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Whenever they show the airplane from the outside flying at night, it has the sound of a smaller propeller plane instead of the big jetliner. One of the longest running gags in the movie.
These type of films are spoofs dude. spoof : humorous imitation of something, typically a film or a particular genre of film, in which its characteristic features are exaggerated for comic effect. Some of the best ones like this are.. Naked Gun 1,2,3 Young Frankenstein Loaded Weapon Top Secret Hot Shots 1 and 2 Kung Pow Enter the Fist
Glad you enjoyed.👍. For another true gem, Please check out 'Top Secret!' It's the previous effort from the same trio that wrote and directed this. Imagine the absurdity of a WWII espionage film mashed up w an Elvis movie... THAT'S Top Secret!. Edited for typo
The big deal with this script is that nearly every actor in the film is well known for doing dramatic roles. Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen. So much comedy comes from these dramatic actors doing ridiculous things with a straight face.
The "Entirely different kind of flying, altogether" jokes was another literal joke. Since he said the words "all together" they said it all together. An entirely different kind of flying.
No the subtlest joke is the reason it is a Prop Aircraft. This movie is so close to being a remake of "Zero Hour!" that the producers bought the rights to that movie and put inspired by in the credits. That movie was a prop driven airplane.
The "Jive Talk Translator" scene with *Barbara Billingsley* - the mother from _Leave It To Beaver_ - might be the funniest 30 seconds in cinematic history. She tells a great story (easy to find on RUclips) about how the actors created the "jive talk" for the scene, taught her, & how much fun they had working together.
it truly is. June Cleaver talking jive was among the least likely things someone who grew up on "Leave it to Beaver" would expect to see in a movie. Comedic genius.
This was the movie that gave Leslie Nielsen the reputation of being a great comedic actor. Before this he was almost exclusively a serious actor, which is part of why his deadpan delivery is so damn good.
Actually, Airplane WAS mocking a genre of movies popular in the '70s: Disaster movies. Airport, specifically, but also Towering Inferno and Earthquake, etc.
Watch the side by side with the movie "Zero Hour" a great deal of the serious scenes are lifted directly from that film. But yeah in the 70's there were SO many disaster flicks! The Zucker/Abrams team did a fake trailer in "Kentucky Fried Movie"... "THAT'S ARMAGEDDON!!"
@@richardrobbin2225 In fact, the entire plot and many of the lines were lifted from Zero Hour! So much so, that they bought the rights. Of course, then the lines were turned into parodies of themselves.
@@hiddenInsight486 Took me a decade or more to catch, of course I saw this at age 10 on HBO. Probably too young to get most of the jokes & definitely a little young to be watching it anyway.
The genius of this movie is everyone plays it totally straight , like they are in a normal movie. I have seen this movie probably 20 times and just recently realized that the engine noise for the plane is from a prop plane not a jet lol. Also, that WAS The Harlem Globe Trotters.
That's the only reason why I never liked the character of Johnny. He was the only person who acted like they were in a comedy film and that irritated me. The rest is comedy genius.
You're right, he didn't, but there was always a demented glee in his eye when he played in some of more ridiculous films from his 1970 era career. Watch him in "Day of the Animals" from 1977 and you'll see what I mean. You can almost tell that he's one second away from bursting out laughing while saying the batshit bonkers dialogue he was given.
The brilliant thing about this movie is that most of the leads were not known for comedy such as Nielson, Robert Stack, Peter Graves, etc. I think that is part of what makes it funny. They are playing it straight in an absurdist universe.
Though they actually borrowed the setup and style from some much older movies. A lot of the same humor is in some Marx Brothers, and Bing Crosby/Bob Hope road movies. But it had been over 30 years since anyone had done something like that, so audiences were introduced to it all over. It also reminded writers that a joke didn't need the usual setup and punch line. It could just happen, then move along like it was a perfectly normal statement.
The best joke in this movie is the droning sound of propellers on every scene outside the plane with jet engines. It’s a subtle reminder of the level of detail from the director.
A lot of people don't seem to notice the propeller joke or that at the end the 4 engine plane changes into a completely different 3 engine plane as Otto the Autopilot flies away. xD
And that if this movie was set in 1980 or the late 70s Ted Sryker would have been in Vietnam but all of his flying flashbacks are from WWII when he would have been an infant at best
@@ScottKornfeld Yeah, it's amazing how few reactors seem to notice that, or even remark on the flashback to all the old-timey failed attempts at flying. xD
This was actually a compromise between the execs and writer/directors, the suits wanted this to take place on a jet plane, the crew didn't, so the compromise.
The fact that they took one premise for a joke, the literal meaning of the statement, and kept doing it over and over while keeping it funny is a tribute to the writers.
It was intended initially to be a shot-for-shot remake of a 50's disaster movie called 'Zero Hour', but with jokes. There's a side by side comparison video on YT somewhere that's definitely worth a watch. If this is you type of comedy, then you need to check out the three Naked Gun movies and Police Squad series by the same creative team.
Yep, this was basically satirizing all the disaster movies that were popular in the 1970s, especially the "Airport" Movies that were about some kind of disaster onboard a commercial flight.
It wasn't just Zero Hour. For instance, the two kids having coffee scene is lifted almost verbatim from the movie "Crash Landing" (1958). Here's the original clip: ruclips.net/video/yH6KW6eMWJI/видео.html
It’s terrific how well this movie has stood the test of time, non-stop funny. As amazing as it sounds, you’re missing dozens of jokes if you are under the age of 45.
You have to be older to remember when Hare Krishna's and other religious groups would be at airports handing out handbills for their religion, or you could smoke on airplanes and when they didn't have almost any security. It also helps to remember that Robert Stack, Leslie Nielsen and others in the movie ONLY did serious roles before this.
The “where did you get that dress and those shoes…” line for some reason never ceases to just crack me up to the point where I have to rewind that part over and over again. You have to watch What’s Up Doc. Brilliant comedy that happens to have one of the best car chase scenes ever.
