About this episode

Darek Thomas interviews David Zucker about his iconic films and the state of remakes.

Send us Fan Mail Episode 615. David Zucker | Director: The Naked Gun, Airplane, Top Secret. David joins me for a second time to talk The Naked Gun, Airplane, Top Secret, Val Kilmer and awful remakes. Absolute Legend. #airplane #thenakedgun #nakedgun #leslienielsen #comedy #movie #davidzucker #podcast #baseketball #treyparker #mattstone #scarymovie #topsecret #reggiejackson #kareemabduljabbar #jive #darektorscut Instagram: / mondaymorningcritic Facebook: / dar...

People in this episode

Host: Darek Thomas

Guest: David Zucker

Topics covered

• comedy
• film direction
• interviews
• remakes
• classic films

Keywords

• David Zucker
• The Naked Gun
• Airplane
• Top Secret
• comedy
• film
• remakes
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Naked Gun, Airplane, Top Secret, Scary Movie, Basketball

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