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Original Movie: The Naked Gun (1988)
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[@BouillaBased]

When Leslie *Nielsen died, various news outlets--especially sports news--wrote his obituary to Enrico Palazzo. That's how you know your jokes have legs.

[@holddowna]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Octoberville]

Also, when the Queen passed away, Reggie made a twitter post about it.

[@Anon54387]

@@holddowna It's ridiculous because Canadians are bonkers unlike we Americans who are never silly.

[@Masterfighterx]

Nielsen*

[@VishusMadFunk]

love it! didnt know that ... all these years.

[@user-ts8ig7dt7r]

Weird Al actually took a date to watch "The Naked Gun" wearing the same outfit as he did in the film. 😂

[@holddowna]

Hilarious !

[@fitterboy1]

From what I can remember, he didn’t even tell her he was in it and she was surprised after😂😂😂

[@paulcollinsyoga]

"Cuban?" "No, Dutch-Irish. My father was from Wales." Utterly ridiculous and brilliant.

[@Nillon24]

The vision of Leslie Nielsen holding up his badge yelling "Police! Halt!" at HIS OWN car still kills me 3 and a half decades later!

[@boqndimitrov8693]

who would have thought that an actor who played "serious" roles all his life would be remembered as a comedy superstar!!? 😂❤

[@commentatron]

And if you're a certain age, that's one of the constant background jokes that are so delicious - seeing guys like Nielsen acting against type. Same thing with Robert Stack and Lloyd Bridges in _Airplane!_

[@fromthe90s21]

That's exactly what they're doing again with the upcoming remake starring Liam Neeson. Great that he shares the same initials of the late Leslie Nielsen.

[@commentatron]

@@fromthe90s21 Hope it works. Problem is, Nielsen (and others like him; Stack, Bridges) were good in comedy, in part, because it was sort of puncturing his straight-laced, slightly pompous, stuffed shirt persona. Neeson has always been a skilled A-list actor. Imagine Nielsen, before he was in comedy, on _Mystery Science Theater_ - easy, right? Neeson, not so much. _A Million Ways to Die in the West_ was pretty dark, though Neeson wasn't playing for laughs in that.

[@user-eh8oo4uh8h]

Yup. RIP OJ.

[@jjflash005]

That's what makes it works so well. He plays it dead serious, like it's a drama

[@josephblumenberg6574]

I swear... the bribing scene gets me every time 😂

[@nathanlindahl8336]

That is by far my favorite part 😂

[@holddowna]

Such a good scene the pacing is toooo good!!!

[@joeblankenship377]

So goofy and they play it so straight.

[@apparition13]

That is my favorite bit, but my favorite visual gag is safe sex. :D And my favorite "but why?!?" is "boiled a roast".

[@Trepanation21]

EVERY TIME! 😂

[@texashookem22]

There's a 50/50 chance I don't absolutely love this reaction, though there's only a 10% chance of that.

[@holddowna]

Lololol

[@themoviedealers]

60% of the time it works every time.

[@Anon54387]

@@holddowna Speaking of riding rockets, you should react to Dr. Strangelove.

[@Anon54387]

@@holddowna I think the cheese was moving on top of the fridge.

[@Anon54387]

@@holddowna That thing with the guys sitting in the Queen's seat is a dig at Angeleans.

[@USCFlash]

Now it is time for "Airplane!"

[@bessarion1771]

YES!!!

[@Dystopia1111]

Surely you can't be serious...

[@MJ-we9vu]

​@@Dystopia1111 I am and don't call me Shirley.

[@GRIZZLYSGEAR]

​@@MJ-we9vuComic Book Guy: "But pause! The knowledge you offer would spoil the movie event of the year. Nay, century, nay, epoch, nay, summer...."

[@jackmessick2869]

The opening had the late 1980s "villains": Idi Amin, Yasser Arafat, Muammar Gadafy, Fidel Castro, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the Ayatollah Khomeini. All very good lookalikes.

[@formatique_arschloch]

Except that Gorba wasn't a villain. But yes.

[@Anon54387]

Geez, to put villains in quotes with those people. Incredible.

[@lmiddleman]

Plus the opening fight scene is at least partly an homage to the Three Stooges.

[@andrews.5212]

​​@@Anon54387well arguably they were "vilalns" only for the USA (europe is a de facto vassal of the US) Not gonna get political here but remember that you are not immune from propaganda because you live in a "supposedly" "free" nation. If a nation was actually free i doubt would have to spend all the time claiming it is..

