this be one of several movie that surely inspire the 1980 jim abrahams david zucker direct disaster movie spoof airplane . but be a cheap make for tv affair this have to be the bad and although boast an impressive cast . it all here represent the cheap set and the phony dialogue and the over applied make up ( too much eye liner and tint hair and thats just the guy ) and the stereotypical character all with their own personal demon to deal with . the gin swig and hard bitten crime writer and the grief stricken parent and the old guy with month to live and the jive talk pop star ( sonny bono sport a hideous shirt and massive flare ) and the rugged and no nonsense captain ( robert stack amazingly also in airplane . ) and the glamorous stewardess ( a pre charlie angel farah fawcett major ) and the guy who have a heart attack but refuse to be treat by the only doctor on board because he blame him for his wife death and the practical joke play precocious kid ( danny bonaduce from the partridge family ) and the harass ground staff include the airport manager with an air disaster and toothache to deal with and and the psychologist buy in to give a profile of the passenger who get more and more unconvincingly dishevel a the movie proceeds ( see lloyd bridge in airplane . ) . without give too much away the most jaw dropping moment be the corny dialogue between the captain and the cabin staff ( all two of em ) and the sequence where it reveal that the priest be an imposter because he wear nail polish ( nail polish . ) and the bit where robert stack promise to show danny bonaduce round his cockpit a few minute after threaten to spank him . but the most memorable scene be where a bomb disposal officer ( pepper martin ) arrive in the airport departure lounge to diffuse a bomb which turn out to be a hoax . he sport some rather unwieldy protective clothing which he clearly do not wear during rehearsal ( assume they do any ) a he bump into a pot plant when he exit . he also have some of the bad line in the movie represent i be in a motel room when i get this call . i think it be my wife . watch it at your peril .