Enthusiastic seconding for What's Up Doc?, for the aforementioned chase scene, great comedy turns by Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, and the late, sorely missed Madeline Kahn in her breakout role (which also happened to be her debut). 😁 🙃
That guy being as stereotypical over-the-top gay as gay can get (also in the literal sense, a very happy person) was refreshing and funny. :D I also liked when he pulled the master plug in the tower, said something about „just kidding“ and put it back in. SO good. xD
11:36 - You're cracking on acting legend Peter Graves, best known for his lead performance in the original TV run of "Mission Impossible." He was initially unnerved by the lines he was given to read in this movie, but his concerns were quelled when someone pointed out the absurdity of said lines. 11:58 - "The goofiest goofball," as you call him, was once one of the more highly regarded dramatic actors of the Golden Age of television. "Airplane!" was the turning point of his career to absurdist comedy. 15:26 - Don't make us explain the joke, James. Please. Stephan Stucker, "Johnny," ad-libbed all of his lines. He could have provided us with comedy gold. Alas, he died early, age 38, from complications of AIDS in 1986. If you liked this, you should also watch "Top Secret," Val Kilmer's first major film as the lead.
The "Jim never has a second cup of coffee/vomits at home" was a reference to a series of commercials airing when this was made. The woman appearing in the film for that bit was also in the commercials. Most of the humor is timeless but that's just one bit that's kinda been dated.
I hadn't heard of those commercials when I originally watched it, so I thought it was implying that the wife suspected her husband for cheating on her with every little thing he does. I still laughed.
As a person who was born in the very early 2000s these two movies are some of the funniest movies ive seen in my life. The comedy was meant for everyone but did not dumb down for the audience and i love it
Pretty sure this movie was what inspired Seth Mcfarlen's random cutaway sense of humor. Also, every time Bill Murray was on a plane, he used to ask to be let into the cockpit, and he would tell the pilots: "I just wanna tell you good luck, we are all counting on you".
This literally came out two decades before family guy. This is often considered the godfateher of this style of comedy, I'd argue that Monty Python pioneered this style but this is probably the most note worthy of Absurdist comedy coming to the West.
The scene where Lloyd Bridges says, "He's coming right at us" and jumps out the window is still my favorite after seeing this probably 100 times in 35 years! It STILL cracks me up.
13:13 -- The day they filmed that scene, he actually had a game that night, so he and the directors thought it would be funny if Roger would be in goggles and shorts. 15:53 -- Lloyd Bridges, father of Jeff Bridges, aka "The Dude".
@@johnsensebe3153 Yeah, they originally wanted baseball player Pete Rose for the part but he didn't do it for so mm.n e reason I forget. In the end, maybe for the best as I think more people today recognize Kareem.
"Could you imagine if life was like this?" You've never heard me having a conversation with my kids. Part of the genius of this film was in the casting. You talk about how funny these actors are, but they for the most part were all serious actors. Their ability to play it straight came from the fact that that's what they did for a living. It also made the film that much more hilarious to see these actors sending themselves up.
Every single line from Stephen Stucker in this movie absolutely slays me. “And Leon’s getting laaarrrrgerrr!” 😂dead😂 Pretty sure this was the first movie the great Jonathan Banks was ever in too. Fun fact: Family Guy used the audio of Leslie Neilson saying “I just want to tell you all good luck. We’re all counting on you” in their Star Wars parody episode when Chris was about to blow up the Death Star.
"it's an entirely different kind of flying... altogether" they played altogether as a command for them all to say it at the same time. I know jokes aren't funny when explained but I felt a need to
They have this rule: If you don't have a joke in the foreground, you got have on in the background and vice versa, These movies do very well on rewatchability
This was Leslie Nelson's "big Break" into comedy. He'd been a well known, highly respected actor going back 30 years but always in serious dramatic roles. What he really wanted to do was comedy, and this was his first real chance. After this he became known for comedy,
Ted: It's and entirely different kind of flying, all together! All together: It's an entirely different kind of flying. I think one thing to note from a film making perspective was that the original cut was longer and had more jokes in it, but made the movie less funny, so they trimmed it down. No matter how good you think every scene in your movie might be, you have to be aware of the pacing and how it fits into the whole. Maybe not the funniest thing, but I find it funny how everyone seems to accept the propeller sounds the jet engine plane is making.
It's the first "Scary Movie" style film and launched the genre. There was a series of serious airplane movies where the flight crew died and someone else had to land the plane. This is a spoof of those. But it references several other films.
see, you call Leslie Nielsen the 'goofiest goofball of all time' but until Airplane, Nielsen was a serious film actor, being in the Poseidon Adventure and multiple spy, action, crime and sci-fi movies, Airplane is what started his major career in comedy also he said 'it's an entirely different kind of flying, all together' and then they repeated it all together, it's definitely the kind of film you can watch 10 times over and still find something you missed in the last 9
Robert Stack, Peter Graves and Lloyd Bridges were all also dramatic actors for decades before this movie. Part of the joke was seeing these guys you'd expect to be in a serious film in a screwball comedy, delivering goofy lines with their full dramatic skill.
@@Imfarias1 When they signed on to the movie they thought it was a drama. One complained the script made no sense. Nielsen had to explain it was a comedy and the joke was to play it straight.
"The goofiest goof ball of all time" aaaaarrrrrggghhhhh The best part of the joke is that all of the main actors were NOT known for their comedy, they were all known as serious actors.
this is one to rewatch, I GUARANTEE you missed some jokes because everyone does, for example you were laughing so hard at the Tylenol joke that you missed one of my favourite, when at the end of the interview the reporter says "OK boys, let's get some pictures" and they just start taking pictures that are hanging on the walls
"These were like the original SCARY MOVIEs" You know... after the Wayans left, SCARY MOVIE 3 and 4 were directed by David Zucker, this film's director. He also brought in Leslie Nielsen to play the President in those films.
15:25 this bit is just about them taking what he says very literally. "It's a different kind of flying, all together!" Can be interpreted as him asking them to say it back, so they repeat what he just said.
I love how many time your brain needed to "buffer" after a punchline before it sank in. xD This movie throw punchlines non-stop so we forget to always be expecting one.
This is a scene for scene remake of Zero Hour (1957), but with added jokes. In fact the producers actually bought the rights to Zero Hour so they could use some of the original dialogue. Because Zero Hour had a propeller driven aircraft, all of the aircraft sound effects in Airplane were of a prop aircraft, even though it is plainly a jet. A very meta joke. If you have watched it once, you have seen about half the jokes. This was also Leslie Nielsen's first attempt at comedy. Before this he had been a serious actor.