[@aerthreepwood8021]

​@@Anon54387Most of them have a lower body count than a US president in their first term

[@Braincleaner]

"Hey!! It's Enrico Palazzo!" is one of the greatest jokes ever.

[@mblackwl]

Trivia- the actor saying that was also Francis in Pee Wee's Big Adventure.

[@gabone324]

@@mblackwland Teen Wolfs teammate

[@lordjimbo2]

It's such a wholesome throwaway gag - they show you that the real Palozzo is miserable at how badly the anthem goes, but he gets reputational redemption. They didn't have to do that but they did.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

I still randomly say it.

[@88wildcat]

I love the name of the hospital--Our Lady of the Worthless Miracle. That is one of the jokes that is so quick it tends to fly right past people.

[@ulriklm1]

Nice beaver.. Thanks I just had it stuffed.😂😂

[@fishsnapz5501]

"This must have been before... crime." 😆

[@amehak1922]

Lol 🤣 😂

[@Mike-wr7om]

In Frank's final speech to Jane, he quotes a famous line from the movie Casablanca, "the problems of two people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world," but then he makes this hilarious addition, "but this is our hill, and these are our beans!"

[@holddowna]

I only saw Casablanca after !!!!

[@Wildwanderer99]

I came here to mention Casablanca and Reggie Jackson a.k.a. Mr. October. People beat me to it. I think I'm going to sub and hit the bell. I enjoyed this reaction video and this is at a time when I'm tired of reaction videos.

[@JustGrowingUp84]

"Why is there cake?!" - to celebrate the drug deal! Drug trafficants are people too, Ames!

[@lauterunvollkommenheit4344]

It was a urinal cake. Drebin recognizes Nordberg's face in it in Scene 12.

[@Gravydog316]

me: "Why is there a bear trap?!"

[@JustGrowingUp84]

@@Gravydog316 Obviously, in case a bear wants to steal their drugs. The recent film "Cocaine Bear" is clear evidence that such things can happen!

[@lauterunvollkommenheit4344]

@@Gravydog316 Against sea bears, presumably.

[@toddhill7483]

That "poor schmuck" was Yankees Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson. Excellent reaction.

[@thomasgriffiths6758]

Reginald Martinez Jackson.

[@Elephant2024-wi2li]

Reggie Jackson was also a significant component on those Oakland A's teams that won three world championships from 1972 to 1974.

[@HappyHarryHardon]

He’s also a famous car collector.

[@G3rnsback]

Mr. October!

[@thomaschristopher8593]

"poor schmuck"??? that's Mr. October!!!

[@LordVolkov]

"OJ Simpson! This must have been before... crime" 🤣🤣🤣 Well, now that he's gone, we'll always have the abuse of Nordberg to remember him by 😅

[@holddowna]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@synaesthesia2010]

Wait, he's gone? Gone where?

[@mctaguer]

@@synaesthesia2010 He died. About a month ago.

[@at0micl0bster]

dont forget all the Norm Macdonald jokes that got him fired from snl

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

Pure comedy gold. Leslie Neilsen was a one of a kind comedian that is missed but not forgotten

[@johnnehrich9601]

What is so strange is that he was a serious actor for years, and never really good at it. His bit in Airplane turned his career around and his real genius was finally realized. (His deadpan delivery works better in comedy than drama.)

[@holddowna]

He’s funny!!!

[@charlesnyckd]

@@johnnehrich9601he had a great dramatic turn in “Nuts” with Barbara Streisand.

[@jjflash005]

Nielsen wasn't a bad actor. He used to play against loads of the biggest female stars in Hollywood at the time, and could easily have been a houshold name, but he was a bit impatient and not really satisfied with the parts he got to play, and tried other things instead. But yeah, he had his great breakthrough with "Airplane!". No-one played deadpan as well as he did, and he got that from his roots as a dramatic actor.

[@salsanchez4177]

This movie is ABSOLUTE gold! I love that George Kennedy regretted turning down a role in 'Airplane' so when they offered him the role of "Ed" he jumped on it. Im so glad he did. He and Leslie Nielson were a perfect pair for this movie. There is no better line than "50/50 percent chance of living......but there's only a 10% chance of that"

[@LordVolkov]

George would have been great in Airplane after being in all the Airport movies. Talk about a casting gag.

