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Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote "Airplane! is sophomoric, obvious, predictable, corny, and quite often very funny. And the reason it's funny is frequently because it's sophomoric, predictable, corny, etc." [45] Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote "Airplane! is more than a pleasant surprise... As a remedy for the bloated self ...
New oral history of "Airplane!" traces the making of the beloved parody of 1970s disaster movies. ... basketball legend Kareem Abdul Jabbar took on the role of co-pilot Roger Murdock (and pulled ...
Roger Murdock may refer to: Roger E. Murdock (1909–1995), police chief; Roger Murdock, drummer for the band King Missile; Roger Murdock, the character played by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the film Airplane!
“Airplane!” creators David Zucker, ... Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who had a memorable part in the movie, was not the original choice to play Capt. Roger Murdock. Baseball star Pete Rose was the man ...
In 1980, Abdul-Jabbar played co-pilot Roger Murdock in Airplane! [27] He has a scene in which a little boy looks at him and remarks that he is in fact Abdul-Jabbar, [211] spoofing the appearance of football star Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch as an airplane pilot in the 1957 drama that served as the inspiration for Airplane!, Zero Hour! [212]
As co-pilot Roger Murdock in 'Airplane!' Abdul-Jabbar's best-known, and best-loved, moment in front of the camera was playing co-pilot Roger Murdock in the classic 1980 spoof "Airplane!" directed ...
Patroni and Murdock take the airline's executive jet to Salt Lake. En route, they communicate with Nancy, learning that the autopilot is keeping the aircraft in level flight, but it is inoperable for turns. The jet is heading into the mountains of the Wasatch Range, so Murdock starts to guide Nancy by radio on how to perform the turn manually ...
Buz Murdock, fictional character from the TV series Route 66; H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock, character played by the actor Dwight Schultz in the 1980s television series The A-Team; Roger Murdock, character from Airplane!, played by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Buck Murdock, character from Airplane II: The Sequel, played by William Shatner