Tuesday, December 14, 2021

I Want a Whole Movie About the Making of 'Airplane!'


Last week, HBO released the first trailer for Winning Time, about the Los Angeles Lakers' championship run of the 1980s. But the best part had nothing to do with basketball: It was the two seconds it showed of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Solomon Hughes) filming Airplane! This inspired a very whimsical piece about my love of that film and Abdul-Jabbar in general. Hope you enjoy.