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BankofMarquis (1832 KP) rated Airplane! in Apps

Mar 27, 2020

Airplane!

Games, Entertainment

9.0

(2 Ratings)

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Holds Up Well

Doctor: Can you fly this plane, and land it?

Striker: Surely you can't be serious.

Doctor: I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.

And that, in a nutshell, is the humor to be found in the 1980 laugh-a-minute comedy AIRPLANE brought to us by the demented minds of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker. If you haven't seen this flick in awhile - or if you have NEVER seen it - check it out, you'll be glad you did.

Parodying Disaster Movies that were all the rage in the 1970's, AIRPLANE tells the tale of an airliner who's flight crew is incapacitated by food poisoning and it is up to a Stewardess and her on again/off again former fighter pilot (fighting PTSD) boyfriend to land the plane and save the passengers.

And...along the way we have a hodgepodge of quirky, weird characters that are not afraid to sling a joke in a deadpan style. It is an unusual film to watch.

And...make sure you put your phone down and actually WATCH this film, for there is quite a bit of visual humor that you need to be paying attention to to catch it...humor such as...

Kramer: Steve, I want every light you can get poured onto that field.

Steve: Bein' done right now.

[On the runway, a truck dumps a full load of lamps onto the ground]

Also...the verbal humor needs to be paid attention to...

Doctor: What was it we had for dinner tonight?

Elaine: Well, we had a choice of steak or fish.

Doctor: Yes, yes, I remember, I had lasagna.

All of this delivered with a deadpan wink in the eye by such dramatic 1960's and '70's TV stalwarts as Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges and Robert Stack. Add to that the wholesome cuteness of leads Robert Hayes and Julie Hagerty with fun cameos by the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Mrs. Cleaver herself, Barbara Billingsly ("Excuse me stewardess, I speak jive) and a fun time was had by all.

Finally, I would be remiss if I didn't single out the craziness of the character Johnny (Stephen Stucker). He flits in and out of this film (in some cases quite literally) throwing non-sequiturs at the screen that had me laughing out loud on my umpteenth viewing of this film. Non-sequiturs like...

Steve: Johnny, what can you make out of this?

[Hands him the weather briefing]

Johnny: This? Why, I can make a hat or a brooch or a pterodactyl...

This film gave myself and my family some much need yuks - even my "eye rolling" 19 year old College Freshman was heard guffawing out loud from time to time.

So...check out AIRPLANE - you'll be glad you did.

Letter Grade:: A

9 stars (out of 10) and you can take that to the Bank(ofMarquis)

Oh...and one other thing...

Kramer: Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked... in the head... with an iron boot? Of course you don't, no one does. It never happens. Sorry, Ted, that's a dumb question... skip that...