THE NAKED GUN (1988) SO DUMB it's GOOD! | FIRST TIME WATCHING | (reaction/commentary/review)

[@stevenjump8234]

Ludwig's secretary is the same woman in Airplane that kept trying to put on her make up on during the movie . She is the Director' Mom and appears in several of their films.

[@thecocoacouch]

😆😆 I’ll have to look for her next time

[@TheDblDuce]

@@thecocoacouch she's in every movie. Second one shes talking to women in the foreground while Hacker goes flying in his wheelchair off the balcony in the background. In the third movie she's the receptionist at the fertility clinic that tells Dreben to take a number.

[@mildredpierce4506]

Priscilla Presley is Elvis Presley’s ex-wife. The people who were announcing the baseball games were the real announcers except for Dr. Joyce Brothers who was a real psychiatrist. She was very famous at that time

[@gallendugall8913]

Dr Brothers had the most cringe radio show where men called in and asked for advice about imaginary intimate problems.

[@chabbu64]

I've always wondered if Frank not knowing the lyrics to the National Anthem was an inside joke referencing the fact that Leslie Neilsen was Canadian.

[@thecocoacouch]

I mean jokes can have multiple layers. That could be a reason! 🤷‍♂️

[@trekkiejunk]

No, its a joke that Americans don't seem to actually know the lyrics correctly.

[@peterphilly4148]

The Naked Gun was based on characters created in the series Police Squad. It's cancellation was announced after 4 of it's 6 filmed episodes aired (the remaining two aired that summer.) It is said that the network cancelled it because -get this - it required the audience to pay too close attention in order for them to get the jokes.... somewhat prophetic given most of the mindless dreck produced today. And another bit of trivia - Detective Norberg was played by O.J. Simpson pre-murder of his wife and Ron Goldman six years later.

[@thecocoacouch]

Jeeee 😬 and yeah you’re right. Says a lot of about the direction films went in. Films used to be made to rewatch, now most movies you can’t watch a second time.

[@peterphilly4148]

@@thecocoacouch Some of them are even hard to watch the first time! 😁

[@thecocoacouch]

😆

[@heatherdale5571]

Nice. Thank you. 😊

[@haveanicedave1551]

I'm not sure, but was Police Squad just a mid-season replacement show?

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

If I'd ever met Leslie Nielsen, I would have said, "It's Enrico Palazzo!"

[@bengilbert7655]

The guy who says that is PeeWee's nemesis in PeeWee's Big Adventure.

[@darryl1373]

So thrilled you got to this movie and really enjoyed the reaction! As a Canadian, I have to say that Leslie Nielsen was one of Canada's most beloved comedy actors. 🇨🇦 Its kind of strange to think that he spent the beginning of his career doing drama and western movies. It wasn't until his well received role in "Airplane" that his comedy talents were really showcased. Then came the "Naked Gun" roles, and the rest is Canadian comedy history!

[@thecocoacouch]

Ahh but that’s what’s so funny about him is that his dramatic skills are so refined. He’s so earnest with every line he delivers that it’s hilarious.

[@0okamino]

Speaking of beloved Canadians, RIP Gordon Lightfoot. This world was lucky to have him for 84 years.

[@srichael2713]

These kinds of comedies are pure, simple entertainment. Never fails to get a chuckle out of me no matter how many times I watch it. And it is gratifying to see newer generation watch these. Go for the next two Naked Guns and watch all of Leslie Neilsen movies if you can.

[@thecocoacouch]

I’ll likely watch a few more of these kinds of movies for sure. Really loved this one!

[@CzechMirco]

Interestingly, almost none of people watching and reacting to this movie got that the finger and ring Ludwig finds in his hotdog belonged to his henchman, whom Frank dispatched earlier in the meat factory.

[@trekkiejunk]

I never actualy thought about it. I always thought it was just a joke about how hot dogs are scary bits and parts of animals, and the scary things you might find in one.

[@boqndimitrov8693]

naked gun and hot shots - two of the legends of the nineties.

[@thecocoacouch]

Hmm hot shots…I’ll write that down 😆

[@tfpp1]

@@thecocoacouch To appreciate Hot Shots, it helps if you've seen the original Top Gun. If / when you watch Hot Shots Part Deux, it helps if you've seen Rambo. Another one you could watch without knowing other movies prior is called Top Secret, same directors/silliness, I quite like that one.

[@melanieparker]

The finger in the bun was the hitman who fell in the vat at the dug out stockyards.

[@thecocoacouch]

Oml wow 😂😂 thanks for the pointer. Can’t believe I didn’t get that

[@johnnehrich9601]

Yes, the big ring is the same.

