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	Jim Abrahm's Rules of Comedy and More - Edgewood College
		A native of Milwaukee, WI, Jim stated, “I spent a good part of my life looking around for things not to take seriously.” He remembers growing up in the time of “superficial television,” where people were not portrayed as they really exist and it was hard to take anything seen on TV seriously.
		Jim and his family found themselves with no options; however, hope was regained when, during his own research, Jim stumbled across a diet designed especially for kids with epilepsy.
		Jim found that there was one doctor, at John Hopkins in Baltimore, who still used the diet as a treatment.
	www.edgewood.edu /news/news102102a.htm (1018 words)

	Director gets serious on cause close to home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The two-hour movie, which marks Abrahams' first film for TV and his first drama, is based on the experience of an actual Midwestern mother whose son's life was threatened by violent epileptic seizures until, over his doctors' protests, she took him to Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore for a controversial nutritional cure.
		In a phone interview from his Santa Monica home, Abrahams says he learned of the woman, whose name and home state he has agreed not to reveal, after he wrote about his son Charlie's similar victory over epilepsy with what is known as the ketogenic diet.
		Abrahams, best known for his work with Shorewood buddies David and Jerry Zucker, has never made a message movie before, but he is unapologetically sending one out this time.
	www.jsonline.com /news/sunday/cue/0216abraham.html (602 words)

	Epilepsy
		ABRAHAMS: On his first birthday, I was pushing him in a swing out in the front yard, and I noticed that his head kind of went like that, and he threw his arm up in the air.
		ABRAHAMS: After the first drug, then there is only a 10 to 15 percent chance that the second drug will work, regardless of what that drug is. And the percentages drop from there.
		ABRAHAMS: All of a sudden, the eyes open up in the middle of the night and you say, 'Wait a minute, you know-this-this didn't have to happen.' Ninety-percent of these seizures didn't have to occur.
	www.watercure2.org /epilepsy.htm (2617 words)

	'Naked Gun' filmmaker Jim Abrahams to speak
		Jim Abrahams, whose comic vision has inspired such cinema landmarks as "Airplane!" and the "Naked Gun" movies and more, will reveal "The 15 Rules of Comedy" in a free public lecture on campus Sunday, May 2.
		Filmmaker Jim Abrahams, who will speak on campus Sunday, May 2, began his career in the entertainment industry by founding Kentucky Fried Theater with UW-Madison classmates Jerry and David Zucker.
		Abrahams' appearance will be part of a film festival sponsored by the UW-Madison Arts Institute and several student film organizations.
	www.news.wisc.edu /wire/i042899/abrahams.html (273 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In mid-January, Abrahams and his son, Michael, a pre-med college sophomore, formed a sort of free-lance tsunami relief team in Sri Lanka together with Joyce Kaufmann, a third-year medical student at Yale.
		Abrahams, professor and director of medical studies of radiology at Yale School of Medicine, credits his son with the idea of making the trip.
		Michael Abrahams was spending his winter break in a much more peaceful tropical locale when news of the Dec. 26 tsunami reached him.
	www.shorepublishing.com /archive/re.aspx?re=57b99503-6a3d-4be2-bcaa-5605f66a78a3 (1428 words)

	Diet as possible epilepsy treatment? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		JIM ABRAHAMS made some of the most successful film comedies of the 1980s, including movies like Airplane,”; “Naked Gun,” and Hot Shots.”; But the fun stopped for Jim Abrahams nine years ago.
		Jim was angry and puzzled that none of the six doctors he went to for help ever mentioned the diet.
		The Abrahams would try to take Charlie completely off the diet again two years later, but before we tell you more about what happened, you should know that as much as the diet was changing Charlie’s life, it was transforming Jim’s as well.
	www.msnbc.com /news/900136.asp (2275 words)

	Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients: Epilepsy & the ketogenic diet - Shorts
		Due to the effort of Hollywood director Jim Abrahams, the ketogenic diet has, once again, become an accepted therapy for pediatric epilepsy.
		Jim Abrahams sought out Dr. John Freeman, who supervised 12 to 18 patients on the ketogenic diet at Johns Hopkins each year.
		Abrahams also produced a video about Charlie's story and sent a copy to every child neurologist in the US.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_244/ai_111271868 (606 words)

	People Magazine
		Babies, Nancy Abrahams well knows, are inexplicable creatures, one minute engaging you in a round of peek-a-boo, the next minute lost in some deep trance.
		Months later, after $100,000 worth of tests, drugs, and surgery, Jim and Nancy still had found nothing to stop the convulsions—lasting from a few seconds to 45 minutes—that gripped their child up to 100 times a day.
		Undeterred, Abrahams called Dr. Freeman at Johns Hopkins, then one of a few institutions besides the Mayo Clinic to administer the diet.
	www.charliefoundation.org /frames/resources/articles/peoplemagazine.php (1413 words)