The sex scene had me hanging onto a trash can, Not because it found it nauseating, because I was laughing so hard I thought I was gonna barf. The first time I saw Mr. Hanky dancing around Kyle's bathroom on the show, it was pretty much the same thing, but that was at 1:00 AM so I woke up the whole house.
This actually IS a blatant riff/satire of disaster movies and a specific movie called ZERO HOUR about a war vet pilot with PTSD who has to fly a commercial plane when everyone gets sick. Many of the scenes and shots are replicated very closely. But years later, everyone remembers AIRPLANE and not ZERO HOUR because it was the better movie. :-)
One of the funniest, silliest movies ever made. Period. Yeah, the two guys talking jive was funny. It became hilarious later when Barbara Billingsly (America's mom from 1950's - 60's Leave It To Beaver) started talking jive too.😂😂🤣🤣 For another screwy comedy try Peter Bogdonovich's 1972 screwball comedy What's Up Doc with Barbara Streisand, Ryan O'Neal and Madeline Kahn.
I always wanted to be able to go back in time on opening day in a full theatre and hear peoples laughs for the first time. It must of been an awesome experience.
Some fun bits of info for you: As noted, this is based on "Zero Hour", a very serious movie. A couple of years ago, I watched "Zero Hour" on TCM, and couldn't keep a straight face. I felt a little sorry about that, but the movie's gained a weird sort of immortality thanks to "Airplane". I love the subtitled jive too. The strange old man captain is Peter Graves, one-time lead actor on the tv series version of "Mission: Impossible". He was a strictly dramatic actor, like several others here, Leslie Nielson included. They were all a little afraid of the comedy, but were all told to play it straight, which they did, and which just enriched everything.
here are more highly recommended parody comedies you should check out, Airplane 2, Fatal Instinct, Men in tights, Top Secret, Loaded Weapon, The Naked Gun, Hot Shots
Jonny is my all time favourite character in this film! 'What can you make of this?' 'Well... I can make a hat or a broach or pterodactyl!' Great reaction, cheered my Monday up no end!
One of the very subtle ongoing jokes is every time they show an eternal shot of the plane flying, the noise you hear can only come from aircraft with propellers.
What’s especially great about Leslie Nielsen in comedies like this is he was a serious actor for many years before being in silly comedies like this and the Naked Gun movies lmao. Which makes his deadpan humor all the better
I found this movie even funnier when I found out that this is basically a shot for shot remake of a movie called Zero Hour! a lot of the lines are still the same from the original script but said with a deadpan tone and it becomes funny. The director ended up buying Zero Hour! before Airplane! came out to not get any lawsuits but in the end the studio who previously owned didnt care and sold the rights to the movie for an extremely low amount of money
IF James does want to do an actual film Analysis, he should watch one of the side-by-side videos that show Zero Hour with Airplane. Although the writing is justifiably what Airplane is known for, the shot recreations and shot modifications are actually really impressive.
Some things you might have missed: 1. Ted said he was in the Air Force but he was wearing a Navy uniform at the nightclub where he met Elaine. 2. The airplane is a jet but we hear a prop engine. 3. Yes we used to be able to smoke in the back half of the aircraft. 4. The hubcap that spins out of control at the end is from the ambulance taking Lisa the heart patient to the hospital 5. Two more funny movies to watch are: "Young Frankenstein" and "Blazing Saddles" both are Mel Brookes movies with Gene Wilder. 6. Airplane II is good too.🤣
Just a heads up that the trio that wrote and directed Airplane! Had nothing to do with the sequel. They haven't even seen it according to the DVD commentary. It is funny but you should know going in that its not by the same folks.
The best thing is that Robert Stack, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves and Lloyd Bridges have never starred in a comedy before. They were all known for playing serious characters in (more or less) serious movies. Thus they were able to deliver any dialogue as straight-faced and deadpan as humanly possible.
So. "All Together". I take it you've never been in a chorus. Ok. So there are songs that they will split up and have different sections of the chorus sing different parts at different times. When they want everyone to go back and sing the same thing at the same time the director will say "all together". Same for sing-a-longs, stuff like that. So when he said "it's an entirely different kind of flying *all together*" they thought he wanted them to both repeat what he said, so they said "it's entirely different kind of flying" together. 😁 I've seen this movie a gazillion times. TOP SECRET!, starring my all-time favorite actor Val Kilmer, is in my all-time top ten movies. I know everyone already recommended it but still. It wasn't as popular at the time but it has grown in popularity over the years.
I understood the context of someone saying the phrase "all together", and have sung in groups, and I still didn't get the "all together" joke in the actual movie
Man, i think your mind just overloaded and just couldnt handle the "all together" joke. Loved the fact that it just flew over your head. Really rewatchable movie. You find new jokes every time.
15:35 - When Striker said "It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether", Randy and Dr. Rumack thought "altogether" was for them to repeat Striker's words in unison.
Speaking of Lethal Weapon, you might want to try out the spoof, Loaded Weapon, staring Samuel L Jackson, Emilio Estevez, Willam Shatner, Tim Curry and Kathy Ireland.
If you haven't, watch 1956 Forbidden Planet - a classic sci-fi film starring a young Leslie Nielsen (yes, he used to be young, I know that sounds crazy) in a serious role. The main schtick of Airplane was hiring serious actors to play it straight, and let the jokes take care of the rest. And the jokes are mostly from taking things literally. Leslie Nielsen's series "Police Squad" (the precursor to Naked Gun series) had jokes of the same sort. Things like "Sorry to bother you at a time like this, Mrs. Twice. We would have come earlier, but your husband wasn't dead then." Or "who are you, and how did you get in here?!" "I'm a locksmith. And I'm a locksmith."
OK, that was EASILY the best reaction to this movie on RUclips. I LOVE that you LOVED the humor in this movie. I've seen it a hundred times, but watching your reaction...I was laughing all over again, right along with you.
One cameo most everyone misses is the guy in the cab. That is one Howard Jarvis, a business man, lobbyist, and politician. Most famously known for forming the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, and for being the driving force behind the passage of Proposition 13 in California in the late 80's.
I would love to hear your toughts on "Across The Universe" (2007). A musical with all Beatles songs, sung by the actors (Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson). Great visuals. One of my favorite movies of all time. That and "Amelie".
