Are you scared of Flying ?

The black pilot is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He was a professional basketball player when this movie came out. He had a hall of fame career with 6 championships as a player. One of the best ever.

The propellor sounds for a jet engine are next-level genius.

The announcement voices at the curbside, were the actual voices that used to be used at LAX. They happened to be husband and wife in real life and when they made the movie they got them to do the dialogue (argument as husband and wife).

I've watched several reactions to this movie and you were the first to understand the vultures behind the pilot. thumbs up for that.

The Kareem Abdul Jabar is probably one of the first meta-jokes of cinema. This movie is a spoof of Zero Hour, in which the co-pilot is played by an ex-football player. Kareem (who was a professional basketball player) is playing a co-pilot, but when the kid recognizes him and start criticizing him, he suddenly stops talking like Roger and starts defending himself as Kareem.

Shell Shock = PTSD The "He never has a second cup at home" series of jokes is a satire of an old series of commercials for coffee here in the US

Everyone’s sense of humor is different. I saw this in the theater in 1980 and everyone laughed their butts off. Not every joke landed, but most of them hit the spot for me. I think it’s the funniest movie ever made. But to each their own.

The two marshallers on the tarmac at the beginning were the Zucker brothers, two of the directors. The "Makeup lady" was their mom.

This film is a comedic remake of the disaster film, "Zero Hour!" What made this work so well was not just the brilliant writing, but most of the main actors (Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, etc.) were serious, dramatic actors. To see them do something this silly made it even funnier.

The great thing about "Airplane!" is that there are SO MANY jokes crammed in that you can miss dozens of them (like the more subtle wordplay ones, or ones that only make sense with good knowledge of 70s American pop culture), dislike dozens more, and STILL get your money's worth. I've seen it dozens of times and I'm sure I still don't recognise every joke. This was a great reaction - I enjoyed your insight on passengers getting different food at different times on a flight, or the "proper" crash landing instructions. If your sense of humour is more towards situational absurdity and people saying stupid things in a serious way rather than zany antics, can I suggest "Withnail and I"? It's a comedy on the surface but with a sad edge to it, like a Pagliacci clown. I think you'd really appreciate it. 😊

You did actually miss the end credits scene. One final joke. Also, the FBI warning in the beginning ends with "so there."

There certainly was a lot less security at airports and rules for everything else were pretty minimal compared to today in many ways. Great reaction.

Did you notice that every time they showed the plane from outside, the sound effects were for propellers but this plane had jet engines? 😊

I always get a seat towards the rear of the aircraft, because I've never heard of a plane backing into a mountain.

I saw that she was reacting and I thought - "this ought to be hilarious" - then she said she was a flight attendant. I about fell out of my chair. She is SO not ready.

Madalina I just thought I should say this: Good luck. We're all counting on you.

The actor you recognized was Leslie Nielsen (the doctor). He starred in movies such as Police Squad and The Naked Gun.

A lot of the jokes in this movie require an in depth knowledge of American pop culture. "If someone can explain to me this scene" The co-pilot is actually being played by a famous basket-ball star of the day Kareem Abdul-Jabaar. They're making light of the fact the kid isn't playing along while Kareem is trying (not very well) to stay in character, and eventually he breaks out of character when the kid attacks is job performance.

The tall co-pilot is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hes considered one of the best basketball players of all time, the entire joke is a riff on celebrity cameos in movies.

Around 1983 I was in a group of engineers dining in Ohio, and one had been a tail gunner in a B-52, back when there was a tail gunner and back when the tail gunner was in the rear of the plane. He said it became "well -known" during the Vietnam conflict that the tail was the safest place to be in a crash.

"Top Secret!" (1984) is a brilliant movie by the same people. 😄

Your reaction to the dance scene was the best I have seen. Great fun and a high point of my day. Thank you

I was in my 20's during the 80's it was good times

I actually made it into the cockpit twice when I was a kid in the 70s. I even once got to shove the throttles forward to take us out of the gate. Those days are of course long gone now.

I just wanna tell you both, good luck, we're all counting on you

The #1 movie that you ought to react to if you used to be a flight attendant is the true story "Sully" starring Tom Hanks. Sully's plane had a bird strike that took out both engines. They didn't have enough altitude or speed to glide back to the runway and ended up having to do a water landing in the Hudson River. All the passengers and crew survived as every boat that was out on the water came to help immediately. The crazy thing is that when the passengers made it to shore, several of them hailed a taxi, returning to the airport they'd just taken off from, and bought tickets to get on a plane to get to where they needed to go. It's all incredibly well told.

