Everything Airplane! Surely You Can't Be Serious w/David Zucker (part 2): LINZanity Ep.28

WARCH the full video podcast here: https://youtu.be/w_1y81BYxRQ In episode #28 of LINZanity, Greg and David continue their discussion on everything Airplane!, Police Squad, Naked Gun, etc... David explains how much of the Airplane! script changed from its 1st draft to what we see on screen... The love story in Airplane! had to be told in flashbacks... The reason they sped up the song "Staying Alive"...Greg learns that David is on a first name basis with a bunch of actors named Bob... The toughest scene to shoot in Airplane! and why they only had 1 take to get it... How David thinks, between he and his brother Jerry Zucker, who got what cameo role in the movie... Leslie Nielsen did not appear in the movie til much later than people remember... The answer you've been waiting for to the question, who came up with what joke or the idea for Police Squad!... How the old tv series, "M Squad" influenced "Police Squad"... It took him a couple movies before he learned how to actually write a movie (with character arcs, etc)... David tells Greg, who has all of the original 6 episodes of the "Police Squad" tv show on tape, why they're so valuable... David describes how every episode of Police Squad would start with a celebrity death... Greg finds out John Belushi filmed a celebrity death but almost died during it so they didn't air it because he died soon after in real life... Who the famous man in the cab was in real life... First time someone used funny end credits in the movie and how they wanted to reward the audience for watching them... Loves to do visual tricks in his movies... Greg breaks down David's first 2 movies and Val Kilmer's first 2 movies and the crazy connections they share... What David's favorite jokes are in Airplane!... What was David's favorite joke that didn't make it in the movie... David explains the value of screenings before a movie premiere... The two Ronald Reagan jokes in the movie... Stephen Stucker (Johnny) came up with his own jokes for the movie...The famous Jive Talking scenes... Can Airplane! be made today?... Why David hates mildness... And, of course, David discusses the exhaustive process it took to cast the woman with jiggling breasts ... And much more! All episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@thegreglindsay Buy the best dating book ever: HOW NOT TO GET CAUGHT: Dating Smart in Today's Social Media World http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M2ZO9HZ/ref=nosim?tag=linzanity17-20 Buy the book about the funniest movie ever made: Airplane! http://www.amazon.com/dp/1250289319/ref=nosim?tag=linzanity17-20 David: https://www.instagram.com/thedavidzucker/ Greg: https://www.instagram.com/thegreglindsay/ https://www.youtube.com/@thegreglindsay https://www.tiktok.com/@thegreglindsay Shout out to my Social Media Content Creator and Editor: Eric Hannesson: [email protected] linkedin.com/in/erichannesson Hire Eric for all your social media editing needs! Tell him LINZanity sent you for a discount!