David Zucker has been in the entertainment industry since the early 1970s, directing films like "Airplane!" and films from the "Scary Movie" franchise, but he is currently disappointed with cancel ...

They'd set up a serious scene from a movie and do the scene they thought it should be, and it was very much like "Airplane!" Abrahams: It was to elevate that beyond media to everyday, and you ...

Picking the perfect airplane movie is no easy task, but the hosts of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour are here to help. Here's what they recommend watching on your next flight – and what they look ...

The actors’ deadpan deliveries and the movie’s over-the-top slapstick gags contributed to what Jim Abrahams calls the “endearing legacy” of Airplane! “All those guys [the actors] … had spent their ...

I'm about to ask three guys how they made a funny movie 43 years ago that still gets quoted today. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "AIRPLANE!") KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR: (As Roger) We have clearance, Clarence.