The famous Carry On movies were exactly the same, silly jokes & sexual undertone. It wouldn't be funny to the generations of today & there's no way the Carry On movies would be allowed in today's society as they have no sense of humour & are all so politically correct that I'd love to shove political correctness & cancel culture fair up their arseholes
Yeah, it took me quite some time to realize that they used a propeller sound in a shot where you can see the plane flying... but it has engines. Also the mirror scene was genius, it left me with a "Wait... there is something wrong" feeling until I got it.
I try and tell people that think this humor is dumb, it’s actually really intelligent humor. The writing is incredible. There’s 5 jokes going on in every scene. I’m not saying people are dumb if they don’t get the jokes, but I think the people that get it, are smart.
Also impressive about Airplane - the scene with Robert Stack kicking ass all the way through the airport. No cuts, no edits, just one continuous scene of Stack clearing his path of all human obstacles.
"The zealots and pamphleteers" aren't a thing now, but I do remember seeing them the first time I was in an airport and they had a reputation for being aggressive. I loved that scene.
Yeah Stack always plays a serious moody type of character and the way he acts in the movie is just like himself of course not the fighting through the airport stuff but just personality wise. He always used to creep me out especially when he hosted Unsolved Mysteries and he eventually worked with the Zuckers much later on in his career in another hilarious sports comedy Baseketball in a scene where he does his own show explaining an Unsloved Mystery involving one of the lead characters.
Back in the 1970s I heard a rumor that Barbara was going to do a cameo in a movie playing the worse mother ever. Wouldn't that be a great spoof of her role as Beaver's mom!
I was a flight dispatcher for a US airline in 2002 and a flight captain called me telling me he needed a new copy of his flight plan/dispatch release. The F/A had noticed Mr Neilsen had boarded and asked him to poke his head into the cockpit and deliver his famous line "Good luck, we're all counting on you." He was very gracious and did so. Needless to say I was more than happy to send the captain a new copy, for Mr Neilsen had autographed the original copy :). There isn't a US airline pilot who doesn't have this entire movie memorized. The "what a pisser" line was filmed in the basement tunnel coming from the TWA terminal at LAX to the landside terminal, and the 747 poking thru the window scene was also a situation at the LAX TWA terminal as well - one of the gates the airplane nose was just a few feet from the terminal window. Capt Kramer kicked all the tail in the ticketing lobby in the TWA Terminal at LAX. One of the best movies ever.
Such an awesome movie. A few more points- Peter Graves, aka. Captain Oveur, said he "didn't get it" when he read the script. It was his agent that convinced him to take the role. Even then, Graves said while filming the movie he thought the whole thing was rather dumb. It wasn't until he saw the finished movie that he realized how funny it actually was. George Kennedy starred in all of the 'Airport' disaster movies of the 1970s, he can be seen at 11:57 of this video as the captain of the Concorde in 'Airport 79'. Kennedy wanted desperately to be a part of this movie but was not offered a part. The Zuckers and Abrams made it up to him by casting him in the 'Naked Gun' films. One last thing, I worked for Virgin America for many years and we had a large operation in Terminal 3 at LAX. The terminal scenes for this movie were filmed in Terminal 3 at LAX and 30 years after filming, it still looked much the same. Whenever I was passing through LAX, it was so much fun to remember the scenes from 'Airplane!' that were filmed there and recognizing all the spots. I can't count how many times I have walked down that hallway where Ted looks at the camera and says "what a pisser". Thanks for doing this movie!
Airplane II is under appreciated. One of the best lines: “A four-alarm fire in Downtown Moscow clears way for a glorious new tractor factory, And, on the lighter side of the news, Hundreds of Capitalists are Soon to Perish in Shuttle Disaster.”
June Cleaver speaking "Jive", Ted Striker's "drinking problem", "Dont call me Shirley", "All together". So many jokes I still reference today. A true classic.
I have the special "Don't Call Me Shirley" edition DVD with a bunch of extras. It also came with a card you could fill out and send five dollars in and get a miniature inflatable "Otto the Autopilot". I have it.
"This woman has to be gotten to a hospital." "A hospital? What is it?" "It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now."... LOL i love this Movie... ;-)
This film broke new ground in comedy films. A fundamental rule in film making, never have more than one gag on screen at any time. This movie shatters the rule. There are points where the movie has three or more gags running in the background. They used serious actors in comedic roles. As pointed out Leslie Nielson, It is probably safe to say his career was in it's twilight before "Airplane!'. This role revitalized his career, sending it in a new direction. How he could perform his roles with out cracking up laughing, is amazing. Every actor was perfect in their roles. Barbara Billingsly speaking jive was hysterical. Robert Stack was excellent! The St Christopher statue was perfect. Lloyd Bridges also found a rejuvenated career in comedic acting. Last but not least Stephen Stucker, aka Johnny,he was extremely talented and funny. Taken from us too soon, RIP.
Agreed, everything the camera captured was like a look & find book just littered with the funniest people, props, actions, and lines. Something that the Naked Guns, Scary Movies, and Loaded Weapon followed with to great aclaim while other gag/spoof movies that stuck to one-gag-shots like the 2 Hot Shots flat-out failed by comparison. Quantity & quality together always outweigh half of only one
*one of the funniest movies made and one that could NEVER be made today...just like blazing saddles* *what about the nearly forgotten Top Secret movie*
A few months ago I would have disagreed with you on this. However it seems that everyone has gotten their pussy lips pinched on the toilet seat recently.
