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Hard to pick a favorite, but nobody today gets the coffee jokes. There was a popular series of coffee commercials at the time. And the very serious leading man actors in the zany roles
The "Jim never has a second cup at home" is from a series of 70s TV ads for Yuban coffee. The actress that says it in this is the actress from those commercials.
She also suggested the line of people holding items of increasing violence during the "get a hold of yourself" bit. (Leslie accidentally connected with the first slap, that look she gave him was genuine. Leslie, to save the take, just decided to slap her again)
@@VerowakReactsDay Of The Animals has a pretty villainous performance from Leslie. It's pretty good if you find yourself in the mood for a 'when animals attack' movie.
Thanks! 🤩I noticed early on that there are so many details, so I tried my best to notice them (though I know there are a lot that I missed, especially the ones that only people alive at the time would catch)
Yes, she definitely caught the most jokes of anyone I’ve seen, too. There obviously are some jokes that you wouldn’t expect anyone who wasn’t around then to get now (such as the coffee commercial joke that others have commented on, the Anita Bryant joke, Barbara Billingsley from Leave it to Beaver speaking jive, and Howard Jarvis (the noted anti-tax crusader) as the guy in the cab), but she got the comedy right away (unlike many reactors) and noticed most of the jokes. Verowak: One thing I would suggest on a rewatch is to actually read the closing credits. All of them. There are lots of jokes in there such as lines from nursery rhymes, made up job titles, and jabs at notorious historical figures. I have yet to see a reactor react to the closing credits. But she gets points for being one of the few reactors to watch and react to the post-credits scene.
2:56 = "Wait, did they just throw the baby?". Thank you Verowak, you are the only reactor who made a comment about that joke. Most people miss it I think. Glad you like the movie. As always, your hair looks beautiful. Take care.
Sure there are some jokes that don't land as the movie is almost 45 years old - but the overwhelming majority do and that makes this a bona fide classic. A perfect example of what I call "smart dumb" humor. It's just so delightful to see big bucks spent on gloriously stupid gags! ps. Considering how much you liked Airplane I _highly_ recommend watching "Top Secret!" - I think it is the hidden ZAZ masterpiece! First lead role for Val Kilmer and he nails it. Full of absurdity and a sort of musical to boot!
If you like this kind of humor you have to check out "Top Secret" (1984). It's done by the same people that made Airplane and stars Val Kilmer. And definitely check out the "Naked Gun" films.
The older lady who gets into the jive talk smackdown at 25:01 is played by Barbara Billingsley, who was still very famous when this movie came out, because she played June Cleaver, the Mom in “Leave It To Beaver”. June Cleaver was held up as the “par example” of the perfect white middle-class 1950s housewife. A true archetype. So people kinda lost their minds when she brought the “cut me some slack, Jack!” 😂🤣
The two jive-talking guys taught her how to talk like that. In an interview, Barbara said these guys were wonderful and this movie revived her career. Her interview is here on RUclips.
The look on your face when the mayo jokes hit. I knew then you understood just what you had gotten yourself into. 😀 Great reaction as per usual on Verowak Airlines.
It was actually from a speech from Notre Dame football coach, Knute Rockne. Football star, George Gipp had a tragic death and on his dying bed told Knute when the going got tough, to tell the boys to "Win one for the Gipper!" The movie, and the quote originated from the speech Rockne gave to his team in 1928.
I see several people mentioned Leslie Nielsen, but look into Peter Graves. Mission Impossible had him at the helm decades before Tom Cruise. And he's the brother of Matt Dillon! (Gunsmoke)
Two Leslie Nielsen movies that I can recommend, which are serious roles in drama / action genres rather than comedy, would be Forbidden Planet (1956 Sci-Fi), and The Poseidon Adventure (1972 Disaster Film).
One of the great things about this movie is a person can watch it missing out on 90% of the (then) contemporary cultural references and still find it incredibly funny. Now imagine if you 'got' all the jokes.
@@VerowakReacts You actually got more jokes than a lot of reactors. The only one I noticed you didn't get was the "two cups of coffee" bit which was from an old Folger's coffee commercial.
The guy who picked the wrong week to quit everything is Lloyd Bridges, when I was a kid (I'm 69 years old) he starred in a show centered around scuba diving called "Sea Hunt". I used to watch it on a black and white TV LOL.
One subtle thing I have always enjoyed is the fact that the background noise of the airplane itself is that of propeller engines--not the jet airliner that is shown.
The "second cup of coffee" references an old coffee commercial. A couple are in a restaurant and the waitress asks if they want more coffee. And that's where 'Airplane' picks it up. Don't worry about missing it - I haven't seen anyone under the age of 60 catch it.
There are also many sound gags, such as they are on a jet, but the noise you hear is a propeller plane engines instead of jet engines. Also as they start taxing out and the girl is running along like on a train platform, listen to the background noise.
