Hey everyone! This movie was the funniest thing I have seen in so long! The slapstick, the deadpan humour, the craziness of it all... I loved every second! Let me know if it is worth it to watch the next two as well because I have no idea how good or popular they are. Thanks for watching! Have a great day! :)
The sequels are amazing! Keep an eye out for a Weird Al appearance in each. I didn't even realize he was in the second one til last year or so and I've seen it tons of times. I think the sequels are just as good or better. Norberg is my favorite character in this series. You seemed to laugh at my most favorite jokes. Some of the other reactors have had little reaction to or may have missed entirely because they were talking to us. Of course some people might find something humorous and don't actually give an audible laugh. Think most miss the joke about "My father went the same way" or when the man has a picture of Ed's wife, that Frank was actually pulling those from Ed's pockets. And you might have missed it, I dunno, but the actual credits usually have jokes in them. With funny jobs or a name in the cast, a cookie recipe, or some other ridiculousness. I believe the sequels also have these. Other movies like either "Hot Shots" may also have these kinda of jokes in the credits. I recommend that franchise as well, starring Charlie Sheen This franchise was based on a tv show that came out after Airplane! Was made. Made by ZAZ just like the movies. It was called "Police Squad" and there was only 6 episodes, I think only 30 mins each. If you wanted, you could prolly react to them and put it together in 2 reactions, each covering 3 episodes. Leslie plays Frank of course, Ed is played by someone different, but the science lab guy and the tall officer are the same actors. I don't remember if there is a Norberg in the show. There are just a handful of jokes from the show that pop up in the movies, so maybe watch all the movies first. I bought the series on dvd years ago and dunno if they are available anywhere streaming, to rent, or purchase, but I know this last year, You Me and the Movies reacted to the tv show. For other Leslie Neilson movies I recommend "Wrongfully Accused" which parodies mostly The Fugitive starring Harrison Ford, as well as other movies. He did Spy Hard as well, with a theme song by Weird Al, that has a theme song intro just like the Bond films. Basically a Bond parody and I'm sure other action films. I'm positive one of these two movies has a Mission Impossible 1 parody scene in it.
After. 50 years of acting in films and tv, Leslie Nielsen said his most favorite role was FORBIDDEN PLANET. Based on a Shakespeare play, movie also inspired Star Trek. Nielsen was the captain. Worth seeing this groundbreaking classic.
Naked Gun 2 1/2 and 33 1/13 are AS GOOD as the first one, no better or worse, so if you want more of the same, they definitely deliver. Both have more classic unique gags, and all 3 have a Weird Al cameo. These spun out of the 1982 show Police Squad! Which was canceled after only 6 episodes.
All 3 Naked Gun movies are worth watching. Moreover, this show is actually based on an old TV show called Police Squad, which is also worth watching. There's only like 6 episodes, but its they same style and delivery.
And also, to be fair, a lot of the same jokes. Not like I blame them, they took advantage of not many people seeing it to do the same jokes and gags again, but it throw people who go check the show out.
You know what i love about you, Ollie? When you watch a comedy, you actually laugh at the jokes. You make commentary on the moviemaking process and such, too. But you laugh a lot. Many reactors watch comedies, and feel the need to constantly explain all the jokes, or ask, "Why would they do that?" And i'm like...cuz its a joke, that's why they did that! Anyway, you don't really do those things, and it makes watching your joy so much better. Let's go!
Leslie Nielsen's obliviousness to the comedy around him is the key to Naked Gun's success, and makes the rare moments when he does respond even funnier. And abusing OJ is always funny 😅 I enjoy the second even more.
"The Naked Gun" was a continuation of a TV show called "Police Squad." There were only 6 half-hour episodes. I guess it was too silly for television. Highly recommended.
I think the creators concluded the humor was too detail based. The sight gag jokes don't work if you're multitasking and just listening. Puns require attention too.
13:11 Whenever I see this commercial on TV for a digital media transfer service that opens with the line "Do you have a box of old photos, movies or video tapes that are degrading?" I answer "I was young. I needed the work."
Weird Al used to take dates to see this, wearing the exact same shirt he's wearing in the movie, to see what they'd do when he pops up at the start. He absolutely loves the ZAZ humor, and has said Top Secret! Is his favorite movie, so he probably accepted the cameo before they were even done pitching it.
Yes! Whenever I saw a ZAZ film in the theater, and the audience would get up and leave when the credits started rolling, I would say, "Where are they going? Don't they know??" The jokes aren't over until the screen goes black.
I remember one of the movie credits said if you had left already you would have been home by now. Along with a cooking recipe, was fun to see in the end credits.
Amazingly funny movie! I quote the 'You killed five actors! Good ones!" line at least once a month. You seemed to partially recognize Mark Holton, the actor behind "It's Enrico Palazzo!" (identified in the credits by his one line, which is hilarious). He's probably best known for playing Francis, the antagonist of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, but he also had a cameo at the end of A League of Their Own.
