“Airplane!” — With this classic, the “absurd dialogue delivered with a straight face” brand of comedy from David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams was unleashed on the masses, and Leslie Nielsen became the master of parodies.
Best line: “The passengers had a choice between steak and fish.” “Yes, I remember. I had the lasagna.”
— John Hansen, “The 20 Funniest Movies of the Modern Era,” NDSU Spectrum, Sept. 21, 2001