You are one of two people on Y-Tube that noticed the gear shift lever on the control console. You definitely picked a great place to start. I really like the way your reaction was edited. It was cut down, but it wasn't too short. Also, it was still easy to follow. Some reactions with quick cuts are noticeable enough to be distracting & jarring. Everything flowed well. The plane was pretty well damaged upon landing. By the way, I absolutely love your very professional intro for this film.
Thank you so much!! Editing is always tough, so I'm really happy that you commented on it 🤩 I thought of the intro 10 seconds before I was to start recording... so I had to take a bit of time to plan it 😁😂
Did you catch the music gag when the doc tells the George Zipp story? "Win one for the Zipper" was a parody of the Ronald Reagan movie (win one for the Gipper) about the Knute Rockne story, When he was playing football for Notre Dame. The music here was the fight song for the Irish.
@@VerowakReacts Ronald Reagan was known as a leading man in B movies before being elected as governor of California in the late 1960's. He was elected President of the United States in November, 1980, about 5 months after this movie appeared in theaters.
@@LordVolkov Yeah, I saw that too. He was good. But he’s definitely well known for Admiral Benson. In the Hot Shots movies, he was just as good as Leslie Nielsen imo.
The man and woman over the loudspeakers in the airport were the actual airport announcers at LAX and were also a married couple. The man in the cab was not an actor. He was a well-known businessman from California who lobbied heavily to reign in government spending in California. It’s obscure, and you’d have to have been from California at that time to even know who he was, but the joke is that he just sits there allowing the tab to keep going up without doing anything. The black guys speaking jive, which they wrote themselves, was all a setup for the punchline of the older white woman speaking it as well and back to them. The actress was Barbara Billingsley. She played June Cleaver in the 1950’s TV show Leave It To Beaver and was the epitome of a white middleclass mother and housewife of that era. The woman who thinks to herself that her husband never has a second cup of coffee at home was an actress who did national coffee commercials - I think for Yuban - and that was always her catchphrase. She was very recognizable at the time. It would almost be like “Flo” from Progressive being in a movie or TV show making an insurance reference. Peter Graves (pilot), Leslie Neilson (doctor), Lloyd Bridges (air traffic controller) and Robert Stack (pilot in tower) were very famous and legendary dramatic actors who had done little to no comedy. Casting them in this movie and having them say and do such ridiculous things was SO out of character for them. That is what made it so funny. Peter Graves was the main character in the original TV series Mission Impossible, which the Tom Cruise movies are based on. There is a reference to it in Airplane!2. Lloyd Bridges sons, actors Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges, begged him to do this movie so they could laugh at him. It led to many more comedy roles for all of them. Lloyd Bridges was also in a couple of episodes of Seinfeld toward the end of his life. Ethel Merman was a very famous and successful actress, singer and Broadway star. Yes, that was her in the hospital flashback basically playing herself. The song she sings was one of her trademarks. I’m not sure, but the horse in bed with the pilot’s wife might be a reference to The God Father. The ridiculous images in the background while Robert Stack is driving to the airport, I think is making fun of the bad special effects used up till around that time whenever actors were driving.
I’m pretty certain it also stars the same “Jim” from at least one of those Yuban commercials, the one where they’re about to leave a dinner party and the hostess asks if they’re “sure you can’t stay for more coffee?” The fact Airplane got them back together as a couple makes it that much better. No mention of little Joey in the coffee commercial though.
You picked up on a lot of jokes other reactors usually miss, I'm so impressed. And it's always great to see new people laughing at the comedy, it's so well done that it still holds up after more than 40 years.
Leslie Nielson was born in Saskatchewan. His father was an RCMP constable and his brother, Erick, was deputy Prime Minister of Canada in the Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. If you want to see him in a romantic comedy, watch "Tammy and the Bachelor."
Dang I don't know how many times I've watched this movie and never noticed she threw the baby when the airplane crashed through the window (one of the greatest practical effects of all time, in my opinion)- astute observation! It's only shown for half a second, but you gotta love the nudie bag called "Box Lunch".
Route him into Lake Michigan avoid killing innocent people. HAHA Just one dad joke after another. Classic flick. And Capt. Over farting before collapsing never gets old.
