TCM has shown "Zero Hour" and "Airplane!" back-to-back at least once. When you watch "Zero Hour," you definitely have a lot of "Ohhhh, that's why they did what they did in 'Airplane!'" moments. (For example, in "Zero Hour," the first officer is portrayed by football player Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, hence Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker specifically casting a sports figure in the role.)
> On Jul 2, 2023, at 6:17 AM, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote: > > Trust me on this Twitter thread. > > (Seems legit, but of course, Hollywood press machine) > > https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1675447865282273284.html > > AIRPLANE! was released 43 years ago today. Still one of the most beloved > comedies ever made decades later, the story of how it came to the screen is > pretty unexpected > > _____________________________________________________ > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key > dan...@panix.com > [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wnndl/1A986BC4-054E-4F27-826F-3152268BDE5F%40ellwanger.tv.
