Aug 29, 2019
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