# I Finally Saw "Airplane". It looks like a big Tylenol! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162 "2005-01-22T23:31:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/41 "2005-01-23T06:17:21Z")
“Birds, too.” “Johnny, I want you to get every light you can and pour it on the runway” ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/42 "2005-01-23T06:20:23Z")
> [@Yumblie](#): > > I also like at the beginning at the airport, where the magazine rack has “Fiction” and “Nonfiction”. I don’t know why, but that cracks me up. I had seen this movie a dozen or so times on tv, but it was only a couple of years ago that I watched a video copy. Tremendous difference. One of my favorites was the magazine rack. In addition to “Fiction” and “Nonfiction” they also had a section entitled “Whacking Material.” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/43 "2005-01-23T06:36:38Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > I loved the opening credits with the airplane wings coming up through the clouds like the shark’s fin in _Jaws_ – accompanied with appropriate music. I started laughing then and didn’t stop. When I first saw the movie, it was with at a theater with my parents and a woman whom my brother met in Switzerland. The opening made her very uncomfortable about flying home. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/44 "2005-01-23T06:58:36Z")
**Brain Glutton** - Also, the bit with the African news anchor beating on a drum . . . then somebody hands him a bulletin in the form of a new set of drumsticks . . \* Did you see my posting #33 ? * * * Also these 3 were from Airplane II (although you have your Airplane II label _after_ these 3) \*“I think we might be about to die . . . and I’ve never been with a man before . . .” \* - Reporter: “Can you give us the story from the top?” Johnny: “First the Earth cooled! Then the dinosaurs came! But they all got too big and fat, and they died and turned into oil! Then the Arabs came, and they all bought Mercedes-Benzes!” Reporter: “All right, boys! Let’s get some pictures!” [reporters scramble to claim pictures off the wall] - ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/45 "2005-01-23T07:29:04Z")
Well, the grabbing of pictures was from the original. Right on the others, though. BTW, anyone currently get skeeved out by the bit, early on, where the taxiing plane breaks through the window in the departure lounge? ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/46 "2005-01-23T08:19:25Z")
I can’t stop laughing when I watch Captian Oveur go through the physical symptoms of the illness as the Doctor is explaining them to the stewardess. “…followed by a complete loss of bowel control…” ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/47 "2005-01-23T10:46:31Z")
“Coffee, Johnny?” ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/48 "2005-01-23T11:32:18Z")
“Air Israel, clear the runway!” Shot of an airplane with a beard and a yarmulke. “Assume crash positions!” I liked the bland expression on the Polynesian news guys face, and the way he’d turn from camera to camera while continuing to tap away. The strange things seen through the back window of the car as Rex Kramer and the airlane flunky drive to the airport. As a sidenote, the only real laugh “Scary Movie 3” got out of me was towards the end, when they’re in the basement fighting the scary ghost girl, and Leslie Nielson opens the basement door and says, “I just want to wish you both luck, we’re all counting on you.” ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/49 "2005-01-23T14:10:57Z")
“Chump doan wan no help, chump doan git no help. Jive ass dude doan got no brains anyhow.” ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/50 "2005-01-23T14:34:14Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > I like the gratuitous naked breasts. When was the last time you saw gratuitous naked breasts in a PG-rated movie?? I remember watching through the entire credits with my other prepubescent friends, and being extremely disappointed that the breast woman wasn’t credited. Looking at IMDB, I see that they probably belonged to a Kitten Natividad. (Cool name.) A 25 year-old mystery solved! ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/51 "2005-01-23T15:18:53Z")
Well, since someone broke the seal on **Airplane II: The Sequel** … **Boy** : Can I ask you a question? **Striker** : What is it? **Boy** : It’s an interrogative form of sentence, used to test knowledge. But that’s not important right now. * * * **Pilot** : Striker was the squadron leader. He brought us in real low. But he couldn’t handle it. **Prosecutor** : Buddy couldn’t handle it? Was Buddy one of your crew? **Pilot** : Right. Buddy was the bombardier. But it was Striker who couldn’t handle it, and he went to pieces. **Prosecutor** : _Andy_ went to pieces? **Pilot** : No. Andy was the navigator. He was all right. Buddy went to pieces. It was awful how he came unglued. **Prosecutor** : _Howie_ came unglued? **Pilot** : Oh, no. Howie was a rock, the best tailgunner in the outfit. Buddy came unglued. **Prosecutor** : And he bailed out? **Pilot** : No. Andy hung tough. Buddy bailed out. How he survived, it was a miracle. **Prosecutor** : Then Howie survived? **Pilot** : No, 'fraid not. We lost Howie the next day. * * * **Steve McCroskey** : Jacobs, what have you got on Elaine Dickinson? **Jacobs** : Well, I’m two inches taller, a better dancer, and much more fun to be with. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/52 "2005-01-23T17:52:42Z")
