Airplane! Greatest comedy of all time?

[Triumph]

On Comedy Central right now; almost 30 years later and this movie is still as hilarious as it ever was. Some comedies from the 70's and 80's aren't so funny to me anymore as they once were, but this one...fantastic!

Leslie Nealson (Rumack): What was it we had for dinner?
Stewardess: We had a choice of steak or fish.
Rumack: Ah yes, I remember. I had lasagna.

Rumack: Captain, how soon can you land?
Captain Oveur: I can't tell.
Rumack: You can tell me. I'm a doctor.
Captain Oveur: No. I mean I'm just not sure.
Rumack: Well, can't you take a guess?
Captain Oveur: Well, not for another two hours.
Rumack: You can't take a guess for another two hours?

Young Boy with Coffee: Excuse me, I happened to be passing, and I thought you might like some coffee.
Little Girl: Oh, that's very nice of you, thank you.
Young Boy with Coffee: Cream?
Little Girl: No, thank you, I take it black, like my men.

:laugh:

 

[UberNeuman]

I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.

 

[Random Variable]

Don't call me Shirely.

 

[Agentbolt]

Answer: Yes.

However, it really hasn't aged well. The problem is that if someone watched it for the first time now, 85% of the jokes they'd have heard in some form during other movies/TV shows/whatever. SO many other things have "borrowed" material from it that it simply wouldn't seem very fresh or interesting.

I heard someone say one time that Monty Python did for comedy what the Beatles did for music, but Airplane's not too far in second place in that regard.

 

[UberNeuman]

I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Possibly not greatest ever, but certainly in the top few.

Airplane!
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Blazing Saddles
Caddyshack
Animal House

Put them in any order you want.

 

[cronos]

classic

 

[JackBurton]

Prosecuting Attorney:
Doctor, can you give the Court your impression of Mr. Striker?

Dr. Stone:
I'm sorry, I don't do impressions, my training is in psychiatry.

 

[MrPickins]

Best Parody, IMO.

 

[UberNeuman]

And Leon is getting LARGER!!!

 

[Phoenix86]

Voiceman: The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading
of passengers only, there is no stopping in the white
zone.

Voiclady: NO! The white zone is for immediate loading and
unloading and there is no stopping in the red zone.

Voiceman: The red zone has always been for loading and unloading
there is never stopping in a white zone.

Voiclady: Don't tell me which zone is for stopping and which zone
is for loading.

Voiceman: Listen Betty, don't start up with your white zone shit
again!

Voiceman: There's just no stopping in a white zone.

Voiclady: Oh really, Vernon, why pretend, we both know perfectly
well what it is you're talking about. You want me to
have an abortion.

Voiceman: Its really the only sensible thing to do. If its done
properly, therapeutically, there's no danger involved.

 

[Triumph]

Christmas, Ted. What does that mean to you? A living hell!

 

[Triumph]

You ever been kicked...in the head...with an iron boot? No, of course not, nobody has. Dumb question Ted, scratch that.

 

[UberNeuman]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Joey, have you ever seen a grown man naked?
Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?
Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?
Joey, did you ever hang around a gymnasium?
Joey, do you like it when Scraps grabs your leg and rubs up and down?

 

[anxi80]

"jus' hang loose, blood. she gonna catch ya up on da' rebound on da' med side."
"what it is, big mama? my mama no raise no dummies. i dug her rap!"
"cut me some slack, jack! chump don' want no help, chump don't get da' help!"
"say 'e can't hang, say seven up!"

 

[Jhill]

You'd better tell the Captain we've got to land as soon as we can. This woman has to be gotten to a hospital.
A hospital? What is it?
It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.


You got a letter from headquarters this morning.
What is it?
It's a big building where generals meet, but that's not important.


Excuse me sir, there has been a little problem in the cockpit...
The cockpit? What is it?
It's the little room in front of the plane where the pilot's in, but that's not important right now.

 

[Jeff7]

One other amusing part - Airplane! is rated PG, but it includes *gasp* topless women!

Don't you have to be over age 21 nowadays to handle seeing a nude woman, without going out raping and pillaging?

Oh well.


"Striker..Striker..Striker!"
*a guy in the background punches a woman*

Originally posted by: anxi80
"jus' hang loose, blood. she gonna catch ya up on da' rebound on da' med side."
"what it is, big mama? my mama no raise no dummies. i dug her rap!"
"cut me some slack, jack! chump don' want no help, chump don't get da' help!"
"say 'e can't hang, say seven up!"

I wonder if Google might consider adding a "Jive to English" translation option to their language tools.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: UberNeuman
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue!

Striker?
Striker!!!?
Striker, striker!!!!!!

*SMACK*

 

[Throckmorton]

That kind of old fashioned comedy just isn't funny to me.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

"Airplane! Greatest comedy of all time?"

YES

 

[Fritzo]

Don't start your red zone white zone sh!t again....

 

[UberNeuman]

They Bought Their Tickets, They Knew What They Were Getting Into. I Say--Let 'Em Crash!

 

[laurenlex]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

 

[foghorn67]

"My orders came through. My squadron ships out tomorrow, we're bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 18:00 hours. We're coming in from the North, below their radar."
"When will you be back?"
"I can't tell you that? It's classified."