some clips of her in younger days: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnjFfIKBgtB0pbM - from Anything Goes. The man in the scene is a famous singer/actor, Bing Crosby. A later production of "Anything Goes" with Ethel singing the title number And here she is singing the whole of "Everything's Coming Up Roses": kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYPRp2qGpZ6Ha7s - mid-sixties in age, and still able to belt out the song and give you the character of Rose.

[@stevenhayes859]

"What's your vector Victor?" I love that line in the movie.

[@AltCTRLF8]

huh?!

[@stevenhayes859]

@@AltCTRLF8 What exactly is confusing about that to you?

[@lakabaka]

@@stevenhayes859 Its part of the joke ..

[@edwardweaverling7312]

The lady translating the "jive" talk was the mother on the popular TV sitcom "Leave It To Beaver".

[@willv7868]

I have watched this movie at least 100 times and I still haven't stopped laughing. It just gets better with age.

[@Ally_Whitlock]

*Monty Python and the Holy Grail* is another great comedy

[@krisfrederick5001]

Do you have a shrubbery?

[@SGlitz]

@@krisfrederick5001 Ni!

[@scottwhite1196]

Years ago when my dad bought our 1st VHS player, we went and rented this movie. 14 days for £1 and we mustve watched it every single day, never ever gets old

[@seankeating5005]

"Hot Shots" with Charlie Sheen is also in the same comedy style as this and the Naked Gun movies. Charlie got absolutely ripped for the Rambo parody scene.

[@MP197742]

The problem with the Hot Shots movies is, they’re parodies of stuff she probably hasn’t seen. Would need to see Top Gun for the first one. The second one references/parodies sooooo many movies.

[@jbFromNYC]

Another '80s classic with Airplane humor is "Top Secret!"

[@sfisabbt]

@@MP197742 I think the best way to watch those is to go Top Gun, Hot Shots and then Top Gun once more. It's a crazy experience.

[@guitarman8462]

" Surely you can't be serious ? I am serious , and don't call me Shirley !! "

[@cerchiarolucas]

the funniest gag for me starts right at the beginning and continues: the plane is a turbojet but the sound is from a propeller plane hhahaha so inconspicuous

[@smittybenzo4693]

There would not be a "Scary Movie" franchise without Airplane.

[@Kragar01]

Fun fact: The woman trying to put on her make up is the directors mother, she appears in many of Zuckers movies at some point, like Stan Lee did in the marvel movies.

[@PopcornInBed]

I love cameos like that. That part was hysterical to me for some reason

[@rockero1313]

and @ 2:45 the guys that made the plane crashed to the window are the Zucker brothers

[@jedijones]

Good help is so hard to find.

[@thediscostu4127]

Somehow, I feel like the fact that the mom from Leave it to Beaver speaks jive means everything is right in the world.

[@elroysez8333]

I saw this movie in the theater as a kid. For a while there, Hollywood made a whole slew of movies and TV episodes centered around the idea of disabled pilots and passengers having to land the plane. Hell, there was even an Incredible Hulk episode like that. This movie was a parody of that trope and we all loved it. Quotes for days in the school lunch room. Good times.

[@traog]

Not long ago I found out that here is a movie from the 1950 called "Zero Hour" a lot of "Airplane" is a direct parody of that movie.

[@Cau_No]

The movie that started that trope was "Airport" from 1970 (based on a novel) I guess there is some similarity to the title of this one...

[@DanielRamosMilitaryWiz]

Oh my god, I love Johnny too! “There’s a sale at Penny’s!” “The tower, the tower! Rapunzel, Rapunzel!” The little girl drinking black coffee had me dying for a week! What made the white lady speaking jive even more hilarious is that the actress, Barbara Billingsley, is best known for playing the mother on Leave it to Beaver.

[@joe6096]

The fog is getting thicker...... and Leon's getting LAAAARRRRRRGER! I've made that my ring tone at times. When my phone rings and people around - even strangers at bars and restaurants or in the store - hear it, they usually all burst out laughing. Never gets old.

[@AmyEdwards1986]

My fave part of Johnny was when he plugged off the runway lights, turns towards the camera and say " Nah just kidding!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂

[@DanielRamosMilitaryWiz]

@@AmyEdwards1986 OMG I loved that part! Johnny had me dying of laughter 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@joe6096]

@@DanielRamosMilitaryWiz Johnny and McClusky are my favorite characters in the movie. What Stephen Stucker and Lloyd Bridges did was comedic gold!!

[@DanielRamosMilitaryWiz]

@@joe6096 They are some of my favorite characters. This is still classic after forty plus years!

[@timbrom]

I once watched this in a sports bar in Florida without sound and I still laughed.

[@lawrencewestby9229]

To this day whenever I accidentally spill a drink I just say, "Oops, my drinking problem."

[@gregall2178]

I think it was Bobcat Goldwaith that gave me my line... while drinking water from a bottle during his stand-up he spilled... said "oh, I must be full" :-D

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

I do that too!

[@fredneecher1746]

This is the funniest film I've ever seen. After watching it in the cinema I had to go back the next evening to catch the jokes I was too busy laughing to hear. Still didn't hear them! Watching these clips made me realise it's still the funniest movie I've ever seen!

[@Eedg769]

40 years later and I still sometimes notice gags in the scenes that I missed all the other times I watched. (Such as the Budweiser truck racing to the tarmac along with the fire trucks)

[@HuntingViolets]

Yes, that was Ethel Merman. She was a big star on Broadway, but people across the country knew her because of a few screen roles and also because Broadway stars would come on talk shows and variety shows. For a movie she's in that you could react to, I would recommend "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World."

[@chefskiss6179]

When Kate and Leo were dancing in Titanic, I (accidentally) laughed so loudly in the audience. I blame this movie with their dancing POV and the figure being hurled away. That memory is burned in me for life. That and whenever I see a happy group moment in a movie, I start snickering, half expecting a smiling figure to slowly drop from the top into view.

[@softshoes]

This has to be one of the hardest edits ever. So many things got left out, though no fault of you. This is a parody of the 1957 film Zero Hour! Wonderful reaction, surely you had fun with this one. Hope you don't mind me calling you Shirley.

[@LordLOC]

It's a parody of all the disaster genre films of the 60s and 70s more than Zero Hour imo, but if you've seen Zero Hour it's a near scene for scene remake as well. It's just a fun hodgepodge of lots of movies, which is why it works so well I think.

[@audramcdonaldapologist3676]

Ethel Merman was an American Musical Theatre Legend with a capital L, original Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, original Mama Rose in Gypsy she’s singing Everything’s Coming Up Roses from that musical and she was the original Annie in Annie Get Your Gun too amongst other roles

[@maxducoudray]

One of the great things about this movie is the way it breaks down your resistance to the silly humor and gets funnier and funnier. On rewatching you actually get into that zone right away and the movie gets better and better.

[@Damen178]

When I saw this pop up in my search results, I had to click it to say good luck, we're all counting on you.

[@NSnicket]

One of the greatest comedies ever made, and yes, Johnny is undeniably one of the best parts. 😂

[@ryangrissom7702]

"What a pisser" Breaking the 4th wall.