I was 12 years old when this came out and I will never forget the experience of watching it in a packed theater…. I haven’t heard such continuous explosions of laughter since 😂

The Black gentlemen and the nice lady were speaking jive, an African American vernacular developed in Harlem. The jive lady was played by Barbara Billingsley, best known to Americans as June Cleaver on the wholesome family sitcom Leave It To Beaver. Kareem Abdul-Jabaar's casting was a jab at the film upon which Airplane was based, Zero Hour, which cast an American football player as the co-pilot. This was the first comedy most of these actors had done. Leslie Nielsen's career doing serious dramas had all but ground to a halt. This film marked the start of his second act as a comedic lead, playing the oblivious straight man.

I love Biss trying to make sense of such a ridiculous movie 😂

I think "Caddyshack" would be more to her liking but the concept of blowing up a golf ⛳ course (which they actually did lol) is hilarious at least to America

Fun fact on the Saturday Night Fever spoof: While he was doing Airplane, actor Robert Hays (Ted Striker) was also doing a short lived sitcom called Angie and his Angie costar Donna Pescow was in Saturday Night Fever. There is a sequel to Airplane called Airplane 2 The Sequel which is also worth a look to see William Shatner steal the show.

Fantastic reaction, especially the dance scene! And, not only did you miss a post-credit scene at the very end, as with all Zucker Abrahams Zucker (or ZAZ, for short) movies, there are actually jokes in the written credits...

First of all, I love the thumbnail. This is a really funny movie and had an awesome time watching it with u. Your dance during "Stayin Alive" was amazing, especially the "knife in the back" part. Awesome job Biss!!!

I immediately subscribe the channels that get the vulture joke, the amount of reactors seeing the bird and being like "what was that about?" is ridiculous to me 😁 Plus I really did enjoy your reaction overall - a great movie and a fun reaction indeed, much appreciated.

My friend was hostess on a plane and when i asked about her job , she said "Phil look at me and smile", and i said "yes" and then she said can you hold that for 8 hours lol.

A different actress was originally cast as Elaine. But she quit because she thought the line about "How I used to sit on your face and wiggle" crossed the line. So the original actress quit and Julie Hagerty got the role. The other actress continued acting though. Her name is Sigourney Weaver.

Good luck with the reaction. We're all counting on you.

Most of the other things were already mentioned in other comments, so I’ll just add that when they were lined up for the hysterical woman, that wasn’t a whip - it was a “lug wrench” (also called a “tire iron”) - basically an “L” shaped metal stick that could be used as a dangerous club-like weapon.

I've seen a _number_ of other reactors watch this movie, including two whose first language was clearly not English. Of the three of you, you're the _first_ one who got the pun about _instruments._ That was a pleasant surprise.

One thing people seem to miss the most is the fish in that flashback. That's a catfish which is a freshwater fish, although they're on a beach.

Didn’t think it was possible but you managed to make this movie even funnier.good job biss you crack me up ❤

kareem abdul jabbar was a very famous basketball player. He was playing Roger the co-pilot and the kid outed him. The funny thing about this film is that many of he actors had only been in serious roles before this, so it was really funny to watch serious actors play fools with a straight face. The passenger in the cab was famous for leading a property tax revolt in California in the late 70s. (Jarvis).

There is a scene at the end where that guy is still waiting in the taxi, and he says something like, "Well, I'll give him 20 more minutes, and that's it!" Most of the actors in this movie were famous for playing serious roles, and this was their comedy venture. That scene about "Jim never has two cups at home" is from a coffee commercial from long ago. The Mayo clinic is a famous hospital, so that's why there's all those mayonnaise jars in the background. The scene where the girl says, "I take it black, like my men" is a take off of some old move scene from long ago.

Most of these actors were famous for their time and they mostly played serious roles.

This is an entirely different kind of movie altogether.

