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I can't say it better than (TV's) Frank Conniff:

Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane!, Police Squad, Top Secret, etc... I mean, come on! All of these projects and more gave us not just laughs, but huge belly laughs. Jim Abrahams was an inspiration to me and I will be forever grateful for all the great comedy he gave us. Rest In Peace.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel like there's a good German word for being sad that a funny person died, but I don't know any German.

[–] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

He's just a little horse/hoarse

I've of my favorite movies of all time

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

HEADLINE NEWS ACROSS THE WORLD - JIM ABRAHAMS HAS DIED!

Thanks Jim for giving us this absolutely stupid sense of humour, RIP

[–] superkret@feddit.org 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He should have picked an earlier day to quit sniffing glue.
On a slightly more "serious" note, he made the funniest movies I ever watched in my life, including the best opening scene of any movie ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJOS7dKuwcQ

Movies like these made a generation of Germans (like me) admire and want to move to the USA...
He's probably one of the reasons I was eager to learn English and listened to American Forces Network radio all night long.
But all of that is 30-40 years in the past now...

[–] ricardoharvin@mstdn.social 15 points 1 month ago

@Bishma "I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue"

🫡, Mr. Abrahams

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago
[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Surely the man made a legacy for himself.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He did, but don't call us Shirley.

[–] Kalkaline@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago

What a legendary career

[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Surely, you can't be serious!

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

I kept reading that as JJ Abrams, and thinking there's no fucking way he made that many great movies.

[–] BackwardMonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Unlike his previous stuff this last prank of his is not funny at all. Sad even. Just proves he's past his prime.

[–] ChuggingPus@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 month ago

La Chocolat moose