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* In a dark RunningGag, the dual-engine failure that Flight 1549 experiences is considered so [[MillionToOneChance unlikely]] that virtually everyone involved in the emergency radio conversations attempts to clarify ''which'' engine was lost, only for the other person explain that it was both engines.
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* Every other line of Jeff Skiles'.

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* Every other line of Jeff Skiles'.[[note]]He's really like this. One of his speeches is on the internet and the man is hilarious.[[/note]]



** The real Sully later clarified that he wasn’t trying to be flippant when he asked that question, he just wanted to be certain that there was nothing he’d overlooked that Skiles might have thought of -- he wanted to be 100% certain they’d done all they could.

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** The real Sully later clarified that he wasn’t trying to be flippant when he asked that question, he just wanted to be certain that there was nothing he’d overlooked that Skiles might have thought of -- he wanted to be 100% certain they’d done all they could.[[note]] Not that it makes the exchange any less amusing. Even if one understands it in context immediately, it's still pretty funny, albeit in a much darker way than if one assumed it was a flippant remark.[[/note]]



-->'''Doctor:''' No, that's not good. After what you've been through, that's extraordinary.

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-->'''Doctor:''' No, that's not good. After what you've been through, that's extraordinary.
extraordinary.[[note]]It really is. Sully must have been in absolutely amazing shape. Again, doesn't make it less funny.[[/note]]
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* The three men running late to the plane try to get the gate attendant to open up for them, claiming that they have an emergency. When asked what kind, they respond "A golf emergency".

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* The three men running late to the plane try to get the gate attendant to open up for them, claiming that they have an emergency. When asked what kind, they respond "A golf the son responds "Golf emergency".



* Thinking he lost Sully's plane, Patrick Harten, the air traffic controller hides in a conference room, thinking he just let 155 people die, with no idea everyone survived until one of his co-workers happens to walk in on him. As they leave, they mention how they really ought to put a TV in there.

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* Thinking he lost Sully's plane, Patrick Harten, the air traffic controller hides in a conference room, thinking he just let 155 people die, with no idea everyone survived until one of his co-workers happens to walk in on him.him and tell him what happened. As they leave, they mention how they really ought to put a TV in there.

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* Thinking he lost Sully's plane, Patrick the air traffic controller hides in a conference room, thinking he just watched 155 people die, with no idea everyone survived until one of his co-workers happens to walk in on him. As they leave, they mention how they really ought to put a TV in there.

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* Thinking he lost Sully's plane, Patrick Harten, the air traffic controller hides in a conference room, thinking he just watched let 155 people die, with no idea everyone survived until one of his co-workers happens to walk in on him. As they leave, they mention how they really ought to put a TV in there.


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** Talking to Sully about the Hotel mini bar. "Can you believe they charge $5 for a Snickers? I could bankrupt the airline in about four bites."

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* Thinking he lost Sully's plane, Patrick the air traffic controller hides in a conference room, thinking he just watched 155 people die, with no idea everyone survived until one of his co-workers happens to walk in on him. As they leave, they mention how they really ought to put a tv in there.

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* Thinking he lost Sully's plane, Patrick the air traffic controller hides in a conference room, thinking he just watched 155 people die, with no idea everyone survived until one of his co-workers happens to walk in on him. As they leave, they mention how they really ought to put a tv TV in there.



** The real Sully later clarified that he wasn’t trying to be flippant when he asked that question, he just wanted to be certain that there was nothing he’d overlooked that Skiles might have thought of - he wanted to be 100% certain they’d done all they could.

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** The real Sully later clarified that he wasn’t trying to be flippant when he asked that question, he just wanted to be certain that there was nothing he’d overlooked that Skiles might have thought of - -- he wanted to be 100% certain they’d done all they could.



-->'''Doctor:''' No, that's not good. After what you've been through, that's extraordinary.

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-->'''Doctor:''' No, that's not good. After what you've been through, that's extraordinary.extraordinary.