[@Gravydog316]

yeah he didn't want to insult Universal Pictures, 'cause they put him in their Airport pictures

[@calebkaltenbach1003]

I love how when Frank pulls out his his gun on the baseball field, the coaches & umpires tell, “Oh! You’re the boss! Whatever you say goes!” 😂😂😂

[@LordVolkov]

The American past time 🤣🤣🤣

[@0okamino]

One of which is played by Lawrence Tierney. You’d think _he_ would be the one pulling out a gun. 😅

[@andypae]

Oh yeah, I remember Tierney from Reservoir Dogs. 😁

[@dive2drive314]

"Nice beaver" "Thanks I just had it stuffed" 😶

[@mctaguer]

That line got repeated THOUSANDS of times by people in all kinds of situations in the following years after the movie.

[@dive2drive314]

@@mctaguer haha I am not surprised.

[@michaelwatson266]

Ahh The Naked Gun. A staple of parody movies. Leslie Nielson is just great in this kind of stuff 😂

[@tomstanziola1982]

I highly recommend seeing him in "Forbidden Planet", from 1956, a straight dramatic role and a sci-fi classic! 👍👏👏👏👏 His hair was black in those days.

[@mctaguer]

@@tomstanziola1982 It is a classic. Clearly inspired things that came after.

[@kingcosworth2643]

Hotshots is another

[@brianstanton6026]

I first watched this when I was in college and was not prepared for the amount of laughter. Classic.

[@Billinois78]

"Lieutenant" "The feeling is mutual" "I can't see anything" "Use your open eye, Frank" "Drebin!" "Frank!" "You're both right" So much hilarity in this movie!

[@andreshernandez1180]

Leslie Nielsen was a treasure. RIP 🙏🏼 The driving instructor was Golden Globe and Oscar-winning actor John Houseman btw, he was in a movie called The Paper Chase and then in the tv show that came later.

[@holddowna]

Very funny man

[@andreshernandez1180]

@@holddowna Vincent Ludwig is played by Mexican-born actor Ricardo Montalbán who at the time was very well known and liked from playing Mr. Roarke, the lead character in the very popular show *Fantasy Island* (1977-1984). RIP Oh and Frank and Ed were eating *red pistachios* in the car.

[@ElliotNesterman]

@@holddowna What made this small role so funny at the time is that in _The Paper Chase,_ which is about law school students, Houseman played a particularly dry, acerbic, and matter-of-fact professor of contract law. John Houseman was one of the most significant figures of the American theater. He founded the Mercury Theatre with Orson Welles and was co-producer on _Citizen Kane,_ He had a long list of Broadway credits as producer and director. He was the first head of the Drama Department at Julliard and founded The Acting Company with the first graduating class, which included Patti LuPone, Kevin Kline, and David Ogden Stiers, among others.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

Also in the opening of the Fog

[@t0dd000]

And the original Rollerball. Houseman was so good in that. :)

[@tomstanziola1982]

20:10.....They're eating pistachios, Ames. They used to dye the shells red, and if you ate too many of them, the red dye would rub off on your fingers.

[@holddowna]

Really!!!!!

[@tomstanziola1982]

@@holddowna Really. I don't think they dye the shells anymore, now. I haven't seen them in a long time.

[@johnnehrich9601]

Originally, they used to harvest pistachios by leaving on the tree long enough until they fell off and could be gathered up on the ground. This left ugly stains on the shells, so the red was intense enough to cover over these stains. Since then, they have invented machines to pick them off the tree itself, and hence the need for the stain not needed.

[@tomstanziola1982]

@@johnnehrich9601 I didn't know that! Thanks for the info! 👍✌️

[@brutbrutus2669]

@@tomstanziola1982 They are hard to find. They were imported from Iran up until '79 when sanctions were imposed, and in the 80's we began to grow them in the US. They red dye hid staining that happened during harvesting. We improved harvesting and no longer needed to cover the staining.

[@onepcwhiz6847]

I love how 3 different newspapers had 3 different positions of Frank and the Queen.

[@MinekEzQM]

Yep. The Zucker Brothers did take care of the subtle jokes as well. Pure comedy geniuses.

[@samuel_m84]

Beside the siliness, one must appreciate, how good the filmmaking was. How they set up the scenes, frames and everything. They really put a lot of work into it.

[@billparker244]

Oh god, when he shoots his own car I completely lose it hahaha

[@havok6280]

OJ was hugely popular. He was the Michael Jordan of his time. He had endorsements, he acted, and he did NFL broadcasts. Everyone loved the Juice...

[@holddowna]

Makes sense!

[@jeremygeorgia4943]

He also did Avis Rent-A-Car commercials, where he jumped over chairs.

