You Like Reactions About Gladiators? (AIRPLANE! Reaction)
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- My first time watching Airplane! Hope you all enjoy my reaction to the movie.
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Original Movie: Airplane! (1980)
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“I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley” is one of the ultimate classic lines in cinema. The doctor is played by Leslie Nielsen. Incredible comedy actor. If you’ve not seen the Naked Gun films, you’ve definitely got to check them out
and for a younger and more serious actor, you can see him as a starship captain in the 1956 sci-fi thriller, Forbidden Planet
There'll be a lot of recommendations for the Naked Gun movies, by the same production/writing team as Airplane!, but their follow up to Airplane! was a movie called "Top Secret" (1984) that is lesser known but some feel is their funniest, most clever movie...
I think leslie nelson was well known for those serious roles right? But he transitioned and did alot more work like this and IMO its really good. He has some sort of talent for it
@J Powzy The reason he was so good in the Zucker films was because he WASN'T a comedy actor. He was deadpan and serious about everything the whole time. That's why they hired him and the other actors for Police Squad. They were all known for being serious actors and not comedians, but they were in a show that was utterly stupid and random. If you watch some of the later flicks he was in (he was in a ton of crappy comedy films in the 90s), you'll see him hamming it up and playing goofy, but those were mostly terrible. He was not a comedian, he was just in a lot of comedy films.
@@kingscorpion7346 Forbidden Planet is such a great movie! I saw it as a kid, and I was super skeptical because it was way before my time, but I ended up loving it.
"A grown man naked"
"Hang around a gymnasium"
"In prision"
"Movies about gladiators"
Because COCKPIT.
The Turkish prison line in particular was a reference to the movie Midnight Express where an American is imprisoned in Turkey for dope smuggling and experiences homosexual rape.
The first and probably last film to laugh at pedophilia.
Oh NOW I get how those are all connected
Some of the most hilarious scenes in cinema history
"Top Secret" is another classic by the Zucker Brothers, don't miss it.
I think it's my favorite movie
yes!!! just today at work i was singing skeet surfin to my self and non of the other honda techs had any idea what i was talking about. its a must see for sure
And even though only one of the brothers was involved, "Rat Race" is incredibly underrated.
It's Val Kilmer's debut too!
and both Hot Shots movies!
"No... that's just what they'll be expecting us to do" is the best line of the entire film, it kills me every time
The guy who opens the microwave at 24:28 is played by Johnathan Banks, aka Mike from Breaking Bad/BCS, he looks so young in this!
WHOA! I just caught that!
Holy moly
29:01 That is him too! 😆
Its an Amana Radarange, the first popular microwave oven. He was asked to check the radar range.
I’m glad Brandon got to read this! I was waiting for him to realise 😂
The look on the boy’s face when the girl says she takes her coffee black… like her men. Oh, it just destroys me every time.
To me even funnier than the initial punchline.
Those characters had whole back stories that ended up being cut, like the boy is a DC lobbyist and the girl is a teacher in New York city
@@LostButBroken What at the age of 10?
@@LostButBroken pretty sure they are direct counterparts to characters in Zero Hour. The writers just made them kids because it was funnier.
@@martinmayhew145 Yeah man that would've been the joke. They're kids acting in an adult manner, and it's hilarious.
"Jim never has a 2nd cup at home" was a line from a coffee commercial at the time. The woman who could jive talk was Barbra Billingsley who had played the perfect suburban Mom/housewife on the TV show Leave It To Beaver which ran from 1957 - 1963. Most of the older actors in the film were well known for quite serious earlier career roles. At the time the contrast to their earlier images played into the humor of the film. This film is a parody of the 1957 disaster film "Zero Hour" using the same plot line and characters.
You need to follow up with the Naked Gun series for more humor like this.
Carry On!!
They actually bought the rights to Zero Hour because of how close the two plots were, Airplane is literally comedic Zero Hour.
Those were the actual people from the coffee commercial itself, that makes it funnier 😁
The titles of the movies are actually "Airplane!" and "Zero Hour!" The exclamation points are part of the titles.
To be specific a commercial for Folgers.