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Whenever they show the airplane from the outside flying at night, it has the sound of a smaller propeller plane instead of the big jetliner. One of the longest running gags in the movie.
These type of films are spoofs dude.
spoof : humorous imitation of something, typically a film or a particular genre of film, in which its characteristic features are exaggerated for comic effect.
Some of the best ones like this are..
Naked Gun 1,2,3
Young Frankenstein
Loaded Weapon
Top Secret
Hot Shots 1 and 2
Kung Pow Enter the Fist
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For another true gem,
Please check out 'Top Secret!'
It's the previous effort from the same trio that wrote and directed this.
Imagine the absurdity of a WWII espionage film mashed up w an Elvis movie...
THAT'S Top Secret!.
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Other movies like that:
Top Secret, Hot Shots I & II, Naked Gun I & 2 1/2
The big deal with this script is that nearly every actor in the film is well known for doing dramatic roles. Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen. So much comedy comes from these dramatic actors doing ridiculous things with a straight face.
The "Entirely different kind of flying, altogether" jokes was another literal joke. Since he said the words "all together" they said it all together. An entirely different kind of flying.
"all together" as the musical artists say on concerts...
An entirely different kind of flying.
i was 10 when i first saw this movie so I forgave myself for not getting that joke... initially. But it took me YEARS to finally figure it out.
An entirely different kind of flying.
@@cheekyboomboom8973 an entirely different kind of flying
The subtlest joke: it’s a jet aircraft, yet the sound effect is a propeller aircraft. :-)
I was about to comment about that. Its so brilliant because you don't notice it right away.
I didn’t notice until maybe even the 10th time I watched the movie. And now that I’ve seen maybe another 10 times it still makes me laugh 😂
I thought the subtlest one was Howard Jarvis sitting in a cab with the meter running for hours. If you don't know who he is...
No the subtlest joke is the reason it is a Prop Aircraft. This movie is so close to being a remake of "Zero Hour!" that the producers bought the rights to that movie and put inspired by in the credits. That movie was a prop driven airplane.
yup..my dad was a pilot and we saw it together in 1980..busting up at that joke.
The "Jive Talk Translator" scene with *Barbara Billingsley* - the mother from _Leave It To Beaver_ - might be the funniest 30 seconds in cinematic history. She tells a great story (easy to find on RUclips) about how the actors created the "jive talk" for the scene, taught her, & how much fun they had working together.
it truly is. June Cleaver talking jive was among the least likely things someone who grew up on "Leave it to Beaver" would expect to see in a movie. Comedic genius.
Yeah, the actors saw the script and said it was not right, so they re-wrote it.
Oh i didn’t even realize that was the Leave it to Beaver mom. I’m only 25 to be fair.
LOVE the way she paused to think befofe she stafted speaking, just like people do when they're speaking a foreign language. Nice touch.
It’s hilarious hearing an icon from one of the whitest shows in history talk jive.
This was the movie that gave Leslie Nielsen the reputation of being a great comedic actor. Before this he was almost exclusively a serious actor, which is part of why his deadpan delivery is so damn good.
Him and Lloyd Bridges steal the show.
Lloyd Bridges, and Peter Graves were also strictly dramatic actors as well. That's why they were able to have such deadpan deliveries.
and Robert stack the original untouchable
@@brettmarlar4154 Choosing dramatic actors was comedic genius. Especially when they were instructed to act serious.
@@zeallust8542 Agreed. Especially when playing off of all of the other zany characters like Johnny, and Barbara Billingsley "speaking Jive".
Actually, Airplane WAS mocking a genre of movies popular in the '70s: Disaster movies. Airport, specifically, but also Towering Inferno and Earthquake, etc.
Watch the side by side with the movie "Zero Hour" a great deal of the serious scenes are lifted directly from that film. But yeah in the 70's there were SO many disaster flicks! The Zucker/Abrams team did a fake trailer in "Kentucky Fried Movie"...
"THAT'S ARMAGEDDON!!"
@@richardrobbin2225 In fact, the entire plot and many of the lines were lifted from Zero Hour! So much so, that they bought the rights. Of course, then the lines were turned into parodies of themselves.
@@richardrobbin2225 Yeah if anything, its more a send up of the acting styles of movies from the time of Zero Hour than of the '70s
Nobody catches the fact that a jet airplane is making a propeller sound :(
@@hiddenInsight486
Took me a decade or more to catch, of course I saw this at age 10 on HBO. Probably too young to get most of the jokes & definitely a little young to be watching it anyway.
Fun fact, this movie holds the record for most laughs per minute of an average theater audience
The genius of this movie is everyone plays it totally straight , like they are in a normal movie.
I have seen this movie probably 20 times and just recently realized that the engine noise for the plane is from a prop plane not a jet lol.
Also, that WAS The Harlem Globe Trotters.
It is essentially remake of Zero Hour (1957). They even bought the rights to that movie even if Airplane could have passed off as a parody.
if i remember the lore of the film, the directors were adamant about serious actors only for the whole thing
That's the only reason why I never liked the character of Johnny. He was the only person who acted like they were in a comedy film and that irritated me. The rest is comedy genius.
Playing it strait is exaclty why Leslie Nielson was cast. He was a serious leading man. This launched his comedy film career.
@@DavetheAvatar Johnny was the 4th wall breaker, the straight man, in a sense, lol.
"Lets get some pictures!" *Procedes to start looting all the pictures of the walls* One of my favorite gags of all time
One of the amazing things about Leslie Nielsen is that he never did comedy before this, and it's pretty much all he did after.
You're right, he didn't, but there was always a demented glee in his eye when he played in some of more ridiculous films from his 1970 era career. Watch him in "Day of the Animals" from 1977 and you'll see what I mean. You can almost tell that he's one second away from bursting out laughing while saying the batshit bonkers dialogue he was given.
To be clear, he was in comedies (The Reluctant Astronaut springs to mind) but never in a comedic capacity.
My mom always said his hair turned white & he went crazy.
Add to that Peter Graves, Robert Stack, and Lloyd Bridges. Sometimes the joke is simply who is playing the part.
Yeah I think he should review creepshow after this to just see the contrast because in that film he plays a villain and is terrifying
The brilliant thing about this movie is that most of the leads were not known for comedy such as Nielson, Robert Stack, Peter Graves, etc. I think that is part of what makes it funny. They are playing it straight in an absurdist universe.
