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.
In the discussion (14)
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- The red-zone and white-zone airport argument is nominated.
- The jive-speaking passengers, improvised dialogue, subtitles, and June Cleaver translation are nominated.
- Ted and Elaine’s disco flashback, including the continuing Girl Scout fight and knife-in-the-back dance gag, is nominated.
- The two children behaving like adults over coffee are nominated.
- Captain Over and Roger meeting Joey, followed by Kareem breaking character, are nominated.
- The sick-girl song leading into Ted’s African basketball flashback and the soldier’s suicide is nominated.
- The inflatable autopilot’s sexual gag is named as a childhood favorite.
- The attacking dog and gasoline-soaked passenger are nominated.
- The hysterical passenger being slapped by a line of people is nominated.
- Randy’s breakdown about being unmarried is nominated.
- The landing and control-room sequence is nominated for its dense run of jokes.
- Robert Stack continuing an increasingly personal monologue after Ted leaves is selected as a favorite.
- The cockpit scenes are selected as another favorite because their jokes endured in everyday use.
- Ethel Merman’s appearance is nominated as a surprising celebrity gag.