Agree. In that era I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see a (or even a bank of) wooden phone booth in, say, a Chicago train station.
But I’m pretty sure that Lloyd Bridges wasn’t briefing the press on the airport concourse. It was in the command center/air traffic control tower, wasn’t it? Maybe the bank of phone booths was set up as a courtesy to the press.
Gonna have to find a copy of Zero Hour, and see if there were press accommodations in that.
“I bet you have exciting things happen all the time down there.”
You were probably looking in the red zone - the white zone has these phone booths.
Don’t start with your “red zone” shit again. We both know what you’re talking about - you want me to get a cell phone!
“Headquarters? What is it?”
It’s a big building where generals meet, but that’s not important right now.
It’s the only sensible thing to do -
“Shep, no!”
alright, since we’re already recycling quotes more than once, this thread is now Airplane II quotes.
“Jacobs! I want to know absolutely everything that’s happened up 'til now.”
“Well, let’s see… first the Earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came, and they bought Mercedes-Benzes! And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di’s clothes. I couldn’t believe it! He took her best summer dress out of the closet and put it on and went to town!”
Ain’t no thing. < slaps Bible >
“Doctor, can you give the court your impression of Mr. Striker?”
“I’m sorry, I don’t do impressions. My training is in psychiatry.”
(I got to use that one on my dentist a few years ago.)
A businessman is checking in for his flight on Transcendental Air:
“Dinner tonight will be bean sprouts and broccoli. And will that be chanting or non-chanting?”
“Well, the airline business does have its moments, but after awhile, you kinda get used to it.”
“Who’s in charge of that bucket, Lieutenant?”
“Some guy by the name of Ted Stryker.”
“Ted Stryker!”
“You know him sir?”
“Never heard of him.”
“That’s not exactly true. We. Were. Like. Brothers.”
Dr. Rumack: Captain, how soon can we land?
Capt. Oveur: I can’t tell.
Dr. Rumack: You can tell me, I’m a doctor.
“Shep! Come!” :: snaps fingers ::
Hmmm…Striker, Striker, Striker…
Striker!
Man Punches Woman
I recently watched Airplane 2 and forgot just how funny that movie actually is. Despite not being a ZAZ movie, it’s a good successor.
I guess irony can be pret-ty ironic sometimes…