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Conservatives often talk about what they don’t like about Hollywood. That’s okay, but it’s not productive. Maybe it’s time we talked about what we do like? More to the point, let’s point out when Hollywood has gotten it right. And that brings me to the...






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Hilarious send up of all disaster movies.
I first saw Airplane! some time in the 90s when it aired on ABC (back when the networks actually aired movies in primetime). I had already seen most of Airplane II on HBO and I thought it was funny (gotta love Shatner). I thought Airplane! was just as funny though in subsequent years I've realized just how much funnier it is. Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker were firing on all cylinders. I highly recommend the DVD audio commentary where you'll learn everything you've ever wanted to know about the making of this film.
I think the scene I laughed at the hardest was when Johnny (the late Stephen Stucker, a veteran of the ZAZ's Kentucky Fried Theater company) asks Captain Oveur's wife, "Where did you get that dress? It's awful! And the shoes and that coat, JEEZ!!!"
I also love Leslie Nielsen's "Ah yes, I had lasagna" when told they had steak or fish. And Robert Stack beating up all the donation guys in the airport. And Stack's rambling at the end, "You ever been kicked… in the head… with an iron boot? Of course you don't. No one does, that never happens. Sorry Ted, that's a dumb question, skip that."
I'm surprised the film got away with a PG rating. I know PG-13 didn't exist but between the brief topless shot (which is very funny) and the old lady snorting a line of coke, it would probably be R-rated today (sometimes it seems the standards have gone both ways).
I recently watched all four Airport films and Zero Hour! which is where most of the Airplane! gags come from. There are shots in this film which duplicate Zero Hour! down to the blocking and camera angles (the ZAZ team bought the rights to Zero Hour! so Airplane! is basically a remake). And as for the Airport films, the first one I thought was great; the second one (with Karen Black as the stewardess who lands the plane and Helen Reddy as the singing nun) is where things turn to parody. But still very entertaining!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/arti...
Here is something that should put people on NOTICE that this administration definitely does not have our intrerests at heart.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/arti...
Here is something that should put people on NOTICE that this administration definitely does not have our best intrerests at heart.
Joe – it's funny (strange not haha)–if this was the last administration, the commentaries would be flying around about Big Brother already.
This is the funniest movie ever made (no, not Some Like It Hot, the one the AFI declared the funniest). It passes the crucial test: Does it still make you laugh out loud years later after repeated viewings? Do you still go around quoting lines from it? Well, surely, Airplane passes both tests. And if you haven't said the punch line in your head already, you don't know this movie.
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“I picked a bad time to quit sniffing glue.”
This being Open Thread, let me ask why there are so many movie remakes this decade. Or are there that many? I'm open to the idea that there aren't many remakes overall, but the number of high publicity remakes makes it seem half the movies released every week are retreads.
Surely, you can't be serious.
"Oh, it's a big, pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels; why, it looks like a big Tylenol!"
Johnny was awesome
Wasn't it part of tenth grade lit class where the teacher tells us something about how there are on 32 or 64 different plots? It is a lot easier to poach on something already done than create something fresh. Some re-makes are not even identified as such. Equally disturbing is the constant poaching from old television shows and action hero comics. As I write this, I'm thinking to myself "movies are a mess these days."
Peter Graves had some great lines. "Give me ham on five and hold the mayo." "Have you ever been to a turkish prison?" But the scene stealer was when you first got to meet Otto
I am serious and don't call me Shirley
Stewardess! I speak jive.
I saw that too! The movie is kind of sappy, but it's one of Cruise's best.
Just hang loose blood, she gonna catch up wich you on da rebound…….
Back off momma, my momma didn't raise no dummy I dug her rap!
You'd never get a movie like this made again, simply because one scene would be considered hideously offensive.
"Oh, stewardess? I speak jive."
And Leon's getting LLLLAAAAAARGERRRRRR>>>>>
And Leon's getting LLLLAAAAAARGERRRRRR……….
I saw a t-shirt with that line on it and I regret not buying it. I saw it on a website once and I haven't been able to find it since!
I saw an interview years ago with the Zucker brothers and one of them said he was amazed at all the serious acting careers they trashed with that movie. Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Leslie Nielsen…..none of them could get any serious roles after they got a hold of them….