The player who was going to kill the Queen was an Iconic Superstar named Reggie Jackson. He was known as Mr. October for how he really was at his best during the Playoffs/ World Series.
Probably one of the only films we're I cried with laughter . Especially the balcony scene . I've completely killed it now after watching it about 15 times. But still makes me chuckle.
Best parody movie, not as slap-stick, is 'Galaxy Quest', a parody of Star Trek TOS with Tim Allen as Cpt Kirk. Also, watch 'Forbidden Planet' the original 'big budget' sci-fi film, starring Leslie Neilson from 1956, although not a comedy, its bery campy.
The driving instructor was played by John Houseman, producer and colleague of Orson Welles who turned largely to acting later in his career, winning an Academy Award for the film "The Paper Chase".
Houseman was also one of the big acting teachers for many years at the esteemed Julliard. He may have been one of the original members, but i'm too lazy to look it up.
I was listening to a serious discussion being live streamed on Twitter a few days ago. With over 13,000 other people listening live, one of the speakers went to the bathroom and flushed with his microphone on. As I was laughing, I instantly thought of this movie.
If you haven't seen it yet look up a story told by English comedian Greg Davies "Drunk teacher story" on the Graham Norton Show with Ryan Gosling and Russel Crowe.
Funniest thing? Leslie Nielsen was always seen as a serious, dramatic actor. He said he would have done these comedies for free. When he was buried, they put a whoopee cushion in his coffin.
"Drebin, I don't want anymore trouble like you had last year on the South Side. Understand? That's my policy." "Yes. Well, when I see 5 weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards. That's MY policy." "That was a Shakespeare-In-The-Park production of JULIUS CAESAR, you moron! You killed 5 actors! Good ones." Fun Fact: This is one of three 1988 comedies that features a scene in which a villain is run over by a steamroller. The others are A Fish Called Wanda (1988) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). Ed Recasting Fact: According to David Zucker in the DVD commentary, the studio insisted on the casting of an Oscar winner in one of the major roles. This led to the casting of George Kennedy, who had been actively campaigning for the role of Ed Hocken for several months, saying that he was furious at having missed his chance to spoof himself in Airplane! (1980). Name Change Fact: This movie is a big-screen continuation of the cult cop spoof series Police Squad! (1982). The title was changed to avoid confusion with the Police Academy film franchise, which were also co-created by Pat Proft. David Zucker remembers that they were given a list of about twenty potential titles, and they chose "The Naked Gun" because it promised so much more than it could possibly deliver.
The Zucker/Abrams/Zucker satire filmography: Kentucky Fried Movie Airplane! Top Secret The Naked Gun Naked Gun 2 1/2 Hot Shots Hot Shots Part Deux Naked Gun 331/3 Mafia! David Zucker also directed BASEketball and Scary Movie 3, 4 and 5. Jerry Zucker also directed Rat Race and amazingly Ghost and First Knight. There's also a bunch of less spoken about titles like Roxy Carmichael, Ruthless People, and Big Business I'd like to see.
Since you liked this you must check out all the Pink Panther movies from the 60s to the 80s with Peter Sellers!!! He was a comic genius!!! Like you he was king of the one liners and word plays. He also did physical comedy very well even though it wasn't his forte. Those movies will keep you laughing too! A great Pete Sellers movie that's not Pink Panther but is equally as hilarious is "The Party." It's over-the-top funny. Enjoy my friend. Love your reactions. You've got a generous sense of humor, you're clever and witty and that's fun to watch.
Fun fact: the actor who played the henchman who fall into the toxic waste also played the serial killer in "Don't Answer The Phone." I listened to his commentary on the DVD, and it was pretty creepy.
@@victorfatalys1076 OMG, How could I have forgotten that? His physical acting to make himself seem like Darkman wearing a artificial skin mask sticks with me to this day.
Yes, it was impressive, a shame that most supporting actors never get opportunities to shine in major roles. His name was Nicholas Worth, died in 2007.
It's an absolutely brilliantly silly film, comedy at its best. Leslie Nielsen was just fantastic, his comic timing was first rate and his facial expressions could literally say a thousand words! Thanks for the reaction and I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Naked Gun is the best in my opinion but 2½ and 33⅓ are still good and worth a watch, including the closing credits.
Well...to be fair, OJ did these films BEFORE the "trial of the 20th Century." Come to think of it....that might be the reason they didn't make a 4th one....
All three Naked Gun movies were made while the nation still liked OJ Simpson. Kind of ironic now that he gets beat up in all three movies. Hall-of-Famer Reggie Jackson is the ballplayer assassin. Check out Police Squad!, a sadly short-lived TV series from 1982. This was where Frank Drebin was introduced and why the full title of this movie is The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!. The show only lasted 6 episodes.
