Stewardess School

Plot synopsis:
Philo and George are about to land a plane, only for Philo to accidentally knock out his contact lenses and Philo cannot see the controls, causing the plane to malfunction and crash into a skyscraper. The destruction is then revealed to be a simulator and the duo was taking an exam in pilot school, causing the two to be attrited for unsatisfactory performance. Unemployed and out of options, the duo enrolls in Weidermeyer Academy, one of the top stewardess schools in the country. George and Philo get put in a group full of misfits, to include a lady wrestler whose fiancee got cold feet, a frumpy overweight girl, a nymphomaniac whose probation officer arranged for her to enroll in Weidermeyer as part of a work release program, and a woman with astigmatism who recently got fired from an orchestra (believing she is doomed to fail). The group has standard classes about emergencies, etiquette and antiterrorism, which they work through. Also as part of a test is a full-size replica of an airplane with people to wait on, and some difficult people are selected such as a surly ex-NFL player who refuses George's orders not to smoke. The group starts to gel together, with George learning to start applying himself to a career and Philo finding common ground with the "jinx girl" due to his similar eye problems.
However, by happenstance, the group gains the ire of the school dean, a matronly martinet who believes all stewardesses to be attractive "flying waitresses", not tough, nerdy, chubby, promiscuous, and certainly not stewards like George and Philo. As she fails to wash them out, she resorts to her secondary plan as she is responsible for jobs. When everyone graduates, stewardesses are given jobs with reputable airlines such as Delta, Pan Am, or TWA, and the entire group has been detailed to Stromboli Air. The group is introduced to their owner, Mr. Stromboli, a kindly immigrant whose airline is on the verge of Chapter 11 unless his final flight can prove reputable. The group agrees to work together to make it a profitable flight. Still not content, the school dean has gotten herself assigned to be purser, saying she will oversee them and if Stromboli goes bankrupt, they are doomed to unemployment. The flight is a mixture of ordinary businessmen and a blind people's convention, which starts to run into trouble when an unexpected rain squall hits and a "mad bomber" (in an ironic sense) calmly and quietly sets his plan into motion, drugging the drink of the man sitting next to him with a powerful hallucinogenic, then taking advantage of the turmoil to sneak a gas pellet into the captain's cabin to knock out the pilot, then to the cargo hold to place his bomb, then jumping out into the sky.

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Review:
Good 80's film..
This is another film that is not as bad as it's rating.
Yes it is a comedy that gets most of it's laughs from sex jokes but that is definitly nothing new.
The acting in the movie was okay for some but of course it does not take much acting in these films.
It was really a naughty film and does show nudity.
Makes me wonder why the guys who watch this film are complaining.
Were they expecting an intellectual piece when they rented this film.
It is not the best movie of all times but for a few good laughs see if you can find this film and watch it sometime..
A Classic USA's Up All Night Film!!!.
This is a must see if you watch USA's Up All Night with Gilbert Godfried & Rhonda.
Simply put, it's a corn-ball movie with sex as a major theme.
However, this movie contains one of the funniest scenes ever.
Wendy Jo Sperber finds a a bomb on the plane.
You have to remember that a great many of the movies from the 80's were designed for people who were either too stoned to pay much attention, or too busy working to spend a lot of energy on plots.
This movie is entertaining, not because of the plot which is stupid, or the acting, which is mediocre at best, but because of the array of characters.
These characters behave as we expect and the one-line jokes hit more than miss.
Watching this movie is a great way to waste a couple of hours..
Campy slapstick spoof with many familiar faces living it up while majoring courses in stewardess school (Does such a school really exist?).
Although cheesy, it's become somewhat of a cult classic.Kind of hard to find in video rental stores today but airs frequently on cable TV's Comedy Central station.
Most notable for one of Donny Most's rare appearances outside of 'Happy Days'..
I laughed the whole time!.
If you want to watch a movie with no point but hilarious lines rent this.
I actually liked even the plot.
The characters are hilarious and there are some lines that you will never, ever forget!
Rent this today!
Even think about buying it!.
Pack your bags, you're going on a laugh filled trip.
How funny is this movie.
Bloody funny.
Much the way Moving Violations started, showing individually how some of the unlucky group ended up back in traffic school with their blunders, we see the unlucky few here making a change of vocation, where their last one ended with disastrous results.
