K13
- SST DEATH FLIGHT
Genre: ’70s TV-Movie
Disaster Melodrama (1977, Color)
Don’s Review: This was the first KTMA episode I
saw and, if any others are this good, I’ll need to see
some more! This TV-movie rip-off of Airport
in which a SST is sabotaged while it also has a deadly
African virus loose on board (talk about a bad day) is
actually about as “good” (for lack of a better term)
as any of the Airport disaster movie sequels,
although with much more cheesy special effects.
And this movie features a large, much cheesier cast of
second-rate actors: Lorne Greene, Burgess Meredith, Doug
McClure, Peter Graves, Ginger from Gilligan’s Island,
Billy Crystal, the dad from The Brady Bunch, Bert
Convy, Regis Philbin, and Q from Star Trek
(whew!). The riffing is actually pretty good for a
KTMA episode – good enough that it’s hard to believe
that they are improvising. All-in-all, if you get
only one KTMA episode – this may be the best choice.
Don’s Rating: 
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