David Zucker (Filmmaker) - Sharp Stick In The Eye
The SDR Show w/ Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg
GaS Digital Network
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
David Zucker joins The SDR Show with Ralph Sutton and Aaron Berg to discuss creating Airplane!, the truth behind some of the film’s biggest myths, working with John Landis and Leslie Nielsen, OJ Simpson stories, an abandoned pilot with Steve Carell, why Seth MacFarlane refused to meet with him, his book Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!, the new movies he’s currently working on, David Zucker's first concert, first drug and first sexual experience and so much more!
Air Date: 05/06/26
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| 0:00.0 | What is up, my fellow Alex? |
| 0:01.8 | We have a legend in comedy on the show today. |
| 0:05.1 | A living legend. |
| 0:06.1 | You need to clarify that because sometimes legends are dead. |
| 0:08.9 | And then they still would be guests on the podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | Sometimes, thanks to a seance, this guy wrote airplane. |
| 0:15.1 | Airplane? |
| 0:15.9 | This guy wrote hot shots. |
| 0:18.5 | Naked gun, ruthless people. I mean, the list goes on and on. He is a titan in the comedy industry. If you've ever made a joke about Shirley, you're a fan of this gentleman. Hey, surely you can't be serious that we have David Zucker on the show today. We have David Zucker on the show. I've screwed up his name a few times, so I always thought it was Zucker, but it is Zucker |
| 0:39.3 | like Hooker. Then you say, stop calling me Shirley. Then you say it. We do this every Wednesday, every Saturday, 8 p.m. Eastern Time. If you're a fan of him or any of his movies, you could have heard all these great stories five days ago at gasdigital.com. use the code SDR, get 20% off, use the code Berg, get 19% off. |
| 0:57.4 | Yeah, it's a... stories five days ago at gasdigital.com. Use the code SDR, get 20% off. |
| 0:54.7 | Use the code Berg, get 19% off. |
| 0:57.4 | Yeah, it's a different code. |
| 0:59.3 | It's 1% less. |
| 1:00.7 | But thank you so much for adding that. |
| 1:02.5 | Here it is right now. |
| 1:03.4 | Comedy Titan, David Zucker, on the SDR show. |
| 1:08.4 | This is the intro to the shit show. |
| 1:37.3 | Sex, drugs, rock, and roll. This is a hit show. Show me a ditch show. Please, someone's box a hole. It's weed, I beat, it's hookers, and blow. It's art, it's part, you need to know. The SDR show. Let's go. It is the SDR show. I am Ralph Sutton. And with me, as always is Aaron Berg. And I'm just noticing the first time in the reflection of Aaron Berg's fireplace. I can see what looks like a Peloton. I never noticed that before. It's very nice. You have noticed it once before, but you forgot that you noticed it. Oh, I have the worst memory in the world. Okay. I'm riding the bike daily now doing, they call it cardiovascular. Oh, good for you. You are, you're a jacked man. So we are honored today to have someone who molded all of our childhoods. If you're my age, Aaron's age, or anywhere near there, even so much so, I was on a date last night with the girl way younger than me. |
| 2:01.4 | And she was like, oh, of course. Like she knows everything. Here's what I learned. First of all, |
| 2:06.0 | it's Zucker, like hooker, is how you say the name. A writer, director, producer, from airplane |
| 2:11.9 | to naked gun, basketball, so much more has a new class in comedy called Master Crash. |
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