@@benjaminjoseph3392 Exactly what the Z brothers worried about. Thats future generations would not get the spoofs of 1979 ads. But that was a great spoof.
I used to watch Robert Stack in _The_ _Untouchables._ I could swear he delivered that line in that series all the time so it sounded familiar in _Airplane!_ and added to the humor.
In Germany it's called "Die unglaubliche Reise in einem verrückten Flugzeug" - which roughly translates to "An incredible journey on wacky plane". Yeah, foreign titles rock ...
The name in Spain is "Aterriza como Puedas" (Land as you Can) and in Latin America is "Y Donde Esta el Piloto?" (And Where's the Pilot?), which led translators to translate "The Naked Gun" series as "Y Donde esta el Policia?) (And Where's the Cop?).
In Polish it was called "Czy leci z nami pilot?" which means "Is the pilot flying with us" or "Is there a pilot on the plane?". Same meaning in the French version: "Y a t-il un pilote dans l'avion?"
There was an electronic slot machine version of this movie at a casino I went to. During the play, the screen fizzled out and went black. I thought the machine went out of service and I lost my credits that I built up, but here that goofy fruity guy popped up in the bottom corner, holding a plug and saying "oops", just like he did in the movie with the radar screen. I thought that was brilliant.
One of the best movies ever made. My wife and I hung out with Robert Hayes once - he was a perfect gentleman with a great sense of humor. Thanks, Minty!
I've lost count on how many times I've seen this movie and I laugh the whole way through every time. One of the very few movies that I laugh at every time I watch it.
Press: Johnny, what kind of plane is it? Johnny: It's a big white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows, and wheels - and it looks like a big Tylenol!
I loved both the movies and remember going to the theater to see them with my dad. He always had a warped sense of humor and got me into a lot of different shows and movies. I really miss him but will never forget the good times we had together. Thank you for another great video Minty. You’re awesome 👍
Thanks so much for the video! What a treat. "Airplane!" has been one of my favorite films for 40 years. It's a classic, just timeless. This was a great trip down Memory Lane. Thanks again.
In Germany the movie is called „the unbelievable trip in a crazy airplane“. But I also loved the sequel „the unbelievable trip in a crazy spaceship“. We love to mess up movie titles.
Original Zero Hour final line was. "That's right... I had meat. " Which was odd and wooden (common in Alex Haley writing), so they went further by exaggerating the odd line.
Interesting tidbit...as you correctly noted, Airplane was based on the film Zero Hour. Zero Hour was a remake of a Canadian TV movie called Flight into Danger. Flight into Danger was written by Arthur Hailey...who also co-wrote Zero Hour. Hailey also wrote a novel based on Flight into Danger called Runway zero eight Arthur Hailey also wrote the book Airport, which of course inspired the 1970 film of the same name and the 3 sequels.
Right when you think Defunctland has taught us everything about Mike Eisner's "control freak" antics...... Minty comes in and shows us how Eisner just had to put his "little tweak" on something. 😅
And I want to add, the little boy's face whenever she actually said her line was absolutely priceless. His eyes and face said it all, it was like he was saying "is that right, can she say that?" His facial expressions are the real punchline to that entire joke. like her line is the set up and his face is the punch. I just recently re-watched that movie again on Netflix and saw that joke and that is why it is so fresh in my mind.
Randy Quaid paid homage to "Airplane" when he used this line in " Independence Day" when almost firing a missle on the ground, before take off. " I picked a helluva day to quit drinking."
So many memorable lines in this movie. When Captain over says: “You ever seen a grown man naked” to little Joey, I freakin lost it. The look on his face is so straight. Never fails to make me laugh 😂
Aussie here, and yep I always think of it as "Flying High" - it was many years before I learned that it wasn't the original title! Casting actors who weren't known for comedy was a stroke of brilliance. Leslie Nielsen in particular always cracked me up with his ability to deliver ridiculous dialogue with a straight face!
AIRPLANE and BLAZING SADDLES...Bench marks in crazy comedy that stand the test of time. The thing is, they are clever and have a stellar cast which makes for comedy that never ages.
Why John, you old stick in the mud, I've been listening to that horse-shit of your's for months and you can take that crap and blow it out your ass, and for good measure, sit on THIS John!
Ha! “Point, Counterpoint,” Saturday Night Live back then. At least he didn’t start by saying, “Shana, you ignorant slut!” as if to Jane Curtain to express his ultra-right-wing viewpoint.
@@MrBig1946 - Actually (like SNL), it was parodying the "60 Minutes" final segment for many years, "Point-Counterpoint". It was funnier in the context of the "60 Minutes" version, which was done straight by Shana Alexander and James J. Kilpatrick.
Can't remember the incident but a real pilot in a passenger jet having some tech issue. Before they ready to touch down he made the glue sniffing comment!
@@edkarter7062 I saw an interview with Peter Graves and he said the movie was so popular with airline employees that he was a real celebrity every time he took a flight and got invited to the cockpit regularly.
I remember seeing that watching The A-Team! I was thinking, "They really let that pilot fly that freaking plane again? They did a great job fixing the window and now he messed it up."
"Back babe, slide the piece of the porter, drink slide run the java!" Translation: I will have the steak. "Ah, lookie here. I could dig some greens jumpin on some butter and dragging thru the garden!" Translation: I will have the fish.
Empire magazine did an 'every joke in Airplane' feature some years back, and I think they got every one, except the joke about the jet making a propeller plane sound.
In the commentary, they said that the studio insisted that the plane be a jet so that the movie would be more modern and appeal to audiences better. They relented, but put in the propeller sound as their little dig at authority.