[@havok6280]

@@jeremygeorgia4943 Hertz. Not Avis.

[@curtismartin2866]

And famously lost out on the role of the Terminator because he was too likeable and the public just wouldn't believe him as a killer. 😑

[@JaxFPrime81]

@@curtismartin2866 that really bit the entire world on the booty right there, didn't it? 😂

[@MasterBiffpudwell]

"Um no, I'm Dutch Irish. My father is from Wales." No, just no. LOL

[@BizzyX78]

----- @MasterBiffpudwell ----- - I've heard it said that the Welsh are the Irish who couldn't swim. Don't come at me, not my words... I just remember hearing it said in a standup one time long ago, but I can't, for the life of me, recall who the standup artist was. -----

[@MasterBiffpudwell]

@@BizzyX78 LOL That is hilarious, seriously. I had never heard that. 🤣🤣

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

Actually his mother was from Wales.

[@MasterBiffpudwell]

@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 You miss the joke.

[@EnigmaticPenguin]

George Kennedy who plays Ed was a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge (aka episodes 6 and 7 of Band of Brothers). This really was the tail end of classic Hollywood where people had pretty crazy lives before they became famous. Modern movie stars are seemingly all born and raised in that system now.

[@LordVolkov]

George Kennedy is so funny as Captain Ed. It was wild to me growing up on Naked Gun and then discovering all of George's non-comedies, especially his run of disaster movies. Really talented guy. I imagine seeing him show up in Naked Gun was akin to Leslie being the doctor in Airplane for audiences at the time.

[@Dystopia1111]

Another Battle of the Bulge veteran, Mel Brooks.

[@agarven1]

I love The Naked Gun movie trilogy. My dad told me years ago the movies were a tv show before it became a movie. Over the years I forgot there was a tv show. They only made 6 episodes of it. The show was called Police Squad. I bought the series the other day. Soon I’ll watch the show and rewatch the movies

[@weepingscorpion8739]

The show is also free to watch on KZbin.

[@agarven1]

@@weepingscorpion8739 I like to own a tv series than watch on streaming

[@weepingscorpion8739]

@@agarven1 Fair enough. Just mentioning it in case someone else was wondering.

[@shawnpatrick1877]

The show is great, it's hard to believe it was cancelled so quickly. It's way funnier than most sitcoms that go on for years.

[@curtismartin2866]

Who are you? And how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith and, I'm a locksmith.

[@thomasgriffiths6758]

The mayor is played by actress Nancy Marchand, who played Tony Soprano's mother Livia, in the HBO series.

[@megiloth3634]

And the coach for the Angels was Joe Cabot from Reservoir Dogs. Didn't notice that until I rewatched Naked Gun after seeing Reservoir Dogs and The Sopranos!

[@IcanbePsycho]

Australian here, I first saw this in a cinema in America when I was on holidays there back in 1988, the entire audience was in tears with laughter from start to finish. It’s a beaut movie, silly but very very funny.

[@Cynicayke]

"I'm boiling a roast" is still one my favourite lines. Just so dumb.

[@holddowna]

So dumb!!!! Lolol

[@MountainMan.]

"My father went the same way." LOL. Hilarious and so ridiculous.

[@iggtastic]

I love all of the little background sight gags that are easy to overlook. Like when Frank gets off the plane at the beginning, the baggage is just being tossed out of the plane right onto the tarmac 30 feet below 🤣

[@raphaelperry8159]

The joke about all the gone off food in the fridge is because it had been something like 6 years since the Police Squad tv series. The joke was that Drebbin literally hasn't been in that apartment during the intervening time as if his off screen existence doesn't exist.

[@kingcosworth2643]

I saw it always more as a single guys apartment

[@JebWCManning]

This is a great absurdist comedy. The Naked Gun and the show that preceded it, Police Squad, were inspired by the TV show Dragnet. Since you liked this one, I'd recommend Airplane. It's a comedy like this, and it's where Leslie Nielsen transitioned from a serious actor into a comedy star.

[@curtismartin2866]

Yes, that's right.

[@artursandwich1974]

Being too young (or not recent history buff) to recognise the leaders present at the table in scene one, does rob one of fun a bit - if nothing else, the appreciation for how well they're portrayed.

[@PhenomProductions-tn5fj]

The Chalk outline floating in the water back and forth like as if someone was there to see exactly how he landed on the water and which arm was extended and which leg was pointing where almost killed me the first time I saw it. I lost my voice from laughing so hard.

