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Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker (ZAZ) are a comedy filmmaking trio consisting of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker. The three met at the University of Wisconsin and formed a theater group called "Kentucky Fried Theater". This led to a sketch film, Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), which was written by the group and directed by John Landis.

This was followed in 1980 by their breakout hit, Airplane!
, which, as of 2005, remains one of the definitions of comedic film. Other ZAZ collaborations included the television series Police Squad! (1982) and Top Secret!
(1984). All of these projects relied heavily on parodies, visual gags and meta-references, and established a strong cult following.

Each member of the group has also had individual success: David Zucker with the Police Squad! spinoff movie The Naked Gun
and its two sequels, Jim Abrahams with Hot Shots!
and Hot Shots! Part Deux
, and Jerry Zucker with the non-comedy movies Ghost
and First Knight
.

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