13 June 2008

Don't call me Shirley

Airplane!

(1980)

Funny--no, really, funny!--I always remember this as a gag-a-minute riot-fest, but in fact, compared with the AK-47 gagfests of today, this is a lot more patient, a lot more deliberate in setting up its jokes--and just a whole lot funnier. As often as I've seen this (at least six times, surely . . . ), how can I still laugh out loud at so much of it? Well, yeah, OK: I'd had some wine, but still . . .

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Don't give me that "red zone" crap.

I was just thinking of the whole "You are Kareem!" bit a few weeks ago.

cheeseblab said...

"Listen, kid, you tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the floor for 48 minutes!"