Once upon a time, I thought I was above a certain level of humor. Then my husband (then boyfriend) insisted I watch “Airplane!” I rolled my eyes at the dumb puns, wacky antics and over-the-top physical comedy. A giggle would try to sneak out sometimes, but I’d swallow it down. It was just so...dumb.
Then there was this one scene. A character is describing the deathbed speech of a guy named George Zip. It’s Leslie Nielsen speaking, and he intones, ever so seriously, “Win one…just one…for the Zippe
Published on June 22, 2009 03:30