Douglas DC-4-"Joey...Do You Like Movies About Gladiators"???

[SchwartzBwithYou]

Ha! Look at 4:00 - Looks like someone didn't buy the rights to Elvis!

[whorton4]

The movie is "Zero hour" and is the movie Airplane is based on. I don't think you have to worry about copyright violations as Abhrams, Zucker and Zucker purchased the rights to Zero hour BEFORE they spoofed it. I am guessing they would not come after anyone for copyright. . .

[d0dgeball]

hey, it's the precious-bodily-fluids guy!

[TheGameMouse]

Its an entirely different kind of flying!

[john3000931]

is it just me who mentally insterts the lines from airplane when watching this?

[survival3three]

have you ever seen a grown man naked

[radconserv86]

"Yes, I remember. I had the lasagne."

[Kjobbit]

This film feels like constant set up's to punchlines that are never delivered

[MrRonnieG]

Hey, did you guys see how Striker steered that baby on the ground with the yoke? Looked like he was at the Indy 500! Whoever the technical advisor was for this movie, he should have been paid for his work with a solid boot kick to the nads!

[MrRonnieG]

That's not a cockpit, that's a condo. Never seen a flight deck with 2800 square feet!

[Dachusblot]

7:44 - HE'S COMING RIGHT AT US!!! *leaps through window*

[absolutebastard]

Awesome! I knew that the Zucker brothers, or whoever, bought the rights to this entire film, script etc, but I've never actually seen the original, or realised that the Airplane script was pretty much word for word from this. Beautiful - almost as hilarious as the remake.

[hankaaron1961]

I never knew how much "Airplane" played so close to the source material. Much of it is word for word- verbatim even!

[Raap123]

4:42 is that Harisson Young (the old man from Saving Private Ryan)

[Aussiemarco]

This happened to me on a river cruise in Russia. But it was the soap, not the fish.

[AdolfoHaggen]

search related "Airplane" sequence - Rorshach doesent like films about gladiators - greetings

[Spudskie]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit watching parodies!

[WC3POchannel10A]

Stryker is surrounded by jerks. Tell Sterling Hayden to shut up and cut the radio. Tell the doctor to sit in his seat and shut up! Quite a contrast with Dana Andrew's character in "The Best Years of Our Lives," where he is also a former flyer with PTSD. Unlike this, BYOOL was a classic.

[sodie77]

Woah, I thought that the guy with the radio on the ground was going to rag him about keeping his "fluids" pure.

[WC3POchannel10A]

@sodie77 Didn't you know? The fish served for dinner swam in fluoridated water.

[knight2k72]

back in those days how long could that flight possibly have been?

[knight2k72]

@knight2k72 ichthyology flu!!! (fish flu)

[smichelle65]

@1:26: "It's a big building with beds in it, but that's not important right now..."

[rugger36d]

This is a revelation!

[MADDD0GGG]

I HAD THE MEAT!!!! YUMMMMM

[RR954]

WFT!!! My mind has officially been blown... I thought Airplane was just a comedy... not a spoof.

[jordanthewizard]

you ever seen a grown man naked?

[WhatBurnsMyBacon]

All these years, I had no idea that Airplane was based off this movie.

[TheBackOfTheBoat]

Yeah most people don't realize it, but Airplane was really just a parody of this movie and the "Airport" series, in the same way that "Scary Movie" or "Epic Movie" today are parodies of, well, scary and epic movies.

But the thing is, Airplane was actually funny. AND people are still enjoying it 30 years later; I guarantee you no one will watch "Date Movie," "Epic Movie," or "Superhero Movie" 30 years from now because they won't get any of the jokes.

[iCounterProductive]

I just want to tell you both good luck!

[macsm]

Yeah, I've seen this movie before, and I was shocked when I saw it, well no need to elaborate... "How does she handle now? Sluggish like a wet sponge", ja ja!

[cableguy1994]

It's a different kind of flying, altogether.

[cavav8r]

@cableguy1994 it's a differn't kind of flying

[Username84778]

Surely you camt' be serious

[jazztickets]

Oh that's right.. i had the lasagna.

[bobcrunch]

It's a big building full of sick people, but that's not important now.

[BenAliGtor]

"Oh, it's a big, PRETTY plane..with wheels, and windows, and a big red stripe--it looks like a big Tylenol!"

[radconserv86]

What did we have for dinner? - We had a choice - steak or fish.

Yes, I remember. I had Lasagna. I am literally laughing my ass off watching this!!!! LOL!!!

[radconserv86]

This is SO cool! I didn't know that SO MANY lines were taken from this movie. I have never heard of this movie. I'm laughing my butt off, filling in the lines from Airplane!! ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sluggish, like a wet sponge.

