Airplane! (1980) is a gong show of awesome!

[@adamplace1414]

I just want to tell everybody in the comments: good luck, we're all counting on you.

[@holddowna]

Hahahahah

[@manrayma]

good luck, we're all counting on you.

[@Impeach44]

Ya didn’t notice all the jars of mayonnaise at the Mayo Clinic 🤣🤣🤣

[@Impeach44]

Hey I know you you’re kareem abdul-jabbar you play for the Las Angelas lakers 🤣

[@owenbb505]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit reading KZbin comment threads.

[@mjrose44]

This morning, Siri said, "Don't call me Shirley." It seems I had accidentally left my phone in Airplane mode.

[@corralescoyote]

😂😂

[@TylerLL2112]

Nice.

[@jjryan1352]

Airplane! mode

[@amehak1922]

This needs more likes

[@UWalvern0810]

Cute…😂

[@CrabJuice83]

"You're Kareem Abdul Jabbar!" "I don't watch Baseball" That one got me real good. 😂

[@IamGenoBlack]

It actually sounded like an Airplane line

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

When i saw your comment, I assumed you were just being piquant. Turns out, you were and you weren't.

[@stupoo]

Mental

[@thunderballz74]

That was a joke in itself and she did not know.. but she did finally catch it.. I laughed more on that then joke in movie!! 😂😂😂She seemed to really enjoy the movie. I'm 50 and I seen it many moons ago and it is still hilarious. It was a time when folks still had freedoms... Sadly the "politically correct woke demigods" have stripped most rights away and we WILL LISTEN or CONSEQUENCES like prison for memes, jokes.. sad thing is though that many jokes from or about different races & situations are funny to the ones the jokes are for but a certain 1 percent are deciding how everyone else gets to think, love, laugh & live. I am actually terrified over what it will be like for my 2 son's and 3 daughters 5-10 years from now. God help us. Very funny movie, your comment was great and reactor did a great job .. KEEP COMEDY FREE!! 😂😂

[@seandavis948]

As a 25 year flight attendant, I can tell you that this movie is 100% accurate.

[@richardw64]

Good to know...lol

[@Sairin13]

Wow, 25 years, that's a long flight

[@brentaughe7539]

@@Sairin13that’s great!

[@stevedavis5704]

I have been told that due to a couple of incidents they had two different meals on the airplanes. This allowed them to feed the crew but have a rule that the pilot and co-pilot could not both eat the same meal in case of bad food in one meal or the other.

[@Tyu-f1s]

as a 35 years automatic pilot, i can tell this movie is 100 accurate

[@wrAIth-AI]

This movie has so many jokes, a young person can laugh at 100 of them, and miss the other 100, and still be perfectly tickled.

[@captainnerd6452]

That's exactly what happened to me when I saw it the first time back in '80, when I saw it in the theater, I was laughing so hard I kept missing gags, plus everyone else in the theater was laughing so much too it was hard to hear! I had to see it a couple of times (that was a thing we did back in the late70's-early 80's, see a movie several times) just to get the whole thing. It was relentless!

[@gsparkman]

I started typing out a list of all the joke/references that younger people didn’t catch. I tired of the task after about 30-40 items. Of course one of the most brilliant moves was to cast so many actors well known for straight dramatic roles in this outrageous comedy. Seeing them in these new roles made the lines they had twice as funny.

[@dkajj]

Saw it first in 88 or 89, and I had to rewind many times because I couldn't keep count of the jokes I missed while laughing!

[@billclay9489]

I saw this in 1980 at age 8 and laughed at 40% of the jokes. i watched it again and again as I aged and I still catch stuff I didnt see before. Small stuff like when Dr. Rumark sat down to help the lady with the eggs in her mouth. when he sat down. someone off screen handed him something. LOL And the guy in the train uniform saying "better get aboard sonny." LOL

[@lmckrosen123]

@@gsparkman Right? I think most of the younger people doing these reaction videos miss more of the jokes than they get! It would be a hard task to make a list and take forever to explain everything!

[@Lugnut64052]

The jive lady was Barbary Billingsley, the mother on the sitcom "Leave it to Beaver." Her portrayal of the kind, straight laced, white bread, demure middle class housewife was almost a parody in and of itself. To see her show up speaking jive was the funniest gag in the entire movie.

[@josiahslack8720]

She got coaching from the two actors she had to "interpret" for and apparently had a lot of fun with the whole thing.

[@thestingman2966]

So disappointed that part of that scene was edited out.

[@gregoryberg5806]

I think she said th “n” word when she was walking away in the original movie.

[@rorychivers8769]

@@gregoryberg5806 nahh, it was "Chump don't want deh help, chump don't get deh help. Jive ass dudes don't got no brains anyhow" You are just imagining things.

[@richardhinshaw2116]

Nope. Stryker in disco pose getting his jacket thrown at him.

[@richardbarth7734]

Love the fact that while it is a jet engine aircraft, you constantly hear propeller engine sounds.

[@gordonduke8812]

It's the longest running gag in the film.

[@davestang5454]

That might be mimicking the plane engine in "Zero Hour", set in the 1950s.

[@bitingontinfoil]

Holy crap...55, watched it countless times & never noticed this...thanks!!😂😂

[@matthewfike4491]

Big radial engines.

[@naelar13]

A lot of reaction videos I've seen totally miss this one. Of course, there was some stuff that I missed, too, even as big a fan as I am of this movie. I must have seen this movie about 20 times before I noticed the ice cream cone at the press conference. 🤣

[@robertrouse4503]

The guy who "picks the wrong day to quit" is Lloyd Bridges, father of Beau and Jeff Bridges.

[@jldog134]

I remember hearing that Lloyd thought this film would ruin his credibility, Jeff and Beau both talked him into doing it.

[@LordVolkov]

I love how many serious actors took a sharp turn into comedy with Airplane. Lloyd is my favorite part of Hot Shots and probably wouldn't have done it without Airplane.

