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'Airplane!' filmmaker Jim Abrahams, a Shorewood High School alum, has died
the 1980 comedy classic made by 3 Milwaukeeans The success of "Airplane!" stimulated a vein of slapstick movie spoofs, both by ZAZ and others, that continues to this day. It was selected for the ...
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The Jewish team behind the classic comedy ‘Airplane!’ explains how it got off the ground
“Airplane ... a sketch comedy group in Madison, Wisconsin, that often mocked commercials they’d discovered by recording late-night movies. One night, they stumbled on “Zero Hour!”, ...
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13 Stories From Kentucky Fried Movie, the Comedy That Launched Airplane and Animal House
As young men, they founded a comedy theater in Madison ... "I think that not having control on Kentucky Fried Movie probably spurred them to approach Airplane! saying, 'We're directing this ...
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‘Airplane!’ and ‘Naked Gun’ writer-director Jim Abrahams dead at 80
Jim Abrahams, the writer-director who helped create comedy classics such as “Airplane!,” the “Naked Gun” movies, and the TV series “Police Squad!” has died. He was 80.