The page is gone Joe. Do you happen to have the title of the article by chance?
Hahaha! One of my favorite lines in that movie!
I'll bet the fact that they were all aging didn't have anything to do with it at all.
http://shop.cafepress.com/i-speak-jive?utm_medium...
Whatever the reason they decided to do this movie, I am eternally grateful, Airplane is hilarious from start to finish and all 3 of those guys knocked it out of the park.
yeah, a youth coming of age football, it did have Craig T. Nelson ( a non-liberal.) I probably should have made this comment on the other Tom Cruise thread. It was nothing great with some cliche's, but overall pretty good for what it was. Cruise was too young to have gone wacko at that point.
Airplane, The Naked Gun series and Blazing Saddles are the standard for satirical comedy to me. ZAZ "got" what Mel Brooks did in the '60s and '70s like nobody else. Brooks is the King and ZAZ are the crowned princes.
I ran into Leslie Nielsen in Myrtle beach right before he filmed The Naked Gun. He was in town for a charity golf tournament along with Alex Trebec, Claude Akins and other celebs (Leslie Nielsen could REALLY party back then). He was telling my brother and I that he was ready to film a big screen version of Police Squad. I told him the TV show was great, but a mass audience would not "get" the slapstick humor. He told me, "Don't worry. You'll laugh your ass off ." Then he left with three blondes. Two he had walked into the club with and one that he had just met. Did I mention that Leslie Nielsen could REALLY party back then?
That, "Don't worry. You'll laugh your ass off ." was the best movie review that I have ever received. And it had not been filmed yet.
Ohh, I was just reading that, it's still there..go to front page of drudge.
Although I like this one better.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/11/c...
Jive ass dude don't got no brains anyhow!
In the audio commentary, they talk about some of the actors they originally thought about but didn't get (for one reason or another), including Jack Webb, Jack Lord, Efrem Zimbalist, Helen Reddy, and George Kennedy.
They also talk about the studio not understanding why they wanted serious actors. One studio exec wanted them to hire Dom DeLuise (and other comedians), thinking a funny movie must have funny people in it. Another exec wanted Barry Manilow in the movie, since they were neighbors or something like that. In one draft, Wally and the Beaver land the plane (!). The Kareem Abdul-Jabbar part was meant for Pete Rose but they were shooting during baseball season.
They were brilliant, when Jabbar grabs the kid and gives him an earful about dragging Walton and Lanier up and down the court I lost it.
Actually, some found a different niche. Leslie Nielsen had done serious roles up until then, and found his comedic timing was impecable, providing him with a successful career. Lloyd Bridges went back to the small screen, which is what he enjoyed most of all, And Robert Stack landed two successful TV shows after that, too. The second movie also provided the beginning of the return of William Shatner. I suppose it is a matter of perspective
"I just wanted to wish you good luck. We're all counting on you." I constantly interrupt a co-worker with that just as he's about to tow an aircraft.
the very first movie i saw as a teenager that made me laugh so hard i missed half of it. not only does our generation still quote this film, but we like to act out the scenes for the uninitiated. surely, no one can forget the stewardess banging the passenger's heads with the nun's guitar as she carries it up the aisle.
"…don't call me shirley."
I always use that line with friends, too. Another one is "altogether" as in "It's an entirely different kind of flying." Whenever someone I know says "It's a totally different xyz…" I add an "altogether" at the end of it.
"Able to hit tall buildings in a single bound"… yeah that would be the tag line for a movie these days… in the Middle East.
I always use that line with friends, too. Another one is "altogether" as in "It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether." Whenever someone I know says, "It's a totally different xyz…" I add an "altogether" at the end of it.
let's keep working on a new film industry; the anti-Hollywood.
I played football in Northeast Ohio, so that film really resonated with me.
Also, a guy I worked with grew up close to where the pic was shot, and was allowed to see some of the filming. He said Tom Cruise could legitimately play football.
I always had a little more respect for him after I heard that.
"6-2 stack monster — 6-2 stack monster!"
Yes, Airplane defintely passes both tests. And stop calling me Shirley!
cut me some slack Jack!
Just kidding…
Indeed, the best part of the humor was in how straight the lines were played. Oh, and they did nab George Kennedy for the Naked Gun films.
