More than four decades after its release, Airplane is still held up as the standard other spoof movies are compared against. Its sequel, unfortunately, is not held in such high regards. The underwhelming follow-up is sometimes still cited as a cautionary tale for continuing a franchise without its creators, which makes sense, given its creators actually had a fantastic idea for the second round. Unfortunately, it didn’t end up happening, not because Paramount wasn’t interested but because Francis Ford Coppola put his foot down.
Recently, we got a chance to sit down with Airplane’s David Zucker, who just launched MasterCrash, an online course that outlines the rules of making a good spoof movie. He's talked in the past about being frustrated about what happened with the sequel, and let the record show, he's still not a happy flyer.
