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Airplane!

Season 1, Episode 1 — Airplane!

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The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only.

immediate immediate-loading loading passengers unloading white white-zone zone

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There is no stopping in the red zone.

stopping zone

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The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only.

immediate immediate-loading loading passengers unloading white white-zone zone

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There is no stopping in the red zone.

stopping zone

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The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only.

immediate immediate-loading loading passengers unloading white white-zone zone

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There is no stopping in the red zone.

stopping zone

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The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only.

immediate immediate-loading loading passengers unloading white white-zone zone

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There is no stopping in the red zone.

stopping zone

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Hello. We'd like you to have this flower

flower

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from the Religious Consciousness Church.

church consciousness religious

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- Would you care to make a donation? - No, but thank you, anyway.

care donation

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The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only.

immediate immediate-loading loading passengers unloading zone

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There is no stopping in the white zone.

stopping white white-zone zone

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No, the white zone is for loading and unloading,

loading unloading white white-zone zone

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and there is no stopping in the red zone.

stopping zone

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The red zone has always been for loading and unloading.

loading unloading zone

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There is never stopping in a white zone.

stopping white white-zone zone

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Don't tell me which zone is for stopping and which zone is for loading.

loading stopping zone

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Listen, Betty, don't start up with your white zone shit again.

betty start white white-zone zone

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Hello. We'd like you to have this flower

flower

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from the Church of Religious Consciousness.

church consciousness religious

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Would you like to make a donation?

donation

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No, thanks. We gave at the office.

office thanks

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Flight 988 to Milwaukee

flight milwaukee

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is now in the final boarding process at Gate 34.

boarding final gate process

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Would you put all your metal objects into this dish, please?

dish metal objects

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There's just no stopping in a white zone.

stopping white white-zone zone

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Oh, really, Vernon? Why pretend?

pretend vernon

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We both know perfectly well what it is you're talking about.

perfectly

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You want me to have an abortion.

abortion

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It's really the only sensible thing to do, if it's done properly.

properly sensible

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Therapeutically, there's no danger involved.

danger involved

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Taxi!

taxi

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I'll be back in a minute.

minute

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Hello, sir. We'd like you to have this flower

flower

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on behalf of the Church of Religious Consciousness.

behalf church consciousness religious

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Would you care...

care

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Hey, Larry, where's the forklift?

larry

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Forklift?

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It's over there by the baggage loader.

baggage

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Look out!

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- Elaine! - Ted!

elaine

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I came home early and found your note.

early found home home-early note

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I guess you meant for me to read it later.

meant read

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Elaine, I've gotta talk to you.

elaine

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I just don't wanna go over it anymore.

anymore

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I know things haven't been right for a long time,

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but it'll be different.

itll

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Like it was in the beginning.

beginning

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If you'll just be patient, I can work things out.

patient

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I have been patient, and I've tried to help,

patient tried

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but you wouldn't even let me do that.

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Don't you feel anything for me at all anymore?

anymore

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It takes so many things to make love last.

love takes

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Most of all, it takes respect.

respect takes

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And I can't live with a man I don't respect.

live respect

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What a pisser.

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Captain Oveur, white courtesy phone.

captain captain-oveur courtesy oveur phone white

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Captain Clarence Oveur, white courtesy phone.

captain clarence courtesy oveur phone white

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- No, the white phone. - Oh.

phone white

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This is Captain Oveur.

captain captain-oveur oveur

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One moment for your call from the Mayo Clinic.

clinic mayo moment

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Captain Oveur, white courtesy phone. Captain Clarence Oveur.

captain captain-oveur clarence courtesy oveur phone white

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- I've got it! - Thank you.

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Go ahead with your call.

ahead go-ahead

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This is Dr. Brody at the Mayo Clinic.

clinic mayo

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There's a passenger on your Chicago flight, 209'er.

chicago flight passenger

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A little girl named Lisa Davis, en route to Minneapolis.

davis girl girl-named lisa named route

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She's scheduled for a heart transplant,

heart heart-transplant scheduled transplant

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and we'd like you to tell her mother that we found a donor an hour ago.

donor found hour mother

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We have the heart here ready for surgery.

heart ready surgery

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We must have the recipient on the operating table within six hours.

hours must operating operating-table table

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I want you to make sure that she's kept in a reclined position,

position

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and that a continuous watch is kept on her IV.

continuous watch

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Also, it's very important that she remain calm.

calm remain remain-calm

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Excuse me, this is the operator, Captain Oveur.

captain captain-oveur excuse operator oveur

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I have an emergency call for you on line 5 from a Mr. Hamm.

emergency line

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All right, give me Hamm on 5, hold the Mayo.

mayo

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Look. You'll be back in town tomorrow night.

night tomorrow tomorrow-night town

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We'll have dinner. We'll talk things over.

dinner

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I won't be back. I've requested the Atlanta run.

atlanta requested

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Elaine,

elaine

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I promise I can change.

change promise

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Then why didn't you take the job that Louie Netz offered you at Boeing?

louie offered

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You know I haven't been able to get near a plane since the war.

able near plane

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Even if I could,

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they wouldn't hire me because of my war record.

hire record

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Your war record?

record

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You're the only one keeping that alive.

alive keeping

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For everyone else, it's ancient history.

ancient ancient-history history

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You expect me to believe that?

believe expect

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It's the truth.

truth

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What's hurt you the most is your record since the war.

hurt record

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Different cities, different jobs.

cities jobs

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And not one of them shows you can accept any real responsibility.

accept real responsibility shows

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- Elaine, if you just give me one more... - It's too late, Ted.

elaine late

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When I get back to Chicago, I'm going to start my life all over again.

chicago life start

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I'm sorry.

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Excuse me, we'd like you to have this flower

excuse flower

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from the Church of Religious Conscious...

church conscious religious

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- Good evening. - Hi.

evening

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Well, good evening. There you go.

evening

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You can just follow all the way back.

follow

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- Thank you. - Hi, how are you tonight?

tonight

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Hello.

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Any word on that storm lifting over Salt Lake, Clarence?

clarence lake lifting salt storm word

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No, not likely, Victor.

likely victor

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I just reviewed the area report for 1600 hours through 2400.

area hours report reviewed

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There's an occluded front stalled over the Dakotas,

front

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backed up all the way to Utah.

backed

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Yeah, well, if she decides to push over to the Great Lakes,

decides push

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it could get plenty soupy.

plenty

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Hey, what about that southern route around Tulsa?

route southern

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Well, I double-checked the terminal forecast,

checked double terminal

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and the wind's aloft, and IFR ceilings all the way.

winds

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Where do they top out?

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Well, there's some light scattered cover at 20,000, icing around 18.

cover icing light scattered

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It looks like the original flight plan over Denver is the best bet.

best denver flight original plan

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Denver it is.

denver

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Sorry, Clarence.

clarence

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Latest weather report shows everything socked in

latest report shows weather

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from Salt Lake to Lincoln.

lake lincoln salt

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Oh, hi, Roger. Glad to have you aboard.

aboard glad roger

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Victor, this is Roger Murdock. Victor Basta.

roger victor

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- How do you do, Roger? - Nice to meet you.

meet roger

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Roger, I was telling Victor,

roger telling victor

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I reviewed the area report for 1600 hours through 2400.

area hours report reviewed

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There's an occluded front stalled over the Dakotas.

front

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There you go. Thank you.

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Can you tell me if Elaine Dickinson is on this flight?

elaine flight

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Well, the whole flight crew has boarded.

boarded crew flight whole

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Let me see.

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Oh, yes. She is on board.

board

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I'd like one ticket to Chicago.

chicago ticket

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No baggage.

baggage

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- Smoking or nonsmoking? - Smoking, please.

smoking

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There. Have a nice trip.

trip

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Striker, this is Red Leader 4.

leader striker

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Primary target covered by fog.

covered primary target

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The decision to proceed is yours.

decision proceed

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The decision is yours.

decision

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Is yours.