Airplane, Animal House and Blazing Saddles are my go-to movies, along with Life of Brian, History of the World... Damn they really knew how to make comedy gold back then.
Additional fun facts: Robert Stack, who was 60 years old during filming, did all his own stunts during the fist fight at the airport, which is insane. Also, Sir Christopher Lee later said that turning down the role of the doctor in this film was one of the dumbest mistakes of his whole career. I agree, TBH. In fact, I think it's a terrible shame that he and Nielsen never did a comedy together. That would've been legendary.
Yeah Robert Stack RIP gave a great performance in this movie and Caddyshack 2 and he used to creep me out especially when he hosted Unsolved Mysteries. He eventually worked with the Zuckers much later on his career in Baseketball in a scene where he does his own show of an unsolved mystery involving Trey Parker who plays one of the lead characters.
Whenever I come across this movie, I have to watch it. Even though I pretty much know it by heart, it's still an awesome watch. Almost always find details that I've either missed or forgotten about. A classic
Another joke that you don't fully get if you're not from the 1970s. The woman who played the Jive translator had also played the mom on _Leave_ _It_ _To_ _Beaver._ She was the epitome of a white, suburban mom who'd probably never met a black person. While the scene would've been funny with anyone, it being her just made it so much funnier for those who recognized her.
The survival of everyone on board depends on just one thing: finding someone on board who can not only fly this plane, but who didn't have fish for dinner.
@@nowthatsjustducky The comments of everyone on this video depend on just one thing: finding someone who not only can type, but who didn't have fish for dinner.
"JIm never has a second cup of coffee at home" Later Jim stares at his wife intently, then aggresively vomits " Jim never vomits at home" CLASSIC! Great review sir
Leslie Nielson absolutely killed it in this movie...his performance is a major part of why this movie worked so well as a spoof movie...I never missed another movie after Airplane, if Leslie was in it.
More interesting fun facts about Airplane...George Kennedy turned down the offer to play Steve McCroskey before it eventually went to Lloyd Bridges. I can see Kennedy pulling it off but he eventually worked with the Zuckers and starred with Leslie Nielsen in all three Naked Gun films. After Nielsen worked with the Zuckers on Airplane and the first two Naked Gun films he was offered the role of Admiral Benson in Hotshots and said that he had already done enough spoof movies with the Abrahams and Zucker brothers...so Lloyd Bridges took that role instead.
@@barefootanimist I loved the nun carrying her guitar up front so she could sing for the sick girl. As she walks she holds her guitar out to her right.... and bumps every head in an aisle seat!.
"All these number twos coming out in the same year." Sounds like somebody needs Imodium. ;) I watched Airplane II again recently, and honestly it was just as funny as the first one. Then again, i also love Grease 2, so maybe my opinion doesn't count for much :)
I tried to watch "Zero Hour", I laughed when the dialogue matched "Airplane", couldn't help it. There were just too many times in Zero Hour where a scene was played seriously and Airplane made a joke with the same scene.
Never heard of Airplane. So glad you mentioned that the movie's name is Flying High, as it is under that title it was released in English here in Israel
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The best part of this movie is all the silly details they packed in each scene. You can watch it a dozen times and notice something new each time.
I think thats the secret with these type of comedy films. 'Top Secret' being like that too.
The famous Carry On movies were exactly the same, silly jokes & sexual undertone. It wouldn't be funny to the generations of today & there's no way the Carry On movies would be allowed in today's society as they have no sense of humour & are all so politically correct that I'd love to shove political correctness & cancel culture fair up their arseholes
Yeah, it took me quite some time to realize that they used a propeller sound in a shot where you can see the plane flying... but it has engines. Also the mirror scene was genius, it left me with a "Wait... there is something wrong" feeling until I got it.
I try and tell people that think this humor is dumb, it’s actually really intelligent humor. The writing is incredible. There’s 5 jokes going on in every scene. I’m not saying people are dumb if they don’t get the jokes, but I think the people that get it, are smart.
@@YuNo232I only realised the plane was making a propeller sound after reading your comment 😂
Also impressive about Airplane - the scene with Robert Stack kicking ass all the way through the airport. No cuts, no edits, just one continuous scene of Stack clearing his path of all human obstacles.
"The zealots and pamphleteers" aren't a thing now, but I do remember seeing them the first time I was in an airport and they had a reputation for being aggressive. I loved that scene.
My favorite scene in the movie with many great scenes
Yeah Stack always plays a serious moody type of character and the way he acts in the movie is just like himself of course not the fighting through the airport stuff but just personality wise. He always used to creep me out especially when he hosted Unsolved Mysteries and he eventually worked with the Zuckers much later on in his career in another hilarious sports comedy Baseketball in a scene where he does his own show explaining an Unsloved Mystery involving one of the lead characters.
@@bryanrizzo9377 I could see Stack saying in all seriousness "airport management, the FAA, the airlines ... all cheats and liars"
And, Barbara Billingsly, the super iconic "mom" of the '50s, saying "Yes, I speak Jive," So many GREAT bits.
"Pardon me, stewardess, I speak Jive."
Can't believe she even agreed to be in the movie. Complete contrast to her role on Leave It to Beaver
Back in the 1970s I heard a rumor that Barbara was going to do a cameo in a movie playing the worse mother ever. Wouldn't that be a great spoof of her role as Beaver's mom!
And when she passed, all of her obituaries mentioned her role as “Jive Lady.”
😂😂😂
Passenger: nervous?
Striker: yes
Passenger: first time?
Striker: no, I've been nervous lots of times.
