Here is the origin being Airplane!'s "Don't call me Shirley" gag. 1 / 8
Airplane! is a parody of 1957 b-movie Zero-Hour! 2 / 8
Airplane! features a troubled veteran named Striker forced to land an airplane when the pilots fall ill. 3 / 8
When he learns this news, Striker exclaims "Surely you can't be serious?" 4 / 8
Leslie Nielsen's doctor replies “I am serious — and don’t call me Shirley.” 5 / 8
The writers found the set up to this in an old b-movie and added "Don't call me Shirley." 6 / 8
The filmmakers would later reteam with Leslie Nielsen for the Naked Gun movies. 7 / 8
The "Shirley" line is now a classic, having appeared in The Office and Call Of Duty 4. 8 / 8