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125 - Airplane! (feat. Bernie Wagenblast)
The voice of the NYC Subway Bernie Wagenblast (Cranford Radio, ITE Talks Transportation) and the lads conquer their drinking problems and call each other Shirley as they cover the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker comedy blockbuster Airplane!. Topics include the film’s incredible joke variety, the brilliance of Leslie Nielson, and what it means to like gladiator movies and to have seen a grown man naked in the year of our lord 2024.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
- Airplane! Dir. by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker. Paramount Pictures. 1980.
- Bernie Wagenblast, the voice of NYC subways, finding her true voice after sharing her transition by CBS.
- "Finger Flickin' Funny" by Rich Markey. UW Alumni Magazine, Spring 2007.
- “How We Made: Airplane!” by Simon Bland. The Guardian. May 25th, 2020.
- “Short Takes : Airport Announcer Is No Star” by the Los Angeles Times. Jan. 7th. 1991.
- Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zuker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zuker. St. Martin’s Publishing Group. 2023.
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