[@chrisfofficial]

Love Lloyd. Been there, done that 😅

[@o0pinkdino0o]

He's great in Hot Shots

[@motorcycleboy9000]

"President Benson." "No, you're not. He's an older man, about my height. I've seen him on TV."

[@CorkKNIFE]

And for those that wonder why Gen X just doesn't care about your feelings, remember this is what a PG movie was when we were growing up.

[@shect1]

Well, if they already had PG-13 it would've received that rating just like The Naked Gun did (the first ZAZ movie released after PG-13 was added in 1984). I don't think that would've stopped kids from watching it on home video, which is how most of us watched it.

[@LibrarianMichael]

It's awesome how they took so many serious dramatic actors and turned them into comedy legends.

[@blatherama]

Airplane is one of those movies you think you're better than. You think it's cute but corny. Then a joke hits you and you can't help but belly laugh. Then you get hit again.

[@disposablehero4911]

If jokes were punches this movie would be like going ten rounds with Ali and Tyson both in their prime.

[@Vinterfrid]

Your comment is absolutely incomprehensible. Seems like you picked the wrong time to stop sniffing glue.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

Speak for yourself.

[@garylee3685]

Never has a second cup of coffee at home was a commercial at the time. It's an entirely different kind of flying ALL TOGETHER.

[@Sal-gh1se]

It’s an entirely different kind of flying.

[@OneThousandHomoDJs]

Yep, you can find it on youtube, "jim never has a second cup of coffee at home commercial," same actress and everything.

[@phredphlintstone6455]

I believe it was maxwell house. Could be wrong, didn't drink coffee at the time.

[@altaclipper]

​@phredphlintstone6455 I think it was Folger's but I'm not entirely sure. The audience who saw this in theaters would have known.

[@phredphlintstone6455]

@@altaclipper yeah, idr. I knew it at the time.

[@Karaokuma]

Roger Ebert had a great way of describing these movies. He said you laugh at every joke twice: once at the joke, and then once again at yourself for laughing at the joke.

[@arparso]

I love how in the beach scene, Striker tells Elaine the entire attack plan: When they will ship out, what the target is, from which direction they will be approaching, at which height, etc. But when she asks when he'll be back, he just answers: "I can't tell you that, it's classified" 🤣

[@michaelkemmet834]

Agreed. There's also a second joke buried in there. The place names are actually alcoholic drinks. The bar where Ted and Elaine meet is in Drambuie(a liqueur made with Scotch whisky) and the target of the doomed air raid is Daquiri. I suspect there was supposed to be an even more obvious third alcoholic place name(comedy rule of three) that ended up on a cutting room floor.

[@thomaswilliamson298]

Watching this movie in a theater back when it came out in the 1980s, the audience was howling with laughter. The jokes were rapid-fire.

[@grahamkey8496]

I went to see it twice. And I still keep seeing gags that I missed.

[@GaseousClay3]

Watching this in the theater when this first came out in 1980 - when the radio station said "This is WZAZ where disco lives forever!" and the plane knocks out the radio tower, the entire theater broke out into applause...

[@memphistim2001]

One of the craziest things about this movie is that it actually a remake of the 1957 melodrama Zero Hour. They bought the rights and use a lot of the dialogue word for word.

[@pedroV2003]

Absolutely correcgt. I posted a comparison of the two movies above.

[@6LVRDRGN]

The dedication to camera angles a shot-by-shot matching is great!

[@MatthewWhite-r3k]

Re-using the propeller engine sound throughout a movie about a jet aircraft is one of the low-key funniest gags in comedy movie history.

[@FloridaMugwump]

It's a parody of the Airport subgenre of disaster movies. At least 75 % of the jokes are directly from Airprt movies.

[@jameshenner5831]

There is a comparison video on youtube that shows many shot-for-shot matches with Zero Hour

[@Osprey850]

Best line of trivia from IMDb: "Robert Hays was in real life a licensed pilot, having completed his training in 1974. Although this was an entirely different kind of flying altogether."

[@dravenblackthorn4765]

Although this was an entirely different kind of flying.

[@kingkrimzon3889]

Although this was an entirely different kind of flying

[@thomasbrown9402]

Although this was an entirely different kind of flying

[@motorcycleboy9000]

Although this was an entirely different kind of flying

[@Briansgate]

Although this was an entirely different kind of flying

[@andrewsawyer1375]

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

[@MsSwordwolf]

"A hospital? What is it?" "It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now."

[@redjakOfficial]

Should be in the dictionary under "deadpan acting"

[@TSteffi]

"There's a problem in the cockpit! " "The cockpit? What is it? " "A small room in the front of the plane, where the pilot sits. But that's not important right now.... "

[@GentleIceZ]

In case you didn't see it, in the post credits we see that the guy is still waiting in the cab and says "Well, I'll give him another 20 minutes, then I'm leaving"

[@anime_cyko]

Should just tell her to watch post credits. Don’t spoil it

[@mcjsrn]

The mam in the cab was the real Howard Jarvis. He wrote Proposition 13. A California Property Tax Reduction Law in the late 70's.

[@zenzorkle5160]

​@@mcjsrn this^^^ it's funny, when I was a kid and we saw this on TV I was watching it w my mom..and she laughed and remarked "oh look at ole Jarvis still sitting in the cab"...when she said that I had just thought she was making fun of that guy calling him a funny name like "Jarvis"..it wasn't until about 5 years ago when I was talking to her about this movie and I told her "oh yeah I remember u making fun of that guy in the cab and u called him Jarvis".. it's then that she told me "no his name really was Jarvis and he passed that CA homeowner tax bill".. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@horsehollerer]

I just want to wish you good luck with your reaction. We're all counting on you. 😎

[@holddowna]

😂😂😂

[@charleshartley9597]

Surely you can't be serious?

[@zieten9983]

@@charleshartley9597 Dont call her Shirley!

[@toob1979]

This is an entirely different kind of reaction video altogether.