@@88wildcat Actually it was a commercial for Yuban. Funnily enough, I thought it was a commercial for Sanka until I looked it up. But I do remember seeing the commercial on TV when I was a kid. It played a lot.
Everyone is commenting on their favourite gag, so I'll mention mine as well. For some reason I always crack up whenever Robert Stack's character dramatically removes his shades, but he's wearing another pair underneath. I absolutely love it.
its a good one. I realized there's censured parts cut out of this movies. Isn´t that a political correct crime?
oh god i’m laughing just reading your comment! that’s how good this movie is.
@@sitcomsTV where are you watching it?
@@highstimulation2497 I found the movie online - I believe. It's a very censured version.
People always say 'you couldnt make this now.' But like Mel Brooks said about Blazing Saddles, "You couldnt make it back then either."
Blazing Saddles will be on TV tomorrow night. From 2000 to 2010. Including credits.
Right lol. people are weirdly obsessed with the idea of something being "cancelled" or people being "sensitive" when literally nothing has changed.
I think you could make this movie today but the problem is is the quality of the actors. You would really need to find people who work well and have that type of comedic timing to be able to do this movie. Plus even if they did, it makes me wonder that with this society would they even come to watch the movie?
People have ALWAYS been saying "Everyone's so sensitive nowadays!"
The whole George Zipp/"win one for the Zipper" thing is a direct reference to the movie "Knute Rockne, All American," in which a Notre Dame football player named George Gipp ("the Gipper," played by Ronald Reagan) dies on a hospital bed and gives the same speech to his coach that the Doctor gives to Ted. That's also the Notre Dame fight song being played during that scene.
Thank you! First comment to extend to the fight song. Now I don't have to cover that.
I am sure you are going to hear this a LOT but now you need to watch "The Naked Gun" it stars Leslie Nielson, he is fantastic in it.
And Hot Shots!
And Top Secret!
@@bujin1977 amazing long "set" jokes. WAY underrated! VAL KILMER's first film also!
No, he should watch "Police Squad!" first, the films take a few jokes from those 6 episodes.
@@bujin1977 I think that Top Secret is better than Airplane.
The pilot is Peter Graves who played Jim Phelps - the team leader in the original Mission Impossible tv series. At the end of his life during an interview Graves expressed that he thought he'd always be remembered for the "This message will self-destruct in five seconds" line, but instead most people would approach him, particularly in airports, and ask if "he liked Gladiator movies" xD
"Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home" was from a commercial.
And the lady saying that was the actress from the commercial. Probably most the people in the country recognized her at that point.
Here it is: ruclips.net/video/MJ4kCF22O2w/видео.html
When the movie came out, folks got the reference, but over time it has slipped away.
@@Steve_Blackwood thank you so much for the link! I haven’t seen that commercial since I was a kid and I never realized it was the same actress.
Yuban coffee, I think. Good heavens, do they even make that any more? The references in this movie can age a person.
It’s about the only joke that’s kind of dated now.
Hi Brandon! In the '70's, back in the day when we had bicycles with banana seats and high-rise handlebars, we used to use a clothes pin to attach a baseball card (or a playing card) to the fork, so that it stuck inbetween the spokes of the wheel. When we rode it, the card would vibrate and sound like a motorcycle.
I'm surprised he's never heard of putting baseball cards in bike spokes.
I did that in the late 90s early 2000s. Though I may have used cardboard or pokemon cards. I had the cooolest bike.
Or just any disposable plastic glass, at least this was the modus operandi in the 80's.
(Noiser 😈, to pretend it was a motorcycle 😂)
Yup! all the time!
I did that too in 2000s but not with a baseball card... I dont even remember what we used
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit watching movie reactions...
"They're acting like they know they're in a movie." Then he looks right at the camera and says "What a pisser". ha ha ha ha
The PA announcers from the start of the film are an actual married couple who did the announcements at LA International
Are you kidding me??! I never knew that! That’s so great! Lol!
That’s the part I think about whenever someone mentions Airplane! Cracks me up from the start.
Don’t forget “Airplane II: The Sequel” which has the same humour. It has a lot of the original cast and includes William Shatner as the moon base commander.
Well, it was not made by the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker trio. Also funny, but less memorable.