It aged fine for those of us who were there. I hate that saying. It just says you are part of the newer generations that get offended by the littlest things, then spout "cancel" and "I'm offended". PC is nothing more than censorship disguised as good manners". PC is nothing a law and We Gen Xers are more than happy to hammer that home just to offend younger people. Lol
I hate that saying "didn't age well". That usually tells me that when someone wasn't there at the time or 2, the most likely, is they think it's offensive and spout "PC" or "Cancel them". PC is not the law and is only censorship disguised as good manners. We Gen Xers are happy to stand with our legal precedented 1st amendment and hopefully offended the younger generations doing it. Being offended is their personal problem they try deflecting onto others. I didn't sign up to coddle wimps. They can see a shrink. Lol
The arguing couple in the airport PA system are a real- life couple who do this for a living, the announcing, not the arguing. LOL. The bar and beach flashback…I am assuming you haven’t seen John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, or From Here to Eternity 1953. That one way before we were both born. The pilot played by the late Peter Graves was a childhood hero, Mr. Phelps, the leader in the TV series Mission Impossible. Steve, the multiple addict played by the late Lloyd Bridges was another childhood hero in the 1958 series Sea Hunt. Both actors later became comedic superstars with Leslie Nielsen. Look for Bridges in Hot Shots! Then there’s Barbara Billingsley, June Cleaver of Leave it to Beaver, speaking jive! I just feel old every time I watch another reactor……
I think the Turkish prison comment is a reference to Midnight Express- a film based on the true story of an American who gets caught smuggling drugs in Turkey and ends up in prison there. It was released a year or two before this, I think. Very good film.
The guy with the light sticks that misguides the airplane into the window looks and sounds just like Jerry Seinfeld. I was kinda disappointed when I found out it wasn't him.
"I need to see him (Nielsen) in non-comedic roles." Start with Creepshow, since 'tis the season. And I've seen Nielsen as the baddie in a number of other films as well. Viva Knievel, and Day of the Animal, for example. Day of the Animals also shares a cast member in the coffee loving young girl, who is in a decidedly different role there
The guy waiting in the cab is Howard Jarvis, a tax protestor famous for leading CA’s proposition 13 which changed how real estate was taxed. This was his 15 minutes, everyone at thee theater broke out laughing when they saw his face. Glad you got the “Mayo clinic” and “get me Hamm on five and hold the Mayo”. You’d be surprised how many reactors don’t seem to get it.😁
BTW - the guy in the taxi was Howard Jarvis, a California politican that was famous for passing an importnat tax law - Proposition 13 in 1978 that is basically still in effect and saves homeonwers a tremendous amout of money.
I'm shocked at how many of the references you got. I've seen a lot of reactions of this movie and you caught the most references. Almost nobody catches the mayonnaise at the Mayo Clinic and I couldn't believe you saw it. There are some references that you just wouldn't get because you needed to be around at that time, but watching it again will even be funnier. Almost nobody catches the Wacking Material at the magazine rack, but they do catch the Modern Sperm. All the mags in the stand were *orn mags.
A couple of people did side by side comparisons to "Zero Hour". It's a ridiculously faithful parody. Here's one. ruclips.net/video/FasDZeNAmlk/видео.html . So the two references I have yet to see a reactor get are the beach scene in "From Here to Eternity" and Win one for the Zipper from Ronald Reagan's "Knute Rockney all American".
There's an old action movie where a computer hacker hijacks a train. He addresses his train hostages by saying "hello, this is your captor speaking...." It co-stars a young Katherine Heigl and Kurtwood Smith. And some little known martial artist name Seagal or something.
*(Top Secret)* *(The Naked Gun 1) part 2&1/2, & 33&1/3* *(Airplane 2)* Not as good as the original *(Hot Shots 1)* mostly a Top Gun parody *(Hot SHots Part Deux)* mostly a Rambo parody
The real challenge is not laughing during this film even after watching it a few dozen times. Probably the only one who could do that would be one of Jerry Seinfeld's old TV girlfriends who never laughed at any of his jokes but simply said stoically, "That's funny".
The Captain and his wife. Are pretty much in the movie for one thing. Sexual taboos. The zipper speech was the Gipper speech. Which was given by Ronald Reagan. The Ronald Reagan movie that made the first woman sick.
A very serious Leslie Nielson? Forbidden Planet, which Gene Roddenberry morphed into Star Trek and reused the transported pads for ALL the various series.
Leslie Nielsen was probably the best thing about this movie. One of my happiest memories of my childhood was watching him host The Three Stooges on AMC.
KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE is the one before this, and the NAKED GUN and HOT SHOTS movies are after. There's also the very underrated TOP SECRET! YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE was a parody of soap operas in the same vein.
If you like this kind of humor, be sure to check out these movies: Top Secret!, Loaded Weapon, Hot Shots and Hot Shots Part Deux, Mafia! and the Scary Movie series.
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Hard to pick a favorite, but nobody today gets the coffee jokes. There was a popular series of coffee commercials at the time. And the very serious leading man actors in the zany roles
The one that no one ever catches. The mirror bit, go watch the scene when Kramers dog is attacking the guy picking him up.l
The "drinking problem" and the "smoking ticket"...those never fail to make me crack up.
The auto pilot always cracked me up. 😂
"Tropic Thunder" should be on your list
The "Jim never has a second cup at home" is from a series of 70s TV ads for Yuban coffee. The actress that says it in this is the actress from those commercials.
i saw those commercials all the time as a kid
She also suggested the line of people holding items of increasing violence during the "get a hold of yourself" bit.