[@righthandwolf306]

​@@toob1979*"It's an entirely different kind of reaction video!"*

[@JasonMoir]

Easily one of the funniest movies ever made.

[@jjryan1352]

Police Squad tv show is really good too. Same guys

[@Turok279]

Yes and no about comedy pushing boundaries. When it was released none of this humor was considered scandalous. It was just funny. Maybe over the top or outrageous , but no one got upset or was “outraged “. Because it was all in good fun. It used to be so simple. Thanks for reacting.

[@tomchris60]

Exactly! It was an era of Richard Pryor, George Carlin, and Saturday Night Live (when it was funny). Everything and everybody was a target for humor. Can you imagine a writer today wanting to poke fun at black guys talking jive? They would be ordered to take "sensitivity training." It's sad that a 40 year old comedy is more outrageous than today.

[@galandirofrivendell4740]

This is why comedy just isn't funny anymore. The politically correct people have to approve everything. People are just too thin-skinned these days. I've been offended by jokes before, but I never saw the need to vilify the comedian for his sense of humor. I just moved on to the next joke. If a comedian was truly offensive to me, I just avoided him or her. Today, you're not allowed to offend anybody, and therefore, humor is no longer humorous. Thank God these films have been preserved for posterity so that we can all be reminded of what genuine comedy is.

[@tchoupitoulos]

We're definitely living in a more puritanical time now.

[@Chris_McC]

I've seen this movie a million times. I never noticed the "whacking material" sign on the magazine rack until Ames just pointed it out.

[@shect1]

I never noticed the mayo behind the guy in the mayo clinic office, probably because I don't like mayo and never had jars of it around. The jumping heart was also always a distraction from that background... There are always more jokes to be found in this movie...

[@chrishestand1032]

These videos make my work day much better. As the son of two airline employees, dad was a retired pilot and mom is a retired flight attendant, This movie was like the Bible in the house growing up. ❤

[@72tadrian65]

I laughed my ass off when you said you don’t watch baseball! You are a treasure! 😂❤

[@rustybarrel516]

🤣🤣🤣👍

[@seeflatbesharp]

Tommy's exchange with "Roger" is absolutely in line with late 70s sports columns on Kareem

[@rustybarrel516]

@@seeflatbesharp And by the time this hit theaters, the Lakers had won the NBA Finals, then went on to 7 more Finals appearances, won 4 more titles, and he didn’t hear as much of those criticisms anymore. 😎

[@danferguson2724]

She didn't 'get' Kareem's goggles while those of us who watched him know that he started playing with them for eye protection.

[@72tadrian65]

@@danferguson2724 To be fair. I am a 51-year-old man. Of course I know who Kareem is. I really don’t expect the young folks to know who he is.

[@HelloMisterJAMWAH]

One of my favourite jokes in this movie is a kinda subtle one that tends to go by unnoticed, when Kramer steps through the mirror.

[@LordVolkov]

It's really well executed visual gag that's almost too subtle.

[@THOMMGB]

Most people miss that. I know I did, but once you figure it out, you realize how cool that shot is.

[@kellynorton]

I didn't notice that gag until about the 30th time I saw this movie.

[@gregorybrown3272]

Another subtle joke that I missed, the first dozen times around, was the sound of the plane, it is a jet liner, but every time the cut to an exterior shot of the plane flying, you hear the sound of a propeller plane.

[@HelloMisterJAMWAH]

@@gregorybrown3272 Yes! It wasn't until somebody mentioned it on a podcast that I found out. I felt pretty stupid, but it's not like I'm hanging out in the sky checking for accuracy

[@Watcher3223]

_"It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether."_ _"It's an entirely different kind of flying."_ Because Ted said "altogether," the others repeated his quote ... altogether.

[@marauderdz]

They also said it in a monotone and were looking at him like that to indicate that they were confused about why he asked them to repeat that line.

[@MrBlaktoe]

Airplane! was primarily a send-up of the disaster movies that were in common back then. Movies like Airport, Towering Inferno, Earthquake. But it was also a parody of everything of the day that we now call pop culture. Similar to something like Scream.

[@thomasgriffiths6758]

The mechanic who is popping the hood of the plane is comedian Jimmie Walker AKA JJ Evans from the 70s sitcom Good Times.

[@holddowna]

Cool I should check that out!

[@williambryan3346]

@@holddowna If you’re going to react to a comedy like this one, where the jokes come at you pretty fast, I would strongly suggest that you pause the movie if you’re about to take a drink of something. Otherwise, you’re either going to end up feeling dehydrated by the end of the movie, or you’re going to be spraying liquid just about every time you take a drink.

[@williambryan3346]

@@holddowna @12:23 It’s a spoof of a coffee commercial that was shown a lot back then.

[@tothra]

That's Dy-no-MITE! 😂

[@bighuge1060]

@@williambryan3346 Yuban coffee. And they used the same actress from the commercial. There's quite a few comedic references that are missed by younger audiences. The two Hara Krishnas (sp) is one of those often missed as they used to be solicit at airports in the 1970s (the whole, "we gave at the office" line).

[@dan_hitchman007]

The lady with the inner dialog about second cups of coffee and is beaten up by the passengers was the same actress in a series of popular Yuban coffee commercials where you hear her thoughts... about Jim not having a second cup of coffee.

[@wernerschmid5727]

In Europe we had the same commercials. "Jacobs Kaffee" named. 😂

[@garyseward1641]

When she auditioned for the part the producers didn't realize till after the movie was made that she was the actual actress from the coffee commercials.

[@dan_hitchman007]

@@garyseward1641 If that was the case, I'm sure they decided to add the joke about the coffee after they realized it.

[@garyseward1641]

@@dan_hitchman007 No, the joke was already written in the script. It was just a case of not realizing that she was the one in the commercial. From what I read, it wasn't known by them till after the movie was released. as Bob Ross would say, just a happy accident.

[@jonathonmenth3901]

Oh yeah, I remember that!