Yeah not really on the same level though
Sonny Bono plays the terrorist who goes into the airport gift shop to buy a time bomb. On the wall of the gift shop is a poster of an old man wearing boxing shorts with the caption Rocky 43 on the poster.
Airplane II was a pale imitation. And the filmmakers weren't the same.
“How soon can you land?”
“I can’t tell”
“You can tell me I’m a doctor”
“I mean I’m just not sure”
“Well can’t you take a guess?”
“Not for another 2 hours”
“You can’t take a guess for 2 hours?”
Genuinely genius. My favourite conversation in any movie I think aha.
It works because of how deadpan the doctor is.
Leslie Nielsen, extremely dryly: "This... is how I would deliver... my line... in a drama."
Equally dry: "And this... is how I would deliver... my line... in a comedy."
He was told to act like a drama
"And now we have a kid in the cockpit, I have a feeling something bad is going to happen" - Well you weren't wrong XD
Part of the humor of this movie is that actors like Leslie Nielson started as drama actors in disaster movies. So this whole movie is filmed like a drawn out airplane disaster film, with actors you would expect to see in such a movie, and then all they do is make wise-cracks the entire time. This movie ended up relaunching Leslie's career from a somewhat unknown drama actor to a top-tier comedy actor.
Nielson was the cruise boat captain in THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, maybe the best disaster movie ever made. Fitting that he should help bury the genre here!
@@patrickflanagan3762 Poseiden Adventure should be made into a video game.
Actually, almost ALL "bad" classic disaster movies should be remade into video games.
He was also in Forbidden Planet
@@MrRezRising That is an absolutely genious idea!
There are so many subtle jokes in this movie it's crazy. You can watch it 20 times and still pick up new things. One of the greatest comedies ever.
My favourite line is “let’s get some pictures”
*steals the pictures*
Watching Em from Just Summ Reactions lose her freaking mind over that joke was one of the best things ever.
This actually happened at my wedding! The photographer told us he was going to take some pictures; but he didn’t want the paintings on the wall in the photos. So he started taking them down. My dad and I just started laughing. I don’t think he knew why.
"Kentucky Fried Movie" is by the Zucker Bros. as well from this same era, and contains much of the same style of humor, in a series of vignettes mostly mocking pop culture, TV, and movies. You should cover that one, if you like this :)
i feel not enough people have seen that gem!
it might be a little harder to edit for youtube though lol
Equally impressive is the theme song for the "Kentucky Fried Movie" - which happens to be "The New Carioca" by the Grammy award winning Jonathon and Darlene Edwards: ruclips.net/video/r-Cu2OjrxfY/видео.html
The couple arguing over the PA were in fact a real life couple, who were responsible for the PA announcements at LAX.
LAX had their real recording for YEARS after this movie and I could not get through the airport terminal without laughing out loud.
This one I did NOT know, thank you!
Imagine how much fun they must have had recording the sound pieces for this movie.
'The Captain is full of random questions. Seems like he's the most normal one.'
Uhhhhhhh...who wants to tell Brandon those questions aren't random, and that kiddie diddling isn't normal?
"You ever been to a Turkish prison?"
He didn't say "he's the most normal one," he said the "question" (the latest one he had just said about whether he'd seen a gladiator movie) was the most normal one (and it was the most normal question of the bunch).
@@erickyoung8331 The "Movie about Gladiators" is a reference to "Spartacus", which is widely considered to be explicitly homoerotic. So no, not a normal question to be asking in that context. Very much on topic with "Gymnasium" and "Turkish prison".
@@christiankalk4668 Well of course it was intended that way, that was the entire point of the humor -- uncomfortable questions. But you are missing the entire point I was making -- that he didn't call Unger the most normal one in the video like the OP said, but he was referencing the question and of all the questions, that was the least squirmy of the bunch. My correction was about what he was referring to in the video, which you seem to be missing in my point.
@@erickyoung8331 Not missing your point at all, maybe having a difference of opinion. To me, knowing the "Spartacus" reference makes that question just as sketchy as the other ones.
Sadly II don't think the captain was asking random questions. He seemed to have a clear plan...
I think it's funnier to imagine the captain just asking these questions out of genuine interest without any alterior motive in mind, but it just sounds really bad and he's oblivious to it.
