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Directed by David Zucker; Screenplay by Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Pat Proft...
...Zucker, who cites the Marx Brothers as a major inspiration for the team's trademark humor, a combination of irreverent spoof and slapstick, contends that their brand of film satire requires a particular frame of mind and involves a certain amount of risk. The blockbuster reception of Airplane! was followed up by the disaster of Top Secret. When the latter film is mentioned, both Weiss and Zucker flinch. As Zucker says, "It isn't like drama where you can say `You simply didn't get the "heavyosity" we were aiming for.'" In comedy, the sound (or lack) of laughter...
...trademarks of their style has been to use celebrities that the public is already familiar with in a completely different context. Kareem Abdul Jabbar is the best example from Airplane!. Naked Gun features cameos from "Weird Al" Yankovic, the late John Houseman and others. Working with Priscilla Presley, Zucker told the audience at a recent preview, was great. "She was sweet...the only problems were when Elvis visited...
Leslie Nielsen, famous from playing the bland hero type in more than 1000 television adventure shows, has been the straight man for various ZAZ projects. Actually, Zucker says, he is quite funny. Zucker's sister told a story she remembers hearing about Zucker and Nielsen standing in a packed elevator when Nielsen said something like, "I wish I hadn't had that last taco," and provide suitable sound accompaniment with a whoopie cushion he occasionally carried around...
...that they have moved from the $650,000 budget of Kentucky Fried Movie to the $14.5 million budget of Naked Gun, ZAZ seems to be back on track. Their next project? According to Zucker, a possible sequel to Naked Gun is in the works...