How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Airplane!.
Quote #7
STEVE MCCROSKEY: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking.
ZAZ saw the comedic potential in this cliché one-liner from Zero Hour!, expanding it into a four-part snowballing punch line concerning substances of escalating hazard.
Quote #8
REX KRAMER: Ted, that was probably the lousiest landing in the history of this airport. But there are some of us here, particularly me, who'd like to buy you a drink and shake your hand.
One final totally cliché line from where else but Zero Hour!.Soon Kramer's words of encouragement devolve into an aimless rambling about his own personal problems to which nobody is really listening, a hilariously ironic spin on the grizzled tough guy motif so common in the disaster movie realm.