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Jim Abrahams, Writer-Director of Airplane! and Hot Shots!, Dead at 80
Along with Jerry and David Zucker, he was known for his take on the spoof movie.
Jim Abrahams, a frequent collaborator of Jerry and David Zucker and the writer-director of such films as Airplane!, Top Secret!, and Hot Shots!, died of natural causes at the age of 80, his son Joseph confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on November 26. in 1980, a disaster-movie spoof starring Leslie Nielsen that has cemented itself as an American comedy classic and armed dads near and far with one of the most quotable jokes in cinematic history. With the Zuckers, he founded the Kentucky Fried Theater in Madison in 1971, where ZAZ perfected their brand of improv comedy and film parody.
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