One female wrestler, throws her opponent mistakenly on to her small nerd of a boyfriend sitting front of crowd, next to an obese woman with a raucous laugh, which is one hoot itself.
A rich family send their unmannerly daughter to this Stewardess School, where the father gets her biker boyfriend this new spit shine bike.
He's entrance into the Stewardess School is a classic.
Her "I'll miss you" to him, ends with him belching, then pulling a donut, before shooting off back down the hallway and steps on his new prized possession.
There are so many cheap laughs in this infectious b comedy.
The plot here has anyone joining and put through a rigorous ten week program, where at the end they're demoted to the worst airline, Trimboli airlines, where they're ulterior motives at hand here.
On this airline, there so happens to be an undercover officer, surveying this show, and when revealed right at the end, you'll be engaged in hearty chuckles.
Most is so funny too, like at the start where he lets one go in an elevator, a one liner prompting this, or like when he asks a couple of girls if they wanna play hide the salami, or when he mistakes a girl's smile off campus, as an invitation, where Mr better looking approaches, and we can't forget his chesshire cat grin when he mistakes the showers as communal ones, where our naked Sandrahl Bergman (Murphy's Law) literally tosses him out.
And like all these type movies, our students beat obstacles, and come out good.
Judy Landers, almost resembling a particular scene in Doin Time, is great if you're overweight and require a physical.
See how she causes the director of the school to mispronounce his lines.
So many funny moments, so many funny mentions, this is a truly overlooked b comedy, that runs consistently, all the way through.
The movie is called "Stewardess School", although stewardesses are by definition female, and there are men at the school too, some of whom are main characters.
That does not inspire confidence.I guess it's another in the line of movies about a group of wacky misfits trying to make it through training to become...
Think of "Stripes", "Police Academy", "Young Doctors in Love", "STITCHES".You might not have heard of the last two, and there's a reason for that: the're garbage, like this one is."Stewardess School" seems to have not that bad a budget, but it just doesn't work.
It's not funny in the least, most of its attempts at humour being more confusing than anything else."Stripes" worked because it had talent like Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy, Judge Reinhold, John Larroquette, Warren Oates.
Even "Police Academy" managed some memorable characters.
"Stewardess School" has...
"Stewardess School" has...
A spoilt rich girl who is slumming it as a biker punk girl...
but after the movie introduces her, in a bizarrely out-of-place scene, it forgets about her for about another hour or so, leaving you thinking, "what was the point of that scene with the rich biker punk girl?" Why introduce her, and then do nothing with her?These problems could have been solved with some basic screenplay maintenance.
Maybe trim the endless list of forgettable characters.
They could have combined two or three of these character traits into one character and made the whole thing a little easier to follow.What it is, is a mess.
An endless mess.
A mess so bad I had to start writing this review to distract me from the movie's final act, which is obviously supposed to be the point where all the wacky characters' crazy traits actually come in handy and save the day.The movie does have a few people in it you might recognize.
And Earl Boen, whose name you may not know, but you've definitely seen him in at least one - probably two - of the "Terminator" movies.
And lastly, Don Most, providing a great indication as to why his post-"Happy Days" career went absolutely nowhere.While writing, planning, filming, editing and marketing this movie, did anybody stop to ask the question: do they even HAVE schools for stewardesses, anyway?
Do you really need to go to "school" to get that job?
At least "Stripes" and "Police Academy" were send ups of organizations that actually exist..
Assorted misfits train to become flight attendants at a special college and get up to mischief while living on campus in this curious attempt to cross 'Animal House' with 'Airplane!' and 'Police Academy'.
Long unavailable on DVD, the film does not have the most positive of reputations, but it does have a small cult following and it easy to see why.
The gags that misfire are absolutely groan-inducing (flatulence in an elevator; a zillion pratfalls), but the ones that work are highly memorable - the best of which being the way one very innovative stewardess 'relieves' a stressed-out claustrophobic passenger.
Another memorable part involves a prank on the female change rooms gone awry.
Juvenile as some of the gags are (a literal salami to hide), the chief pitfall of the film is the lack of well developed characters.
The two main male characters do not have much in the way of charm and charisma, while the female characters are barely defined beyond what they were before becoming stewardesses: spoiled rich kid, prostitute, etc.