I was a flight dispatcher for a US airline in 2002 and a flight captain called me telling me he needed a new copy of his flight plan/dispatch release. The F/A had noticed Mr Neilsen had boarded and asked him to poke his head into the cockpit and deliver his famous line "Good luck, we're all counting on you." He was very gracious and did so. Needless to say I was more than happy to send the captain a new copy, for Mr Neilsen had autographed the original copy :). There isn't a US airline pilot who doesn't have this entire movie memorized. The "what a pisser" line was filmed in the basement tunnel coming from the TWA terminal at LAX to the landside terminal, and the 747 poking thru the window scene was also a situation at the LAX TWA terminal as well - one of the gates the airplane nose was just a few feet from the terminal window. Capt Kramer kicked all the tail in the ticketing lobby in the TWA Terminal at LAX. One of the best movies ever.
OMG that made me laugh so hard
Thanks 🙏 for sharing. 👨✈️ never flew without you!
Did he say it like a million times?
“I’m Minty and don’t call me Shirley”
Well played sir.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
Such an awesome movie. A few more points- Peter Graves, aka. Captain Oveur, said he "didn't get it" when he read the script. It was his agent that convinced him to take the role. Even then, Graves said while filming the movie he thought the whole thing was rather dumb. It wasn't until he saw the finished movie that he realized how funny it actually was. George Kennedy starred in all of the 'Airport' disaster movies of the 1970s, he can be seen at 11:57 of this video as the captain of the Concorde in 'Airport 79'. Kennedy wanted desperately to be a part of this movie but was not offered a part. The Zuckers and Abrams made it up to him by casting him in the 'Naked Gun' films.
One last thing, I worked for Virgin America for many years and we had a large operation in Terminal 3 at LAX. The terminal scenes for this movie were filmed in Terminal 3 at LAX and 30 years after filming, it still looked much the same. Whenever I was passing through LAX, it was so much fun to remember the scenes from 'Airplane!' that were filmed there and recognizing all the spots. I can't count how many times I have walked down that hallway where Ted looks at the camera and says "what a pisser".
Thanks for doing this movie!
Was Peter Graves between "Mission Impossibles" at this point?
10 things you didn't know about 'Airplane', but that's not important right now!
Airplane II is under appreciated. One of the best lines:
“A four-alarm fire in Downtown Moscow clears way for a glorious new tractor factory, And, on the lighter side of the news, Hundreds of Capitalists are Soon to Perish in Shuttle Disaster.”
William Shatner sees the Enterprise in the periscope
Also: “Stryker? Stryker, Stryker, Stryker, STRYKER!”
*guy shrugs, punches woman*
The gun to the newscaster's head was priceless.
The Perry Mason scene.
June Cleaver speaking "Jive", Ted Striker's "drinking problem", "Dont call me Shirley", "All together". So many jokes I still reference today. A true classic.
2 of my favorite comedies. Love both ad much as each other, especially 2's parodies of Star Trek.
"I take my coffee black... like my men"... lol
Can you imagine this joke in these days??? Lol... no one knows how to take a joke these days.
Easy to say, but I'm not so sure. For example I suggest that the Farrrelly brothers movies cut at least as close to the edge as Airplane.
Excuse me stewardess, I can speak jive.
@@bigorange2082 From June Cleaver, for God's sake!
"I'm so offended that you are not offended."
CUE 8:23
@@bigorange2082 cut me some slack, Jack!
I have the special "Don't Call Me Shirley" edition DVD with a bunch of extras. It also came with a card you could fill out and send five dollars in and get a miniature inflatable "Otto the Autopilot". I have it.
@John Lester OMG, I was just about to ask the same! Wonderful surprise when I clicked on replies!
😂😂😂😂
That is nothing but awesome.:)
Sounds wonderful. What a keepsake!
@@TralfazConstruction The only problem is that the inflation port is exactly where it was in the movie.:)
Airplane and Blazing saddles. two of the best comedy movies ever made!!!
the Naked Gun was good too..
Absolutely 😂
I love the way the inflight movie on the flight is a series of images of exploding commercial airplanes
Never noticed the in-flight movie.... Will have to watch it again
"This woman has to be gotten to a hospital." "A hospital? What is it?" "It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now."... LOL i love this Movie... ;-)
"You can tell me. I'm a doctor"
Its taken not gotten gotten makes no sense
"Stewardess I speak jive."
I love responding that way to the what is it question. I keep hoping someone will get the joke.
even reading the lines brings me to tears of laughter!
This movie never gets old!
It literally gets older with every second that goes by..
At this point, the entire digestive system collapses accompanied by uncontrollable flatulence.
Cut me some slack Jack!
@@quietcorner293 No need to be coy Roy.
Would you like cream with your coffee?
Its movie reviews like this, that trigger my drinking Problem.
*splash*
I picked a bad time to stop sniffin' Glue!
I was maybe 15 when this movie came out... and it took me a long time to get the joke about the drinking problem.
[hangs head in shame]
@@auldthymer Frankly it is what you have done since the war that concerns me
"Tell your old man to try dragging Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes".
This film broke new ground in comedy films. A fundamental rule in film making, never have more than one gag on screen at any time. This movie shatters the rule. There are points where the movie has three or more gags running in the background. They used serious actors in comedic roles. As pointed out Leslie Nielson, It is probably safe to say his career was in it's twilight before "Airplane!'. This role revitalized his career, sending it in a new direction. How he could perform his roles with out cracking up laughing, is amazing. Every actor was perfect in their roles. Barbara Billingsly speaking jive was hysterical. Robert Stack was excellent! The St Christopher statue was perfect. Lloyd Bridges also found a rejuvenated career in comedic acting. Last but not least Stephen Stucker, aka Johnny,he was extremely talented and funny. Taken from us too soon, RIP.