Lloyd Bridges too, that man was brilliant in this and the Hot Shots films
Easily one of the most influential comedy movies ever.
Though they actually borrowed the setup and style from some much older movies. A lot of the same humor is in some Marx Brothers, and Bing Crosby/Bob Hope road movies. But it had been over 30 years since anyone had done something like that, so audiences were introduced to it all over.
It also reminded writers that a joke didn't need the usual setup and punch line. It could just happen, then move along like it was a perfectly normal statement.
@@christopherconard2831 And like Top Secret!, if a joke doesn't land, just keep moving to the next one.
Yes, the Scary Movie and other parodies were attempts by others to translate this humor to other genres.
The best joke in this movie is the droning sound of propellers on every scene outside the plane with jet engines. It’s a subtle reminder of the level of detail from the director.
A lot of people don't seem to notice the propeller joke or that at the end the 4 engine plane changes into a completely different 3 engine plane as Otto the Autopilot flies away. xD
And the sound of a German Stuka bomber when the plane was diving.
And that if this movie was set in 1980 or the late 70s Ted Sryker would have been in Vietnam but all of his flying flashbacks are from WWII when he would have been an infant at best
@@ScottKornfeld Yeah, it's amazing how few reactors seem to notice that, or even remark on the flashback to all the old-timey failed attempts at flying. xD
This was actually a compromise between the execs and writer/directors, the suits wanted this to take place on a jet plane, the crew didn't, so the compromise.
"I'm so mad!" Welcome to Airplane, in my opinion one of the greatest comedies of all time.
Good opinion!!! lol
The fact that they took one premise for a joke, the literal meaning of the statement, and kept doing it over and over while keeping it funny is a tribute to the writers.
It was intended initially to be a shot-for-shot remake of a 50's disaster movie called 'Zero Hour', but with jokes. There's a side by side comparison video on YT somewhere that's definitely worth a watch. If this is you type of comedy, then you need to check out the three Naked Gun movies and Police Squad series by the same creative team.
Top Secret is my favorite
It was, but was prompted by the popular trend for Airplane disaster movies at the time, especially Airport, Airport '75, Airport '77 and Airport '79
Yep, this was basically satirizing all the disaster movies that were popular in the 1970s, especially the "Airport" Movies that were about some kind of disaster onboard a commercial flight.
There is a video showing scenes from both movies side-by-side. ruclips.net/video/8-v2BHNBVCs/видео.html
It wasn't just Zero Hour. For instance, the two kids having coffee scene is lifted almost verbatim from the movie "Crash Landing" (1958). Here's the original clip: ruclips.net/video/yH6KW6eMWJI/видео.html
"Walking Dad jokes" is a great way of dedcribing that I NEVER thought of before lol... Awesome! 🤣
This is where your dad heard them.
“Cream? No thanks, I take it black…like my men.”
I die. Every time.
There's getting shot out of the saddle and there's an absolute headshot.
What made it even funnier was that both kids nailed the acting.
I have watched that joke so many times that I remember it word for word. And I still laugh every time.
@@brianlanning836 The way that young boy looks at her after she said what she said makes it even worse 🤣🤣🤣
This scene is gold. Also the whole grown man ,Turkish prison,Spartus routine.
It’s terrific how well this movie has stood the test of time, non-stop funny. As amazing as it sounds, you’re missing dozens of jokes if you are under the age of 45.
You have to be older to remember when Hare Krishna's and other religious groups would be at airports handing out handbills for their religion, or you could smoke on airplanes and when they didn't have almost any security. It also helps to remember that Robert Stack, Leslie Nielsen and others in the movie ONLY did serious roles before this.
@@jd190d you’re probably right. I’m 55 so I remember all of it. Perhaps if you are ten years younger, you missed out on all of that fun stuff😁
So true. I didn’t realize how many jokes younger ppl wouldn’t get unless they were into old tv shows and movies.
"Nervous?", "Yes", "First time?", "No, I've been nervous lots of times..." - this film is where the ol' Reddit switcharoo was conceived
Random: "So, where do you see yourself in 5 years time?"
Me: "In a mirror??"
The “where did you get that dress and those shoes…” line for some reason never ceases to just crack me up to the point where I have to rewind that part over and over again. You have to watch What’s Up Doc. Brilliant comedy that happens to have one of the best car chase scenes ever.
Enthusiastic seconding for What's Up Doc?, for the aforementioned chase scene, great comedy turns by Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, and the late, sorely missed Madeline Kahn in her breakout role (which also happened to be her debut). 😁 🙃
What's Up, Doc👍👍👍👍👍❤❤
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The support is appreciated! 😁
That guy being as stereotypical over-the-top gay as gay can get (also in the literal sense, a very happy person) was refreshing and funny. :D I also liked when he pulled the master plug in the tower, said something about „just kidding“ and put it back in. SO good. xD
11:36 - You're cracking on acting legend Peter Graves, best known for his lead performance in the original TV run of "Mission Impossible." He was initially unnerved by the lines he was given to read in this movie, but his concerns were quelled when someone pointed out the absurdity of said lines.
11:58 - "The goofiest goofball," as you call him, was once one of the more highly regarded dramatic actors of the Golden Age of television. "Airplane!" was the turning point of his career to absurdist comedy.
15:26 - Don't make us explain the joke, James. Please.
Stephan Stucker, "Johnny," ad-libbed all of his lines. He could have provided us with comedy gold. Alas, he died early, age 38, from complications of AIDS in 1986.
If you liked this, you should also watch "Top Secret," Val Kilmer's first major film as the lead.
Top Secret seconded. You asked for more comedies like this, that's definitely one of them.
@@jameyhej3 Top Secret is a hilarious romp.
I absolutely die laughing when I see Leslie Nielsen take that extra slap on that panicking lady before he goes.
I think the actress was genuinely surprised after the first slap since it looked like he landed it pretty hard
Looks like I picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue.
You should watch Top Secret! From the same directors trio
i know a little german, he's sitting over there.
Also Kentucky Fried Movie, which was an earlier release.
It has even more gags!.
Don't forget Airplane II and Police Squad.
I'm going to put you on the Montgomery Ward mailing list.