[@ClayLoomis1958]

How he thought he'd get that piece of paper _back_ under that house of cards is beyond me.

[@thecocoacouch]

😆 incredible

[@0okamino]

Well, that problem kind of resolved itself. 😄

[@ThiloAdamitz]

16:28 the German dub for this movie actually makes the finger sucking joke better; Frank says (in German) "I've got ten more."

[@namelessjedi2242]

When you watch any of these Zucker brothers movies like Airplane or Naked Gun make sure you read the end credits. There are jokes hidden in there too!

[@thecocoacouch]

There are jokes in the end credits…. That’s incredible 😆 will do! Thanks.

[@tfpp1]

@@thecocoacouch Oh yeah, there's more of them each time I believe, too.

[@PaulSmith-xc7vt]

Oscar. I really enjoy your reactions. Thanks for sharing them with us on here. Looking forward to your future videos.

[@thecocoacouch]

Thank you ☺️

[@TheKrensada]

My single favorite joke in this movie is the bingo card. So dumb. So perfect.

[@thecocoacouch]

Oi it’s actually amazing 😂😂

[@jcarlovitch]

Leslie Nielsen pulling himself up by the statues penis always makes me wish I were a voting member of the Academy awards.

[@thecocoacouch]

😆😆☺️☺️

[@someonefromcanada2668]

Thanks so much for sharing your réaction to that movie! I really enjoyed it! I hope we get to enjoy the 2 other Naked Gun movies with you too!!

[@thecocoacouch]

Depends on how well this does I guess, I’ve heard the second one is good but the third isn’t? Guess I may find out ☺️

[@heatherdale5571]

The coolest part of growing up with these actors is being there at the very beginning and watching them evolve over time. It's been amazing.

[@alanfeldstein9761]

You think Ricardo Montalban is famous for Spy Kids? That's like saying Reggie Jackson is famous for Naked Gun.

[@thecocoacouch]

I said he’s not 😂 lol and that it’s funny because I only knew him from an obscure movie from my childhood.

[@blacktronlego]

A few of the gags like Frank crashing into something as he parks the car, are taken from the 'Police Squad' series. I think the tall guy who's head is always out of shot was in it as well, but I'm not sure. The Queen was not very tall, perhaps not a short as is suggested here, but she was not tall. 27:24 The guy that fell into the vat was at the Dugout Dogs factory, that's his finger. My favourite one of these comedies is 'Top Secret!'.

[@haveanicedave1551]

Yes, the TV show did include the tall guy and the banana bit was in the TV show too.

[@mildredpierce4506]

There are groups of women who go to baseball games and knit. It’s called knit and pitch.

[@lfadedragel9178]

"Oh this poor guy." He says about OJ...

[@thecocoacouch]

yeah yeah I know… 😆 poor “character” more like.

[@johnnehrich9601]

Every time I see this movie and what happens to him, I think, even though it is "movie magic," how fitting for him after the tragic knife slaying of his wife and her friend and the "trial of the century" years later.

[@thecocoacouch]

It’s kinda fitting hey. Unfortunately it was only a prop flying off the edge of the grand stand at the end 😭

[@goldenager59]

@@johnnehrich9601 Every single time I see Norberg's travails, I ask myself, "Is it wrong for me to want to see this?" 🤭 🤣

[@Metal-Bane]

comedies like this don't exist anymore

[@thecocoacouch]

Unfortunately 😢

[@Proteus2905]

This driving teacher has seen it all... nothing can surprise him anymore.

[@thecocoacouch]

😆 yup

[@pendorran]

@@thecocoacouch And played by Oscar-winning actor John Houseman, one of his final roles along with 'Scrooged'. His career was extraordinary, starting behind the scenes with the young Orson Welles in the 1930s.

[@trekkiejunk]

@@pendorran -- He was also an acting teacher, i believe.

[@jaspyr88]

A little more to keep you on the cocoa couch! You really get me through some rough times. Just remember, True Lies with Arnold and Jamie Lee Curtis! You will absolutely love it! Trust me

[@thecocoacouch]

I’ll make this a priority! Thank you so much I really appreciate it. It’s also just a gesture that means a lot too. Glad these videos are helping so much 😁

[@DougRayPhillips]

Nielsen has IMDb credits a mile long. He did the well-liked SciFi "Forbidden Planet" in 1956. He was Debbie Reynolds' boyfriend in "Tammy and the Bachelor" (1957). He was on TV in the 50s and 60s, in Rawhide, The Untouchables, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Route 66, cop shows, medical shows, Westerns, pretty much everywhere. He was the doomed ship's captain in the original "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972). As a kid, I watched him in 1959-61 playing Frances Marion, "The Swamp Fox," in six episodes of The Magical World of Disney. That's the same historical character that Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" is based on. Besides Police Squad/Naked Gun, Some of his other late-life comedy roles are "Dracula: Dead and Loving It," "Spy Hard," and the live-action "Mr Magoo." He was a recurring character, a Mountie, in the TV series Due South (1994-99). That series (drama-romance-crime) is played as straight drama but often with comedy undertones, meaning that it's farcical. So he fit right in. And, his real-life father was a Mountie. (I have the entire series on disc.)

