# Surely, don't miss Zero Hour! (1957) today on TCM at 2:45 ET. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711 "2018-07-11T13:44:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/1 "2018-07-11T13:44:45Z")
It has a big, pretty, white plane with red stripes, curtains in the window, and wheels, and it looks like a big Tylenol. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/2 "2018-07-11T14:14:58Z")
Thanks for the note…I’ve never seen the complete film. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/3 "2018-07-11T14:26:29Z")
“Rio”? by Duran Duran. Shit, wait…that’s a completely different meme altogether. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/4 "2018-07-11T14:35:07Z")
> [@Marine\_One](#): > > It has a big, pretty, white plane with red stripes, curtains in the window, and wheels, and it looks like a big Tylenol. I can’t get that channel here and don’t call me Shirley! ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/5 "2018-07-11T15:36:03Z")
I picked a bad day to quit drinking. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/6 "2018-07-11T15:38:47Z")
Tell your Dad to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the Court. ---
**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 11, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/7 "2018-07-11T15:44:31Z")
Oh! You have a guitar! ---
**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 11, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/8 "2018-07-11T15:52:20Z")
Our survival hinges on one thing - finding someone who not only can fly this plane, but didn’t have fish for dinner. Ted, that was probably the lousiest landing in the history of this airport. But there are some of us here, particularly me, who would like to buy you a drink and shake your hand. –The best quotes are the ones that were used word-for-word in Airplane! “That’s a completely different meme.” ---
**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 11, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/9 "2018-07-11T15:56:33Z")
I had to _ahem_ make my own DVD because at that time it wasn’t available for purchase. So I recorded the film off TCM, but when I added chapters I used names that matched Airplane (Checking the Radarange, Win one for the Zipper). ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/10 "2018-07-11T16:34:40Z")
> [@Marine\_One](#): > > It has a big, pretty, white plane with red stripes… You can’t tell what color the stripes are, because _Zero Hour_ is in black and white. But that’s not important. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/11 "2018-07-11T16:42:08Z")
I just want to say good luck. We’re all counting on you. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/12 "2018-07-11T17:15:10Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Our survival hinges on one thing - finding someone who not only can fly this plane, but didn’t have fish for dinner. I had the lasagna ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/13 "2018-07-11T17:17:06Z")
“So, Joey, have you ever been in a cockpit before?” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/14 "2018-07-11T17:22:47Z")
Here’s a side-by-side comparison of some of the scenes from **Zero Hour** and **Airplane!**. I’ll spoiler them in case anybody wants to watch **Zero Hour** first. ["Side-by-side" comparison: Zero Hour! (1957) Vs Airplane! (1980) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-v2BHNBVCs&app=desktop) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/15 "2018-07-11T17:46:51Z")
All right, everybody get in crash positions. Dialog from Zero Hour here: [http://www.rogermwilcox.com/zero\_hour.html](http://www.rogermwilcox.com/zero_hour.html) ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/16 "2018-07-11T18:50:50Z")
I’ve never seen it but I did watch and read [Flight into Danger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_into_Danger) with James Doohan sometime in the mid '70s so Airplane! felt very familiar. ---
**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 11, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/17 "2018-07-11T18:55:31Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > “That’s a completely different meme.” That’s a different meme _altogether_! ---
**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 11, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/18 "2018-07-11T18:56:57Z")
Why is the Winnipeg division of the jet motor company in Ottawa? Or was Parliament Hill in Winnipeg at the time? 😕 I was expecting some combat scenes over Macho Grande, but noooooooooooo! :mad: ---
**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 11, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/19 "2018-07-11T19:00:14Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I was expecting some combat scenes over Macho Grande, but noooooooooooo! :mad: Over Macho Grande? ---
**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 11, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711/20 "2018-07-11T19:00:28Z")
Goddamn, that’s a roomy cockpit! :dubious: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-dont-miss-zero-hour-1957-today-on-tcm-at-2-45-et/817711.md?page=2)