Since this is Open Thread, I'll post this here:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/08/guess...
–"Tea Party researchers have discovered some interesting news on one of the
people arrested for beating Ken Gladney.
Elston K. McCowan is a former organizer – now the Public Service Director of SEIU Local 2000 – and board member of the Walbridge Community Education Center, and is a Baptist minister, has been a community organizer for more than 23 years, and now, he is running for Mayor of the City of St. Louis under the Green Party."–
Is anyone really surprised??
or getting one's nutz ripped off by a lhaplander, now that's a way to go.
Chump don' want no help, chump don't get da' help!
The tower? Rapunzel! Rapunzel!
Well, in all fairness, no-one's really used the word "jive" since then either.
Actually, I also would go out on a limb and say black slang is no longer 'exotic,' either.
Some of us talked about this in another open thread last week. Let's say some rich center/right-leaning folks get together and start up a movie studio somewhere in the east… money, facilities, tech people, etc. And let's say they're able to find distribution (theatrical, home video, TV, foreign, etc.)
My question is this: what's to stop center/right-Hollywood from lurching left at some point in the future? There will still be spoiled brat stars, regardless of political affiliations. There will still be Access Hollywood, The Insider, and all those other POS programs that they routinely make fun of on The Soup. There will still be gossip columns and Perez Hilton (ugh) and egotistical filmmakers.
So what's to stop all this from happening again? And it doesn't even have to do with politics; it also has to do with material and money and execs who know a good idea when they see it.
This should make clear to anyone just what these power-drunk elitists think of your opinion.
Note that whenever Obama, Emanuel, or Gibbs are asked about why polls show SO many people oppose their misguided Cap-n-Trade and Obamacare proposals, they ALWAYS segue-right-into “we need to educate the public…”.
LOL- save your breath… Constitutionally-aware American patriots don’t take lectures from Marxists.
http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com
Good morning all.
I'm rather new here, but does this site have server problems regularly? Yesterday afternoon and this morning I'm having a hell of a time posting and thumbs up/down. It keeps telling me I'm not logged in (I am!) and has logged me out several times.
Love the site and the give and take!
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/arti...
"You take a chance getting up in the morning, walking across the street or sticking your face in a fan…"
"You take a chance getting up in the morning, walking across the street or sticking your face in a fan…"
gotta love a sassy June Cleaver.
Ain't no thing!
Yep…..always wanted to be her. She wore an apron AND pearls. She was a true domestic goddess
I think this is a recent development. I am not a veteran here either, but I used to be able to keep logged on. I have noticed that this past week that hasn't been the case. I hope they fix it.
It's Enrico Palatzo!
head union thug, no surprise at all.
My favorite lines:
Steve McCroskey: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.
Steve McCroskey: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking.
Steve McCroskey: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
Steve McCroskey: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines
Here is a video of a regular person (not a pundit) going on CNN to talk about the Townhall meeting in Tampa.
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Enlightening. Amusing. They just do not get real people.
Here is a video of a regular person (not a pundit) going on CNN to talk about the Townhall meeting in Tampa.
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Enlightening. Amusing. They just do not get real people.
Sorry link is weird. I am not sure what to cut out. It gets you there though.
A "community organizer" running for MAYOR….wonder where he got the idea
I just heard on Rush
Socialist is the new N word
/spit
I have noticed the same thing. If often tells me "my session has expired", and it's only been like five or six minutes, at the very longest. Usually, if I just refresh the page, it will hold my comment, and then go ahead and post it.
someone who obviously thinks he can get lightning to strike in the same place twice.
Girl Says Family Wants To Kill Her For Being Christian
ORLANDO, Fla. — An Ohio girl ran away to Orlando because she said her family threatened to kill her for converting to Christianity. Rifqa Bary, 17, said she was threatened by her family because she converted from Islam to Christianity.
"What did your father say to you?" WFTV reporter Mary Nguyen asked.
"He said he would kill me!" replied Bary.
http://www.wftv.com/news/20349388/detail.html
/The Religion Of Peace
/spit
Personally, I don't think allowing the feds to use cookies, as long as they are upfront and explain how citizens can clear them out when done, is a big issue. It's the same technology that automatically logs me into Amazon.com.
