David Letterman isn't an actor, but that didn't stop his agent from forcing him to audition for Airplane! In a new book, Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True History of Airplane!, by David Zucker, ...

At the age of 80, filmmaker Jim Abrahams has sadly passed away. If you don't know his name, you certainly know his movies, because he's the comedic mastermind behind movies such as Airplane!, The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David Letterman relives his horrible “Airplane!” audition in the new oral history book, “Surely You Can’t Be Serious: The True ...

And the number one reason Why David Letterman Didn’t Get Cast in Airplane!: he was awful! The titan of late night, top ten lists and “retirement” beards, Letterman once unsuccessfully auditioned for ...

Airplane!, the beloved parody of disaster movies, is basically a perfect movie. But what if instead of starring Robert Hays as the pilot with a fear of flying, it starred a pre-late night host David ...

David Letterman performed a disastrous screen test for the lead role of Ted Striker in the 1980 comedy Airplane! before directors concluded he could not act. If you sleep in this 1 position, doctors ...

We reveal that David Letterman once auditioned for the movie Airplane and can’t stop laughing. Pork recall in 8 states as highest warning issued College football rankings: AP Top 25 teams moving up, ...

David Letterman relives his horrible “Airplane!” audition in the new oral history book, “Surely You Can’t Be Serious: The True History of Airplane!,” an excerpt from which was published on ...