# 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:** 7
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/121 "2020-08-05T02:09:04Z")
A ludicrous amount. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/122 "2020-08-05T02:14:07Z")
Subtitle - Golly! ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/123 "2020-08-05T02:15:39Z")
We are NOT going plaid! ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/124 "2020-08-05T18:57:03Z")
It’s the little room in the front of the plane where the pilots sit, but that’s not important right now. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/125 "2020-08-05T19:27:33Z")
“Excuse me, we’d like you to have this flower…” [firmly but politely brushes past] “Excuse me, sir, but would you…” [pushes the questioner away] “Donations for the Reverend Moon?” [swift punch to the gut] “Jews for Jesus?” [enthusiastic kick] “Read about Jehovah’s Witnesses?” [flips over him to anticipatorily deck the _next_ guy] “…how about Buddhism?” [judo-style throw; elbow strike] “…help Jerry’s Kids?” [BAM!] “…Scientology?” [POW!] “…more nuclear power?” [BAM, POW!] ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/126 "2020-08-06T05:02:33Z")
“The fog is getting thicker.” “And Leon’s getting laaaaaaaaarger!” (It’s not just the line, or the randomness of it. What makes it a hat trick is the way Johnny **jumps** into frame, from an apple box or whatever.) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/127 "2020-08-06T13:38:19Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > It’s not just the line, or the randomness of it. What makes it a hat trick is the way Johnny **jumps** into frame, from an apple box or whatever. Johnny’s my least favourite part of the movie. The “let’s laugh at the guy for probably being gay” schtick has not aged well, and he just doesn’t fit the rest of the movie. Everyone else is playing it straight - that is what makes the movie so funny - and this one guy is capering in front of the camera like an eleventh grade drama club nerd desperate for attention. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/128 "2020-08-06T14:24:11Z")
Yikes! I never thought his campiness was the main draw. To me, he’s a smartass (“How 'bout some coffee, Johnny?” “No thanks!”)\* who happens to be swishy. And the fact that Steven Stucker died before he could bring the funny to anything except the sequel to this breaks my heart. You really don’t laugh at what I quoted? \*Yes, I know the coffee request was in Zero Hour. But “No thanks!” wasn’t. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/129 "2020-08-06T14:26:28Z")
I like Johnny. He’s one of my favorite secondary characters in the movie. Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison? ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/130 "2020-08-06T15:22:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I like Johnny. He’s one of my favorite secondary characters in the movie. I like the way he types, with a Liberace flourish. I don’t agree that eceryone else is playing it straight. Characters breaking the forth wall are not playing it straight. Plus, that really is Jabbar moonlighting as a copilot using an assumed name, not Jabbar playing Roger Murdoch. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/131 "2020-08-06T15:26:16Z")
Oh, it’s a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big Tylenol! ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/132 "2020-08-06T15:51:11Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Johnny’s my least favourite part of the movie. The “let’s laugh at the guy for probably being gay” schtick has not aged well, and he just doesn’t fit the rest of the movie. Everyone else is playing it straight - that is what makes the movie so funny - and this one guy is capering in front of the camera like an eleventh grade drama club nerd desperate for attention. From what I’ve read, Stephen Stucker was really like that in real life, and was totally on board with the character. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/133 "2020-08-06T15:59:05Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > From what I’ve read, Stephen Stucker was really like that in real life, and was totally on board with the character. “Just kidding!” ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/134 "2020-08-06T16:15:18Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Yikes! I never thought his campiness was the main draw. To me, he’s a smartass (“How 'bout some coffee, Johnny?” “No thanks!”)\* who happens to be swishy. And the fact that Steven Stucker died before he could bring the funny to anything except the sequel to this breaks my heart. You really don’t laugh at what I quoted? No, the Leon gag isn’t funny to me at all. It’s totally out of sync with the rest of the movie. > [@jz78817](#): > > From what I’ve read, Stephen Stucker was really like that in real life, and was totally on board with the character. Oh, I don’t have a problem with the guy personally, God rest his soul. He was an actor doing his job. Stucker was, of course, a regular collaborator with the ZAZ crew, playing another camp role in “Kentucky Fried Movie.” ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/135 "2020-08-06T17:41:17Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > No, the Leon gag isn’t funny to me at all. It’s totally out of sync with the rest of the movie. It’s out of sync with a movie that literally has the shit hitting the fan? I don’t see it. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/136 "2020-08-06T20:06:47Z")
It starts with a slight fever and dryness of the throat. When the virus penetrates the red blood cells, the victim becomes dizzy, begins to experience an itchy rash… then the poison goes to work on the central nervous system: severe muscle spasms followed by the inevitable drooling. At this point, the entire digestive system collapses, accompanied by uncontrollable flatulence… until finally, the poor bastard is reduced to a quivering, wasted piece of jelly. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/137 "2020-08-06T21:31:48Z")
The fork lift? It’s over there! ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/138 "2020-08-06T22:33:01Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > (It’s not just the line, or the randomness of it. What makes it a hat trick is the way Johnny **jumps** into frame, from an apple box or whatever.) And then jumps back out. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/B1GmIkbEjmo/hqdefault.jpg "leon is getting larger") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1GmIkbEjmo) ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/139 "2020-08-07T02:29:06Z")
When I saw it in the theater, the line “Put Ham on five, hold the mayo” got a huge groan from the audience. It was probably because the theater was a block away from the Mayo Clinic. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362/140 "2020-08-07T13:42:39Z")
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