I’d definitely give the other two a watch. Maybe spread them out a bit to avoid diminishing return on the funny though. Another one I’d recommend is Top Secret with Val Kilmer. One of the funniest movies ever made. (At least according to my brother) Also the best joke in this one was certainly one I didn’t quite get the first time I watched. “Nice beaver. Thanks. I just had it stuffed.”
right, the other naked guns are good... also, more of this style, : Top Secret (1984) . Hot Shots (but this one if funnier if you watch first Rambo, Dances with wolves and Top gun)
The subtitle is because of the failed TV series, Police Squad. This came out after Airplane; but didn't a time when people didn't want to have to think about the humor. Mindless shows like 3's Company; was the norm. So something like this was not what viewers wanted. So they decided to make a movie or if it, and it was a huge hit. 2 sequels later; she's the power Leslie Nelson had
I will personally give 10 points and a parrot sticker (as was customary in Finland in the 80's) to anyone who can identify all the famous figures in the starting scene.
Not surprised the young Canadian knew who Gorbachev was when most of the american reactors don’t recognise any of the characters in that opening scene.
Yeah the gag regarding Platoon is it had a really sad and depressing ending (although I've never seen it myself), and is kind of infamous for that, so people leaving the movie theatre laughing is not what you would expect.
You should check out Leslie Neilsons early career where he was trying to be a straight leading man .. like in ‘Forbidden Planet’, or in TV serials that he appeared in “Columbo’ and ‘Voyage to the bottom of the sea”. It’s pretty amazing his transition because even in these comedies he’s still playing it serious .. Which is why it’s even funnier.
This started as a 6 episode tv show "Police Squad" but they decided that people didn't really pay attention to visual gags on tv (talk over them or leave the tv on and only listen) and it'd work better as a movie. The original 6 are still a fun watch.
O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all of us command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, the True North, strong and free! From far and wide, O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. God keep our land glorious and free! O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. ~ From your neighbors across Lake Erie on the south shore who hear it when your local hockey team is in the Ontario Hockey League.
Great movie. I hope you also do the sequels. It is a very funny trilogy, This trilogy is based on a short lived tv series of 6 episodes of Police Squad that was a head of its time and canceled, The secretary in the movie that served the tea and was hypnotize is the directors mother she was also in airplane (the woman with the makeup). You should also see Top Secret another funny movie from the same directors of Airplane and this movie. Fyi The Shakespeare in the park bit is a spoof on dirty harry movie line.
I love Leslie Nielsen because he is completely serious the entire time, you look at him and he is not trying to be funny. He delivers his dialogues as if he was in a drama. The files of Police Squad refers to a tv show that aired years before the movie, but it was canceled after six episodes. The problem with a tv show with these characteristics is that you need to be 100% focused to catch all the jokes they delivered because as you could see, they delivered joke after joke after joke in a short period of time, even sometimes you could see something really funny happening in the background totally unrelated to the situational scene, and tv shows usually have a more light approach to comedy. Years later they decided to use the jokes and format of the tv show and put it into a movie and they had this masterpiece of a comedy.
When it comes to really good comedies, storyboarding is important for the overall idea; however, A list actors will ad lib, unless told not too. In fact, I believe several scenes from movies are often thanks to the improvisational skills of the actors. While a college short film may tell you to stick to the script, multi million dollar movies aren't scripted verbatim, especially if it stars big time comedians like Seth Rogen, Leslie Nielsen, Chris Rock, or Bill Murray. It will definitely have a general idea or storyboard but they will just let actors be actors. In fact, several casting calls usually include that they want actors with great improvisation skills. In fact, I was in a short film made by Joy Villa. It was never produced-- The Orphan House. I just just an extra for the day. Near the end of the day, Joy finally uses me on set and gives me a situation with no scripted dialogue and I just have to make it up as I go. I wasn't expecting to speak. I just there to be an extra. But it was a good experience.
I have the whole thing memorized, as well. I watch a lot of the NHL and it's obviously sung before every Canadian team's home game (and there are 7 Canadian teams), so hockey fans hear it sung a good bit. I really like it. It's a lot easier to sing than our national anthem.
Yes, "The Naked Gun" movies are continuations of the TV show "Police Squad!". However, "Police Squad!" was developed as a vehicle for Leslie Neilson based off the wildly successful movie "Airplane!" in which Neilson portrays a doctor on a plane that is riddled with passengers and crew members with food poisoning. Frank Drebin is an extension of that character, a detective here instead of a doctor. "Airplane!" was a spoof of the disaster movies of the 1970s, ie "Airport" and its sequels, "The Towering Inferno" and "The Poseidon Adventure" (which also feature Neilson). IDK why you reacted to the Naked Gun movies without seeing Airplane! first. It's a classic.
I have seen Airplane! many many times! It is one of my favourite movies to watch with my dad and ""Don't call me Shirley" is a line I use all the time!
@@RolyPolyOllieReactions Ah...that explains a lot. I just subscribed and am scrolling around to look for something to watch and I see all the Naked Gun reactions but no Airplane reaction and wonder how you can do one without the other. If you're looking for a good parody or spoof, having seen your Hitchcock reactions, I recommend Mel Brooks' parody of Hitchcock movies, "High Anxiety".