(Leslie accidentally connected with the first slap, that look she gave him was genuine. Leslie, to save the take, just decided to slap her again)
Those Yuban coffee commercials are here on RUclips.
I believe “Jim” is played by the same actor in both roles too.
The beach flash back is From Here to Eternity.
So Shrek is either 2 levels of references, or it also references From Here to Eternity
@VerowakReacts yes. 😂
The directors said they have never seen From Here to Eternity. But it had been lampooned so much it was part of the culture.
Forbidden Planet for a serious Leslie Nielson role
It seems like that is a very popular one!
@@VerowakReactsDay Of The Animals has a pretty villainous performance from Leslie. It's pretty good if you find yourself in the mood for a 'when animals attack' movie.
@@VerowakReacts Forbidden Planet was a bit of a landmark in Sci-fi being taken seriously. Also it was the inspiration for Star Trek 😯
@@VerowakReacts Forbidden Planet is arguably the Best Sci-Fi Movie of the 1950s. A definite watch!!
Yes Forbidden Planet! The sci fi movie that paved the way for all other sci fi. Way ahead of it's time and an excellent movie.
OMG, someone finally saw the woman throw the baby in the air!!!😅
THere are SO many small details everywhere!! I caught that one, but I'm guessing I missed others lol
I literally never noticed 😂😂😂
The plane that crashes through the window was a full scale mock up.
It's one of these little details you only notice after a few watches, like the stepping through the mirror.
I've watched this more times than I've had fish for dinner and I never noticed.
Congratulations! You caught 88.5% of Airplane! jokes. That puts you in the top 4% of your Reaction peers.
You also have a great and expressive smile.
Technically it was 88.46%
Halfway through and this is one of the best reactions to Airplane out there. You caught the most jokes of anyone I have seen.
Thanks! 🤩I noticed early on that there are so many details, so I tried my best to notice them (though I know there are a lot that I missed, especially the ones that only people alive at the time would catch)
Yes, she definitely caught the most jokes of anyone I’ve seen, too. There obviously are some jokes that you wouldn’t expect anyone who wasn’t around then to get now (such as the coffee commercial joke that others have commented on, the Anita Bryant joke, Barbara Billingsley from Leave it to Beaver speaking jive, and Howard Jarvis (the noted anti-tax crusader) as the guy in the cab), but she got the comedy right away (unlike many reactors) and noticed most of the jokes.
Verowak: One thing I would suggest on a rewatch is to actually read the closing credits. All of them. There are lots of jokes in there such as lines from nursery rhymes, made up job titles, and jabs at notorious historical figures. I have yet to see a reactor react to the closing credits. But she gets points for being one of the few reactors to watch and react to the post-credits scene.
@@VerowakReactsyou did an amazing job here.
She’s a smarty.
If you enjoy this kind of "off the wall" humour, check out the HOT SHOT films and TOP SECRET... Hilarious stuff. :)
I'm an 80s kid, but I've never seen Top Secret.
@@jkhoover Somehow it's still one of Val Kilmer's best performances despite being his film debut.
_Top Secret_
10/10 😃
@@JohnLeePettimoreIII
Don’t forget the sequel Airplane 2
I picked the wrong week to stop crushing on Verowak.
You know the rules. Now you have to go to the back of the crushing-on-Verowak line.
@@dafterite Surely you're not serious!
She is adorable
Good one 😆👍
2:56 = "Wait, did they just throw the baby?". Thank you Verowak, you are the only reactor who made a comment about that joke. Most people miss it I think. Glad you like the movie. As always, your hair looks beautiful. Take care.
Sure there are some jokes that don't land as the movie is almost 45 years old - but the overwhelming majority do and that makes this a bona fide classic. A perfect example of what I call "smart dumb" humor. It's just so delightful to see big bucks spent on gloriously stupid gags!
ps. Considering how much you liked Airplane I _highly_ recommend watching "Top Secret!" - I think it is the hidden ZAZ masterpiece! First lead role for Val Kilmer and he nails it. Full of absurdity and a sort of musical to boot!
If you like this kind of humor you have to check out "Top Secret" (1984). It's done by the same people that made Airplane and stars Val Kilmer. And definitely check out the "Naked Gun" films.
I'll second the recommendation, Top Secret gave Z-A-Z a chance to do some elaborate, but fantastic sight gags.
Top Secret is (IMHO) a must-watch.
I third (?) the recommendation and add Hot Shots in the mix, but only if you saw the original Top Gun.
@@JohnLeePettimoreIIITop Secret was so ambitious and amazing, but I feel like it’s the least well known of the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker movies.
