Bud Kruger Quotes in Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)

Bud Kruger: [as he and the commissioner get out of their car and enter the terminal building] Commissioner, now we both know that shuttle needs another month of pre-launch testing.

The Commissioner: Forget it.

Bud Kruger: Commissioner.

The Commissioner: I said forget about it. The Mayflower is the first Lunar Shuttle to fly from a commercial terminal, and the boys on the board want that flight to go on schedule.

Bud Kruger: Well the boys on the board know about safety...

The Commissioner: Bud, get wise to the political reality. The boys on the board are under a heavy pressure from the boys downtown.

[the elevator arrives, and the doors open. Several people exit, all of them covering their ears because the elevator music is very, *very* loud. Everyone files into the elevator and puts their hands over their ears to protect them from the music, except for Bud and the Commissioner. The doors close, silencing the music]

The Commissioner: [At the fourth floor, everyone files out, and the loud elevator music is playing a rendition of "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head."]

The Commissioner: [the first part of what he says is drowned out by the loud music] The boys on the board are under pressure from the boys downtown.

Bud Kruger: And I'll be the one to crucify if that shuttle screws up.

Hallick: Passenger's name is Joe Saluki. He was supposed to fly to Des Moines for an operation, something to do with sexual impotence...

Steve McCroskey: The Des Moines Institute?

Hallick: You know it?

Steve McCroskey, Bud Kruger, The Commissioner: We're familiar with it.