The Naked Gun vs. Airplane!

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Alright folks, what's your favourite from these two comedy classics?:)

For me it's Airplane - I've seen that movie at least a dozen times and every single time I notice something that I didn't before! I love the characters in The Naked Gun film, though still not sure whether I prefer the first or second film.

Also I'd recommend fans of these to pick up Police Squad, the series which The Naked Gun was based on. It's only a fiver on Amazon and very funny indeed!
 
Airplane, no contest. I like Naked Gun but it feels more sort of 'LOOK - A SIGHT GAG!'-ish, whereas Airplane! just nails absolute sight-gag subtlety from the off.
 
"Wilma, I promise you; whatever scum did this, not one man on this force will rest one minute until he's behind bars. Now, let's grab a bite to eat."
 
ale announcer: The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the red zone.
Female announcer: The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the red zone.
Male announcer: [later] The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the white zone.
Female announcer: No, the white zone is for loading of passengers and there is no stopping in a RED zone.
Male announcer: The red zone has always been for loading and unloading of passengers. There's never stopping in a white zone.
Female announcer: Don't you tell me which zone is for loading, and which zone is for stopping!
Male announcer: Listen Betty, don't start up with your white zone shit again.
[Later]
Male announcer: There's just no stopping in a white zone.
Female announcer: Oh really, Vernon? Why pretend, we both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion.
Male announcer: It's really the only sensible thing to do, if its done safely. Therapeutically there's no danger involved.


Captain Oveur: You ever been in a cockpit before?
Joey: No sir, I've never been up in a plane before.
Captain Oveur: You ever seen a grown man naked?
 
Airplane wins. It's endlessly rewatchable unlike many other comedies since and I laugh at every gag every time.

Top Secret is under-rated though.
'I know a little German. He's sitting over there.'
 
I havent seen Airplane! :eek: But Naked Gun is hilarious :D Very funny indeed and so is Police Squad.
"Nice beaver"
"Thanks, I just had it stuffed"
:D
 
Convo in Airplane! between the two kiRAB:

"Coffee?"
"Oh yes, thank you!"
"Milk?"
"No thank you, I take it black - like my men"

Gets me going every time! My favourite scene though is the one in the Military Hospital whenever he says "And that guy there - thinks he's Ethel Murman" - and then it shows her getting out of the bed and singing until she's sedated!:D
 
From Naked Gun (or is it Police Squad)?

"Who are you and how did you get in here?"
"I'm a locksmith and... I'm a locksmith"

:D
 
Another vote for Airplane here although I do love Naked Gun as well. Some of my favourite stuff is from Airplane 2 though, the courtroom scene cracks me up when they keep getting the names mixed up and 'Danger Vacuum'.
 
One of my best mates is obsessed by the names in that courtroom scene.

'Striker was the squadron leader. He brought us in real low, but he couldn't handle it.'
Prosecuting Attorney: 'Buddy couldn't handle it? Was Buddy one of your crew?'
Witness: 'Right, Buddy was the bombardier, but it was Striker who couldn't handle it. And he went to pieces.'
Prosecuting Attorney: 'Andy went to pieces?'
Witness: 'No, Andy was the navigator, he was all right. Buddy went to pieces. It was awful how he came unglued.'
Prosecuting Attorney: 'Howie came unglued?'
Witness: ;Oh no, Howie was a rock, the best tail-gunner in the outfit. Buddy came unglued.;
Prosecuting Attorney: ;And he bailed out?;
Witness: ;No, Andy hung tough, Buddy bailed out! How we survived, was a miracle.;
Prosecuting Attorney: 'Then Howie survived?'
Witness: 'No, 'fraid not. We lost Howie the next day.'
Prosecuting Attorney: 'Over Macho Grande?'
Witness: 'No, I don't think I'll ever get over Macho Grande.'
 
Airplane all the way.

I remember seeing it at the cinema and literally people were rolling in the isles. We'd just never seen anything like this before.
I remember everybody laughing at the Night Fever scene and about 20 seconRAB later somebody laughed and we all burst into laughter again just at the thought of what we had seen.
 
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