The Writers of Airplane! Based it Entirely on Another Film (Good and Bad Parody Movies)

[@ronhan9]

perhaps dont wear green infront of your greenscreen? opthrwise very informative

[@Ritter_Gruppe]

You must be new here

[@LavaCress187]

😂

[@coconutspeed1212]

Glitter

[@ScarletCandlelight]

He douse that on purpose just like the edges of the screen can be seen

[@huntergero1]

welcome

[@teamramby]

"Who are you? How did you get in here?" "I'm a locksmith, and I'm a locksmith." God those movies are great!

[@IsiahTomas]

Unca Scrooge: "Doctor, Doctor.... fun."

[@andrewfleming611]

"Its funny, isn't it? You'd never suspect that everyone at this school is a professional dancer."

[@forthexp8649]

"Reggie-Ray, you only have three... two, more concussions left." Also, "It's a banana split" is still something stuck in my head everytime i see Captain America.

[@Bighappykitty]

"Who are you? How did you get in here?" "I'm a locksmith, and... I'm a locksmith."

[@mynamedontmatter4796]

i think thats from a diff movie but still hilarious

[@toxichalk]

@@mynamedontmatter4796 that's from Police Squad

[@FernandoSV]

love that one

[@StephenGallacher]

I think my favourite Nielson line was from the 2nd Naked Gun movie: "The truth hurts doesn't it, Hapsburg? oh sure, not as much as jumping on bicycle with the seat missing, but it hurts!"

[@camopilla9186]

I have always thought the train scene in Wrongfully Accused where he lands on a bike with the seat missing is a direct reference to this joke!

[@patrickm.2653]

Why dont we settle this like adults, Mr. Poopy Pants.

[@Chalepastel]

My favorite is "they're on instruments! -smash cut to the characters playing jazz with musical instruments-"

[@zero0karaoke]

That joke was the worst, Ricky I level stuff

[@charleslee8313]

My favorite line from Airplane! is from Lloyd Bridges' character. In this one scene, he's giving orders left and right, and then his wife calls, and he gives -- totally deadpan -- this rapid-fire order. "I want the kids in bed by 9, I want the dog fed, yard watered, gated locked, and get a note to the milkman -- 'No more cheese'!"

[@p.jmurray8700]

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

[@IsiahTomas]

Looks like I picked the wrong glue to stop hearing aids.

[@callambaker_photography]

I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.

[@tommyfox854]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop eating mops.

[@IsiahTomas]

Looks like I picked the wrong mop to stop drinking hoses.

[@quijybojanklebits8750]

Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop humping forest creatures.

[@joseSanchez-ej2oh]

I saw it as a kid & didn't understand why the pilot was asking those questions...

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

I still don't understand that part

[@kingbranden1369]

That's a very sparkly t-shirt.

[@Cum.Cat.Commie]

what drinking sparkling water feels like

[@ender8291]

14:36

[@tyranus1111]

Theres one episode where the green screen picks up the green on his arm tatoo so his arm was transparent

[@Fred247]

Me "Surley the weather is nice today?" Siri "It is sunny with 26° and don't call me Shirley" I forgot to take my phone off Airplane mode

[@rabidgengar]

Superhero Movie is also kind of bareable, and also features Neelson saying the line "with great responsibility, comes great bitches" 10/10

[@killgore375]

I like the "I raised you like your father, I treated you like my own, and I even fucked your mother like your father did!"

[@AsbestosMuffins]

The bit where Clippy pops up and says "It looks like you're trying to take over the world, do you need help?" is basically all I can remember of that movie, also Drake Bell's seemingly first and last silver screen appearance

[@markmudge6586]

I forgot that movie existed till I saw a thumbnail of it just now.

[@mrcritical6751]

It’s sad that the people behind the Movie Movies has the potential to be funny but got so obsessed with just being crass, rude and violent whilst making random references and offending people that the humour died. Like they had a great chance to parody the whole thing if Uncle Ben being Peter’s father figure by having him actually be his father or something but instead they just had Leslie making dirty sex jokes

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

@@AsbestosMuffins Oddly enough, Drake was parodying Spider-Man, then he ended up playing Spider-Man in a cartoon.

