POP GUN: The Cult Classic TOP GUN Spoof Made by Real F-14 Crews
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This episode features the cult classic "Pop Gun," a satire of "Top Gun" produced by the pilots and RIOs of VF-32 in 1987-88. - Zábava
Everyone twirling their pens is hysterical.
And that one guy with his toes! LMAO!!!
Yeah that part was funny as hell.
It would have been even better if they had an Asian American pilot who couldn't twirl his pencil!
The guy twirling a whiteboard marker had me laughing.
Right? 😜😂
Completely ridiculous! But that's what makes it so funny.
I've seen a film made by B-52 crews who were sitting on Alert. It showed 2nd LT through Lt.Colonel sitting on a bench. The Full Bird walks by and his papers from a folder he's holding fall out onto the floor. The Colonel looks down at them. Then looks at the Lt.Colonel sitting on the bench. He turns and looks at the Major. The Major turns and looks at the Captain. Who turns and looks at the 1st Lt. Who turns and looks at the 2nd Lt. He turns and looks and sees no one. Shakes his head, gets up and picks up the Colonel's papers off the floor.
It was called. The Chain of Command.
Lol nice.
🤣
It had to be after they got rid of the tail gunner. He was enlisted.
That's awesome! I'll try to find it
As an former Marine aircraft mech and current A&P, watching Nimrod kick FOD and tools into the tie-downs made me cringe a bit.
Seeing him actually toss the orange down the intake, darn near put me in cardiac arrest.
Fantastic job though! Loved it. Actually better than some full production 80's movies.
@Avi Tech, Yes , that orange getting tossed into the intake and kicking the tools and loose parts into the pad-eyes during a FOD walk, was classic!!! I was a Marine working on Helo's !!!! 6142... MCAS ElToro.... '82-86.... Semper Fi Brother!!!
It was horrifying and not funny. One night chasing a tool till sun up will cure you.
Actually it bothered me too, I almost needed to see them take it out before I carried on.
Aw man, the FOD walk down kicking debris into the padeyes and the orange in the intake were the funniest parts.
I'm surprised they even allowed them to throw an orange in that intake. Even for fun...
CDR: "You think you're the best pilot?" NIMROD: "Probably not, Sir." Awesome.
"Are you the best pilot?"
"Probably not Sir."
I'm dying over here! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
We appreciate your honestly.
Want to report to the infirmary?
The most realistic portrayal of playing volleyball for unit PT ever.
Yes, the 80's chief gut. Brings back memories.
I can finally relate with the dad bods!
Not gonna lie, it's been over 25 years since I was on a carrier and my blood pressure STILL went through the roof when I saw him kicking FOD in those pad eyes.
nothing like chipping dirt and crud out of anchor points on a hot day
Hehe, even forgotten tools.
OMG I was laughing hysterically at that part because it was so Outrageous. It was the funniest part of the movie for me.
That was pretty funny!
That was hard to watch!
"Nimrod" definitely had that Tom Cruise look! So sad to hear he passed at such a young age, especially before becoming an astronaut! Loved the ode to "Benny HIll" with the wigged DUDE!
Thank you for posting this! I lost my DVD and wasn't sure I'd get to see it again. My sisters and I appreciated the feature for our dad Nimrod :)
Thanks, Helen!
Was the guy that played nimrod really your dad?
@@pamelakelly3441 The last name doesn't give it away? :)
@@helenvongohren6597you’re pretty hot! If you wanna hang out sometime let me know 🥰 I always like my girls a little bit older
@@pamelakelly3441is your name a Tom Clancy “Without Remorse” reference?
This is my dad! Thanks for posting.
Hi, Lydia! Your dad's sense of humor and humbleness carried the day with this. He was a great man.
@@WardCarroll Thanks! My sisters and I love to hear about him.
