The Timeless Rules of Comedy — David Zucker

Well, you've made some hilarious movies, Airplane, Naked Gun, and what I'm curious about is like when you're

writing those movies and you're thinking about how do I make a good spoof movie? How do I make something funny? What are the mantras,

the oneliners, the things that you find yourself repeating the most? Generally, you know, for directing, I tell actors,

let the lines do the work. So, I don't want anybody to try to be funny. The first meeting I ever had with uh

Priscilla Presley was that she said, "Well, you know, I'd love to be in the movie. I think the script is funny, but I don't know how to be funny." And I