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Williams was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. This film is number 36 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies."

 

Cronauer's show consists of unpredictable humor segments mixed with news updates (vetted by the station censors, which at one point causes Cronauer to dryly comment 'Ooh, censor, censor, censor -- join the army and mark things!') and rock and roll records that are frowned upon by his superiors. Hauk finds nothing funny about any of it and tries, without success, to get him to change his approach.

{{quote|'''Adrian Cronauer:''' Excuse me, sir. Seeing as how the V.P. is such a V.I.P., shouldn't we keep the P.C. on the Q.T.? 'Cause if it leaks to the V.C. he could end up M.I.A., and then we'd all be put out in K.P.<ref>Translation: Seeing as the Vice President is a Very Important Person, shouldn't we keep the Press Conference on the Quiet? Cause if it leaks to the Viet Cong he could end up Missing In Action, and then we'd all be put on Kitchen Patrol.</ref>}}

** The real Adrian Cronauer used the time to prepare for his broadcast; getting albums lined up, for example.

* [[Blithe Spirit]]: Adrian Cronauer, to the constant frustration of his superiors.

'''Vietnamese Class:''' Shit!

'''Adrian Cronauer:''' If someone has made you angry or angrier, they have...

* [[Bowdlerize]]: In a television broadcast, much of Robin's blue humor was bowdlerized. Ironic, considering the plot.

* [[Could Say It, But...]]: Cronauer broadcasts an unapproved news report in this fashion and is yanked off the air because of it.

* [[Don't Call Me "Sir"!]]: Sgt. Dickerson is particularly insistent on this point, taking excessive pride in his non-commissioned status.

'''Cronauer''': Yes, sir.

'''Dickerson''': Sir! Do you see anything on this uniform indicating an officer? ''[Pointing to his rank insignia]'' What does three up and three down mean to you, airman?

** Also an example of [[Shown Their Work]]: In the US Air Force (Cronauer), it is common to call your superiors "sir" whether commissioned or not, but in the Army (Dickerson), the term is reserved for commissioned officers and will earn you the ire of any NCO on the receiving end.

* [[Fire-Breathing Diner]]: It's ''[[Captain Obvious|Vietnamese]]'' cooking!

'''Cronauer''': ARTILLERY!

'''Cronauer''': What can we play for you?

* [[Reassigned to Antarctica|Reassigned to Guam]]: Sgt. Dickerson's ultimate punishment for his vindictiveness towards Cronauer.

{{quote|'''[[Reasonable Authority Figure|General Taylor]]''': ''Dick, I've covered for you a lot of times cause I thought you were a little crazy. But you're not crazy, you're mean. [[Serious Business|And this is just radio.]]''}}

* [[Something Only They Would Say]]: "FLIP THEM THE BIRD!"

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: "What a Wonderful World", played over a montage of troops fighting in the field, officers at base looking reflective, and a village being carpet bombed.

* [[Uriah Gambit]]: Dickerson issues Cronauer a pass through a road which (unbeknown to Cronauer) is held by the enemy and dotted with landmines. He's hoping it'll [[Make It Look Like an Accident|look like an accident.]]

* [[You Need to Get Laid]]: "You are in more dire need of a blow job than any white man in history."

 

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