Somebody said that “Frank Drebin is someone who thinks he’s in an action movie, but doesn’t realize he’s in a comedy”, and I think that’s the perfect way to describe him lol
@@NiceDudeMovieNight I must admit, since I started follow your channel, you "dudes are the most funny firt time watchers of all! I´m enjoy it see your reaction at this movie, Greetings from Portugal!
Nielsen started as a serious drama actor. He was in the film "Forbidden Planet" and it's such a different feel. He's the perfect straightman because of his training.
@@NiceDudeMovieNight You're in luck. He's the headliner of the movie. Forbidden planet was also the first movie to use a full synthesizer for the soundtrack I believe.
Yeah, that's the wonderful thing. For decades, Leslie Nielsen had made a career as a straight dramatic actor. But one movie, Airplane!, released a whole new side of him and gave him a "new career" at a point when many leading men have to retire gracefully. Nobody knew he had such an aptitude for silliness.
In case you didn’t know, Naked Gun is a movie based on a 6 episode tv show from a decade earlier called Police Squad. The opening sequence and many of the jokes at the station are continuations of jokes from the show. For instance, the scientist always had some weird experiment running in each episode, and the tall guy was always there.
@@ThreadBomb I can see that - but it still has one of the greatest exchanges in TV history. Dutch: Who are you and how did you get in here? Det. Frank Drebin: I'm a locksmith, and I'm a locksmith.
There's an extended cut where, at the end of the conversation, the dock worker asks if Frank wants an address and Frank replies, "Not on a cop's salary."
Saw this opening weekend back when it came out in Theaters. I was 14, and my Parents took me, my younger brother (11), his friend, and 2 of my friends. It was a packed house that day... I have never laughed so hard in my life. In fact, that Press Conference scene, where he left his mic on, I would periodically think about that scene during the movie, and just start laughing out of nowhere again!! This movie has been in my Top 5 ALL TIME favorite Movie experiences EVER! Just an all around amazing Movie, and much of it is due to the writing, and the incomparable Leslie Nielsen. RIP Leslie (Lt Frank Dreben... Police Squad)
I had and still have VCD'S of the first two. Even after DVD'S the amount of VCD releases that had extra or alternate scenes was amazing. Uncut before uncut was a thing.
My Mother remembers Leslie Nielsen as this serious,dramatic actor. When we saw this she was laughing with tears in her eyes. That was the best part for me. The safe sex scene made her spit out her popcorn. Fantastic 👏🏻
They didn't have to try hard to get Weird Al. He loves the Zuckers, and he's said many times one of his favorite movies is Top Secret! He probably agreed before they even finished asking.
Naked Gun is a classic case of "We'll hit you with so many jokes, you will not remember why you're laughing anymore" and also, every joke hits, perfectly.
When this movie first came out, Weird Al would take dates to see it in the theater, without mentioning that he has a cameo in the first 4 minutes of the movie. What a move! Unrelated but fun fact: this is was about 4 years after OJ was turned down for the role of The Terminator because they felt like he couldn't possibly be believable as such a dangerous, murderous fiend.
Weird Al would do so while also wearing the exact same shirt he had on in the movie, and wouldn't say anything about it unless his date pointed it out.
I remember when I was 10 and thinking the "Nothing to see here!" scene was one of the funniest things I ever saw. I remember saying something to my dad like, "He's saying nothing to see here, but look dad! The building is exploding behind him with fireworks!" while I was cry-laughing and gasping for air and wanting to rewind and watch again 😂. I'm still laughing just thinking about that scene. I'm sure my dad was proud that his 10 yr old daughter got the joke 😂
Leslie Nielsen was a Canadian treasure. His early acting career was not in comedy, but then they discovered that he could do that. Well, of course he can. Canada makes great comedians.
It's been mentioned already that Leslie Nielsen was a dramatic actor. He played dozens of serious roles on TV. What I find really funny is that in this period of doing all of this comedy, it wasn't just a role. He would frequently do interviews in a very serious way. But, he always made sure he had a WHOOPI cushion in his pocket. And at certain points in a serious interview he would lean forward to let out a and then say "Excuse Me!!" He just hit this stride later in life and it was Fantastic.
The red nuts that Frank and Ed were eating were pistachios that were dyed red. Back in the day, foreign companies would dye their pistachios red to hide unsightly blotches on the outer shells to make them more appealing.
