David Zucker

100 jokes Nov. 26, 2024

Airplane!’s Creators Reveal the Origins of ‘Don’t Call Me Shirley’It may have saved the entire production.

By Abraham Josephine Riesman

July 28, 2017

A Lost Script from the Files of the ‘Police Squad!’Airplane! The Naked Gun. Kentucky Fried Movie. When it comes to the classics of modern comedy, Zucker, Abrahams & Zucker were kings. After […]

By Ramsey Ess

Nov. 30, 2010

David Zucker’s Tribute to Leslie NielsenDavid Zucker, who, along with his brother Jerry and Jim Abrahams, cast Leslie Nielsen in his first comedic role in Airplane!, penned a great […]

By Adam Frucci

obits Nov. 30, 2010

Naked Gun and Airplane Director on Leslie Nielsen: ‘He Never Broke Character’“Offscreen, he wasn’t so much of a joke or storyteller but a chronic prankster.”

By Mike Vilensky

the industry Feb. 20, 2008

U2 Back in the Studio, Recording an Album or TwoPlus industry news on Roland Emmerich, Wolverine, and Ebenezer Scrooge.

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