@@ethanlivemere1162 Yeah, but...
I know, he was a freak! 😱
How did Brandon didn't get it though 😂
I don’t think people get that asking if he’d ever been in a Turkish prison was a reference that a movie called Midnight Express that was well known at the time and “scandalously” included a sex scene with two men. And the movies about gladiators was a reference to Spartacus, another movie with gay overtones. Basically, he’s making a series of gay = child molester jokes. Doesn’t hold up too well, but was hilarious during that time.
@@Y_.R This must be how they groomed children before the internet. 🤷♂️
32:31 And credit to you, Brandon! You found the post-credit scene and laughed hysterically at every gag! Others will no doubt fill you in on the jokes that haven't stood the test of time. But overall, I think this is the best reaction to Airplane I've seen! 🥳
The two ground crew guys who accidentally directed the plane into the airport were Jerry and David Zucker, the movies creators. There was an interesting featurette with the two Jive Guys talking about how they developed their part, taking a simple speaking style and turning it into a full language. Even more fun was that while they were explaining that there was a scroll below them translating their perfect English into Jive
No matter how many times I see this, I always almost die laughing. Even just the cut to Leslie Nielsen with his stethoscope round his head "that's right" has me creasing every time
True, good humor will always make you laugh, even when you know it’s coming
It's funny because back then the headphones they gave you to watch movies on the airplane looked just like stethoscopes.
I think there was only one reactor I have seen realized the lady had bird flu.
I guess I picked the wrong week to stop watching "first time reaction" Airplane clips.
Little things to look for:
Ted was in the Air Force but at the bar he's wearing a Navy Lt. Uniform.
That fish was a freshwater catfish.
Otto/Auto pilot has his own webpage on IMDB
Ted doesn't have coordination problem. He has a drinking problem.
It's a jet but the background noise is of a prop plane.
The hubcap rolling after the accident is from the ambulance with the heart patient Lisa.
IMVHO Airplane II is better. Destination moon. (Your buddy Johnny is back)
If you go back and check, every time there is an exterior shot of the plane (a jet) flying, the sound effect is from a propeller driven plane. A very subtle gag.
Hey Brandon loved the reaction as always! Two things I wanted to point out …
First off, you mentioned wanting to watch other movies by the guys that wrote this. One of my favorite movies of all time is called Ruthless People. It stars Danny DeVito and Bette Midler and it’s written by the same guys. Highly recommend!!
Second, the radar guy in the brown leather jacket is played by a very young Johnathan Banks!! I know you’re a huge Mike from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, so I thought you’d appreciate that.
The little girl “coffee” moment is one of if not my favorite joke delivery of all time. She killed it.
And his reaction, too.
The look on the boy right after is one of my favourite shots from this movie.
The boy's face was priceless after that
24:46 "I wish there were more movies like this". There is. Watch The Naked Gun movies from the files of Police Squad. Hilarious!
Also Hot Shots, Spaceballs, and Wrongfully Accused. Movie spinoffs.
The woman speaking jive was the actress that played June Cleaver, the ultimate housewife & mom. That’s great casting. She’s the last person you’d expect to translate for them. A testament to the brilliance of the filmmakers.
@@garyglaser4998 a character whose name is June Cleaver...
*Penultimate housewife?
Why is she the second to last housewife?!?!
I think you mean 'ultimate-housewife'!
Do you know what “penultimate” means ?
Yeaaaaahhhhh bro, penultimate means second to last. You definitely meant ultimate.
@@jamespasifull3424 😂
There are so many films like this. Naked Gun trilogy (get the short lived Police Sqaud! TV show, which it was based on, as well), UHF, Brain Donors, The Kentucky Fried Movie, and so many more. Airplane 2 was not that great.
I was hoping you would get to this. I guess we will see your reaction to Naked Gun soon?
I definitely want to check those movies out!
@@BrandonLikesMovies If you can, check out Police Squad first, also starring Leslie Nielsen. Naked Gun is the spin-off from Police Squad.
"Top Secret" as well, that movie is a gem.
@@BrandonLikesMovies, the naked gun trilogy is the 2nd best comedy movie trilogy of all time. 1st is austin powers.
