I’ve always known that Airplane! is more than just one of the best ‘80s movies – which is already a great accomplishment – it’s one of the greatest comedies of all time. However, what I didn’t know is ...

1977's Kentucky Fried Movie was the first film written by the comedy team of Jim Abrahams and brothers Jerry and David Zucker, three self-described "nice Jewish boys from Milwaukee" who started a ...

This past weekend, I slid into an assigned seat on what I think was the biggest airplane I have ever been on. Stuck between a window and a stranger for a flight over the Atlantic, I decided to seize ...

One of the creators of some of the funniest movies of the 20th century has died. Jim Abrahams, best known as one third of the ...

The outrageous comedy parody of disaster movies, “Airplane!,” opened in theaters July 2, 1980? Surely that wasn’t really 45 years ago next Wednesday! It was 45 years ago next Wednesday. And don’t call ...

Robert Hayes, Julie Hagerty, and Leslie Nielsen starred as a pilot, a flight attendant, and a deadpan doctor onboard the doomed flight. The comedy earned universal acclaim from critics and was named ...

The trick to “Airplane!” — and one of the reasons it remains so funny nearly four decades later — is how utterly earnest the movie is. The film has jokes. Lots of jokes. So many great jokes that the ...

From "Snakes on a Plane" to "Airplane!" these films have lessons for fliers. Sept. 9, 2009 — -- I've always loved the movie "Airplane!" and I defy anyone to see it and not laugh out loud. It's a ...