Airplane Missionaries

Robert Stack as Captain Rex Kramer fights off activists missionaries for Reverend Moon, Jews for Jesus, Jehovah's Witness, Buddhism, Jerry's Kids, Scientology, and More Nuclear Power in the airport ticketing area.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• parody
• fight
• airport
• missionaries
• religion
• fundraising

[suedenim]

Some of the context is lost today, because we're used to a different airport regime. At the time of the movies, airports were treated as "public forums," where the airport authorities couldn't regulate free speech.

In 1992, the Supreme Court declared that airports aren't public forums, so airport authorities could and generally did stop Hare Krishnas and other activists from bothering passengers, making Stack's experience a thing of the past.

[removetube]

The Robert Stack "Backflip Kick" is fucking Awesome!  lol

[MaxxTheMerciless]

The Reverend Moon. Now that was a long time ago. I wonder if there are any Moonies left?

[mordecaicarroll]

@romanvanpersie

I feel the same way about my email inbox.

[zufgh]

@suedenim True, but I think most people still recognise the reference

[romanvanpersie]

@ho33es :D

[ho33es]

@romanvanpersie i actually feel the same way as you.

Let me post this comment on facebo...oh wait...

[iamhungey12345]

@dmuth

And years later a response came in.

Then afterward Westboro were found massacred...

[TheMrCFH]

I love how it's like a cheesy video game. He's easily beating them up while more slowly keep coming towards him.

[romanvanpersie]

This is how I feel reading through my Facebook newsfeed, every day. :D

[ShawnRavenfire]

I remember laughing the first time I saw this, because I thought they made up "Jews for Jesus" as a joke. Then I found out it's a real religion. I love it when reality is funnier than fiction.