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'Airplane!' duo to unveil new Wisconsin tourism ad today

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday, March 18, 2013 - 6:18 a.m.

MADISON—The director and star of the 1980 comedy hit “Airplane!” are flying in to Wisconsin again.
David Zucker and Robert Hays will be in Madison on Monday to unveil a new TV spot promoting the state as a tourism destination. Their appearance coincides with a statewide conference on tourism.
Zucker directed the commercial last summer on Plum Lake in Sayner. Hays, best known as the pilot from the film hit, plays a befuddled fisherman in the ad.

It’s due to begin running in May in Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, eastern Iowa and Milwaukee.
Gov. Scott Walker and state lawmakers will take part in the three-day tourism conference.

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BostonBill
Mar 18, 2013 at 9:19 p.m.
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janesvillean, don't fret. The GOP just realized today that they are totally out of touch. They will now scramble to find new lies.

nocheapthrill
Mar 18, 2013 at 9:10 p.m.
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I'm 33 and I get the reference.

janesvillean
Mar 18, 2013 at 7:45 p.m.
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Given Zucker's recent history as a GOP shill, one does wonder what the content of these ads will be.

partarican1
Mar 18, 2013 at 11:22 a.m.
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Shirley, no one under 45 will understand the reference...

packattack
Mar 18, 2013 at 11:07 a.m.
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dtb: attack my opinion as a rant? that's ok I will refer to your post as your opinion. I'm sure your mother is proud of you also. I hope you have the pleasure of her company as my mother died in 1976 at the tender age of 44 due to cancer. I'm 61 and there's no way you could have ever walked in my shoes then or now.

garyprimer
Mar 18, 2013 at 10:42 a.m.
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Scott Walker as Ted Striker.

ignoranceisbliss
Mar 18, 2013 at 10:03 a.m.
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"It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now."

Eviller
Mar 18, 2013 at 9:33 a.m.
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Wasn't someone over Under and someone else under Dunn....?

dropdead
Mar 18, 2013 at 8:04 a.m.
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i'm NOT kidding and don't call me shirley! whats our vector victor? do we have clearance clarence? Roger, roger! (classic!)

BostonBill
Mar 18, 2013 at 7:12 a.m.
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Shirley you're kidding.

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