@@pablom-f8762 And "Johnny Dangerously" too. Both movies are under rated
The internal monologue of the woman thinking about her husband getting another cup of coffee is parodying a coffee commercial from around the same time (you hear the same internal monologue in the ad). As for the lead guy pouring drinks on his face, early on he mentions he has a "drinking problem" -- the problem being he can't get them into his mouth.
It took me a while to get the "drinking problem joke" as much as "in your face" as it is.
Me too, having first watched this movie when I was a lot younger I just thought the joke was 'haha he can't drink properly'. Only realised years later what it really meant.
With me it was the Mister Rogers line. Mister Rogers was never a thing in the UK so I had no idea what that line meant until the Tom Hanks movie came out.
Look up the history of this film. Half of the dialog is from an actual 50s film and then they replaced the responses with punchlines. Pure brilliance.
My favourite gag from this movie is the ongoing bit that our main character is so boring that everyone who sits next to him commits suicide. It's so dark. But so hilarious.
Gets a callback in
"The Sequel" when he's rambling on too long in the asylum. 😏👈
I love the drinking problem
@Bob Stone you used the word simp wrong you absolute melt
The gladiator question seems normal but the reference is to the ancient Greeks and romans who practiced male on male relationships between a boy who would be an apprentice and a much older man. It’s another reference to homosexuality lol
Maybe that's why his Wife's in bed with a Horse?
Holy mackrel, does this mean Brandon has NOT seen the Police Squad/ Naked Gu movies? Welp. he wanted more in this style... guess we know where this is headed
Please 🙏 Top Secret! same squad with an early Val Kilmer in it. For me their best but all their movies are enjoyable
He keeps spilling drink on his face because he has a problem drinking or a "drinking problem". Another beautiful pun
12:22 - That is a reference to an old coffee commercial from the 70s. It's one of the few "dated" jokes that, unless you're old enough to remember (or for some reason you have an afinity for vintage coffee commercials) you wouldn't know it right away.
21:03 - Yes, PLEASE! Anything by the "ZAZ" directors is this kind of funny. Personal favorites are this movie, Top Secret, The Naked Gun, and Hot Shots.
For the very first time I noticed a woman throwing her baby up in the air when the plane smashes through the glass in the beginning. I have been watching this movie since I was a child in the 1980s. There is proof that you will watch this movie MANY more times and still notice new things. There are even jokes worked into the end credits of the movies made by these guys.
RIP Leslie Neilson, one of the funniest men to ever grace the screen. Lloyd Bridges was a king of comedy too.
24:33 In the old days Microwave ovens were nicknamed "Radar ranges" the first models were built by Raytheon in 1950's (Who to this day make radar)
I was almost 13 years old when this hit theaters, seeing this in a full theater and seeing people actually falling out of their seats from laughter is something I will never forget. Please check out Top Secret! which came out 3 years later from the same writer/directors and is Val Kilmer’s debut. I think it’s even funnier than this one.😂👍
I would pay a lot of money to go back in time and witness that.
You're SOO right about Too Secret. Airplane and Naked Gun are so much loved but everyone forgets about Top Secret. Top Secret's prop gags are so clever,hilarious and are like illusionists' tricks. EG a phone which looks like it's close to the camera but is actually a giant one.
I love Top Secret! What is almost as funny to me as the movie itself, is the fact that when the movie first came out, Finnish Board of Film Classification banned the whole movie, because they thought releasing it might jeopardize Finnish foreign relations with Soviet Union. I don't know if they had received some unofficial notice from the Russians, or not. The relationship between Finland and Soviet Union was strained at the time, but either way, banning a parody film like Top Secret felt, not only excessive, but ludicrous! It's like these people didn't have any sense of humor.
"I wish there were more movies like this"
The Naked Gun trilogy, Top Secret, Hot Shots, all the Mel Gibson movies.... there are, my man, there are...
LMAO - Mel Gibson??? think you mean Mel Brooks :-)
@@anonagain I think you are correct 🤣
The bar scene is a parody of Saturday Night Fever, where Stayin' Alive by the BeeGees first appeared.
The Beach scene, a parody of From Here to Eternity.
The second cup of coffee internal dialogue was a commercial in the 70's.