[@kevinehle6637]

😂😂❤ Naked Gun 2 1/2 equally as serious as a hard hitting police drama! 😮

[@holddowna]

😎

[@claytondietl8136]

"What kind of name is Nordberg?" The Zuckers and (and myself) are from Milwaukee, WI and Nordberg was the name of a large manufacturing company here back in the '90's but was later bought out by Rexworks, and renamed Rexnord. On a side note, back in 1992, I worked for an exterminator and was spraying Charlotte Zucker's house, ( who is the Zucker's mother). Spent over an hour talking with her about her son's movies. A very sweet woman. She also appears in most of their movies. In Naked Gun, she was Ricardo Montalbon's Secretary, who tried to shoot Pahpshmir.

[@yt45204]

Nordberg is a fairly typical Swedish last name.

[@MinekEzQM]

The Nordic name is a joke playing on the same string as the CIA agent in Russia who learns the perfect accent, can drink liters of Vodka... but gets blown in 1 second. Very very non PC.

[@theradicalginger3060]

I know this line is from airplane that Leslie Nielsen was on but Surely you can't be serious I am serious and don't call me Shirley 😂

[@zmarko]

There has been a long standing rumor that OJ was considered to play The Terminator, but producers couldn't see him as a killer. 🤣 But apparently Cameron denies this ever happened.

[@deanromanado5850]

But Arnold said it was true.

[@Belleplainer]

Yes, those guys were real baseball announcers. The guy on the right is Curt Gowdy, who was an announcer for the Boston Red Sox and did nationally televised games on NBC. The guy on the left is Jim Palmer, who was a Hall of Fame pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles and who got into broadcasting after his playing days were over.

[@bjchit]

And the middle guy, Tim McCarver, was one of the better catchers during the 60's and 70's, but a lousy announcer.

[@curtismartin2866]

well........except for Dr. Joyce Brothers. She was a famous TV personality. Dr. Brothers was known as a psychologist, and a self help expert. Somehow, she was on every panel ever assembled'. Hence the kicker of her being the last announcer introduced.

[@stobe187]

I highly recommend checking out "Top Secret!" from the Z-A-Z filmography, you'd love it. Even crazier gags, Val Kilmer's first big role and he nails it, spoof of Elvis war flicks, best boot humor in movie history.. and sort of a musical as well. In my personal ranking Airplane and Top Secret are neck and neck.

[@Dystopia1111]

"There are no good white basketball players, my friend." 😂 Love that movie.

[@jerrysoh619]

LOL you just went from a Brooklyn accent to an Australian accent so effortlessly haha well done.

[@holddowna]

Lololol

[@oscardiggs246]

I like to think that OJ's punishment in Hell is just an endless repeat of Nordberg's abuse in this movie

[@THOMMGB]

And when OJ takes the bus to Detroit.

[@o.b.7217]

What makes you think he's in hell?

[@sca88]

Me too. My late mom was good friends with Nicole's mom. Living in South O.C. near the O.J./Nicole's beach place I know a lot of shit about O.J. well before he was a murderer.

[@Ferrant621]

I love how much you loved this! No matter how hard it can make you roll your eyes, it still drags a hefty laugh out every time.

[@holddowna]

Loved it!

[@WolfHreda]

So, The Naked Gun trilogy is a sequel to a tragically short-lived TV series called Police Squad! (In Color). There were only six episodes before it was cancelled, and you can probably find them all here on KZbin. It's delightful, and you can even find a few jokes from that series in these movies.

[@Sir_Alex]

Leslie Nielsen was comedy royalty ...... ❤

[@craigreipold3931]

The Naked Gun is based on a 1982 TV series called Police Squad, only 6 episodes, same cast, same humor, a must watch if you like the movie.

[@holddowna]

Cool!!!

[@dougrussell5002]

"Who are you, and how did you get in here?" "I'm the locksmith, and I'm the locksmith." 😂

[@joeconcepts5552]

I hate to be that guy, but only Leslie was the same actor in the TV series.

[@craigreipold3931]

@@joeconcepts5552 fair enough, it’s been a good 15 years since I bought the dvd and maybe 5 since the last time I watched the show. But, I did pull it from the shelf to rewatch this week.I was in 7th grade when it originally aired, it was what we talked about all day the next day at school… good times.

[@joeconcepts5552]

@@craigreipold3931 Actually, the scientist guy was the same one in the show and movies, I forgot that one. But Ed and Nordberg were played by different actors.

