were lining up actors for their rollicking parody three ... erroneously attributed a distinction to the film. “Airplane!” became the third-highest-grossing comedy in box-office history after ...

"The legacy of Airplane ... off in the film, Norman Alexander Gibbs and Al White, and they coached the erstwhile Mrs. Cleaver in how to deliver the lines just so. She even read up on the origins ...

There’s something else you need to keep in mind when thinking back to the meteoric success of Airplane!, and that’s the fact two heavy hitting Hollywood types made up the film’s cheering ...