R.I.P. Jim Abrahams, director of Airplane! and more
Abrahams was born in Wisconsin and became friends with the Zucker brothers in childhood. The longtime friends became writing partners and helped co-found Kentucky Fried Theater in Madison. After moving the live show to Los Angeles, they caught the attention of comedy filmmaker John Landis, who helped bring the show to the screen. Following the success of their sketch movie, the trio—who. “Somebody told me that they’d read a copy of the screenplay.
The movie made ZAZ theZAZ’s influence on comedy can be seen in the work of many modern parodists, including the Wayans brothers’franchise—which became all the more evident when the Wayans exited and David Zucker stepped in as an architect ofIf you’d told us at the time that it’d still be this popular, I’m not sure we would’ve believed you. I don’t even think we were thinking about that.
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