# Airplane! movie **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/41 "2020-07-27T14:59:49Z")
Wasn’t it “This is a completely different kind of flying, altogether!” ---
**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 27, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/42 "2020-07-27T15:05:19Z")
Shit! This is a goddamn waste of time! There’s no way he can land this plane! ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/43 "2020-07-27T15:21:57Z")
The second pair of sunglasses. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/44 "2020-07-27T15:23:27Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > “He’s all over the place! 900 feet up to 1300 feet… What an asshole!” > > By the way, I only just discovered on a recent viewing that the radar operator was played by Jonathan Banks! not to mention how old one has to be to get the “Radar range” reference. “No, we can’t do that, the risk of a flame-out is too great. Keep 'em at 24,000. No, feet.” ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/45 "2020-07-27T16:10:03Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > not to mention how old one has to be to get the “Radar range” reference. Most of the jokes are pretty timeless, but that is one that really dates the movie. Of course the thing that really dates _Airplane!_ are the disco jokes. “WZAZ, where disco lives forever!” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/46 "2020-07-27T20:36:24Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > By the way, I only just discovered on a recent viewing that the radar operator was played by Jonathan Banks! And I always thought it was odd that he was wearing a leather bomber jacket. Why? Odd choice. Then I find out the same character in Zero Hour! is wearing pretty much the same jacket. It still makes no sense, but it’s consistent! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/47 "2020-07-27T20:47:05Z")
[propeller noises even though it’s a jet aircraft] ---
**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 27, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/48 "2020-07-27T20:49:08Z")
It is no differnt than riding a bicycle… You know the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/49 "2020-07-27T21:47:29Z")
Whatta pisser! ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/50 "2020-07-27T22:22:13Z")
Fun fact, I know one of the orderlies who puts Ethal Merman back to bed. He’s an old retired marine with the unfortunate tattoo that says “retirred” on his shoulder. ---
**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 28, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/51 "2020-07-28T00:08:11Z")
A quick reference check shows you are correct. My mistake. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/52 "2020-07-28T05:02:39Z")
How about the background when they’re driving, which gets really fast, and then switches over to an old Western movie? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/53 "2020-07-28T05:03:41Z")
“WZAZ, Chicago, where disco lives forever!” and then the plane mows down the station’s antenna. ---
**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 28, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/54 "2020-07-28T15:48:50Z")
See just eight posts earlier. It was a rough place - the seediest dive on the wharf. Populated with every reject and cutthroat from Bombay to Calcutta. It’s worse than Detroit. ---
**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 28, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/55 "2020-07-28T15:53:40Z")
Stabbed in the back dance moves. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/56 "2020-07-28T16:05:53Z")
That’s when I developed my drinking problem. ---
**Author:** ![GreaterZamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GreaterZamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreaterZamboni)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/57 "2020-07-28T17:59:26Z")
The Budweiser Beer truck and the cement mixer in the stream of rescue vehicles going to the airport. ---
**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 28, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/58 "2020-07-28T18:14:43Z")
“My orders came through. My squadron ships out tomorrow. We’re bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours. We’re coming in from the north, below their radar.” “When will you be back?” “I can’t tell you that. It’s classified.” ---
**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 28, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/59 "2020-07-28T19:56:02Z")
All right, Striker, you listen, and listen close. Flying a plane is no different from riding a bicycle; it’s just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/60 "2020-07-28T20:25:35Z")
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