Connections

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Clip shown during In Memoriam segment (Helen Hayes)

Clip shown during In Memoriam segment (Ross Hunter)

Mentioned by Carol in the audience Q&A.

The title is visible on a marquee.

The airport PA announcer references the fictitious Trans Global Airlines, which was also the name of the airline in 1970's Airport, also a Universal Production.

Johnny Carson mentions the earlier movie in the Airport franchise

When Jim is returning to LA Airport he goes to a phone booth and the airport PA announces instructions for arriving passengers from Newark to go to Trans Global passenger service counter. Trans Global was the airline featured in Airport (1970) starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin.

Parodied in the "Disaster '76" movie.

A parody of the emergency landing is done with runway lights and foam on the road.

spoofed in "The Towering Poseidon Quake Port Hinden Jaws Follies '78"