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I'm Sitting next to someone famous on a plane (1 Viewer)

if he is still sitting there then at this point he might be dead just sayin brohan take that to the bank

 
JoeSteeler said:
JFC why didn't you just say Philo Henderson from Stewardess School?
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:lmao:

I looked at his list of movies.  This and Apollo 13 are the only movies of his I've ever seen.  And I don't think he did much in Apollo 13.  

God cheesy 80's movies were great.

 

Philo and George are about to land a plane, only for Philo to accidentally knock out his contact lenses and Philo cannot see the controls, causing the plane to malfunction and crash into a skyscraper. The destruction is then revealed to be a simulator and the duo was taking an exam in pilot school, causing the two to be attrited for unsatisfactory performance. Unemployed and out of options, the duo enrolls in Weidermeyer Academy, one of the top stewardess schools in the country. George and Philo get put in a group full of misfits, to include a lady wrestler whose fiancee got cold feet, a frumpy overweight girl, a nymphomaniac whose probation officer arranged for her to enroll in Weidermeyer as part of a work release program, and a woman with astigmatism who recently got fired from an orchestra (believing she is doomed to fail). The group has standard classes about emergencies, etiquette and antiterrorism, which they work through. Also as part of a test is a full-size replica of an airplane with people to wait on, and some difficult people are selected such as a surly ex-NFL player who refuses George's orders not to smoke. The group starts to gel together, with George learning to start applying himself to a career and Philo finding common ground with the "jinx girl" due to his similar eye problems.

However, by happenstance, the group gains the ire of the school dean, a matronly martinet who believes all stewardesses to be attractive "flying waitresses", not tough, nerdy, chubby, and certainly not stewards like George and Philo. As she fails to wash them out, she resorts to her secondary plan as she is responsible for jobs. When everyone graduates, stewardesses are given jobs with reputable airlines such as Pan Am or TWA, and the entire group has been detailed to Stromboli Air. The group is introduced to their owner, Mr. Stromboli, a kindly immigrant whose airline is on the verge of Chapter 11 unless his final flight can prove reputable. The group agrees to work together to make it a profitable flight. Still not content, the school dean has gotten herself assigned to be purser, saying she will oversee them and if Stromboli goes bankrupt, they are doomed to unemployment. The flight is a mixture of ordinary businessmen and a blind people's convention, which starts to run into trouble when an unexpected rain squall hits and a "mad bomber" (in an ironic sense) calmly and quietly sets his plan into motion, drugging the drink of the man sitting next to him with a powerful hallucinogenic, then taking advantage of the turmoil to sneak a gas pellet into the captain's cabin to knock out the pilot, then to the cargo hold to place his bomb, then jumping out into the sky.
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Circa 1997, Christina Applegate upgraded me to 1st to sit next to her on a flight from Witchita to LA, with a layover in Vegas.  We got hammered, had a pillow fight and she grabbed my arm every time there was turbulence.  I went to the bathroom at McCarron and when I came out she was leaning against the wall waiting for me.  That is the moment I peaked.  

 
Mr. Ham said:
Circa 1997, Christina Applegate upgraded me to 1st to sit next to her on a flight from Witchita to LA, with a layover in Vegas.  We got hammered, had a pillow fight and she grabbed my arm every time there was turbulence.  I went to the bathroom at McCarron and when I came out she was leaning against the wall waiting for me.  That is the moment I peaked.  
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:thumbup:

 
General Malaise said:
:lmao:

I looked at his list of movies.  This and Apollo 13 are the only movies of his I've ever seen.  And I don't think he did much in Apollo 13.  

God cheesy 80's movies were great.

"group full of misfits, to include a lady wrestler whose fiancee got cold feet, a frumpy overweight girl, a nymphomaniac whose probation officer arranged for her to enroll in Weidermeyer as part of a work release program, and a woman with astigmatism who recently got fired from an orchestra (believing she is doomed to fail) "
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An 80's movies with a ragtag group of misfits?!?  Move over Police Academy!

 
Actually he was Dave Scott in From the Earth to the Moon.  In Apollo 13 he was capsule communications, not sure the character's name.

 
Mr. Ham said:
Circa 1997, Christina Applegate upgraded me to 1st to sit next to her on a flight from Witchita to LA, with a layover in Vegas.  We got hammered, had a pillow fight and she grabbed my arm every time there was turbulence.  I went to the bathroom at McCarron and when I came out she was leaning against the wall waiting for me.  That is the moment I peaked.  
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That story seems to change every time you post it.

 
stbugs said:
That story seems to change every time you post it.
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Example?  That's how it went down.  FWIW, she gave me her number when we got to LAX.  I stewed over calling it for awhile, but never did.

 
Mr. Ham said:
Circa 1997, Christina Applegate upgraded me to 1st to sit next to her on a flight from Witchita to LA, with a layover in Vegas.  We got hammered, had a pillow fight and she grabbed my arm every time there was turbulence.  I went to the bathroom at McCarron and when I came out she was leaning against the wall waiting for me.  That is the moment I peaked.  
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Need more details. Why did she upgrade you? What was she wearing? did you #### her in the plane ####ter? 

 
[icon] said:
Need more details. Why did she upgrade you? What was she wearing? did you #### her in the plane ####ter? 
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I was 25.  Worked for a company that did technology for movies...  post production.  The Assistant Editor for Mars Attacks had a family tragedy and had to leave suddenly for a week.  I was lent to the production to take over in his absence.  Ended up being very long days making up for the backlog and handling a difficult workload.

By the end, I was spent.  Ended up in the production office, where they gave me an envelop with my per diem.  They said we'd be picking someone else up on the way to the airport and gave me an envelop stuffed with cash and asked if I'd give it to her.  Turns out it was her.

