47. Airplane! (1980)

Show Notes

Chris and Jason are joined by inflatable co-pilot Young Nick Blake, who shares his love for 1980's iconic, seminal Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker movie 'Airplane'.  The intrepid trio covers:

Chris' inventive comedic introduction to the episode (00:01)

The number of jokes in the entirety of "Airplane" (9:00)

Airplane origin story (10:00)

Bizarro scenes from 'Zero Hour', the film the ZAZ guys based Airplane on/ripped off.  (15:00)

Clip of the ZAZ guys on Letterman (21:00)

Ethel Merman clip from 'Airplane' (22:30)

Nick Blake/Jason fight over cigarette smoking scene in Airplane (24:30)

Julie Hagerty comedic genius scene in Albert Brooks' "Lost In America" with Garry Marshall and Brooks (26:30)

Donna Pescow/Peter Johansen shout-out (30:00)

Robert Hayes being Just Good Enough in the role (31:00)

Jeff/Beau Bridges: Which Is The More Talented Bridgeses?  (33:00)

How awesome is the MISSION IMPOSSIBLE TV THEME! (35:40)

Great films with exclamation points in their titles (43:30)

The joy of paperback photo sections in 1970's books (47:00)

Johnny (Stephen Stucker) Comp Reel (51:00)

Jim Nabors anecdote (55:00)

ALTERNATIVE CASTING (56:00)

David Letterman's Screen Test for 'Airplane' clip (57:45)

Barry Manilow, Dom DeLuise, Christopher Lee, Fred Willard (59:00)

Yuban Coffee Commercial (01:03:00)

LATCH KEY TV (01:04:00)

He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe, Skeletor, Transformers, Ghostbusters Cartoon, Lorenzo Music, Garfield, The Real Ghostbusters.

Comic-Con, Flaming Carrot, PBS, NOVA

 

Airport '77 (01:15:00) 

'Airplane!' Wiki Page

'Airplane!' IMDB Page

Watch 'Airplane!' on iTunes

Subscribe to the podcast

Learn about Chris' beloved comic book Flaming Carrot

 

 

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