[@joejohnson8789]

No mention for the greatest dialogue in movie history: "We need to get these people to a hospital" "a hospital, what is it?" "it's a big building where sick people go, but that's not important right now"

[@monicaenns9967]

Don't forget the series Due South. Where dignified RCMP officer Frobicer (Neilson ), in Chicago , is going to valiently chase after a criminal on horseback. But he falls off. Then he tries a motorbike! Falls off again. Then he just calls a taxi. End scene. Oh I loved that!!

[@EZOnTheEyes]

"Oh Don't worry, I can speak Jive" is the best bit from the whole movie

[@jollybodger]

"Oh stewardess, I speak Jive"

[@EZOnTheEyes]

@@jollybodger Jus' hang loose, blood. She gonna catch ya up on da rebound on da med side.

[@derlin2536]

It's fantastic. It's even better knowing that that was Barbara Billingsley, who played Mrs. Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver.

[@EZOnTheEyes]

@@derlin2536 I always forget it was her! She's amazing haha

[@anullhandle]

@@derlin2536 ....hope you weren't too hard on the beaver lol

[@davidbowie152]

My first parody was the classic 80s "SpaceBalls" And heres my quote "I'm a mawg half man half dog, I'm my own best friend."

[@MarkBonneaux]

As an IT person, I use the line "even in the future everything is broken" SO FUCKING MUCH

[@madman7394]

@@MarkBonneaux I'm a mechanic and i say it all the time too

[@BTheBlindRef]

Don't get me wrong, I love "Spaceballs", and "Robinhood Men In Tights". But the problem with these Mel Brooks parodies, in comparison to "Airplane!", is that the whole time in Mel Brooks movies, everyone is winking at the camera as if to say "that was a joke. Did you get it? Did you get it!?". All the pauses after the jokes like there is supposed to be a laugh track inserted like it's a sitcom or something. It throws the timing off and turns what would be a funny joke into a cringe moment WAY too often.

[@SquishyProductions]

When they go to ludicrous speed and all hell breaks loose

[@intangerbline3683]

I liked when they combed the desert.

[@Panteraftw_]

One of my favourite visual gags of all time is in Scary Movie 3, near the end when they're talking about how to kill the aliens by hitting them in the head real hard with a shovel, and then a character cocks his shovel like a shotgun and a shell comes out.

[@Robodragon17]

Karl's shirt is just having issues existing in this dimension

[@happydemon3038]

It's the space ants, man. Chewing holes in time and space.

[@Robodragon17]

@@happydemon3038 damned ants

[@MIKIEC71]

When you realise making green merch was maybe not the best idea

[@jordananderson2728]

@@MIKIEC71 you must be new here.

[@javidproductions9353]

"Leslie Nielsen's casting was an intentional decision as was the casting of every other actor in the film" As opposed to all the films where every cast member was accidentally featured in the film?

[@mattl1598]

I thinks it's more like "we really want Leslie Nielsen" and not just casting the best actor who auditioned for the part

[@evol5765]

Oh, like Bowfinger?

[@KyleRDent]

I mean, yeah. It's rare that the cast is chosen before auditions, and parts are specifically written for their style. You can see it sometimes in films where the writers really wanted another actor but they couldn't do it for whatever reason. You watch it and think, "Oooh yeah, that line is really not for this actor, it's much more for the original choice."

[@wisecrack3461]

"Yeah he kinda just showed up one day and we couldn't get em to leave. We tried chasing him with a broom for a bit but we got tired and gave up"

[@KurtisMuniz]

"No you moron, I wanted Kristen Bell, not Christian Bale! God, you've made a bollocks of everything!"

[@rileyduncan5202]

Superhero movie is one of my favourite parody movies. “Titanium blades, they can cut diamond” “I’m not wearing any diamonds!”

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

That sounds surprisingly like a TeamFourStar joke.

[@Lythieus1]

The droning propeller sound was actually sampled from Zero Hour! too, that's why they used it.

[@GoneFishingAmalgam]

"He's from some of the best comedies ever made... and Spy Hard." Hey, I thought Spy Hard was funny....

[@patriciasampson9317]

No

[@DragonSamurai182]

The theme song is really good though

[@CollegeDroputPowerpoints]

I liked spy hard. Leslie Nielson man

[@insertdeadname]

I’m so sorry it took you this long to learn that it wasn’t.

