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I just want to tell you both good luck, We're all counting on you

I said, "good luck, we're all counting on you" to the surgeon while he was installing a stent near my heart.  He didn't get the joke.  /sigh.

OMG my favorite Captain (Steeeve) looking at a movie I worked on!  I shot the opening of the Airplane through the clouds against the moon.  It was my first studio/union job as a Director of Photography.  I also did shots at the end of the movie of the plane taking off again.  Zuckers were a little bit nuts in person.  But they made a hell of a funny comedy classic movie I am proud to be a part of.  The actors played it straight which made it so much funnier. They had no idea what they were getting into initially but acquitted themselves spectacularly.  I love the sound of the prop plane inside the cabin for what was a airline jet.  There's so many little jokes & asides in this. I started watching it the other day in 2026 and right off the bat this thing hits the ground running with laughs and never lets up. Oh and please you can call me Shirley.

This movie and The Blues Brothers came out within weeks of each other. Two of the greatest classics of all time.

Looks like I picked the wrong time to stop sniffing glue.

My dad was a 30 year AA pilot and went crazy laughing at Robert Stack battling the religious nuts.

This movie will never get old. The fact that the actors treat it like a serious movie is why it’s so hilarious. Just genius.

"We have clearance, Clarence.  Roger, Roger.  What's our vector, Victor?"

My favorite scene was "assume crash positions" and passengers started laying across seats, on floor, over the seat in front of them.  Hilarious.

24:26 It warms my heart to know Leslie would actually quote that to pilots. Really charming!

Now I have to watch Airplane again.

Before 9/11 non passengers could go to the gate and see relatives arrive or depart.

I was with TWA in 1980 when Airplane was made. The location shots were all at LAX at the TWA terminal (3),  including curbside, the ticket counter (LAX was all 1 level then, before the 2nd level was built prior to the '84 Olympics), the gates, baggage claim, and the hangar (the emergency vehicle scene - you can see an L1011 in the hangar with engine #2 open). The actual aircraft exteriors were of 707-131B N6721 which I worked often as a flight attendant and supervisor starting in 1974. The instrument panel shots were from her too.
You guys did a GREAT job on this video, but it was jarring to realize that Gary is too young to have experienced those days, or even TWA!

My favorite part about the movie is that it’s a jet plane, but it has prop plane sounding propellers 😂

I was in air traffic control school when this came out. My whole class went to see it several times, and we drove our instructors crazy by using lines from the movie. It helped to relieve tension! Lol

Leslie Nielsen was the captain of the space ship in Forbidden Planet, and did a good job

Barbara Billingsley ( June Cleaver) was funny as the jive lady.

I still absolutely love the "drinking problem" gag.  He literally cant drink normally lol and they absolutely stick to the gag for the entire movie.

"Joey... you like movies about gladiators?