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Zero Hour! is a 1957 American drama film directed by Hall Bartlett from a screenplay by Bartlett, Arthur Hailey, and John Champion.It stars Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, and Sterling Hayden and features Peggy King, Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, Geoffrey Toone, and Jerry Paris in supporting roles.
The 1980 comedy Airplane!, though more specifically a parody of the 1957 film Zero Hour! (itself a precursor to the Airport concept, with a screenplay by Hailey), was marketed as a spoof of the Airport series. It spawned its own follow-up, Airplane II: The Sequel, in 1982.
It is a parody of the disaster film genre, particularly the 1957 Paramount film Zero Hour!, from which it borrows the plot, central characters, and some dialogue. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It also draws many elements from Airport 1975 and other films in the Airport series .
The Lone Ranger (September 1949 – June 1957) (Genre: Western drama) (Broadcaster: ABC) Harvey Kurtzman: Jack Davis: 3 January–February 1953 [1] Lone Stranger Rides Again! The Lone Ranger (September 1949 – June 1957) (Genre: Western drama) (Broadcaster: ABC) Harvey Kurtzman: Jack Davis: 8 December 1953 - January 1954 [2] Dragged Net!
The pages also are peppered with fun facts about David Letterman's audition for the Ted Striker role (Robert Hays got the part) and Nielsen's use of a fart machine to keep things light on the set.
[1] (However, that was actually Mad's second movie parody; the first had been Ping Pong three issues earlier.) Almost all of the parodies are of a single, particular film. However, Mad has occasionally done omnibus parodies of film series, such as the James Bond movies, the 1970s Planet of the Apes sequels, and the Twilight Saga movies. It has ...
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Calypso Heat Wave: Fred F. Sears: Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders, Meg Myles: Musical: Columbia: The Careless Years: Arthur Hiller: Dean Stockwell, Natalie Trundy, John Larch
The spoof series introduced Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin, the stereotypical police officer modeled after serious characters, such as Joe Friday, in earlier police TV dramas. The opening sequence for Police Squad! was based on the 1950s show M Squad , which starred Lee Marvin , and opened with footage of a police car roving through a dark urban ...