Jim Abrahams, the celebrated comedy writer and director best known for his work with brothers David and Jerry Zucker, has died at the age of 80.
Jim Abrahams, one of the writers and directors behind some of the greatest and most quotable spoof and slapstick comedies of the 20th century — includingAbrahams spent the bulk of his career working alongside his two childhood friends, brothers David and Jerry Zucker. Jerry Zucker, in a statement shared withHe continued: “He had a rebellious streak that drove him. I think maybe too many people doubted him when he was a kid. But as his life unfolded, that was his superpower.
The trio of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker began their work in sketch comedy, founding the Kentucky Fried Theater while still students at the University of Wisconsin—Madison. comprised a chaotic cavalcade of sketches, many of them highly satirical film parodies, creating a kind of template for ZAZ’s forthcoming breakthrough and future successes. last year, Abrahams explained the group’s early process during the Kentucky Fried Theater days.
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