Bringing people together like this and preserving memories is the pinnacle of CZcams. ❤️ From a stranger
Real Pilots
Terrible actors
LOL
Got it though
Lydia it's amazing you got to see this. If it won't cause any problems be sure to show it to the rest of your family. When I was a medic in the US ARMY, I got on the military television network several times. My kids did get to see a couple of them. I always wanted to get a copy of them, but when I would get home I always forgot to get the copies. I'm so sorry you lost him. But from my POV I think he would want you to show this to his family and friends.
“My father is still alive. He works at a hardware store” had me cracking up.
"Oh, Whatever."
This is incredible! They actually got a genuine MiG for this movie! I mean it was on a stick, but you can’t discount that. Take that MiG-28!
The fact you shot a drama scene in a trailer park made it the most realistic depiction of service life ever put to film.....
It's definitely not Point Loma.
And working on that Ford Capri. . . It's constant! ;-)
Yes!! 😂😂 I thought the same thing.
That was horribly written, poorly acted and almost too cringe worthy to watch. I loved it!
Exactly,I want more! POP GUN the sequel :)
Yep. You nailed it.
Yeah. If I hadn't watched the intro I would've thought it was a Marine unit.
I agree, Top Gun was horribly written and poorly acted!😁🤣
Like watching a train wreck, but you couldn't look away. Lol.
I LOVED the very practical special effects of the hand model MiG-29. Adorable.
And the hand propping it. LOL
The whole bicycle thing was brilliant. But the “scurvy and orange” scene is a work of genius. Maybe not everyone will get it, but that is hilariously wicked!
Ex F4 Crew Chief here. Inside, I was screaming, even louder than the intro, when he was kicking trash into the grounding points
Did anyone notice that the bicycle had a flat rear tire.
I evidently don't get the deeper joke, but the casual toss straight into the intake sent me into spirals of laughter
@@dickieadcockOMG 😂 I wasn't going to say it but YES!! the front one was low also😅😂
If you were attempting to download Top Gun: Maverick using a Fire Stick or other sketchy means and you came across this film, you have downloaded the right Top Gun movie.
Love it!
I just wasted 20 bucks at a theater, I should have just watched this. It's obviously the better movie.
Riding on a kids bike into Oceana with "mighty wings" in the background was hilarious!
I remember signs on the walls of our hangar in West Germany that said, "He lost a wrench. We lost an aircraft and crew." Jet engines will suck up almost anything, and helicopter's mechanical parts just add to the fun! We did a FOD walk one winter morning after six inches of snow, and one sergeant became the target of a snowball attack. He didn't have sense of humor about it.
One time at open ranks inspection a Master Sargent was walking up and down the ranks and giving out a line of ate-up military B.S. as he did so. A guy in the back ranks coughed out "Bull SH" Sargent says, "Who was that? Identify yourself immediately!" Guy in back says, "I'm not stupid."
@@rael5469 lmaoo
The flight in the block came into ours one night after lights out...
They aimed snowballs at every one of us.
They ran off laughing as we climbed out of our pits , brushing snow from our beds.
We were all mad at them but I held everyone back.
The seven P's.
Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents a Piss Poor Performance...
We cleaned up and smoked a couple of cigarettes and we quietly left the block.
With the temperature well below freezing we crushed the snow into solid balls of ice..
Using our towels to carry about 20 balls of ice each, I led them through the dark and we surrounded them.
The signal was me launching the first Ground Defence Missile , then it was ' Fire At Will'😅😂.
We put every window in and carried on firing until went Winchester...
Dodging between barracks and huts as fast as we could, we hit our block in fits of laughter.
The raid had been a complete success and we came away without sustaining any injuries.
It was about 02:00 now on a freezing Saturday morning.
There would be no chance of repairs until Monday 😂😅😂
Of course everyone was questioned about the damage and who had caused it.
The guys in the air cooled block knew it was us , but as it was then that started it , they had to act dumb 😮 😅😂
We were doing our trade training at an RAF base over the hardest winter in 50 year's.....