@@RolyPolyOllieReactions It's good to see a film student go back and look at these movies. I'm an award winning screenwriter myself although my career ended up in sportscasting and pro wrestling.
The police squad was only six episodes then it was canceled it came out before this movie headless Nielsen but I think he was the only one for the series that went into the movies you should watch and they're pretty funny
I actually do know the Canadian anthem and have sung it on occasion. If I’m asked to again though I have to check because you guys changed one line a few years back that wasn’t considered politically correct. I’m guessing from your reaction to “the credits” from the song you never got to see MTV play music videos. This was their style to credit each song. You may also not know that record players traditionally had two speeds. Singles played at 45 RPM and albums played at 33 1/3rd. That’s the joke on the third movie title. Really old records might have 16 or 78 RPM but unless you have an old record player or a high end one you are unlikely to see these speeds. I loved Frank arriving at LAX on a TWA L-1011. My dad worked for them so I always like seeing them in films. When I was in high school some movie being shot in St. Louis needed an old plane they could wreck. I only know it went through my dad’s office. I never knew for years what film that was for. He thought it was an Airport series movie that George Kennedy starred in. Later in college I figured out it was Escape From New York. Largely filmed in East St. Louis.
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YO! also, watch the tv show this was based on. (police squad) the show was equally funny, but only lasted one season and was cancelled for bein tooooooo goooooood
Great reaction, nice to see you laugh so much to this crazy film. So how long ago was it you watched "Airplane" ? It'd be great if you did a reaction to it if you feel like it. Have a great weekend !!
other films I love with the same IMDB score or better Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein The Time of Their Lives Duck Soup A Night at the Opera Safety Last! The Music Box One Week
Hey everyone! This movie was the funniest thing I have seen in so long! The slapstick, the deadpan humour, the craziness of it all... I loved every second! Let me know if it is worth it to watch the next two as well because I have no idea how good or popular they are.
Thanks for watching! Have a great day! :)
You MUST watch Airplane! and Top Secret by the same directors (the Zucker brothers). Same gag-a-minute style, all of them hilarious.
The sequels are amazing! Keep an eye out for a Weird Al appearance in each. I didn't even realize he was in the second one til last year or so and I've seen it tons of times. I think the sequels are just as good or better.
Norberg is my favorite character in this series. You seemed to laugh at my most favorite jokes. Some of the other reactors have had little reaction to or may have missed entirely because they were talking to us. Of course some people might find something humorous and don't actually give an audible laugh. Think most miss the joke about "My father went the same way" or when the man has a picture of Ed's wife, that Frank was actually pulling those from Ed's pockets.
And you might have missed it, I dunno, but the actual credits usually have jokes in them. With funny jobs or a name in the cast, a cookie recipe, or some other ridiculousness. I believe the sequels also have these. Other movies like either "Hot Shots" may also have these kinda of jokes in the credits. I recommend that franchise as well, starring Charlie Sheen
This franchise was based on a tv show that came out after Airplane! Was made. Made by ZAZ just like the movies. It was called "Police Squad" and there was only 6 episodes, I think only 30 mins each. If you wanted, you could prolly react to them and put it together in 2 reactions, each covering 3 episodes. Leslie plays Frank of course, Ed is played by someone different, but the science lab guy and the tall officer are the same actors. I don't remember if there is a Norberg in the show. There are just a handful of jokes from the show that pop up in the movies, so maybe watch all the movies first. I bought the series on dvd years ago and dunno if they are available anywhere streaming, to rent, or purchase, but I know this last year, You Me and the Movies reacted to the tv show.
For other Leslie Neilson movies I recommend "Wrongfully Accused" which parodies mostly The Fugitive starring Harrison Ford, as well as other movies.
He did Spy Hard as well, with a theme song by Weird Al, that has a theme song intro just like the Bond films. Basically a Bond parody and I'm sure other action films. I'm positive one of these two movies has a Mission Impossible 1 parody scene in it.
After. 50 years of acting in films and tv, Leslie Nielsen said his most favorite role was FORBIDDEN PLANET. Based on a Shakespeare play, movie also inspired Star Trek. Nielsen was the captain. Worth seeing this groundbreaking classic.
Naked Gun 2 1/2 and 33 1/13 are AS GOOD as the first one, no better or worse, so if you want more of the same, they definitely deliver. Both have more classic unique gags, and all 3 have a Weird Al cameo.
These spun out of the 1982 show Police Squad! Which was canceled after only 6 episodes.
Yes, they are.
All 3 Naked Gun movies are worth watching. Moreover, this show is actually based on an old TV show called Police Squad, which is also worth watching. There's only like 6 episodes, but its they same style and delivery.
And also, to be fair, a lot of the same jokes. Not like I blame them, they took advantage of not many people seeing it to do the same jokes and gags again, but it throw people who go check the show out.
