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Thursday, July 20th, 2017

Here’s a blast from the past: A young Joel Hodgson appearing on David Letterman before creating Mystery Science Theater 3000.

No wonder Letterman had him on: they both share some of the same goofy Midwestern sense of humor…

Tuesday, April 21st, 2015

If you haven’t seen it already this Onion A/V Club oral history of the movie Airplane! is very much worth your time. Tidbits include:

Zucker and company wanted to do the film in black and white featuring a propeller plane, Paramount had to convince them to go modern.

David Letterman tested for the role of Ted Striker.

Teaching Barbara Billingsley to speak Jive.

The kid in the cockpit had no idea what Peter Graves’ was talking about when they were filming.

The secrets of Leslie Nielson’s handheld fart machine.

It’s a long piece, but well worth it…