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Watch the TV show as well, "Police Squad" it`s not a lot of episodes (think 6 episodes. Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, has said, "If Police Squad! had been made twenty years later, it would have been a smash. It was before its time. In 1982 your average viewer was unable to cope with its pace, its quick-fire jokes. But these days they'd have no problems keeping up, I think we've proved that.
@@JamesVSCinema You should also watch the short lived TV show, Police Squad, that these movies are based on. That show was so far ahead of its time! Also, you should check out Top Secret!, from the ZAZ guys who directed Airplane!.
It started out as a series called POLICE SQUAD. It was critically loved by some but didn't do well as a TV show because people would watch it like other sitcoms (during dinner, while chatting with family) and would miss half the jokes because they didn't pay attention. So it only lasted one season but then THE NAKED GUN came out as a sequel to the series of sorts. The first two movies did great and I still rewatch them. The Third wasn't great at the time and definitely doesn't hold up.
And just as Airplane mainly spoofed Zero Hour, the very first episode of Police Squad spoofed an episode of Lee Marvin's M Squad television show. And yes, the critics enjoyed the short series (something like 6 episodes) but it never caught on with the audience enough to get the series renewed. What they did every episode was have a big name special guest star who dies during the opening credits (Lorne Greene, Florence Henderson, William Shatner, Robert Goulet, William Conrad (radio's Marshal Dillon and TV's Canon) and George Stanford Brown. The credits also included Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln returning fire at the Ford Theatre. There were so many great and hilarious moments. The episode title would be different than the title the announcer says, one episode was titled "The Butler Did It" and that WAS who did it, and every episode would end with a faked freeze frame as the credits and theme song played out. The first episode was directed by the three directors but the other five were by various directors, including (I'm almost sure) Joe Dante. The series was also more deadpanned than Naked Gun although each sequel grew broader and less deadpanned with a lot of reaction shots.
Leslie Nielsen's long experience as a leading man "serious" actor works so well for him playing the "straight man" with all the silliness that's happening around him and is involuntarily caused by him. :)
he doesn't play the straight man in any of the naked gun movies or airplane though, he plays everything completely serious and very deadpan but he is usually NOT the straight man. the straight man in a comedy is the normal guy who reacts to the weirdness, he partakes in the weirdness but with a completely serious face. very different.
Hell, he goes full psycho in 'Day of the Animals' and if you never knew you wanted to see a shirtless Leslie Nielson wrestle a grizzly bear, check that movie out.
Just to let you know, when this was dubbed into German, the translators wrote entirely new jokes to A. match the lip synchronicity more accurately and B. to substitute cultural references that would have gone right over the german audiences' heads. Then they wrote subs that were neither a direct translation nor match the german dub. So as a germanophone (?) you can watch the movie thrice and get new jokes everytime.
That happens a lot in comedies. They don't just translate, but really go in and adapt. At least the good dubs are like that. Otherwise it's a bizarre unfunny direct translation, full of references that'll go over peoples heads, and I've seen plenty of both.
My favourite thing about these movies is the rewatchability. There's always a joke or something going on in the background. I remember watching it as a kid and laughing at the obvious slapstick humour, then watching it as a teen understanding more of the jokes and finally as an adult when you know all the references. This movie is like an ogre.
Naked Gun did quite well in the Box Office, almost $80 million domestically in 1988. This was a spin off movie from the very short lived TV series Police Squad so some were familiar with the characters involved ahead of time
Kevin Smith recycled that joke for the animated Clerks. Dante and Randall are talking about Schindler's List (or 'Flintstone's List' in this case) and Randall's final opinion was: 'Not as funny as Amistad'.
I've seen security footage of Pallazo sneaking around a skyscraper and attempting sexual assault with a concrete dildo. I don't think we're getting the full story.
I was in high school when this movie first came out and watched it in a theater. It was a packed house and the whole crowd was laughing their asses off from the beginning to the end. Being in a big audience of people laughing just makes you laugh harder. It's a great memory. I'm glad you enjoyed the show.
Why just write a normal comedy when you can write something where every single line is either a set-up or a punch line? Or a punch line that was part of a bigger set-up? Insanely good.