[@jackmessick2869]

Peter Graves (Capt Clarence Oveur) , Robert Stack (Rex Cramer), Leslie Nielsen ( Dr. Rumack), and Lloyd Bridges (McCroskey) were known only for heavy, serious, dramatic roles prior to this film, which made the film even more surprising and funny in 1980. The Zucker brothers asked them to play their roles "straight." For some of these actors it changed the course of their careers. The woman who has the panic attack suggested to the directors that the people line up to beat on her. The pep talk Dr Rumack gives is a parody of a scene in "Knute Rockne, All American." There is a character (also an actual person) by the name of George Gipp, with the nickname "The Gipper." He was a player on the Notre Dame football team. Here, the character's name is George Zipp, with the nickname "The Zipper." And in the background while the Doctor is speaking, the soundtrack is playing the Notre Dame fight song. Julie Hagerty is great in the film "What About Bob?"

[@LordVolkov]

It's a real shame they couldn't convince George Kennedy to join. Him being in all the Airport movies would have been a perfect casting joke for Airplane. Glad he came around for Naked Gun because he's such a funny guy.

[@motorcycleboy9000]

Graves = original Mr. Phelps in Mission: Impossible Stack = original Elliott Ness in The Untouchables Bridges = the guy from Sea Hunt and a bunch of Westerns, including High Noon Nielsen = the captain in Forbidden Planet and a frequent actor in spy and crime shows Jive Translator = Beav's mom from Leave It to Beaver Cab passenger = Howard Jarvis from the Jarvis Foundation Johnny = just kinda showed up

[@dragon6172]

Can't forget that the older lady who speaks jive was the mom from Leave it to Beaver

[@facubeitches1144]

Robert Stack kept turning the part down because he didn't get the movie. Finally, it was Lloyd Bridges who explained to him that "they want us to play *us*" (i.e., play exactly as they would if it was a serious role). Then he saw how funny it would be and agreed.

[@seajaytea9340]

And the character George Gipp was play by Ronald Reagan in the movie Knute Rockne All American. A call back to when the first sick passenger mentions that she hasn't "felt this bad" since "seeing that Ronald Reagan movie" (and he was also running for US President at the time).

[@SalcowSam]

I saw this at the Colosseum theater in Oslo Norway when it came out. I was an exchange student from the US and it was the weirdest feeling to be the only person in a theater of 2,000 who was laughing at all the "inside" jokes from American 70s culture and TV commercials. Great flic.

[@5hanesBoard]

I'm impressed! Youngsters don't usually get many of the jokes and references, but you got at least half of them 👏

[@holddowna]

Lots I MISSED!!

[@jeffreyphipps1507]

@@holddowna Most people miss a bunch. It's good to rewatch it on your own. Also, there's a LONG IMDB trivia list.

[@shect1]

@@jeffreyphipps1507 A lot of people miss the whole concept of silly slapstick comedy of ZAZ. They take the story way too seriously when it was really just lifted from another movie.

[@o0pinkdino0o]

"It is a different type of flying... ALL TOGETHER." Then they all say it together.

[@grahamkey8496]

It's a different type of flying.

[@blaze1148]

...she is a bit slow isn't she.

[@LordVolkov]

"He gave himself a samurai death" Though he doesn't get a line, the disdainful way James Hong (the Japanese officer) looks over at Ted slays me. The man is a treasure.

[@0okamino]

It really pisses him off to no end, but he keeps his composure. Ted just doesn’t get it.

[@Jessica_Roth]

James Hong is still with us, having turned 95 in February. And yes, he slays every role, no matter how small.

[@Irish381]

He was the restaurant owner in the Seinfeld classic the Chinese restaurant. He also played the Dad of Wayne Campbell’s Girlfriend in Wayne’s World.

[@haroldmunoz819]

check him out on booger meets master. R of the nerds

[@kale27]

@@0okamino He wasn't put here to GET IT Mr @0okamino

[@ericmkendall1]

Leslie Nielsen had been a dramatic actor on television and in theatrical films going all the way back to the 1950s, often playing villains. But with the success of “Airplane!” in 1980, he was able to reinvent himself professionally and enjoy an entire second career as a comic actor through the 1980s, ‘90s, and 2000s.

[@jjryan1352]

I remember him from an episode of The Streets of San Francisco

[@BrennanYoung]

He played the lead in "Forbidden Planet" (1956)

[@jsigmo]

He was one of the main regular cast members of the series "Mission Impossible". Again, a serious role. Once he was recognized as being so good at comedy, he got the lead in the Police Squad series which spawned the Naked Gun movies.

[@kwebb121765]

@@jsigmo Actually, it was Peter Graves, the guy who played Captain Oveur, who was in Mission: Impossible.

[@PereMarquette1225]

He played the very serious captain in The Poseidon Adventure in 1972. Poor guy didn't even survive the capsizing.

[@adamscott7354]

The fact that you picked up on the Saturday Night reference despite not having seen it was most impressive, nicely done.

[@tanizaki]

28:37 “why does that one have a beard - is it a sports team?” Oh, so precious.

[@sgtcrab2569]

Air Israel.

[@Briansgate]

Kareem really was a very famous basketball star in the late 70s and early 80s. His cameo was freaking awesome.

[@kh884488]

More recently, Kareem acted as a RV salesman in the TV show "Fresh Off the Boat".

[@armybeef68]

I miss that sky hook.

[@tannhauser5399]

The same with James Hong (that Japanese officer sitting next to the main character, commiting seppuku because of his life story) - the famous guy behind David Lo Pan from "Big Trouble in Little China", or more recent "Everything Everywhere All at Once" (too many movies to list here!). Or even his part in the "Gangham" style parody, "Lo Pan Style" :)

[@BK_gamer_]

The Mayo Clinic is a real place, and the joke was that there were jars of mayo on the shelf. The same people who made Airplane made Top Secret, which is my favorite comedy of all time. That is definitely one to see.

[@krerickson1]

It's in Rochester Minnesota and is one of the top research hospitals in the US.