When you did a Jim from the office look to camera after the "it's a big building with patients" all the lolz
The "Jim never has a second cup of coffee/vomits at home" was a reference to a series of commercials airing when this was made. The woman appearing in the film for that bit was also in the commercials. Most of the humor is timeless but that's just one bit that's kinda been dated.
Also, the old man in the cab is Howard Jarvis, who led the movement to pass Prop 13 in California.
I remember those commercials. Sanka?
@@jjkhawaiian It was Yuban.
I hadn't heard of those commercials when I originally watched it, so I thought it was implying that the wife suspected her husband for cheating on her with every little thing he does. I still laughed.
@@matthewbaur6875 TIL, TY!
This is tied with Monty Python and the Holy Grail for the funniest movie I've ever seen.
As a person who was born in the very early 2000s these two movies are some of the funniest movies ive seen in my life. The comedy was meant for everyone but did not dumb down for the audience and i love it
Man James’s look to camera at the hospital joke had me rolling
Me, too. Classic look, too.
Pretty sure this movie was what inspired Seth Mcfarlen's random cutaway sense of humor.
Also, every time Bill Murray was on a plane, he used to ask to be let into the cockpit, and he would tell the pilots: "I just wanna tell you good luck, we are all counting on you".
Need to add Caddyshack to the list of movies to watch
The jokes come in so thick and fast that you end up missing about half of them on first viewing due to laughing and the prior joke.
Still hilarious to this day. The look on the boy's face when the girl says she takes her coffee black... like her men. It kills me every time.
Could you imagine trying to pull that joke of today?
@@spddracer it’s sad that people are so sensitive about everything today. Missing out on a lot of hilarious comedy.
I use that joke every chance I can with extremely varied results.
This literally came out two decades before family guy.
This is often considered the godfateher of this style of comedy, I'd argue that Monty Python pioneered this style but this is probably the most note worthy of Absurdist comedy coming to the West.
This was the American's answer to Monty Python.
Les;lie Nielsen's "serious" carreer was in a bad shape before this movie, and this gave him a whole new fan base.
He was awesome in Prom Night. And he did at least one episode of MASH. And The Love Boat. His career was just fine.
@@trhansen3244 His early acting career was superb also.
The scene where Lloyd Bridges says, "He's coming right at us" and jumps out the window is still my favorite after seeing this probably 100 times in 35 years! It STILL cracks me up.
"...and tell the milk man, NO MORE CHEESE!"
13:13 -- The day they filmed that scene, he actually had a game that night, so he and the directors thought it would be funny if Roger would be in goggles and shorts.
15:53 -- Lloyd Bridges, father of Jeff Bridges, aka "The Dude".
Zero Hour!, the movie this was based on, also starred a professional athlete in the co-pilot role. They are directly parodying that casting.
@@johnsensebe3153 Yeah, they originally wanted baseball player Pete Rose for the part but he didn't do it for so mm.n e reason I forget. In the end, maybe for the best as I think more people today recognize Kareem.
Best thing about the "I speak jive" bit is that the lady is the mother from Leave it to Beaver. The most sacrinly wholesome TV show ever made.
I just want to tell you both good luck, we’re all counting on you.
And don't call me Shirley.
"Could you imagine if life was like this?" You've never heard me having a conversation with my kids.
Part of the genius of this film was in the casting. You talk about how funny these actors are, but they for the most part were all serious actors. Their ability to play it straight came from the fact that that's what they did for a living. It also made the film that much more hilarious to see these actors sending themselves up.
"Have you ever seen a grown man naked?" Gets me every fucking time
You like gladiator movies?
@@williamswiniuch7527 Have you ever been in a...Turkish prison?
@@Retailman100 it’s funny how differently I take these lines the older I am
Never got that as a kid.
@@eeduranti Good thing, huh?Oh, you mean the joke. My bad ;))
Every single line from Stephen Stucker in this movie absolutely slays me.
“And Leon’s getting laaarrrrgerrr!”
😂dead😂
Pretty sure this was the first movie the great Jonathan Banks was ever in too.
Fun fact: Family Guy used the audio of
Leslie Neilson saying “I just want to tell you all good luck. We’re all counting on you” in their Star Wars parody episode when Chris was about to blow up the Death Star.
High-five, fellow Johnny admirer. Stucker's delivery is so perfect, I love every second that he's on screen.
I love when he pulls the plug from the light socket and laughs evilly.
When I was a kid, he was my favorite!! His lines were the best!!
I highly recommend the Naked Gun movies if you enjoy this kind of humor.
Yes! My favourite comedies are Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Dolemite Is My Name, Life and Friday. I'll take any of the reactions I can get 🔥
I could not agree MORE!! ridiculous comedies.
He should watch Police Squad before them.
@@MamadNobariPolice Squad is better than all the movies as it has more jokes crammed in to it ♠️
"They were having subtle jabs at movies." The first, and possibly last, I will see Airplane! referenced as being "subtle." Best. Leo.
"it's an entirely different kind of flying... altogether" they played altogether as a command for them all to say it at the same time. I know jokes aren't funny when explained but I felt a need to
As a filmaker, you should know that this movie is almost a scene by scene parody of the movie "Zero Hour".
They have this rule: If you don't have a joke in the foreground, you got have on in the background and vice versa,
These movies do very well on rewatchability
This was Leslie Nelson's "big Break" into comedy. He'd been a well known, highly respected actor going back 30 years but always in serious dramatic roles. What he really wanted to do was comedy, and this was his first real chance. After this he became known for comedy,
Ted: It's and entirely different kind of flying, all together!
All together: It's an entirely different kind of flying.
I think one thing to note from a film making perspective was that the original cut was longer and had more jokes in it, but made the movie less funny, so they trimmed it down. No matter how good you think every scene in your movie might be, you have to be aware of the pacing and how it fits into the whole.
Maybe not the funniest thing, but I find it funny how everyone seems to accept the propeller sounds the jet engine plane is making.
Nobody ever even mentions the prop sound, and it's a joke that runs through the entire movie.
This is one of my favorite jokes in the movie
I thought it was funny that he didn’t get that joke. Lol!
Oh lord how did the propeller sounds mever click in my mind before
It's the first "Scary Movie" style film and launched the genre. There was a series of serious airplane movies where the flight crew died and someone else had to land the plane. This is a spoof of those. But it references several other films.
