On the podcast this week, Steven and Sean are going to land this damn plane even if it kills us in the 1980 film by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, Airplane!
WARNING! If you don\u2019t like hilarious puns of all sorts coming at you non-stop, then this is not the film for you. WARNING!
ANOTHER WARNING! If you\u2019re the sort of person who doesn\u2019t like the amazing puns that this film gives you, then I don\u2019t think we can be friends. In fact, we may never want to even associate with you. Yes, that\u2019s the sort of brilliance with which we regard this \u201880s masterpiece. ANOTHER WARNING!
Oh, you think that opening a film with an airplane flying through clouds to the Jaws theme isn\u2019t funny and clever? Do you think that a man getting smacked in the face by his own boomeranged clothing is a bore? Do you think that an inflatable autopilot named Otto is scraping the depths of the comedic well?
I\u2019ve got news for you, pal! You\u2019re not the sort of person we want associating with this here fine podcast! We demand you never speak its name again. More Movies Please! is too good for you, and we\u2019re going to stand by that for the rest of our lives. Indeed, we hope you get stuck in an abandoned taxi in the unloading zone at an airport for the rest of your life!
Or is it the loading zone? \u2026It doesn\u2019t matter one bit! You get the point!
Now, if you are the sort of person to enjoy the hilarious and harrowing antics of the passengers on board this ailing aircraft, then welcome home. We\u2019re glad to have you here for this episode. Please enjoy our admiration for the hilarity of this film. It\u2019s a good one.
(Recorded on June 21, 2021)
Links to Stuff We Mentioned:
How unusual was the winter of 2010 world-wide? - KNMI
2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallaj\xf6kull - Wikipedia
Airplane II: The Sequel - IMDb
Tropic Thunder Opening Trailers - YouTube
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story - IMDb
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