# "Do you like gladiator movies?" Huh? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2013, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368 "2013-01-16T09:21:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![slitterst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@slitterst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slitterst)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/61 "2013-01-17T14:48:30Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > Is the cockpit scene over Macho Grande? I don’t think I’ll ever be over Macho Grande. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/62 "2013-01-17T16:06:43Z")
_Airplane!_ is a parody of the 1957 movie _Zero Hour!_. In _Zero Hour!_, the pilot and co-pilot acted friendly toward little Joey in an odd way (apparently the Zucker brothers thought so). Check out the following YouTube video. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/q__vuyH1JEI/hqdefault.jpg "Airplane! vs. Zero Hour!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q__vuyH1JEI) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/63 "2013-01-17T17:35:43Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > _Airplane!_ is a parody of the 1957 movie _Zero Hour!_. In _Zero Hour!_, the pilot and co-pilot acted friendly toward little Joey in an odd way (apparently the Zucker brothers thought so). Check out the following YouTube video. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q\_\_vuyH1JEI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q__vuyH1JEI) An amazing number of lines and plot points in Airplane came right from Zero Hour. BTW, in _Police Squad_ there were similar scenes where the lab guy was talking to a kid before Nielsen came to see him about the case. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/64 "2013-01-17T18:35:56Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > An amazing number of lines and plot points in Airplane came right from Zero Hour. > BTW, in _Police Squad_ there were similar scenes where the lab guy was talking to a kid before Nielsen came to see him about the case. [From Wiki.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Hour!) > [@](#): > > Because Zero Hour! was owned at the time by Paramount, the makers of Airplane!, also a Paramount picture, were able to use the screenplay almost verbatim. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/65 "2013-01-17T18:48:40Z")
Weird, I’d always thought _Airplane!_ was a parody of Arthur Hailey’s _Airport_ and the disaster genre that started. But I see on the Wiki site that _Zero Hour_ was Hailey’s work too. Strangely, neither Wiki entry references the other. (Anyone also remember Hailey’s _Wheels_? He was Michael Crichton prolific in his day.) ---
**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:** [January 17, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/66 "2013-01-17T18:53:24Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > (Anyone also remember Hailey’s _Wheels_? He was Michael Crichton prolific in his day.) I’ve got a copy somewhere around here. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/67 "2013-01-17T19:46:28Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > _Airplane!_ is a parody of the 1957 movie _Zero Hour!_. In _Zero Hour!_, the pilot and co-pilot acted friendly toward little Joey in an odd way (apparently the Zucker brothers thought so). Check out the following YouTube video. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q\_\_vuyH1JEI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q__vuyH1JEI) See post 55 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/68 "2013-01-17T19:51:41Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > (Anyone also remember Hailey’s _Wheels_? He was Michael Crichton prolific in his day.) His \*Hotel \* was turned into a TV series for a few years starring Connie Selleca. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/69 "2013-01-17T19:54:33Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > See post 55 > > 😉 Saw it. I thought my post still warranted posting. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/70 "2013-01-17T19:59:48Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > Saw it. I thought my post still warranted posting. Didn’t say it didn’t. But you _ **were** _ ninjad! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/71 "2013-01-17T20:01:11Z")
hey! We’re join date siblings! How 'bout that? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/72 "2013-01-17T20:06:11Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > Saw it. I thought my post still warranted posting. I agree. I had no idea what > [@NoClueBoy](#): > > What’s really funny is trying to watch Zero Hour! without worrying about your dinner. meant. I, too, had always thought it was a parody of _Airport_. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/73 "2013-01-17T20:11:14Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Huh? Roger, Over. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/74 "2013-01-17T20:13:10Z")
I figured that, by this time, every Airplane! fan on this board knew about Zero Hour. We’ve talked about it in many threads. oh well… Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop taking amphetamines! . ---
**Author:** ![FrankJBN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FrankJBN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankJBN)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/75 "2013-01-17T20:37:05Z")
"I remember listening to the DVD commentary from the directors, where they talked about initially having the line of dialogue “Joey, have you ever been in a cockpit before?” followed by “Joey, have you ever sucked a grown man’s cock?” Yeah the ensuing X rating would not have been a problem. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/76 "2013-01-17T22:39:22Z")
> [@FrankJBN](#): > > "I remember listening to the DVD commentary from the directors, where they talked about initially having the line of dialogue “Joey, have you ever been in a cockpit before?” followed by “Joey, have you ever sucked a grown man’s cock?” > > Yeah the ensuing X rating would not have been a problem. Surely that one line wouldn’t bump it up two entire ratings from PG to X. Even the tits bouncing around in the panic scene didn’t even bump it up to R. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/77 "2013-01-18T18:38:31Z")
I did a piece about the whole gladiator movie thing. It’s illustrated with caps from an old 1960s sword and sandal movie, but on first glance it LOOKS kinda NSFW, so I’ll NSFW spoiler it just in case: [Samson, Hercules and Ulysses.](http://www.bondagerotica.com/articles/sword_and_sandal_movies/slave_girl_slavegirl_looks/sexy_slave_girls17.html) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/78 "2013-01-18T20:18:12Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I did a piece about the whole gladiator movie thing. It’s illustrated with caps from an old 1960s sword and sandal movie, but on first glance it LOOKS kinda NSFW, so I’ll NSFW spoiler it just in case: > > [Samson, Hercules and Ulysses.](http://www.bondagerotica.com/articles/sword_and_sandal_movies/slave_girl_slavegirl_looks/sexy_slave_girls17.html) That’s a good sight, but it needs more slavegirls. (Rather funny as well.) ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/79 "2013-01-18T20:28:05Z")
Wait these movies were mostly guys wrestling?:dubious: I think of something like the 82 Conan movie when I hear sword and sandal. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368/80 "2013-01-18T21:00:46Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Wait these movies were mostly guys wrestling?:dubious: I think of something like the 82 Conan movie when I hear sword and sandal. No, that movie had a pretty extensive scene of the opponents wrestling, but there were also swords and spears and such. Lots of general fighting in such movies, and the hero often eschewed weapons, being so mighty and all. In that particular movie there were also scenes of spear tossing and boulder throwing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gladiator-movies-huh/647368.md?page=5)