In 1969, David Zucker along with brother Jerry and friend Jim Abrahams formed out of Madison, Wisconsin. The Kentucky Fried Theatre, as it was known, practiced a zany style of fast-paced comedy that developed into the team's trademark. After heading west to Hollywood, Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker co-directed their first film,Airplane!, in 1980. Since then, "Z-A-Z" has continued to wow box office crowds with such hilarious hits as The Naked Gun trilogy. Actors such as Leslie Nielsen, Patrick Swayze, Robert Stack, Peter Graves, Julie Hagerty and Maureen McGovern share their hysterical experiences working with the trio in this side-splitting cinematic retrospective.

Wellspring presents another entry in the biographical series The Directors. Beginning as a comedy troupe in the late '60s, the trio of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker later went on to create some of the most popular spoof films in the history of film, including Airplane! and Naked Gun. The Directors: Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker traces the history of the group, through film clips and interviews with such stars as Patrick Swayze, Robert Stack, and Julie Hagerty.