You know what i love about you, Ollie? When you watch a comedy, you actually laugh at the jokes. You make commentary on the moviemaking process and such, too. But you laugh a lot. Many reactors watch comedies, and feel the need to constantly explain all the jokes, or ask, "Why would they do that?" And i'm like...cuz its a joke, that's why they did that! Anyway, you don't really do those things, and it makes watching your joy so much better. Let's go!
Jane is played by Priscilla Presley, the wife of Elvis. Recently Lisa Marie Presley, their daughter passed away, so Rest in Peace.
Yes sad ...grandson and daughter .....being rich and famous still brings its tragedies
Priscilla was Elvis‘s ex-wife. They were divorced before he died.
Leslie Nielsen's obliviousness to the comedy around him is the key to Naked Gun's success, and makes the rare moments when he does respond even funnier. And abusing OJ is always funny 😅
I enjoy the second even more.
"The Naked Gun" was a continuation of a TV show called "Police Squad." There were only 6 half-hour episodes. I guess it was too silly for television. Highly recommended.
It was so ahead of its time.
I think the creators concluded the humor was too detail based. The sight gag jokes don't work if you're multitasking and just listening. Puns require attention too.
I have seen Police Squad. It is all the same gags used in the movie.
13:11 Whenever I see this commercial on TV for a digital media transfer service that opens with the line "Do you have a box of old photos, movies or video tapes that are degrading?" I answer "I was young. I needed the work."
Weird Al used to take dates to see this, wearing the exact same shirt he's wearing in the movie, to see what they'd do when he pops up at the start.
He absolutely loves the ZAZ humor, and has said Top Secret! Is his favorite movie, so he probably accepted the cameo before they were even done pitching it.
I wish everyone would read the credits of Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker productions because they're always stuffed with jokes; this film is no exception.
Yes! Whenever I saw a ZAZ film in the theater, and the audience would get up and leave when the credits started rolling, I would say, "Where are they going? Don't they know??" The jokes aren't over until the screen goes black.
I remember one of the movie credits said if you had left already you would have been home by now. Along with a cooking recipe, was fun to see in the end credits.
Hope you’re remembering to watch and read the end credits for these type of movies. There are jokes hidden in there too. 😁
Amazingly funny movie! I quote the 'You killed five actors! Good ones!" line at least once a month.
You seemed to partially recognize Mark Holton, the actor behind "It's Enrico Palazzo!" (identified in the credits by his one line, which is hilarious). He's probably best known for playing Francis, the antagonist of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, but he also had a cameo at the end of A League of Their Own.
The player who was going to kill the Queen was an Iconic Superstar named Reggie Jackson. He was known as Mr. October for how he really was at his best during the Playoffs/ World Series.
18:52 30+ years watching this movie and I never noticed that before! Good catch!
Probably one of the only films we're I cried with laughter . Especially the balcony scene .
I've completely killed it now after watching it about 15 times. But still makes me chuckle.
My favorite part :
George Kennedy - "My father went the same way."
RPO - " WHAT?!! How??"
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"Sexual assault with a concrete dido" is one of my fav lines ever! 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀 please finish the series!
When this movie came out in the late 1980's, the Herman's Hermits music video contained in the movie was actually shown on MTV!
Best parody movie, not as slap-stick, is 'Galaxy Quest', a parody of Star Trek TOS with Tim Allen as Cpt Kirk. Also, watch 'Forbidden Planet' the original 'big budget' sci-fi film, starring Leslie Neilson from 1956, although not a comedy, its bery campy.
Uh oh ... he discovered this classic 🤣 Can't wait to watch this!
The driving instructor was played by John Houseman, producer and colleague of Orson Welles who turned largely to acting later in his career, winning an Academy Award for the film "The Paper Chase".
Houseman was also one of the big acting teachers for many years at the esteemed Julliard. He may have been one of the original members, but i'm too lazy to look it up.
I was listening to a serious discussion being live streamed on Twitter a few days ago. With over 13,000 other people listening live, one of the speakers went to the bathroom and flushed with his microphone on. As I was laughing, I instantly thought of this movie.
If you haven't seen it yet look up a story told by English comedian Greg Davies "Drunk teacher story" on the Graham Norton Show with Ryan Gosling and Russel Crowe.
Can you imagine how hard it was to keep a straight face while acting this movie. The bloopers mustbe amazing 😂
Liam Neeson set to star in a "Naked Gun" reboot!
Who's gonna be Nordberg?
@@les4767 I vote Frances McDormand re-teamed with John Carroll Lynch as husband.
Funniest thing? Leslie Nielsen was always seen as a serious, dramatic actor. He said he would have done these comedies for free.
When he was buried, they put a whoopee cushion in his coffin.
"Drebin, I don't want anymore trouble like you had last year on the South Side. Understand? That's my policy."
"Yes. Well, when I see 5 weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards. That's MY policy."
"That was a Shakespeare-In-The-Park production of JULIUS CAESAR, you moron! You killed 5 actors! Good ones."
