Sherohman "have labored mightily to cobble together a plot capable of stretching to feature length the one-joke premise of the six-minute cartoons." In 1998, Proft's directoral debut titled Wrongfully Accused was released. The film was a parody of the thriller genre exemplified by The Fugitive (1993). In the same year, Proft announced a parody of the Dirty Harry film series about an American police officer who heads to England to extradite a criminal without much success, which is similar to the plot of the John Wayne cop thriller Brannigan, and a script titled Deep Titanic: Armageddon and Titanic, Too: It Missed the Iceberg which he also wanted to direct. Titanic, Too: It Missed the Iceberg had actors Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley and David Hasselhoff in talks for starring with a release date originally aimed for early 1999. CNN's film analyst Martin Grove stated the film was not likely to be made as two recent parody films Wrongfully Accused and Plump Fiction were not well received. In 2013, Proft was working on a script with David Zucker titled Counter Intelligence. Proft described the film as a "Naked Gun take on Mission Impossible and Bourne film series. Zucker would discuss in 2017 that he was working on a script for a fourth Naked Gun film with Proft. No project with Zucker has been made since Scary Movie V. In 2021, Proft was again working on a script for David Zucker titled The Star of Malta, a parody of film noir and heist films. Personal life Proft is married to actress and singer Karen Philipp. Filmography Feature credits Acting roles Television credits The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour (1973) The Smothers Brothers Show (1975) The Jim Stafford Show (1975) When Things Were Rotten (1975) Welcome Back, Kotter (1975) Van Dyke and Company (1976) 3 Girls 3 (1977) The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour (1977) Mary (1978) Ringo (1978) Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) Detective School (1979) Twilight Theater (1982) Police Squad! (1982) High School U.S.A. (1984) Super Dave's Spike-Tacular (2009) Notes References External links Living people American comedy writers American male film actors American male screenwriters American male television actors American television writers Comedy film directors Male actors from Minnesota 1947 births American male television writers Screenwriters from Minnesota Film directors from Minnesota Writers Guild of America Award winners