Pillows × 1
Sheets white Single × 2
Threadbare Standard Issue Blanket × 2 .
That was it for a couple of wicked nights to be without warmth....
That was the Winter of 77..
Great Times...
As a veteran Air Force bomb loader, and fan of the OG Top Gun, I loved this!! From the FOD walks to the cheesy production values, and typical fighter pilot cringe worthy dialog, this was epic. Thanks to you Ward and your fellow pilots, and my condolences to everyone who got to know John. I feel he would appreciate knowing that his part in this project will live on.
I was thinking that might have made him happy.
Guy I went to high school with, Brian Great student was going to be a cop.
Last lap of the physical, boom heart attack. He asked why he was sleepy.
Also his daughters got to see it!
“Pop gun: Nimrod” will be the most anticipated film of the century
Yaaasss!
@@WardCarroll we need it now
Normally, only the WORST things happen in the service when people have too much time on their hands, but this is a classic. I'm surprised I'd never even heard of this before now
Not so, cause after we had to respond to the Challenger disaster at Patrick AFB, a few of us made " Mr Bill Goes To Space" based on the Saturday Night Live charachter, and he gets blown up six ways from Sunday, Spot gets fried at the launch, and Mr Sluggo has to hit the self destruct....leading to more black humor. I have the last VHS copy of the endeavor from 1986. Nothing wrong with satire....the whole miltary is a joke these days, so why not?
Now I know why our PD was "a vast pool of untapped creativity"**. The majority were ex-military who had too much free time in (insert favorite branch) to plot pranks and other shenanigans. **an original LuvBC quote
@@drewpooters62
NASA's mistake was giving names to their space shuttles.
@@dahawk8574 Well, it sure beat, " Cost Overrun", " Spare Parts", and " Lowest Bidder" fir names, right?
I probably should have explained to those who aren't familiar with the Farm Animal joke.
You're not supposed to name them, because you get too attached.
When you know what's going to happen to them.
@@drewpooters62
Yeah, the shovel loads of cash that got put into the Shuttle Program was obscene. And Elon Musk has severely embarrassed NASA to show what you can do with a space program that has actual incentive to improve the way things are done.
That said,
The Space Shuttle was outrageously spectacular for what it did, when it did it. And a strong argument can be made for justifying the cost, with it's main goal in its last decade of building the ISS, in that while the science that has come out of ISS can in no way justify the Billions of $, just the overhead example of nations working together in cooperation instead of being poised to blow up the planet has an intangible value that cannot be put into dollars and cents.
Others try to justify the cost of shuttle because of other missions like Hubble Deploy and Hubble Repair, but they ignore that it would have been MUCH cheaper to just launch replacements, like the NRO does, rather than going back up to fix it.
Your effort at Patrick must have been brutal.
The design decision to not give them any means of escape was unconscionable.
No one was ever held accountable for that.
PERFECT! I spent 8 years in the submarine force and thought we had the craziest people around. Looks like the airdales may have given us a run for the money back in the day.
My eyes!
I can't unsee this.
The booger joke,
Tone deaf singing,
The Motorbike for a small girls bike,
The Over acting,
The failed cover songs,
The negligent discharge...
Can't wait for the sequel Plop Gun II
Brilliantly inconsistent.
Loved it.
" have an orange, you don't want to get scurvy..." might be the best line. Among my many "WTF" moments as a military officer was having a soldier who got scurvy because all he ate was chicken nuggets and microwave pizza for 6 months straight. Trying to explain to the CO that he wasn't a pirate was interesting to say the least. This is how hollywood callsigns are born.
"ScurvMeister" "ScurvMatey" The results of being a Not C.
The movie starts with FOD walkdown, just like every day. Nailed it!
Not a single nail was picked up that day.
This is gold 😂😂😂 genuinely funny and self-deprecating humor. Highlights for me...the ever-increasing size of FOD he kicks into the padeyes, 'my dad's still alive and works in a hardware store' and 'I write a book report for extra credit'. Good job 😂
Ward, we now know why you built this channel. It wasn't to inform. It wasn't to educate. It was to build an audience for the best masterpiece ever recorded on film. Bravo Zulu!