[@Lunal73]

“What a good stunt doubles” What do you mean? He did them all! 😉😂

[@thecocoacouch]

😆😆 Oi I’d be baffled if he really did that himself.

[@garylee3685]

The finger in the hot dog was the guy who fell in the vat during the shootout.

[@Lunal73]

I understand you haven’t seen the movie Platoon, you’ll understand why it’s impossible to get of the movie laughing.

[@thecocoacouch]

Haha I’ll have to write it down then.

[@haveanicedave1551]

when he didn't react, I knew he never seen Platoon.

[@trekkiejunk]

Yeah, but you could guess its about a platoon, which means its about war, which is generally not funny.

[@Ceractucus]

In the scene where Frank and his buddy have red lips they were eating pistachios. Up until the mid 80s nearly all the pistachios sold in America came from Iran, and one of the growers there dyed his pistachios red to set them apart, and you (where I lived at least) you could not find non-red pistachios. Then Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran (who was installed in the Iranian government by the CIA was placed under house arrest awaiting trial and the American government rescued him. Things went downhill from there and after that we began to rely on American growers for our pistachio needs and pistachios were never red again. I saw this movie the day it aired in the theater, and I've honestly never heard more laughter in my life. I think I laughed at least once every five minutes myself.

[@trekkiejunk]

You can actually still buy both red and green dyed pistachios.

[@raphaelperry8159]

"You killed five actors, good ones." There's an extra joke there. There should only be four murderers and one victim meaning he the fifth actor he killed shouldn't have even been shot.

[@0okamino]

“Et tu?” “No, there was definitely more than two.”

[@mrtim5363]

What the younger generation doesn't know is Herman's Hermits was a real band - "I'm into Something Good" a real song. A hit song that spent 8 weeks on the charts in July/Aug 1964. & The text in the lower corner. A copy of how MTV identified each video they played.

[@adrianjimenez5827]

It's Enrico Palazzo!!! 🤣🤣🤣 That one really got me LOL Also, Stephanie's driving and determination was so inspiring 😆 Man, I love your videos! It's always such a great time! You have a contagious laugh! Their homoerotic (for lack of a better word) jokes don't feel homophobic at all, probably that's just my opinion, but I feel they work even to this day, they feel at the same level as their humour with the ladies, so as equally outrageous, which is what matters LOL 😆 Cheers!!

[@thecocoacouch]

Haha thanks!! Was so fun 😂

[@thomaschristopher8593]

0:55 I saw your Chornobyl 1 and 2 reaction. I am not sure you recognized Gorbachev from that video and here. the man with the birthmark on his head - that gets wiped off here.

[@pendorran]

Fun facts about Leslie Nielsen: His father was a Mountie and his older brother Erik a politician who was Canada's Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister until just the year before theis film came out.

[@jeremygeorgia4943]

The plot actually isn't bad. It's good enough that it probably could have passed for the plot of a TV series episode or perhaps a TV movie of a similar vintage. It just has a little humor woven in as well, which they did a good job at. Now, there are two more sequels. I hope you check those out as well. Perhaps, you'll get some laughs from those as well. The plots get a bit thinner & more outrageous, but the humor is dialed up as well. I'd recommend them.

[@thecocoacouch]

I may watch them later depending on how well received this reaction is. I’ll write them down! ☺️

[@Sirala6]

Watching in a crowd is great, everyone feeds off the laughter of others. Can get very silly.

[@NHarts21]

I really love your reactions!

[@siesonaladventures]

Others have likely said this already. The introduction sequence to the movie was inspired by the short lived series Police Squad. Also naming just one parody (surely there's more) Seth MacFarlane was a big fan of the TV series and had spoofed it on Family Guy with Stewie's POV on his tricycle instead of a cop car.

[@ToniMcGinty]

OJ Simpson onscreen: "Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious..."

[@0okamino]

If the bear trap don’t fit, you must acquit!