I think it's actually really difficult to do this kind of comedy well - to be able to just throw absurd joke after absurd joke at the audience without any space to breathe AND it's actually funny? its probably my favorite style of comedy, being adhd 😂
My friend and I watched this movie years ago and laughed our asses off. We then turned on the Naked Gun 2 and laughed our asses off. By the end of the night my chest hurt from laughing.
Hey man, among all of the reaction RU-vid bubble, you're the dude I go to for the intelligent insight. It took me until waaay after I watched all of these movies before I picked up on the things you do. I can't wait to see how far your career goes, man. You've got a talented eye.
Yes and no. Everyone remembers the big ones, like Animal House and Vacation, but there were lots of other National Lampoon movies that flew under the radar, such as Class Reunion.
these movies. Naked gun, aeroplane, police academy, they are just those types of movies u need to watch MANY times to see all those funny things BEHIND those actual scenes.
You should check out some Pink Panther, Peter Sellers was a comedic genius. This is one series where I actually don’t recommend starting with the first one, it took them a few movies to perfect the formula, The Return of the Pink Panther would be my recommendation.
Saw this movie in the theater when I was 12 and I thought it was hilarious. It took about 10 years for me to realize how many of the jokes flew right over my head.
Had such a great time watching your reaction. It had been so long since I had seen this movie and I was laughing hysterically along with you. My dad said when this movie came out, it got huge publicity after its initial release. After some people saw it, word got out and it was a must see. Once a again had a great time watching the reaction.
The 4rth wall break where he walks around the set instead of going through the door is one of my favorite bits in the film. I'm so glad you noticed it, cause so many people I've watched this film with never notice that it's a bit. They love to have scenes where there's something going on with people talking about something and then they do something that doesn't get pointed out as a joke and it's harder to notice them until you watch it multiple times. You picked up on the luggage gag and I didn't even notice it the first couple of times I watched this when I was younger. I love these movies for those bits.
Leslie was an amazing actor with brilliant comedic ability. He carried a noise maker that made fart noises and would be serious during interviews while those noises would just be happening and he would give like no reaction. Made interviews hilarious
These films are sooo good. Absolute classics. I'm from Britain and remember these being classics from the get go, Leslie Nielson's comedy work was loved here full stop. Airplane, dead and loving it, naked gun. Man's a leg.
the trilogy Naked Gun was made before OJ Simpson's trial of the century... fun fact is the actress Susan Beaubian who plays OJ's character's wife also plays the jury foreperson in American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson!
I think maybe my favorite moment from this movie (at least one I go back to from time to time) is when Frank is trying to extend the baseball game. He tosses a bunch of balls into the air to confuse the catcher who then makes the most obvious out of all time and Frank yells "safe". The reaction of the catcher is priceless. He was so mad.
Was a huge hit, comedy fans loved it. Not only did it make money at the box office, but people rented these movies from Blockbuster whenever they wanted a laugh and they were in constant rotation on cable TV.
The comedy of Airplane, Naked Gun, and Clue works because instead of building the story with a comedic premise. They just take the most boring, generic-ass story, and build off of the tropes. It gives us a groundwork of a story we all know (disaster movie, police procedural, murder mystery), so it doesn't have to waste any time setting up the narrative before it stretches it into absurdity. Hell, Airplane! is a plot for plot remake of Zero Hour!, just with jokes.
I saw as a junior in high school with my girlfriend. I laughed my tail off and she didn't laugh once. Not even the floating chalk outline of OJ got her to crack a smile. Our days were numbered 🤣
Omg I have watched this film hundreds of times and thought I have caught every joke and gag. Can't believe I have never noticed them just throwing all the luggage out of the plane lol. Thanks for pointing that out!
I loved the series "Police Squad" when it originally aired on ABC and was SOOOO excited when this movie came out - and I was not disappointed😂 The sequel Naked Gun 2 1/2 is definitely worth reacting to as well. Love ya buddy ☮❤
I don't think you should worry about OJ being in this, "death of the author" and all that. You do get to see him get hurt a lot, though, which is nice.
"He has a 50 - 50 chance of living, though there's only a 10 percent chance of that." was the "60% of the time, it works ALL the time" of its... er... time...