[@jessISaRicePrincess]

@Numinous123 what? Top secret is I think the best ZAZ comedy movie not my favorite because of my taste i prefer police squad but Top Secret is their best film and too be honest Spy Hard is bad not as bad as the other non ZAZ Leslie Nielsen movie but he is so goofy, just play it straight

[@Elex127]

Personal favorite line from scary movie 3 is "We're not so different afterall" from the man himself, Mr. President Leslie Nielsen

[@hblaub]

It plays into that myths about the elite being reptile humans and such ;-)

[@fourlamb1]

I like my Coffee black, like my men.

[@QWERTY11309]

I like my women how I like my coffee, Dark and full of cream.

[@adamkaris]

I like my women like I like my coffee, without a penis.

[@diegoidepersia]

@@adamkaris its optional

[@therunn3197]

Diego I de Persia exactly

[@adawg1125]

I like my coffee like i like my women... please?

[@fritzmonger1]

I was 23 before I realised 'Flying High' was called 'Airplane' in every other country and had no idea what people were referring to before then. From Aus

[@yodal_]

When he pointed out the propeller noise in AIrplane, I actually had to stop and question if I was an idiot to not have noticed that.

[@lordtao5617]

You Can't beat Top Secret for an all time funny Zucker Bros. movie, absolute classic, also joke in every shot

[@AgentTasmania]

The station pulling away from the train is one of my favourite ever shots

[@donsample1002]

Zero Hour! itself is a remake of a CBC teleplay _Flight Into Danger_ written by Arthur Hailey (Airport) which had starred James Doohan (Scotty!) as Ted Stryker. It was also remade as a made for TV movie in 1970s staring Doug McClure.

[@DirectorCM]

The best "joke" is in the first Scary Movie. During the garage scene death (parodying the death of Rose McGowan in Scream 1) the girl screams "Please! I'm just a day player!". Which is basically film jargon for an Extra with speaking lines. It's subtle and you would only get it if you knew about film.

[@agailparsons]

I can't believe that Top Secret! hasn't come up. So many good jokes, also a Zucker-Abrams-Zucker movie...

[@kurnhurin4118]

And Baseketball

[@shmorp]

Whenever I think of airplane I have to think of cabin pressure

[@TheDreadedBeauty]

I love Cabin Pressure!

[@dmoneyez67]

I think of the "virgin"

[@IsiahTomas]

Striker: It was worse than Detroit.

[@mmmhhm]

Brilliant!

[@IsiahTomas]

@@mmmhhm Bart: And now, for my next impression... Jesse Owens. [runs off]

[@nick3745]

Favorite cheesy parody (other than Airplane!) has to be National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1, so many great lines and the straight-man delivery from actors such as William Shatner and Samuel Jackson. "What are you doing?" "What does it look like I'm doing, I'm taking a shit." And the random Bruce Willis as John McClane cameo.

[@oldcodgerplaysgames9610]

The little girl. "I like my coffee like my men, black" Try that one these days.

[@Bonavire]

The fact they got a little girl to give that line is so fucking perfect lmao it kills me

[@ferretforrent1144]

"Smoking or non-smoking?" "Smoking please"

[@thegentlemanwiththemustach1087]

Pulls out a smoking ticket

[@Vanilla0729]

I forget where I saw this, but a man enters a restaurant where the hostess asks, "smoking preference?" "Crack."

[@Vanilla0729]

My favorite is a sight gag. Striker, in the cockpit asks for a tool, specifically a screwdriver. He is handed a drink made with vodka and fruit juice. A screwdriver. Which he immediately pours over his head, because he has a, "drinking problem."

[@nestorrocha7142]

"Forever and ever, they'll never break up. Divorce will cost you!" Only thing I remember of Date Movie from well over a decade ago.

[@26th_Primarch]

Best part of the second one for me was when they had William Shatner look through the periscope, see the USS Enterprise from Star Trek go by and give that WTF look...

[@gusgus0070]

Did you know over in Australia and New Zealand, Airplane! is alternatively titled “Flying High!”? Alternative titles to movies is actually quite common in other countries.

