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"Airplane!" At 30
The skyborne-disaster comedy Airplane! turns 30 years old next month, and Matt Zoller Seitz's look back on the flick and its influences way down the lines of comedy is quite a good read. (The revelation that the movie is partially responsible for the movie career of the not-funny-just-sorta-gross Farrelly brothers isn't going to dim my enthusiasm for it!)
"It looks like a big Tylenol."
A staple of my youth. As my parents forced me to watch it, so shall I force my own children to watch it.
The Mormons do that retroactively to their deceased ancestors.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
@Bitter: Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?
@scroll-lock: No. You ever seen Spartacus?
Oh crap, I mean, You like movies about gladiators?
Time to update the Netflix queue…
Oh, Scraps is a boy dog, isn't he? You like it when Scraps grabs hold of your leg and rubs up and down?
[I'm unabashed about including quotes from The Sequel in here because to me it's all one movie.]
What's odd is that the person behind this hilarious movie went on to make that weird, unfunny Michael Moore spoof movie, An American Carol.
"Jim never vomits at home."
When Kramer hears about this the shit's ognna hit the fan.
Dumb & Dumber and/or Kingpin > Airplane!
FALSE.
Even Airplane 2 is better.
"First the Earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat. So they all died and turned into oil. And then the Arabs came. And they bought Mercedes Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di's clothes. I couldn't believe it! He took her best dress, put it on, and went into town!"
Big Ern McCracken beats everything ever.
Without opining on how it compares to Airplane in terms of quality, I submit that There's Something About Mary is a legitimately good and funny movie for its genre, not just "sorta gross."
I recently saw a YouTuber comparing Zero Hour to Airplane. Hell, they didn't change half the dialogue.
I speak Jive.
Damn it.
You are too fast.
Ok, how about "Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"
Chump don't want no help, chump don't get no help. Jive-ass dude ain't got no sense anyhow.
Slick on down a lay ma bootyac, layum down the smackum yackum.
Keep him at ten thousand. No, feet.
I speak Jive.
My momma didn't raise no dummy!
How about this leaflet, "Famous Jewish Sports Legends"?
It's an entirely different kind of flying altogether…
"It's an entirely different kind of flying…"
I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I'm out there busting my buns every night. Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes.
So, the movie is funny?
By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?
Also, we're out of coffee.
I lose my shit for "OK, men, let's take some pictures" every time. EVERY DAMN TIME.
Over.
Roger.
Check the vector, Victor.
Dunn.
"We have clearance, Clarence."
Don't call me Shirley!
I've been nervous lots of times.
Why is this movie so damn funny?
We both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion.
I was 15 when this movie came out…that perfect storm of pure adolescent humor and pure adolescence is why I have such deep affection for the flik.
I also had a deep crush on Robert Hays for a few weeks…until Blue Lagoon came out — and well…hard to compete with Chris Atkins jerkin' it on a rock.
Don't call me Shirley.
I've never laughed harder in a theater than when I saw this. And while other movies have followed the same philosophy (throw out a joke every 30 seconds and something has to stick), few – if any – have worked as well.
I love you Airplane. More than gladiator movies.
Me too, I still remember my face literally hurting afterwards. The only film that comes close to it for belly laughs is Blazing Saddles.
Cue "I'm So Tired"…
Shit. Now you're making me wanna watch Aiplane again, even though I love The Naked Gun even more.
He's a menace to himself and everything else in the air. Yes, birds too.
I just wanted to say "Good luck. We're all counting on you."