[@tomstanziola1982]

15:50....The driving instructor, Ames, is played by John Houseman, one of the greatest actors in film history. He started out in the 1930s, and he worked at his craft for about 60 years.

[@holddowna]

Ohhh!!

[@megiloth3634]

I remember him when I was a teenager in the 80's...he did a commercial for some financial company and the tagline was "They make money the old fashioned way...They eaaaaaarrrrrn it." I also remember him being the voice in a Mork & Mindy episode as Merth's (Jonathan Winters) computer.

[@tomstanziola1982]

@@megiloth3634 I love those old commercials! 👏👏👏👏

[@ThomasKnip]

I am glad you could cherish a cineastic approach of such sophisticated humor!

[@thomasgriffiths6758]

I meant Leslie Nielsen at a celebrity golf tournament in Connecticut back in the late 80s and he was a funny and charming person. You should definitely react to Airplane with Leslie Nielsen.

[@holddowna]

I must!

[@skipjack23]

Yes and it's by the same crew that made the Naked Gun, Zucker Abrams and Zucker. I think the Naked Gun was funnier, but somehow Airplane! was a better movie, like it all hung together a bit more.

[@FrethKindheart]

Other movies like Naked Gun that have the same type of humor: Airplane! (airplane disaster movie spoof), Top Secret (spy movie spoof), Loaded Weapon (Lethal Weapon spoof), Hot Shots (Top Gun spoof), Hot Shots Part Deux (Rambo spoof), Mafia! (mafia movie spoof), Scary Movie series (horror/slasher movie spoof).

[@holddowna]

I need to watch the originals first!

[@michaelzilkowsky2936]

"Hot Shots Part Deux" When Charlie cuts a hole in the chain link fence and the entire fence falls down, leaving him holding the little circle he was cutting out......

[@mikedoskitomen1991]

Dance Flick (Step Up, You Got Served, Stomp The Yard, Dirty Dancing spoof)

[@jenssylvesterwesemann7980]

Note to self: never, EVER drink coffee while watching Ames watch a Naked Gun movie. That watch-along was marvellous!

[@holddowna]

Oh no did u spill/spit out some coffee!!!!! 😝😝🤣🤣🤣 thanks for watching ❤️

[@YurikRoss]

Fun fact. The movie was based on a tv show called Police Squad with the same type of humor. It even had the exact same intro with the police car driving

[@jaimefish173]

the series was canceled really early because the network thought the humor was to fast/slap stick and the audience wouldn't get it. Lot of the jokes/characters etc was brought from the show and written into naked gun. They made the show into a movie.

[@telocho]

And the TV show Police Squad was a spoof of the sixties b&w TV series M Squad, where also the narration style is coming from.

[@daletaylor5589]

Now sweetie this is your hill and your beans but you’ve got to watch Airplane. You might wet yourself with laughter but it’s so worth it.

[@markpekrul4393]

"You killed 5 actors....GOOD ones!" - great line And you can still hear "Hey - it's Enrico Palazzo!" at games sometimes. The first Mariners batter was Jay Johnstone, 20 year major league veteran and note prankster. I think someone else already mentioned the player/assassin was Reggie Jackson, MLB hall-of-famer

[@VoxRox1]

That scene was spoofing a dirty Harry movie from the 1970s

[@mctaguer]

Ah, yes, I'd forgotten that was Johnstone.

[@MrSilkySweat]

Lol. I literally watched for the first 20 minutes, waiting for the BINGO line. Something told me Ames would laugh...

[@JoeD0403]

That Reggie Jackson was in this added SO much to it. He’s one of the greatest players of all time. You don’t get the nickname Mr. October without being a World Series phenomenon. And I say this as a Red Sox fan.

[@curtismartin2866]

Shoulda been Bucky f'n Dent 😋

[@Reziichu]

OMG NAKED GUN LMFAO you're in for a treat lol

[@holddowna]

I was!

[@Reziichu]

@@holddowna yay!!! i ended up watching it again this morning :D thank you again for another great movie reaction!! :D

[@Rob_F8F]

In the opening scene, these were all of the big baddies from the 1980s: Idi Amin (Uganda), Yassar Arafat (PLO), Mikhail Gorbachev (USSR), and the Ayatollah Khomeini (Iran).

[@holddowna]

Thanks!!

[@gabrielrosenberg6734]

And Mummar Khadafi, from Libya

[@Wirenfeldt1990]

@@gabrielrosenberg6734aka Evil Carlos Santana

[@zaphodbbrox]

Also Fidel Castro (Cuba)

[@gareth2736]

They did well to get them all to appear

[@VoxRox1]

Reggie Jackson was the baseball player that was hypnotized to kill the queen in the movie. Reggie Jackson is one of the best players to ever play the game of baseball.