The older lady who gets into the jive talk smackdown at 25:01 is played by Barbara Billingsley, who was still very famous when this movie came out, because she played June Cleaver, the Mom in “Leave It To Beaver”. June Cleaver was held up as the “par example” of the perfect white middle-class 1950s housewife. A true archetype. So people kinda lost their minds when she brought the “cut me some slack, Jack!” 😂🤣
The two jive-talking guys taught her how to talk like that. In an interview, Barbara said these guys were wonderful and this movie revived her career. Her interview is here on RUclips.
The look on your face when the mayo jokes hit. I knew then you understood just what you had gotten yourself into. 😀
Great reaction as per usual on Verowak Airlines.
I love just how literal everything is 🤣😍
There are lots of jokes hidden in the end credits as well
Beach scene.... scene from "From Here to Eternity."
"Win just one for the zipper" is from an old Ronald Reagan movie except it was "Gipper".
It was actually from a speech from Notre Dame football coach, Knute Rockne. Football star, George Gipp had a tragic death and on his dying bed told Knute when the going got tough, to tell the boys to "Win one for the Gipper!" The movie, and the quote originated from the speech Rockne gave to his team in 1928.
I see several people mentioned Leslie Nielsen, but look into Peter Graves. Mission Impossible had him at the helm decades before Tom Cruise. And he's the brother of Matt Dillon! (Gunsmoke)
Now that you mention it, I remember their similar voices and features :)
Verowak... have you ever been in a Turkish prison? 😂😂😂
🤣🤣
Do you ever hang around a gymnasium?
@@VerowakReactsThat is another movie reference, for the film "Midnight Express" which takes place in guess where.
@@craigfuller1532 I always thought it was Lawrence of Arabia, if you are referring to the Turkish prison comment...
@@craigfuller1532Hungary?😅
There's a RUclips video comparing Zero Hour with Airplane.
Yes, you go watch that. You'll have fun with it.
In the german dub version the two black guys are talking in bavarian xD
The German syncro couldn't capture all jokes ("all together", "shit hits the fan" ...), but I still did a decent job.
Oh nice!! I always wonder how dubbed versions turn out for movies with comedy like this
Two Leslie Nielsen movies that I can recommend, which are serious roles in drama / action genres rather than comedy, would be Forbidden Planet (1956 Sci-Fi), and The Poseidon Adventure (1972 Disaster Film).
@@tofersiefken Leslie also gives a chilling villainous perfomance in Day Of The Animals, a 70s 'when animals attack' movie
One of the great things about this movie is a person can watch it missing out on 90% of the (then) contemporary cultural references and still find it incredibly funny. Now imagine if you 'got' all the jokes.
I'm sure there are movies that were made while I was growing up that I'll get all the jokes :D I just have to find them lol
@@VerowakReacts You actually got more jokes than a lot of reactors. The only one I noticed you didn't get was the "two cups of coffee" bit which was from an old Folger's coffee commercial.
Do many women reminisce about face sitting like she did? I always found that scene touching.
Julie Haggerty being irrepressibly horny is always hilarious.
It's a question for the ages
And so it was henceforth, Verowak adopted the "knife in the back" as her own go to dance move.🤣
We're gonna have a stabbing good time with that move!!
The guy who picked the wrong week to quit everything is Lloyd Bridges, when I was a kid (I'm 69 years old) he starred in a show centered around scuba diving called "Sea Hunt". I used to watch it on a black and white TV LOL.
And of course was the father of Jeff and Beau Bridges, who were also big stars
Omg I had no idea he was Jeff Bridges' father! I mean it makes sense with the same last name, but I didn't put two and two together!
One subtle thing I have always enjoyed is the fact that the background noise of the airplane itself is that of propeller engines--not the jet airliner that is shown.
It goes well with the train station runway farewell 🤣🤣🤣
@@LordVolkov Indeed!
Now you have to watch Top Secret! Another absurdly ridiculous film by the same people.
The "second cup of coffee" references an old coffee commercial.
A couple are in a restaurant and the waitress asks if they want more coffee.
And that's where 'Airplane' picks it up.
Don't worry about missing it - I haven't seen anyone under the age of 60 catch it.
Yes, the beach scene was in one if the Shrek movies, but it first appeared in From Here to Eternity.
Shrek, of course, mimicked the scene as well.
Nice catch. You’re probably almost as old as I am lol
There are also many sound gags, such as they are on a jet, but the noise you hear is a propeller plane engines instead of jet engines. Also as they start taxing out and the girl is running along like on a train platform, listen to the background noise.
Also, the girl and the plane are running in different directions.
Looks like I picked the right week to come back to Verowak's channel. Golly! 🤗
Oh thank god, you're one of the very few who stuck around for the post-credit scene!!! LOL
You are one of two people on Y-Tube that noticed the gear shift lever on the control console. You definitely picked a great place to start. I really like the way your reaction was edited. It was cut down, but it wasn't too short. Also, it was still easy to follow. Some reactions with quick cuts are noticeable enough to be distracting & jarring. Everything flowed well. The plane was pretty well damaged upon landing. By the way, I absolutely love your very professional intro for this film.
