STEWARDESS SCHOOL (1986) **

In the '80s, it was a rule that all comedies had to have the word “School” or “Academy” in the title.  As far as these movies go, Stewardess School isn't bad.  That is to say, it has about one funny gag for every four or five groaners.

Two flight school dropouts go to stewardess school to meet girls.  Naturally, the assorted group of oddballs and misfits (who are essential to any ‘80s comedy that have the word “School” or “Academy” in the title) get hired to work for a slumping airline.  On their first flight, they have to work together to save the passengers from a mad bomber.

The cast is a good mix of TV vets and character actors.  We have Happy Days’ Donnie Most (billed here as “Donald” Most, which shows he was trying to be taken seriously as an actor), Sherman Hemsley, Judy Landers, Sandhal Bergman, Wendie Jo Sperber, and Corrine Bohrer.  Although some of those names may not sound familiar, I’m sure you’ll recognize their faces.

I’ll admit, a lot of this is just plain dumb.  Some of the humor is like someone made a filmed version of a slightly dirty joke you heard in the third grade.  Very few of them are funny.  The blind jokes that dominate the third act are especially gratuitous.

This is the kind of movie that would look right at home at 2:00 AM on cable.  There isn’t enough nudity here to really qualify it as a Skinamax movie though.  There’s a coed shower scene and a brief striptease, but that’s about it.  With a few edits, it would be perfect fodder for Up All Night.