Good video, as always, James. I was a kid when this movie came out and the 80's was a great time for cinema. This movie, like many great 80's, were the norm. I was so used to good movies: Comedy, Action, Horror, and Drama and this is what I enjoy. I'm one of those 'back in my day' guys. I don't try to be, it's just the stuff of today is from another style that doesn't hit me. I like your commentary and I appreciate younger guys who deliver good content. Thanks for the good reaction James!
I don't know if it's been mentioned, but Weird Al would take women on dates to see this movie, and wear the exact same shirt as he did in the movie but not mention it just to see the reaction
We need these kinds of comedies back! This and Airplane were the hardest I had laughed at in a while. I miss the "sophisticated slapstick". I remember Family guy parodying that opening with Stewie.
Exactly and that's a great way to describe it. It is slapstick comedy and the younger audience will laugh but the sophistication is definitely for the older audience. Laughing at platoon lmmaaaaaaoooooo
This film was a huge hit and man, the crowd when I saw it was in absolute stitches! The toughest thing for me was I saw it with my Dad and I absolutely couldn't laugh at some of the jokes in that film beside of him! It was painful! Lol
The Airplane, Naked Gun and Hot Shots movies were really popular here in Ireland when they were released. I watched them when I was a teenager. Love your channel 🙏
A long time ago I dated a guy who said he hated this movie because it was stupid.... One of my all time fave comedies ever. Ya we didn't last very long 😂
Saw this in the theaters when I was 9 and it easily shaped my love of comedy. I recall most adults thinking it was just "okay" after they had the luxury of seeing both Airplane flicks and Top Secret
@@JamesVSCinema Hell yeah man. And think your right that the scary movie franchise copied the style. A Haunted house 1 and 2 are really funny if you haven't seen them. Their from the Wayne Brothers to.
Saw this in the theater when I was in high school. The crowd was rolling with laughter so much it was almost painful after it was over. It was so much fun! Watched this with my son when he was the same age I was in '88. Tears in both of our eyes because we were laughing so much as wild-eyed Frank Drebin crashes into the woman's window from the ledge and stumbles towards her with a concrete Johnson! It was a few years until There's Something About Mary came out when I was able to have a similar crowd experience!
I must have watched this film forty times over the years. I saw it in the cinema and the audience was literally crying laughing. Every time I see it I spot something I missed or had forgotten about. The car chase with Stephanie left me literally crying laughing. The great actor John Houseman, in his final role, played the man in the car with Stephanie. He was close to Orson Welles and involved in Citizen Kane. He played the role in this film to perfection. The film got rave reviews when it came out. Leslie Nielsen was a total genius in it - and before Airplane he was just a talented straight actor. The other two Naked Gun films are also superb - not as good, but they have scenes in them that left me in tears laughing. This film is one of those so good and so unique (albeit based on the model of Airplane) that it won't get forgotten. There will be people fifty years from now looking back at it the way we look back at Some Like it Hot or the best films of Laurel and Hardy. Generations will get the humour and roar laughing. It is a comic masterpiece of cinema.
You might like a Leslie Nielsen film called 'Repossessed.' It's sort of a comedic sequel to 'The Exorcist' with Linda Blair playing her same role years later.
About favorite jokes... actually I can't remember if it was in this one or in Hot Shots, but halfway through the end credits they inserted the recipe for a chocolate cake. AND as the scroll was about to end you could read: "If you had left the cinema at the start of the credits you'd be home by now"
Ha! I think that was Hot Shots! All kinds of silly goodies through the credits, right? Or was it Robin Hood Men in Tights? No. No, you're right. Hot Shots! Damn it. I did see it though. Rare is the film that rewards the credit watchers so handsomely.
I can't believe this movie has been smashing funny bones for over 30 years now. This, Airplane!, and Top Secret I remember as being the first movies to hurt me with laughter. Like about to have an asthma attack and die from laughter.
I hope you watched the credits as well, they had fun with them as well…you might have to go back and rewatch them. I would certainly recommend having a look at Top Secret. There were a whole range of films back in the 80’s that were spoof-type films long before the likes of Scary Movie. If you want to see a hilarious French comedy that is Le Diner de Cons….it was remade into a Hollywood film with Steve Carell called Dinner for Schmucks, but the original is the best. Love the reaction James…keep it up.