Fun Fact: This is one of three 1988 comedies that features a scene in which a villain is run over by a steamroller. The others are A Fish Called Wanda (1988) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
Ed Recasting Fact: According to David Zucker in the DVD commentary, the studio insisted on the casting of an Oscar winner in one of the major roles. This led to the casting of George Kennedy, who had been actively campaigning for the role of Ed Hocken for several months, saying that he was furious at having missed his chance to spoof himself in Airplane! (1980).
Name Change Fact: This movie is a big-screen continuation of the cult cop spoof series Police Squad! (1982). The title was changed to avoid confusion with the Police Academy film franchise, which were also co-created by Pat Proft. David Zucker remembers that they were given a list of about twenty potential titles, and they chose "The Naked Gun" because it promised so much more than it could possibly deliver.
The Zucker/Abrams/Zucker satire filmography:
Kentucky Fried Movie
Airplane!
Top Secret
The Naked Gun
Naked Gun 2 1/2
Hot Shots
Hot Shots Part Deux
Naked Gun 331/3
Mafia!
David Zucker also directed BASEketball and Scary Movie 3, 4 and 5. Jerry Zucker also directed Rat Race and amazingly Ghost and First Knight. There's also a bunch of less spoken about titles like Roxy Carmichael, Ruthless People, and Big Business I'd like to see.
LOVE Kentucky Fried Movie. One of their best.
Police Squad tv show was hilarious parody of the dry, tough guy cop tv shows of the 70’s.
22:00 I know it starts with "Oh Canada..." that's all I got ;p
The guy that said, it’s Enrico palazzo was the guy that stole Pee-wee Herman’s bike in peewees big adventure
I loved Ricardo Montalban's reaction to biting into the hot dog. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭👍👍👍👍👍
I've always wondered if Frank Drebbin not knowing all the words to the US national anthem was a joking reference to Leslie Nielsen being Canadian.
I think it's more likely a riff on how few Americans know the words!
I'm amazed you recognized Gorbachev, you suppose to be too young to know him, good call!
I watched Chernobyl a couple of years ago so that's where I know him from!
@@RolyPolyOllieReactions He he, cool, keep up the good work, love your reactions, especially the Star Trek ones.
Since you liked this you must check out all the Pink Panther movies from the 60s to the 80s with Peter Sellers!!! He was a comic genius!!! Like you he was king of the one liners and word plays. He also did physical comedy very well even though it wasn't his forte. Those movies will keep you laughing too! A great Pete Sellers movie that's not Pink Panther but is equally as hilarious is "The Party." It's over-the-top funny. Enjoy my friend. Love your reactions. You've got a generous sense of humor, you're clever and witty and that's fun to watch.
The sequels are definitely worth seeing
39:20 For me the funniest gag was when the guy threw the pillow at Frank and it completely disabled him XD
Must react to Top Secret. It came after airplane and before the naked gun
Imagine watching this in a theater with an actual audience. It was one of a few where a large audience reaction made it even funnier!
Weird Al Yankovich took a date to see this film but didn’t tell her he was in the film.
The Movie Repossessed is a funny one, Leslie is in it and so is Linda Blair. It is a parody of the Exorcist.
Fun fact: the actor who played the henchman who fall into the toxic waste also played the serial killer in "Don't Answer The Phone." I listened to his commentary on the DVD, and it was pretty creepy.
Good to know, I remember him as another henchman in the Sam Raimi's movie Darkman, starring Liam Neeson.
@@victorfatalys1076 OMG, How could I have forgotten that? His physical acting to make himself seem like Darkman wearing a artificial skin mask sticks with me to this day.
Yes, it was impressive, a shame that most supporting actors never get opportunities to shine in major roles.
His name was Nicholas Worth, died in 2007.
It's an absolutely brilliantly silly film, comedy at its best. Leslie Nielsen was just fantastic, his comic timing was first rate and his facial expressions could literally say a thousand words!
Thanks for the reaction and I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Naked Gun is the best in my opinion but 2½ and 33⅓ are still good and worth a watch, including the closing credits.
Well...to be fair, OJ did these films BEFORE the "trial of the 20th Century." Come to think of it....that might be the reason they didn't make a 4th one....
All three Naked Gun movies were made while the nation still liked OJ Simpson. Kind of ironic now that he gets beat up in all three movies. Hall-of-Famer Reggie Jackson is the ballplayer assassin. Check out Police Squad!, a sadly short-lived TV series from 1982. This was where Frank Drebin was introduced and why the full title of this movie is The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!. The show only lasted 6 episodes.
Very funny movie! I really enjoy your commentary- you are the best on movie reactions! Always entertaining to watch your reactions and comments!
I’d definitely give the other two a watch. Maybe spread them out a bit to avoid diminishing return on the funny though. Another one I’d recommend is Top Secret with Val Kilmer. One of the funniest movies ever made. (At least according to my brother) Also the best joke in this one was certainly one I didn’t quite get the first time I watched. “Nice beaver. Thanks. I just had it stuffed.”
