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I won’t lie, it was difficult not to geek-out when talking to legendary comedy filmmaker, David Zucker, who has done everything from ‘Airplane’, to the ‘Naked Gun’ series. But the acclaimed writer/director was an absolute delight, and he spoke candidly about his films and what it took to get them made before Hollywood even understood what “slapstick comedy” was.
Of course, we listened to stories about hanging with the late, great actor Leslie Nielsen both on and off the set (spoiler, he told of a great fart prank story Leslie pulled). David even went on to describe the time he spent with South Park directors Matt Stone and Trey Parker, both up-and-comers at the time, when they filmed ‘BASEketball’ together. What might surprise you the most is David’s philosophy on what it takes to make a great comedy, and how it takes far more than writing a series of funny jokes.
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