Thank you so much!! Editing is always tough, so I'm really happy that you commented on it 🤩 I thought of the intro 10 seconds before I was to start recording... so I had to take a bit of time to plan it 😁😂
Did you catch the music gag when the doc tells the George Zipp story? "Win one for the Zipper" was a parody of the Ronald Reagan movie (win one for the Gipper) about the Knute Rockne story, When he was playing football for Notre Dame. The music here was the fight song for the Irish.
Can't catch a gag that references something I've never seen or heard of 🤣
@@VerowakReacts Ronald Reagan was known as a leading man in B movies before being elected as governor of California in the late 1960's. He was elected President of the United States in November, 1980, about 5 months after this movie appeared in theaters.
This also launched Lloyd Bridges comedy career in the Hot Shot movies. He was also known for serious roles beforehand.
@@NemeanLion- Lloyd was also very funny in the Godfather spoof Mafia, with Jay Mohr and Christina Applegate
@@LordVolkov Yeah, I saw that too. He was good. But he’s definitely well known for Admiral Benson. In the Hot Shots movies, he was just as good as Leslie Nielsen imo.
Ah, yes, Airplane...from back when comedy existed...Those two kids with the coffee though...this film would never be made today lol.
The man and woman over the loudspeakers in the airport were the actual airport announcers at LAX and were also a married couple.
The man in the cab was not an actor. He was a well-known businessman from California who lobbied heavily to reign in government spending in California. It’s obscure, and you’d have to have been from California at that time to even know who he was, but the joke is that he just sits there allowing the tab to keep going up without doing anything.
The black guys speaking jive, which they wrote themselves, was all a setup for the punchline of the older white woman speaking it as well and back to them. The actress was Barbara Billingsley. She played June Cleaver in the 1950’s TV show Leave It To Beaver and was the epitome of a white middleclass mother and housewife of that era.
The woman who thinks to herself that her husband never has a second cup of coffee at home was an actress who did national coffee commercials - I think for Yuban - and that was always her catchphrase. She was very recognizable at the time. It would almost be like “Flo” from Progressive being in a movie or TV show making an insurance reference.
Peter Graves (pilot), Leslie Neilson (doctor), Lloyd Bridges (air traffic controller) and Robert Stack (pilot in tower) were very famous and legendary dramatic actors who had done little to no comedy. Casting them in this movie and having them say and do such ridiculous things was SO out of character for them. That is what made it so funny. Peter Graves was the main character in the original TV series Mission Impossible, which the Tom Cruise movies are based on. There is a reference to it in Airplane!2. Lloyd Bridges sons, actors Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges, begged him to do this movie so they could laugh at him. It led to many more comedy roles for all of them. Lloyd Bridges was also in a couple of episodes of Seinfeld toward the end of his life.
Ethel Merman was a very famous and successful actress, singer and Broadway star. Yes, that was her in the hospital flashback basically playing herself. The song she sings was one of her trademarks.
I’m not sure, but the horse in bed with the pilot’s wife might be a reference to The God Father.
The ridiculous images in the background while Robert Stack is driving to the airport, I think is making fun of the bad special effects used up till around that time whenever actors were driving.
Favourite parody movie? Tough one. Hmmm, going to go with Top Secret starring Val Kilmer.
The 2nd cup of coffee line was from a 1970s Yubon Coffee commercial, which starred the same actress.
I’m pretty certain it also stars the same “Jim” from at least one of those Yuban commercials, the one where they’re about to leave a dinner party and the hostess asks if they’re “sure you can’t stay for more coffee?” The fact Airplane got them back together as a couple makes it that much better. No mention of little Joey in the coffee commercial though.
The beach scene is from the movie "From Here to Eternity" (1953). Shrek 2 also parodied it.
"Oh stewardess....I speak jive," LOL
Part of that joke was the woman was Barbara Billingsley, who played 50s TV mom June Cleaver in "Leave It To Beaver".
You picked up on a lot of jokes other reactors usually miss, I'm so impressed. And it's always great to see new people laughing at the comedy, it's so well done that it still holds up after more than 40 years.
She did!
This kind of comedy is right up my alley. Everything being so literal, and ridiculous!!
You mentioned "Naked Gun" . They are a MUST SEE. I can tell now, absolutely perfect for you.
"Win one for the Zipper" is spoof of Gipper, George Gipp, Notre Dame football legend. Ronald Reagan was in that movie too. Lol
Knute Rockne, All-American. The music during the pep talk and at the end of the movie is the Notre Dame fight song.
Trivia: The Old Guy in the Taxi was Howard Jarvis the California property tax crusader. He was largely responsible for the Passage of Prop 13.
