Oh, what fun this was! The book is written in an interview style, which I loved. There are photos, quotes, and most importantly, the history of the Kentucky Fried Theater and the creation of that beloved movie, Airplane! There is no real plot here, just facts about how it happened, what happened, and lots of fun. If you haven't seen the movie, you need to do so and then read this book so you know how it came to be. I learned something very important about a film called Zero Hour! when reading this book. I just had no idea!

Airplane! is a movie that will never get old, and I believe after you read this book, you will be searching the internet for where you can stream the film again.

Did you always know there was a great background from the movie Airplane? This is it, and it will keep you in stitches, just like the movie did.

"Surely this cant be a fun read!" "It is a fun read..and dont call me Shirley!" More of a transcript of a dialogue between Zucker Abrahams and Zucker than a linear telling of the making of Airplane! this book is a fun read for any fan of one of the funniest movies of all time. I did feel the back and forth between the making of the movie and their experience with the Kentucky Fried Theatre could be a little long, overall it was an enjoyable journey through the movie making process of a movie that no one wanted to make. The side comments from some of the cast and also execs added color to the narrative and it was a fun dive into the process of comedy writing

In July of 1980 the world changed. And we laughed at it, hard.

We all knew Airplane! was different, and funny. It was the kind of movie you go to multiple times, and it was always funny. It still is.

This is the story of how the movie was made, told in a conversational style, which won’t be for everyone, but I found it enlightening and more insightful than a pure narrative style. Fun read.

Thanks to David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker for bringing joy and laughter into our lives and to St. Martin’s press and NetGalley for making the ARC of this book available for review.

Surely You Can’t Be Serious, about the making of the movie, Airplane!, by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker, the three young college friends who had a vision for comedy and the will to pursue it should not be missed by anyone who has ever watched the film multiple times, which you have to do to catch all the jokes. The book consists of commentary from the three writers as well as the actors, studio execs, other writers and reviewers plus wonderful pictures from Airplane! as well as Zero Hour! the serious disaster B film that was the inspiration for this parody. This reader loves the movie and has a child who majored in radio, tv and film in college, so I might have been predisposed to request an ARC, but the book is educational, humorous and contains so many interesting stories…like how the scene with the horse was filmed. Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to voluntarily review. And as an aside, several slots on my Christmas list have been filled. Most highly recommend.