How Airplane! Became One of the Smartest Comedies Ever Made
3.2K views · Jun 9, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@Quacks0 · 2 months ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V65wTS5POTo&t=185">3:05</a> They don't explain it correctly here --- in "Zero Hour", the character is named Ted Stryker; in "Airplane", his first name is still "Ted", and his nearly-identical last name is merely changed to the "simplified" spelling of "Striker".
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