[@Protoman85]

I don't agree that the jokes are dumb :) I think man of the jokes are really clever, it takes intelligence to write great "dumb" jokes like these

[@thecocoacouch]

That’s okay ☺️ was just my way of saying it feels random and sudden. Didn’t mean the writers or the method of crafting the joke was dumb.

[@indydave1955]

I couldn't believe you didn't recognize Nordberg as O J SIMPSON himself!

[@thecocoacouch]

I’m 23 😆😆

[@dalevintage]

If you haven't seen it already...I HIGHLY recommend Steve Martin's LA Story. As well as, All of Me...also Steve Martin!

[@Keepitgreasy11]

In total 3 movies of the naked gun -you should also see "Ruthless People" (Zucker Abraham Zucker productions 1987)

[@haveanicedave1551]

Bette Midler ruined that movie for being a reali life whacko.

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Keep up the great reactions, you're doing great. Love the flow of the show. Many more subs to come!

[@thecocoacouch]

Thank you ☺️

[@ramonalfaro3252]

That beaver joke got Me! Love this movie!!!

[@thecocoacouch]

I know hey!! 😆 that was one of those ones for me that makes me laugh AND roll my eyes simultaneously haha

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Reggie Jackson was the baseball plater with that wanted to kill the queen.....He was better as an A. Hall of famer, great player.

[@barnabydodd8956]

"Just think... next time I shoot somebody, I could be arrested."

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

Ricardo Montalban is best known for playing Khan in Star Trek, first in the 1967 TOS episode "Space Seed," and then again, 15 years later in 1982's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Wrath of Khan is generally accepted as the best Star Trek film and a true classic sci fi epic.

[@haveanicedave1551]

I would think he is best known for Fantasy Island.

[@trekkiejunk]

@@haveanicedave1551 -- Its probably a toss up. But young people now, or in 20 years, are much more likely to discover Star Trek, than they are to discover Fantasy Island.

[@heatherdale5571]

Naked Gun is like Airplane meets Top Secret.

[@SimoExMachina2]

Of course Priscilla was graceful, she was from Graceland after all. The home of Elvis Presley.

[@ericpohlmeyer4116]

Awesome job! kiddo! Loved it, Thanks so much!

[@indydave1955]

And Jane Spenser is ELVIS PRESLEY'S WIDOW...Priscilla Presley

[@Demigord]

i love how sheepish the pitcher looks

[@schnubbel76]

Would love to see you watch the sequels as well.

[@timothypanngam2249]

Your reactions are really great 🎉

[@Vlad.Larionov]

It will be really interesting to see your reaction to the films Robocop 3 and Space Truckers. These are cool movies 👍👍👍

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Space balls OR Blazing Saddles?

[@SimoExMachina2]

"I was young, I needed the work" an OnlyFans joke from an era way before OnlyFans.

[@thecocoacouch]

Haha oooft too true

[@1wwtom]

Of all the reactions I've seen here on this flick No One has gotten that they were in the car eating Pistachio Nuts that made their lips red and that No One has recognized the Killer was none other than Reggie Jackson!

[@thecocoacouch]

Probably because Pistachios stopped being red after the 80’s, so the joke is very of it’s time 👍

[@trekkiejunk]

@@thecocoacouch -- That's not actually true. You can still buy red and green dyed pistachios. They are just not as common anymore, but they are still around.

[@pendorran]

Real-life baseball legend Reggie Jackson as himself/the assassin

[@Demigord]

25 people on a team then, and there's a reason we have the term "bench-clearing brawl", they really would all pile on

[@thecocoacouch]

😆 I wanna see a game with a brawl so bad

[@Demigord]

@@thecocoacouch kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWPYeIWFrNdgqLs this guy had it planned out. the catcher always tries to tackle you when you go after the pitcher, so...

[@mildredpierce4506]

The finger in the hot dog was from the guy who fell in the vat earlier.

[@thecocoacouch]

Yeah I heard 🤮🤮

[@claymccoy]

18:31 Pistachios. They used to be dyed red.

[@Demigord]

dr joyce brothers is a psychologist specializing in sex education. someone in 1988 in the US would likely have known that

[@aquatadevore9335]

Elvis Presley's ex wife is so pretty, I hope I age as well as she did, and r.i.p. to Elvis and Priscilla's daughter

[@thecocoacouch]

😬 new information for me.

[@d.-_-.b]

@@thecocoacouch As an ex-Scientologist she was due to testify that while in she was ordered by David Miscavige to talk one of Danny Masterson's many rape victims out of going to the police about it. Hopefully her death doesn't prevent his conviction.

