History Creator / ZuckerAbrahamsAndZucker

Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker is the writer/director/producer trio of brothers Jerry (b. March 11, 1950) & David Zucker (b. October 16, 1947) and their partner Jim Abrahams (b. May 10, 1944), widely considered to be the modern masters of RapidFireComedy and {{Parody}} movies.

[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Describe Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker here?]] [[Film/{{Airplane}} Surely you can't be serious!]]

While researching late-night television for parody fodder for ''KFM'', they came across an old airport DisasterMovie called ''Film/ZeroHour1957'' and found it so [[{{Narm}} hilariously campy]] that they decided to remake it in their own style to be intentionally funny. The result was ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', which brought their unique brand of feature-length parody to a mainstream audience and is credited as [[TropeCodifier the first definitive and widespread entry]] into the "parody movie" genre. It also ensured several other comedic roles for dramatic actors Creator/LeslieNielsen (for whom [[LeslieNielsenSyndrome a trope is named]]) and Creator/RobertStack for the rest of their respective lives.

The three got their start with a sketch comedy theater group known as Kentucky Fried Theater while attending University of Wisconsin-Madison. After becoming a big local hit, they decided to move to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles where they opened their own theater and attracted a cult following. Many of the KFT sketches would be adapted into the trio's first feature film, the low-budget AnthologyFilm ''Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie''. Though not directed by the trio (that duty went to Creator/JohnLandis), it established their SignatureStyle of [[RapidFireComedy delivering a hundred jokes a minute]], [[NoFourthWall a total absence of a fourth wall]] and heavy reliance on {{parod|y}}ies of contemporaneous pop culture.

The three got their start with a sketch comedy theater group known as Kentucky Fried Theater while attending University of Wisconsin-Madison. Many of the sketches performed there would be adapted into the trio's first feature film, the low-budget AnthologyFilm ''Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie''. Though not directed by the trio (that duty went to Creator/JohnLandis), it established their SignatureStyle of [[RapidFireComedy delivering a hundred jokes a minute]], [[NoFourthWall a total absence of a fourth wall]] and heavy reliance on {{parod|y}}ies of contemporaneous pop culture.

While researching late-night television for parody fodder for ''KFM'', they came across an old airport DisasterMovie called ''Film/ZeroHour1957'' and found it so [[{{Narm}} hilariously campy]] that they decided to remake it in their own style to be intentionally funny. The result was ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', which brought their unique brand of feature-length parody to a mainstream audience and is credited as [[TropeCodifier the first definitive and widespread entry]] into the "parody movie" genre. It also ensured several other comedic roles for dramatic actors Creator/LeslieNielsen (for whom [[LeslieNielsenSyndrome a trope is named]]) and Robert Stack for the rest of their respective lives.

While researching late-night television for parody fodder for ''KFM'', they came across an old airport DisasterMovie called ''Film/ZeroHour1957'' and found it so [[{{Narm}} hilariously campy]] that they decided to remake it in their own style to be intentionally funny. The result was ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', which brought their unique brand of feature-length parody to a mainstream audience and essentially birthed the entire "parody movie" genre. It also ensured several other comedic roles for dramatic actors Creator/LeslieNielsen (for whom [[LeslieNielsenSyndrome a trope is named]]) and Robert Stack for the rest of their respective lives.

[[caption-width-right:350:On the set of ''Film/{{Airplane}}''[[note]]Clockwise from top: Jim, Jerry and Dave.[[/note]]]]

[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Describe Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker]]? [[Film/{{Airplane}} Surely you can't be serious]]!

The writer/director/producer trio of brothers Jerry & David Zucker and their partner Jim Abrahams, widely considered to be the modern masters of RapidFireComedy and {{Parody}} movies.

While researching late-night television for parody fodder for ''KFM'', they came across an old airport DisasterMovie called ''Film/ZeroHour1957'' and found it so [[{{Narm}} hilariously campy]] that they decided to remake it in their own style to be intentionally funny. The result was ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', which brought their unique brand of feature-length parody to a mainstream audience and birthed the entire "Parody Movie" subgenre. It also ensured several other comedic roles for dramatic actors Creator/LeslieNielsen (for whom [[LeslieNielsenSyndrome a trope is named]]) and Robert Stack for the rest of their respective lives.

All three eventually drifted apart into their own respective writing/producing/directing careers in the 90s, often directing movies with similar brands of comedy.

* ''Creator/JaneAusten's Mafia!'' [-(''Film/{{Airplane}}'' [-[[RecycledInSpace WITH GANGSTER MOVIES!]]-])-]

* NWordPrivileges: All three men are Jews, resulting in a lot of self-deprecating Jewish jokes.

While researching late-night television for parody fodder for ''KFM'', they came across an old airport DisasterMovie called ''Film/ZeroHour1957'' and found it so [[{{Narm}} hilariously campy]] that they decided to remake it in their own style to be intentionally funny. The result was ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', which brought their unique brand of feature-length parody to a mainstream audience and birthed the entire "Parody Movie" subgenre. It also ensured several other comedic roles for dramatic actors Creator/LeslieNielsen (for whom [[LeslieNielsenSyndrome this trope is named]]) and Robert Stack for the rest of their respective lives.

* ''Film/Ghost1990''

* RapidFireComedy: Their ''modus operati''. If you didn't like one joke, just wait five seconds and there'd be another one.

* ''Film/{{Ghost}}''

* RapidFireComedy: Their ''mondus operati''. If you didn't like one joke, just wait five seconds and there'd be another one.

* ''[[Big Business Film/BigBusiness1988]]'' [-(the 1988 comedy, [[SimilarlyNamedWorks not]] [[Film/BigBusiness the Laurel & Hardy short]])-]

* ''...First Do No Harm''

* ''Big Business'' [-([[SimilarlyNamedWorks the 1988 comedy, not the Laurel & Hardy short]])-]

* ''Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael''

[[DescribeTopicHere Describe Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker]]? [[Film/{{Airplane}} Surely you can't be serious]]!

* SpiritualSuccessor: Arguably to Creator/MelBrooks. Both parties did feature-length parodies which relied heavily on hundred-joke-a-minute comedy, and had a decent helping of [[YouHaveToHaveJews Jewish jokes]].