Pat Proft. started the comedy thing in Minneapolis, out of high school. He performed and wrote
satirical comedy stuff at the Brave New Workshop and then went off to Los Angeles and was
one of first ever humans on stage at the Comedy Store. Doing standup, he became part of
the first ever Comedy Store Players and then joined the Zucker Abrahams Zucker's, now
infamous, Kentucky Fried Theater. His first ever feature script was POLICE ACADEMY, followed
by BACHELOR PARTY and REAL GENIUS. Â He teamed with ZAZ on writing POLICE SQUAD!, the
ABC TV series that became NAKED GUN: From the Files of Police Squad!. Proft wrote on all
three NAKED GUN films as well as SCARY MOVIE 3 and 4 with David Zucker, while having his
own success with both HOT SHOTS! films. He’s directed. He’s produced. He loves long walks
on the beach with his best gal.
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