Airplane II: The Sequel Quotes

Airplane II: The Sequel is a TV program that appeared on TV in 1970 . Airplane II: The Sequel ended its run in 1970.

It features Howard W. Koch as producer, Elmer Bernstein in charge of musical score, and Joe Biroc as head of cinematography.

Airplane II: The Sequel is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Airplane II: The Sequel is 85 minutes long. Airplane II: The Sequel is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Michael Currie as Witness, John Larch as Prosecutor, John Vernon as Dr. Stone, Chad Everett as Simon, Peter Graves as Clarence Oveur, Kent McCord as Unger, James A. Watson Jr. as Dunn, Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey, Stephen Stucker as Jacobs, Oliver Robins as Jimmy, Rick Overton as Clerk, Richard Jaeckel as Controller #3, Richard Jaeckel as Controller #2, William Shatner as Buck Murdock, Oliver Robins as Jimmy Wilson, Julie Hagerty as Elaine Dickinson, Robert Hays as Striker, James Noble as Father O'Flanagan, Lee Bryant as Mr. Hammen, Lee Bryant as Mrs. Hammen, John Larch as ROC, Michael Currie as Businessman, Sonny Bono as The Bomber, William Shatner as Murdock, Richard Jaeckel as Controller Jacobs, Michael Currie as Businessman #1, Michael Currie as Businessman #2, Jack Jones as Lounge Singer, Richard Jaeckel as Controller #1, Rip Torn as Bud Kruger, John Dehner as The Commissioner, and Louise Sorel as Nurse.

Airplane II: The Sequel Quotes

Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey

• (Lloyd Bridges) "Jacobs, what have you got on Elaine Dickinson?"
• (Stephen Stucker) "Well, I'm two inches taller, a better dancer, and much more fun to be with."

• (Hallick) "Passenger's name is Joe Saluki. He was supposed to fly to Des Moines for an operation, something to do with sexual impotence --"
• (Lloyd Bridges) "The Des Moines Institute?"
• (Hallick) "You know it?"
• (John Dehner) "We're familiar with it."

• (Lloyd Bridges) "Now listen to me and listen good. If you got any ideas, any ideas at all, now is the time. I want to hear them and I want to hear them now."
• (Stephen Stucker) "How about a game show like Hollywood Squares but with kids? Gary Coleman could host."

• (Lloyd Bridges) "Listen good. That thing is bound to come apart on you at that speed, and that's no good. It's got to be in one piece when you land on the moon. You know damn well that that warp drive has never been tested."
• (Lloyd Bridges) "You're putting yourself and everybody else on that ship in jeopardy."
• (Jeopardy Host) "All right, Contestant #38."
• (Unnamed) "Art, I'll take Air Shuttle Disasters for $40."
• (Jeopardy Host) "The answer is --"
• (Jeopardy Host) "-- the Mayflower."

• (Lloyd Bridges) "And I can sum it all up in just one word: courage, dedication, daring, pride, pluck, spirit, grit, mettle, and G-U-T-S, guts. Why, Ted Striker's got more guts in his little finger than most of us have in our large intestine, including the colon."

• (Lloyd Bridges) "Jacobs, I want to know absolutely everything that's happened up till now."
• (Stephen Stucker) "Well, let's see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di's clothes. I couldn't believe it."

• (Lloyd Bridges) "Would somebody please tell me what in Sam Hill a woman is doing up there in charge of that ship?"
• (Stephen Stucker) "Well maybe she's got her ship together."

• (Lloyd Bridges) "Striker? Striker, Striker,"
• (Lloyd Bridges) "Strike Her."

• (Lloyd Bridges) "A man; now that's more like it."
• (Lloyd Bridges) "Come in Mayflower 1, give me your name and position."
• (Robert Hays) "My name's Striker and I'm sitting down and facing front. Why would you want to know that?"

• (Lloyd Bridges) "Get me radio contact with that ship, pronto."
• (Richard Jaeckel) "Yes, sir."
• (Richard Jaeckel) "Here's all the available information on the sun, sir. That thing is hot."
• (Lloyd Bridges) "Get me Bud Kruger immediately and some ice."
• (Richard Jaeckel) "Yes, sir."
• (Lloyd Bridges) "Jacobs."
• (Lloyd Bridges) "I want to know absolutely everything that's happened up 'til now."
• (Richard Jaeckel) "Well, let's see: First, the Earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes-Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di's clothes. I couldn't believe it."
• (Richard Jaeckel) "He took her best summer dress out of the closet and he put it on and went to town --"
• (Lloyd Bridges) "Things sure haven't changed."

• (Lloyd Bridges) "Striker, you're fading out. Come in. Over."
• (Lloyd Bridges) "Damn. We lost him."
• (Richard Jaeckel) "Could be those sun spots."
• (Stephen Stucker) "Could be your dishwashing detergent."

