For the "red zone/white zone" send-up of curbside terminal announcements in which public address announcers "Betty" and "Vernon" argue over the red and white zones, ZAZ went through the usual process of auditioning professional voice actors, but failed to find ones who could provide the desired authenticity. Instead, the filmmakers ultimately sought out and hired the real-life married couple who had recorded the announcement tapes which were then being used at Los Angeles International Airport. ZAZ lifted some of their dialog directly from the 1968 novel Airport, written by Arthur Hailey who had also written Zero Hour! script. The lifted lines included ones about an unwanted pregnancy; David Zucker said the couple "got a kick out of it". The role of the Hare Krishna in the airport went to a college roommate of Hays's, newcomer David Leisure, due to Leisure's willingness to shave his head for the bit part; it would be several more years before Leisure landed his breakthrough role as Joe Isuzu. Baseball player Pete Rose was originally considered for the role of Roger Murdock.
For the "red zone/white zone" send-up of curbside terminal announcements in which public address announcers "Betty" and "Vernon" argue over the red and white zones ZAZ went through the usual process of auditioning professional voice actors, but failed to find ones who could provide the desired authenticity. Instead, the filmmakers ultimately sought out and hired the real-life married couple who had recorded the announcement tapes which were then being used at Los Angeles International Airport. ZAZ lifted some of their dialog directly from the 1968 novel Airport, written by Arthur Hailey who had also written Zero Hour! script. The lifted lines included ones about an unwanted pregnancy; David Zucker said the couple "got a kick out of it". The role of the Hare Krishna in the airport went to a college roommate of Hays's, newcomer David Leisure, due to Leisure's willingness to shave his head for the bit part; it would be several more years before Leisure landed his breakthrough role as Joe Isuzu. Baseball, player Pete Rose was originally considered for the role of Roger Murdock.