by Dr. Seuss. Two of the films are animated and one is a live-action movie starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. You can watch the 1966 made ...

by Dr. Seuss. Two of the films are animated and one is a live-action movie starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Here are the three Grinch ...

By Clay Risen Jim Abrahams, who with the brothers David and Jerry Zucker surely comprised one of the funniest trios of comedy writers in film history, layering on the yucks in classics like ...

Jim Abrahams, the writer-director who with brothers Jerry and David Zucker popularized the 1980s spoof genre with comedies such as “Airplane!” and “The Naked Gun” series, has died.

Jim Abrahams, the writer-director who helped create comedy classics such as “Airplane!,” the “Naked Gun” movies, and the TV series “Police Squad!” has died. He was 80. Abrahams passed ...

Abrahams - who wrote and directed iconic spoof films Airplane! (1980) and The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) died from natural causes on Tuesday at his home in Santa Monica, his ...