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Jonathan barrel laughs for AIRPLANE! (1980) Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING

Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American disaster comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams ...
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‘Airplane!’ and ‘Naked Gun’ writer-director Jim Abrahams dead at 80

Jim Abrahams, the writer-director who helped create comedy classics such as “Airplane!,” the “Naked Gun” movies, and the TV series “Police Squad!” has died. He was 80. Abrahams passed away of natural ...
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'Airplane!' creators to tell all about their surprise 1980 hit movie at Dearborn event

“Can you fly this plane and land it?” asks a physician named Dr. Rumack after food poisoning fells the flight crew of a jet heading from Los Angeles to Chicago. “Surely you can’t be serious,” says Ted ...
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New book examines the making of the 1980 comedy movie classic 'Airplane!'

I'm about to ask three guys how they made a funny movie 43 years ago that still gets quoted today. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "AIRPLANE!") KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR: (As Roger) We have clearance, Clarence. PETER ...
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'Airplane!' filmmaker Jim Abrahams, a Shorewood High School alum, has died

The world is a little less funny today. Shorewood High School graduate Jim Abrahams, a co-creator of the zany "Airplane!" and "Naked Gun" movies, has died at age 80. His death was confirmed in an ...

The 10 Best Spoof Movies of All-Time

Read on for IndieWire’s selections of the top 10 spoof films of all time.
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New book examines the making of the 1980 comedy movie classic 'Airplane!'

I'm about to ask three guys how they made a funny movie 43 years ago that still gets quoted today. HAYS: (As Ted) No, I've been nervous lots of times. LESLIE NIELSEN: (As Dr. Rumack) Can you fly this ...