The fact that there are no big name stars in the cast has probably also contributed to the film's descent into obscurity (though Wendie Jo Sperber is great as always).
This is, however, a far more decent film than one might expect with some positive and affirming messages about the ability of outcasts and those in the periphery to band together and succeed as a team.
It would be an overstatement to describe 'Stewardess School' as an inspirational film, but it is an offbeat testament to the power of teamwork at the very least..
bad 80s sex comedy.
Philo Henderson (Brett Cullen) can barely see without his contacts or glasses.
He and best friend George Bunkle (Don Most) fail out of flight school.
George gets them into stewardess school's four week course.
Cindy Adams (Corinne Bohrer)'s rich parents bribe her biker boyfriend Snake to send her back to school.
Kelly Johnson (Mary Cadorette) is jinxed and caused chaos as a concert drummer.
Wanda Polanski (Sandahl Bergman) quits wrestling for a chance at love.
Former hooker Sugar Dubois (Judy Landers) is on probation.
Jolean Winters (Wendie Jo Sperber) is weight-conscious.Brett Cullen is not good enough to be the comedic lead.
To make matters worst, Don Most is the comedic side-kick.
The actresses have some characters with comedic potential.
Who knows if the girls could have been better on their own.
I don't think they're sharp enough either.
A few of them have played opposite comedians and Wendie Jo has some skills.
This is a weak comedy with no laughs..
Campy 80's Comedy Classic.
I'm not going to try and pretend and be some professional reviewer.
If you love campy 80's flicks this is one for you!
The three most memorable scenes, the effeminate helping the old lady with her belt buckle, the ex prostitute relaxing the freaking out passenger lol.
Oh and one other when the chubby girl and ex prostitute go for their physicals.
This movie is so underrated and deserves more than three stars.
After 20 plus years it still makes me laugh and deserves a 10+.
I don't know how long my 23 year old VHS is going to hold out!
This movie is right up there in my books with these other campy classics: One Crazy Summer, Cleo Leo,Gung Ho,Short Circuit,Mannequin(hollllllywooood),My Mom's a Were Wolf, The Munchies, Baghdad cafe and so many more..
Horrible.
I saw about 20 minutes of this on TV-the worst movie I have ever seen!Nothing funny, it's just trying to be another Airplane!1/10.
Soars like a turkey....
Judy Landers - Stewardess.No, her career hasn't finally upturned.
But it should have, thanks in no small part to "Stewardess School", which tries to be the "Police Academy" of airline training movies.I'll let that sink in for a minute.Ready?
Okay, let's go on.Not only does the bustier of the Landers sisters have a part in this fiasco, but so does Don "Donny" Most (Ralph Malph from "Happy Days"), Wendie Jo Sperber (Amy from "Bosom Buddies") and Mary Cadorette (Whatever-her-Name-Was from that "Three's Company" spinoff...you didn't know there was a "Three's Company" spinoff?
It even had Sherman Helmsley (George Jefferson from "The Jeffersons").
If not for the nudity, crudity and language, this could have been one of those movies NBC makes for sweeps week.
It had the talent (long, drawn-out throat clearing).If you've seen any "Police Academy", you've seen "Stewardess School".
And it ain't as funny, either.
You didn't think "Police Academy" was funny?
Then you may want to rent something a little funnier than this film.
Like, say, "Platoon"?One star.
No redeeming laughs.
No funny situations.
No wonder Mary Cadorette hasn't done more films.When are they going to learn you don't do these films without Leslie Nielsen?.
Sherman Hemsley, RIP.
I nearly laughed myself to death watching "Stewardess School".
True, it's basically an "Animal House" knock-off, but it is SO HILARIOUS!
Don Most basically reprises his role as "Happy Days" goof-off Ralph Malph.
This time, he and his hapless friend (Brett Cullen) train to became flight attendants (I don't think that anyone says stewardess anymore).
The training consists of pranks and partying, with some scenes looking lifted from "Porky's".
But without a doubt the best scene occurs on the plane.
When a man starts losing control of himself, sexy babe Sugar Dubois (Judy Landers) figures out how to calm him down using a method that any guy would give all his limbs for.It's just an enjoyably silly flick.
The only other cast members whom I recognized are Vito Scotti (who appeared on just about every TV in the 1960s), Wendie Jo Sperber (of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "1941") and the recently deceased Sherman Hemsley (best known for "The Jeffersons", which I've never seen).In conclusion, I really AM gonna take you on a sea cruise..