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Shit, man.

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Nervous?

nervous

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Yes.

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First time?

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No, I've been nervous lots of times.

lots nervous times

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Hi, we'll be taking off real soon, so I better fasten you in tight.

real tight

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Thank you.

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Oh, Mother, this is so exciting.

exciting mother

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I know, but remember, you must get some rest.

must remember rest

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That's good advice.

advice

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You relax, and I'll be back right after we take off.

relax

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Thank you.

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- God, Bill, I'm gonna miss you so much. - I'm gonna miss you too.

bill miss

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Promise you'll write?

promise write

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Every day.

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Bill!

bill

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Better get onboard, son.

onboard

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All aboard!

aboard

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209'er to ground control. We're loaded and ready to taxi.

control ground loaded ready taxi

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Goodbye, Bill!

bill goodbye

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Goodbye, darling!

darling goodbye

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I love you, darling!

darling love

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209'er, taxi to runway 19'er.

runway taxi

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Goodbye, darling!

darling goodbye

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Have your picture taken the minute you get there

minute picture picture-taken taken

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and send me one, all right?

send

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Okay. Here, hurry.

hurry

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But your watch. You shouldn't. You're gonna need this.

watch

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- It's all right. It doesn't work. - Bill!

bill

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Goodbye, darling!

darling goodbye

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Bill...

bill

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Bill! Bill... With me all the time.

bill

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- I swear to you! - So long, darling.

darling swear

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Take care of yourself. Goodbye!

care goodbye

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Flight 209'er, you're cleared for takeoff.

cleared flight

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- Roger. - Huh?

roger

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L.A. Departure frequency, 123.9'er.

frequency

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- Roger. - Huh?

roger

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- Request vector. Over. - What?

request vector

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Flight 209'er, clear for vector 324.

clear flight vector

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We have clearance, Clarence.

clarence clearance

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Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?

roger vector victor

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Tower radioed clearance, over.

clearance tower

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That's Clarence Oveur, over.

clarence oveur

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- Roger. - Huh?

roger

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- Roger. Over. - What?

roger

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- Huh? - Who?

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Do you feel all right, sir?

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I haven't flown for a long time.

flown

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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, this is Captain Oveur speaking.

captain captain-oveur evening gentlemen ladies oveur speaking

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- Here you go. - We'll be cruising

cruising

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- at 36,000 feet this evening. - Stewardess?

evening feet stewardess

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Our arrival time in Chicago will be 10:45 p.m. Central time.

arrival central chicago

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The temperature there is currently 62 degrees,

currently degrees temperature

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with a 20% chance of precipitation.

chance

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Meanwhile, relax and enjoy your flight.

enjoy flight meanwhile relax

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- Would you like something to read? - Do you have anything light?

light read

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How about this leaflet, "Famous Jewish Sports Legends"?

famous jewish sports

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Yes. Thank you.

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- Ted! What are you doing here? - Elaine, I've got to talk to you.

elaine

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You shouldn't have come. I don't have time now.

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- Oh, stewardess? - Excuse me.

excuse stewardess

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But...

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No wonder you're upset.

upset wonder

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She's lovely.

lovely

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And a darling figure.

darling figure

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Supple, pouting breasts.

breasts supple

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Firm thighs.

firm thighs

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It's a shame you two don't get along.

along shame

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Yes, I know.

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Things used to be different.

used

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I remember when we first met.

remember

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It was during the war.

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I was in the Air Force,

force

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stationed in Drambuie off the Barbary Coast.

coast stationed

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I used to hang out at the Magumba Bar.

hang used

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It was a rough place, the seediest dive on the wharf,

dive place rough

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populated with every reject and cutthroat

reject

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from Bombay to Calcutta.

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It was worse than Detroit.

detroit worse

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The mood in the place was downright ugly.

mood place ugly

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You wouldn't walk in there unless you knew how to use your fists.

fists walk

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You could count on a fight breaking out almost every night.

breaking count fight night

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I didn't go there that night to fall in love. I just dropped in for a couple of drinks.

couple drinks dropped fall love night

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But suddenly, there she was.

suddenly

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I was captivated, entranced. It hit me like a thunderbolt.

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I had to ask the guy next to me to pinch me

pinch

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to make sure I wasn't dreaming.

dreaming

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I was afraid to approach her. But that night, fate was on my side.

afraid approach fate night side

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We laughed. We talked.

laughed talked

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We danced.

danced

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I never wanted it to end. Hell, I guess I still don't.

wanted

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But enough about me. I hope this hasn't been boring for you.

boring hope

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It's just that whenever I start to talk about Elaine,

elaine start

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I always get so carried away.

carried

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I lose all track of time.

lose track

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Would you like to order dinner now?

dinner order

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Yes. Joey will have the steak, and my wife and I will have the fish.

fish joey steak wife

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When can I see the cockpit, Dad?

cockpit

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Joey, I think the pilots

joey pilots

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are probably too busy flying the plane for that.

busy flying plane

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Oh, gee whiz.

whiz

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I'll tell you what, Joey.

joey

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I'll talk to the captain and see what I can arrange.

arrange captain

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Gee, that'd be swell!

swell thatd

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Would you gentlemen care to order your dinners?

care dinners gentlemen order

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Lookie here.

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Excuse me.

excuse

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I happened to be passing,

happened passing

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and I thought you'd might like some coffee.

coffee might

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Oh, that's very nice of you. Thank you.

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Won't you sit down?

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Thank you.

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Cream?

cream

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No, thank you. I take it black.

black

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Like my men.

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Well, you see...

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Oh, Ted, I never knew I could be so happy.

happy

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These past few months have been just wonderful.

months past

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Tomorrow, why don't we drive up the coast

coast drive tomorrow

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to that little seafood place, and...

place seafood

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What's the matter?

matter

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My orders came through.

orders

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My squadron ships out tomorrow.

ships tomorrow

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We're bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours.

bombing daiquiri hours storage

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We're coming in from the north, below their radar.

coming north radar

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When will you be back?

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I can't tell you that.

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It's classified.

classified

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Oh, Ted, please be careful. I worry about you so much.

careful worry

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I love you, Elaine.

elaine love

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I love you.

love

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Flight 209'er, this is Denver flight control.

control denver flight

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You're approaching some rough weather.

approaching rough weather

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Please climb to 42,000 feet.

climb feet

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Roger, Denver.

denver roger

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We have a visitor.

visitor

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- Hello. - Hi.

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This is Captain Oveur, Mr. Murdock and Mr. Basta.

captain captain-oveur oveur

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This is Joey Hammen.

joey

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- Well, hi, Joey. - Come on up here. You can see better.

joey

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Joey, we have something here for our special visitors.

joey special visitors

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- Would you like to have it? - Thank you. Thanks a lot!

thanks

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Sure. You ever been in a cockpit before?

cockpit

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No, sir, I've never been up in a plane before.

plane

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Have you ever seen a grown man naked?

grown naked seen

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Do you want me to check the weather, Clarence?

check clarence weather

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No, why don't you take care of it?

care

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Joey, do you ever hang around a gymnasium?

gymnasium hang joey

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We'd better get back now, Joey.

joey

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No, Joey can stay here for a while if he'd like.

joey

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- Could I? - Okay. If you don't get in the way.

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Flight 209'er to Denver radio.

denver flight radio

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Climbing to cruise at 42,000.

climbing cruise

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Will report again over Lincoln. Over and out.

lincoln report

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Wait a minute. I know you.

minute

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You're Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

abdul abdul-jabbar jabbar kareem kareem-abdul kareem-abdul-jabbar

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You play basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers.

angeles basketball lakers

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I'm sorry, son, but you must have me confused with someone else.

confused must

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My name is Roger Murdock. I'm the co-pilot.

name pilot roger

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You are Kareem. I've seen you play. My dad's got season tickets.

dads kareem season seen tickets

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I think you should go back to your seat now, Joey. Right, Clarence?

clarence joey seat

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No, he's not bothering anyone. Let him stay here.

bothering

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All right, but just remember,

remember

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my name is Roger Murdock.

name roger

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I'm an airline pilot.

airline pilot

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I think you're the greatest,

greatest

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but my dad says you don't work hard enough on defense.

defense hard

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And he says that lots of times, you don't even run downcourt.

lots times

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And that you don't really try except during the playoffs.

except

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The hell I don't!