Everytime he says use your open eye Frank I die laughing. One of my favorite gags in the whole movie. I'm glad you said it because I've always thought OJ Simpson is actually excellent in this movie. His comedic timing with physical comedy is actually pretty good.
The actor playing the driving instructor, John Houseman, was sort of a celebrity in the '80s. I saw him in a lot of ads. I think he became famous because of a '70s movie called "The Paper Chase," where he played a prestigious law professor. The way we knew him was just how you see him in the driving scene; very dry, and composed.
Fun fact, while this movie was in theaters weird Al yankovic used to take his dates to go see the movie wearing the same exact outfit he wore in the movie.
Just to let you know, when Leslie neilsen starred in Airplane in 1977 there were 1759 jokes applied through the movie. Every corner, every sentence, every shot had a joke applied inside. Signs, words, posters or other forms of media.
Airplane! was released in 1980 and is almost a shot for shot remake of the black and white B-movie 'Zero Hour', which has been compared with it in other TH-cam posts
My twin brother and I had seen this in a double feature at the movies with "Twins" and we just absolutely laughed our tails off! 😂 Leslie Nielsen was such a great actor in here, even when he played the role as ultra serious.
"Airplane!" was Nielsen's first comedy, as well as for Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, and Peter Graves. After "Airplane!", Nielsen starred in a short-lived tv show (6 episodes) called "Police Squad", which was the basis for the "Naked Gun" trilogy. BTW, you guys are officially my favorite reactors.
Yep anyone who grew up with this movie went from "oh oh Simpson is such a cool guy" to this " how dare he! What kind of monster is he!" No joke it was literally like that, and good thing we dodged a bullet of him being casted as the Terminator boy that would have really caused some rage in 1994-1995 trial
Leslie is damn amazing. He narrated a deep sea documentary also in the 70's or 80's and hes voice is so fitting. I wish he would have made narrated nature documentaries more
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2:45 I watched this movie in its opening week four times in full packed matinées, countless times in cable tv, and in public television, and it is today for the first time I catch the joke of the hospital building named as “The Hospital”. 🤦🏾♂️
It was going to have a parody name, like Our Lady of Perpetual Motion, but Ricardo Montalban, a devout Catholic, objected. So they just changed it to The Hospital.
The TV show Police Squad is pretty much just like this. It was canceled for being too funny. It really was. Network executives didn’t like how dense it was with visual gags especially, saying that people didn’t want to have to watch the screen constantly for fear of missing a joke.
That's actually really interesting! It makes sense though because back in the day, TV was also a "background device" of sorts, because people would do their laundry, cook dinner, etc. while the TV is on, so the storytelling relied a lot of dialogue back in the day so someone can still follow what's going on without using their eyes 😮
@@stephanniemorin It's true. The network's prime-time president at the time basically thought the show was asking too much of the television viewer, saying they would have to actually pay attention to get it. I think that if it had come out ten years later it would have been an enormous hit.
@@NiceDudeMovieNight 🤔 that sounds more like the radio to me, people didn’t put comedies and sitcoms in the background in the 80’s unless you’d seen it already, and from what I understand people gathered around the radio before tv.
@@andreshernandez1180NiceDudeMovieNight is right. Leslie Nielsen said it himself when appearing on the UK's BBC1 chat show 'Wogan' in the week The Naked Gun was released. He told Terry that Americans tended to have their TV on in the background and that Police Squad got cancelled because it was a show you had to pay attention to. But obviously not enough viewers did.
Good to know that you guys enjoyed it. They don't make this kind of comedies anymore and they still tend to get some chuckles from me. Now watch the rest of the trilogy.
"this is so fuckin stupid" is precisely the comedic genius of these movies, they get me to laugh twice, once at the joke and then again at myself for being dumb enough to laugh at the joke
The interviews he did with his little fart machine were amazing. The one where the interview was trying to be serious and he kept squeezing one out at inappropriate times is so funny.
Above all, there's comedy for me. And like you said, it's packed with jokes all over the place. Good jokes. You don't have to be offensive or cheap to get a laugh. But you have to put some work into it. I love seeing younger people from around the globe experiencing things that are such a huge part of me. Awesome video.