[@wrAIth-AI]

Top Secret, one of the greatest goofy comedies ever made. 😊

[@edwarddeitman1195]

heck yeah Top Secret

[@Fred-l5l]

Have you seen? Kentucky fried movie It was made before Airplane by the same people. It will kill you if you don't have strong stomach muscles because of all the laughing. You have been warned.

[@MichaelLabriola-f8s]

I was in the Army with a mayo from the clinic family. He was too dumb for medical school. I guess we all were!😅😅😂😂😂

[@floretion]

No matter how many times I see this movie the magazine rack with one named "Box Lunch" always makes me smile.

[@13lueBomber]

*@HoldDownA* 🫵🏼 I cannot believe you *LEFT* out: _”You can’t take a guess for another 2 hours?”_ @15:21 *Airplane!* _(1980)_ is such a great comedy/parody movie. There’s *TONS* of hilarious deadpan jokes in it, for that, it’s definitely one of my favorites. Leslie Nielsen is a true comedic genius, *rest in peace!* 🕊️

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

I love how when the panicked woman was calm for a moment, Leslie Nielsen slapped her again just for good measure.

[@kevinhenderson5928]

I read that the second slap was unscripted, and he actually made contact. Being a professional, she rolled with it.

[@largol33t12]

The first time I saw this movie, I was bawling my eyes out laughing when I saw the line of people and one lady had a revolver in her hand. I guess she planned to shoot her in the leg...

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

@@kevinhenderson5928 I'll bet it was.

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

What makes this movie work is that all of the characters are completely serious (except Johnny), and were played by actors known for drama instead of comedy. It gave Leslie Nielsen a big career boost. Up until Airplane!, he did serious roles, mostly in B movies. Airplane! turned him into a comedy star. The couple of voices bickering about white zones and red zones were played by the actual couple who did recorded announcements at LAX. They were married in real life. There was a TV commercial for Yuban coffee that showed a couple at a party. The host offered a guy a 2nd cup of coffee, to which his wife replies that he never has a 2nd cup. When the husband accepts the coffee, the wife thinks to herself, "Jim never has a 2nd cup of coffee at home." They got the same two actors in the movie who were in the commercial and gave them the same dialogue. Doctors always have stethoscopes in their ears, even when they're not working. A pap schmear? I'm not eating any bagels at your house! The jive translator lady was Barbara Billingsley. She played the mother on the old TV family sitcom Leave It to Beaver. The show was set in a very white suburb, and her character of June Cleaver was often shown doing things like vacuuming while wearing pearls. For people who grew up watching that show, it was very unexpected (and funny) to see her talking in an exaggerated black dialect. In The Godfather, Jack Woltz woke up with a horse's head in his bed, but in Airplane!, Mrs. Oveur had an entire horse. The show 60 Minutes used to have a Point/Counterpoint segment, that had two commentators with opposite viewpoints debating each other. The "let 'em crash" bit was a parody of that. There's a post-credits scene that shows the guy still waiting in the taxi. He says, "Well, I'll give him another twenty minutes, but that's it!" The actor was Howard Jarvis, a prominent California politician of that time.

[@douglasiles2024]

The horse in her bed was to represent that she was sleeping with a "stud" on the side, while her husband was gone.

[@steveweidig5373]

Just to add about the stethoscope Dr Rumack is wearing, early plane headphones really looked a lot like a stethoscope, so people at the time wouldn't have immediately realized that he's a doctor and would rather have assumed he was listening to the in-flight movie.

[@rons3634]

Fun video. She missed the Mayo clinic joke. Damn! She did miss a few, but I'm glad she appreciated the ones she got.

[@81OH4Z4RD]

i missed that through several watches. the heart always demanded my full attention.

[@toddhensley880]

I will never be able to hear Robert Stack’s voice without thinking about Unsolved Mysteries.

[@cruelangel8689]

Strike Force for me. Short lived (unfortunately) cop show from 1981.

[@bryanb3352]

"Maybe you can help solve a mystery." His voice as the FBI agent in the Beavis and Butthead movie was perfect too.

[@jcoptimus]

Ultra Magnus in the Transformers movie.

[@mikejankowski6321]

Calling out to Rico and Youngblood on The Untouchables. But then, I’m old.

[@flyingfiddler90q]

I'm an airline pilot, and we quote this movie to each other all the time. Classic jokes.

[@TheNeonRabbit]

My favorite running gag in this is the engine noise. Every time they show an external shot of the jet you hear the sound of an old World War II type propeller airplane.

[@craftyviking5654]

And all of his memories were old ww2 footage. Lol.

[@phil4986]

One of THE BEST comedies of all time. The drop dead perfect line delivery is Oscar worthy. Airplane is a legend played by legends.

[@keithwest2148]

The guy stuck in the cab is Howard Jarvis who was a famous California politician at the time. He had been one of the main proponents of Proposition 13, which modeled the use of citizen's initiatives to pass legislation and limited property taxes. It was a big deal and most people in 1980 would have recognized him.

[@rg3388]

He adds an extra level to the joke of overcharging someone by being a guy associated with thrift and economy as Jack Benny had been a generation earlier.

[@danielcameron9857]

I'm bummed that she missed the post-credit scene! Most reactors do, though, somehow.

[@rg3388]

@@danielcameron9857 I use it as a meme when sympathizing with impatient people.

[@benballesteros6346]

I thought I was the only one who remembered him

[@tomw324]

The joke is he is the fiscal responsibility guy stuck in a cab with a fare skyrocketing through to the end of the film.

