Surely You Can't Be Serious
[S.I.] : Macmillan Audio, 2023.
Format: Eaudiobook
This program is read by the authors (David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker), Laura Orrico and Joe Praino, with special appearances by an all-star cast of comedy giants, including the film's stars, Julie Hagerty and Bob Hays, as well as Beau Bridges, Barry Diller, Michael Eisner, Peter Farrelly, Bill Hader, Jimmy Kimmel, John Landis, Patton Oswalt, Trey Parker, Molly Shannon, Sarah Silverman, Matt Stone, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Lee Bryant, Joyce Bulifant, Dick Chudnow, Ken Collins, Jon Davison, Marcy Goldman, Ross Harris, Hunt Lowry, Rich Markey, James Murray, Tom Parry, Lorna Patterson, Pat Proft, Arne Schmidt, Lloyd Schwartz, and Bob Weiss. Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980s comedy classic Airplane! by the legendary writers and directors of the hit film. Airplane! premiered on July 2nd, 1980. With a budget of $3.5 million it went on to make nearly $200 million in sales and has influenced a multitude of comedians on both sides of the camera. Surely You Can't Be Serious is the first-ever oral history of the making of Airplane! by the creators, and of the beginnings of the ZAZ trio (Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker) – charting the rise of their comedy troupe Kentucky Fried Theater in Madison, Wisconsin all the way to premiere night. The directors explain what drew them to filmmaking and in particular, comedy. With anecdotes, behind the scenes trivia, and never-before-revealed factoids, these titans of comedy filmmaking unpack everything from how they persuaded Peter Graves to be in the movie after he thought the script was a piece of garbage, how Lorna Patterson auditioned for the stewardess role in the back seat of Jerry's Volvo, and how Leslie Nielsen's pranks got the entire crew into trouble, to who really wrote the jive talk. It also features testimonials and personal anecdotes from well-known faces in the film, television, and comedy sphere, proving how influential Airplane! has been from day one. Four decades after its release, Airplane! continues to make new generations laugh. Its many one-liners and visual gags have worked their way into the mainstream culture. This fully organic expansion of the ZAZ trio's fan-base, prompted solely by word-of-mouth, comes as no surprise to longtime fans. When all around us is in flux, laughter is priceless. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.
Other Authors:
Weiss, Bob
Zucker, David
Chudnow, Dick
Lowry, Hunt
Murray, James
Zucker, Jerry
Abrahams, Jim
Kimmel, Jimmy
Praino, Joe
Landis, John
Davison, Jon
Bulifant, Joyce
Hagerty, Julie
Collins, Ken
Orrico, Laura
Bryant, Lee
Schwartz, Lloyd
Patterson, Lorna
Goldman, Marcy
Stone, Matt
Eisner, Michael
Shannon, Molly
Proft, Pat
Oswalt, Patton
Farrelly, Peter
Markey, Rich
Harris, Ross
Silverman, Sarah
Parry, Tom
Parker, Trey
Yankovic, "Weird Al"
Schmidt, Arne
Diller, Barry
Bridges, Beau
Hader, Bill
Hays, Bob
Overdrive Inc.
Weiss, Bob
Zucker, David
Chudnow, Dick
Lowry, Hunt
Murray, James
Zucker, Jerry
Abrahams, Jim
Kimmel, Jimmy
Praino, Joe
Landis, John
Davison, Jon
Bulifant, Joyce
Hagerty, Julie
Collins, Ken
Orrico, Laura
Bryant, Lee
Schwartz, Lloyd
Patterson, Lorna
Goldman, Marcy
Stone, Matt
Eisner, Michael
Shannon, Molly
Proft, Pat
Oswalt, Patton
Farrelly, Peter
Markey, Rich
Harris, Ross
Silverman, Sarah
Parry, Tom
Parker, Trey
Yankovic, "Weird Al"
Schmidt, Arne
Diller, Barry
Bridges, Beau
Hader, Bill
Hays, Bob
Overdrive Inc.
ISBN:
9781250290427
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
Main (Downtown) | Out (Due: 5/26/2024) | ||
Main (Downtown) | In |
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