Agreed, everything the camera captured was like a look & find book just littered with the funniest people, props, actions, and lines. Something that the Naked Guns, Scary Movies, and Loaded Weapon followed with to great aclaim while other gag/spoof movies that stuck to one-gag-shots like the 2 Hot Shots flat-out failed by comparison. Quantity & quality together always outweigh half of only one
The scene where the stewardess has to 'inflate' the auto-pilot was timeless.
Shirley you can't be serious.
I am serious...and don't call me Shirley.
It is timeless, but that is no important right now.
@@jamesparson And don't call me Shirley.
That inflated smile!
@@tonytygrrHI and them smoking afterward.
Otto absolutely stole the show! You can't have AIRPLANE without Otto Pilot! 🤣
Cheers Minty for doing Airplane, I can genuinely say this is one of the rare films that still makes me laugh every time I watch it!!!
I enjoyed Airplane The Sequel. It was also good seeing characters from the first movie reprising their role. Surely brings back memories.
yeah i don't understand why people said it was bad. maybe not as perfect comedy as the original but hardly a movie that deserve a flop
Don't call it shirley! Lol!
Just watched this with my 19 year-old daughter. She thought it was hysterical and plans to show it her college friends when she gets back to campus.
That's being a great parent!
“I speak Jive” lol top 5 funniest scenes of all time
original lone wolf
shyyyyyyyit!
‘Golly!”
Craziest thing? The 'Jive Lady' is played by the woman who played June Cleaver! I didn't realize until a few months ago.
And don't call me Shirley.
@@remdog1138 Barbara Billingsley
Jus' hang loose, blood. She gonna catch ya up on da rebound with da med side 😂
*one of the funniest movies made and one that could NEVER be made today...just like blazing saddles*
*what about the nearly forgotten Top Secret movie*
A few months ago I would have disagreed with you on this. However it seems that everyone has gotten their pussy lips pinched on the toilet seat recently.
Surely,you can't be serious?
@@carybeweary7209 I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.
Top Secret is Funny I like the quote I know a little German and he is sitting over there.And he tips his hat.
The underwater bar fight
The sight gags are some of my favorite. Like when you see a fan, then shit hits it.
Just a little bit. Mmm hmmm, just a little bit.
Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me.
I still don't get the spear. Still funny tho.
On Fantasy Island, this movie is called "De plane, de plane!"
🤣🤣👍
Although they left a Sanka commercial joke. The whole "he never has a second cup at home," gag.
They still left in the tv commercial gag "Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home!" and "Jim never vomits at home!"
Minty missed that one. Yes, no one gets that reference nowadays
@@ryankibler7973 How funny! I have needed to explain that 'second cup' to several people over the years!
@@benjaminjoseph3392 Exactly what the Z brothers worried about. Thats future generations would not get the spoofs of 1979 ads. But that was a great spoof.
Should we turn on the landing lights. No they'll be expecting that.
I laughed so hard at that line the last time I saw it.
I used to watch Robert Stack in _The_ _Untouchables._ I could swear he delivered that line in that series all the time so it sounded familiar in _Airplane!_ and added to the humor.
"No. That's just what they'll be expecting us to do."
😂😂😂
In Brazil the title was: "Apertem os Cintos... o Piloto Sumiu!" That translating "Fasten your seat belts ... the pilot is gone!"
In Germany it's called "Die unglaubliche Reise in einem verrückten Flugzeug" - which roughly translates to "An incredible journey on wacky plane". Yeah, foreign titles rock ...
In Italy the title is 'L'Aereo Più Pazzo Del Mondo' which means 'The Craziest Airplane In The World'.
The name in Spain is "Aterriza como Puedas" (Land as you Can) and in Latin America is "Y Donde Esta el Piloto?" (And Where's the Pilot?), which led translators to translate "The Naked Gun" series as "Y Donde esta el Policia?) (And Where's the Cop?).
Great info! Thanks, all of you, for sharing these foreign titles! 😃
In Polish it was called "Czy leci z nami pilot?" which means "Is the pilot flying with us" or "Is there a pilot on the plane?".
Same meaning in the French version: "Y a t-il un pilote dans l'avion?"
Love Airplane. Top Secret, another movie by these guys is totally underrated and is one of my favorites as well.
There was an electronic slot machine version of this movie at a casino I went to. During the play, the screen fizzled out and went black. I thought the machine went out of service and I lost my credits that I built up, but here that goofy fruity guy popped up in the bottom corner, holding a plug and saying "oops", just like he did in the movie with the radar screen. I thought that was brilliant.
One of the best movies ever made. My wife and I hung out with Robert Hayes once - he was a perfect gentleman with a great sense of humor. Thanks, Minty!
I hope he got help for his drinking problem
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit watching Minty videos."
bwahahahahahaha!!!! :)
I hear you watched videos in the war, but that was a long time ago.
Over Minty video?...... No. I don't think I'll ever get over Minty's Video
I think Minty is the kind of guy I could sit down and drink a Foster's with.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit doing crystal meth!
I laughed way to hard at this part "...so Robert Stack was doing an impersonation of himself and yep, I've just gone cross eyed." 🤣🤣🤣🤣
My Favorite Lines!!!!!
"Do we have clearance Clarence?
Roger, Roger!
What's our vector Victor!"