Win one for the zipper is a parody from the Knute Rockne story.
You missed Jonathan Banks (Mike in Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) in the control tower. He's the guy who said "what an asshole".
Do the Naked Gun movies, Top Secret, and Hot Shots
This is a fantastic, entertaining reaction! You really appreciated the whole approach of the humor.
You need to watch Top Secret. It was their next film. I think it's even better. It stars Val Kilmer in his first film role.
Way back when I was in highschool, a friend called me at like 11pm and said “turn on 17 right now!”
First time either of us had come across the movie and both were like “what the hell is this!? This is amazing!” Lol 👍
(When I clicked on the channel, it was on the Ballet scenes 😂🤦♂️”
24:24 The guy opening the microwave, recognize him? He's the same actor that played Mike on Breaking Bad if you can believe that. :)
29:00 He's again here for a better look at him.
14:28 Also I mention this because I'm not sure you caught the reference. He can't drink = his drinking problem.
If you liked Airplane, you need to watch Top Secret!!
It's the best in the genre lol
Yay!! You reacted to the post-credits taxi joke!! Everyone tends to skip/miss that one…I saw this movie in the theater when it originally came out, I was 8-years old…though I was too young to understand the more ‘adult’ jokes, me and everyone else in the theater were laughing til our sides ached. This movie was a hit from day one.
More like this that haven't been suggested yet:
The best possible follow up = UHF starring Weird Al
Hot Shots
Hot Shots: Part Deux
Spy Hard
Monty Python films
Mel Brooks Films
I hear they have it all on UHF.
Yeah, UHF and at least the earlier Mel Brooks films. Haven't rewatched Hot Shots Part Deux in a long time but I didn't think the first one holds up.
@@robobengt yeah Hot Shots is technically terrible but I think that’s part of its charm haha. Almost like a spoof of a spoof. Spy hard isn’t great either
Want the immediate follow ups, you HAVE to go with the Zucker Abrahams Zucker masterpieces: The Naked Gun trilogy.
Hot Shots (👎🏾)
I just want to tell you Brandon, good luck! We're all counting on you.
A reaction? What is it?
It's where Brandon watches a movie and we watch him doing it but that's not important right now.
The naked gun films are a must watch series of films for this style of comedy, I personally think they are even funnier than airplane, and airplane is hilarious.
If you want more movies with this sort of humor you need to watch “Top Secret!” with Val Kilmer.
10:08 the most underrated joke of the whole movie i think. he literally gives every detail about their plan of attack but when she simply asks when he'll be back he says it's "classified" lol kills me every time.
One of my favorites :D I'll add to that by saying the mirror gag and the "drinking problem" gag sometimes gets missed hehe
@@EmoDragracer yes!
I think my favourite underrated joke is Elaine explaining to the tribe how to "stretch their food dollar"
Most underrated joke is that you keep hearing propeller noises, when its a jet engine.
How bout when Cramer is alone in the tower talking to Elaine and Ted (after they've gone) about loneliness
17:50 Lloyd Bridges. Actor and father of two actor sons - Jeff Bridges, aka "The Dude" and Beau Bridges.
Well, it looks like you've found the gateway drug to the Zucker Brothers. They had immense box-office success with this one and with "The Naked Gun", but in my opinion their absolute craziest, silliest and most underrated film is "Top Secret" which (fun fact) was the big-screen debut of Val Kilmer.
Or Hot Shots, which was directed by Airplane's third director Jim Abrahams.
Peter Cushing's introduction cracks me up every time!!
That giant eyeball!! 😜
Top Secret is very obviously not their most underrated film, seeing as Rat Race and BASEketball aren’t being mentioned here.
@@tempsitch5632 Holy shit did they do BASEketball?
@@robobengt Not the exact same team of producers/writers, but David Zucker did direct.
BTW Zucker is in Airplane as one of the religious zealots.
"How did they come up with this?"
Drugs. Lots and lots of drugs.
‘It’s a different kind of flying, altogether!’
(simultaneously) ‘…it’s a different kind of flying.’
It's a different kind of flying, altogether.
