Eating on planes after arrival (the airplane show)

S04E12 The AirportliveDec 2, 1992, 4:11 PM ET7 days later4 posts by 4 posters
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Thread discusses apparent editing inconsistency in The Airport episode where meal service occurs after landing rather than during the flight, though viewers still enjoyed the episode.

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Jon Conrad

By the way, I'm surprised nobody mentioned this before, but it seemed crystal clear to me that the scenes had been re-ordered in the editing room. Maybe to accommodate the midshow break, maybe to put the funniest sequence later in the show, who knows?

The thing is: they didn't start serving the meal until *after* they started shuttling between NY airports -- in other words, after they should have landed! Now, in a flight from St. Louis to NYC, the logical time to serve dinner would be in the 2-hour span between the cities, right?

It certainly didn't wreck my enjoyment of a very funny show, but I did find it distracting for a moment.

Jon Alan Conrad

Andy LowryJon Conrad

I was also mildly bothered by that... but it was a hilarious episode, and I'm happy to report that the world has two new Seinfeld fans because of it: my parents, visiting for Thanksgiving, were cracking up! They had never heard of the show before (eek!). And did I ever feel cosmicly connected with the show when my wife and I took the uncomfortable sofa bed!

Andy Lowry, [email], (914) 784-7925 IBM Research, P.O. Box 704, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598

It's possible that the flight was rescheduled for La Guardia just after they took off, and then sent back to JFK before they even made it to the NY area.

Ken HardyAndy Lowry

In article [email] (Andy Lowry) writes: +and I'm happy to report that the world has two new Seinfeld fans +because of it: my parents, visiting for Thanksgiving, were cracking +up! They had never heard of the show before (eek!). And did I ever

Too bad they were not there to share the M. episode with you. ;->

Ken Hardy [email] ([address])