Captain Oveur: You ever been in a cockpit before?
Joey: No sir, I’ve never been up in a plane before.
Captain Oveur: You ever seen a grown man naked?
Airplane! was released in theaters on this day, 39 years ago (July 2, 1980)
OK Everybody, now you name some of your favorite quotes from the movie.
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Rumack: You’d better tell the Captain we’ve got to land as soon as we can. This woman has to be gotten to a hospital.
Elaine Dickinson: A hospital? What is it?
Rumack: It’s a big building with patients, but that’s not important right now.
Leslie Nielsen was born on this day in 1926. He died at the age of 86 (February 11, 1926 – November 28, 2010)
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[as the plane prepares to take off]
Hanging Lady: Nervous?
Ted Striker: Yes.
Hanging Lady: First time?
Ted Striker: No, I’ve been nervous lots of times.
Happy 70th birthday to Robert Hays!
Surely, you can’t be serious that he’s already 70!
I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.
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Today would have been Leslie Nielsen’s 89th birthday. He died on November 28, 2010. But, let’s take a look at some fun quotes:
Rumack: Can you fly this plane, and land it?
Ted Striker: Surely you can’t be serious.
Rumack: I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley.
Rumack: You’d better tell the Captain we’ve got to land as soon as we can. This woman has to be gotten to a hospital.
Elaine Dickinson: A hospital? What is it?
Rumack: It’s a big building with patients, but that’s not important right now.
Mayor: Drebin, I don’t want anymore trouble like you had last year on the South Side. Understand? That’s my policy.
Frank: Yes. Well, when I see 5 weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards. That’s *my* policy.
Mayor: That was a Shakespeare-In-The-Park production of “Julius Caesar”, you moron! You killed 5 actors! Good ones.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
Great job Kickin’ It Old School (@oldschool80s)!!
Although the sign stated that Cheers was established in 1895, it was really established in 1889. It was revealed in the 8th season episode, “The Stork Brings a Crane” that “Est. 1895” on the bar’s sign is a made-up date chosen by Carla for numerological purposes.
Well, I can’t mention Cheers without playing the theme song!
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