One of the greatest comedies of all-time, more laughs-per-minute than anything else I can think of. Awesome reaction as always Bisscute, entertaining and adorable. You have a great sense of humour. 👍✌❤

25:34 That plus the fact that Ted's more familiar with flying single-engine fightercraft as opposed to an airliner

I was a flight attendant too in the early 2000's. I worked for a regional airline, on 30 PAX turboprops and 50 PAX jets. Just the size of my planes was enough to scare some of my passengers. I do miss it, though I don't miss the pay. When I was a kid in the 80's I remember getting to go to the flight deck, I don't think they do that anymore, I don't think that any of the kids on my flights would have been that impressed with the flight deck of the J-41 anyway. We had a new F/O on one of my flights and just before we started boarding I stuck my head in the flight deck and said "I just want to tell you good luck, we are all counting on you" the captain lost it and the whole time we were boarding you could hear them in the flight deck cracking up.

Biss, there IS a post-credits scene, you should check it out! 😊

The Naked Gun series is a must if you like this

Your laugh after you said « nun’s life » is too adorable:)

The type of comedy in this firm is sometimes called "slap-stick." BTW, there is a post credit scene. This movie is a near scene by scene parody of a serious movie called Zero Hour.

I just wanted to say good luck, Bisscute. We’re all counting on you.

As others have commented, Kareem Abdul Jabbar is an extremely famous NBA Basketball player, at the top level of the profession. It's relatively uncommon (but not unknown) for a sports star to be featured among the cast in a major film (unless they're trying to switch fields, which Kareem wasn't). He's in the film because, in the dramatic film that Airplane! is directly spoofing, 'Zero Hour!' (1957), that earlier film's corresponding Captain was played by Elroy Hirsch, who had been involved with professional football and was trying to break into film roles. •••• At the time Airplane! was made it was a severe problem (and growing worse) for fringe religions and political movements to solicit people at U.S. airports, which had to be tolerated under 'free speech' rules at the time (and that's part of what the film is commenting on. ) The situation was a permanent way of life in the U.S., and was only slightly less annoying than the film depicts. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling put an end to the practice in 1992. That year, the Court ruled that soliciting at airports was NOT a protected form of speech under the U.S. Constitution... and therefore, airport authorities or law enforcement could remove or arrest such people (and others who are not passengers or airline/airport employees.) •••• The film's three co-writers / directors, make appearances in the film. David and Jerry Zucker are the two airport employees on the tarmac, one of whom accidentally misdirects the plane to go crashing into the terminal. Jim Abrams is the guy on the bicycle who gets knocked over by Rex Kramer (in the rear-screen projection) when Kramer is driving himself and the airline employee to the airport. •••• In addition to the film 'Zero Hour' (1957), the film 'Airplane!' was indirectly spoofing a whole collection of big budget disaster films that had been dominating U.S. film production for ten years: four films involving air emergencies/disasters (with the name 'Airport' in the title), plus other films involving earthquakes, huge skyscraper fires, and sea disasters. 'Airplane!' acted to puncture the disaster film bubble, and such films were never again produced as dramas on as frequent a basis.

I've seen a LOT of people react to this movie and yours was the most fun!

In case nobody said it, Geroge Zipp was sort-of based on George Gipp, a character played by Ronald Reagan in the film _Knute Rockeny, All American_ who was a real-life football player who died during his college years. In the film Gipp tells Knute to tell the other players on the team to "win one for the Gipper."

11:38 I've watched this movie dozens of times over the last forty years, and this moment will never not make me laugh out loud. 🤣🤣🤣

I loved this reaction, you really have an awesome sense of humor!😁👍👍

The start of spoof movies..absolutely love them all

"Look what's wait for you later on" during the flashback dancing scene got me 🤣🤣🤣

This might be my all time favorite reaction . Love that you can enjoy the 80s jokes

missed the post credit scene?

2:10 Your red zone/white zone question actually made me snort laugh. Brilliant!

There’s. A lot oft timely references that, seeing today for the first time, are hard to get. That being said. I’ve worked in commercial aviation for over 25 years now. I currently work in ops center for a major international carrier, not a day goes by when some one doesn’t quote this movie. I’ve been ona Jumpseats observation when, while on the ground, a kid came into the flight deck and the captain asked hi. “Do you like gladiator movies?” I had to leave the cockpit I was laughing so hard. Leslie Nielsen (the doctor) known to stop by the cockpit on flights he took, step in and tell the pilots “good, luck, we’re all counting on you!” A US major carrier (Name starts with a D) did a safety video that was 80s themed, at the end they had Kareem (Roger Murdoch) as the FO in the safety video. I lost it!

