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Jim Abrahams, Writer-Director of 'Airplane!,' 'Naked Gun' and Other Zucker Brothers Comedies, Dies at 80

www.thewrap.com Jim Abrahams, Writer-Director of 'Airplane!,' 'Naked Gun' and Other Zucker Brothers Comedies, Dies at 80

'Kentucky Fried Movie' kicked off the trio's zany brand of deadpan comedy that also birthed 'Top Secret!' and 'Police Squad!'

I can't say it better than (TV's) Frank Conniff:

Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane!, Police Squad, Top Secret, etc... I mean, come on! All of these projects and more gave us not just laughs, but huge belly laughs. Jim Abrahams was an inspiration to me and I will be forever grateful for all the great comedy he gave us. Rest In Peace.

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I feel like there's a good German word for being sad that a funny person died, but I don't know any German.
- He's just a little horse/hoarse
  I've of my favorite movies of all time

HEADLINE NEWS ACROSS THE WORLD - JIM ABRAHAMS HAS DIED!
Thanks Jim for giving us this absolutely stupid sense of humour, RIP

He should have picked an earlier day to quit sniffing glue.
On a slightly more "serious" note, he made the funniest movies I ever watched in my life, including the best opening scene of any movie ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJOS7dKuwcQ
Movies like these made a generation of Germans (like me) admire and want to move to the USA...
He's probably one of the reasons I was eager to learn English and listened to American Forces Network radio all night long.
But all of that is 30-40 years in the past now...