The Creator of ‘Airplane!’ Spent $60,000 to Pull Off a Dirty Practical Joke

David Zucker first made a name for himself in the 1970s as one-third of the filmmaking trio known as ZAZ. Alongside his brother, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams, Zucker wrote such revered comedies as The Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane!, and The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! That’s in addition to directing two…