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

They're eating pistachio nuts in the car. They used to dye the shells red.

[@thecocoacouch]

Yeah they stopped that in the 80’s I found out. Someone told me in the comments it was strange I missed that…I’m 23 😂😂

[@dannygreenland4853]

The Naked Gun movies were just so funny another set of moies u should watch is Hot Shots & Hot Shots Part Deux they are so funny.

[@DoctorVell]

Hope you read the credits for this and its sequels.

[@thecocoacouch]

Yeah I’ve just been told! Gonna go back and read them

[@yymmtxz1677]

My Hero Academia, One Punch Man Tokyo Ghoul, Tokyo, Revengers, Chainsaw Man, Spy x Family, Jujutsu Kaisen, Bound Toilet Hanako-Kun, Blue Lock l, Mod Psycho 100, Horimiya, Komi Can't Communicate, My Dress-Up Darling, The Danger In My Heart, Tsurezure Children, When Will Ayumu Make his Move, The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, My senpai is Annoying, The Duke of Death and His Black maid, Don't with toy Me, Miss Nagatoro, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, The Ice Guy & His Cool Female Colleague, Taisho Otome Fairy Tale, Blue Spring Ride, Your name, A Silent Voice

[@Drknnja]

Need to see the intros for Naked gun 2 1/2 and 33 1/3.

[@fredpayne7748]

This guy is young like me but you can tell he has no idea who OJ Simpson was lol, plus the Platoon reference coming out of the movie theater i cried of laughter.

[@thecocoacouch]

Haha you’re right. Yeah I know about OJ but didn’t realise THAT was him 😆 only ever heard the name and what it’s associated with.

[@SimoExMachina2]

Millenials cannot recognize the villains at the starting scene. Ten points and parrot sticker, to any old schooler who can.

[@thecocoacouch]

😆😆

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

Do they not know Gorbie? Ayatollah might be 80s specific, but Gaddafi only died in 2009. Idi Amin and IRA as the remainder.

[@DarknessIsThePath]

You should really watch the two sequels, they are just as funny.

[@johnnehrich9601]

I'm pretty sure the woman who falls from the top bleacher onto Reggie Jackson is the student driver seen earlier.

[@thecocoacouch]

Oh you’re kidding me 😂😂

[@laurenherda2415]

It definitely isn't

[@blockerby]

If you dare... try Blazing Saddles!

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

The killer baseball player is Reggie Jackson.

[@tobbe207]

Montalban did a great great job. so does Leslie

[@Demigord]

i regret we didn't get to see the viking food

[@thecocoacouch]

😢

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Why haven't he googled Mr.Pap-smear? And all those war films and NO Platoon WTF?

[@omnipop4936]

Damn, this guy's stepping on some of the best lines! 5:28 "Unless of course he's a drooling vegetable, _but I think that's just common sense"._ Sorry, I can't finish watching this.

[@unitedstatesofbecky]

Have you considered Wrongfully Accused? Another ridiculous & hilarious Leslie Neilson film. But you have to watch The Fugitive with Harrison Ford first, or else it wouldn't make sense.

[@kratos8939]

That villain is a little flat now, dont you think?

[@thecocoacouch]

Agreed 😆

[@doltonparker]

😆 very funny movie! 🗣 what's your favorite style of 📼 . comedy or drama! & hello from 🇺🇸

[@bengilbert7655]

Every one of those men in the first scene was recognizably a world leader or terrorist.

[@sciencehistoryandentertain734]

awe that poor man (o j Simpson)

[@aranerem5569]

Very funny movie

[@thecocoacouch]

Yes. 😆

[@demianoff]

Enrico palazzo's movie is great

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Police Academy?

[@jeremiahrose4681]

I cringe when I see O.J. A lot of cringing going on in this movie. Funny movie though

[@stovalish6]

Stumbled on your channel, subscribed to it man! Check out mystery science theater sometime. You’ll laugh your ass off. Have a blast watching movies! Be well, cheers!

[@thecocoacouch]

I’ll write it down!! Also thanks for joining! ☺️

[@papalaz4444244]

Do you see how you have all branded written jokes as "Dad jokes" because you come from a generation who look at their phone all day and think a 12 second video of a cat's face is the funniest thing in the universe?

[@thecocoacouch]

It was actually my dads generation that came up with the term 🤷‍♂️

[@papalaz4444244]

@@thecocoacouch Which generation is that? "The term "dad jokes" received mentions in the American sitcom How I Met Your Mother in 2008 and the Australian quiz show Spicks and Specks in 2009. The genre began to thrive on social media platforms;"

[@jessicahedman3048]