I remember, vaguely, remember, seeing this movie when it was first on television back in 1983. It's the mother of all disaster movie parodies. My sister saw it in Wales and the jokes were lost on the Welsh. What's it about? Airplane!, not to be confused with Airplane II, is about the passengers and crew of a flight bound from Los Angeles to Chicago. Robert Hays, of the television series Angie, is Ted Striker, a disillusioned war veteran who's on the flight. When the pilot and copilot become sick due to food poisoning, the flight attendant asks if there's a pilot on board. At first, Ted denies that he's a pilot, and says that he doesn't want to do it. He's finally talked into it. Leslie Nielsen, as the only doctor on the flight, has his nose grow like Pinnochio's every time he tells a lie. When a passenger says: "Surely, you jest!" Dr. Rumack's reply is: "No, I'm not and don't call me Shirley!"