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Listen, kid.

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I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA.

hearing

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I'm out there busting my buns every night.

buns busting night

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Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier

drag

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up and down the court for 48 minutes.

court minutes

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Joey?

joey

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You like movies about gladiators?

movies

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Elaine, just hear me out.

elaine

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I know things haven't been right for a long time, but it'll be different.

itll

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Like it was in the beginning, remember?

beginning remember

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I remember everything.

remember

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All I have are memories.

memories

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Mostly, I remember the nights when we were together.

mostly nights remember

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I remember how you used to hold me.

remember used

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How I used to sit on your face and wriggle,

face used

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and afterwards how we'd watch till the sun came up.

afterwards till watch

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When it did, it was almost like...

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Like each new day was created only for us.

created

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That's the way I've always wanted it to be, Elaine.

elaine wanted

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But it won't be.

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Not as long as you insist on living in the past.

insist living past

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You're too low, Ted. You're too low.

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You mustn't believe everything that you see.

believe

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The mind can play tricks on people.

mind tricks

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Pain. Pain.

pain

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- He looks so happy today, doesn't he? - Okay, I'll be back.

happy today

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Thank you, thank you. You look so happy today.

happy today

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Okay, Robert, slip them down. This won't hurt much.

hurt robert slip

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Give me a big smile.

smile

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You got a telegram from headquarters today.

headquarters today

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Headquarters! What is it?

headquarters

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Well, it's a big building where generals meet,

building meet

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but that's not important right now.

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They've cleared you of any blame

blame cleared

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for what happened on that raid.

happened raid

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Isn't that good news?

news

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Is it?

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Because of my mistake, six men didn't return from that raid.

mistake raid return

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Seven, Lieutenant Zipp died this morning.

died lieutenant morning seven zipp

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But Dr. Sandler says you'll be out in a week.

week

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Isn't that wonderful?

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I wish I could say the same for George Zipp.

george wish zipp

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Be patient, Ted.

patient

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Nobody expects you to get over this immediately.

expects immediately nobody

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Hey, Striker. How about a break? I'm getting tired.

break striker tired

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Yeah, all right. Take five.

five

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Thanks.

thanks

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I've found a wonderful apartment for us.

apartment found

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It has a brick fireplace and a cute little bedroom

bedroom brick cute fireplace

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with mirrors on the ceiling, and...

ceiling mirrors

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Red Leader! Red Leader! I'm going down.

leader

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Captain Geline.

captain

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He thinks he's a pilot, still fighting the war.

fighting pilot thinks

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...around here somewhere.

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I've found the tunnel, Johnson! It's this way!

found johnson tunnel

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$25 for a cigarette is too much!

cigarette

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What's his problem?

problem

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That's Lieutenant Hurwitz.

lieutenant

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Severe shellshock.

severe

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He thinks he's Ethel Merman.

thinks

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You'll be swell

swell

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You'll be great

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Gonna have the whole world on a plate

plate whole whole-world world

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Startin' here, startin' now

startin

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Honey, everything's coming up

coming everythings honey

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roses

roses

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War is hell.

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Excuse me, sir.

excuse

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Would you like some coffee before we serve dinner?

coffee dinner serve

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No. No, thank you.

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Would either of you like another cup of coffee?

another coffee

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I will, but Jim won't.

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I think I will have another cup of coffee.

another coffee

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Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home.

coffee home second

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- Excuse me, Sister. - Yes?

excuse sister

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There's a little girl onboard, up front,

front girl onboard

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- who's ill and, well... - Oh, yes, I saw. Poor child.

child poor

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Could I borrow your guitar? I thought maybe I could cheer her up.

borrow cheer guitar

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- Oh, of course. - Thank you. Thank you.

course

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- Hi. - Hi.

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Do you mind if I talk to your daughter?

daughter mind

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Why, I think that'd be nice.

thatd

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Hi, I'm Randy.

randy

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I'm Lisa.

lisa

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Oh, you have a guitar.

guitar

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I thought maybe you'd like to hear a song.

song

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I'd love to.

love

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Okay.

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Let's see.

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This is one of my favorites.

favorites

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I traveled the banks of the River of Jordan

banks jordan river traveled

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To find where it flows to the sea

flows

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I looked in the eyes of the cold and the hungry

cold eyes hungry looked

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And I saw that I was looking at me

looking

↓

And I wanted to know if life had a purpose

life purpose wanted

↓

And what it all means in the end

↓

In the silence I listened to voices inside me

listened silence voices

↓

And they told me again and again

↓

There is only one river

river

↓

There is only one sea

↓

And it flows through you

flows

↓

And it flows through me

flows

↓

There is only one people

↓

We are one and the same

↓

We are all one spirit

spirit

↓

One name

name

↓

We are the father

father

↓

We are one

↓

A little late tonight. We've been waiting for you.

late late-tonight tonight waiting

↓

- Who wants to be first? - Go ahead, Clarence. I got it.

ahead clarence go-ahead wants

↓

- Okay. - How's the weather?

weather

↓

Not so good. We got some heavy stuff ahead of us.

ahead heavy stuff

↓

It might get rough again unless we can climb on top.

climb might rough

↓

Yeah, after the war,

↓

I just wanted to get as far away from things as possible,

possible wanted

↓

so Elaine and I joined the Peace Corps.

corps elaine joined peace

↓

We were assigned to an isolated tribe.

assigned isolated tribe

↓

The Molombos.

↓

They'd never seen Americans before.

americans seen theyd

↓

It was really a challenge during the year,

challenge

↓

introducing them to our Western culture.

culture introducing western

↓

At first they didn't know what to think of us.

↓

But soon, we gained their trust.

gained trust

↓

It'll help you better prepare storing foods

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for the up and coming monsoon months.

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Also, Supperware products are ideal for storing leftovers

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to help stretch your food dollar.

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This 2-quart Seals-M-Rite container keeps hot dog buns fresh for days.

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You must understand, these people had been

must

↓

completely isolated from civilization.

civilization completely isolated

↓

No one had ever outlined a physical fitness program for them,

fitness physical program

↓

and they had no athletic equipment.

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↓

I started them on simple calisthenics,

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↓

then gradually worked them up to rudimentary game skills.

game skills worked

↓

And finally, advanced competitive theory.

advanced competitive finally theory

↓

I was patient with them, and they were eager to learn.

eager learn patient

↓

They seemed to enjoy themselves.

enjoy seemed

↓

It was probably due to the advanced American teaching techniques

advanced american teaching techniques

↓

that we were able to bridge the generations of isolation

able bridge generations

↓

and communicate so successfully with the Molombos.

communicate successfully

↓

I think they're getting the hang of it.

hang

↓

When we re-enlist, I'll teach them baseball.

baseball teach

↓

Ted, I don't wanna stay here.

↓

It's time for us to go back home to the plans we made before the war.

home plans

↓

A lot of people made plans before the war.

plans

↓

Like George Zipp.

george zipp

↓

It was at that moment that I first realized

moment realized

↓

Elaine had doubts about our relationship.

doubts elaine relationship

↓

And that, as much as anything else, led to my drinking problem.

drinking drinking-problem problem

↓

We did come back to the States.

states

↓

I tried a number of jobs.

jobs number tried

↓

Well, I could go on for hours, but I'd probably start to bore you.

bore hours start

↓

You know, I really couldn't blame Elaine.

blame elaine

↓

She wanted a career.

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↓

I can't stand it.

stand

↓

What is it?

↓

- Yes? - Oh, it's my stomach.

stomach

↓

I haven't felt this awful since we saw that Ronald Reagan film.

awful film reagan ronald ronald-reagan

↓

I'll see if I can find some Dramamine.