For a good stewardess movie, check out the Tarantino movie "Jackie Brown". The main character is a stewardess that gets caught in a money smuggling operation. A fantastic movie, well written and acted, and her stewardess role is a significant plot line.

You got a lot of the jokes. And don't take this the wrong way, but the majority of young people it goes right over there head. Good job! Keep up the good work!

"Airplane!" was loosely based on a very serious plane drama, called "Zero Hour!" The basic stakes: plane in trouble, traumatized war pilot the only one who can land, were kept- then they added in every single pun, one-liner, visual gag, pop culture spoof, and zany baloney they could fit into an hour and a half.

You managed to miss the end credits scene. The FBI warning at the beginning ends with "so there." Great reaction Biss.

Kareem was one of the greatest Basketball players of the era

“Have you ever seen a grown man naked” always makes me laugh my ass off.

'Roger Roger' was used by droids in _The Phantom Menace_, btw.

2:38 - Aha! She laughed! 👈👉🤣 Hilarious reaction, super silly movie, 3 stars is what I'd rate it too. And just so you know: no one laughs at ALL the jokes. Good to hear it from the flight attendant's perspective. I didn't know that pouring fizzy drinks on an airplane was the most annoying thing, for instance! This reaction video made ME laugh, singing along with "Stayin' Alive"! 🤣 That whole part of this video is worth the entire view, just that one scene! Many times the commentary was as funny as the movie! Thanks, Biss!

I notice you like to find the meaning of films as quickly as possible..like within 15 minutes😂. Therefore you need to watch a film like The Usual Suspects. This film is made for people like you. I'm sure you will find it very very interesting 😱🔥

Shell Shock = the original term for what eventually came to be and is now known as PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). Other synonyms for it include Battle Fatigue and Operational Exhaustion. Comedian George Carlin explains it all in his comedy bit called "Soft Language" (aka "Euphemisms").

Just a couple of gags that most folk don't recognize today: 1) Elaine and Ted in the surf is a recreation of a famous scene from From Here to Eternity featuring Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster; 2) all of the religious nuts asking for donations at the airport actually was a rampant problem in Los Angeles airports in the '70s; 3) when Steve McCrosky is on the phone with his wife, barking orders, he tells her to get word to the milkman about "no more cheese"; back in those days, we actually did have milkmen who delivered us fresh dairy products several times a week. Nice reaction to a great comedy, although I'm sorry you didn't appreciate Johnny's wacky character a bit more.

The Co-Pilot is one of the greatest Basketball Player of all Time. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Because of that, the Kid talks with him about Basketball. And he also still wearing his Lakers Shorts. Greetings from Germany.

Great reaction, especially since a lot of the jokes (the ones you didn't really get) were pop cultire references from the time. As a former flight attendant, you MUST watch comedian George Carlin's routine about flying and airlines! It would be a good one to react to.

OK, so Flight of the Phoenix, original or remake, is a great airplane movie. But no flight attendants.

Underappreciated jokes of this movie: the route of the plane [start in Atlanta, end in Chicago, crosses the Hoover, worried about the weather over the Rockies...]; when the plane comes through the window, the woman who throws her baby over her shoulder; Rex walking THROUGH the wall mirror; When the autopilot is turned off and the plane dips, everyone is thrown FORWARD.

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

"Can you fly this plane, and land it?" "Surely you can't be serious." "I am serious... and don't call me Shirley." Classic comedy. Laugh a minute and very quotable. Fun Fact: In a 2008 interview, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar told the story of being on a European flight and asked to sit in an empty seat in the cockpit during takeoff so the crew could say they flew with Roger Murdoch. White-Red Zone Fact: Regarding the argument between announcers concerning the white and red zones at the airport, the producers hired the same voice artists who had made the real-world announcements at Los Angeles International Airport. At the real airport, the white zone is for loading and unloading of passengers only, and there's no stopping in the red zone (except for transit buses). They were also married to each other in real life. Casting Choice Fact: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker chose actors such as Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, and Leslie Nielsen because of their reputation for playing no-nonsense characters. Until this film, these actors had not done comedy, so their "straight-arrow" personas and line delivery made the satire in the movie all the more poignant and funny. Bridges was initially reluctant to take his role in the movie, but his sons persuaded him to do it.

