‘Airplane’ director takes a jab at Babs Boxer for “Senator ma’am” stunt

Posted by: ST on October 23, 2010 at 11:24 am

This is awesome!

A well-known Hollywood producer and director has cut an ad against Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) riffing on when the senator chided an Army brigadier general last year for calling her “ma’am.”

David Zucker, the director of the 1980 comedy classic “Airplane!” who has worked on myriad films including the “Naked Gun” and “Scary Movie” franchises, directed the “Call Me Senator” spot for Right Change, a 527 and 501(c)4 organization “committed to supporting policies and candidates dedicated to fiscal responsibility and a strong national security for the United States, while upholding the principles of freedom, competitiveness and entrepreneurial spirit of the American people.”

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Zucker cut an ad against presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) for the Club for Growth in 2004. In 2006, he made a spot against “making nice to our enemies,” showing Secretary of State Madeline Albright serving cookies to terrorists and ripping on Democrats for not taking the North Korean nuclear threat seriously.

Zucker has described himself as a “9/12 Republican” who switched to the party out of national security concerns but remains liberal on environmental and social issues.

Here’s the ad:

Heh. Make sure to pass it on!

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  1. Dale says:

    Brilliant! :d

  2. snark says:

    OUCH! That’s absolutely brutal. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving person.

    Kudos.

  3. Texas Mom 2012 says:

    Thanks for the laughs! Wow, arrogance is lethal as a comic target. Who knew?

  4. Great White Rat says:

    Zucker is a genius at sight gags and lampooning the ridiculous. When he has you in his sights, your best bet is to slink away quietly.

    Of course, making fun of Boxer’s arrogance is the political equivalent of shooting fish in a barrel. But Zucker does it so brilliantly. :)

  5. Carlos says:

    Yeah, Babs is at least as brilliant a politician and sage as Patty Murray of WA.

    Strange how their politics are virtually interchangeable, too. I’d suggest it’s something in the west coast water or something, but even that couldn’t explain the runaway stupidity.

  6. daMello says:

    I posted the link of the video on my Facebook account and received many positive comments – from my liberal friends! Too bad none of them are from California…