"There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?"
Elaine Dickinson -
Airplane!
1980
In any given situation sometimes are guards just have to be brought down a notch. Sometimes our outlook on the circumstance at hand has to be handled in a professional, courageous, realistic manner. Nah... sometimes we need to just resort to humor, tell a little joke, make a funny blow and of course use a ton of euphemisms.
Airplane! the film, was one of those off the wall, witty, idiotic interpretations of people in dire straits, it was a sarcastic and dry humored tale that gave us a chance to laugh.
I have to admit... I use the "We have clearance, Clarence" line in all my sarcastic conversations. I use the "Surely you can't be serious"and, ...."I am serious... and don't call me Shirley" line when at my most witty conversational battles. I have to say.. seeing this film at a young age gave me years of plenty of sarcastic punchlines.
The question for today's competitive insight into airplane films is; "Would you in a given situation compete your fears and struggles to do the right thing?"
Ted Striker's character (Robert Hays) booked himself a ticket and flew aboard a plane in an attempt to gain Elaine's (Julie Hagerty) love back. She was a stewardess, and he was an ex- fighter pilot. When the flight goes "sideways" due to food poisoning... everyone is sick and someone must fly the plane.
This film's cast featured:
Kareem Abdul-Jabaar, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Julie Hagerty, Robert Hays, Leslie Nielsen and Robert Stack just to name a few. The film touched on sarcasm in a way that brought a little take on tragedy. When Ted Striker becomes faced against his past fear to place himself back in the cockpit, the untangled satire of Airplane!, flys.
I ask this of you when given an opportunity to retrace your fears; would you compete your inner demons?
Many people overcome fears by tackling them first hand. Many people face their fears by entering in the battlefield because of circumstance and inevitability. However, taking that first step, acknowledging that first initiative and putting yourself out there is truly idiotic. OK, I am kidding.. I had to throw in some dramatic twist. Like the twist of a lime in your glass, or the twist of Chubby Checker when he sings.
Anyways... off topic. WE must recognize the fear before the fear recognizes us. It is true that sensing someones fear is more poignant than sensing someones pain. If the fear comes with pain and the pain uncovers a recourse of fear; have we won against the battle to overcome fear?
Airplane! will always be one of those one-liner films that people can reflect upon and see that not only can we tackle circumstance with humor, we can throw in a little dry wit and humor to soften the blow.
Operator: [Captain Oveur is on the phone with the Mayo Clinic] Excuse me, Captain Oveur, but I have an emergency call on line 5 from a Mr. Hamm.
Captain Oveur: Alright, give me a Hamm on 5, hold the Mayo.
Classic!!!!!! Gotta love it :-)
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Thanks Julie!!