Airplane! (1980)

Posted : 1 year, 5 months ago at Jun 23 2:11

Ted: "Surely you can't be serious..." Dr. Rumack: "I am serious...and don't call me Shirley" Airplane! (known as Flying High! in Australia) is cinema's seminal spoof movie. It was decades ago that the capable, imaginative duo of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker (ZAZ) wrote and directed what became, through my eyes, the funniest movie of all time. Up until 1980 when Airplane! was released, Mel Brooks was acknowledged as the guru of movie spoofs - with films like Blazing Saddles to Young Frankenstein under his belt. Apparently Mel Brooks viewed Airplane! and realised there were new kids on the block playing his game, and they were playing his game even better than he once did! The three creators of Airplane! introduced audiences to an entirely new kind of comedy altogether...Read more

Posted : 2 years, 3 months ago at Aug 4 7:04

Airplane was probably the first Big Budget Spoof, and is still a classic. Many of the spoofs are dated, and probably will make no sense to anyone under the age of 40 (Here to Eternity, Coffee Commercial, etc.), and some of it is very politically incorrect, but the movie is still worth a look. The Saturday Night Fever spoof is way too long, I'll admit. But this movie still gives me the giggles each time I see it. From the opening sequence, to the "Don't call me Shirley" lines there are plenty of cheesy laughs. And Leslie Nielsen did steal the movie with his deadpan delivery, which is why his career skyrocketed after this movie.