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William Tregoe, who played the commentator in the "Point/Counterpoint" segment played the exact same role in an earlier ZAZ movie, "Kentucky Fried Movie".  -Thanks to Mike MartinLloyd Bridges' character "McCroskey" is a direct spoof of his own "Jim Conrad" character from "San Francisco International Airport" (1970) This movie was declared by the American Film Institute to be the 10th funniest movie of all time in their "100 Years...100 Laughs" list. -Thanks to John Edward KilduffSinger Maureen McGovern, famous for her hit "The Morning After" from "The Poseidon Adventure," appeared in "Airplane;" not as the singing flight attendant, but rather as the nun. -Thanks to John BaranThe lady in the movie that "paints" her face with lipstick due to the turbulence of the plane is really one of the director's moms, Charlotte Zucker. In fact, he has included her in all of his movies. In "The Naked Gun", she was the villain's secretary who wore the watch, grabbed the gun from her desk and tried to kill Pap Smear. She also appeared in his movie "Ghost" as a bank teller. -Thanks to Chuck FarrellThe actor seen washing the windows of the plane and taking Capt. Over's credit card payment is none other than Jimmie "Dyn-o-mite!" Walker. -Thanks to John BaranThe rather large pair that come into view during a scene where the plane's passengers are panicking belong to Kitten Natividad, best known for her roles in the 1970s sexploitation movies of Russ Meyer, like "Beneath the Valley of the Ultra Vixens." -Thanks to Patrick FogertyTowards the end, the jet knocks down a radio tower for "WZAZ - Where disco lives forever!" That was a reference to Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, who are frequently called in the industry "ZAZ". -Thanks to Mike MartinEthel Merman's cameo as "Lieutenant Hurwitz" was her last screen role. -Thanks to Mike MartinJill Whelan plays the sick girl, who was more well known as Gavin MacLeod's daughter on "Love Boat". Her mother was played by Joyce Bulifant, who played Gavin MacLeod's wife in "The Mary Tyler More Show". -Thanks to Mike MartinThe name of the Robert Stack character in Airplane (Rex Kramer) is also the name of the "Danger Seeker" in Kentucky Fried Movie. -Thanks to DaveThe passenger who is left in the cab for the whole movie is Howard Jarvis. It's funny because Mr. Jarvis was very outspoken against increased public taxation. Here, the costs in the TAX-i are mounting throughout the entire film! -Thanks to Randy RalstonThe name of the airline featured in the movie is Trans American (written on the side of the plane and, I believe, spoken once or twice). This is a parody of a now defunct airline in the eighties, Pan American. Pan American was often referred to by a shortened version - PanAm. The parody is that when you shorten the fictional airline the same way, it reads TransAm. -Thanks to T. OliverAirplane, or more importantly "I just want to tell you both 'good luck' we're all counting on you" was recently immortalized in the Star Wars episode of the Family Guy. Leslie Nielsen did his own voice. -Thanks to DevolutionWhen you see an exterior shot of the plane, you can hear the sound of a large propeller aircraft - not a jetliner like its supposed to be. This was a deliberate joke. In fact, the filmmakers wanted a propeller plane, but the studio wouldn't go for it, so the comporomise was the sound. The inflatable autopilot, "Otto," was used only for this film and is now in Jerry Zucker's private collection. By 1997 he was considerably deteriorated. -Thanks to Jonathan LimOne or both of the Zucker brothers can be seen directing the plane on the runway. -Thanks to John BaranOne of the Hare Krishna characters was played by David Leisure. He became more famous later on in the 1980's as the car salesman "Joe Isuzu". -Thanks to Mike MartinArthur Hailey, who wrote "Airport" and "Zero Hour" was not given writing credit. -Thanks to Mike MartinAn often-missed joke in the film occurs in the scene where a lackey from the airport is sent to pick up Rex Kramer. Kramer comes downstairs (oblivious to the mauling his pet dog is dealing out). We clearly see him straightening his tie in the mirror. There's a brief cut to show the dog-attack before we cut back to Rex Kramer's image in the mirror. The joke is that what *should* be his reflection steps out of the mirror into the hallway. Ingenious visual humour. Watch the scene in question and you'll get a much clearer impression of what I'm trying to describe. -Thanks to Chris WicksteedThe sentence "I just want to wish you both good luck, we're all counting on you", as repeatedly spoken by Leslie Nielsen in "Airplane", is also featured in "Scary Movie 3" in which Nielsen plays the president of the USA. -Thanks to Bas MuldersGeorge Zipp (the Zipper) is based on george Gipp (the Gipper) who was an outstanding football player for Nortre dame in the 20's and was later portrayed by Ronald Reagan. Julie Bulifant (the mother of the sick girl) appeared on an episode of Three's Company. She was the wife of Lloyd Cross (Dick Sergeant's character) who was having an affair with Chrissy Snow. -Thanks to Sheila WagnerIn some parts of the world, the film is known under the title 'Flying High'. -Thanks to Clare« Click here to add some Airplane trivia  Find much more great trivia in the filmmaker's commentary on the Airplane DVD.Rediscover your favorites! If you like Airplane or 80's Comedy classics, then be sure to check out this list: ..... Tootsie ..... Raising Arizona ..... Good Morning, Vietnam ..... Blues Brothers ..... Heathers ..... Fast Times At Ridgemont High ..... This Is Spinal Tap ..... Naked Gun ..... Adventures In Babysitting ..... License To Drive ..... Money Pit ..... Porky's ..... Risky Business ..... Twins ..... Soul Man .....[More] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Featured Movie Location: The AirportWanna see the real life filming location used for The Airport in the movie? These scenes were actually shot at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), located in Los Angeles, S. California. [New! Show Google Map] Zuma beach, California was also used for the beach scene. Can you help? Do you know any of the Los Angeles, S. California (or any other) filming locations used for Airplane? [Please send them in] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Airplane did have a LP soundtrack (don't know about cassette or 8-track) on the Regency (MCA) label. Running about 37 minutes long, it mainly contains dialogue highlights from the movie, linked with (non-humorous) narration by Shadow Stevens. Music was also interspersed, including bits of the Elmer Bernstein score, the "Jaws" theme and "Stayin' Alive". [Thanks to Chuck Jindra] « Click here to add new music trivia for Airplane Soundtrack Available: Used Vinyl LP / Tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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