Movies That Time Forgot: Naked Space
February 23, 2024
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Everyone knows the classic exchange from Airplane!
"Surely, you can't be serious."
"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley."
But how many of you know this even more classic exchange from the movie spawned out of a desire to capitalize on the success of the Leslie Nielson high-flying comedy?
"Rozinski, you need to be asexual!"
"I am asexual ... a sexual fiend!"
Despite the fact that Rozinski should clearly be arrested, this is just one of the countless one-liners and screwball jokes that the majority of humanity has somehow completely missed. And it's a damn shame.