Hot Shots and Hot Shots Part Deux are of the same type and both worth watching.
right, the other naked guns are good... also, more of this style, : Top Secret (1984) . Hot Shots (but this one if funnier if you watch first Rambo, Dances with wolves and Top gun)
The subtitle is because of the failed TV series, Police Squad. This came out after Airplane; but didn't a time when people didn't want to have to think about the humor. Mindless shows like 3's Company; was the norm. So something like this was not what viewers wanted. So they decided to make a movie or if it, and it was a huge hit. 2 sequels later; she's the power Leslie Nelson had
I will personally give 10 points and a parrot sticker (as was customary in Finland in the 80's) to anyone who can identify all the famous figures in the starting scene.
Not surprised the young Canadian knew who Gorbachev was when most of the american reactors don’t recognise any of the characters in that opening scene.
Yeah the gag regarding Platoon is it had a really sad and depressing ending (although I've never seen it myself), and is kind of infamous for that, so people leaving the movie theatre laughing is not what you would expect.
These movies are just brilliant.
You should check out Leslie Neilsons early career where he was trying to be a straight leading man .. like in ‘Forbidden Planet’, or in TV serials that he appeared in “Columbo’ and ‘Voyage to the bottom of the sea”. It’s pretty amazing his transition because even in these comedies he’s still playing it serious .. Which is why it’s even funnier.
It's wild seeing him in Columbo, you keep expecting him to make jokes and he doesn't. Cognitive dissonance.
This started as a 6 episode tv show "Police Squad" but they decided that people didn't really pay attention to visual gags on tv (talk over them or leave the tv on and only listen) and it'd work better as a movie. The original 6 are still a fun watch.
Should've chosen orange, for The Juice.
I just want to tell you, good luck. We're all counting on you.
Gotta watch "I'm Gunna Get You Sucka"....its by the Wayans Bro's...Funny stuff!
Don't know if you seen in the opening credits, but the woman that falls for Frank Drebin, that is Priscilla Presley, Elvis' wife.
Yes watch both sequels!!
Mars Attacks is another good one.
"bombs in the airrrr!" lol Your chose of movies you review is sooo good.
The scene where he is in the toilet with the mic on, something like that actually happened in Texas before at a council meeting lol
You got so many of the jokes ppl miss lol. Great reaction
O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all of us command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, the True North, strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free! O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. ~ From your neighbors across Lake Erie on the south shore who hear it when your local hockey team is in the Ontario Hockey League.
Frank Drebin first appeared in the failed 1982 ABC TV show Police Squad! It was a spoof of hard boiled cop shows.
16:35 this scene always makes me wish I were a voting member of the Academy Awards.
First time!?!?!!! Awesome. Look forward to cracking up with you 🤣
I'm looking forward to your reaction to the next 2 Naked Gun films, which I think are better, especially the final one.
Such a great film, loved the reaction too
Gratuatous beaver shot
There's a TV show, too! It's called Police Squad. Every bit as funny.
If you watch this movie closely you'll notice that, not one time does o.j. Simpson kill his wife or a waiter.
Would love to see even more Zucker brothers' comedy reactions!
Great movie. I hope you also do the sequels. It is a very funny trilogy, This trilogy is based on a short lived tv series of 6 episodes of Police Squad that was a head of its time and canceled, The secretary in the movie that served the tea and was hypnotize is the directors mother she was also in airplane (the woman with the makeup). You should also see Top Secret another funny movie from the same directors of Airplane and this movie. Fyi The Shakespeare in the park bit is a spoof on dirty harry movie line.
My Friend!
You want Leslie Neilson in CREEPSHOW.
Don't wait until Halloween
Trust me.
I love Leslie Nielsen because he is completely serious the entire time, you look at him and he is not trying to be funny. He delivers his dialogues as if he was in a drama.
The files of Police Squad refers to a tv show that aired years before the movie, but it was canceled after six episodes. The problem with a tv show with these characteristics is that you need to be 100% focused to catch all the jokes they delivered because as you could see, they delivered joke after joke after joke in a short period of time, even sometimes you could see something really funny happening in the background totally unrelated to the situational scene, and tv shows usually have a more light approach to comedy.
Years later they decided to use the jokes and format of the tv show and put it into a movie and they had this masterpiece of a comedy.
When it comes to really good comedies, storyboarding is important for the overall idea; however, A list actors will ad lib, unless told not too. In fact, I believe several scenes from movies are often thanks to the improvisational skills of the actors. While a college short film may tell you to stick to the script, multi million dollar movies aren't scripted verbatim, especially if it stars big time comedians like Seth Rogen, Leslie Nielsen, Chris Rock, or Bill Murray. It will definitely have a general idea or storyboard but they will just let actors be actors. In fact, several casting calls usually include that they want actors with great improvisation skills.
In fact, I was in a short film made by Joy Villa. It was never produced-- The Orphan House. I just just an extra for the day. Near the end of the day, Joy finally uses me on set and gives me a situation with no scripted dialogue and I just have to make it up as I go. I wasn't expecting to speak. I just there to be an extra. But it was a good experience.
