Don't get me wrong. I thought this was hilarious the first time I saw it. It is full of wonderful sight gags. It has Kareem chewing out the little boy. It has the folk singer almost killing the little girl and Beaver's mother saying, "Excuse me, I speak jive. These are really funny. What has happened to it happens to many topical comedies. A large portion of the movie has began to fade because of its topicality. What do todays audiences know about the pervasiveness of the Hare Krishna people? They fill up a significant part of the screen. Still, there's enough here to make up for this. The business in the cockpit. Pilots being carried out in full view of the passengers. Men with machine wrenches waiting to hit a hysterical woman. Of course, there's "And don't call me Shirley!" See it, but realize that many of the jokes are stuck in the past through no fault of the film.
