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David Zucker

Friday, October 03, 2008

After September 11th, David Zucker, the filmmaker behind the comedy classics “Airplane!” and “The Naked Gun”, switched his politics from left to right. His new movie “An American Carol” is a spoof about a bunch of liberals bent on abolishing the Fourth of July. David Zucker tells Kurt about being a conservative in the liberal world of Hollywood.

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David Zucker

Comments [5]

Carson Park Ranger from Eureka, California

David Zucker's work is not funny. It's puerile.

Oct. 08 2008 11:46 PM
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Chris from Oregon

In the years that I've been listening to this great show, this is the first time I've ever reacted negatively to a segment.

The old paradigm of Democrats being the "left" and Republicans being the "right" is clearly not factually correct anymore, but is perpetuated in discussions like this one. The Republicans keep on expanding the reach of government that they claim to despise so much, and the Democrats are pro-capitalism, pro-military and pro-religion. They both take money from oil and tobacco, and they both pander to nationalistic dogma when it suits them.

I wish terribly that Kurt and David would have stopped referring to Michael Moore as being on 'the left.' Moore is a partisan Democrat (at least recently) who likes fast food and cars and is a millionaire. Call him a Democrat, not a leftist.

It would be nice for someone in an intellectual setting, such as Studio 360, to acknowledge that two parties cannot possibly represent concepts as wide and varying as "left" and "right." In fact, this is the main problem with American politics. We are a nation of 300 million individuals with nearly 300 million differing opinions, yet we are limited to only two main parties.

This is simply unacceptable in a diverse country such as ours, as it makes all of our political discussions two-sided, simplistic and ultimately pointless. Which is also how I would describe our two-party elections, and from what I heard of it on this show, Zucker's movie.

Oct. 07 2008 09:44 AM
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Jeff from Oregon

Studio 360's interview, as usual, was unbiased and informative. Concerning the movie itself, it was not as funny as I expected, but the audience clapped at the end.

Oct. 06 2008 10:51 PM
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paulb from Brooklyn

I didn't know this movie was on the way--I really detest Michael Moore (I don't mean personally, I've never met him, I mean his work) and I can't wait to see it.

Oct. 04 2008 02:53 PM
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Laura from Paris, FN

Somehow I had falsely hoped Kurt Anderson might be able to conduct an unbiased interview.

Oct. 02 2008 07:11 PM
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