David Zucker helped invent the kitchen-sink approach to film satire.
The co-writer/director of 1980’s “Airplane!” hurled gag after gag at audiences until they couldn’t help but howl. Puns. Sight gags. Pop culture Easter eggs.
He recalls a female studio executive objecting to a bit about a female officer getting a breast reduction to fit into her Kevlar vest.
If one joke didn’t land, the next three would.
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Ted Striker: Surely you can’t be serious.
Rumack: I am serious … and don’t call me Shirley.
Zucker added to his legacy with “Top Secret!” (1984), the “Naked Gun” trilogy, and more satirical smashes. Even a rare failure, the six-run episode of 1982’s “Police Squad!” is considered a TV classic following its cruel
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