When the airliner finally lands and skids on its smashed undercarriage, the announcer declares it to be “now boarding at gate 27, 28, 29”… and the passengers run after it 😛 I know, not the exact quote, but you get it ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/53 "2005-01-23T17:57:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Pilot: Striker was the squadron leader. He brought us in real low. But he couldn’t handle it. > Prosecutor: Buddy couldn’t handle it? Was Buddy one of your crew? > Pilot: Right. Buddy was the bombardier. But it was Striker who couldn’t handle it, and he went to pieces. > Prosecutor: _Andy_ went to pieces? > Pilot: No. Andy was the navigator. He was all right. Buddy went to pieces. It was awful how he came unglued. > Prosecutor: _Howie_ came unglued? > Pilot: Oh, no. Howie was a rock, the best tailgunner in the outfit. Buddy came unglued. > Prosecutor: And he bailed out? > Pilot: No. Andy hung tough. Buddy bailed out. How he survived, it was a miracle. > Prosecutor: Then Howie survived? > Pilot: No, 'fraid not. We lost Howie the next day. You forgot the ending… Prosecutor: And he bailed out? Pilot: No. Andy hung tough. Buddy bailed out. How he survived, it was a miracle. Prosecutor: Then Howie survived? Pilot: No, 'fraid not. We lost Howie the next day. Prosecutor: Over Macho Grande? Pilot: No, I don’t think I’ll ever get over Macho Grande… ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/54 "2005-01-23T18:06:51Z")
> [@](#): > > _Wierddave said:_ > You do realize that that actually was Ethel Merman, don’t you? This was always a bit of a mystery for me. I didn’t notice Merman in the credits but I DID see some kind of celebrity-look-alike company listed. Anyone have the StraightDope on this? ps- As kids playing twenty questions, I had Ethel Merman as my “person”. As my sister was homing in, she asked if the person had a cameo in “Airplane!”- I said no. Much arguing later ensude. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/55 "2005-01-23T18:14:02Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > This was always a bit of a mystery for me. I didn’t notice Merman in the credits but I DID see some kind of celebrity-look-alike company listed. Anyone have the StraightDope on this? [Lt. Hurwitz was her last film role.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581062/) ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/56 "2005-01-23T18:49:19Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > You forgot the ending… :smack: :smack: Holy crap, I did! And that last line was the funniest one of the whole bit!!! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/57 "2005-01-23T18:53:57Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > This was always a bit of a mystery for me. I didn’t notice Merman in the credits but I DID see some kind of celebrity-look-alike company listed. Anyone have the StraightDope on this? > > ps- As kids playing twenty questions, I had Ethel Merman as my “person”. As my sister was homing in, she asked if the person had a cameo in “Airplane!”- I said no. Much arguing later ensude. 🙂 According to the IMDB, that really was Ethel Merman. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/fullcredits](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/fullcredits) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/58 "2005-01-23T18:57:06Z")
_Airplane II,_ courtroom scene: While the black passenger from the first movie is giving his testimony in subtitled Jive, the court reporter is wearing dark glasses and swaying back and forth with a wide grin, like Ray Charles. (Always makes me flash on the even sillier background antics of the court reporter in _The Kentucky Fried Movie._) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/59 "2005-01-23T19:42:40Z")
> [@Scruloose](#): > > Well, since someone broke the seal on **Airplane II: The Sequel** … > > **Boy** : Can I ask you a question? > **Striker** : What is it? > **Boy** : It’s an interrogative form of sentence, used to test knowledge. But that’s not important right now. See also: We’re headed right for the sun! What’s that? It’s a huge flaming ball of gas in the center of our solar system, but that’s not important right now. Stryker, Stryker, Stryker…_snaps fingers_ Stryker! _Johnny shurgs and hits woman_ ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162/60 "2005-01-23T20:48:52Z")
A little joke I didn’t see until I picked up the DVD version: Near the beginning of the movie, at the newsstand, there’s a sign on the wall that reads “WHACKING MATERIAL.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-saw-airplane-it-looks-like-a-big-tylenol/286162.md?page=4)