2. The Entire Cast of Airplane!
The Zucker Brotherss Airplane! is perhaps one of the most influential films of all time bringing out the age of the parody films imitated by the Wayans Brothers and the team of Friedberg and Seltzer. What those filmmakers seem to not understand about the success of Airplane! is the earnestness of all the actors involved. The Zucker Brotherss brilliance lies not only in the nonstop gags, but through the casting. To effectively drive home the parody, they cast actors that would be in those types of movies. Airplane! was a parody of the numerous disaster movies that were popular in the 1970s that would feature a lot of stars. In this film they got the likes of Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielson and Robert Stack. All of these actors doing the same straight laced routine they would be doing in this type of film except what they are saying is completely ridiculous. They all excelled in the dry sense of humor that put an exclamation point to the gags. You know its a comedy when you see Cedric the Entertainer but seeing Leslie Nielson dead pan, I am serious and dont call me Shirley, is even better.