[@johnnehrich9601]

This movie is almost a scene-by-scene parody of the 1957 movie, Zero Hour. There are several clips on KZbin which show the parallel scenes side by side. After watching this, some of the elements of Airplane! (like having a famous athlete for the co-pilot) make a lot more sense. ---- Early on, a soldier says good to his girl as the plane starts up. This is a direct spoof of a well-known (at the time) 1944 wartime movie. The guy gives his sweetheart one long embrace while the conductor walks up, pulls out his pocketwatch on a chain and says "Better hurry son and get on board." The soldier gets on the train but stands in the vestibule (the ends of the passenger cars), with the top of the dutch door open. He throws his watch to the girl who runs alongside as the train picks up speed. She winds up ALMOST running into the platform light posts. This is copied on Airplane! except she does run into the poles. (You will note the plane starts with chugging sounds.) You can watch this specific scene on KZbin: Since You Went Away, chasing the train ---- The beach scene is a take on the iconic scene in the 1953 From Here to Eternity, also spoofed in the beginning of Shrek2. ---- The woman who is astonished by her husband having a second cup of coffee is the actor from a well-known commercial for coffee. Her coffee is not good because she uses "brand X" although when they are at a restaurant, he does like a second cup. ---- I still don't get the women with the eggs in her mouth. It is NOT a take-off of the name bird flu, including the bird that flies away (flew) when he cracks the egg. The disease was first diagnosed in 1878, called "fowl plague." In 1981, it was officially named "avian influenza." The first human case was recorded in 1997. Not sure exactly when the nickname bird flu was first used or first popularized. ---- The woman who can speak "jive" was Barbara Billingsley, who had played June Cleaver on the most vanilla tv sitcom, Leave It To Beaver. She was the epitome of the suburban housewife of the 1950's, who did housework dressed up, with her string of pearls almost a trademark. Her big goal in life to make sure the house was always in order and she had dinner on time for her "boys" (husband and two sons). As the feminist movement began to take hold, her character was held up as the one they most wanted to avoid. The producers could NOT have picked a more iconic actress for her role here. (Come to find out, she had a sort of hollow in the front of her neck, which the strong tv lights emphasized by its shadow, so she wore the necklace to hide it. They improvised all the jive talk and years later she recalled how much fun she and the two guys had making this scene.) ---- American audiences were still in shock at the time over the most famous scene from the recently released Godfather. A Hollywood producer wakes up with the severed head of his prize race horse next to him in bed because he ignored "the offer he couldn't refuse." ---- The turkey being cooked was because the first commercially available microwave was introduced in 1975, the Amana "Radarange" because the heating effect of microwaves was first discovered when technicians worked around radar installations. (A guy found a chocolate bar in his pocket completely melted.)

[@JPDillon]

The eggs in the mouth is just an old sleight of hand magic trick. The fact that it is treated like a serious medical condition IS the joke.

[@LordVolkov]

They also spoof elements of the Airport disaster series. The sick girl and singing stewardess are from one of them.

[@LadyIarConnacht]

It's more than a remake. There are dozens of pop-culture references and industry jokes. Some of my favorites are the local LAX jokes - the notorious announcements and the mobs of cultists, etc.

[@RealMiami33141]

Sailors on ships at sea equipped with the first radar arrays would stand on the deck in front of them because it was warmer.

[@jeffrreykoehn7324]

Old stuff: there was a popular TV commercial at the time. A couple have dinner at a friends' house. When offered coffee, the husband has a second cup. The wife wonders, "Jim never has a second cup at home." Then the wife asks the friend what brand of coffee she used. The wife uses it, and the husband likes it better. The man in the cab is Howard Jarvis, famous legislator and author of California's infamous Prop. 13.

[@guns3142]

Same actress from the commercial kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3uXnHZ8Z5eCaNk

[@LibrarianMichael]

I think it was Maxwell House or Folgers.

[@312af]

The "never has a second cup" line was from a contemporary tv commercial for coffee. Enjoyed your reaction video, thank you!

[@charlesbarnes6912]

Fun fact: Sigourney Weaver auditioned the part of Elaine, but they didn't like the way she delivered the "set on your face and riggle" line😂😂😂

[@Vinterfrid]

"Sit on your face and wiggle"!

[@bigpictureguys8415]

Not a big fan of the actress they went with so I wish they had gone either the dream weaver

[@mallninja9805]

wriggle

[@tehawfulestface1337]

Perhaps Sigourney was going through PTSD and misread the line as ‘face hugger’!

[@jjryan1352]

I don't think she can do comedy even as the straight man so to speak

[@Raixor]

*OK, here are your references. (I hope this allows YT links to be posted):* 😁👍 -Source Material Movie (Zero Hour [1957]): kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4isZH2Qq9uVf5Y -70's "2nd Cup of Coffee" Commercial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3uXnHZ8Z5eCaNk -Mayo Clinic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onjUZKKYg9uLarc -From Here to Eternity (1953) - Love on the Beach Scene: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6vYkH-br6yEj7M -"Side-by-side" comparison: Zero Hour! (1957) Vs Airplane! (1980): kzbin.info/www/bejne/bl7ZY3V-g6eJedU

[@stevencass8849]

The reactions to “like my men” and “wriggle it” lines are what I watch Airplane reactions for. Those never disappoint.

[@scoochman82]

The propeller sounds when it shows the plane always gets me. 😂

[@karidrgn]

They are the soundtrack to the plane in the disaster film this movie is based on. Staring John Wayne as the pilot.

[@mcjsrn]

I saw this in the theatre the week it was realessed. I was 12 years old. I had never laughed so hard. The entire audience was in stitches throughout the movie.

[@stevenruvolo499]

you ended before the end, the guy was still waiting in the cab

[@holddowna]

I waited in the credits! Nothing! 🙈

[@stevenruvolo499]

@@holddowna at the end of the credits the guy says I'll wait 10 more minutes but that's it. Lol

[@THOMMGB]

@@holddowna Ames, There's all kinds of goofy things in the credits, if you look for them.

[@Vinterfrid]

@@holddowna You did not wait long enough.

[@ToniMcGinty]

@@holddowna Plus, there are loads of jokes written in the credits...

[@tenjed4224]

Merman played as one of the lead characters in what I believe is the funniest movie ever made: It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, a 3 hour masterpiece of comedy as 8 people go on a journey to locate stolen cash. It was re-done, to a lesser extent, in the movie Rat Race. I keep a copy of It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World out to play at least 2 - 3 times per year since it was released on VHS in the 80s. And i watch it whenever i can when it is on TV.