Leslie Nielson was born in Saskatchewan. His father was an RCMP constable and his brother, Erick, was deputy Prime Minister of Canada in the Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. If you want to see him in a romantic comedy, watch "Tammy and the Bachelor."
Dang I don't know how many times I've watched this movie and never noticed she threw the baby when the airplane crashed through the window (one of the greatest practical effects of all time, in my opinion)- astute observation! It's only shown for half a second, but you gotta love the nudie bag called "Box Lunch".
Airplane! is nearly a word for word, joke for joke rip-off of Zero Hour.... But still a great comedy.
There's is a comparison on RUclips between scenes in Zero Hour and this, including the 2 kids having coffee.
I'm definitely going to be watching Zero Hour!
Actually flight crews have different things to eat just so something like this doesn't happen
You're very intelligent.
Thank you 😁🤩
She is one of the best of the best of the best...
The first microwaves were called radar ranges.
"Let them crash," was a parody of a political TV show called Counter Point.😊
It was a parody of the frequent "Point/CounterPoint" _segment_ of the popular weekly TV news magazine, "60 Minutes"
More Leslie Nielson: Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
The beach scene that this and Shrek 2 copied is from an old black and white movie called From Here To Eternity.
Ahh, it makes sense that this movie would be parodying a scene from a previous movie :D
How do you take your coffee??? 😂
Hot & milky, like my women
Leslie Nielsen's best dramatic role before doing comedies was Forbidden Planet (1956), he also has a small part in The Poseidon Adventure (1972).
the white zone red zone announcers are real husband and wife
Puns, Trains and Automobiles. Leslie Nielsen is surely a National treasure. And don't call me Shirley!
Verowaking material
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So, the "test" for reactors on Airplane! is the "Gimmie Hamm on five, hold the Mayo" bit, and you passed beautifully!
Route him into Lake Michigan avoid killing innocent people. HAHA Just one dad joke after another. Classic flick. And Capt. Over farting before collapsing never gets old.
The joke about the 2nd cup of coffee didn’t age well. It was a very popular commercial at the time.
I feel like there are many jokes that are missed by people who didn't watch this movie when it released
And the same actress was in the commercial with the same exact line.
It aged fine for those of us who were there. I hate that saying. It just says you are part of the newer generations that get offended by the littlest things, then spout "cancel" and "I'm offended".
PC is nothing more than censorship disguised as good manners". PC is nothing a law and We Gen Xers are more than happy to hammer that home just to offend younger people. Lol
I hate that saying "didn't age well". That usually tells me that when someone wasn't there at the time or 2, the most likely, is they think it's offensive and spout "PC" or "Cancel them". PC is not the law and is only censorship disguised as good manners. We Gen Xers are happy to stand with our legal precedented 1st amendment and hopefully offended the younger generations doing it. Being offended is their personal problem they try deflecting onto others. I didn't sign up to coddle wimps. They can see a shrink. Lol
I like my coffee black, like my men.
The arguing couple in the airport PA system are a real- life couple who do this for a living, the announcing, not the arguing. LOL. The bar and beach flashback…I am assuming you haven’t seen John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, or From Here to Eternity 1953. That one way before we were both born. The pilot played by the late Peter Graves was a childhood hero, Mr. Phelps, the leader in the TV series Mission Impossible. Steve, the multiple addict played by the late Lloyd Bridges was another childhood hero in the 1958 series Sea Hunt. Both actors later became comedic superstars with Leslie Nielsen. Look for Bridges in Hot Shots! Then there’s Barbara Billingsley, June Cleaver of Leave it to Beaver, speaking jive! I just feel old every time I watch another reactor……
Finally. An intelligent person reacting to this. And you caught the end of credits scene
I think the Turkish prison comment is a reference to Midnight Express- a film based on the true story of an American who gets caught smuggling drugs in Turkey and ends up in prison there. It was released a year or two before this, I think. Very good film.
You've noticed more then any other reacter I've watched.
The guy with the light sticks that misguides the airplane into the window looks and sounds just like Jerry Seinfeld. I was kinda disappointed when I found out it wasn't him.
Whoever reads this,remember,Good luck we're all counting on you!!
Yes. Someone tossed a baby in a blanket when the plane came through the glass.
Who wouldn't?
My favourite gag is the emergency pilots name. Otto. Otto-Pilot.
Oh, and there is a comparison on YT between "Zero Hour" and "Airplane!". Well worth watching it!
And to be precise the other movie is "Zero Hour!". Don't forget the exclamation point
Indeed! I did!
The beach seen is "From Here to Eternity" classic WWII movie.
One thing most people miss is the propeller sound they use for the engines in the JET Plane.
8:50 Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta.
Looks like I picked a hell of a day to quit watching reaction videos.
