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Linda Oliver's avatar

Thank you for this interview!

I knew Leslie Nielsen from “Forbidden Planet”, Robert Stack from “The Untouchables”, Peter Graves from “Mission: Impossible”, Lloyd Bridges from “Sea Hunt”, and Barbara Billingsly from “Leave It To Beaver”. I was totally blindsided when I walked in with my 10-year-old son to a matinee showing of “Airplane” (especially when a certain shirtless young woman dashed in front of the camera for three seconds). It was hilarious, and I had no idea I was watching the birth of a classic. I constantly quote from it, and I still think of it when pulling to the curb at LAX:

Male announcer: [later] “The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the white zone”. Female announcer: “No, the white zone is for loading of passengers and there is no stopping in a RED zone.”

Now I HAVE to get this book!

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knowltok's avatar

"Listen Betty, don't start up with your white zone shit again."

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