↓

Captain, one of the woman passengers is very sick.

captain passengers sick woman

↓

Airsick?

↓

I think so, but I've never seen it so acute.

acute seen

↓

Find out if there's a doctor on board as quietly as you can.

board doctor quietly

↓

Joey, have you ever been in a...

joey

↓

In a Turkish prison?

prison turkish

↓

I shouldn't have had that second cup of coffee.

coffee second

↓

Jim never vomits at home.

home

↓

I'm sorry I had to wake you. I'm just looking for a doctor.

doctor looking wake

↓

There's nothing to worry about.

worry

↓

Stewardess?

stewardess

↓

I think the man sitting next to me is a doctor.

doctor sitting

↓

Sir? Excuse me, sir. I'm sorry I have to wake you.

excuse wake

↓

Are you a doctor?

doctor

↓

That's right.

↓

We have some passengers that are very sick.

passengers sick

↓

- Could you come take a look at them? - Yes. Yes, of course.

course

↓

Let me see your tongue.

tongue

↓

I'll be back in a minute.

minute

↓

You'd better tell the captain, we've got to land as soon as we can.

captain land

↓

This woman has to be gotten to a hospital.

gotten hospital woman

↓

A hospital, what is it?

hospital

↓

It's a big building with patients. But that's not important right now.

building patients

↓

- Tell the captain I must speak to him. - Certainly.

captain certainly must speak

↓

Victor, we're running into some heavy weather, can you...

heavy running victor weather

↓

Roger, take over!

roger

↓

- Captain, how soon can you land? - I can't tell.

captain land

↓

- You can tell me, I'm a doctor. - No, I mean, I'm just not sure.

doctor

↓

- Well, can't you take a guess? - Well, not for another two hours.

another hours

↓

You can't take a guess for another two hours?

another hours

↓

No, no, no. I mean, we can't land for another two hours.

another hours land

↓

Fog has closed down everything this side of the mountains.

closed mountains side

↓

We've got to get through to Chicago.

chicago

↓

Get him out of there!

↓

- What is it, Doctor? What's going on? - I'm not sure.

doctor

↓

I haven't seen anything like this since the Anita Bryant concert.

concert seen

↓

What was it we had for dinner tonight?

dinner dinner-tonight tonight

↓

Well, we had a choice. Steak or fish.

choice fish steak

↓

Yes, yes, I remember. I had lasagna. What did he have?

lasagna remember

↓

He had fish.

fish

↓

Doctor, there are two more sick people,

doctor sick

↓

and the rest of the passengers are worried.

passengers rest worried

↓

I'll take care of the passengers.

care passengers

↓

Find out what the two sick people had for dinner.

dinner sick

↓

This is Captain Oveur speaking.

captain captain-oveur oveur speaking

↓

It's been a little bumpy up here, but we'll be past it in a few minutes.

bumpy minutes past

↓

A couple points of interest.

couple interest points

↓

We're now flying over Hoover Dam, and a little later on,

flying hoover

↓

we'll pass just to the south of the Grand Canyon.

canyon grand grand-canyon pass south

↓

Meanwhile, relax and enjoy your flight, okay?

enjoy flight meanwhile relax

↓

Chicago, this is flight 209'er.

chicago flight

↓

We're in trouble.

trouble

↓

We've got to have all traffic below us cleared,

cleared traffic

↓

and I want a priority approach and landing in Chicago.

approach chicago landing priority

↓

- Yes? - Stewardess. My husband's very sick.

husbands sick stewardess

↓

Can you do something, please?

↓

Well, the doctor will be with you in just a moment.

doctor moment

↓

One thing, do you know what he had for dinner?

dinner

↓

Yes, of course. We both had fish. Why?

course fish

↓

It's nothing to be alarmed about.

alarmed

↓

We'll be back to you very quickly.

quickly

↓

Dr. Rumack, Mr. Hammen ate fish,

fish rumack

↓

and Randy said there are five more cases,

cases five randy

↓

and they all had fish, too.

fish

↓

And the copilot had fish.

fish

↓

- What did the navigator have? - He had fish.

fish

↓

All right. Now we know what we're up against.

↓

Every passenger on this plane who had fish for dinner

dinner fish passenger plane

↓

will become violently ill in the next half-hour.

become half half-hour hour violently

↓

Just how serious is it, Doctor?

doctor serious

↓

Extremely serious.

extremely serious

↓

It starts with a slight fever, dryness of the throat.

fever slight starts throat

↓

As the virus penetrates the red blood cells,

blood cells virus

↓

the victim becomes dizzy, begins to experience an itching, a rash.

becomes begins dizzy experience itching rash victim

↓

From there, the poison goes to work on the central nervous system,

central nervous poison system

↓

causing severe muscle spasms, followed by the inevitable drooling.

causing drooling followed inevitable muscle severe

↓

At this point, the entire digestive system collapses,

collapses entire point system

↓

accompanied by uncontrollable flatulence,

accompanied uncontrollable

↓

until finally the poor bastard

bastard finally poor poor-bastard

↓

is reduced to a quivering, wasted piece of jelly.

jelly piece quivering reduced wasted

↓

Turn on automatic pilot.

automatic automatic-pilot pilot

↓

Automatic pilot. Automatic pilot.

automatic automatic-pilot pilot

↓

There it is!

↓

I'll go back to the passengers.

passengers

↓

Come in, 209'er. This is Chicago.

chicago

↓

Flight 209'er, come in.

flight

↓

This is Elaine Dickinson. I'm the stewardess.

elaine stewardess

↓

Captain Oveur's passed out on the floor,

captain floor passed

↓

and we've lost the copilot and navigator, too.

lost

↓

We're in terrible trouble. Over.

trouble

↓

Roger, Elaine, roger. I read you.

elaine read roger

↓

This is Steve McCroskey at Chicago Air Control.

chicago control steve

↓

Get back to you in a minute. Hold all takeoffs.

minute

↓

I don't want another plane in the air. When the 508 reports,

another plane reports

↓

- bring it straight in. - Yes, sir.

bring straight

↓

Put out a general bulletin to suspend all meal service

bulletin general meal service

↓

on flights out of Los Angeles.

angeles flights

↓

Tell all dispatchers to remain at their posts.

posts remain

↓

It's gonna be a long night.

night

↓

- How about some coffee, Johnny? - No, thanks.

coffee johnny thanks

↓

I want the weather on every landing field this side of the Rockies

field landing rockies side weather

↓

no matter what the size.

matter size

↓

Do you understand?

↓

Anyplace. Anyplace where there's a chance to land that plane!

chance land plane

↓

Stan, go upstairs to the tower and get a runway diagram.

runway stan tower upstairs

↓

Terry, check down the field for emergency equipment.

check emergency equipment field terry

↓

Chief, we got fog, right down to the deck,

chief deck

↓

every place east of the Rockies.

east place rockies

↓

There's no possible place they can land.

land place possible

↓

They'll have to come through to Chicago.

chicago

↓

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking.

picked quit quit-smoking smoking week

↓

I want the best available man on this.

available best

↓

A man who knows that plane inside and out

knows plane

↓

and won't crack under pressure.

crack pressure

↓

How about Mr. Rogers?

rogers

↓

Get me Rex Kramer.

kramer

↓

Elaine, right next to the throttle is the air-speed gauge.

elaine gauge speed throttle

↓

What speed does it indicate?

indicate speed

↓

520 miles per hour.

hour miles

↓

Good. Very good. Now check your altitude.

altitude check

↓

That's the dial just below and to the right of the air-speed indicator.

dial speed

↓

35,000 feet.

feet

↓

No, wait. 34,000 feet.

feet

↓

No, it's dropping. It's dropping fast.

dropping fast

↓

Why is it doing that?

