10 Greatest Dad Jokes In Movie History

2. Airplane! - Don't Call Me Shirley

David Zucker gets yet another mention in this list but this time for one of the greatest comedy movies of all time, 1980's Airplane!

This movie is absolutely filled to the brim with dad jokes from the get go. There are puns, hilarious misunderstandings and classic slapstick moments that paved a way for a whole new genre of comedic film making.

Despite the impressive cast on display, Leslie Nielsen absolutely steals the show as Dr. Rumack, a no-nonsense, straight talking doctor trying to get everyone to safety. Interestingly, this was Nielsen's very first comedy role and was considered a serious actor before this movie. Oh, how things changed!

The dad joke in question has been uttered by dads, granddads and great-grandads around the world whenever someone asks a question with the word "surely" in it.

When Ted Striker, a retired fighter pilot, is asked to fly the plane he asks the doctor "Surely, you can't be serious?" Rumack responds with the words that would echo through generations of fathers by responding: "I am and stop calling me Shirley."

The film is so jam packed with dad jokes that Forbes named it the funniest film of all time clocking a whopping 3 laughs per minute.

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