Peter Graves as Clarence Oveur

• (Peter Graves) "Mr. Dunn, what's your temperature reading?"
• (James A. Watson Jr.) "Uh, 98.6 sir."
• (Peter Graves) "That sounds normal."

• (Peter Graves) "Jimmy, do you ever wonder why dogs sniff each other?"

• (Peter Graves) "Anti-gravity check."
• (James A. Watson Jr.) "All right."
• (James A. Watson Jr.) "Checks out in positive mode, sir."
• (Peter Graves) "Check."
• (James A. Watson Jr.) "Checks out in negative mode, sir."
• (Peter Graves) "Check."
• (James A. Watson Jr.) "Neutral balance seems all right, sir."
• (Peter Graves) "Good, that shall do it."
• (James A. Watson Jr.) "Anti-gravity off, sir."
• (Peter Graves) "Hope this weather doesn't give us a problem."
• (Peter Graves) "Mr. Dunn, what's your temperature reading?"
• (James A. Watson Jr.) "Uh, 98.6 sir."
• (Peter Graves) "That sounds normal."

Robert Hays as Striker

• (Robert Hays) "We're going to have to blow up the computer."
• (Julie Hagerty) "Blow ROC?"

• (Robert Hays) "We're not in the past anymore, Elaine. This -- is the FUTURE."

• (Robert Hays) "My god."
• (John Vernon) "What's wrong?"
• (Robert Hays) "They're launching the XR-2300. Do you know what that is, doctor?"
• (John Vernon) "The muffler bracket for a '79 Pinto?"
• (Robert Hays) "No, that's the XR-2200, the 2300's the lunar shuttle. It's got to be stopped."

• (Robert Hays) "Where am I going to get a piece of metal? -- Out here in space? -- At this hour?"

• (Robert Hays) "I guess it's in God's hands now."
• (James Noble) "I'm Father O'Flanagan, and I am a man of God. Therefore you must trust me when I tell you that we're all likely going to die."

Rick Overton as Clerk

• (Rick Overton) "Do you swear on the Constitution of the United States to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?"
• (Michael Currie) "Ain't no thing."
• (Defense Attorney) "Would you describe, in your own words, what happened that night?"
• (Michael Currie) "Check it, bleed. Bro -- was ON. Didn't trip. But the folks was freakin', Man. Hey, and the pilots were laid to the bone, Homes."
• (Michael Currie) "So Blood hammered out and jammed jet ship. Tightened that bad sucker inside the runway like a mother. Shit."

William Shatner as Murdock

• (William Shatner) "Stryker, you get that ship down -- and down safe --"
• (William Shatner) "-- there just might be a few of us who will forget Macho Grande."

• (Unnamed) "Those lights are blinking out of sequence."
• (William Shatner) "Make them blink in sequence."

• (William Shatner) "Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes."

• (William Shatner) "We'd better get to the tower, Lieutenant."
• (Lt. Pervis) "We have no tower, sir."
• (William Shatner) "No tower?"
• (Lt. Pervis) "Just a bridge, sir."
• (William Shatner) "Why the hell aren't I notified about these things?"

• (William Shatner) "Oh, cut the bleeding heart crap, will ya? We've all got our switches, lights, and knobs to deal with, Striker. I mean, down here there are literally hundreds and thousands of blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing; they're flashing and they're beeping. I can't stand it anymore. They're blinking and beeping and flashing. Why doesn't somebody pull the plug."

Rip Torn as Bud Kruger

• (Rip Torn) "Commissioner, now we both know that shuttle needs another month of pre-launch testing."
• (John Dehner) "Forget it."
• (Rip Torn) "Commissioner."
• (John Dehner) "I said forget about it. The Mayflower is the first Lunar Shuttle to fly from a commercial terminal, and the boys on the board want that flight to go on schedule."
• (Rip Torn) "Well the boys on the board know about safety --"
• (John Dehner) "Bud, get wise to the political reality. The boys on the board are under a heavy pressure from the boys downtown."
• (John Dehner) "The boys on the board are under pressure from the boys downtown."
• (Rip Torn) "And I'll be the one to crucify if that shuttle screws up."

Julie Hagerty as Elaine Dickinson

• (Julie Hagerty) "Hello, this is the Mayflower. Come in. Anyone?"
• (Lloyd Bridges) "Okay okay. Now we're making some headway."
• (Lloyd Bridges) "Yeah yeah, we read you Mayflower. Identify yourself."
• (Julie Hagerty) "Well, this is Elaine Dickinson. I'm 5-foot-8, 123 pounds. I have, uh, brown hair, blue eyes. I enjoy surfing, backgammon and men who aren't afraid to cry."