Well, I know the Canadian National Anthem....I was in Circle K in college LOL!
please..PLEASE watch Top Secret. Made by he same people. It's my favourite film 🙂
Slap Shot (1977) is hilarious.
I’d like to see you react
to the six episode series from a few years earlier called Police Squad.
The "hill of beans" line is from Casablanca, which I think you've seen, Ollie?
The original is the best, but sequels are plenty funny enough to be worth reacting to.
I'm an American and I think I know all of the Canadian national anthem. (I was a Montreal expos fan so I heard it quite a bit before the games).
I have the whole thing memorized, as well. I watch a lot of the NHL and it's obviously sung before every Canadian team's home game (and there are 7 Canadian teams), so hockey fans hear it sung a good bit. I really like it. It's a lot easier to sing than our national anthem.
Yes, "The Naked Gun" movies are continuations of the TV show "Police Squad!". However, "Police Squad!" was developed as a vehicle for Leslie Neilson based off the wildly successful movie "Airplane!" in which Neilson portrays a doctor on a plane that is riddled with passengers and crew members with food poisoning. Frank Drebin is an extension of that character, a detective here instead of a doctor.
"Airplane!" was a spoof of the disaster movies of the 1970s, ie "Airport" and its sequels, "The Towering Inferno" and "The Poseidon Adventure" (which also feature Neilson). IDK why you reacted to the Naked Gun movies without seeing Airplane! first. It's a classic.
I have seen Airplane! many many times! It is one of my favourite movies to watch with my dad and ""Don't call me Shirley" is a line I use all the time!
@@RolyPolyOllieReactions Ah...that explains a lot. I just subscribed and am scrolling around to look for something to watch and I see all the Naked Gun reactions but no Airplane reaction and wonder how you can do one without the other.
If you're looking for a good parody or spoof, having seen your Hitchcock reactions, I recommend Mel Brooks' parody of Hitchcock movies, "High Anxiety".
@@firebird7479 Thanks for subscribing! Yeah I agree Airplane! and The Naked Gun go together great. And thanks for the suggestions!
@@RolyPolyOllieReactions It's good to see a film student go back and look at these movies. I'm an award winning screenwriter myself although my career ended up in sportscasting and pro wrestling.
The police squad was only six episodes then it was canceled it came out before this movie headless Nielsen but I think he was the only one for the series that went into the movies you should watch and they're pretty funny
I knew you would love this movie! 🤣
The sequels aren't quite as great as the original, but still very solid. Definitely worth checking out.
You should watch the Naked Gun tv show that this movie came from. It is just as hilarious.
It wasn’t weird the OJ Simpson was in this movie … it was weird that his life turned upside down.
I actually do know the Canadian anthem and have sung it on occasion. If I’m asked to again though I have to check because you guys changed one line a few years back that wasn’t considered politically correct. I’m guessing from your reaction to “the credits” from the song you never got to see MTV play music videos. This was their style to credit each song. You may also not know that record players traditionally had two speeds. Singles played at 45 RPM and albums played at 33 1/3rd. That’s the joke on the third movie title. Really old records might have 16 or 78 RPM but unless you have an old record player or a high end one you are unlikely to see these speeds. I loved Frank arriving at LAX on a TWA L-1011. My dad worked for them so I always like seeing them in films. When I was in high school some movie being shot in St. Louis needed an old plane they could wreck. I only know it went through my dad’s office. I never knew for years what film that was for. He thought it was an Airport series movie that George Kennedy starred in. Later in college I figured out it was Escape From New York. Largely filmed in East St. Louis.
This has nothing to do with this video but I kinda remember seeing RolyPolyOllie on tv as a kid growing up and seeing someone having the name RolyPolyOllie prop to you my guy also I found this channel by recommendation on youtube
The show is SO good! Watched it everyday when I was a kid
Like you said, comedy is subjective, but I think both movies are almost as funny as this one.
The was a time o.j. Simpson was well loved
"Police Squad" was a short-lived TV series ....same actors....same gags....I think it only lasted one season though......
Only 6 episodes, sadly. All gems, though.
26:07 you mention "i think i recognize that guy" thats "francis" he stole pee wees bike!
YO! also, watch the tv show this was based on. (police squad) the show was equally funny, but only lasted one season and was cancelled for bein tooooooo goooooood
I liked this comedy 🎭
Genius meme..lol before memes were a stupid thing.
Great reaction, nice to see you laugh so much to this crazy film. So how long ago was it you watched "Airplane" ? It'd be great if you did a reaction to it if you feel like it. Have a great weekend !!
part 2 and 3 are funny, not as good, but worth seeing and putting on your channel
other films I love with the same IMDB score or better
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
The Time of Their Lives
Duck Soup
A Night at the Opera
Safety Last!
The Music Box
One Week
Safety Last! is amazing. I wish more (or any) youtubers would react to that.
@@itzakpoelzig330 I do know a guy who does Chaplin and one who does the Stodges but the whole rest of that era is rarely in reactions.