[@davidcooley3322]

Ames: "What's this now, a scene from a movie I haven't seen?" ( yes, yes it is .... the classic , From Here To Eternity❤)

[@bmobert]

It's fun to watch someone else watch this for the first time. Thank you.

[@23ograin53]

"I guess the foot's on the other hand now" I've been saying that for years but I never remembered where I had heard it.

[@craigmarshall8377]

This movie relaunched several careers, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, and notably Leslie Nielson, who always played serious dramatic roles in their early careers delighted audiences with this comedic turn. It spoofed a series of Airport disaster movies, familiar TV commercials, 70's cultural trends and events.

[@doyledeclue282]

I took my cousin to the theater to watch this movie. She laughed so hard that I was embarrassed. She actually peed her pants.

[@bradsullivan2495]

Ethel Merman was a singing star for many years whose trademark was a loud and powerful voice, which earned her the nickname "Old Yeller"

[@Chordonblue]

She plays a GREAT role in 'It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world!' Funny!

[@vegasbaby3669]

Ahhhh ok. Thanks for explaining that. I never understood that joke.

[@michaelodonnell824]

It was also Ethel Merman's last role...

[@seannolan9857]

My dad's old roommate used to do a comedy skit where he'd perform soft ballads in an Ethel Merman style.

[@fredneecher1746]

This is the silliest, funniest movie I have ever seen. I had to watch it twice because I missed half the gags from laughing at the others. This movie was actually a shot-by-shot parody of a classic disaster movie of the 1950s. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hopcat500]

“Jim never had a cup at home” is a reference to a popular coffee commercial. Kareem was a LALakers player. The religious people asking for donations at the airport are Hari Krishna that used to bug the crap out of people at airports and in those days were allowed to go clear to the gates. Airplane noises are propeller noise and they are in a jet. That is Ethel Merrman. The nun with guitar is from “the flying nun” tv show. Tons of cameo appearances of actors of all kinds. The woman who “talked jive” to the 2 black guys was Mrs. Cleaver from “Leave It to Beaver” tv show. One Hari Krishna guy was “Joe Isuzu” from funny car commercials for Isuzu on TV Too many subtle things to mention that makes it even funnier if you know what they are.

[@george6252]

Most younger generations missed these and didn't know that it was an all star cast. Didn't know that was miss Cleaver though. Thank you.

[@rollmops7948]

the guy checking the turkey cooking in the oven is Mike Ehrmantraut from "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul"

[@hurricane1951]

Amana made one of the first microwave ovens. It was call "Radar Range" which was the joke.

[@paulsander5433]

Actually, the actor's name is Jonathan Banks. He's a familiar face from a lot of roles.

[@Michigan_Tactical]

During WWII, Raytheon corporation was working on the magnetron tube that was the heart of radar, to find a way to make them faster. During testing, one of the engineers noticed that a chocolate bar in his pocket melted when near the device. Later Raytheon developed the first microwave oven using the magnetron tube and called it the "Radar Range"

[@Michigan_Tactical]

​@@paulsander5433 I believe he was in Gremlins for one.

[@josephorren8980]

Part of what makes this movie amazing is you can ask ten different people what they liked the most and probably get ten different answers. Everything with the kids is just too funny.

[@johnscott4196]

He said "altogether" get it

[@michaelodonnell824]

One of the best lines in this movie is too often ignored, "Give me Ham on 5, hold the Mayo"....

[@randomchord]

Love this movie. Love watching reactions to it. Not once has anyone ever noticed that they are in a jet plane but through the whole movie you hear the sound of prop engines.

[@KillingJoke96]

One of my friends, who is pretty tough to crack when it comes to "older" movies. Watched this the other week and he loved it. He described it as "meme humour before memes existed" and I thought that was a pretty perfect description 😂

[@tehawfulestface1337]

Someone can correct me on this. That the couple arguing in the P.A. System in the opening scene are a real couple who do this in real life. ( the job, not the arguing) LOL!

[@dannyadams4765]

Yes they were

[@johnnehrich9601]

Yes, and I understand that do this at LAX and their voices are familiar to frequent passengers there.

[@LadyIarConnacht]

They are (or were) and the announcements were almost as annoying in real life. I was stuck at LAX for hours in 1978, and couldn't get the zoning announcements out of my head for weeks.

[@0okamino]

Yes, and fortunately they did go to marriage counseling to settle the issues of which zone is for stopping, and which zone is for loading and unloading.

[@organrick]

@@LadyIarConnachtmy guess is the writers felt that no one listened to the announcements anyway, and made the dialogue to be risqué…

[@jamesadkins9904]

I grew up warching reruns of Leave it to Beaver. Watching Barbara Billingsley, who I can only see as a 50s housewife, speak jive is still one of the funniest things I've seen. It's right up there with watching Betty White, the sweet old lady from Golden Girls, in Lake Placid using words that would make a sailor blush.

[@Troutflies71]

This is one of those movies that you quote during random conversations and either people know or they don't

[@RobG001]

If you thought that was pushing boundaries, I'm suggesting watching Blazing Saddles next. :)

[@sailordave1000]

Airplane is one of those comedies you can watch over and over again and see jokes you missed the first time.

[@tehawfulestface1337]

Yes, Shirley. That was the legendary Ethel Merman as Lieutenant Horowitz! I grew up watching three actors here in dramatic roles. Lloyd Bridges in Sea Hunt 1958 (I was born two years later). Peter Graves as the leader in the 1967 tv series Mission Impossible, and Leslie Nielsen who often portrayed the bad guy in classic tv series. Seeing them as comedic genius later in their career was incredible. And then there’s Robert Stack (Rex Kramer). That all four veteran actors mostly never broke from their serious persona, but still were the funniest ever! They were ‘robotic’, Shirley, because Ted said, “all together.”

[@Vinterfrid]

No, in fact he said "altogether".

