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Author Topic: Barbara Billingsley passes away at age 94 Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-16-2010 11:44 PM                     Most know Barbara Billingsley from the TV series Leave it to Beaver where she played the quintessential American Mom, June Cleaver. That's part of what made her turn in the 1980 classic comedy Airplane so hilarious. She played against type and did so very well. Peter Graves and Leslie Nielsen did as well. Billingsley passed away due a long illness early Saturday morning. She was 94.  |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 10-17-2010 01:22 AM                     "Oh, stewardess. I speak jive."  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 10-17-2010 02:30 PM                     Yes she does... AIRPLANE! A sad bit of news though, and a loss of a wonderful actress.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-17-2010 04:10 PM                     AUNT BARBARA!!!  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 10-17-2010 08:31 PM                        Ward, you were a little rough on the Beaver last night.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-17-2010 09:44 PM                     "Chump don't want the help, chump don't get the help." She was great!  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-18-2010 01:51 PM                        Over the weekend ABC News did a spot on Barbara's passing and they ran a clip from Leave It To Beaver, but they also used that great clip from AIRPLANE. Thing is, the clip from AIRPLANE looked like they used a worn VHS tape as the source. It look awful. And I have seen this before -- when they run clips from films, it is almost as if they WANT them to look bad so as to say, "look viewers, this is not our usual superior broadcast quality....we do much better than this when WE orginate material." I mean, there is no reason whatsoever for a clip from a movie that is readily available on DVD, maybe even BluRay should look like super crap on a network news show. WTF? Where are they getting this source from?  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-18-2010 05:40 PM                     That's pretty bad for ABC to run crummy source material of a classic Hollywood hit. AKAIK, Airplane! hasn't been released on Blu-ray yet. However, HD masters of the movie do exist. I have seen Airplane! broadcast in HD on HD Net Movies.  |  IP: Logged

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