This is as close to Monty Python silly, as American comedy ever got. Excellent cameo by co-pilot/NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also.
Mel Brooks may have something to say about that 😛
The theatre of the absurd!
@@the_judge_8262 His movies came out before or around the same time. The 70s movies were awesome.
the next level gem you seek; "Clue" (1985)
cast and crew are all through the stratosphere excellent.
see, you call Leslie Nielsen the 'goofiest goofball of all time' but until Airplane, Nielsen was a serious film actor, being in the Poseidon Adventure and multiple spy, action, crime and sci-fi movies, Airplane is what started his major career in comedy
also he said 'it's an entirely different kind of flying, all together' and then they repeated it all together, it's definitely the kind of film you can watch 10 times over and still find something you missed in the last 9
Yup, exactly what I dove into the comments to say.
Robert Stack, Peter Graves and Lloyd Bridges were all also dramatic actors for decades before this movie. Part of the joke was seeing these guys you'd expect to be in a serious film in a screwball comedy, delivering goofy lines with their full dramatic skill.
I have read that Nielsen was tabbed to be the Shell answer man in a series of ads for Shell Oil until the movie came out and then was let go
@@Imfarias1 When they signed on to the movie they thought it was a drama. One complained the script made no sense. Nielsen had to explain it was a comedy and the joke was to play it straight.
"The goofiest goof ball of all time" aaaaarrrrrggghhhhh The best part of the joke is that all of the main actors were NOT known for their comedy, they were all known as serious actors.
You'll have to watch it multiple times to get all the jokes you miss from laughing at the previous joke.
I was just thinking that: They could have put a little pause after each of Johnnie's lines, just to let the follow-up land.
This movie is scientifically proven to be the funniest movie made, producing at least three laughs a minute!
this is one to rewatch, I GUARANTEE you missed some jokes because everyone does, for example you were laughing so hard at the Tylenol joke that you missed one of my favourite, when at the end of the interview the reporter says "OK boys, let's get some pictures" and they just start taking pictures that are hanging on the walls
I was expecting him to see that the pilot went through "the mirror" (when he was at his home with the dog)
"These were like the original SCARY MOVIEs"
You know... after the Wayans left, SCARY MOVIE 3 and 4 were directed by David Zucker, this film's director. He also brought in Leslie Nielsen to play the President in those films.
15:25 this bit is just about them taking what he says very literally. "It's a different kind of flying, all together!" Can be interpreted as him asking them to say it back, so they repeat what he just said.
I love how many time your brain needed to "buffer" after a punchline before it sank in. xD This movie throw punchlines non-stop so we forget to always be expecting one.
Oh dude. You've gotta watch Top Secret now. Its probably the best thing these directors have made. A comedic masterpiece.
You say it's probably the best thing these director's have made... in a comment section for Airplane!
So good.
100% Top Secret is an absolutely fantastic bit of absurdity🧡
The bookstore scene alone was worth the price of admission.
This is a scene for scene remake of Zero Hour (1957), but with added jokes. In fact the producers actually bought the rights to Zero Hour so they could use some of the original dialogue. Because Zero Hour had a propeller driven aircraft, all of the aircraft sound effects in Airplane were of a prop aircraft, even though it is plainly a jet. A very meta joke. If you have watched it once, you have seen about half the jokes. This was also Leslie Nielsen's first attempt at comedy. Before this he had been a serious actor.
Glad you liked it!
Check out "Team America: World Police" from the creators of South Park next. Hysterical.
Definitely agree on "Team America." That has to be one of my favorite comedies ever-I had such a big, goofy smile on my face the whole time!
OMG! Yes, the unedited version!
The sex scene had me hanging onto a trash can, Not because it found it nauseating, because I was laughing so hard I thought I was gonna barf. The first time I saw Mr. Hanky dancing around Kyle's bathroom on the show, it was pretty much the same thing, but that was at 1:00 AM so I woke up the whole house.
This actually IS a blatant riff/satire of disaster movies and a specific movie called ZERO HOUR about a war vet pilot with PTSD who has to fly a commercial plane when everyone gets sick. Many of the scenes and shots are replicated very closely. But years later, everyone remembers AIRPLANE and not ZERO HOUR because it was the better movie. :-)
One of the funniest, silliest movies ever made. Period. Yeah, the two guys talking jive was funny. It became hilarious later when Barbara Billingsly (America's mom from 1950's - 60's Leave It To Beaver) started talking jive too.😂😂🤣🤣 For another screwy comedy try Peter Bogdonovich's 1972 screwball comedy What's Up Doc with Barbara Streisand, Ryan O'Neal and Madeline Kahn.
God, I hope he does...nobody has reacted to that film and it's comedy gold! Great recommendation.
Probably my favorite comedy
Absolutely with the What's Up Doc recommendation!
I always wanted to be able to go back in time on opening day in a full theatre and hear peoples laughs for the first time. It must of been an awesome experience.
Some fun bits of info for you:
As noted, this is based on "Zero Hour", a very serious movie. A couple of years ago, I watched "Zero Hour" on TCM, and couldn't keep a straight face. I felt a little sorry about that, but the movie's gained a weird sort of immortality thanks to "Airplane".
I love the subtitled jive too.
The strange old man captain is Peter Graves, one-time lead actor on the tv series version of "Mission: Impossible". He was a strictly dramatic actor, like several others here, Leslie Nielson included. They were all a little afraid of the comedy, but were all told to play it straight, which they did, and which just enriched everything.
This is the OG slapstick/parody/non sensible comedy and the use of play on words is still unmatched in cinema
Surely you can't be serious.
Love this movie.
I am serious and don't call me Shirley
The best part of this movie is that now, as the years go by and you think back on this shit.. it just keeps getting funnier.
here are more highly recommended parody comedies you should check out, Airplane 2, Fatal Instinct, Men in tights, Top Secret, Loaded Weapon, The Naked Gun, Hot Shots
Striker: “It’s an entirely different kind of flying… altogether.”
The other two, all together: “It’s an entirely different kind of flying.”
Jonny is my all time favourite character in this film! 'What can you make of this?' 'Well... I can make a hat or a broach or pterodactyl!' Great reaction, cheered my Monday up no end!
