“Can you fly this plane and land it?” asks a physician named Dr. Rumack after food poisoning fells the flight crew of a jet heading from Los Angeles to Chicago. “Surely you can’t be serious,” says Ted ...

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. PETER ...

The portrayal of Jerry West on HBO’s “Winning Time” is apparently not the only one creating problems. Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, the filmmakers responsible for the 1980 hit movie ...

The world is a little less funny today. Shorewood High School graduate Jim Abrahams, a co-creator of the zany "Airplane!" and "Naked Gun" movies, has died at age 80. His death was confirmed in an ...

I'm about to ask three guys how they made a funny movie 43 years ago that still gets quoted today. HAYS: (As Ted) No, I've been nervous lots of times. LESLIE NIELSEN: (As Dr. Rumack) Can you fly this ...