Ahhh the 80’s.... anyone who says it wasn’t better.... wasn’t there. 😝
Ill second that!!!
@@wheels-n-tires1846 The 80's was the best decade of my life. I was working as a civilian in ISR. The Army treated me great because their was no housing in the civilian economy so I was put in the BOQ. I knew every bugle call from revellile to la rapelle before taps. Also all the flights I had to make SPACE A because where I was there was only one plane (civilian) in the morning and another outbound in the evening plus being put up in the BOQ, and an officers club card under my door one morning. The most important thing I learned was if I was TDY on ITO to a Naval Base, eat in the BOQ, if it was an AFB, find the NCO club to eat in, and if it was an Army Garrison, find the closest McDonald's.
The commendations and medal I was given was worth more than all the money in the world, but the coolest thing was the letter of commendation that was sent by the Agency's Director to my parents rather than to me commending me on my work ethic, patriotism, etc. Framed in solid walnut and blue cutout border within a gold plated glass holder at government expense. Hangs in my private office now, where no one can see it.
Tell me about it 😀
Those 80's porno mustaches... style.
The card catalog... talk about throwback... Dr Seuss approved.
When he threw the orange into the intake, it struck every nerve in this maintainers body. Thoroughly hilarious Ward 🤣
That and the excellent fod walk in the beginning......
@@bigd6709 For real! Ha HA!
Yeah me too!
Dammit...now I have to watch it AGAIN.
I'm not happy with you.
That upset me, too. And having been an Aircrewman, it is comforting to know that you guys in Maintenance cared about the aircraft as much as we did. I remember too well participating in searches for a lost tool. And there were a lot of places to look in a big aircraft like the P-3.
When I was an F-15 Crew Chief at the USAF Fighter Weapons School at Nellis AFB in Vegas in the early 1980s, we would host a a half dozen F-14s for a week with each class we put through. We did our morning FOD Walk, and the Squids would walk behind us, elbow to elbow, practically nose to the ground picking up every last kernel of desert sand that we invariably missed. Then they would bring a gallon-sized Ziploc bag into our break room and rub our faces in it. Tomcat intakes are much lower to the ground than soaring Eagle intakes, so our jets didn't suck nearly as much. Watching the FOD Walk on this flick, then seeing the orange get fed to the Tomcat had me rolling.
This is so freaking good... The FOD kicking, the bicycle, everyone spinning the pencils... The practical effect on the MiG!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting!!
This... is... beautiful! I wish the military did more spoof movies of itself. Like actually have the troops write out the scripts and act it out.
No Time for Sergeants
12 days of Christmas by the JFK crew
Perfect blend of realism and Bullshittery. 11/10 stars!
Housing and car ranks high on reality scale
LOL What's up Bryant?
9:00 everyone twirling their pens being too cool for school got me in stitches
The Best Part Was Dragging His Parachute...Thanks Ward...Stay Safe...God Bless OUR Service Members and Veterans...
The boys in W/C 130 must have been grinding their teeth!
I busted out laughing in the beginning when he was kicking Stuff into the grounding points on the flight line.
I was in the AIr National Guard and that reminded me of when we’d do FOD walks first thing in the morning and there would be a row of us just slow walking talking drinking coffee like we were out for a morning stroll. Funny video Ward
SPOOF?? Was "This is Spinal Tap" a spoof?? Was "Airplane" a spoof?? Was "Blazing Saddles" a spoof?? Well...OK, they were...you got me! Seriously, I enjoyed "Popgun"! The bike riding on the flightline was especially funny! A High Five and "Good Job" to all involved! I've seen more than a few DIY productions and this rates up there with the good ones. (Should send this to Tom Cruise and Tony Scott! RIP John Von Gohren. Thasnks for posting this, Mooch!