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** The real Sully later clarified that he wasn’t trying to be flippant when he asked that question, he just wanted to be certain that there was nothing he’d overlooked that Skiles might have thought of - he wanted to be 100% certain they’d done all they could.
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-->'''Doctor:''' No, that's not good. After what you've been through, that's exceptional.

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-->'''Doctor:''' No, that's not good. After what you've been through, that's exceptional.extraordinary.
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* Dry Humor: The guys in the bar Sully stopped in named a drink after him: Grey Goose (vodka) and Water.

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* Dry Humor: The guys in the bar Sully stopped in named a drink after him: Grey Goose (vodka) and Water.Water.
* During his post-crash medical check, Sully has an exchange with a witty attending physician:
-->'''Sully:''' What's my heart rate?
-->'''Doctor:''' (checks monitor) 110.
-->'''Sully:''' My usual resting heart rate is 55. 110... that's not good.
-->'''Doctor:''' No, that's not good. After what you've been through, that's exceptional.

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* As the plane is descending towards the Hudson, Sully asks Skiles if he has any other ideas. Skiles responds in the negative, and Sully just shrugs, as if to say “oh well, that figures.”

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* As the plane is descending towards the Hudson, Sully asks Skiles if he has any other ideas. Skiles responds in the negative, and Sully just shrugs, as if to say “oh well, that figures.
* Dry Humor: The guys in the bar Sully stopped in named a drink after him: Grey Goose (vodka) and Water.
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** Even funnier is that the attendant ''lets them on''.
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** His response to the NTSB asking if he would have done anything differently? "Yes -- I would have done it in July."

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** His response to the NTSB asking if he would have done anything differently? "Yes -- I would have done it in July.""
* As the plane is descending towards the Hudson, Sully asks Skiles if he has any other ideas. Skiles responds in the negative, and Sully just shrugs, as if to say “oh well, that figures.”
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-->'''Lucille:''' Everyone loves to get something from the airport -- feels like you traveled to.

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-->'''Lucille:''' Everyone loves to get something from the airport -- feels like you traveled to.too.



-->'''Diane:''' were you this generous when we were kids?

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-->'''Diane:''' were Were you this generous when we were kids?
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* Diane and her mother Lucille arguing over getting their son/grandson yet another gift:

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* Diane and her mother Lucille arguing over getting their son/grandson grandson/great grandson yet another gift:
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* The three men running late to the plane try to get the gate attendant to open up for them, claiming that they have an emergency. When asked what kind, they respond "A golf emergency".

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* Thinking he lost Sully's plane, Patrick the air traffic controller hides in a conference room, thinking he just watched 155 people die, with no idea everyone survived until one of his co-workers happens to walk in on him. As they leave, they mention how they
really ought to put a tv in there.

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* Thinking he lost Sully's plane, Patrick the air traffic controller hides in a conference room, thinking he just watched 155 people die, with no idea everyone survived until one of his co-workers happens to walk in on him. As they leave, they mention how they
they really ought to put a tv in there.
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* Diane and her mother Lucille arguing over getting their son/grandson yet another gift:
-->'''Lucille:''' Everyone loves to get something from the airport -- feels like you traveled to.
-->'''Diane:''' Mom, he's turning ''one'' -- don't think he'll be discerning what gift came from where.
-->'''Lucille:''' But ''I'' will. Maybe a snow globe... something he'll remember, something New York...
-->'''Diane:''' were you this generous when we were kids?
-->'''Lucille:''' ''(sighing in defeat)'' Okay, sweetheart... [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I'll get you a snow globe, too.]]
* Thinking he lost Sully's plane, Patrick the air traffic controller hides in a conference room, thinking he just watched 155 people die, with no idea everyone survived until one of his co-workers happens to walk in on him. As they leave, they mention how they
really ought to put a tv in there.
* Every other line of Jeff Skiles'.
** His reaction to surviving the landing? "I've never been so happy to be in New York in my life."
** His opinion of the replacement clothes the airline brings to the hotel for them? "What, do they think we're ninjas?"
** His response to the NTSB asking if he would have done anything differently? "Yes -- I would have done it in July."

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