Does anyone else think that the movie Airplane is very similar in humor to this one which came out 2 years before Airplane? I kept thinking the two had similar jokes except Airplane took it to an extreme.
Anyway, this movie is a gem.
Airplane is more of a spoof on the Airport films of the seventies.
The Cheap Detective is a spoof of several of Humphrey Bogart's films.
They may share a joke or two but in no way did Airplane rip it off.
I definitely had an "Airplane!" vibe watching this. If this wasn't an inspiration, it's an incredible coincidence. Great one-liners here – and in "Airplane!" as well. I love them both.
shareI don't think either film gave birth to the parody. The Zuckers also did Kentucky Fried Movie in 1977, which itself was a product of The Groove Tube.
All are parodies of TV and movies in the vein of Airplane and the Cheap Detective, and none can take credit for being the first.
Airplane is a spoof so it probably did.When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...
Despite what many believe, 'Airplane' is far from being the first of it's kind. There have been several "Airplane-like" movies that came out first.
shareexactly.
this film was not the first spoof, nor was "airplane!" the last. if you want a real laugh, watch "zero hour!"... the film that was *remade* as "airplane!" somewhat line-for-line (but the original was a drama).
the creators of "airplane!" would VCR late night TV for a local comedy show they did, and one night they caught "zero hour!" -- the rest is, how you say, history.
(the "!" in both titles is essential.)
so yes, they were spoof-minded... but i seriously doubt that they intended to rip-off this film when they had purchased the rights to "remake" another.
Hahaha, I love all sorts of classic films, but I just could not take Zero Hour! seriously.
"Why do you find it so hard to believe?"
"Why do you find it so easy?"
"It's never BEEN easy!"
Airplane is so bad that Airport 1975 is actually funnier.
shareWatch "Zero Hour!" (1957), which is the main film being spoofed in "Airplane!" Once, TCM showed "Zero Hour!" then "Airplane!", which works better than reversing the two. Many things in the Fifties movie are parodied, including the food poisoning and the war flashbacks.
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