How do you not recognise the legend that is Leslie Nielsen...?! Long time watching you and I've always been a fan but I think it's time to change the channel to "Brandon Never Seen Any Movies" :)
I remember watching this as a kid back in the 80's and finding the original main pilot guy with the weird questions especially funny since he was the same actor who starred in the "Mission: Impossible" TV show and it was a really different role.
Also, the guy in the control tower who keeps bemoaning that he picked the wrong week to quit his vices is the legendary Lloyd Bridges, Beau and Jeff Bridges' real life dad.
Yeah and Lloyd Bridges was brilliant in Hot Shots too.
Other movies like this -
Airplane 2
The Kentucky Fried Movie (probably the funniest out of the others)
Top Secret!
The Naked Gun Trilogy
Hot Shots & Hot Shots Part Deux
and the short lived TV Series Police Squad.
I didn't understand "Air Israel" as a kid... Now, it always kills me!!!
You should watch Saturday night fever, The Bee Gees song reminded me of it haha but it’s one of John travoltas best performances I may be mistaken but I believe it was his first movie, it’s a fun disco movie but it’s actually darker then you might expect
Films exactly like this. Airplane 2, Naked Gun 1,2,& 3 (Featuring the Doctor from Airplane), Top Secret (Featuring Val Kilmer). All hilarious.
Don't forget the Police Squad TV show that ran for 6 episodes and was the basis for the Naked Gun movies. ;)
Some fun facts. This is a remake of a 50’s movie, almost line by line. One of the jokes, not many catch (and he did) is the shelves full of mayo jars in the background during the Mayo Clinic call. The African tribe playing basketball was the Globe Trotters. The lady saying Jim never drinks coffee twice at home was replaying a line from a commercial in which she said a similar line. The jive lady was famous for her role as the most white stereotypical woman on TV who would be the last person on earth to understand jive. The two black guys speaking jive improvised their lines using real jive slang from the time. The autopilot’s name was Otto; if you read his name out loud it’d be Otto-Pilot or autopilot. The Turkish prison and movies about gladiators lines referenced a couple of famous movies from that time. The beach and algae scene also referenced another movie. The whole slapping scene was proposed by that same lady getting slapped. The surfing nun was actually a guy dressed as a nun while surfing in California. This was Leslie Nielsen’s first comedy. When the flight attendant sings, that’s her real voice. Smoking sections were pretty common on airplanes until the early 90s. The guy on the radar is Jonathan Banks, the actor who plays Mike Ehrmantraut on Breaking Bad. The singing lady at the hospital was in fact, Ethel Merman. The guy in the taxi with the insane cab fare was a Californian politician famous for his tax and money-saving policies. There are tons of more fun facts worth reading about.
Naked Gun
Hot Shots (you must have seen Top Gun)
Hot Shots Part Deux (you must have seen Rambo 1-3)
Loaded Weapon 1 (Must have seen Lethal Weapon 1-2)
The old lady who could "speak jive" was Barbara Billingsly.. The mom on Leave it to Beaver! June Cleaver was the stereotypical "perfect" 1950's housewife and mother for the "perfect" 1950's family.
Tho, Leave it to Beaver did give us one of the dirtiest lines ever spoken on television.. June Cleaver to her husband Ward: "Ward, I think you were too hard on the beaver last night!"
I don’t know what you were thinking Brandon, but this is an entirely different kind of movie, all together.
An entirely different kind of movie.
@@trespasserswill7052 an entirely different... damn, I'm out of sync.
@@ShadowTrailMedia out of sync like the propellers on a 707?
Most people dont know this was mostly based on a serious movie called "Zero Hour" (1957). Some scenes have almost identical dialog.
Fun Fact: the radio guy that says, "WE GOT ABOUT 2 MINUTES, CHIEF!" is Mike the hitman from BREAKING BAD!
I was just about to say! I mean without his beard he isn't super recognizable
For real, I just noticed that and came to the comments to see if I was right.
Also Ben Wyatt's dad in Parks and Recreation.
I watched this at a tech school when I was away from home for the 1st time for such a long time (a month then) and it was SUCH a pick me upper- I was very homesick.