↓

Oh, my God! The automatic pilot, it's deflating!

automatic automatic-pilot pilot

↓

Now, Elaine, don't panic.

elaine panic

↓

On the belt line of the automatic pilot, there is a hollow tube.

automatic automatic-pilot belt hollow line pilot tube

↓

Now that is the manual inflation nozzle. Pull it out and blow on it.

blow inflation manual nozzle pull

↓

What the hell's going on up there?

hells

↓

Elaine?

elaine

↓

Yes, Doctor?

doctor

↓

Elaine, you're a member of this crew.

crew elaine member

↓

- Can you face some unpleasant facts? - No.

face facts unpleasant

↓

All right. Unless I get all those people to a hospital quickly,

hospital quickly

↓

I can't even be sure of saving their lives.

lives saving

↓

Now, is there anyone onboard who can land this plane?

land onboard plane

↓

Well...

↓

No, no one I know of.

↓

I think you ought to know what our chances are.

chances ought

↓

The life of everyone onboard depends upon just one thing.

depends life onboard

↓

Finding someone back there who can not only fly this plane,

finding plane

↓

but who didn't have fish for dinner.

dinner fish

↓

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your stewardess speaking.

gentlemen ladies speaking stewardess

↓

We regret any inconvenience

inconvenience regret

↓

the sudden cabin movement might have caused.

cabin caused might movement sudden

↓

This is due to periodic air pockets we encounter.

encounter pockets

↓

There's no reason to become alarmed,

alarmed become reason

↓

and we hope you enjoy the rest of your flight.

enjoy flight hope rest

↓

By the way, is there anyone onboard who knows how to fly a plane?

knows onboard plane

↓

Hello, I'm Paul Carey from the airline. I'm here to pick up Captain Kramer.

airline captain kramer paul pick

↓

Yes. Come in, Paul. Rex'll be right out.

paul

↓

Shep, sit. Sit.

↓

So, I understand you have a real emergency down there.

emergency real

↓

Yeah, something like that.

↓

But as I say, they didn't have time to tell me very much.

↓

Shep, no!

↓

I'll bet you have exciting things happen all the time down there.

exciting happen

↓

Well, the airline business does have its moments,

airline business moments

↓

but after a while you begin to get used to it.

begin used

↓

Shep, come!

↓

He gets so excited when new people are here.

excited

↓

Are you a pilot yourself?

pilot

↓

No, I'm in a training program.

program training

↓

It's unbelievable!

unbelievable

↓

Just unbelievable!

unbelievable

↓

How many times I've warned those people about food inspection.

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↓

You'd think after all these years, someone would listen to you.

years

↓

Oh, well. Airport management, the FAA and the airlines,

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↓

they're all cheats and liars!

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↓

All right, let's get out of here.

↓

I'm sorry to bother you.

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↓

I was just looking for someone with flying experience.

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↓

When they built those roads, they had no thought of drainage in mind.

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↓

So we had to take a special jeep up to the main road.

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↓

In fact, we were lucky to even get a jeep

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↓

since just the day before, only one that we had broke down.

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↓

It had a bad axle.

axle

↓

Excuse me, sir.

excuse

↓

There's been a little problem in the cockpit...

cockpit problem

↓

The cockpit! What is it?

cockpit

↓

It's the little room in the front of the plane where the pilots sit.

front pilots plane room

↓

But that's not important right now.

↓

You see, the first officer is ill,

officer

↓

and the captain needs someone to help him with the radio.

captain needs radio

↓

Do you know anything about planes?

planes

↓

Well, I flew in the war, but that was years ago.

flew years

↓

I wouldn't know anything about it.

↓

Well, would you go up? Please?

↓

The stewardess said that...

stewardess

↓

Both pilots?

pilots

↓

Can you fly this plane and land it?

land plane

↓

Surely you can't be serious?

serious surely

↓

I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.

serious shirley

↓

Doctor, I've checked everyone. Mr. Striker's the only one.

checked doctor

↓

What flying experience have you had?

experience flying

↓

Well, I flew single-engine fighters in the Air Force,

engine fighters flew force single

↓

but this plane has four engines.

engines four plane

↓

It's an entirely different kind of flying altogether.

altogether entirely flying

↓

It's an entirely different kind of flying.

entirely flying

↓

Besides, I haven't touched any kind of plane in six years.

besides plane touched years

↓

Mr. Striker, I know nothing about flying,

flying striker

↓

but there's one thing I do know.

↓

You're the only one on this plane who can possibly fly it.

plane possibly

↓

You're the only chance we've got.

chance

↓

Yeah, that's right. That's right.

↓

No, that's what I said. You heard me.

heard

↓

Tell Omaha to acknowledge and stand by.

acknowledge stand

↓

Every piece of emergency equipment you can reach.

emergency equipment piece reach

↓

Alert rescue units at every mile of the way.

alert mile rescue units

↓

- From here to the Rockies. - Chief?

chief rockies

↓

We'll need a pre-landing flight check.

check flight landing

↓

Tell them I'm in the dispatch office, and I want it here fast.

fast office

↓

It's your wife.

wife

↓

I want the kids in bed by 9:00. I want the dog fed, the yard watered,

kids watered yard

↓

and the gate locked. And get a note to the milkman.

gate locked note

↓

No more cheese!

cheese

↓

Where the hell is Kramer?

kramer

↓

No, we can't do that. The risk of a flameout's too great.

risk

↓

Keep them at 24,000.

↓

No, feet.

feet

↓

One of the passengers is gonna land that plane.

land passengers plane

↓

Is that possible?

possible

↓

Possible. It's a 100-to-1 shot.

possible shot

↓

1,000-to-1. I know this guy.

↓

- You do? - Asshole!

asshole

↓

- Who is it? - Name's Ted Striker.

names striker

↓

I flew with him during the war.

flew

↓

And that won't make my job any easier tonight.

easier tonight

↓

Ted Striker was a crack flight leader up to a point.

crack flight leader point striker

↓

He was one of those men who...

↓

Well, let's just say, felt too much inside.

↓

Maybe you know the kind.

↓

He went all to pieces one particular mission.

mission particular pieces

↓

Just hope that doesn't happen tonight.

happen hope tonight

↓

Let's see.

↓

Altitude, 24,000 feet.

altitude feet

↓

Level flight.

flight level

↓

Speed, 520 knots.

knots speed

↓

Course, zero-niner-zero.

course niner zero

↓

Trim, mixture.

trim

↓

Wash, soap, rinse, spin.

rinse soap spin wash

↓

Ted! What are you doing here? You can't fly this plane.

plane

↓

That's what I've been trying to tell these people.

↓

Elaine,

elaine

↓

I don't have time to say this gently, so I'll be very direct.

direct gently

↓

Everyone in this plane is in a desperate situation.

desperate plane situation

↓

Mr. Striker is the only hope we've got.

hope striker

↓

Those are the flaps.

↓

This is the thrust.

thrust

↓

This must turn on the landing lights.

landing lights must

↓

Mayday! Mayday!

mayday

↓

- Mayday! - Mayday? What the hell is that for?

mayday

↓

Mayday? Why, that's the Russian New Year.

mayday russian

↓

We'll have a big parade. We'll serve hot hors d'oeuvres.

doeuvres hors hors-doeuvres parade serve

↓

I can't stand it anymore.

anymore stand

↓

I've gotta get out of here. I've got to get out of here!

↓

Calm down. Get a hold of yourself!

calm

↓

Stewardess, please, let me handle this.

handle stewardess

↓

I've gotta get out.

↓

Calm down, now get back to your seat. I'll take care of this problem now.

calm care problem seat

↓

Calm down! Get a hold of yourself.

calm

↓

Doctor, you're wanted on the phone.

doctor phone wanted

↓

Everything's gonna be all right, please!

everythings

↓

- Sister, please. I'll handle this. - Just try and get a hold of yourself.

handle sister

↓

I've gotta get out of here! I've gotta get out of here.

↓

Out of here! I've gotta get out of here!

