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Mar 15, 2024 · David Zucker has a unique brand of comedy cultivated by himself, Jim Abrahams & his brother, Jerry Zucker. He described it as similar to a spoof, but with ‘less satire than parody.’ This was ...
Jan 4, 2024 · David Zucker, his brother Jerry Zucker and their childhood friend Jim Abrahams formed the “ZAZ trio” and wrote slapstick comedies together, including "Airplane!"—the 1980 film that has since become a cult classic. The trio has a new book out called “Surely You Can’t Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
Jul 2, 1980 · Airplane!: Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker. With Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Julie Hagerty. After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.
English. Budget. $3.5 million [3] Box office. $171 million [4] Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) [5] is a 1980 American disaster comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debuts, [6] and produced by Jon Davison.
Oct 3, 2023 · DAVID ZUCKER, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker knew one another growing up in Shorewood, Wisconsin. While attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the trio founded a small theater known as The Kentucky Fried Theater in 1971. They moved to Los Angeles in 1972, which led to their first film The Kentucky Fried Movie in 1977.
- David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker
Jeff Zucker. Jeffrey Adam Zucker [1] (born April 9, 1965) [2] is an American businessman and media executive. Zucker was the president of CNN Worldwide from 2013 to 2022. [3] He oversaw CNN, CNN International, HLN, and CNN Digital. [4] [5] He was previously CEO of NBCUniversal.
Oct 6, 2023 · By Mike Fleming Jr. October 6, 2023 10:55am. To commemorate the publication of the making-of- Airplane! memoir Surely You Can’t Be Serious, authors and the film’s writer-directors David Zucker ...
