Why We’d Never Get Away With This Today - David Zucker (Video)
In this 22 February 2026 published video, host Mike Rowe talks with David Zucker, an American filmmaker widely recognized for his work in parody comedies. Zucker’s career is defined by a signature comedic style featuring rapid-fire visual gags, deadpan delivery, and the use of serious actors in absurd situations. Outside of film, Zucker is a long-standing environmental advocate. He has been a board member for TreePeople, a Los Angeles-based non-profit, since 1988 and even transformed his own 20-acre ranch in Ojai into a thriving forest.
Rowe saw Airplane when he was a senior in high school and thought it was the funniest movie ever. His date, however, didn’t laugh at all. Not even once. Not even when the Japanese soldier stabbed himself to death, rather than listen to Ted Striker drone on and on about his broken heart. Afterwards, she looked at me like I was an alien. “What’s the matter with you?” she asked. “How was any of that funny?” In her defense, there were others in the theater who didn’t get it, several of whom left early. But there were many others like me who stayed to watch it again. So, my date left me in the theater and spent the next two hours shopping in the mall, while I laughed even harder the second time around.
https://youtu.be/pbJ4tfgBe5A
00:00 Why David Zucker started comedy
06:00 Breaking down the jokes in Airplane!
12:13 How to be funny
16:41 South Park’s satire
23:14 This joke came from an actor
27:56 The art of outrageous gags
33:18 Why The Babylon Bee is successful
37:38 How 9/11 impacted David
42:22 Family Guy vs. South Park
47:07 David’s visit to the White House
51:52 Carson’s comedy style
58:12 David’s love for Davy Crockett
01:02:40 The LA fires
01:07:45 David’s MasterCrash
01:12:12 Comedy’s evolution
01:21:30 My beef bouillon prank
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