	Mob shots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Abrahams, director of some of Hollywood's most hilarious spoofs ("Airplane!" and the "Hot Shots" films), had brought the cast and crew of his latest parody, "Jane Austen's Mafia," to UCLA to shoot one of its most pivotal location scenes.
		Badalato, who worked with Abrahams previously on the "Hot Shots" films, agreed that the laid back atmosphere was due to the director's own mellow attitude.
		Abrahams, who lives just five minutes from UCLA, believed that the blase attitude from the students is typical considering how many film sets come through the campus.
	www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /DB/issues/97/11.11/ae.mafia.html (842 words)

	DVD - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In between the disaster movie satire <em>Airplane!</em> in 1980 and the hardboiled cop show parody <em>The Naked Gun</em> in 1988, the comedy crew of Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker put together a picture that\'s almost as funny as their better-known hits.
		The film launched the careers of collaborators Jim Abrahams (<em>Big Business</em>), David Zucker (<em>Ruthless People</em>), and Jerry Zucker (<em>Ghost</em>), as well as revitalized such B-movie actors as Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, and Leslie Nielsen, who built a second career on films like this.
		The film is by Jim Abrahams, formerly of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker directing team (<em>Airplane!</em>, <em>The Naked Gun</em>), single- handedly trotting out the old dumb-joke aesthetic that worked wonderfully a lifetime ago but looks a little creaky in the era of <em>There\'s Something About Mary</em>.
	www.usa.md /section/DVD/isle/454040 (1165 words)

	MAFIA - Production Notes...CinemaReview.com....Movie Reviews, Movie Contents, Moviegoer Opinions and Much More!
		"Jim is wonderful and I love working with him," noted Lloyd Bridges during production, and who reteamed for his fourth film with Abrahams.
		For the role of the evil seductress, Pepper, Jim Abrahams cast the versatile Pamela Gidley.
		Echoing the same sentiment expressed throughout the cast, Tony Lo Bianco cast in the film as Marzoni also praises Abrahams, saying, "Jim Abrahams is a super guy, a terrific director and a wonderful human being, and he really inspired me. I think that attitude was very infectious throughout the whole cast and crew.
	www.cinemareview.com /production.asp?prodid=236 (1575 words)

	Jerry, David & Jim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When it comes to contributions to film classics, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and the latter's brother Jerry have at least one area sewn up: the eminently quotable non sequitur play on words.
		Abrahams cooked up "Hot Shots!" in 1991 and, two years later, its "Part Deux" sequel.
		Abrahams recalls that when he and his fellow Milwaukee natives were accepting a SAG prize in the 1980s, they took off clothing above the waist.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/television/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000449948 (417 words)

	Duo puts 'Balls' in Universal's court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Abrahams directed, wrote and produced the comedy classic "Airplane!" with David and Jerry Zucker.
		The trio also were behind "Top Secret!" and helmed "Ruthless People." Abrahams directed "Hot Shots!" and was one of the writers and producers of the "Naked Gun" movies.
		Abrahams is repped by ICM and attorney Cliff Gilbert-Lurie.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000554552 (246 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Airplane! -- Jim Abrahams - DVD - Wide Screen
		Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, David Zucker, Robert Hays
		Three years after their initial blip on the cultural radar as co-writers of The Kentucky Fried Movie, boyhood friends Jim Abrahams and Jerry and David Zucker landed with a riotous bang -- writing, producing, and directing the zaniest comedy of the '70s, Airplane!
		Leslie Nielsen portrays the plane's doctor, launching a new phase of the actor's career that carried him through the next two decades in several similarly comedic roles.
	video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?ean=97360130546 (1282 words)

	Jim Abrahams @ Filmbug
		Jim Abrahams has become one of Hollywood's most influential and important filmmakers in a career that has moved from performance into writing, directing, producing and creating new television productions and feature films.
		Along with his classmates and friends David and Jerry Zucker, Abraham formed a successful storefront comedy troupe known as the Kentucky Fried Theater, which ultimately found even greater popularity when the trio moved the company west to Los Angeles.
		Abrahams' first film work as a solo director was on the project Big Business, which starred Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin as a pair of identical twins.
	www.filmbug.com /db/31779 (366 words)

	IMDb Name Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Jon Abrahams (I) (Actor, Meet the Parents (2000))
		Jim Abrams (I) (Actor, Max Magician and the Legend of the Rings (2002) (V))
		There may be additional matches in special interest areas that are only available to users choosing to see them.
	www.imdb.com /Name?Jim+S+%09%09%09++Abrahams (91 words)

	Hot Shots Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		If you're a fan of the joint or solo films of Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, and David Zucker, you already know what kind of silliness you're in for before you even press "play" on the remote.
		There'll be plenty of foreground and background sight gags, a ton of slapstick physical humor, and rapid-fire punning in a movie that unmercifully parodies one film or genre and provides more allusions to other flicks than most viewers can spot in a single sitting.
		Proft and Abrahams seem to let loose a bit more here, and have an obvious good time poking fun at former President George Bush (in the most obvious Bush reference, the socially inept President Benson throws up on a Japanese dignitary, as George the First once did).
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=3286 (1224 words)