[@ewan80]

It's "Is there a pilot on the airplane?" In the Balkan region and it's interesting because it has a '!' replaced with an '?'...

[@decanaba]

heh, in Poland its "Czy leci z nami pilot" which translates to "Is there a pilot flying with us" xD

[@rodsk8dude731]

In Brazil it's "Fasten your seatbelts, the pilot dissapeared"

[@sosgiw]

Took youtube 3 minutes to notify me of this. Not happy

[@juggalo_kronikturdzgaming7075]

I'm with you on not another teen movie... my favorite quote that I still use to this day is "God dammit, Reggie Ray!" The poor guy gets blamed for everything around my house😆

[@IsiahTomas]

Janie's got a gun.

[@RabbitArms]

I love how I just watched this movie for the first time a few hours ago, and just now I see this video. This movie is amazing and the humor is so pure and subtle, I couldn’t stop loving it.

[@Skorpeonismyrealname]

"Who are you and how did you get in here?" "I'm a locksmith. And I'm a locksmith."

[@pineappleman3321]

i wondered when you would make an Airplane! episode after you referenced it in other episodes

[@Milliondollarloser]

Sorry to say, one of my favorite joke of all time is in I believe 3. They come across the aliens, the black guy grabs a shovel, and then he shotgun cocks the shovel. No one ever acknowledges it, not even the bright red shotgun shell that jumped out with the movement, and its the most hilarious thing I can imagine.

[@joejohnson8789]

quickly followed by "hey, I found their weakness! without their heads they're powerless!"

[@AgentTasmania]

Don't forget the bus going to Da Hood

[@viddork]

My favourite background joke is from a TV show - _The New Adventures of Beans Baxter,_ I think. During a car chase past a bunch of loading docks, one car crashes through a huge pile of boxes stacked outside. From the way they scatter, there is clearly nothing in them. Each box bears, stenciled on the side, the name *M. T. BAUX CO.*

[@allyboorman612]

When you casually copy Clarkson's up exclamation mark joke

[@ColinFox]

Kind of reminds me of George Clooney, who was a serious actor & heartthrob until appearing in comedies like Oh Brother.

[@eastlynburkholder3559]

I like that actor who makes the 'nervous' joke.

[@xylon136]

I just want to let you know both good luck, we're all counting on you

[@IsiahTomas]

To the guy that's going to read this to try to correct the grammar, and wanting to say so, "Better luck next time."

[@xylon136]

IsiahTomas no worries

[@logangamble1890]

"Men with Brooms" may be the greatest melding of Neilson's dramatic and comedy acting abilities. Heart felt scenes talking about his wife who has passed and also growing shrooms for personal use. Though it is fairly intensely Canadian in so many ways.

[@1035pm]

“It’s an entirely different kind of flying, altogether.” *It’s an entirely different kind of flying*

[@peterfogarty4809]

Seeing that written down, I just got it, thank you^

[@pyrovonfire7966]

I finally get it too

[@jefferycrouch4396]

"I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue."

[@J0PPE]

I just got the notification whilst watching the video

[@ToadSageSannin]

Idk why but my favorite joke of all the parody movies is so small and simple but for some reason it cracks me up every time. It’s Scary Movie 3 towards the end when they go to confront the aliens with shovels, and Anthony Anderson one hand racks the shove like a shotgun and a shell pops out. Idk why but it’s genius

[@lachlanlandreth9069]

I think him being a serious actor helped make so many of the jokes much funnier with a serious delivery.

[@quijybojanklebits8750]

Its all pink on the inside one has me dying thinking of the announcer's face

[@kurnhurin4118]

Zuckerburg uses the "heads up" line in Baseketball too when Doug throws a ball to a blind kid from the dream's come true foundation and it clocks him right in the face.

[@cme2cau]

Nice shot of Leslie Nielsen in Forbidden Planet. I have Zero Hour! It's amazing how many lines in Airplane! are straight out of Zero Hour! There are so many little things in Airplane! Captain Oveur giving the little boy a model aeroplane, straight out of Zero Hour! I thought Peter Graves also did an excellent job of playing it straight. Also, have a look at the bookcase behind the Dr at the mayo clinic. Full of jars of mayonnaise!