I saw Spinal Tap live at the Albert Hall. I think they were real, but then again I was a bit drunk.
Gonna be a little difficult to get Tony Scott's eyes on this...
RIP Tony Scott too. We still got big brother Ridley. Maybe an Alien/Top Gun cross over spoof?
Everyday was a STRIPES movie in the USArmy when I was in - "Aaaaarmy training, Saaaaar!" But, we didn't get cool toys like the Combat Winnebego...
US Military Film Classics: Tough Sledding, Man From LOX, and then there was Pop Gun!
I noticed this statement was missing from your video: No F-14s were injured in the filming of this movie, only the JOs were slightly abused.
Great Job. Good times! Thanks for sharing.
I love man from LOX, there is an Air Force one about gun safety that makes the entire branch look like a bunch of mouth breathing retards.
I will have to find Tough Sledding.
As an old Viet Nam BB-62 gunners mate who did tons of hours at Plane Guard. Skyhawks, Cursaders, Corsairs, Intruders, and Phantoms, Ward, you captured it !!!
I loved the part about the Deck cleaner/ clearing of anything that planes might hit/ suck up. The people on board that walked those decks of US carriers. Can not say enough about how important that job was. Thank you for service. I went in Army in 75. Lots of are Drill Sergeant's That served in Vietnam. Boy when I got back home after Basic, my Army was NG. The guys that still had a year or two left. Because they went in Guard, to avoid the Draft.( Oblegy's) They were a Unhappy bunch. Very hard to work with. They just wanted out. My 6 years were fun on a tug boat ( ST) enjoy watching the LCM-8s
Smoke heavily, as they cruised along. One time a guy water skied behind a LCM. I could not believe it. Those were Fun years for me.
hahahahaha!!! Hinderburg! "Commander Snake. Call sign - SNAKE..." Classic.
This spoof is screaming the 80’s. I joined the AF in 85 so I picked up on the FOD portions of the film as well as other portions I don’t want to admit to.
Very cool, thanks for sharing
Yeah, especially that mumbly ASMR song by the end... ahem...
The intro with FOD had me rolling. Haven't laughed that hard in a couple years. 🤣
yeah I laughed when he swept all the FOD into the padeyes.
I love how you guys really went "wait we already have the F-14s, all we need are the cameras"
LOL. Great memories. Just so you know, Intruder drivers and BNs consider this one of the best documentaries about Tomcat crews ever made. And yes, I did have one of those mustaches in 1987-88. When the driver asks his RIO if he's got anything, I first thought he was asking about pilot-monkey food (BNs carried the snacks - not sure if the RIOs did), not contacts. Great movie!
I can't imagine the stuff that really goes on "behind the scenes" , either on base, or on a carrier. BUT, when it's "GO" time, there is no finer military in the world. THANK YOU to all who serve and have served for Your service and sacrifice. GOD Bless the U.S.A.
All that money on defence and still only the 2nd best navy in the world
@jjsmallpiece9234 what's the first?
The incessant use of "Danger Zone"... perfection.
20-year P-3 Aircrewman here. During one of my tours at Moffett Field, our O-in-C was transferring out, so the other Boot Chiefs and I made a movie very much like PopGun. We even had the P-3-on-a-stick! Sure wish somebody kept a copy of that. But this brings back so many memories. Even Nimrod walking through the hangar deck reminded me of those days. I can still smell the JP, the exhaust, the aroma of a brand-new nylon flight jacket right out of the plastic bag, (and the smell of the old one!). FOD Walkdowns immediately after Quarters. (Kicking the FOD into the padeyes cracked me up!) Ah, memories!
The F-14 is one of the most beautiful jets ever built. Wish they were still around. Just so sleek and powerful at the same time. Just an incredible plane.
They are still around. Iran is still operating theirs. They have Iranian radar and Iranian missiles which may or may not be as good as the originals, but they are still seen in the region occasionally.
