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I have a co-worker with whom I see eye-to-eye on a lot of things related to "classic" comedies, from 70s sitcoms to Looney Tunes to movies.

But I just learned something disturbing:  while he agrees with me that Caddyshack is a "classic".... he thinks Airplane! is "stupid".

I'm at a loss.  Is there any explanation for this?

Airplane! is genius, pure and simple - right?

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Granted, my general criteria aren't quite the same as the Academy's, but if I had to pick just one movie as my all time favorite, just one, it would be Airplane!

I am wounded!

@Razors Edge, I don't need to watch your clip to know what you are talking about. 

but maybe I should anyway, just to be sure.

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1 hour ago, donkpow said:

Airplane! is a spoof of the 70's aircraft disaster films. 

Actually it's a spoof of a 1957 aircraft disaster film. Check out Zero Hour! sometime. You'll be shocked as to how close Airplane!'s script follows Zero Hour! including a lot of the dialog.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Hour!_(1957_film)

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13 hours ago, TrentonMakes said:

I have a co-worker with whom I see eye-to-eye on a lot of things related to "classic" comedies, from 70s sitcoms to Looney Tunes to movies.

But I just learned something disturbing:  while he agrees with me that Caddyshack is a "classic".... he thinks Airplane! is "stupid".

I'm at a loss.  Is there any explanation for this?

Airplane! is genius, pure and simple - right?

Yes!!

:)

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