Obviously the most literal film ever done, but 44 years later it still holds up 😅
I need more literal movies like this lol
@@VerowakReacts dunno if you've seen this, but Mel Brooks classic Blazing Saddles is a film you'd enjoy
My favorite parody movie is This Is Spinal Tap.
Great reaction beautiful 😍 Johnny stole the show. I love Johnny
She did not, perhaps she's intolerant of the LGBT community
Don't call me, Shirley. 😂🤣
On any rewatches, and any other Zucker/Abrams/Zucker films, make sure to read the credits, as there's a tonne of jokes sprinkled throughout.
"I need to see him (Nielsen) in non-comedic roles." Start with Creepshow, since 'tis the season.
And I've seen Nielsen as the baddie in a number of other films as well. Viva Knievel, and Day of the Animal, for example. Day of the Animals also shares a cast member in the coffee loving young girl, who is in a decidedly different role there
I Wont Call You Shirley
Some Airplane! references:
ruclips.net/p/PLGxVpdTGGjUK99PL5jwJNfQFBnpJoiSiu
Before Airplane! the Zucker Brothers and Jim Abrahams did The Kentucky Fried Movie. Well worth a watch. As is Amazon Women on the Moon.
The guy waiting in the cab is Howard Jarvis, a tax protestor famous for leading CA’s proposition 13 which changed how real estate was taxed. This was his 15 minutes, everyone at thee theater broke out laughing when they saw his face. Glad you got the “Mayo clinic” and “get me Hamm on five and hold the Mayo”. You’d be surprised how many reactors don’t seem to get it.😁
BTW - the guy in the taxi was Howard Jarvis, a California politican that was famous for passing an importnat tax law - Proposition 13 in 1978 that is basically still in effect and saves homeonwers a tremendous amout of money.
This movie is from the same guys who brought you Police Squad! (which you haven't watched) and the Naked Gun movies - Zucker, Abrahams & Zucker
I'm shocked at how many of the references you got. I've seen a lot of reactions of this movie and you caught the most references.
Almost nobody catches the mayonnaise at the Mayo Clinic and I couldn't believe you saw it.
There are some references that you just wouldn't get because you needed to be around at that time, but watching it again will even be funnier.
Almost nobody catches the Wacking Material at the magazine rack, but they do catch the Modern Sperm. All the mags in the stand were *orn mags.
not only that, but most of it was gay porn, more shocking in the 80s, and even more relevant to his "gladiator" reference.
@@otheus And that all links to the scenes with his wife, who is first sleeping with a horse and then tries to feel up Robert Stack.
A couple of people did side by side comparisons to "Zero Hour". It's a ridiculously faithful parody. Here's one. ruclips.net/video/FasDZeNAmlk/видео.html . So the two references I have yet to see a reactor get are the beach scene in "From Here to Eternity" and Win one for the Zipper from Ronald Reagan's "Knute Rockney all American".
There's an old action movie where a computer hacker hijacks a train. He addresses his train hostages by saying "hello, this is your captor speaking...." It co-stars a young Katherine Heigl and Kurtwood Smith. And some little known martial artist name Seagal or something.
*(Top Secret)*
*(The Naked Gun 1) part 2&1/2, & 33&1/3*
*(Airplane 2)* Not as good as the original
*(Hot Shots 1)* mostly a Top Gun parody
*(Hot SHots Part Deux)* mostly a Rambo parody
The real challenge is not laughing during this film even after watching it a few dozen times. Probably the only one who could do that would be one of Jerry Seinfeld's old TV girlfriends who never laughed at any of his jokes but simply said stoically, "That's funny".
The actor who says " They Knew What They Were Getting Into , Let Them Crash ". Was in the movie from John Landis " The Kentucky Fried Movie ".
And that was a take off on a thing the TV new show 60 Minutes did called "Point-Counterpoint". SNL spoofed it too.
The Captain and his wife. Are pretty much in the movie for one thing. Sexual taboos. The zipper speech was the Gipper speech. Which was given by Ronald Reagan. The Ronald Reagan movie that made the first woman sick.
A very serious Leslie Nielson? Forbidden Planet, which Gene Roddenberry morphed into Star Trek and reused the transported pads for ALL the various series.
Leslie Nielsen was probably the best thing about this movie. One of my happiest memories of my childhood was watching him host The Three Stooges on AMC.
I'm late to the party, but I second the vote for Forbidden Planet. :)
KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE is the one before this, and the NAKED GUN and HOT SHOTS movies are after. There's also the very underrated TOP SECRET! YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE was a parody of soap operas in the same vein.
If you like this kind of comedy then I really recommend the 2002 movie kung-pow enter the fist. Airplane cartoon comedy Tines 20!!!
If you like this kind of humor, be sure to check out these movies: Top Secret!, Loaded Weapon, Hot Shots and Hot Shots Part Deux, Mafia! and the Scary Movie series.