We picked her up and I was super mellow - tired, not particularly talkative.  But after a few minutes I had a natural in, because I had her money.  I handed to her, she introduced herself, we chatted.  She was very cool, very nice.

We kept chatting as we got to the airline checkin.  At which point she said, "Could you do me a favor... If I upgrade you to first class, will you sit next to me?  I'm afraid to fly and don't want to sit next to someone I don't know."

Turns out, she was the most nervous flier I've ever seen--a true phobia...  So as much as I'd like to imagine she was into me, I think she was anxious to sit next to a stranger when she was truly terrified.  

Either way, we were both three Bloody Mary's in before we took off and as she was freaking out when we were about to take off, I grabbed two pillows and whacked her a bunch of times windmill style.  Got her mind off of flying.   

 
Mr. Ham said:
We kept chatting as we got to the airline checkin.  At which point she said, "Could you do me a favor... If I upgrade you to first class, will you sit next to me?  I'm afraid to fly and don't want to sit next to someone I don't know."
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How long did you have to think about that? 

 
Brony said:
How long did you have to think about that? 
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It's been 20 years, so can't remember exactly what I said, but pretty sure it was a joke about it not being an easy favor.  

 
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Obviously a huge 'upgrade' compared to Mr. Ham, I got to sit next to Robert Reich on a flight once. Didn't talk much, he was busy, no pillow fights, coach seating, but I did help him with his bag from the overhead compartment because he was too tiny to reach up to grab it.

 
Thing is, the Applegate story is my favorite, but it's debatable. I cut an acting real for Elizabeth Berkley and (let's face it, outside of Saved by the Bell) her one credit was Striptease. I don't want to disparage her publicly, but there was a fair deal of, "you know who I am" involved, but the highlight was we were cutting the reel in a basement and there was a load bearing  poll.  As we were playing back the poll dancing scenes from Striptease, she recreated them on that poll. 

 
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Abraham said:
You've clearly not seen @bentley at his best. 
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#######.

The most amazing thing about this thread is that Kevin Sorbo played FDR in a movie. I feel like that's changed my life.

I did kinda kill it on stage during my session in innovation at the statewide insurance agent conference this morning.

 
Mr. Ham said:
Thing is, the Applegate story is my favorite, but it's debatable. I cut an acting real for Elizabeth Berkley and (let's face it, outside of Saved by the Bell) her one credit was Striptease. I don't want to disparage her publicly, but there was a fair deal of, "you know who I am" involved, but the highlight was we were cutting the reel in a basement and there was a load bearing  poll.  As we were playing back the poll dancing scenes from Striptease, she recreated them on that poll. 
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I was post coordinator on a pilot that shared office space with Tori Spellings show. We were cutting one weekend when some little teacup dog strolled in and took a #### right next to the avid and the producers couch. 

I called her in and made her pick it up herself. She apologized profusely. 

 
stbugs said:
Nice. I was flying back from Vegas years ago and a bunch of college basketball coaches were on the flight. I sat next to Paul Hewitt from GTech (who my Huskies throttled for a championship!) and he was sort of nice telling me about there being a high school all star game in Vegas. He put his headphones on after I said oh, there's Billy Donovan. I should have gotten Donovan's autograph, had fun watching him get to the final four with good friends who went to Providence College.

ETA: Pretty sure my Sprint flip phone had no camera back then, pre-iPhone.
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I'm just happy you said "my Huskies." UConn has four national titles since 1999. How crazy is that? Four? Can you do better?  

 
Philo said:
I was post coordinator on a pilot that shared office space with Tori Spellings show. We were cutting one weekend when some little teacup dog strolled in and took a #### right next to the avid and the producers couch. 

I called her in and made her pick it up herself. She apologized profusely. 
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We must know a lot of the same people.  I co-founded and ran an Avid centered Post services company (LA and NY) for 8 years--ending when we sold in 2006. 

I was based in LA.  A good friend of mine dated Tori for a few months back then.  That was a busy period at work and I wasn't hanging with that group much, but she was with them constantly. They want back to the mansion to bowl on occasion.  I met her a few times.  Nice girl.  

 
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Need more details. Why did she upgrade you? What was she wearing? did you #### her in the plane ####ter? 
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lol... I thought you wrote "what were you wearing"... just to make this more  AZ ron style.

eta: I have an elizabeth berkely story too. not very interesting.

 
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Mr. Ham said:
I was 25.  Worked for a company that did technology for movies...  post production.  The Assistant Editor for Mars Attacks had a family tragedy and had to leave suddenly for a week.  I was lent to the production to take over in his absence.  Ended up being very long days making up for the backlog and handling a difficult workload.

By the end, I was spent.  Ended up in the production office, where they gave me an envelop with my per diem.  They said we'd be picking someone else up on the way to the airport and gave me an envelop stuffed with cash and asked if I'd give it to her.  Turns out it was her.

We picked her up and I was super mellow - tired, not particularly talkative.  But after a few minutes I had a natural in, because I had her money.  I handed to her, she introduced herself, we chatted.  She was very cool, very nice.

We kept chatting as we got to the airline checkin.  At which point she said, "Could you do me a favor... If I upgrade you to first class, will you sit next to me?  I'm afraid to fly and don't want to sit next to someone I don't know."

Turns out, she was the most nervous flier I've ever seen--a true phobia...  So as much as I'd like to imagine she was into me, I think she was anxious to sit next to a stranger when she was truly terrified.  

Either way, we were both three Bloody Mary's in before we took off and as she was freaking out when we were about to take off, I grabbed two pillows and whacked her a bunch of times windmill style.  Got her mind off of flying.   
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You da man, Ham, great story.

 
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