How ever, it is interesting that the MSM is reporting it. I thought nothing less than orgasmatic stories were allowed.
I use the same test. Do the jokes have staying power. I think I Love Lucy is the best example.
Captain Oveur: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?
I was throwing Police Squad lines out at Leslie Nielsen in the club like this. he cuffed me behind the head and promised to hire me as his understudy when my hair turned gray. It has been 10 years and I'm still waiting!
Well, I hope lightning does strike…..literally
I find it telling that the host is trying to argue this woman's points before "the other side" even chimes in.
Did they question motives and tactics when war protesters were obstructing traffic or attacking recruitment centers?
Well, if I was one of the financial backers, I would no longer support the place. Theoretically, I guess, present day Hollywood could lurch right. My theory is there is a huge market to see good non-liberal agenda films. If so, money would be made. Conservative moneymen would refuse to green light films like "Obama the Movie." Look, I realize it's a tall order, but one has to think big to make it happen.
mmm nature fried community organizer… could be the new sensation at the state fairs.
Distribution is the real holdup concerning Hollywood. What happens when a group of people who only greenlight movies and distribute movies that they agree with? Hollywood.
The powers-that-be that control distribution are located in Hollywood. They own most of the movie theaters in this country. The internet is breaking that up a little bit, but it is slow going.
MY question is will Holder step in like he did for the thugs at the Philly voting station.
In normal times, I wouldn't even bother asking that question, but these United States are under new management.
I would pay good money to see that…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzePOxhb2FM&eu...
I think this is it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzePOxhb2FM&eu...
I think this is it.
Friendly reminder to all true Americans, its your duty to find at least one fishy thing about the health care discussion today, and notify the White House on it!
flag@whitehouse.gov
I'm reading through the constitution: http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitut...
And I don't see the word health care listed even once. I do find this how ever,
Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Which makes it pretty clear, the federal government is forbidden from doing anything that its not specifically authorized.
Very fishy.
Do you automatically delete cookies when you shut down your web browser, or have them disabled?
That does cause problems with these newer interactive web sites. But yes, the code here is still a bit buggy. But I'm impressed. I like the comments are emailed through a third party to help with privacy. That's a really nice feature.
Correction: It doesn't work any more. I've lost several comments totally.
It's a purposely deployed strategy to make who ever they are debating appear clueless, intolerant, and dumb.
I don't buy it for a second.
What made them cast Barbara Billingsley in that role? That was inspired.
Having such serious actors who rarely if ever did comedy is what made it so good. Can you imagine if they cast someone like Robin Williams or Jim Carrey in it? It would have ruined it.
Steve McCroskey: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.
Steve McCroskey: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking.
Steve McCroskey: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
Steve McCroskey: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines
step right up, step right up.. the show's about to begin!
An entertaining evening that must have been *grins*
"You just hate Obama because he's black!"
No, I hate him because I think he's an idiot.
"You just think he's an idiot because he's black!"
No, I think he's an idiot because his policies are so clearly wrongheaded and bad.
"You just think all his policies are bad because he's black!"
No, I think his policies are bad because he's trying to use them to tell me how to spend my money.
"You just think he's trying to tell you how to spend your money because he's black!"
…You know what? I don't hate him for being black. I hate him because his supporters are trying to use his blackness to excuse everything he does.
"You just think we're trying to use his blackness as an excuse because he's black!"
…You keep this sh_t up and I will start hating him for being black. Congratulations, you just turned me into a racist. Mission f__king accomplished, @$$holes.
You know that guy with the disabled son who got upset at the townhall? He has been getting threats delivered to his house in the middle of the night.
Yeah, he is the thug. God help the brave folks willing to speak out at those townhalls. I do not think I would give my name. Does a sane person invite violence to their family?
Seeing as the administration has been rather silent on this, my guess would be "no".
You know, I can see you in a carney role
That's pretty much the gist of it.
<Insert legitimate point here> – "It's because he's black" (standard liberal response)
That's pretty much the gist of it.
<Insert legitimate point here> – "It's because he's black!" (standard liberal response)
Airplane was a time when goof movies actually had to be good. Fav!
Thanks Joe. Yep. That's it.
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