Soooo, you were under Oveur, he was over Under and I was over Dunn!
I've lost count on how many times I've seen this movie and I laugh the whole way through every time.
One of the very few movies that I laugh at every time I watch it.
Same here. It never fails to have me laughing and quoting the movie during and after it! “What’s our vector, Victor?” LOL!
I loved the girl scout fight in the bar, such a random scene in a movie that excels at its hilarious random moments.
Press: Johnny, what kind of plane is it?
Johnny: It's a big white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows, and wheels - and it looks like a big Tylenol!
✈️It’s a twister it’s a twister!🌪
Where did you get that dress! And those shoes!
LOL Johnny stole the show, in my opinion. RIP Johnny
How bout some coffee Johnny.................No Thanks!
* Unplugs landing strip lights * "Just kidding." * Plugs landing strip lights back in.* MUAHAHAHA!"
I loved both the movies and remember going to the theater to see them with my dad. He always had a warped sense of humor and got me into a lot of different shows and movies. I really miss him but will never forget the good times we had together. Thank you for another great video Minty. You’re awesome 👍
Thanks so much for the video! What a treat. "Airplane!" has been one of my favorite films for 40 years. It's a classic, just timeless. This was a great trip down Memory Lane. Thanks again.
Doctor: this woman needs to taken to a hospital! Stewardess: what is it? Doctor: it's a big building with patients but that's not important right now.
Airplane is the benchmark which all subsequent comedy movies are judged. A masterpiece!
"Cream"?... "No thank you, I take it black, like my men". Thanks Minty!!!
One of the funniest movies ever made! 😂🤣😂
Altogether!
Roger Murdock : Flight 2-0-9'er, you are cleared for take-off.
Captain Oveur : Roger!
Roger Murdock : Huh?
Tower voice : L.A. departure frequency, 123 point 9'er.
Captain Oveur : Roger!
Roger Murdock : Huh?
Victor Basta : Request vector, over.
Captain Oveur : What?
Tower voice : Flight 2-0-9'er cleared for vector 324.
Roger Murdock : We have clearance, Clarence.
Captain Oveur : Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?
Tower voice : Tower's radio clearance, over!
Captain Oveur : That's Clarence Oveur. Over.
Tower voice : Over.
Captain Oveur : Roger.
Roger Murdock : Huh?
Tower voice : Roger, over!
Roger Murdock : What?
Captain Oveur : Huh?
Victor Basta : Who?
10 4
In Germany the movie is called „the unbelievable trip in a crazy airplane“. But I also loved the sequel „the unbelievable trip in a crazy spaceship“. We love to mess up movie titles.
I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.
Thanks for repeating the line I've just heard.
voodoochile333 surely you can be serious
Doctor "What were the passengers served for dinner?"
Stewardess "Chicken or fish"
Doctor "That's right, I had the lasagna"
Original Zero Hour final line was.
"That's right... I had meat. "
Which was odd and wooden (common in Alex Haley writing), so they went further by exaggerating the odd line.
The tupperware party was hilarious, as well as Ted talking to the Japanese soldier who offs himself. 😂
Interesting tidbit...as you correctly noted, Airplane was based on the film Zero Hour. Zero Hour was a remake of a Canadian TV movie called Flight into Danger. Flight into Danger was written by Arthur Hailey...who also co-wrote Zero Hour. Hailey also wrote a novel based on Flight into Danger called Runway zero eight
Arthur Hailey also wrote the book Airport, which of course inspired the 1970 film of the same name and the 3 sequels.
I'm detecting a trend...........😊
One of the best movies ever made, period! The greatest spoof of them all, never to be topped. Legendary.
Airplane is fantastic, but I'm a fan of the sequel too.
I do too.like airplane 2. With captain Kirk on the moon base space port.😊
Ditto!!
Same
Danger Vaccum. My favorite scene of Airplane II.
I’m afraid Scraps will have to be shot.
I just want to tell you both good luck we're all counting on you.
I just want to tell you both good luck we're all counting on you.
I just want to tell you both good luck, we re all counting on you.
I had to wish good luck to two persons, and this line just rolled out of my tongue ...
One of my favourite comedies ever.
A comedy? What is it?
@@jamesparson it's a form of communication delivered with levity in order to lighten a mood, but that's not important right now.
Right when you think Defunctland has taught us everything about Mike Eisner's "control freak" antics...... Minty comes in and shows us how Eisner just had to put his "little tweak" on something. 😅
Often overlooked are the hilarious sight gags in the background of the action.
Young Boy with Coffee:
I thought you might like some coffee.
Young Boy with Coffee:
Sugar?
Little Girl:
No thanks, I take it black, like my men.😆
And I want to add, the little boy's face whenever she actually said her line was absolutely priceless. His eyes and face said it all, it was like he was saying "is that right, can she say that?" His facial expressions are the real punchline to that entire joke. like her line is the set up and his face is the punch.
I just recently re-watched that movie again on Netflix and saw that joke and that is why it is so fresh in my mind.
Patrick Shutt classic line
That was my favorite scene. Wait... am I a pedophile now???😋
Later, we see the boy reading a surfing nuns magazine...
From watching the current epstein saga, it seems to have made a resurgence.
I love it when Johnny rips the cord close to the end of the movie and says, “Just Kidding!” “Ha ha ha”
"Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit...(insert favourite addictive vice)"
thefrecklepuny - ...............watching Minty videos.
Randy Quaid paid homage to "Airplane" when he used this line in " Independence Day" when almost firing a missle on the ground, before take off. " I picked a helluva day to quit drinking."