I quote this movie often haha I basically know it by heart. I remember watching it when I was a kid and this movie is funny even when it's translated to other languages (in my case Polish). Also, I've always loved how the whole "Enrico Palazzo" plot pays out later when Frank saves the day and everyone yells "It's Enrico Palazzo"
This is the one where his partner asks him if he wants to take a dinghy at the docks and Frank says, _"No thanks. I took one back at the station."_ right? 😂 It's been a long time.
These guys are cracking me up. They get the humor. I remember renting this at a video store & my friends girlfriend hated it . Some people don’t get it.
The sequel is even better! My grandmother took me to go see these in the theater when i was a kid and everyone was turned around watching me cause I was laughing so hard I nearly fell out of my seat into the isle!
Love this film, I actually first saw Leslie Nielsen in Creepshow before he became known for his comedy roles. This has to be my favourite reaction to this film, I was laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes.
Man, not only do you manage to catch the feeling of every film you watch n with your editing, you balance it perfectly with your commentary. Seriously, for such a minimal premise, you've really nailed it.
Leslie Nielson made his career, and defined an entire style of comedy, by acting in ridiculous scenes and delivering absurd dialogue completely deadpan and straight-faced. He was originally a serious dramatic actor (he was the captain of the ship in the original 1972 'The Poseidon Adventure') but when he was cast in Airplane! his entire career trajectory changed, despite him barely having to change his acting style at all.
Love the Police Squad and Naked Gun series. The master of mannerisms Lesley Nielson is fantastic, with genius comedic timing. Has me in tears everytime!
Yeah, I must've seen the movie at least a dozen times and only recently I noticed that. And now that I know, I'm thinking how did I miss that, it looks so obvious now.
Even after watching this movie like 10 times (the first time when I was not more than 12 years old), it still makes me laugh so hard. I think this is hands down the funniest movie ever made. Though I know that everyone has a different sense of humor - this one just hits me 100%. I mean… „Nice Beaver“ brings me to tears everytime :D
The woman being hypnotized at 8:05 is the Zucker brothers' mother. She has been in every single one of their movies. For example, in Airplanr she was the woman who kept trying to put on her makeup (and gets lipstick all over her face). In "Ghost" (an excellent non-comedy) she was the bank teller that Whoopi Goldberg talks to.
So much fun to watch you two have fun. 😄 Two little things: 1) the Swiss Army Shoe - a lady Bond villain Rosa Klebb in From Russia With Love had a poisoned switchblade shoe that she tried to kick Bond with. 2) pistachios used to be dyed red. I don't know why. It didn't have a flavor and you'd get the red fingers etc. just like Cheetos. They stopped dyeing them when red dye #2 was found to cause cancer. Yikes!
I completely laughed along with you guys. This movie is so funny and clever with its jokes and especially visual gags. I lost my mind when OJ stepped on the bear trap my first time watching as well 😂
I don’t usually watch any reaction videos, but this gem from my childhood I couldn’t miss - and laughed so hard, literal tears from my eyes. Thanks a lot, guys, great choice, great atmosphere
Leslie Nielsen enjoyed a long career in dramatic roles (Including appearing in Forbidden Planet, a pioneering sci-fi film that pretty much created the modern space sci-fi genre), which coincidentally made him perfect to be the straight man to the ZAZ comedic style. He delivered some of the best deadpan/straight man performances in comedies.
The thing about this movie is there are so many jokes that even if you’ve seen it you will not remember all the joke or you missed a few jokes so a second or third watching is still fun
Leslie Neilsen nailed it. The Naked Gun is a movie spin-off of a TV show called Police Squad. They hired a dramatic actor to do comedy. Now he's known for comedy. Nailed it.
The Naked Gun, based on the show Police Files (in fact, the films might as well be feature-length episodes) is a wonderful example of Leslie Nielson's perfect comedic timing. Nielson started as a pure serious actor back in his early career, and was pretty much a washed up hasbin actor because he had been typecast as a serious lead for dramatic and sci-fi films of the era. That was until the film Airplane! came out. Putting him as the comically serious doctor in that film relaunched his career as a comedic actor, at which point he took off running, whoopy cushion in jacket, and never looked back. And just think, there is an entire three-five generations out there, me included, who have never known Leslie Nielson as anything more than one of the funniest actors of his time.
