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The Kentucky Fried Movie is a 1977 American independent anthology sketch black comedy film, produced by Kim Jorgensen, Larry Kostroff, and Robert K. Weiss, and directed by John Landis. Among the numerous star cameos are George Lazenby , Bill Bixby , Henry Gibson , Barry Dennen , Donald Sutherland , Tony Dow , Stephen Bishop , and the voice of ...
While attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the trio founded a small theater known as The Kentucky Fried Theater in 1971 which led to their sketch comedy film The Kentucky Fried Movie in 1977. This was followed by the trio's breakout hit Airplane! in 1980, which remains a revered comedic milestone.
Stephen Stucker (July 2, 1947 – April 13, 1986) was an American actor, known for portrayals of bizarre characters, notably the manic control-room worker Johnny in the early 1980s Airplane! movies and the stenographer in the courtroom sequence of 1977's The Kentucky Fried Movie.
“The Kentucky Fried Movie” was a hit, but “Airplane!” made Abrahams and his friends into recognizable names. With traditionally dramatic actors Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges and Nielsen ...
That led to them making their film debut with the indie sketch comedy “The Kentucky Fried Movie” in 1977. Abrahams wrote the script for the movie, which was directed by John Landis — a year ...
“Surely You Can’t Be Serious” touches on how ZAZ broke into comedy with their troupe, Kentucky Fried Theatre, which led to their first big-screen offering, 1977's “Kentucky Fried Movie.”
Zucker's movies include The Kentucky Fried Movie in 1977, Ruthless People in 1986, The Naked Gun in 1988, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear in 1991, BASEketball in 1998, Scary Movie 3 in 2003, and its sequel Scary Movie 4 in 2006. Of 18 works with which he is associated, Phone Booth, which he produced in 2002 is the only non-comedic film.
Let's leave that to Johnny, the scene-stealing air traffic controller played by Stephen Stucker, a Kentucky Fried Theater alum of whom Jerry Zucker notes in the book: "We dropped this outrageously ...