David Zucker

NewsBusters editors Noel Sheppard and Matthew Sheffield caught up to director David Zucker, whose latest film "An American Carol" lampoons the radical left's anti-Americanism and cluelessness on the war on terror.

Zucker talked a bit about his political evolution, noting how the Democratic Party has drifted farther left than his Kennedy Democrat stances on taxes and defense. He also insisted he's no "crusader," aiming first and foremost to make moviegoers laugh, not letting the message muddle the art of the medium.

The interview is fairly lengthy for an EyeBlast video, but it's all worth it. Enjoy.

Here's something you don't see every day: a film spoofing revered Hollywood liberals such as schlockumentarian Michael Moore.

Yet, that's exactly what David Zucker, the film director that has brought America such comedy classics as "Kentucky Fried Movie," "Airplane," and "The Naked Gun," will be offering viewers soon with a movie entitled "An American Carol" (trailer embedded right).

On Monday, The Weekly Standard previewed the film and its director:

Hollywood conservative? As oxymoronic as that may sound, there are a few out there, the one endangered species that the left is not interested in protecting.

In an excellent article for the Weekly Standard, Stephen Hayes takes a look at a small band of conservatives and libertarians in Tinseltown. No longer content to stay quiet, they've created an underground group called "Friends of Abe," a reference to "Friend of Dorothy," a codeword formerly used when homosexuality was taboo in Hollywood with the intent to parallel the intolerance that is currently exacted on Republicans in the entertainment industy.

I've had the pleasure of attending a few such gatherings thanks to "NewsBusted" creator Bruce Roundtower and can verify that some of Hollywood's biggest names are involved.