Avoid like the plague.
Simply put, one of the stupidest and least watchable movies I have ever had the displeasure to encounter.No redeeming value to it.None..
I unfortunately seen this film at 1am on free to air TV whilst at work, so I didn't have the opportunity to change channels.
The film is that bad that the local station placed it's community service announcements, instead of paid advertising in the commercial gaps!
Honestly, this movie is crap.
If you enjoy a bit of a tit flick (my workmates certainly did!), crude sexual references & stereotyping of the worst kind, this film is for you.
For me however, I did not see any redeeming features at all (although the community service announcements were informative) & considered the whole film a waste of time..
A bad copy of "Police Academy".
It's a bad copy of the great "Police Academy" series.
Two guys (included Don Most of "Happy Days"), go to a Stewardess School for fly and for know girls.
Like "P.A.", the team comes transferred in one small society in ruin.
They will be just save the company from the closing.Comparison with "Police Academy": The story is the same.
Only in that case draft of policemen who must save from the ruin their school.I council this film for who has seen the series of "Police Academy".FINAL VOTE: 4/5.
Lighten up people, it's a comedy!.
"Stewardess School" is one of those movies you THINK you've seen because of the overly familiar title but you haven't.
Much like the early "Airports" it's a spoof with a lot of former television actors you may have forgotten...but in this film they all give really good performances.
That's why the movie shows up all the time on comedy cable stations.
if you're not feeling like rushing right out and renting it, just wait, it'll be on a channel near you shortly.
It's fun, innocent and funny but unfortunately got stuck with a title that makes it seem like something it isn't..
Like the nice girl in high school with the bad rep: "Stewardess School" is worth getting to know better..
Without the help of Sherman Hemsley cast as a blind airline traveler in shades, STEWARDESS SCHOOL would have been much worse than a major overseas hijacking on board.
This is by far the closest thing to POLICE ACADEMY I've ever seen, and it shows itself among all other rip-offs in its class.
Bras and undies don't rescue a sour tasteless comedy!
Hard to put in words how bad this movie is.
I knew going in that any movie with Vito Scotti, Judy Landers, Sherman Hemsley and Donny Most was going to be a waste of my time.
I just happened to be in one of those late night moods that called for a waste-of-time movie.
The fact that I knew it was going to be a bad experience and I was still peed off afterward oughta tell you what a pile of refuse this thing is.
Just...frickin'....HORRIBLE.
And that freeze on Donny Most's mug at the very end is enough to gag you.
Those four "actors" should meet at the ATM, withdraw $20 each, buy the perpetual rights to this abomination and then burn every copy in existence..
I saw this film on HBO in the Bahamas in 1988, and my life was indelibly and profoundly changed as a result.
Sometimes a film just touches your heart.
Great art does that.
Stew School did that.Following my seeing this film..this masterpiece..my life took on new meaning.
Every day was like a gift.
Not a day in my life goes by that I don't think of this film.
Why it was not included in AFI's 100 movies of all time, I'll never understand.
Why, "Big chunks" did make AFI's 100 best movie quotes is beyond explanation.
Thank God I went to the Bahamas in 1988.
Thank God I got a horrible sunburn and had to stay inside watching TV.
Thank the lord the hotel had HBO.
And I shudder to even think how empty my life would have been had Stew School not been on HBOs lineup in February of 1988..
Small Bits and Pieces of Humor Here and There.
After being kicked out of pilot training, two young men named "Philo Henderson" (Brett Cullen) and "George Bunkle" (Don Most) decide to try their luck at a local stewardess school in the hope of meeting some attractive young ladies.
What they don't count on is that this particular school has lowered its standards to such a degree that all of their fellow students are predominantly losers as well.
And this creates all kinds of problems for everyone trying to graduate.
Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this specific movie was essentially a recycled version of "Police Academy" with a few minor tweaks added in order to portray a slightly different setting.
There isn't anything really new or original here.
Yet having said all of that there are still small bits and pieces of humor here and there that might entertain a viewer on a rainy day.
If nothing else it has a few attractive actresses like Mary Cadorette (as "Kelly Johnson"), Judy Landers ("Sugar Dubois") and Julia Montgomery ("Pimmy Polk") to brighten an otherwise lackluster film.