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I AM serious, and don't call me Shirley!
The greatest movie spoof and funniest film of all time is on DVD! Directed by the Zucker Brothers, AIRPLANE is the king of all spoofs, putting lame attempts like SCARY MOVIE to shame. The relentless number of gags is the key here, with so many jokes it takes several viewings to catch them all. My favourite gags are the Saturday Night Fever disco mock, the mayhem jokes on the plane (crash postions etc), Stephen Stucker as Johnny ("The tower! Rapunzel!) and the very patient cab driver! And of course, one of the best lines, "Surely you can't be serious!" "I AM serious, and don't call me Shirley!" and "Joey, do you like movies about Gladiators?" Classic! The jokes come fast and frequently, providing enough weird humour to satisfy fans of this genre. Great fun. The DVD extras consist of a terrific Commenatary from the directors and a trailer. More extra stuff would be nice, but the commentary alone is worth it.

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This is air travel?! gimme the Toonerville Trolley
Jim Abrahams and the Brothers Zucker, a/k/a the Unholy Trio, are responsible for this belly-laugh-a-minute film that is one of the funniest movies ever to come out of Hollywood. It has the most fragile excuse for a plot and doesn't need much more. From the wacky opening sequence (the theater audience where I first saw this movie fell into the aisles when the theme from "Jaws" started playing and the plane's tail see-sawed ominously through the clouds), to the hilarious credits (be sure to stick around for these), the movie goes from one laugh to the next and never lets up. "Airplane!" spawned the spoof genre, and it's still the best of the pack. The movie lambastes airline disaster films, TV commercials, Hollywood blockbusters, airline food (wouldn't you know the fish would go bad?), Tupperware parties, religious nuts, and about everything else you can think of. The actors, most of them strangers to comedy, seem to be having the time of their lives. There are a couple of scenes that gave this movie a PG rating (a topless lady in the mass hysteria scene when Julie Hagerty asks the passengers via the PA system if anybody on board knows how to fly a plane, and a priceless scene when Hagerty has to give emergency service to Otto, the plane's automatic pilot), but actually this film is nothing a 6th grader couldn't watch. My son saw it when he was 11 and hit the floor laughing, along with everyone else in the theater. The movie doesn't even pretend to take itself seriously; it's an hour and a half of pure unadulterated fun. Grab the popcorn, sit back and enjoy the ride of your life. (And just be glad it's only a movie!)

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Outrageously funny!
God this movie is so incredibly hilarious! Few movies have such witty and original jokes as 1980's Airplane! does. This is one of the best comedy movies of all time and is strongly recommended for those struggling with depression or just want a good laugh.

A jetliner is bound for Chicago but when contaminated fish spreads illnesses on most of it's passengers and incapacitates both of it's pilots, it's up to a war veteran to fly and land the airliner and save the passengers before the illness claims their lives.

This movie is so incredibly funny and is highly recommended for comedy audiences. They sure don't make comedy movies like they used to.