↓

Excuse me, we'd like you to have this flower.

excuse flower

↓

Excuse me, sir, would you...

excuse

↓

Donations for Reverend Moon?

donations moon reverend

↓

Jews for Jesus?

jesus jews

↓

Read about Jehovah's Witness.

jehovahs jehovahs-witness read witness

↓

How about Buddhism?

↓

Help Jerry's kids?

kids

↓

Scientology?

↓

More nuclear power?

nuclear power

↓

Your attention please.

attention

↓

No-frills passengers now arriving.

arriving passengers

↓

Please have your baggage claim checks ready

baggage checks claim ready

↓

to show attendant upon leaving the terminal.

attendant leaving terminal

↓

I know, but this guy doing the flying has no airline experience at all.

airline experience flying

↓

He's a menace to himself and everything else in the air.

menace

↓

Yes, birds too.

birds

↓

Okay, okay, he's a terrible risk. But what other choice have we got?

choice risk

↓

That's the whole story there, Rex. Everything we know.

story whole whole-story

↓

All right, Steve, let's face a few facts.

face facts steve

↓

As you know, I flew with this man, Striker, during the war.

flew striker

↓

He's gonna have enough on his mind without worrying about those times

mind times worrying

↓

when things weren't so good.

↓

Well, right now, things aren't so good.

↓

Let me tell you something, Steve.

steve

↓

Ted Striker was a top-notch squadron leader,

leader notch striker

↓

a long time ago.

↓

Look, Rex, I want you to get on the horn and talk that guy down.

horn

↓

Now, you're gonna have to let him get the feel of that airplane on the way.

airplane

↓

Then you'll have to talk him onto the approach.

approach

↓

So help me, you'll have to talk him right down to the ground!

ground

↓

Very well.

↓

- Put Striker on the speaker. - Okay, use my radio over there.

radio speaker striker

↓

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.

drinking picked quit quit-drinking week

↓

Now, you can work them direct from here, Captain.

captain direct

↓

Thanks.

thanks

↓

Striker?

striker

↓

Striker, this is Captain Rex Kramer speaking.

captain kramer speaking striker

↓

Yes, Captain Kramer. Read you loud and clear.

captain clear kramer loud read

↓

All right. It's obvious you remember me.

obvious remember

↓

So, what do you say you and I

↓

just forget about everything except what we have to do now?

except forget

↓

Let's not kid each other, Kramer.

kramer

↓

You know I've never flown a bucket like this!

bucket flown

↓

I'm gonna need all the luck there is.

luck

↓

Stand by, Striker.

stand striker

↓

Our one hope is to build this man up.

build hope

↓

I've gotta give him all the confidence I can.

confidence

↓

Striker?

striker

↓

Have you ever flown a multi-engine plane before?

engine flown multi plane

↓

No. Never.

↓

Shit. This is a goddamn waste of time!

goddamn waste

↓

There's no way he can land this plane!

land plane

↓

Grab a hold of yourself. You gotta talk him down. You gotta.

grab

↓

Route him into Lake Michigan.

lake michigan route

↓

At least he'll avoid killing innocent people.

avoid innocent killing least

↓

You're the only chance they've got!

chance

↓

All right.

↓

Striker, you listen, and you listen close.

close striker

↓

Flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle.

bicycle flying plane riding

↓

Just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.

baseball cards harder

↓

Now first, I want you to get the feel of the plane.

plane

↓

Later, we'll run down the landing procedure.

landing procedure

↓

All right, now I want you to disengage the automatic pilot.

automatic automatic-pilot pilot

↓

But watch out you don't make any violent control movements

control movements violent watch

↓

like you did in the fighter plane.

fighter plane

↓

All right, I'm going to unlock the automatic pilot.

automatic automatic-pilot pilot unlock

↓

Just remember, the controls will feel very heavy

controls heavy remember

↓

compared to a fighter.

compared fighter

↓

Don't worry about that. It's perfectly normal.

normal perfectly perfectly-normal worry

↓

Now, one more thing,

↓

is somebody there who can work the radio

radio somebody

↓

and leave you free for flying?

flying free

↓

Yes. The stewardess is here with me.

stewardess

↓

Good. Have her sit in the copilot's seat.

seat

↓

Elaine, he wants you to sit in the copilot's seat.

elaine seat wants

↓

What's going on? We have a right to know the truth.

truth

↓

All right, I'm gonna level with you all.

level

↓

The most important thing now is that you remain calm.

calm remain remain-calm

↓

There is no reason to panic.

panic reason

↓

Now, it is true that one of the crew members is ill.

crew members

↓

Slightly ill.

slightly

↓

But the other two pilots are just fine.

pilots

↓

They're at the controls flying the plane,

controls flying plane

↓

free to pursue a life of religious fulfillment.

free life pursue religious

↓

The radio's all yours now.

↓

And keep an eye on that number three engine gauge, over there.

engine gauge number number-three three

↓

It's running a little hot.

running

↓

Striker, before we start, I'd like to say something.

start striker

↓

I know that right now things must look pretty rough up there,

must rough

↓

but if you do what I tell you, when I tell you to do it,

↓

there's no reason why you shouldn't have

reason

↓

complete confidence in your chances

chances complete confidence

↓

to come out of this thing alive and in one piece.

alive piece

↓

Striker, what kind of weather you in up there?

striker weather

↓

Rain.

rain

↓

And a little ice.

↓

How's it handling?

handling

↓

It's sluggish, like a wet sponge.

sponge

↓

Sluggish,

↓

like a wet sponge.

sponge

↓

All right, Striker. You're doing just fine.

striker

↓

It's a damn good thing he doesn't know how much I hate his guts.

guts hate

↓

It's a damn good thing you don't know how much he hates your guts.

guts hates

↓

Can I get you something?

↓

It's your mofo butter laying me to the bone,

bone butter laying

↓

jacking me up.

jacking

↓

Tightening me.

↓

I'm sorry. I don't understand.

↓

Cutty say he can't hang.

hang

↓

Oh, stewardess?

stewardess

↓

- I speak jive. - Oh, good.

speak

↓

He said that he's in great pain,

pain

↓

and he wants to know if you can help him.

wants

↓

All right. Would you tell him to just relax,

relax

↓

and I'll be back as soon as I can with some medicine.

medicine

↓

Just hang loose, blood.

blood hang loose

↓

She gonna catch up on the rebound on the medi side.

catch medi rebound side

↓

What it is, big mama?

mama

↓

My mama didn't raise no dummies. I dug her rap.

dummies mama raise

↓

Cut me some slack, Jack.

jack slack

↓

Chump don't want the help, chump don't get the help.

chump

↓

Say he can't hang, say seven-up.

hang seven

↓

Jive-ass dude don't got no brains, anyhow.

anyhow brains

↓

Macias, get me Captain Oveur's wife on the phone.

captain phone wife

↓

We better let her know what's going on.

↓

Chief, this weather bulletin just came off the wire.

bulletin chief weather wire

↓

Johnny, what do you make out of this?

johnny

↓

This?

↓

Why, I could make a hat or a brooch. Or a pterodactyl, could eat your...

↓

Hello?

↓

- Mrs. Oveur? - Yes, this is Mrs. Oveur.

oveur

↓

This is Ed Macias calling from the airport.

airport calling

↓

There's some trouble on your husband's flight.

flight husbands trouble

↓

Now, we don't know how serious it is yet.

serious

↓

But Steve McCroskey thought you'd wanna get down here right away.

steve

↓

Yes, I'll be right down.

↓

I've gotta go to the airport.

airport

↓

You can let yourself out the back door.

door

↓

There's juice in the refrigerator.

juice refrigerator

↓

Dr. Rumack says the sick people are getting worse,

rumack sick worse

↓

and we're running out of time.

running

↓

I've got to concentrate.

concentrate

↓

Concentrate. Concentrate. Concentrate.

concentrate

↓

I've got to concentrate.

concentrate

↓

Concentrate. Concentrate. Concentrate.

concentrate

↓

Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello?

