How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Airplane!.
Quote #7
TED: Surely you can't be serious.
DR. RUMACK: I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.
If we had to choose a single line that best represents Airplane!, this would be the one. Dr. Rumack's deadpan response epitomizes ZAZ's penchant for puns, where everyone is in on the joke except the characters. What would make him think Ted is calling him Shirley?
Quote #8
MCCROSKEY: Two more minutes! They could be miles off course.
KRAMER: That's impossible. They're on instruments.
When we cut to Ted, Dr. Rumack, Elaine, and Randy on the flight deck busting out some old timey swing, we're rewarded with a totally corny pun on the term "instruments."
Quote #9
DR. RUMACK: I just want to tell you good luck. We're all counting on you.
By the time a stone-faced Leslie Nielsen drops this line for the third time, we have already landed safely. An absurd finale to the end of the…