[bob8144]

All I could think about when he is landing the plane is Johnny from Airplane!! Aunty Em, Aunty Em, it's a twister.

[stevethedrums]

. . . . but that's not important right now . . .

[mcsarge]

Define the set ~fish & pilot. Boolean algebra!

[SCE2AUX]

"Wow, you're Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch! You play wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams!"

"I'm sorry son, you must have me confused with someone else."

"I think you're the greatest, but my dad says you don't work hard enough on blocking. And that you don't really try... except during the playoffs."

"THE HELL I DON'T!! I've been hearing that since Wisconsin!! LIsten kid, you tell your old man to try beating the bump and run on Dick Lane and Yale Lary for 60 minutes!!

[Boeing727223]

And don't call me Shirley...

[TreborG2]

Oh, nothing cheers me up like watching clips of this movie, and thinking about Airplane.

Honestly, knowing Airplane makes this over the top funny, almost like Rocky Horror where if you know the movies well enough you can put lines in.. or in Airplane/ZeroHr's case... add the Airplane lines while watching ZHr.

Ahh that feeling of comedy satisfaction!!

[oznog99]

Yeah you really wanna see the whole Zero Hour!- there is much much more.

The only major part that was cut for Airplane! was when the radio gets "knocked off channel" in turbulence and they're doing all this drama trying to slowly turn the dial so they can regain contact with the ground.

[colindhowell]

Wow, that was...special. No wonder the creators of Airplane! thought this was comedy material.

I'm amused at the thought of a former fighter pilot being *afraid* to try landing an airliner. Fighter pilots aren't exactly selected for excessive caution.

[LuciusTheFair]

Well supposedly he was traumatized from his war experience. Its pretty obvious he's suffering from some kind of PTSD.

[stevethedrums]

@LuciusTheFair . . or HLBA Hollywood Low Budget Acting.

[TomsFriendKake]

I haven't felt this awful since I saw that Ronald Reagen film!

[dmuth]

That blew my mind.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue. ;-)

[saywhatmachine]

@dmuth Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines

[sexcation]

Gees, this is like word for word of the movie Airplane. Here all these years I thought Airplane was an original idea.

[calnick0]

@sexcation

Yeaasss. We call these spoofs.

[dignan501]

@sexcation you thought airplane was original? Its the original "parody" movie...

[porsche986rw]

@dignan501 Actually, "Kentucky Fried Movie" was the original modern parody movie. It was the first low-budget effort by Abrahams & the Zuckers (1977). It steps on so many racial stereotypes, there is no way it could be made today. It is a seriously hilarious movie especially if you are old enough to remember the '70's. It is definitely worth checking out if you haven't seen it!

[noklarok]

@porsche986rw kentucky fried movie used to crack me up,, best bruce lee spoof ever,, and soapy titties,, much gratitude to you for reminding me of the massive soapy titties

[cavav8r]

@sexcation yeah, they actually bought the rights to Zero Hour! first! and if you notice in the movie "Airplane" everytime they have the establishing shot of the plane, it has propeller noises even though it's a jet....brilliant

[zimzob]

@sexcation Airplane was a parody of a number of older movies.

[bongkong89]

@sexcation Airplane was a spoof on this, and comeon.. it was awwwwwwwwwesome!

[brocklagan]

@sexcation They actually bought the rights for the original screenplay, they make no secret of it. What they did with it tho was brilliant and hadn't really ever been done before

[RGMerkel]

@sexcation

Who cares? Airplane rules!

[CaesarInVa]

@sexcation Me too! It wasn't until a couple years ago that I came across this movie. It's amazing how the same movie, essentially word for word, could be translated from a drama into a comedy simply by changing the tone and timing of delivery.

[Nate2764]

@sexcation typically the point of a parody (such as Airplane!) is to poke fun at something in a humorous way

[Tahititoutou]

Almore says "This IS AIRPLANE!" Sorry : this is "Zero hour" from which the spoof "Airplane" was designed. Not the same actors, not the same replies (although almost), not the same plane (DC-7c vs Boeinf 707) etc. |Zero hour) was itself a remake of Haley's "Flying into danger".

[saywhatmachine]

am i the only one who keeps hearing the jokes from Airplane! after each line?

[radconserv86]

@saywhatmachine No! ROFLMAO! I keep filling in the lines, LOL! "Yes we both had fish" and the girl making a face! I love this!

[almore1999]

This IS AIRPLANE! What the F????

[msmirandagirl]

That was great!!

[Eric2221]

ROTFL LMAO...."ever seen a grown man naked?" RAHAHAHAHHAAH!!!

What movie is this from C?