Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)'s activity

For me, Airplane II:The Sequel is on par with the original. It's not as groundbreaking, but it packs in more jokes (whether they all fly is up to you) and has fewer of the kind that annoyed me in the first one (it's less racist, for example). And for genre fans, this is the one that spoofs various science fiction movies of the era, sporting the Battlestar Galactica theme for some reason, but hitting Star Wars, E.T. 2001, and Star Trek along the way. In fact, I thought William Shatner was in this more, but his bits are pretty great. He joins Bridges and Graves as the great deadpan comedians to have graced these movies with their talents. We see a lot of characters return from the original either at Robert Hays' trial, or in the main plot, which has Ted and Elaine once again have to save a plane from disaster, except this time it was headed to the Moon. Audiences at the time probably enjoyed the repeated gags (there would have been two years between their experiences), but watched back to back, there's a staleness there. But enough new material not to feel too repetitive, at least until the curtain call that plays like the movie's greatest hits.