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Stephen Stucker (July 2, 1947 – April 13, 1986) was an American actor, known for portrayals of bizarre characters, notably the manic control-room worker Johnny in the early 1980s Airplane! movies and the stenographer in the courtroom sequence of 1977's The Kentucky Fried Movie.
New oral history of "Airplane!" traces the making of the beloved parody of 1970s disaster movies. 'Airplane!' creators to tell all about their surprise 1980 hit movie at Dearborn event
David Zucker said "it was the first time we had ever been on a movie set. We learned a lot. We learned that if you really wanted a movie to come out the way you wanted it to, you had to direct. So on the next movie, Airplane!, we insisted on directing". [18] Eventually the Airplane! script found its way to Paramount through Michael Eisner.
This was followed by the trio's breakout hit Airplane! in 1980, which remains a revered comedic milestone. Subsequent collaborations include Top Secret! , Ruthless People , and The Naked Gun . All of their projects relied heavily on parodies, visual gags and breaking of the fourth wall, and established a strong 1980s cult following.
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The AirFly Pro can also work the other way: You can plug it into, say, an older home stereo or car stereo and then use your phone to stream tunes. All this happens via Bluetooth, with little more ...
Airplane II opened in the United States the same weekend as The Toy and 48 Hrs. and finished second for the weekend behind The Toy with a gross of $5,329,208 from 1,150 screens. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] Grosses dropped 45% [ 9 ] the following week and the film went on to earn only $27.2 million in the United States and Canada, [ 2 ] compared to the original ...
Robert Blakely Hays (born July 24, 1947) is an American actor, known for a variety of television and film roles since the 1970s. He came to prominence around 1980, co-starring in the two-season domestic sitcom Angie, and playing the central role of pilot Ted Striker in the comedy film Airplane! and its sequel.