• (Julie Hagerty) "Ted, I have the strangest feeling we've been through this exact same thing before."

• (Julie Hagerty) "I'm gonna go get Ted, just don't fall apart on me now."

Michael Currie as Businessman #1

• (Michael Currie) "Striker was the squadron leader. He brought us in real low. But he couldn't handle it."
• (John Larch) "Buddy couldn't handle it? Was Buddy one of your crew?"
• (Michael Currie) "Right. Buddy was the bombardier. But it was Striker who couldn't handle it, and he went to pieces."
• (John Larch) "Andy went to pieces?"
• (Michael Currie) "No. Andy was the navigator. He was all right. Buddy went to pieces. It was awful how he came unglued."
• (John Larch) "Howie came unglued?"
• (Michael Currie) "Oh, no. Howie was a rock, the best tailgunner in the outfit. Buddy came unglued."
• (John Larch) "And he bailed out?"
• (Michael Currie) "No. Andy hung tough. Buddy bailed out. How he survived, it was a miracle."
• (John Larch) "Then Howie survived?"
• (Michael Currie) "No, 'fraid not. We lost Howie the next day."

• (Michael Currie) "Don't worry about the Viatex account, we have a buy or sell option; we can't get hurt in either case."
• (Michael Currie) "Just keep on top of their legal people, Bob."
• (Michael Currie) "Will do."
• (Michael Currie) "And Bob, feed the cats."
• (Michael Currie) "Will do."

• (Michael Currie) "So the company's actually doing very well. We're just raising the figures of the last quarter, they show a 40% increase over the past year."
• (John Vernon) "Visiting hours are over."
• (Man in White) "Doctor, do you think my brother will be able to come home to the farm soon?"
• (John Vernon) "It's hard to say, it's a difficult case. He still thinks he's an accountant."
• (Man in White) "Okay."
• (Michael Currie) "You must believe me. Invest in money markets."

Sonny Bono as The Bomber

• (Sonny Bono) "I don't know if this is a good time to ask, but would it be possible for me to get my briefcase back?"

James A. Watson Jr. as Dunn

• (James A. Watson Jr.) "Uh, Captain, I'm picking up an overheat in the computer core."
• (Peter Graves) "How serious is it, Mr. Dunn?"
• (James A. Watson Jr.) "Uh, I can't tell sir."
• (Peter Graves) "Well you can tell me; I'm the Captain."

Jack Jones as Lounge Singer

• (Jack Jones) "-- floats back to you -- Ooo, The Love Boat -- soon will be making another run. The Love Boat --"

Oliver Robins as Jimmy Wilson

• (Porter) "Can I help you folks?"
• (John Wilson) "Oh, yes, thank you."
• (Porter) "Aw, is that your dog, son?"
• (Oliver Robins) "Yes, his name is Scraps, and he's going to the moon with us."
• (Porter) "Oh no. No dogs are allowed in the shuttle son. I'm affraid Scraps will have to be shot."
• (Oliver Robins) "Scraps. He shot him. He shot Scraps. He shot him."
• (Porter) "Just joking. Blanks, see? Scraps is fine."

• (Oliver Robins) "Dad never slaps me around at home, must be his coffee."
• (Jimmy's Mom) "No, I've been serving him decafe. Maybe he's just an asshole."

• (Oliver Robins) "Can I ask you a question?"
• (Robert Hays) "What is it?"
• (Oliver Robins) "It's an interrogative statement, used to test knowledge. But that's not important right now --"

• (Oliver Robins) "Can I ask you a question?"
• (Robert Hays) "What is it?"
• (Oliver Robins) "It's an interrogative statement, used to test knowledge. But that's not important now, mister. Is my dog Scraps, is gonna make it through okay? I'm scared mister, somebody has to do something."
• (Robert Hays) "Scraps, is going to be fine son. You'll both, be just fine."
• (Chad Everett) "Striker, listen to me. I don't want you, to do this they forced me to cut corners --"
• (Robert Hays) "Get outta my way."
• (Chad Everett) "Help me, Striker for Christ;"

Chad Everett as Simon

• (Chad Everett) "Just a few more hours and change 'til liftoff."
• (Julie Hagerty) "I'm very excited, Simon."
• (Chad Everett) "Guess this is a first for you, eh kid?"
• (Julie Hagerty) "No, I've been excited before."

