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Airplane! The Rewatchables
Airplane!

Most Rewatchable Scene

Robert Stack’s personal breakdown is one explicit favorite; the cockpit and inflatable-pilot sequences are other favorites among a long list of nominated gags.

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  • The red-zone and white-zone airport argument is nominated. — Bill Hader
  • The jive-speaking passengers, improvised dialogue, subtitles, and June Cleaver translation are nominated. — Bill Hader
  • Ted and Elaine’s disco flashback, including the continuing Girl Scout fight and knife-in-the-back dance gag, is nominated. — Bill Hader
  • The two children behaving like adults over coffee are nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Captain Over and Roger meeting Joey, followed by Kareem breaking character, are nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The sick-girl song leading into Ted’s African basketball flashback and the soldier’s suicide is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The inflatable autopilot’s sexual gag is named as a childhood favorite. — Bill Hader
  • The attacking dog and gasoline-soaked passenger are nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The hysterical passenger being slapped by a line of people is nominated. — Bill Hader
  • Randy’s breakdown about being unmarried is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The landing and control-room sequence is nominated for its dense run of jokes. — Bill Hader
  • Robert Stack continuing an increasingly personal monologue after Ted leaves is selected as a favorite. — Bill Hader
  • The cockpit scenes are selected as another favorite because their jokes endured in everyday use. — Bill Hader
  • Ethel Merman’s appearance is nominated as a surprising celebrity gag. — Bill Simmons
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What’s Aged the Best?

The durable premise, unwanted airplane conversation, hidden visual and sound jokes, repeated wordplay, score, Leslie Nielsen’s comedy turn, Air Israel gag, Lorna Patterson, and singular construction

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  • A food-poisoned crew forcing a traumatized former pilot to land the airplane is praised as a durable premise. — Bill Simmons
  • Being trapped beside a passenger who will not stop talking is called timeless. — Bill Simmons
  • Hidden details such as the newsstand label and propeller sound over the jet reward repeat viewing. — Bill Simmons
  • The repeated literal wordplay is praised. — Bill Hader
  • Elmer Bernstein’s serious theme music is praised. — Bill Hader
  • Leslie Nielsen becoming a comedy performer is selected as a lasting benefit. — Bill Simmons
  • The Air Israel aircraft and Jewish-sports pamphlet are praised as small visual jokes. — Bill Simmons
  • Lorna Patterson’s voice and performance are praised. — Bill Simmons
  • The movie’s rapid-fire construction is praised as singular. — Bill Simmons
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The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

One participant wants five more minutes of jokes, while another defends the short runtime and leaving the audience wanting more.

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  • One participant proposes another jive scene, more Stephen Stucker, another child-adult exchange, and an airplane-bathroom scene. — Bill Simmons
  • Another participant prefers the short runtime and argues that it leaves the audience wanting more. — Bill Simmons
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What’s Aged the Worst?

Robert Stack’s rejected backend, Kareem’s no-longer-surprising casting, the extra slap, racial material, and the translated-jive localization problem

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  • Robert Stack taking an extra twenty thousand dollars instead of a percentage is identified as a costly decision. — Bill Simmons
  • The jive dialogue creates translation problems, with a Bavarian dialect used in German. — Bill Simmons
  • The original shock of Kareem appearing in the film has faded with time. — Bill Hader
  • Leslie Nielsen returning to slap the passenger again is identified as a gag unlikely to be made now. — Bill Hader
  • The African basketball sequence is identified as uncomfortable for contemporary children. — Bill Hader
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Apex Mountain

Robert Hays is debated for Apex Mountain; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s appearance immediately after the 1980 title is identified as a literal peak.

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  • Kareem’s role is called a literal Apex because it followed the 1980 championship and a dominant Finals performance. — Bill Simmons
  • Robert Hayes is proposed for Apex Mountain because the movie and television success gave him unusual visibility, though the case is debated. — Bill Hader
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Picking Nits

The war timeline, medical equipment, food-poisoning symptoms, speed of onset, storage of sick passengers, and proposed Lake Michigan diversion

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  • Ted’s age and conflicting wartime flashbacks make his war history unclear in a 1980 setting. — Bill Hader
  • The tube pulled from the sick girl is questioned because its removal immediately causes convulsions. — Bill Hader
  • The poisoned fish should cause vomiting or diarrhea rather than sedation. — Bill Simmons
  • The group argues the fish symptoms would not happen that fast. — Bill Simmons
  • The group asks where all the incapacitated passengers were placed. — Bill Hader
  • Kramer’s immediate proposal to divert the airplane into Lake Michigan is criticized for risking innocent people. — Bill Hader
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