↓

Echo! Echo! Echo! Echo!

echo

↓

Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbon, Manny Mota.

hitting pedro pinch

↓

Mota. Mota. Mota.

↓

- How you doing, honey? - Jack, I'm so hot, I'm burning up.

burning honey jack

↓

I'll turn on some air.

↓

What's going on up there?

↓

Close the window!

close window

↓

Chicago, the passengers are beginning to panic.

beginning chicago panic passengers

↓

When do we start down?

start

↓

Not just yet. We'll have you in radar range any second now.

radar range second

↓

I don't understand it. Should have been in range 10 minutes ago.

minutes range

↓

Gunderson, check the radar range. Anything yet?

check radar range

↓

It's about two more minutes, Chief.

chief minutes

↓

Two more minutes? They could be miles off course.

course miles minutes

↓

That's impossible. They're on instruments.

impossible instruments

↓

This is gonna be a real sweat.

real sweat

↓

Gunderson, let me know when you get anything.

↓

Got a cigarette, Nels?

cigarette

↓

I can't take much more of this.

↓

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.

picked quit week

↓

- Johnny, how about some more coffee. - No, thanks.

coffee johnny thanks

↓

Chief, these reporters won't leave without a statement.

chief reporters statement

↓

How much longer can those passengers hold out?

longer passengers

↓

Half-an-hour, maybe 45 minutes.

half hour minutes

↓

Who's flying the plane?

flying plane

↓

One of the passengers, but he's an experienced Air Force pilot

experienced force passengers pilot

↓

who flew during the war, so there's no cause for alarm.

alarm flew

↓

Hinshaw, take over.

↓

What kind of plane is it?

plane

↓

Oh, it's a big, pretty white plane with red stripes,

plane stripes white

↓

curtains in the window, and wheels, and it looks like a big Tylenol.

curtains tylenol wheels window

↓

Okay, boys. Let's get some pictures.

boys pictures

↓

I want the one that'll block a wall.

block thatll wall

↓

C-47, right? I love that one.

love

↓

This bulletin just handed to me.

bulletin handed

↓

Stricken airliner approaching Chicago.

approaching chicago

↓

Shana, they bought their tickets.

bought tickets

↓

They knew what they were getting into.

↓

I say let them crash.

crash

↓

- Would you like a little whiskey, ma'am? - Certainly not.

certainly maam whiskey

↓

How are the passengers doing?

passengers

↓

I won't deceive you, Mr. Striker.

striker

↓

We're running out of time.

running

↓

Surely there must be something you can do.

must surely

↓

I'm doing everything I can.

↓

And stop calling me Shirley.

calling shirley

↓

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

↓

Find out what it means to me

↓

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

↓

Take out T-C-P

↓

Sock it to me, sock it to me Sock it to me, sock it to me

sock

↓

Sock it to me, sock it to me

sock

↓

A little respect, just a little bit

respect

↓

Just a little bit

↓

Randy, are you all right?

randy

↓

Dr. Rumack.

rumack

↓

I'm scared. I've never been so scared.

scared

↓

And besides, I'm 26 and I'm not married.

besides married

↓

Now, we're going to make it. You've got to believe that.

believe

↓

Dr. Rumack, do you have any idea when we'll be landing?

idea landing rumack

↓

Pretty soon. How you bearing up?

bearing

↓

Well, to be honest, I've never been so scared.

honest scared

↓

But at least I have a husband.

husband least

↓

Stay in formation. Targets just ahead.

ahead formation targets

↓

Target should be clear if you go in low enough.

clear target

↓

You'll have to decide.

decide

↓

Stay in formation. Targets just ahead.

ahead formation targets

↓

Target should be clear if you go in low enough.

clear target

↓

You'll have to decide.

decide

↓

Oh, rats!

rats

↓

Lost number four.

four lost number number-four

↓

What happened, Ted? What went wrong?

happened

↓

The oil pressure. I forgot to check the oil pressure.

check forgot pressure

↓

When Kramer hears about this, the shit's gonna hit the fan.

hears kramer shits

↓

Watch that oil temperature. What the hell's he doing up there?

hells temperature watch

↓

Striker, that plane can't land itself!

land plane striker

↓

It takes a pilot who can handle pressure!

handle pilot pressure takes

↓

Ease off, Rex. He hasn't flown for years.

ease flown years

↓

It's not his fault. Could happen to any pilot.

fault happen pilot

↓

It happened to Barbara Stanwyck.

barbara happened

↓

Can't push him too hard. He might break.

break hard might push

↓

Gotta remember who you're dealing with.

dealing remember

↓

Nick, Pete, Jared. There's a fire in the barn!

barn fire jared nick pete

↓

He's right.

↓

I can't take the pressure.

pressure

↓

I was crazy to think I could land this plane.

crazy land plane

↓

- But, Ted, you're the only... - I don't care.

care

↓

I don't have what it takes.

takes

↓

They'd be better off with someone who'd never flown before.

flown theyd whod

↓

Bad news. The fog is getting thicker.

news thicker

↓

And Leon's getting larger!

larger

↓

I know what you're gonna say, so save your breath.

breath save

↓

No. I don't have a thing to say.

↓

You've done the best you could.

best

↓

You really have. The best you could.

best

↓

You can't expect to win them all.

expect

↓

But I wanna tell you something

↓

I've kept to myself through these years.

years

↓

I was in the war myself, Medical Corps.

corps medical

↓

Was on late duty one night

duty late night

↓

when they brought in a badly wounded pilot

badly brought pilot wounded

↓

from one of the raids.

↓

He could barely talk.

barely

↓

He looked up at me and, "Doc," he said,

looked

↓

"The odds were against us up there, but we went in anyway.

odds

↓

"I'm glad.

glad

↓

"Captain made the right decision."

captain decision

↓

That pilot's name was George Zipp.

george name pilots zipp

↓

George Zipp said that?

george zipp

↓

The last thing he said to me, "Doc," he said.

↓

"Sometime,

sometime

↓

"when the crew is up against it,

crew

↓

"and the breaks are beating the boys,

beating boys breaks

↓

"tell them to get out there and give it all they've got.

↓

"And win just one for the Zipper.

zipper

↓

"I don't know where I'll be then, Doc," he said.

↓

"And I won't smell too good, that's for sure."

smell

↓

Excuse me, Doc.

excuse

↓

I've got a plane to land.

land plane

↓

All right, Striker, you better stay up there for a bit.

striker

↓

Soon as the fog lifts, we'll bring you in.

bring lifts

↓

I'll take it, Elaine.

elaine

↓

Listen to me, Kramer.

kramer

↓

Dr. Rumack says the sick people are in critical condition,

condition critical rumack sick

↓

and every minute counts.

counts minute

↓

We've got to land now.

land

↓

Don't be a fool, Striker.

fool striker

↓

You know what a landing like this means.

landing

↓

You more than anybody.

anybody

↓

I'm ordering you to stay up there!

ordering

↓

No dice, Chicago.

chicago dice

↓

I'm giving the orders, and we're coming in.

coming giving orders

↓

I guess the foot's on the other hand now, isn't it, Kramer?

hand kramer

↓

He'll never make it in this soup. Never, not one chance in a million.

chance million soup

↓

I know, I know. But it's his ship now. His command. He's in charge.

charge command ship

↓

He's the boss, head man, top dog, big cheese,

boss cheese head

↓

- the head honcho, number... - Captain, look at this!

captain head number

↓

"Passengers certain to die."

certain passengers

↓

"Airline negligent."

airline

↓

There's a sale at Penney's!

sale

↓

All right, I'll need three men up in the tower.

three tower

↓

You, Neubauer. You, Macias.

↓

Me, John, big tree.

john tree

↓

Stand by, Striker. We're going to the tower. Good luck.

luck stand striker tower

↓

We're going to the tower.

tower

↓

The tower! The tower!

tower

↓

Rapunzel! Rapunzel!

