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On the podcast this week, Steven and Sean are going to land this damn plane even if it kills us in the 1980 film by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, Airplane!

WARNING! If you don’t like hilarious puns of all sorts coming at you non-stop, then this is not the film for you. WARNING!

ANOTHER WARNING! If you’re the sort of person who doesn’t like the amazing puns that this film gives you, then I don’t think we can be friends. In fact, we may never want to even associate with you. Yes, that’s the sort of brilliance with which we regard this ‘80s masterpiece. ANOTHER WARNING!

Oh, you think that opening a film with an airplane flying through clouds to the Jaws theme isn’t funny and clever? Do you think that a man getting smacked in the face by his own boomeranged clothing is a bore? Do you think that an inflatable autopilot named Otto is scraping the depths of the comedic well?

I’ve got news for you, pal! You’re not the sort of person we want associating with this here fine podcast! We demand you never speak its name again. More Movies Please! is too good for you, and we’re going to stand by that for the rest of our lives. Indeed, we hope you get stuck in an abandoned taxi in the unloading zone at an airport for the rest of your life!

Or is it the loading zone? …It doesn’t matter one bit! You get the point!

Now, if you are the sort of person to enjoy the hilarious and harrowing antics of the passengers on board this ailing aircraft, then welcome home. We’re glad to have you here for this episode. Please enjoy our admiration for the hilarity of this film. It’s a good one.

(Recorded on June 21, 2021)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Airplane! - IMDb

Airplane! trailer - YouTube

Mel Brooks - IMDb

Spaceballs - IMDb

Jaws - IMDb

Saturday Night Fever - IMDb

Seppuku - Wikipedia

Robert Hays - IMDb

From Here to Eternity - IMDb

How unusual was the winter of 2010 world-wide? - KNMI

2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull - Wikipedia

Airplane II: The Sequel - IMDb

Tropic Thunder - IMDb

Tropic Thunder Opening Trailers - YouTube

Ben Stiller - IMDb

Jack Black - IMDb

Robert Downey Jr. - IMDb

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story - IMDb

Justin Long - IMDb

Monty Python - Wikipedia

Lloyd Bridges - IMDb

Leslie Nielsen - IMDb

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