I got a DVD set with 20 movies on it for Christmas and Airplane! was one of them. I watched it the night after Christmas. :)
One of my top 10 favorite comedies- 10/10. :)
Obviously there is Naked Gun but in my opinion "Top Secret!" is the next movie you should do, it is amazing and non stop wordplay laughs again
Man I was thrilled to see you published this reaction, this informed my comedic leaning early in life. There are a lot of "timely" cultural references and jokes that you would have to be a baby boomer to get (my Dad explained them to me). Even without knowing them, this movie still holds up. If you want a quick series reaction to do, look into "Police Squad", it is the best work of the Zucker brothers and is very under-appreciated (precursor to the "Naked Gun" movies, but better).
You are now officially baptized with all (most) of the appropriate classics one needs to view… well done Brandon, well done indeed…
This is a classic movie so many insane, outrageous, and funny moments and I really highly recommend the movie Naked Gun starring Leslie Nelson RIP he played Dr Rumack in this one. There are 3 Naked Gun Movies enjoy.
What really makes this film so brilliant and funny is the fact that the cast played it totally straight in their performances. Everyone is acting like they are in a drama and not a comedy!!!!
Except that one guy in the control tower. He was definitely not playing it straight.
@@Jordan-Ramses That's why he stood out :)
@@Jordan-Ramses Well of course .... He's gay!
@@jamesalexander5623 you got the joke, thank you
The actor that picked the wrong week to quit everything is Lloyd Bridges. Jeff Bridges’ father! Not sure if you caught it, Ted kept missing his mouth while drinking - he has a drinking problem!
"I wish there were more movies like this" I have good news, Try Top Secret and The Naked Gun, same writers and directors.
I haven’t seen it in years but for me I remember Top Secret being the best of the bunch, yet it’s the one that feels like it’s been forgotten.
BASEketball starring Matt Stone and Trey Parker is also them and one of their funniest. Rat Race is also hysterical.
There's also Hot Shots and Hot Shots Part Deux, directed by Airplane's third director and writer, Jim Abrahams.
@@rhinovandam Straight up top secret is a classic. Not as good as airplane! and over shadowed by the success of the naked gun. But it is one of their best movies.
You should watch Hot Shots 1 & 2, they're also similar to Airplane! but made in the 90's
Also, a bit underrated but besides Monty Python, there is political comedy film called In The Loop
No one reacts to Airplane 2. It's very funny. Faster gags too. William Shatner is worth it alone.
In the song for the sick girl, the flight attendant singing about the River Jordan. The River Jordan is a reference to death. So she's singing about death to a sick kid.
Leslie Nielson's first comedy movie if im not mistaken. He was a drama actor and they wanted him to act the same was as in a drama.
Leslie Nielson just sitting there with a stethoscope always cracks me up
All of these Very Serious Actors being Very Serious in the most ludicrous manner possible.
And no one laughs but the audience.
The dialog at 12:17 was making fun of a coffee commercial that was on TV at the time.
All of the older actors in this movie were famous when I was growing up in the 60s. Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen and Robert Stack were serious dramatic actors who usually played solid characters like detectives or spies or western heroes. Seeing them in this movie after growing up watching them was a real treat.
Top Secret with Val Kilmer has some good stuff in it.
If you love this, watch TOP Secret next. IIRC it is Val Kilmer's first role and is very much like this.
Also, I wouldn't necessarily recommend watching the full movie on which this is based, 1957's Zero Hour, but do check out some youtube clips of it, and how similar they really are. They purchased the rights to the script of Zero Hour, and there are many many lines that are just lifted verbatim, but are funny in Airplane! on account of the sight gags and delivery.
You seemed to miss that the dance sequence was a parody of the similar dance scene from the then sensationally popular Saturday Night Fever, with dance-king John Travolta...and seemed to miss that the pilot was being revealed - in a broad parody of course - as a predatory pedophile hitting on the innocent boy,..and that the silly guy in the control tower was a broad -some might say offensive parody of the then stereotypical "gay" clown. But mainly it was impressive just to see how many of the topical references you did get. and of course, your reactions were so enjoyable because you do have a great sense of humor.
Please watch THE NAKED GUN!
I truly envy Brandon watching all of these incredible movies/shows for the first time. Watching him react and enjoy them makes me feel like I’m watching again for the first time. Love it!