↓

Stewardess?

stewardess

↓

How soon do we land?

land

↓

Oh, it won't be long now. Try not to worry.

worry

↓

We're all ready, sir.

ready

↓

This is Captain McCroskey. This is Captain Roberts.

captain roberts

↓

Captain Kramer, this is Captain Colosimo.

captain kramer

↓

Captain Hinshaw, this is Captain Gatz.

captain

↓

Captain Kramer, Captain Gatz.

captain kramer

↓

Captain Hinshaw, Captain Roberts.

captain roberts

↓

All right, Colosimo, you work the relay.

relay

↓

Roberts, check all air traffic within 5 miles.

check miles roberts traffic

↓

Get that finger out of your ear.

finger

↓

You don't know where that finger's been.

fingers

↓

Steve?

steve

↓

- Got a cigarette, Nelson? - Now, Linda.

cigarette linda nelson

↓

Your husband and the others are alive, but unconscious.

alive husband others unconscious

↓

Just like Gerald Ford.

ford gerald

↓

Now, there's a chance that we can save them

chance save

↓

if Striker can get that plane down in time.

plane striker

↓

- That isn't much of a chance, is it? - I don't know, Linda, I don't know.

chance linda

↓

But we'll do everything we can. Now excuse me, yeah?

excuse

↓

Where did you get that dress? It's awful!

awful dress

↓

And those shoes, and that coat. Jesus!

coat jesus shoes

↓

8 miles. Turn right to heading 044.

heading miles

↓

We're now at 2, 000 feet, beginning our descent.

beginning feet

↓

Steve.

steve

↓

I want every light you can get poured onto that field.

field light poured

↓

Being done right now.

↓

Tower to all emergency vehicles. Runway is niner.

emergency niner runway tower vehicles

↓

Airport vehicles take positions one and two.

airport positions vehicles

↓

Civilian equipment, number three.

civilian equipment number number-three three

↓

Air Force, positions number four and five.

five force four number number-four positions

↓

All ambulances, go to number three.

number number-three three

↓

Air Israel, please clear the runway.

clear israel runway

↓

In a moment, we'll ask you to assume crash positions.

assume crash moment positions

↓

Your life jackets are located under your seat.

jackets life located seat

↓

Place the jacket over your head,

head jacket place

↓

and when I give the word, pull the cord on the right-side flap.

cord flap pull side word

↓

- Isn't that cute? - Your seat cushions are also equipped

cushions cute equipped seat

↓

with a floatation device.

device

↓

WZAZ in Chicago, where disco lives forever.

chicago disco forever lives lives-forever

↓

Watch your altitude, Striker. You're too erratic.

altitude striker watch

↓

You can't come straight in.

straight

↓

You've got enough fuel left for two hours of flying.

flying fuel hours left

↓

I'll take it, Elaine.

elaine

↓

Listen to me, Kramer.

kramer

↓

We have people up here who will die in less than an hour, let alone two.

alone hour less

↓

I may bend your precious airplane, but I'll get it down.

airplane bend precious

↓

I'm putting the landing gear down now.

gear landing putting

↓

Mr. Striker, the passengers are ready.

passengers ready striker

↓

Thanks, Randy.

randy thanks

↓

You better leave, sweetheart. You might get hurt up here.

hurt might sweetheart

↓

Ted?

↓

Yes?

↓

I wanted you to know, now,

wanted

↓

I'm very proud.

proud

↓

Tell them the gear is down, and we're ready to land.

gear land ready

↓

The gear is down, and we're ready to land.

gear land ready

↓

All right, he's on final now.

final

↓

Put out all runway lights, except niner.

except lights niner runway

↓

Captain, maybe we ought to turn on the searchlights now.

captain ought

↓

No.

↓

That's just what they'll be expecting us to do.

expecting

↓

I just wanna tell you both, good luck. We're all counting on you.

counting luck

↓

All right, now just listen carefully.

carefully

↓

You should be able to see the runway at 300 feet.

able feet runway

↓

Aim the touch down a third of the way along.

along third touch

↓

There's a slight crosswind from the right, so be ready for it.

ready slight

↓

Land too fast, use your emergency brakes.

brakes emergency fast land

↓

Red handle's right in front of you.

front handles

↓

If that doesn't stop you...

↓

If that doesn't stop you, cut the four ignition switches

four ignition switches

↓

over the copilot's head.

head

↓

Do you see us now?

↓

You should be able to see the field, now.

able field

↓

- Sure is quiet out there. - Yeah, too quiet.

quiet

↓

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

glue picked quit sniffing week

↓

There it is.

↓

There he is!

↓

Striker, you're coming in too fast!

coming fast striker

↓

I know! I know!

↓

He knows! He knows!

knows

↓

Wow.

↓

He's below 700 now, still going down.

↓

675, 650, 625. He's holding.

holding

↓

He's holding. He's at... No, no. He's down, he's down.

holding

↓

Sound your alarm bell, now!

alarm bell sound

↓

All right, now, everybody, get in crash positions.

crash everybody positions

↓

Put down 30 degrees of flap!

degrees flap

↓

Striker, now listen to me.

striker

↓

Remember your brakes and switches!

brakes remember switches

↓

Get ready to flare it out!

flare ready

↓

He's all over the place.

place

↓

900 feet up to 1300 feet.

feet

↓

What an asshole.

asshole

↓

Hold up, harder! Put down more flap!

flap harder

↓

Just kidding.

kidding

↓

Striker, lift your nose. Straighten your wings!

lift nose straighten striker wings

↓

Coming in too fast. Watch your speed.

coming fast speed watch

↓

He's coming right at us!

coming

↓

Coming in too hot!

coming

↓

Ease up on the throttle!

ease throttle

↓

Watch for that crosswind. Level it out.

level watch

↓

Aim for the numbers. You'll have to dip your left wing.

left numbers wing

↓

You're drifting. Keep your eyes on the far end of the runway.

drifting eyes runway

↓

You're too low, damn it!

↓

Watch your stall speed.

speed stall watch

↓

Flare out!

flare

↓

Now ease her down! Down!

ease

↓

The brake! Pull the red handle!

brake handle pull

↓

I just wanna tell you both, good luck. We're all counting on you.

counting luck

↓

Flight 209 now arriving, Gate 8.

arriving flight gate

↓

Gate 9.

gate

↓

Gate 10.

gate

↓

Pull on a lever. Push a button!

button lever pull push

↓

Gate 13.

gate

↓

Gate 14.

gate

↓

Gate 15.

gate

↓

Auntie Em, Uncle Henry, Toto! It's a twister! It's a twister!

henry toto twister uncle

↓

Gate 23.

gate

↓

24.

↓

25.

↓

I just wanna tell you both, good luck. We're all counting on you.

counting luck

↓

Striker?

striker

↓

- Striker, you all right? - Yeah.

striker

↓

We're okay.

↓

Ted, that was probably the lousiest landing

landing

↓

in the history of this airport.

airport history

↓

But some of us here, particularly me,

particularly

↓

would like to buy you a drink and shake your hand.

drink hand shake

↓

And, Ted, I just want you to know that when the going got rough...

rough

↓

Okay, all right. Have a nice day.

↓

Okay. Have a nice day.

↓

Thank you for flying Trans American.

american flying trans

↓

Loneliness, that's the bottom line.

bottom bottom-line line loneliness

↓

I was never happy as a child.

child happy

↓

Christmas, Ted, what does that mean to you?

christmas

↓

To me, it was a living hell.

living

↓

Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked,

fall kicked

↓

in the head, by an iron boot?

boot head iron

↓

Of course you don't. No one does. That never happens.

course happens

↓

I'm sorry, Ted. That's a dumb question. Skip that.

dumb question skip

↓

Hurry, hurry.

hurry

↓

Okay, folks. There you go.

folks

↓

Have a nice day.

↓

Municipal bonds, Ted. I'm talking double-A rating.

bonds double rating

↓

The best investment in America.

america best investment

↓

Well, I'll give him another 20 minutes.

another minutes

↓

But that's it.