It seems unfathomable that we once lived in a world where we were deprived of Ethel Merman playing a doped-up PTSD -afflicted soldier who thinks he’s Ethel Merman, or the mom from Leave it to Beaver sliding some smooth jive-talking on the brothers, or watching Lloyd Bridges pick the wrong day to stop sniffing glue. But fortunately, Airplane! came along some 30 years ago and comedy has never been the same. Like the rapid-fire gags you see on The Simpsons and American Dad ? Enjoy the so-dumb-it’s-hilarious jokes of the Farrelly Brothers? Appreciate the fact that Leslie Nielsen is best known now for his screwball comedies rather than his stodgy black and white dramas? Thank Airplane! for all of the above. After the jump, enjoy my favorite scene and the original trailer from one of the funniest movies ever made.
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Have You Ever Seen A Grown Man Naked?: Celebrating 30 Years of Airplane!
