Episode 11: AIRPLANE! (1980) - Video

We discuss ZAZ, sketch comedy movies, and why the jokes in Airplane! work so well.

00:00 Intro
03:26 Background & other films in 1980
04:51 Our top 5 (& more) favorite jokes in Airplane!
28:02 The making of the film, more background
48:07 More discussion of the jokes
01:01:13 The career of ZAZ, Kentucky Fried Theatre
01:04:40 The history of sketch comedy troupes
01:06:37 Kentucky Fried Movie
01:09:26 KFM's relationship to The Groove Tube
01:13:56 The Groove Tube
01:17:37 We argue over a dirty clown sketch
01:21:26 Other sketch comedy movies from that time
01:28:49 The remainder of the career of ZAZ
01:36:29 More on Airplane! jokes
01:50:28 Concluding statements
01:54:19 Outro

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