Loved kicking the FOD into the pad eyes, the orange in the intake and the broken torque tube. Don’t want a bunch airframers pissed off having to do a flap/slat rig.
Well, they had more correct patches than the original.
and the planes. They actually had Mig-29.
True, true!
REALLY, and that's the best thing you could say about ...
Never mind.
That mig-29 was "stolen" from Chinese or was it that one? Or it could be one that was fallen and sunk, but still so good shape that it was possible to rescue and give hands of test pilots after fix. I think that plane still is somewhere like museum. Mig's were always interesting things (toys) for Americans and that's good.
North Korea took that one vessel at seventies or eighties and it's still on show and well keeped, looks like it is painted like every year :p
I don't remember what is that ship name. They are still proud as hell from catching it.
@@jannejohansson3383 I meant the model on a stick pretending to be an enemy fighter coming from behind through the canopy.
I literally laughed out loud when the pilot was kicking the FOD into the pad-eyes. Never worked on the Tomcats but I heard when you did have to work on them, wasn't fun. Very funny in a cady shack kind of way.
Further proof of the saying, "Fighter guys make movies. Attack guys make history!!" 🤣 But seriously, very entertaining! I wonder if the JOs today could even get permission to put something like this together.
Oh "Junior Officers", I had initially interpreted that differently. ;)
Back when you had to pass tapes around and dub copies. These kids don't know the struggle.
As a plane captain I'd be pissed! Who's gonna crawl into that intake, grab that orange and check the blades for cracks??? I'm 52 years old with arthritis all over the place!!! Just pull the engine it's a lot easier.
I was dying when he threw it.
P: Orange in inlet ruining thrust symmetry
S: Throw orange in other inlet😵💫
Love it when Nimrod was using the library card catalog and sitting on the little chair in the children’s’ room.
I _LOVE_ F-14s. In the 80s I lived off Gulf Beach near the end of Sherman and would lay out in my lounge chair in my front yard on Wednesdays and watch the Blue Angels and F-14s practice. I have seen an F-14 WALK back and forth, hit the burners, and shoot straight up. If I live to be 100, I will never forget it.
I'm laughing at kicking FOD into the padeyes during the walk. Motors are cheap and easy to replace!
“Maybe we’ll get the F110s.”
true story: after landing but prior to shut down f-4 rio left his box lunch on the glare shield, leaning against the canopy. pilot opened the canopy. box lunch fell & got sucked into #2 engine. almost all contents got blown through the compressor section except the can opener & empty juice can. fod damage. engine change.
Hahahahaha... that was funny
Pratt & Whitney: “Uh…. What the f*ck are you doing???
Can someone explain what FOD is an acronym for please?
"Yes. Well it started badly, it tailed off a little in the middle & the less said about the end the better! But apart from that, excellent!" 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just like PRT 1.5 mile runs……
START SLOW & TAPER OFF.
I literally just laughed for 20 minutes when I felt so sad from loss before that. Thank you! Thanks for all of you all and your service to our country. Condolences for the loss of your brother in wings. Thank you so much for putting a smile on my face today!
I knew exactly what I was in for when A PILOT goes along kicking FOD into the tie-down wells, bizarre.
My RIO (skeetz) and I went to Pop Gun, twice. We were voted most likely to wash out and most likely to call our mom, respectively. Skeetz wound up getting blasted into the canopy on our final day, twice. Crazy bastard loved it, all I could do to keep him in the cockpit. Great to see someone made a film about the pencil sharpener that was Pop Gun. Great memories.
I like the hand in the shot holding the aggressor F14 at 11:40
That was a Mig29 simulator the Navy paid a million dollars for. That’s 1986 dollars!
11:36 That high quality computer CG of bandit is just awesome. I wonder how you guys kept your face straight while making this. LOL
Loved it!!! I also love the Credits, especially the Swordsmen Extras; Zippy Pinhead! May John Rest In Peace; I'm sure he enjoyed every minute of making this fantastic spoof! I am a Submarine Service Veteran. I served from 5 July, 1990 to 5 July, 1996. I qualified Submarine Warfare on 10 November, 1993!
