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Stephen Stucker (July 2, – April 13, ) was an American actor, known for portrayals of bizarre characters, notably the manic control-room worker Johnny in the early s Airplane! movies and the stenographer in the courtroom sequence of 's The Kentucky Fried Movie.

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On the 45th anniversary of 'Airplane!', let's look back on the life of scene-stealing star Stephen Stucker, one of the first celebrities to speak openly about living with AIDS. "Johnny" is a character played by actor Stephen Stucker in Airplane! the movie. Johnny is an Air Traffic Controller who pops up at random times and spurts ou.

Airplane! () - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Character Analysis Air Traffic Controller Johnny isn't an essential character in Airplane! He isn't crucial to the plot. He doesn't help advance the story in any way. But boy can he land a joke. In his limited screen time, he manages to crack as many memorable jokes and one-liners as anyone in the movie.

He's colorful, animated, and adds a bit of light-hearted lunacy to a control room. Breaking the Fourth Wall : Johnny laughs at the audience after he jokingly unplugs the runway lights. Covert Pervert : Captain Oveur's wife Mrs. This movie knows exactly what it is and doesn't try to disguise that for even a single second, leaving it free to just go all out.

And he says that lots of times, you don't even run down court.

Rumack is introduced wearing a stethoscope for no reason, first shown right after he's asked if he's a doctor. Mirror Routine : A blink-and-you'll-miss-it gag has Rex Kramer dressing in front of a mirror. Oveur likes to read "Modern Sperm" and hits on young boys while his wife is cheating with a horse ; sexual deviancy may be the one thing they have in common.

Stock Sound Effects : Castle Thunder is used when lightning flashes. Ellen's name is changed to Elaine , and not being the estranged wife of Ted in this adaptation, uses the maiden name Dickinson. Airplane Airplane Airplane girl s Blatant Lies : Dr. The second time, her mother actually notices and frantically goes to her daughter's aid.

While Ted is a pilot, his only experience is with single-engine fighter planes, which handle very differently from the passenger airliner he's asked to fly in the movie. It turns out to be Johnny messing with the equipment. Hammen" echoing in her head: "Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home.

Another one will be along in thirty seconds. I thought about Stephen Stucker, because I realized, that a lot of what I was doing came from him. Fun with Subtitles : The scene with the two jive dudes helpfully "translates" their conversation into English: Jive Dude: I say hey, sky — subba say I wan' see — pray to J I did the same-ol', same-ol'! His comments are polarizing, his histrionics at times, disturbing. Bestiality Is Depraved : When her husband is away at work, she's having an affair with a horse.

Parodied viciously as he runs over a bicyclist and passes everything from traffic accidents to raiding Indians on horseback , with only his terrified passenger reacting to what's notionally going on. Bookends : As with all other aviation disaster films, the movie begins with a plane taking off at an airport and ends with the plane crash landing at an airport. Ethel Merman , in her final film role no less, plays a male lieutenant who's shell-shocked into thinking he's Ethel Merman.

Left the Background Music On : Ted has a flashback to his time in the Air Force when he used to hang out in a seedy bar. And possibly humping her. Hammen was meant to have an additional short hysterical scene, in which she mistakenly thinks Jack has died. There's brief nudity breasts , lots of sexual innuendo, and sexual sight gags, including a romantic interlude between a stewardess and an inflatable pilot, and scenes in which a pedophile comes on to a young boy.

Girl Scouts Played By:. David Zucker has said that the basic concept of the movie was "a comedy without comedians," so they cast two non-stars in the lead roles it was ex-model Julie Hagerty's film debut, while Robert Hays was best known as the handsome love interest on the Sitcom Angie , and gave supporting roles to actors famous for playing serious, tough-guy characters: Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Peter Graves, and, believe it or not, Leslie Nielsen, who at the time was considered the handsome, leading man prototype.

Rumack: I am serious. Ted Striker: Listen to me, Kramer.