# "Zero Hour!" on TCM Saturday 8/27 at 6 am ET **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-hour-on-tcm-saturday-8-27-at-6-am-et/593982 "2011-08-25T00:56:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-hour-on-tcm-saturday-8-27-at-6-am-et/593982/1 "2011-08-25T00:56:59Z")
If you’ve never seen the movie that _Airplane!_ is based on, like me, you’ve got a chance to catch it this weekend. Off to set my DVR … ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-hour-on-tcm-saturday-8-27-at-6-am-et/593982/2 "2011-08-25T03:07:20Z")
Surely you can’t be _serious_… ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-hour-on-tcm-saturday-8-27-at-6-am-et/593982/3 "2011-08-25T03:12:26Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > If you’ve never seen the movie that _Airplane!_ is based on, like me, you’ve got a chance to catch it this weekend. > > Off to set my DVR … I saw a double feature in the past year or so, impossible to watch _Zero Hour_ without the _Airplane!_ version intruding. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-hour-on-tcm-saturday-8-27-at-6-am-et/593982/4 "2011-08-25T03:32:04Z")
After you watch it, you should check [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q__vuyH1JEI) out. Somebody put together a 7-minute edit of the two movies… it’s amazing how many similarities there are. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-hour-on-tcm-saturday-8-27-at-6-am-et/593982/5 "2011-08-25T03:35:03Z")
Also, is it just me, or does that stewardess _really_ look like Judy Garland? ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-hour-on-tcm-saturday-8-27-at-6-am-et/593982/6 "2011-08-25T03:38:05Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > After you watch it, you should check [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q__vuyH1JEI) out. Somebody put together a 7-minute edit of the two movies… it’s amazing how many similarities there are. That’s because the script from _Zero Hour_ provided the bulk of the script for _Airplane!_. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-hour-on-tcm-saturday-8-27-at-6-am-et/593982/7 "2011-08-25T03:47:36Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > That’s because the script from _Zero Hour_ provided the bulk of the script for _Airplane!_. Um, yes, I know. I wasn’t trying to say it was a coincidence. I was saying it’s amazing how they were able to take pretty much the same script and make it one of the most hilarious movies ever. ---
**Author:** ![Bri2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/48db29/32.png) [@Bri2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bri2k)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-hour-on-tcm-saturday-8-27-at-6-am-et/593982/8 "2011-08-25T20:11:40Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > Surely you can’t be _serious_… I’m positive he’s serious. And stop calling him Shirley. Bri2k ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-hour-on-tcm-saturday-8-27-at-6-am-et/593982/9 "2011-08-25T20:23:40Z")
In Grade 10, we had to study the (tele)play “Flight Into Danger” (the precursor to “Zero Hour” and “Airplane”); it was in our English textbook ([Themes in Literature](http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/print.main?id=1340459), according to my Google search). I’m not sure what that was supposed to teach us, other than how to suppress sniggering noises. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-hour-on-tcm-saturday-8-27-at-6-am-et/593982/10 "2011-08-25T20:39:41Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > If you’ve never seen the movie that _Airplane!_ is based on, like me, you’ve got a chance to catch it this weekend. > > Off to set my DVR … I just want to tell you good luck. We’re all counting on you. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-hour-on-tcm-saturday-8-27-at-6-am-et/593982/11 "2011-08-25T21:04:27Z")
I just want to tell you good luck. We’re all counting on you. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-hour-on-tcm-saturday-8-27-at-6-am-et/593982/12 "2011-08-27T21:39:27Z")
I set the alarm clock to wake me up early so I could watch it. I also had my daughter program it into the DVR so when I get home next month I can rent _Airplane!_ and we can watch both of them back-to-back. BTW, I had not known that the original story was written by Arthur “_Airport_” Hailey…