# Airplane! movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [July 26, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362 "2020-07-26T03:13:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/1 "2020-07-26T03:13:20Z")

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what do you know on a Saturday night at 11 pm when there is nothing else to do? You watch Airplane! again.  
Running commentary - “Listen Betty, don’t start with your white zone shit again.”  
I will not keep this up, but state your favorite line, one line only please, from the movie.

I am going to take this one- “Look’s like I picked the wrong [year] to quit drinking.”

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**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/2 "2020-07-26T03:18:59Z")

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edited - maybe would have been a better thread to start with the first joke I mentioned and then go in sequence.

Wanna do that?

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/3 "2020-07-26T03:22:15Z")

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I think it would pretty challenging to do the jokes in sequence, but good luck–we’re all counting on you.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/4 "2020-07-26T03:23:32Z")

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“Oh! You have a guitar!” 😃

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**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/5 "2020-07-26T03:25:03Z")

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It would be, but let’s all try it for The Zipper.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/6 "2020-07-26T03:27:19Z")

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“Chump don’ wan’ no he’p, chump don’ git no he’p!” 😠

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/7 "2020-07-26T03:34:15Z")

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“Shep, no!”

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/8 "2020-07-26T03:44:10Z")

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“Oh, it’s a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big Tylenol.”

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/9 "2020-07-26T03:50:37Z")

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“No, the _white_ phone.”

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/10 "2020-07-26T03:50:54Z")

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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, that’s a dumb question.

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/11 "2020-07-26T03:52:09Z")

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“No, I’ve been nervous lots of times.”

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/12 "2020-07-26T04:02:42Z")

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What about the visual or physical jokes?

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/13 "2020-07-26T04:06:43Z")

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“I take it black. Like my men.”

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/14 "2020-07-26T04:11:20Z")

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> [@Monty](#):
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> What about the visual or physical jokes?

\< splooosh \>

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/15 "2020-07-26T04:14:01Z")

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“It’s Lt. Hurwitz. Severe shell-shock. Thinks he’s Ethel Merman.”

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/16 "2020-07-26T04:27:34Z")

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“This is a different airplane altogether.”

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/17 "2020-07-26T04:32:47Z")

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“What’s our clearance, Clarence?”

Previous thread: [The comedy Airplane! was released 30 years ago! Surely you can't be serious!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249)

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/18 "2020-07-26T04:35:51Z")

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“Pinch me, I’m dreaming!”

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/19 "2020-07-26T04:39:04Z")

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“This is a different airplane.”

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/20 "2020-07-26T04:43:17Z")

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Yes, yes. I remember. I had the lasagna.

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