A Couple of Ink-Stained Movie References

Airplane!, Jaws and The New York Times Muhammad Ali edition.

NYTJune5LateEditionsLew Serviss, assistant news editor for The New York Times Print News Hub, offers a detailed look for Times Insider at how he and his colleagues, heading into this past weekend, planned for the possible death of Muhammad Ali and then monitored the internet for the latest developments. Evidently, there are a few movie buffs in the mix.

At the end of a Friday planning meeting called by Print News Hub director Denise Fuhs with night sports editor Carl Nelson, deputy sports editor Jay Schreiber, weekend sports editor Tom Coffey and sports copy desk head Pete Blair, Coffey – in his best Lloyd Bridges Airplane! imitation

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