c/news · by Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de · 1y

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

https://www.thewrap.com/jim-abrahamson-writer-director-airplane-naked-gun-police-squad-dead-dies-obit/

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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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I feel like there's a good German word for being sad that a funny person died, but I don't know any German.

CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

He's just a little horse/hoarse

I've of my favorite movies of all time

ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 1y

HEADLINE NEWS ACROSS THE WORLD - JIM ABRAHAMS HAS DIED!

Thanks Jim for giving us this absolutely stupid sense of humour, RIP

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y

superkret@feddit.org · 20 pts · 1y

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...

ricardoharvin@mstdn.social · 15 pts · 1y

@Bishma "I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue"

🫡, Mr. Abrahams

Nastybutler@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y