I have a shit with all the these quotes!!!!
Alejandro B - Probably THE most quotable film!
I love almost every movie you feature. Your taste is spot on Minty! Thanks a lot from Oregon, USA.
I use to love John Byner, He had a hilarious comedy show titled "Bizarre" in the early 80's. Look it up when you get a chance.Love your work Minty.
And the voices of The Aardvark and The Ant! He's brilliant, so funny the boys used him to get Stack to do the role they way they intended.
So many memorable lines in this movie. When Captain over says: “You ever seen a grown man naked” to little Joey, I freakin lost it. The look on his face is so straight. Never fails to make me laugh 😂
Yeah, I can't believe that got Peter Graves to actually say those lines!
@@Gamble661 I saw an interview with him. He was concerned about getting arrested for even uttering those lines.
That's part of the joke ... Peter Graves was always known for such clean-cut roles, to _even_ utter those lines was part of what made it hilarious.
This movie changed comedy forever.
It is an entirely different kind of comedy altogether.
@@jamesparson 'It's an entirely different kind of comedy'
with Gareth Oneill
'It's an entirely different kind of comedy'
with viddork “it’s an entirely different kind of comedy” 🤘
with ijustwantedausername "its an entirely different kind of comedy"
The dislikes are from people who are serious but kept getting called Shirley...
Or people who are named Shirley but are not serious.
no man, they love the title 'Flying High'
Maybe they have a drinking problem
Maybe they re sniffing glue.😋
@@jamesparson Oh maybe they couldn't take one for the old Zipper. Or needed a Little Breather.
Aussie here, and yep I always think of it as "Flying High" - it was many years before I learned that it wasn't the original title!
Casting actors who weren't known for comedy was a stroke of brilliance. Leslie Nielsen in particular always cracked me up with his ability to deliver ridiculous dialogue with a straight face!
AIRPLANE and BLAZING SADDLES...Bench marks in crazy comedy that stand the test of time. The thing is, they are clever and have a stellar cast which makes for comedy that never ages.
"Shana, they bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say let 'em crash!"
Why John, you old stick in the mud, I've been listening to that horse-shit of your's for months and you can take that crap and blow it out your ass, and for good measure, sit on THIS John!
This sounds like Donald Trump talking about Coronavirus in the US.
Ha! “Point, Counterpoint,” Saturday Night Live back then. At least he didn’t start by saying, “Shana, you ignorant slut!” as if to Jane Curtain to express his ultra-right-wing viewpoint.
That sounds much more Liburtarian to me.
@@MrBig1946 - Actually (like SNL), it was parodying the "60 Minutes" final segment for many years, "Point-Counterpoint". It was funnier in the context of the "60 Minutes" version, which was done straight by Shana Alexander and James J. Kilpatrick.
"I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue." 😀
I say that when stupid stuff happens at work. Most people don't get it. Lol
Can't remember the incident but a real pilot in a passenger jet having some tech issue. Before they ready to touch down he made the glue sniffing comment!
@@edkarter7062 I saw an interview with Peter Graves and he said the movie was so popular with airline employees that he was a real celebrity every time he took a flight and got invited to the cockpit regularly.
@@TXKafir That's cool! Getting the best seat in the house is never a bad thing!!
@@trossk Mick Foley used it one of his autobiographies
I watched this movie in the theater when it 1st came out and I never laughed so hard , I consider this the funniest film ever.
I was a child when this came out and I still think it's the funniest movie I have ever seen...followed by Top Secret and the Naked Gun series.
Also very telling about our world...
One of the funniest. Space balls and blazing saddles are up there as well
You saw this in the theatre? That's awesome, because that means I've found someone older than me on RUclips!
Agreed. It was a gut-busting comedy.
A truly brilliant move of casting serious actors in to comedic characters
The ‘dinking problem’ bit gets me every time
One more thing you probably didn’t know: The scene when the plane is crashing into the airport was used in a season 5 episode of “The A-Team” in 1986.
I remember seeing that watching The A-Team! I was thinking, "They really let that pilot fly that freaking plane again? They did a great job fixing the window and now he messed it up."
"Back babe, slide the piece of the porter, drink slide run the java!"
Translation: I will have the steak.
"Ah, lookie here. I could dig some greens jumpin on some butter and dragging thru the garden!"
Translation: I will have the fish.
Oh, nothing beats Barbara Billingley's coming up, "Oh stewardess, I speak jive."
@@EphPhaThaINC "Just hang loose blood, she gunna catch up on the rebound on the medicide!"
that shouldve been translated as a salad lol
the part in the sequel that kills me is the courtroom scene with them. dude was on...........sheet.
"I will have the steak."
A must Note: with in the movie it's a jet their flying in Yes.. the note is you hear propellers as the jet is flying throughout the movie. 😆
Empire magazine did an 'every joke in Airplane' feature some years back, and I think they got every one, except the joke about the jet making a propeller plane sound.
because "zero hour" the plane was prop.
In the commentary, they said that the studio insisted that the plane be a jet so that the movie would be more modern and appeal to audiences better. They relented, but put in the propeller sound as their little dig at authority.
That's what I love about their comedy, the subtle sight and sound gags that you only get after you've rewatched the film a couple of times.
No shizzit!! Good catch, I never noticed that. NICE!!
Looking back, I did hear the props but didn't realize it.
I gotta thank you for all the quality entertainment you have provided through these weird times. Thanks Minty
Airplane, Animal House and Blazing Saddles are my go-to movies, along with Life of Brian, History of the World... Damn they really knew how to make comedy gold back then.
