47. Airplane! (1980)
Chris and Jason are joined by inflatable co-pilot Young Nick Blake, who shares his love for 1980's iconic, seminal Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker movie 'Airplane'. The intrepid trio covers: Chris' inventive comedic introduction to the episode (00:01) The number of jokes in the entirety of "Airplane" (9:00) Airplane origin story (10:00) Bizarro scenes from 'Zero Hour', the film the ZAZ guys based Airplane on/ripped off. (15:00) Clip of the ZAZ guys on Letterman (21:00) Ethel Merman clip from 'Airplane' (22:30) Nick Blake/Jason fight over cigarette smoking scene in Airplane (24:30) Julie Hagerty comedic genius scene in Albert Brooks' "Lost In America" with Garry Marshall and Brooks (26:30) Donna Pescow/Peter Johansen shout-out (30:00) Robert Hayes being Just Good Enough in the role (31:00) Jeff/Beau Bridges: Which Is The More Talented Bridgeses? (33:00) How awesome is the MISSION IMPOSSIBLE TV THEME! (35:40) Great films with exclamation points in their titles (43:30) The joy of paperback photo sections in 1970's books (47:00) Johnny (Stephen Stucker) Comp Reel (51:00) Jim Nabors anecdote (55:00) ALTERNATIVE CASTING (56:00) David Letterman's Screen Test for 'Airplane' clip (57:45) Barry Manilow, Dom DeLuise, Christopher Lee, Fred Willard (59:00) Yuban Coffee Commercial (01:03:00) LATCH KEY TV (01:04:00) He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe, Skeletor, Transformers, Ghostbusters Cartoon, Lorenzo Music, Garfield, The Real Ghostbusters. Comic-Con, Flaming Carrot, PBS, NOVA Airport '77 (01:15:00) 'Airplane!' Wiki Page 'Airplane!' IMDB Page Watch 'Airplane!' on iTunes Subscribe to the podcast Learn about Chris' beloved comic book Flaming Carrot