[@viddork]

Peter Graves played it "straight"? Also, the boy's name was Timmy in _Zero Hour_ as well, was it not?

[@cme2cau]

@@viddork I think you are right. I'm off to watch a gladiator movie.

[@garethevans9789]

This is one of my favourite films, you notice something new every time you play it. Some of the best stuff is hidden in plain sight. Like Elaine, the hopeless romantic; "Remember when I used to sit on your face and wiggle?" Or Striker who had a problem drinking. They could never make a movie like that in this day and age. My favourite scene is where they're lining up to calm that hysterical woman (It's a handy meme). When Nelson is called away he gets in one last cheeky blow (I'm sure that was off script). If that makes me a bad person, my second favourite is the child fighting for her life during the sing song.😉 The character delivery is excellent, it's as if they don't realise what they're saying. There's so many excellent one liners in that film that it's hard to keep track of them all. Fun fact: The first scene is a cameo for the directors, they just wanted to blow some money and have fun.🤘

[@paulfitzgibbon4110]

The prop sound was another example of where they recreated the original exactly. The plane in Zero Hour! is an old prop driven plane, so the prop sound is always there. Love this movie.

[@ericpearson2340]

My favorite spoof is the 2008 Superhero Movie staring Drake Bell(main character), Leslie Nielsen(uncle), and Kevin Hart(best friend). If you want to see why just search “superhero movie nail gun scene”.

[@cideway]

Fatal Instinct and National Lampoons: Loaded Weapon 1 were a couple of great genre parodies.

[@badgercorson5729]

I really need to see airplane it's been on my list for years of things to watch

[@darcyparrott1002]

Just watched my first Leslie Nelson movie last night! (The naked gun) and that nice beaver line is so shocking until the beaver comes outta nowhere and some how its less shocking

[@hat3th3hat3r2]

I can't remember which one of those movies it was but the running joke with the guy trying to start a slow clap and failing three times before someone else does it successfully at the end and he beats the shit out of them for it. Gets me every time.

[@finntheboi6992]

One of My favorite bits is the "drinking problem" And that, as much as anything else , lead to my drinking problem. * splashes water on to self*

[@lookingforwookiecopilot]

I caught Zero Hour one late night by accident (not knowing it was the movie Airplane was based off of) and its hard not to laugh having seen Airplane first. ,...and Leslie Neilson was great in one of my favorite old sci-fi movies, Forbidden Planet.

[@tuckinatorinator787]

Sad they didn't mention the shovel shotgun gag in Scary Movie 3 because that's possibly the best visual gag ever

[@Vanilla0729]

Fun fact: Robert Hays, the actor who plays Ted Striker, appeared in the movie Sharknado 2 as an Airline Pilot. He *was* going to have the fish, but changed his mind and got the chicken.

[@viddork]

Yes, I remember. I had the lasagna.

[@hypergalaxyhoover]

I wish Leslie Neilson made more of these movies. I love them so much.

[@lazycat1738]

My favorite parody has to be Mafia! (1998). It has so many jokes in the background it makes you laugh even after you re-watch it several times.

[@JakTheLombax]

"some of the best comedy movies...and spy hard" lol

[@kadmii]

My favorite's also from Police Squad: "Who are you and how did you get in here?" "I'm a locksmith and I'm a locksmith."

[@kevinmilner2916]

I use to like Meet the Spartans when I was a teen even though it might be the worst parody movie

[@shadeglyph]

I loved "amazon women on the moon" and "the Kentucky fried movie". Those were great parody movie. Highly recommend! Oh and top secret!

[@thetopcats.9154]

One of my favorite little details that they didn't have to do but did because it was funny, is when they go to pick up Robert Stack's character Captain Rex Kramer. You see him walk up to a mirror and start putting on his uniform, and the camera pans so that only the mirror with his reflection is visible, Kramer himself is out of shot. There's a quick cut to a shot of a guy being mauled by a dog, then back to the same shot of Kramer in the mirror. Then he finishes putting on his uniform, and his reflection steps out of the mirror and walks away. Beautiful practical effect. I didn't even notice it when I first saw it, but it tripped me out when I finally did.

