...speech, when Leslie Nielson first arrives at Robert Hays' seat, he first stares at LN's shadow on the wall for a couple seconds?
Seen this a million times but just noticed that today for the first time. I assume it is a joke, but not entirely sure what it is! No worries, though. There's a hundred other jokes that crack me up!
He says "Win one for the Zipper" which refers to a fellow pilot George Zip from Ted Stryker's squadron that died over Macho Grande. It is a parody of the win one for the Gipper speech.
shareI just checked the scene - no joke there, just (for a change) a normal reaction shot - Robert Hays is looking to his right, and when Leslie Nielsen walks up, casting the shadow, he notices the shadow and turns to see who it is.
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