# The comedy Airplane! was released 30 years ago! Surely you can't be serious! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249 "2010-07-10T21:33:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/41 "2010-07-11T03:40:33Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > Don’t you tell me which zone is for loading, and which zone is for stopping! Listen, Betty, don’t start up with your white zone shit again! ---
**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:** [July 11, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/42 "2010-07-11T03:44:59Z")
Penny slot players should look for the _Airplane!_ slot machine. Lots of fun bonuses, video clips, and Peter Graves asking if you like gladiators. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/43 "2010-07-11T03:56:05Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou;12670835 It’s pretty much impossible to watch \*Zero Hour \*with a straight face once you’ve seen _Airplane!_ Whole chunks of ZH are pretty much exactly recreated in _Airplane!_ with a side trip through Bizzaro World.[/QUOTE] Just recently, some channel (AMC, TNT, I don’t remember) ran \*Zero Hour \*and _Airplane!_ back to back. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/44 "2010-07-11T04:01:35Z")
Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/45 "2010-07-11T04:03:44Z")
Get out there and win one for the Zipper! ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/46 "2010-07-11T04:08:42Z")
We all know what this thread is about. You want me to get an abortion. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/47 "2010-07-11T04:09:10Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Just recently, some channel (AMC, TNT, I don’t remember) ran \*Zero Hour \*and _Airplane!_ back to back. You must mean TCM; at any rate they did do that, along with a couple other airliner disaster movies on the same evening. I’d never known about _Zero Hour_ until I saw it then. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/48 "2010-07-11T04:09:59Z")
What kind of airplane is it? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/49 "2010-07-11T04:11:31Z")
Disco lives forev. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/50 "2010-07-11T04:15:03Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Just recently, some channel (AMC, TNT, I don’t remember) ran \*Zero Hour \*and _Airplane!_ back to back. It was TCM; I had DVR’d them (for some reason I’ve never picked up Airplane on DVD) and a few nights later a friend was over and we watched them both. Trying not to MST3K _Zero Hour_ with lines from _Airplane!_ was a real struggle. ---
**Author:** ![da\_pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@da\_pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/da_pope)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/51 "2010-07-11T04:17:54Z")
good luck, we’re all counting on you. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/52 "2010-07-11T04:19:21Z")
_Where_ did you get that _dress_! It’s _awful_! And those _shoes_ and that _coat_…_jeez_! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/53 "2010-07-11T04:30:52Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > We all know what this thread is about. You want me to get an abortion. It’s really the only sensible thing to do, if its done safely. Therapeutically there’s no danger involved. ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/54 "2010-07-11T04:54:10Z")
Shanna, they bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say, let 'em crash. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/55 "2010-07-11T05:10:38Z")
How about this leaflet, “Famous Jewish Sports Legends?” ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/56 "2010-07-11T05:21:34Z")
When _Airplane_ first came out, I saw it at a drive-in double feature with _Caddyshack_. Two instant classics in one night. One of the best movie going experiences I ever had. My brothers and I later recorded both movies back to back on a VHS tape, so I still really strongly associate them with each other. We watched that tape a million times. I can probably still recite every line from both movies. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/57 "2010-07-11T05:24:49Z")
> [@](#): > > The comedy Airplane! was released 30 years ago! Surely you can’t be serious! Sure I can. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/58 "2010-07-11T05:38:15Z")
You know wha’ they say. See a broad to get that booty. Lay 'er down and smack 'em yack 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/59 "2010-07-11T05:39:39Z")
“We’ve got to get all these SDMB users to a hospital.” “A hospital? What is it?” “It’s a big building with doctors and patients. But that’s not important right now.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249/60 "2010-07-11T05:46:43Z")
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