Now, if a few people would get offended by the movie, it's scrapped.
@@elwoodblues9613 Sadly you are right. Your movie is probably on someone’s hit list too.
Finnish title of this movie was "Hei, Me Lennetään" (Hey, we're flying) and second part is called "Hei, taas me lennetään" (Hey, we're flying again).
I love Airplane and Airplane 2 was a damn good movie too I enjoyed that movie it is greatly underrated
Additional fun facts: Robert Stack, who was 60 years old during filming, did all his own stunts during the fist fight at the airport, which is insane. Also, Sir Christopher Lee later said that turning down the role of the doctor in this film was one of the dumbest mistakes of his whole career. I agree, TBH. In fact, I think it's a terrible shame that he and Nielsen never did a comedy together. That would've been legendary.
Yeah Robert Stack RIP gave a great performance in this movie and Caddyshack 2 and he used to creep me out especially when he hosted Unsolved Mysteries. He eventually worked with the Zuckers much later on his career in Baseketball in a scene where he does his own show of an unsolved mystery involving Trey Parker who plays one of the lead characters.
Whenever I come across this movie, I have to watch it. Even though I pretty much know it by heart, it's still an awesome watch. Almost always find details that I've either missed or forgotten about. A classic
Another joke that you don't fully get if you're not from the 1970s. The woman who played the Jive translator had also played the mom on _Leave_ _It_ _To_ _Beaver._ She was the epitome of a white, suburban mom who'd probably never met a black person. While the scene would've been funny with anyone, it being her just made it so much funnier for those who recognized her.
And don't call me Shirley
Possibly the most famous line of the movie
The survival of everyone on board depends on just one thing: finding someone on board who can not only fly this plane, but who didn't have fish for dinner.
@@jamesparson Yes, I remember. I had lasagna.
@@nowthatsjustducky The comments of everyone on this video depend on just one thing: finding someone who not only can type, but who didn't have fish for dinner.
Awesome. Watched this two days ago for the 1,724th time.
Never gets old.
🤘😎
"JIm never has a second cup of coffee at home"
Later
Jim stares at his wife intently, then aggresively vomits
" Jim never vomits at home"
CLASSIC! Great review sir
And in Airplane II...
Dad never slaps me around at home. It must be his coffee.
No, I've been serving Dad decaf. Hmm. Maybe he's just an asshole.
"I don't know where I'll be then doc....but it won't smell too good, I'll tell you that!"
One of the funniest lines in any movie ever.
Leslie Nielson absolutely killed it in this movie...his performance is a major part of why this movie worked so well as a spoof movie...I never missed another movie after Airplane, if Leslie was in it.
More interesting fun facts about Airplane...George Kennedy turned down the offer to play Steve McCroskey before it eventually went to Lloyd Bridges. I can see Kennedy pulling it off but he eventually worked with the Zuckers and starred with Leslie Nielsen in all three Naked Gun films. After Nielsen worked with the Zuckers on Airplane and the first two Naked Gun films he was offered the role of Admiral Benson in Hotshots and said that he had already done enough spoof movies with the Abrahams and Zucker brothers...so Lloyd Bridges took that role instead.
What's your vector Victor? We have clearance Clarance. Okay, roger. Huh?
@cpk1994 I guess that means I'm gonna have to watch it again tonight.
My favorite scene was the little girl, who had the IV constantly being knocked out of her arm. She was best known as Vicki on The Love Boat.
I knew she looked familiar, but couldn't place her... Grew up watching "The Love Boat."
@@barefootanimist I loved the nun carrying her guitar up front so she could sing for the sick girl. As she walks she holds her guitar out to her right....
and bumps every head in an aisle seat!.
@@auldthymer One of the best scenes, imho. I sing along every time I see it.
@patrick henry I'm not reaching for my guitar or my ukulele to continue the song, but I'm singing it in my head...
The Love Boat? What is it?
I love it... oh to be in that room where the Zucker's said to Robert Stack: "Robert, you aren't you enough...."
Stack played it more like he was Elliot Ness
I loved airplane 2!!!!! William Shatner was hilarious
In the commercial aviation world, it’s such a classic and required viewing. And honestly, the most accurate portrayal of airline operations in cinema.
"All these number twos coming out in the same year." Sounds like somebody needs Imodium. ;)
I watched Airplane II again recently, and honestly it was just as funny as the first one.
Then again, i also love Grease 2, so maybe my opinion doesn't count for much :)
I LOVE Grease 2. When I met my friend and she said she loved Grease 2, she became my BEST FRIEND instantly.
Correct!
Agreed , I enjoyed both sequels.
Oh I don't know... what did you think of The Wrath of Khan? ;-)
I tried to watch "Zero Hour", I laughed when the dialogue matched "Airplane", couldn't help it. There were just too many times in Zero Hour where a scene was played seriously and Airplane made a joke with the same scene.
"Surely you can't be serious?
I am serious and don't call me shirley.
@@bigkmoviesandgames I was waiting to see how long it took before someone replied with that. As expected, not very.
@@rafterscott lol yeah.
I am serious and stop calling me Shirley!
Never heard of Airplane. So glad you mentioned that the movie's name is Flying High, as it is under that title it was released in English here in Israel
I put my phone on “Airplane Mode” and it keeps calling me Shirley
Sir. That's the kind of comment that could have been in the movie. Well done.👏👏
Comic genius here folks
I put my phone in airplane mode once and a oxygen mask dropped in front of me......i was in the middle of a parking lot at the time
😈
You can't be serious