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Arts and culture news, criticism, and programming from TPR/NPR.

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Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker
St. Martin's Press
David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker – together they created some truly classic comedies: Airplane!, Top Secret, and The Naked Gun. They recently wrote a book called Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!. We've got Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker on the latest episodes to talk about the book and the rules of comedy. They also dive into why they cast Leslie Nielsen in their projects and what it was like to work with him.