[@2thinkcritically]

Every scene from Airplane! is pure gold, but I always loved the car journey scene. It starts like any other obviously rear-orojected scene; but then they hit that cyclist, and then it gets faster and faster, and then they're being chased by Native Americans on horseback along a bumpy track. It's just comedy genius. Other highlights include Otto the autopilot, the mirror scene, the Mayo clinic where every shelf is full of jars of mayonnaise, the way that everyone who listens to Ted Striker's story ends up killing themselves, and of course every scene with Johnny 🤣

[@aaronbasham6554]

I think my favorite of the bad parody movies is Meet The Spartans, cause it's just the almost perfect parody of 300.

[@RussellBarth]

the prop plane sound is pulled right out of Zero Hour!

[@mindlessmeat4055]

That was a similar thing to Tommy Lee Jones being in Men in Black. He went to one of the directors or producers and said he wasn't a comedy actor. They told him they don't want him to be a comedian, they want him to be serious.

[@ryuhitsuya21]

Ive rewatched airplane about 50 or so times in the last few years. But i havent seen it in a few weeks so ima rewatch it tonight. Thanks

[@TheBOB235]

The quality is improving, karls shoulders don't disappear.

[@PixleStudios]

Zero Hour! In turn was based on a book called "Flight into Danger!"

[@benbovard9579]

It's strange, I always thought it a spoof on the Airport movies from the 70s

[@goose2574]

i just found this channel and ive watched a few videos already and i havent laughed this hard in a while

[@zenbten3789]

... and Leon's getting laaaaaaaaaarger!

[@emoAnarchist]

my favorite scene is also from police squad. nielsen walks into a room and the guy asks him "who are you? how did you get in here?" nielsen says "i'm a locksmith, and i'm a locksmith"

[@Earthshaker513]

Talking about Nielsen's "serious" career pre-Airplane!, you should check out his narration work on The Battle of Gettysburg and in Threshold: The Blue Angels Experience.

[@andrearossi6564]

My favourite scary movie 3 joke is when they reload the shovels

[@harrylindley7871]

Hot shots! And Hotshots! Part Deux are pretty good parody movies too. Loved watching them as a kid.

[@Awkward_N8]

No seriously, Airplane is why we had movies like Scary Movie, Superhero movie, Epic movie, etc. All because of this one major parody film.

[@benelliott9158]

yeah and it's annoying that those awful films spawned from such an incredible one

[@soufi7356]

@@benelliott9158 I agree Epic Movie and Superhero Movie kinda sucked. The Scary Movie franchise was great though ( the third one was the best)

[@Knightmessenger]

@@benelliott9158 I think Vampires Suck was pretty good. Like Airplane it mostly stuck to one plot.

[@boopagm8275]

A parody movie i couldn't help but have fun watching was 'meet the Spartans' it had a decent amount of care to make everything actually look like 300 and i appreciate the effort.

[@1nelsondj]

Yes people have heard of "Zero Hour!" in fact Warner Bros. re-released it in 2006 as part of their Cult Camp Classics Collection series, in the "Terrorized Travelers" volume. It was also sold separately. And of course people know it was a parody, there are older You Tube videos on it. There are older parodies of course, "Kentucky Fried Movie" (1977) produced by John Landis with film's screenplay written by Zucker, Abrahams & Zucker (sound familiar?)

[@ericjohnson8001]

OK I got the best one- Rex Kramer --" I'll need three men up in the tower - you, Nuebuer. You, macias... " Johnny- "Me,John. Big tree!" I remember I was 15, had smoked a joint and watched this with my best friend and this line KILLED me!!

[@joshualinder7158]

One of my favorite parody movies is " don't be a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood."

[@theungentleman]

Talking about kinda crappy parody movies my favorite is undoubtedly Kentucky Fried Movie. "Take him to Detroit." "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

[@kazy8029]

Every time I think parody movie, that kid getting launched through the window in Scary Movie 3 always pops into my head. Its so bizarre and funny.

[@FIAWOLpi]

One of the best parody movies I have ever seen was Johnny Dangerously.

[@ianstratford1914]

You farging iceholes

[@joehung1552]

I've heard the propeller but never thought about it being a jet.

[@mrtierney2]

The slow clap guy from natm Kyle cease is now a motivational speaker. I met him at my alma mater just after that movie came out. He's come a long way from that