Peter Graves

Peter Graves is another one who was tailor made for Celebituary. There's the camp seventies / eighties thing. There's his name. And, of course, the whole Captain Over persona, an even more ironic name, eh?

So, looking at this picture here, it really does make you wonder...why do we laugh at Captain Over and "Jimmy," while we cringe at Michael Jackson and his young friend? I suppose it's as simple as fiction vs. fact -- or alleged fact. Either way, I'm just not sure a movie like Airplane gets made in this day and age, or certainly, if it does, I'm not sure it has the same mass appeal.

I am proud to say I saw Airplane in the theater and laughed my ass off. Can't remember who I went with, but it was great and I'm pretty sure I went back. This was a PG movie before there was such a thing as PG-13 -- it was probably one of the reasons PG-13 came to be.

So, anyhow, Peter Graves. I really think it begins and ends with Airplane. Why really bother ourselves with anything else? To that point, I am going to break my own rule and add a video to this post.

So, without further ado, I give you the original Airplane Trailer. There was something much better a couple days ago. 10 minutes of nothing but Captain Over. But I guess it got pulled.

Original Airplane Trailer