Shorewood Distinguished Alums to be Honored Thursday

SHOREWOOD — Jim Abrahams, Jerry Harrison, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker are all Shorewood High School graduates and they're in the spotlight this Thursday as the Shorewood Alumni Association hosts a day of festivities.

According to a report by OnMilwaukee, festivites include a tour of the high school campus, a fancy reception in the evening from 5 to 7 p.m. and a special awards ceremony during intermission at the opening night of the Shorewood musical production, "South Pacific," from 7 to 9 p.m.

So Who are these guys?

Jim Abrahams: A songwriter, musician and producer. He achieved fame as the keyboardist and guitarist for the New Wave band Talking Heads and as an original member of The Modern Lovers.

Jerry Harrison, David & Jerry Zucker: An American comedy filmmaking trio. They did a lot of movies. Here are the ones members of the trio were involved in over the years:

• Airplane! (1980)
• Top Secret! (1984)
• Ruthless People (1986)
• Big Business (1988)
• The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
• Ghost (1990)
• Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
• The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
• Hot Shots! (1991)
• Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
• For Goodness Sake (1993)
• First Knight (1995)
• ...First Do No Harm (1997)
• Mafia! (1998)
• BASEketball (1998)
• Rat Race (2001)
• My Boss's Daughter (2003)
• Scary Movie 3 (2003)
• Scary Movie 4 (2006)
• An American Carol (2008)

For More Information including how to go:

Read more from OnMilwaukee about how to go to the reception, and award ceremony.

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