I love that cameo ("My dad says you don't work hard enough on defense."[0]), and also found myself thinking about it in reading this excellent piece.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSi6iF9kVBs

I was gonna say. Kareem is immortalized in Airplane! He has already won at life.

The Glass Onion scene with him was my favorite part of the movie.

His Dave cameo too!