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#092625
SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders
"our whole conception of a mad bomber hijacking a flight comes from D.B. Cooper and Sonny Bono's character in Airplane 2"
— Chuck
Referenced as a source of the cultural conception of bomber hijackings, mentioning Sonny Bono's character.
Sep 26, 2025
#073124
Short Stuff: ZIP Codes!
"I want to say airplane. Yes, it was airplane. Somebody injected her with a sedative while she was singing."
— Josh
Josh and Chuck discussed Ethel Merman singing to the tune of 'Zippity-Doo-Dah' in a ZIP code commercial, which led Josh to reference the scene from Airplane! where Ethel Merman was injected with a sedative.
Jul 31, 2024
#012022
How Classified Information Works
"I just made an airplane reference and top secret is the same guy. This is Zuckers, right?"
— Josh
Josh noted that both Airplane! and Top Secret were made by the Zucker brothers.
Jan 20, 2022
#122821
Unsung Heroes of the Court
"Like airplane two, I can't remember what the joke was, but I know there was one."
— Josh
Referencing the Airplane movies as examples of courtroom comedy tropes involving court reporter read-backs.
Dec 28, 2021
#051321
How Monster Trucks Work
"Robert Hayes, the guy from airplane, was in it. Like the main guy, I would not have cast him."
— Josh
Josh mentions Robert Hayes' acting career in relation to his appearance in Take This Job and Shove It.
May 13, 2021
#050520
I'm Spartacus!
"or I don't know, other movies about gladiators, airplane, the original airplane"
— Josh
Josh humorously mentions Airplane as a movie about gladiators, clearly joking.
May 5, 2020
#022220
SYSK Selects: How Cult Deprogramming Works
"Have you ever remember airplane, the original one? I just watched it the other day."
— Chuck
Chuck references the movie to illustrate how America's sentiment toward cults was so negative that violence against them was treated as comedy.
Feb 22, 2020
#021520
SYSK Selects: A Podcast on Zoot Suits? Yes
"And we would not have one of the better parts of the movie airplane if Cab Callaway and his cronies hadn't come up with this."
— Josh
Josh references the movie Airplane! in connection with Cab Calloway's jive slang influence on popular culture.
Feb 15, 2020
#122817
How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Works, Part II
"I didn't see a lot of those movies at all, except for the airplane movies"
— Chuck
Chuck mentions seeing the Airplane movies when discussing which comedy spoofs he's watched.
Dec 28, 2017
#092215
How Cult Deprogramming Worked
"have you ever remember airplane, the original one? I just watched it the other day. Where he just beats up a bunch of moonies"
— Josh
Used as an example of how American sentiment was against cults in the 1970s-80s, showing a scene where someone beats up Moonies in an airport.
Sep 22, 2015
#062515
Mosquitoes: The Worst
"I saw about half of that the other night for the first time in forever. I could watch it every week."
— Chuck
Chuck mentions watching the comedy film Airplane! recently and discusses how it's still funny to him but his wife Emily didn't find it as amusing.
Jun 25, 2015
#051415
How Pinewood Derbies Work
"Remember that in airplane, where that little, the kids reading, no, the nun is reading Boys Life magazine."
— Josh
Josh references a scene from Airplane while discussing Boys Life magazine, the official Boy Scout publication.
May 14, 2015
#121213
How Underwater Tunnels Work
"Yeah. Airplane. Love them."
— Josh
Josh includes Airplane! in his list of beloved airport disaster films.
Dec 12, 2013
#042412
How Air Traffic Control Works
"Well, Airplane. Yeah, of course. Classic. Lloyd Bridges."
— Chuck
Mentioned as another good air traffic control movie when discussing films related to the topic
Apr 24, 2012
#101111
A Podcast on Zoot Suits? Yes
"we would not have one of the better parts of the movie airplane"
— Josh
Josh mentioned that a scene in Airplane! wouldn't exist without Cab Calloway's jive slang from the zoot suit era.
Oct 11, 2011
#100611
How the Peace Corps Works
"I think of, um, Julie Haggerty and the, the lead guy from airplane"
— Chuck
Chuck mentions the movie when thinking about the Peace Corps and references a scene with characters going overseas.
Oct 6, 2011
Cast
Robert Hays
Ted Striker
Julie Hagerty
Elaine Dickinson
Leslie Nielsen
Dr. Rumack
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Roger Murdock
Lloyd Bridges
Steve McCroskey
Peter Graves
Capt. Clarence Oveur
Robert Stack
Captain Rex Kramer
Lorna Patterson
Randy
Jill Whelan
Lisa Davis
Ann Nelson
Hanging Lady
Jim Abrahams
Religious Zealot #6
Jonathan Banks
Gunderson
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