• (Chad Everett) "Gentlemen, I'd like you to meet your captain, Captain Oveur."
• (Peter Graves) "Gentlemen, welcome aboard."
• (Chad Everett) "Captain, your navigator, Mr. Unger, and your first officer, Mr. Dunn."
• (Peter Graves) "Unger."
• (Kent McCord) "Oveur."
• (James A. Watson Jr.) "Oveur."
• (Peter Graves) "Dunn. Gentlemen, let's get to work."
• (Chad Everett) "Unger, didn't you serve under Oveur in the Air Force?"
• (Kent McCord) "Not directly. Technically, Dunn was under Oveur and I was under Dunn."
• (James A. Watson Jr.) "Yep."
• (Chad Everett) "So, Dunn, you were under Oveur and over Unger."
• (Kent McCord) "Yep."
• (Peter Graves) "That's right. Dunn was over Unger and I was over Dunn."
• (Kent McCord) "So, you see, both Dunn and I were under Oveur, even though I was under Dunn."
• (Peter Graves) "Dunn was over Unger, and I was over Dunn."

Richard Jaeckel as Controller Jacobs

• (Richard Jaeckel) "Get me Steve McCroskey."
• (Richard Jaeckel) "Are you kidding? Ever since Reagan fired the air traffic controllers, he's been completely senile."
• (Richard Jaeckel) "Yeah, but what about McCroskey?"
• (Richard Jaeckel) "About the same as Reagan."

• (Richard Jaeckel) "They're screwed."
• (Richard Jaeckel) "They're dead."
• (Richard Jaeckel) "Did I leave the iron on?"

John Vernon as Dr. Stone

• (John Vernon) "Thought you might like a paper."
• (Robert Hays) "Thanks --"
• (Robert Hays) "My God."
• (John Vernon) "What's wrong?"
• (Robert Hays) "They're launching the XR-2300. Do you know what that is, Doctor?"
• (John Vernon) "The muffler bracket for a '79 Pinto?"
• (Robert Hays) "No, that's the XR-2200. The 2300's the Lunar Shuttle."

Lee Bryant as Mrs. Hammen

• (Lee Bryant) "And how about the time we hopped in the family car and drove all the way to Woodstock?"
• (Lee Bryant) "Oh, that was a time. You got hold of that bad acid and didn't come down for two weeks, you kept telling everyone that you were Jesus Christ and then you jumped off a roof 'cause you thought you could fly."
• (Lee Bryant) "What a bummer."
• (Lee Bryant) "No shit."

John Larch as ROC

• (John Larch) "Dr. Stone, would you give the court your impression of Mr. Striker?"
• (John Vernon) "I'm sorry, I don't do impressions -- my training is in psychiatry."

• (John Larch) "Voice interface."
• (Julie Hagerty) "There's an overheat in the core. Please analyze problem."
• (John Larch) "There is no apparent overheat."
• (Julie Hagerty) "Yes, there is, ROC. We read a core overheat. Repeat analysis."
• (John Larch) "Analysis confirmed. All systems compute positive."
• (Julie Hagerty) "Well, not from where I'm sitting, they don't."
• (John Larch) "Look, Elaine. Cut the "not from where I'm sitting" shit. It must be a human error."
• (Julie Hagerty) "Captain, I think we have a computer foul-up."
• (Capt. Oveur) "I see."
• (Julie Hagerty) "Well, what do you recommend, Captain?"
• (Capt. Oveur) "Maybe you'd better run it through the computer."
• (Julie Hagerty) "But sir, I already have."
• (Capt. Oveur) "Good."

• (John Larch) "Over Macho Grande?"
• (Michael Currie) "No. I don't think I'll ever get over Macho Grande."

James Noble as Father O'Flanagan

• (James Noble) "I'm Father O'Flanagan, and I am a man of God. Therefore you must trust me when I tell you that we're all likely going to die."
• (Buffalo Anchorman) "Our Top Story Tonight: Four-Alarm Fire Rages Through Downtown Buffalo. Also in the News: Lunar Shuttle heads for the Sun, and Certain Disaster."
• (Tokyo Anchorman) "Our Top Story Tonight: Four-Alarm Fire Rages Through Downtown Tokyo. Also in the News: American Lunar Mission Locked in Death Struggle."
• (Moscow Anchorman) "A four-alarm fire in Downtown Moscow clears way for a glorious new tractor factory, And, on the lighter side of the news, Hundreds of Capitalists are Soon to Perish in Shuttle Disaster."
• (Tad Woman) "If this canned beet was run by vegetarian women rather than flesh-eating men, this whole space disaster would never have happened. You know right now, we're working to raise the consciousness of the vegetarian minorities with diet sensitivity training, so that people will be able to deal with the foul --"

Louise Sorel as Nurse

• (Louise Sorel) "Excuse me, ma'am. There's some, pretty badly banged up, people back there. I'm gonna need some fresh sheets, guaze, Q-Tips, and all the vasoline you have on board."
• (Julie Hagerty) "Ted, Please."
• (Louise Sorel) "Right now."
• (Unnamed) "Are you, the nurse?"
• (Louise Sorel) "Yes, take this. The washroom's, just right down there, on the right."

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