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'Airplane!' filmmaker Jim Abrahams, a Shorewood High School alum, has died
The world is a little less funny today. Shorewood High School graduate Jim Abrahams, a co-creator of the zany "Airplane!" and "Naked Gun" movies, has died at age 80. His death was confirmed in an ...
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The Jewish team behind the classic comedy ‘Airplane!’ explains how it got off the ground
“It was great because that’s the last time we didn’t need to be funny ... a-laugh approach to spoofing movie genres and cliches, exemplified in 1980’s “Airplane!,” ...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Airplane's popularity
An curved arrow pointing right. NBA legend and "Mycroft Holmes" author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talks about why the movie "Airplane" is still so popular today, and a crazy thing that happened to him ...