I laughed, I cried. It was the "feel good" hit of the season.~ Gene Siskel
Almost fell out of my chair with, "Arm cramp!"
Thanks Mooch!
Ryzard Zadow was a cutup in college, I'm happy to see he perfected his art. Well done, gentlemen!
Out of college at Embry Riddle in Daytona Beach, I got hired by GE Aerospace, where I worked on the CASS program. This is the Consolidated Automated Support System, which is a test/calibration station used on carriers to support NAVAIR. We were invited to tour the John F. Kennedy when she put into Jacksonville. I was fortunate enough to be part of that VIP tour. Amazing experience! Later I got to tour NAS Oceana. Great video!
The bicycle scene! 🤣and the repeated FOD jokes are fantastic.
He must’ve got a DUI!
Eight years in the Navy and I never realized that officers could have a sense of humor!
(Not true. I knew plenty that did)
I was a RIO in the Gypos sister squadron, the Tophatters, during the Libyan shootdown. Letterman used to do a bit where he would make funny captions for pictures. He showed a guy in the ocean wearing a swim mask and snorkel and said it was Gaddafi inspecting his Air Force. I remember Von.
I laughed my arse off. Brought back some really good memories. I was a Parachute Rigger with VF-151 on the Midway, seeing all those patches on the flight jackets brought tears to my eyes, remembering how much of a pain in the ass they were to sew on.
Great job
I've just seen a ghost! It's been 39 years since I last saw Rich "Water Buffalo" (his Aviation Officer Candidate School nickname, bestowed by our drill instructor GySgt Campos USMC) Zadow. I sure didn't expect to see him on this channel. I hope his acting chops have improved over the last 35 years. This is a great reminder of typical wardroom humor/ball busting.
Mark, is that you? This is Scott L. Wow!
@@scottl3789, If you’re Scott L. of VP-22, it is me, retired and living in easy circumstances in Racine, Wisconsin. Where are you, the last phone number I have for you is disconnected.
@@markyehlen243 We moved as well. We live near Smithfield, Va. Let me ask Kathy if she has your contact info.
Scott, check your LinkedIn messages.
@@markyehlen243 Check snail mail! LOL. I'll check LinkedIn
Loved the bicycle. I would’ve had Nimrod riding a motorcycle, but then have the camera pull back to reveal that the motorcycle was just on the back of a repair truck driving by the runway. ;)
I liked the half-flat rear tire on the bike and figure that it "fit" the character. ;)
The acclaim wasn't quite as widespread in the Chief Petty Officer community, which agreed that it might have been better named, "Flop Gun." While these officers were wasting time making this lemon, the Chiefs were, as usual, sitting in Chief's Quarters, quietly running the Navy and all its components. The only platter we want is one piled high with steak and lobster. And yes, we could make our own video; we even tried, but unfortunately we couldn't find enough Chiefs who were out of their racks right now. Signed; MCPO, USN (Ret.)
Anyone that ever was in the Navy knows the Chiefs were all sitting in the Chief's quarters telling Sea Stories and drinking coffee.
@@jimclark7125 Can't tell all our secrets, Jim. Our messcooks know the truth but are sworn to secrecy and well paid to keep their mouths shut..
@@jimclark7125 ...Navy coffee, which is 437 times stronger than civilian coffee, out of coffee mugs that never have been, nor ever will be, actually washed.
I love everyone spinning their pens in the hands! I feel like after Top Gun I’d see this everywhere.
Love that it started with a FOD walk. I've lost count of the miles that I have put on the flight line doing that.
Mooch, this might be one of the greatest things I've ever had the pleasure of viewing. The whole thing is truly genius.
totally agreed, someone needs to share this to Tom Cruise
Bicycle has flat tires ! Excellent - Opps , outstanding !
