Other mistake: When Johnny reads in the folded newspaper, 'There's a sale at Penny's!', the viewer can read the headlines right way up - which means, from his side, he is holding the paper upside down.
Airplane (1980)
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Directed by: Jim Abrahams
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Julie Hagerty, Peter Graves, Robert Hays, Lorna Patterson
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Suggested correction: It's a reasonable bet that this was done deliberately as a sight gag. Throughout the movie, Johnny is portrayed as being somewhat 'special'.
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