	Epilepsy and the Ketogenic diet---Why was it hidden??????
		JIM ABRAHAMS made some of the most successful film comedies of the
		Jim and his wife Nancy took Charlie to a neurologist who did a series
		Jim was angry and puzzled that none of the six doctors he went to for
	www.medkb.com /Uwe/ForumPost.aspx?article=alternative:276:3F22E759.65C9FB33@sonic.net (2438 words)

	JoBlo reviews the movie "Mafia!"
		It had its funny moments, but the old Zucker and Abraham spoof movies were much better....
		One or two jokes and the rest of it is recycled junk from other similar movies by the same directors.
		I hope the Zucker's and Abrahams make more movies together, not on their own.
	www.joblo.com /mafia.htm (634 words)

	Amazon.com: Hot Shots! (1991) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Directed by Jim Abrahams, the film makes fun of a variety of other films as well, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys.
		This is an extremely funny, extremely offbeat movie from that king of funny, offbeat movies - Jim Abrahams.
		Abrahams' other movies, Airplane and The Naked Gun, then you know just what kind of zaniness he is capable of.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6302256704?v=glance (1886 words)

	Movie Database - [TV Guide Online] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A strange mix that might have been titled "Beach Blanket Espionage," this overlooked comedy by Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker doesn't always work, nor does it measure up to their hilarious AIRPLANE!.
		It is, nevertheless, very funny as it lampoons two genres: the spy movie and the teenage musical.
		In parodying pictures like THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker present a narrative that is hopelessly convoluted, but that, of course, is exactly their intention as they pile joke upon joke, filling their film with inventive sight gags.
	online.tvguide.com /movies/database/showmovie.asp?MI=24181 (203 words)

	Mafia! . Austin Chronicle . 07-27-98
		Abrahams, who started out as part of the holy trinity of cinematic parody -- (David) Zucker, Abrahams, and (Jerry) Zucker -- with The Kentucky Fried Movie back in 1977, has since helmed the enormously successful and spot-on Airplane!, as well as the Naked Gun series and Hot Shots!
		Despite, or perhaps due to, his love of exclamatory titles, Abrahams and his writers have been able to keep their one-note comedy ball rolling for two decades now, but Mafia!
		Whereas the usual gag ratio in an Abrahams film is two or three per minute of screen time, Mafia!
	www.filmvault.com /filmvault/austin/m/mafia1.html (434 words)

	Amazon.ca: Video: Police Squad Help Wanted (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The first three episodes from the short-lived but well-remembered comedy created by the Zucker Brothers are preserved on this tape.
		There is a great scene involving Frank trying to get clear about "Jim Fell" and an equally funny visit to the Dentist.
		This means a visit to Jim's Gym for Frank, who ends up working with a real dog.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6300218112 (558 words)

	Jim Abrahams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
		With college friends Jerry and David Zucker, Abrahams is co-founder of the Kentucky Fried Theater in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1969.
		ZAZ (as they came to be known) subsequently moved their satirical group to Los Angeles, set up a theater and made their first venture into feature filmmaking with "The Kentucky Fried Movie" (1977).
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/celeb/196512 (482 words)

	DVD REVIEW: MAFIA! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Part Deux." Even though his individual work isn't nearly as sharp as his team work, Abrahams still manages to come up enough gags and jokes to fuel a 90 minute movie.
		Abrahams and co-writer Greg Norberg take aim at modern gangster films and hit their target about 80% of the time.
		It's all there, from the orchestrated slaughter during Anthony's wedding, to his being blown up in his Cadillac in a fiery opening sequence that not only spoofs "Casino" but all of the "Bond" films as well.
	www.lightviews.com /mafia!.htm (845 words)

	Top Secret!: Sensormatic on DVD - MovieWeb
		Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Martyn Burke
		Nick soon finds himself involved with the French resistance, encountering slapstick gags and film parodies every time he turns around.
		Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker - Directors, Jon
	movieweb.com /dvd/dvd.php?097360156744 (239 words)

	'Mafia!' (PG-13)
		The late Lloyd Bridges stars as the doddering don Vincenzo Cortino, on the run from an angry Sicilian gangster whose severed thumb he keeps in his pocket.
		In director Jim Abrahams's patented hit-or-miss approach, it's just one low-brow-but usually pretty funny-gag after the other, in feverish succession.
		If it's possible to be old-fashioned while cracking wise about flatulence and male sexual arousal, then "Mafia!" is as quaint as Sunday afternoon tea with grandma, only considerably more amusing.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/mafiaosullivan.htm (276 words)

	Mafia! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		You know the formula: scenes stuffed to the gills with jokes with a preference for sight gags, and if Abrahams can mix in a few bodily fluids and animal orifices in the process, so much the better.
		Surviving a brutal murder attempt by a padre and a midget, Cortisone realizes his frail disposition requires that either his war hero son Anthony (Jay Mohr, Jerry Maguire, Picture Perfect) or the psychotic coke-addled one, Joey (Billy Burke, almost a dead ringer for a young Frank Sinatra) take over the family business.
		That's really all you need to know, because it's Abraham's unrestrainable sense of humor that serves as the crux of the film, no matter how annoying.
	www.octopusmediaink.com /Mafia.html (389 words)

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