I was at Warrant Officer Flight Training in Ft Rucker Al when the original came out. One of the Commision officers in our Flight was a college media grad. He made a VHS of our training program, wish I had a copy of that now.
Hilarious and considerably more PG than the "half way" night skits on the submarine I served on. I very much enjoyed the interview of your father COL Carroll. My personal hero was my uncle who was a TBM Avenger pilot in WWII who later went to medical school and encouraged me to join the Navy.....great encouragement and the best decision I was ever to make after 23 years and becoming a "Mustang" from E1 to LT. I thoroughly enjoy all of your excellently made videos and like me, I am sure you miss "it" every day.
This should be a replacement for Top Gun 2.
With the comment about correct patches in the satire vs. the mistakes in the "real" TODGUN flic: Tom Cruise has on his flight suit the squadron patch for the E-2 Hawkeye RAG at Miramar which was RVAW-110. Great patch, so the movie art director stole it for "fighter pilot" Cruise. When 110 was disestablished, the East Coast RAG (training squadron), now VAW-120, adopted it. Back in the '80's, I was a student NFO in both RVAW-110and RVAW-120, and caught back seat rides at Miramar with the Aggressor squadron VF-126.
“ … I do a book report, for extra credit.” - 😂😂 I just blew my coffee all over the schnitter room door!
"Commander Snake, call sign Snake" very ZAZ, well done.
Omg! 17:15 the card catalog and the dewey decimal system. Flashbacks to college research assignments triggered my PTSD!
That card catalog got me, too.
To be a naval aviator and fly the F-14 during the 1980s must have been so fun! What a time that must have been. I wish I could have been part of that, but I was not born until 1992.
My brother did a spoof on Top Gun called Top Scum when he was a search and rescue pilot in Japan for the marines after graduating from Annapolis in 1980. It was on VHS and he played Maverick and had a reoccurring line “Butt me” (cigarette). They torched model planes on a wire for special effects and Turkey (Goose) was killed when he was trapped in a car and crushed by a plane taxiing on the runway. They used a plastic model car that was crushed by the wheel of the plane. 😂. It got passed around his Naval Academy pals so not sure where it ended up. Great cheesiness at its best (worst).
Love the part where he kicks FOD into a pad eye. You had to be part of NAVAIR to get some of the humor. Awesome movie, thanks.
kicking FOD into the pad eyes was classic.
As a flight mech I remember one FE who hated women in aviation. He always said that "When their feet touched the ground they were out of their element." What this film proves about "Zero's" is that when their feet touch the flight deck, they are completely out of their element. lol!
The fact that you got Blanche from the golden girls in the bar scene is amazing!!
When you see the real F-14 crew, you see the difference between real life and Hollywood.
I was a teenager back in 86. That movie really meant something to me. I love how "that all" is so much more accessible through the wonders of the internet.
Thanks for sharing!
As a Pensacola native, I appreciate this channel. My father worked ATC at PNS and NAS Pensacola. A majority of my youth was spent at the museum, golf course, racquetball courts and Barrancas Beach. My surroundings influenced my decision to pursue a career in the Marine Corps as a parachute rigger and air delivery specialist. Great times! Thanks for the awesome content, especially the humor.
Awesome, for me, the best Top Gun Version ever...i salute all fighter pilots and can't stop laughing....GREAT STUFF!!! Many Greetings from a retired german airforce F-4 Pilot...
Oh man. I laughed out loud through the entire thing. Good Job!
@4:00 - Danger Zone - Kicking tools off the "Flight Deck" to minimize risk. Love it!
This is simultaneously fantastic and yet almost impossible to watch. Great!
Absolutely hilarious!!! I enjoyed every minute. Thx for your service gents!! USMC here. Police call in beginning was spot on! 😆 And when he said, just give me the chance and nimrod proceeds to jump out! 🤣🤣🤣 I lost it! Funny stuff! Thx for sharing!