For every joke you heard or saw, there were at least 3 you missed. Makes it so much fun for re-watches.
Also, up until this point, Leslie Nielsen was considered a "serious" actor.
the whole cast consisted of "serious" actors, they wanted it like that to create an unusual (back then) comical effect
I'm just loving the fact my fave 3 film reaction channels have now done this.
Vaudeville humor is where it all stems from.
One of the very subtle ongoing jokes is every time they show an eternal shot of the plane flying, the noise you hear can only come from aircraft with propellers.
What’s especially great about Leslie Nielsen in comedies like this is he was a serious actor for many years before being in silly comedies like this and the Naked Gun movies lmao. Which makes his deadpan humor all the better
So close to 75K. Keep up the great work buddy, love the content and love the vibe!
I've never laughed so hard at a reaction video before. Makes me want to be a patron again :)
Often missed: When the plane taxied, it sounded like a train. In flight, the jet plane made propellor noises.
I found this movie even funnier when I found out that this is basically a shot for shot remake of a movie called Zero Hour! a lot of the lines are still the same from the original script but said with a deadpan tone and it becomes funny.
The director ended up buying Zero Hour! before Airplane! came out to not get any lawsuits but in the end the studio who previously owned didnt care and sold the rights to the movie for an extremely low amount of money
IF James does want to do an actual film Analysis, he should watch one of the side-by-side videos that show Zero Hour with Airplane. Although the writing is justifiably what Airplane is known for, the shot recreations and shot modifications are actually really impressive.
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Some things you might have missed:
1. Ted said he was in the Air Force but he was wearing a Navy uniform at the nightclub where he met Elaine.
2. The airplane is a jet but we hear a prop engine.
3. Yes we used to be able to smoke in the back half of the aircraft.
4. The hubcap that spins out of control at the end is from the ambulance taking Lisa the heart patient to the hospital
5. Two more funny movies to watch are: "Young Frankenstein" and "Blazing Saddles" both are Mel Brookes movies with Gene Wilder.
6. Airplane II is good too.🤣
This is one of the greatest comedies, non-stop laughs...that is what good comedy forgot it should be...Airplane 2 was just as funny.
Just a heads up that the trio that wrote and directed Airplane! Had nothing to do with the sequel.
They haven't even seen it according to the DVD commentary. It is funny but you should know going in that its not by the same folks.
oh yes Aiplane 2 with William Shatner and the sshhh sound that he has to make to open doors. LoL
The best thing is that Robert Stack, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves and Lloyd Bridges have never starred in a comedy before. They were all known for playing serious characters in (more or less) serious movies. Thus they were able to deliver any dialogue as straight-faced and deadpan as humanly possible.
As others have said you should definitely watch Top Secret, Val Kilmer's debut movie, if you enjoy this kind of humor. I think you'd like it a lot. ;)
Speaking of Val Kilmer....one his more obscure (but I think one of his best) performances is in 'Spartan'....check it out if you haven't seen it!
The beauty of this movie is the more you watch it, the more gags you pick up that you didn't the first time.
So. "All Together". I take it you've never been in a chorus. Ok. So there are songs that they will split up and have different sections of the chorus sing different parts at different times. When they want everyone to go back and sing the same thing at the same time the director will say "all together". Same for sing-a-longs, stuff like that. So when he said "it's an entirely different kind of flying *all together*" they thought he wanted them to both repeat what he said, so they said "it's entirely different kind of flying" together. 😁
I've seen this movie a gazillion times. TOP SECRET!, starring my all-time favorite actor Val Kilmer, is in my all-time top ten movies. I know everyone already recommended it but still. It wasn't as popular at the time but it has grown in popularity over the years.
So, what you're saying is it's a different kind of joke altogether?
It's a different kind of joke
@@indoctrinationtheory1468 So, what you're saying is it's a different kind of joke!
I understood the context of someone saying the phrase "all together", and have sung in groups, and I still didn't get the "all together" joke in the actual movie
Man, i think your mind just overloaded and just couldnt handle the "all together" joke. Loved the fact that it just flew over your head.
Really rewatchable movie. You find new jokes every time.
If you liked this one you’ve got to watch “The Gods Must Be Crazy”. A great classic comedy.
15:35 - When Striker said "It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether", Randy and Dr. Rumack thought "altogether" was for them to repeat Striker's words in unison.
Speaking of Lethal Weapon, you might want to try out the spoof, Loaded Weapon, staring Samuel L Jackson, Emilio Estevez, Willam Shatner, Tim Curry and Kathy Ireland.
If you haven't, watch 1956 Forbidden Planet - a classic sci-fi film starring a young Leslie Nielsen (yes, he used to be young, I know that sounds crazy) in a serious role.
The main schtick of Airplane was hiring serious actors to play it straight, and let the jokes take care of the rest.
And the jokes are mostly from taking things literally. Leslie Nielsen's series "Police Squad" (the precursor to Naked Gun series) had jokes of the same sort. Things like "Sorry to bother you at a time like this, Mrs. Twice. We would have come earlier, but your husband wasn't dead then." Or "who are you, and how did you get in here?!" "I'm a locksmith. And I'm a locksmith."
OK, that was EASILY the best reaction to this movie on RUclips. I LOVE that you LOVED the humor in this movie. I've seen it a hundred times, but watching your reaction...I was laughing all over again, right along with you.
One cameo most everyone misses is the guy in the cab. That is one Howard Jarvis, a business man, lobbyist, and politician. Most famously known for forming the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, and for being the driving force behind the passage of Proposition 13 in California in the late 80's.
The single funniest movie ever made.
This could never be made today but I'm so glad we have it. Probably my favorite comedy of all-time. Filled to the brim with brilliant jokes.
I would love to hear your toughts on "Across The Universe" (2007). A musical with all Beatles songs, sung by the actors (Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson). Great visuals. One of my favorite movies of all time. That and "Amelie".
He did react to Amelie previously. Such a great film!
My cousins wife set up a private viewing at a movie theater for about 20 of us. We watched across the universe. I thought it was really good
LOVED Across the Universe.
The kids/I take my coffee black is my favorite joke along with the slapping of the hysterical woman
`Top Secret` with Val Kilmer has the same over the top comedy style. A little bit more slow pased but with an awesome story.
It all sounds like some bad movie. 👀