lord of the rings. name a late night talk show, they trade in it. why? because it s common reference 37 like we all know the thing they re parodying. parody is very much taking something that we recognize, a song that everybody knows, a movie that everybody knows. it s a very grand tradition of taking known forms and skug them justify nus to make comedy about them. there were parody people knew like the famous kissing scene in from here to eternity. everybody in america had seen that film. and then everyone feels like, yes, we re all in this together. we did a takeoff on gone with the wind, the younger audience didn t know the original movie. those who did know the movie, it was a double whammy. the gown is gorgeous. thank you. you saw it in the window and i just couldn t resist it. parody tends to make me laugh harder, but satire tends to make
spontaneously combust each year. it s just not widely reported. yes. movies kept getting rock n roll wrong, so the real drive of the project was, it s not that hard. let s get it right. my baby big bottom it helps to like something enough to pay close attention so when it comes time to parodyize it comes naturally. that s not parodize lost. is that in the film? no, but in the sequel. none, none. is that good? rock n roll! we made this movie and the guy who was shooting it, i hired him because he shot all these rock n roll documentaries and i thought, he ll be perfect. hello, cleveland! hello, cleveland! he s watching this and he says, what s funny about this? this isn t funny. this is exactly what goes on.
you better tell the captain. we have to land as soon as we can. this woman has got to been to a hospital. what do you think it? ? i don t know but i know it s serious enough to get to the city with nearest hospital abilities. tell the captain i want to talk to him. certainly. please help me. not only does it fit the style of acting we love, but also because we had the film to look at, there were a lot of shots that we just took. we said, hey, this is great. we wanted to go shot for shot so it really would look like an old movie. in fact, scene for scene. we just copied it. because of my mistake, six men didn t return from that raid. because of my mistake, six men didn t return from that raid. we have visitors. hello. hi. we have a visitor. hello. hi. basically what we do is set up familiar situations and then we reverse the audience s expectation of the outcome. would you like to have it? thank you. thanks a lot. sure. you ever been in a cockpit before
that s dandy. ho ho, that s rich, i ll say. now, how about some color, stupid? hey! my big influence when i was a kid was warner bros. cartoons. the timing was brilliant. they were parodying things i didn t understand but it was still really funny. one of the things animation has that gives it certain advantages is that on the surface it has the appearance of being very safe. so, animators can be more satirical. it just feels a little more benign because it s animated. well, dave, i have a hilarious new movie coming out on hbo next month. it s all about 9/11. the movie is called september
can happen ability. to me that s a seminole movie. that movie changed my perspective on comedy. okay, boys. let s get some pictures. these brilliant people had collected 100,000 of the funniest jokes and crammed them into a movie and they were so relentlessly funny. what the hell s going on up there? every moment of it, it transports you to the land of magic mushrooms. if you re wondering what magic mushrooms feels like, it feels like you are airplane . was the idea from this motion picture a well-planned vehicle or more accidental in nature? we were all watched movie on late night television called zero hour and it was essentially well, at least a very similar plot to what airplane is. we have never found a movie since that was as perfect for satire or parody. it worked great but not a joke in the whole thing, but we thought it was hilarious.