[@tehawfulestface1337]

@@Vinterfrid Yes. But they thought he said ‘all together.’

[@Vinterfrid]

@@tehawfulestface1337 Yes, and that was the joke.

[@michaeldmcgee4499]

My main memory of Robert Stack is from the TV series "The Untouchables" where he played agent Elliot Ness.

[@CosmicIceCream]

I watched this in the theater and everyone was absolutely howling the entire runtime. I still quote it to this day, especially "dont call me Shirley" and "looks like I picked the wrong week to quit" [insert vice here]. Such a classic 😆

[@curtismartin2866]

I thoroughly enjoyed watching you on this reaction. You're so beautiful when you laugh.

[@baronofgreymatter14]

If you notice its a jet aircraft but the noise is a propeller engine

[@bearballin]

Yeah, and when the plane starts to taxi, and the couple is saying goodbye, the plane is making a locomotive choo choo sound! 😂

[@jd190d]

Several of the actors in this movie had a long history of doing only serious roles, like the pilot and the doctor, so seeing them in this movie playing comedic parts was a dramatic change. The second cup of coffee reference is a Folger's coffee commercial. The references to commercials, entertainers, movies and events is very very extensive.

[@scotter23]

It’s amazing how many miss the fact that it’s a jet but throughout the entire movie there’s an airplane propeller sound effect going

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

i have seen this like 20 times & never noticed until i read it like a week ago

[@paulbrawley2595]

I only know of that from reading comments like yours.

[@bitingontinfoil]

50-something lady here & remember watching this in the theaters...one of the best comedies out there and love to see a younger generation enjoying it! If you like this, I'd recommend a reaction tohe movie "I'm Gonna Get You Sucka" by the Wayon Brothers. Another great old school comedy. 😊

[@ripro83]

As I write this at the very beginning, and I think I speak for everyone here, I can tell that this is going to one of your favorite reactions that trounce done. So silly but just amazingly written.

[@toddhensley880]

11:07 that was the most Airplane-like reaction you could have had 😂

[@UnclePengy]

25:02 Radarange was a brand of microwave ovens back in the 70s. So it was a pun. "Check the radar range" and he looked in the microwave.

[@TanDawg58]

The older woman that speaks Jive is Barbara Billingsley, better known as June Cleaver on Leave it to Beaver

[@Awelbeckk]

I saw this movie for the time in 87 when I was 13. It changed my life. It opened me to all sort of humor, puns, visual, background event. I watched it at least once per week during a long long time, ofter finding something new I missed. And here, until today, I NEVER noticed the guy in the passenger seat had scratches on his face because of the dog.

[@rodgerking1134]

At the time we saw this in the cinema, we laughed so loud and for so long. We loved it and it became an instant classic along with Blazing Saddles. Some of those jokes went on to become part of the normal everyday language around or office. Especially the 'Hospital Joke'.

[@MikeB12800]

I admire editing this reaction. How to choose which parts to cut considering pretty much every line is a joke.

[@holddowna]

So true!!!

[@joeywood9333]

She got most of the best ones tho.

[@davewhitehead5116]

She missed the “I’ve been nervous lots of times,” line. But overall, great job reacting.

[@JustGrowingUp84]

Including the coffee scene in the youtube video is a 10/10 for me!

[@holddowna]

😂😂😂

[@evildeadron]

Nice to see you smiling and laughing to a comedy, Ames. Airplane is an all time classic.

[@RockBandito]

just you wait for Airplane 2: The Space Movie, with THE SHATNER. Nothing can prepare you for ... SHHH. ... SHH!

[@jefftaylor7916]

So many jokes that go unseen in this movie. Like the jars of mayonnaise behind the Doctor at the mayo clinic. The propeller noise that the jet makes the entire movie. Lol

[@guitarman8462]

You also have : Airplane 2 - all the Naked Gun Movies - The Kentucky Fried Movie - Amazon Women On The Moon. All these are spoofs & or slapstick. Let's not forget all the Mel Brooks movies : Blazing Saddles - Young Frankenstien - History Of The World Part 1 - Robin Hood Men In Tights - High Anxiety

[@Jessica_Roth]

Also Hot Shots! (Charlie Sheen does a "Top Gun" parody, with Lloyd Bridges as the President of the United States), and the sequel, Hot Shots! Part Deux. And Top Secret! with a young Val Kilmer. ("I know a little German")

[@guitarman8462]

@@Jessica_Roth yup

[@BrennanYoung]

"Loose Shoes" should be on that list.

[@CoastalNomad]

Great Reation..... (My Standard Information Comment) Yes, this Movie requires MULTIPLE re-watches..... and then you might miss some, cause of the references to People/actions of the period..... Jaws Theme.... The "White/Red Zone" voices are the actual LAX voices.... who were a married Couple.... In Bar Flash-back..... He is wearing a NAVY uniform, He stated he was in the Air Force.... The "Saturday Night Fever" reference is cause at the time the Guy playing Ted was in a TV Sitcom with Donna Prescott who was in "Saturday Nght Fever" The Nun Reading Boy's Life, and Boy Reading Nun's Life...... The "Cups of Coffee" reference is actress that played in a TV Commerical at the time.... The Pilot asking the kid inappropriate questions is a role reversal.... Kids usually ask questions that don't pertain to the moment..... The Heart Transplant Girl, was an Actress on "The Love Boat" as the Captain's Niece, and on the show she hung out with a lady that dressed like her Mother...... Running Joke very few notice.... Jet Plane making Propeller noise.... The Sickness is showing why there are rules inplace that Pilot/Co-Pilot have to eat differnt meals..... "OTTO" (Auto-pilot) has own IMDB Page...... The Lady Translating the "Jive" talk, played a Straight-Laced Housewife on TV Show "Leave it to Beaver"....... Post Credit sceme - Guy is still in the Taxi....

[@holddowna]

Love this! Ya a lot I missed for sure but loved it while editing! Hahahah thanks for these!