[@LordVolkov]

Reggie's cameo in Baseketball is hilarious.

[@TXRager]

@@LordVolkovhe has a cameo in the benchwarmers as well. Scene is pretty funny.

[@ChadMichaelSimon]

So many memories of this movie. We convinced our high school AP English teacher to play it in class because of examples of irony (I guess?). She hit the floor at the “nice beaver!” line. Cried and almost peed despite herself, a normally composed woman. My family all says, “Go for it, Stephanie” when it’s the right tjme time to hit the gas in traffic. On and on. It’s an amazing l nonstop collection of gags that just works as a whole.

[@SkullAngel002]

Oh boy you're in a for a wild ride with the start of this trilogy.

[@philipcochran1972]

OJ has a small part in The Towering Inferno, 1974. Mr Ludwig is Ricardo Montalban; see him as Khan in the Star Trek film, The Wrath of Khan, 1982

[@joe6096]

I was 12 when this movie came out. My Dad took me to the theater, it was December of 1988. The theater was packed. I was still just a bit too young to catch on to some of the sexual puns at first but I was much wiser after we left the show lol........ Let me tell you - it was an experience you had to be there to appreciate. The live mic restroom scene and the office/balcony scene were so funny the entire theater was dying. I thought my Dad was going to stroke out he could hardly breathe! People were literally falling down off their chairs and smacking the floor, the armrests, their thighs, each other. At the end of the film it got a standing ovation and huge cheers. For a stupid, non-sensical, plotless spoof. In the 120 or so years of the motion picture industry, This movie may very well be the funniest film ever made to this very day.

[@Trepanation21]

The money/bribing gag that happens @ around 8:40 is one of my favorite bits! I swear, it gets me cackling every. single. time! 😂

[@G3rnsback]

They're eating pistachios in the stakeout scene. They used to dye pistachios pink for some reason, and it was tough to get that dye off. It was like a tattoo.

[@johnnehrich9601]

Real pistachios are a sort of greenish-brown andI guess they felt the rose color made them look more appealing. Like real butter is an off-white but they add yellow color to sell it better. And tuna used to be called "horse mackerel" and didn't become popular until they canged the name. ("Horse" and "pony" used to be used to imply size on things not related to animals, i.e., horse chestnuts, pony truck (on a steam loco).)

[@meahoohenehene]

i couldnt help but laugh when you said "oh, its OJ." cause it sounded more like "ugh....this f&%king guy."😂

[@SongJLikes]

31:45 …this might be the first and only time Reggie Jackson, THE ‘Mr. October’, has ever been referred to as a “poor schmuck”…

[@timp8843]

I’m from Kansas City. That is how I’ve always referred to him

[@SongJLikes]

@@timp8843 - ‘Poor schmuck’ or ‘Mr. October’?

[@bobbuethe1477]

23:27 Almost everyone misses this sign: "All employees must wash hands _before_ using restroom."

[@PreRockDoc]

"Nordberg" was a billboard on top of a factory, years back, visible when driving south out of Milwaukee, WI on I43. I always assumed it was the name of the company. The ZAZs (the writers of this movie - Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker) grew up just north of Milwaukee on I43. My sisters and I always thought that name was funny when we were kids. Apparently, so did the ZAZs.

[@THOMMGB]

Ed, played by George Kennedy was a Best Actor Oscar winner.

[@finegamingconnoisseur]

I saw this movie back in the late '80s, it was a time when making not-so-subtle frequent references to male and female anatomical parts was slapstick comedy that people had a good laugh at. Good to see that some things never change.

[@tehdipstick]

The reason the movie has "From the files of the Police Squad" as a subtitle is that the movie is actually a sequel/spinoff of a television show called Police Squad, also starring Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin. It ran for about half a season, but didn't catch on.

[@TonyTigerTonyTiger]

I love the slapstick/physical humor, the silly puns (nice beaver, etc.), childish humor (going to the bathroom with a mic), and "opposite humor" (nothing to see here, as a fireworks building is on fire, people scrambling, etc).

[@LordVolkov]

Leslie's slapstick is so funny! The apartment destruction scene is like a masterclass in physical comedy.

[@bjchit]

The fridge wasn't moving; the cheese was.

