![Todd Caponi on X: "I can't be the only one, watching coverage of the #ChineseRocket, and imagining the Lloyd Bridges scene from the movie Airplane!, right? https://t.co/HDsZfi8noc" / X Todd Caponi on X: "I can't be the only one, watching coverage of the #ChineseRocket, and imagining the Lloyd Bridges scene from the movie Airplane!, right? https://t.co/HDsZfi8noc" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1391228367798743045/pu/img/ava0gtMspZq5b97q.jpg)
Todd Caponi on X: "I can't be the only one, watching coverage of the #ChineseRocket, and imagining the Lloyd Bridges scene from the movie Airplane!, right? https://t.co/HDsZfi8noc" / X
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USA. Lloyd Bridges in a scene from the (C)Paramount Pictures film: Airplane! (1980). Plot: A man afraid to fly must ensure that a plane lands safely after the pilots become sick. Ref:
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Forty Years Ago, <em>Airplane!</em> Created a New Species of Comedy | Air & Space Magazine| Smithsonian Magazine
Movie of the Day - Trivia: Lloyd Bridges was hesitant on accepting the role of Steve McCroskey in "Airplane! (1980)." However, his sons, Jeff and Beau were eventually able to convince him. | Facebook
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Airplane! (1980). All aboard for a 1* flight but 5* laughs in this airborne disaster movie spoof – CineSocialUK
Buzzn The Tower | Film Podcast on Instagram: "HBD to the late great Lloyd Bridges! He'll always be the nervous Steve McCroskey in Airplane to us! Thanks for making us laugh! . . . . #
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Peter J. Tomasi on X: "Great gag but Lloyd Bridges in Airplane beat it by about 15 years. https://t.co/Iau47fXnfd" / X
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