Along with David and Jerry Zucker, he revolutionized film comedy with a style of straight-faced, fast-paced parody.

Jim Abrahams, who along with Jerry and David Zucker made up the filmmaking trio behind the spoof comedies 'Airplane!' and ...

Mr. Abrahams built a wide-ranging résumé as a solo director including comedies such as “Big Business” (1988), starring Bette ...

Jim Abrahams, who has died aged 80, was one of three badly behaved American schoolboys who went on to reinvent screen comedy ...

His work with brothers Jerry and David Zucker honed a style characterized by wild physical comedy, sight gags, double ...

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From The Kentucky Fried Movie to The Naked Gun, the late Jim Abrahams never let bad taste get in the way of a good joke ...

Remember Detective Frank Drebin from "The Naked Gun"? The utterly serious cop with a knack for getting tangled in hilarious ...

Coincidentally, a few days before the death of the writer-director Jim Abrahams at the age of 80, I was watching Airplane!

Comedic legend Jim Abrahams had died, according to multiple reports. He was 80. Abrahams reportedly died on Tuesday of ...

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With the death of Jim Abrahams, one third of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker writing and directing trio, a looks at some of the ...