[@holddowna]

RIGHT🙈🙈🙈

[@BizzyX78]

----- @bjchit ----- - Oh, my! It's 'Star Trek'-cheese... -----

[@brianquinn8384]

I like the way Frank quoted Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood) when he talked about shooting the five people. 👍

[@brianquinn8384]

Also, Ames, you do a great impression of the queen (as far as I know).

[@PurushaDesa]

I certainly hope you enjoy the humour in Platoon as much as they did.

[@mikehansen5356]

😂😂

[@LordVolkov]

It does lead to a great joke in Hot Shots Part Deux...

[@sephjnr]

@@LordVolkov One of the greatest meta-jokes of all time.

[@rickcrane9883]

Hey Ames. After watching you react to so many serious movies, often bringing you to tears, this was a nice change. I absolutely love to hear you laugh.

[@scottmelville3476]

It's great watching you try to make sense of the "plot."

[@t0dd000]

The beaver joke slays me every time.

[@Mickey-1994]

This started off as a TV show called Police Squad in 1982, Leslie in the show also plays Frank and it only had 6 episodes but it's worth a watch. The mayor in this movie played Tony's mom in The Sopranos.

[@onepcwhiz6847]

Those men at the beginning were real world leaders at the time.

[@NosyFella]

No they were actors

[@havok6280]

Wait... how did they convince Gorbachev and Arafat to appear in a comedy???

[@onepcwhiz6847]

@@havok6280 he was known to have a great sense of humor!

[@johnnehrich9601]

Well, actors portraying them!

[@onepcwhiz6847]

@@johnnehrich9601 yeah that’s what I meant. :-)

[@joek468]

The best baseball game ever! :-)The poor schmuck ..Reggie Jackson, I think it was 5 home runs in the world series back in the late 70' s or early 80's. :-) Thank you Ames for your great reactions. So good.

[@holddowna]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@AliasSchmalias]

I totally forgot about the "Bingo!" joke, I laughed so many times when I first saw it!

[@Kopie0830]

When Leslie died and went to heaven, he was greeted with love and open arms and cheers. The man gave so much happiness to people while on this earth.

[@ThistleAndSea]

Good one, Butterwings! Yeah, this one is a hoot and a half. The 2 1/2 sequel is pretty funny too if you ever need more laughs. Thanks for sharing this one! 🙂 Oh, and the "hill of beans" speech at the end, that was Casablanca. The dog and the mail carrier cracked me up!

[@LPVPisFr33]

''Oh no they got this poor shmuck'' @ Reggie Jackson I lmao at that one, love it! Yes, all announcers were real baseball announcers except the Doctor, she would appear in talk shows like Carson and Donahue.

[@THOMMGB]

Dr Joyce Brothers was almost as popular as Dr Phil back in the day. She was everywhere, it seemed.

[@LPVPisFr33]

@@THOMMGB Her and Dr Ruth.

[@chapo0815]

Enrico Palazzo!! Lol "Let Er' Rip" RIP LESLIE NIELSEN.

[@mattvsmetaverse]

The "programming" was basically just anybody with a bracelet/watch on. Lazy way to control people for the sake of ridiculousness. No pre-programming necessary. And the fridge wasn't moving, just the insanely old cheese on top of it that grew a consciousness. Love that you got such a kick out of this one. Caught this as a kid and used to LOSE IT watching/re-watching these movies, complete with cramps and sore cheeks. Still gets a laugh out of me to this day. Wish we had more movies like this, that were actually funny instead of just plain stupid (shout out to Airplane! too). Good times. Great Aussie accent, btw. Definitely makes up for your English one. :p

[@victoraustin2010]

Leslie Neilson was a Canadian actor! Canada once again giving our best to the US.

[@holddowna]

I ONLY learnt this after posting and now I LOVE him EVEN MORE and all his brilliance!

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

It’s Nielsen, he was of danish origen. His father was a danish born Mountie. 🇩🇰

[@NYUK-x-4]

Top notch comedy writers. 14:15 is supposed to be MK Ultra

[@izzonj]

It's hard to convey how popular OJ was 30 years ago. He was a football superstar in college and the NFL. He was a sportscaster, rising to one of the hosts of Monday Night Football, the most prominent national broadcast. He was on movies, guest on all the late night talk shows. He was so incredulity popular, such explains why his fall was such a seismic cultural phenomenon.

[@ajivins1]

Those watches were used in an episode of the sixties spy show 'The Avengers'. Peter (Moff Tarkin) Cushing had one strapped to heroine Emma Peel's ( Diana Rigg, 'Game of Thrones') wrist.