I think I was in Middle School when this movie came out. My parents just started letting us kids watch mainstream movies and this is one of the first they let me watch. Just hilarious and surprisingly clean for those that don't like too much PG-13 or above. Of course these movies were hiped and they deserved it. It was awesome going to the theatre back then. Just a totally different experience. It was an experience. The world was different back then though. There is no more levity.
The Naked Gun movies were originally a television show (ABC?) called "Police Squad" (hence the opening credits, "from the files of Police Squad"). It was not on too long, but all the episodes are great. The driving instructor was the great English actor, John Houseman, who had a long, distinguished career on stage and film.
This movie trilogy was based on a TV show called Police Squad that only aired 6 episodes then it was canceled. Leslie Nielsen unfortunately passed away in 2013 from phenomenon. He was my comedic idol. True Deadpan humor. R.I.P. Leslie Nielsen.
I know how you feel, James. Whenever I watch any of these movies by these directors I think to myself "surely there can't be that many jokes left un-mined in the English language. How do they think of so many different ways to be so clever about so many things?!" XD
I just literally recovered a sealed VHS of this movie from my late Grandparents' movie library after searching through my library the other day! Too bad it's only worth $3.33 sealed... which is ironic, considering what the name of the 3rd film is... 33-1/3! Don't forget to watch the Naked Gun sequels and "Airplane II: The Sequel!". You'll be in stitches from them all!
Loved the 'Police Squad' TV series when it was originally broadcast and was so unhappy when it was cancelled after one short season and then the film came along, I loved it, 'Naked Gun 2' is a good watch also... RIP Leslie Nielson...
Weird Al Yankovic would take dates to see this movie and wear the same outfit that he wears without telling them. He thought it would impress the girls.
The Naked Gun is a follow up to the very popular but short lived "Police Squad" TV show. Yes, they made a TV show that was this style of jam packed humor episode after episode. So this movie had a large audience even before it was released.
It took off and became a huge hit, especially due to word of mouth, and was a big success on home VHS too as a result, which prompted two further sequels, the first of which is good, the final one less so. It was also jumping off of the TV series Police Squad, which is where most of the jokes come from albeit framed around a new stories compared to the TV episodes. That's why the film had a subtitle on the poster 'from the files of Police Squad'.
I remember watching this again and my patents started watching during the date scene and were wondering who sang the song. I was waiting and then when it ended and the credits came up, we all busted out laughing 😆 great video! Keep up the great work!
As soon as I seen the movie you reacted to I clicked immediately lol. This movie brings back good memories as a kid watching this with my dad. They're so good lol
This movie was such a big hit when it first came out. I remember everyone was talking about it. Plus back in the day OJ was everywhere. He was so loved. That's why unbelievable what he did and what happened.
To this day, when I'm on here watching various reviews or send-ups, if the movie in question turns out to have Leslie Nielsen in it (such as some schlock film he was in during his slump in the early 70s), I will always post: "Hey! It's Enrico Palazzo!"
Would love to see Frank Drebin vs John Wick. "Loaded Weapon 1" is a spoof on Lethal Weapon in this same style. Stars Emilio Estevez and Samuel L. Jackson.
I saw this in the theaters, and it was very popular. It made an impact on pop culture at the time for sure. Maybe not as much as say Wayne's World did, but it was pretty big.
This is where my humor comes from. Lines from this movie, Airplane, Kentucky Fried Movie (which you should really watch next), and a little bit of Spaceballs find their way into everyday speech for me. Which nobody ever gets
Leslie Nielsen who plays Frank Drebin had always until airplane and naked gun, played in very serious movies and drama. His stint in Airplane made some producer interested in casting him in more comedic roles and it paid off. He was a very funny person and doing comedy was like a dream for him. It even revived his career. A great Canadian actor.
you saying hes gonna take out John Wick..without knowing it, has got to be one of the funniest ideas Ive heard in awhile. lol. It made my mind produce this little short 'comic' if you will of that happening. Busted a gut there..thanks ! Peace!