Great reaction there....if you're looking for a more serious (but with some action and more fun) involving air travel then check out 'Passenger 57' (with Westley Snipes, Tom Sizemore, Bruce Payne & Elizabeth Hurley) it is sort of like 'Die Hard' but in an airplane. ✈️💥😎👍

The bird cooking in the microwave was a reference to the Amanda company having recently put out one of the earliest microwaves and calling it a “Radarrange.”

Good reaction. You have a nice and funny personality. I enjoy watching you. Well done my friend.

Surely you're not going to watch Airplane!.

5:24 - It's an old fashioned credit card machine. When you went to a gas station in your car, after pumping the gas, washing the windshield, checking the oil, etc, they would bring that machine up to the driver's window. If they were paying by credit card, they would place the card in the machine, along with a carbon paper receipt and run the handle over it each way. This would make a copy of the card and the business information. Then the customer would get one copy and the other would be sent to the credit card company so that the business could get paid. 7:00 - That's a spoof of scenes in movies where someone is leaving on a train and someone else runs along the station platform waving and yelling to them. 15:35 - That's a spoof of a coffee commercial, and it's even the same actress. A couple is out somewhere, someone offers them more coffee and she declines for her husband, but he accepts. She thinks"Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home." She realizes that she's not buying the a good brand of coffee. Actually, there IS a scene at the end of the credits. :)

Enjoyed your reaction and loved your dance, we didn’t need the music because that song just plays in your head.

You should watch the political thriller The Jerk starring Steve Martin, about the NIxon Watergate scandal and the Pentagon Papers. It's hilarious!

9:41 I laughed way harder than I should have lol that caught me so off guard

Great reaction, @BissFlix. I love this movie and think it's one of the best comedies ever made. Over the top, ridiculous and silly with lots of gags. Your reaction during the dancing scene was perfect. Also loved the wink and nod you gave to the "Aisles 13-51" joke. I look forward to your other reactions! Take care!

The Jive Talking grey hair lady was Barbara Billingsley. She was famous in the 50's as June Cleaver in the popular "Leave It To Beaver" program.

The scene where the man says he'll have a second cup of coffee & his wife thinks to herself, "Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home" is a take on a 70s coffee commercial for Yuban Coffee. Back then the ad campaign featured a married couple in various scenarios. A host or hostess would ask if anyone would like more coffee. The husband would say something like, "I'd love another cup!" And the wife would think to herself, "Jim never has a second cup of coffee". The actress in this movie happens to be the same actress who did the coffee commercials. So there's the joke of it. Glad you watched this movie. There are a lot of very dated jokes in this movie that won't translate to today especially if you weren't around in the 80s but I hoped you enjoyed it nonetheless. I saw this movie in the theater when it came out and it was hands down one of the funniest movies I'd ever seen to that point. For a while it was all the rage in the U.S. and spawned a number of films with the same type of literal jokes & slapstick comedic sketches.

The dancing scene is a spoof of a famous scene from the movie "Saturday Night Fever" The beach scene is a spoof of a famous scene from the movie "From Here to Eternity"

There IS a post credit scene at very end of credits.

there was a final scene. the taxi was still counting XD hahahha and the man was like, alright I'll give him one more minute, but that's it. hahahaha love it

That actor playing the doctor is Leslie Nielsen, he's also in the Naked Gun movies (a trilogy), the best comedies ever!

in 1980, the security checkpoint was the boarding door. Family and friends could sit with you at the gate while you waited. It was later that they set up a separate security checkpoint before any of the gates.

Also, one thing you have to remember about this movie is it was in 1974 so even the differences between the United States and Europe are different. It’s also a much different time. Because it is about 45 years ago or so

This film is ridiculously funny in an extremely timeless way, at least 80% of the jokes are inherently timeless (no reference needed), essentially Dad Jokes. But some jokes/scenes are era specific, even them though are still funny without knowledge of any references. Three standout to me. The woman with her internal thoughts about what her husband 'doesn't usually do' is a reference to a 70's US commercial. The Jive Speaking old lady is played by an actress who plays a very well known 'well spoken' character in a popular 70's Sitcom. And The guy in the Taxi is played by a very well known businessman in the late 70's who advocated for less government spending. There are certainly more though! The jokes work by themselves, but are even funnier of course knowing the context.