I laughed so hard with your video, while I grew up with all the Naked Gun movies. They are all brilliant and timeless humour, so simple, yet so many layers.
Whenever I watch this movie I think of watching it with my family when I was 7 or 8, and I asked my dad why she was sucking Drebin's finger like that. My dad went "she thinks it's a piece of meat" and mam nudged his arm, playfully admonishing him "John!" and it took me 20 years to rewatch it and get the joke xD Funny dude was my old man lol. I hope you watch Spy Hard sometime, I saw it again the other day and it's one of Neilson's best imo ^_^
what a departure from his role in the sci fi classic "Forbidden Planet" - so proud he's (was) Canadian - so many of the later movies like the Dracula one were too silly - but he got steady work thanks to this one that really made him, put him on the map - the tv show was good too. I think Ace Ventura borrowed a lot too from this - Jim Carrey also Canadian - and you guys noted Austin Powers... Mike Myers also Canadian.
@@studioshitaketakashita7093 and we all know how that ended up....if you are one of the hundreds of thousands who believe and know he did those murders
Herman's Hermits, one of my favourite bands. It was literally the first concert I went to as a kid. (technically, it was Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits) I forgot that this was in the movie. oh, and there is a TV series called Police Squad! that this movie was based on. There are only 6 episodes, but for some reason, ABC (I think) cancelled the series because it was funny on such a different level they did not think people would get it. All six episodes can be found on TH-cam. I would recommend it highly to watch.
It's been a long time since reactors have left in the pistachio scene and questioned it. LOL. I've seen to many of these. Great job guys. The stabbing of the fish is maybe as much as I've ever laughed in a non-Monty Python movie.
To your comment about Wierd Al, he did a cameo in every one of the Naked Gun movies. The generally good thing about Zucker films was that even if one or 2 jokes didn't quite take, the jokes before & after would. Others have tried the "Zucker formula" but not one has ever done it as good as them. I doubt a movie like this could be done today, even if you could find a "Zucker heir".
Honestly for me another level of funny is that Leslie is Canadian and plays an American detective, who can’t sing the us national anthem and does the whole Queen table surfing. Maybe that’s just me 🤔 Also Drebin kinda reminds me of Drax from Guardians of the galaxy. He takes everything sooo literally.
This man was, and always will be, a comedic legend. You are missed Mr Nielsen.
Seriously. He was truly incredible at his craft.
Sadly Comedy also almost died out in movies when he died... it was golden era of parodies..probably stopped beacuse of austin powers stupidity ...:/
I also have a feeling like we won't get anyone close to this level again anymore. Nielsen is of those irreplacables, one of a kind.
@@Avalerin80 Literally complaining about movies from the same genre...
@@Avalerin80 No not Austin Powers, I would say it was the Love Guru.
Naked gun is such a great example of jokes per minute that by the end of it you don´t even know what you are laughing about anymore
Yeah, Zucker brothers make you feel almost ashamed to laugh at the jokes they throw at you 😂
They never make parody movies anymore. Modern movies kind of suck. Compared to 80s and 90s stuff.
Somebody said that “Frank Drebin is someone who thinks he’s in an action movie, but doesn’t realize he’s in a comedy”, and I think that’s the perfect way to describe him lol
That really is. He's so good 😂
That's more than likely because he played more serious roles prior to his career in comedy, and he took alot of that with him
It was probably Leslie Nielson himself who said it. He was great at understanding what made him funny.
@@NiceDudeMovieNight I must admit, since I started follow your channel, you "dudes are the most funny firt time watchers of all! I´m enjoy it see your reaction at this movie, Greetings from Portugal!
Leslie Nielson started out as a serious leading man...never quite made it to A list status. Like a good thespian, he took lemons and made lemonade.
Nielsen started as a serious drama actor. He was in the film "Forbidden Planet" and it's such a different feel. He's the perfect straightman because of his training.
Oh wow, I (Chris) actually saw Forbidden Planet a while back in film school. I'll look it up and find his scene 😂
@@NiceDudeMovieNight You're in luck. He's the headliner of the movie. Forbidden planet was also the first movie to use a full synthesizer for the soundtrack I believe.
Yeah, that's the wonderful thing. For decades, Leslie Nielsen had made a career as a straight dramatic actor. But one movie, Airplane!, released a whole new side of him and gave him a "new career" at a point when many leading men have to retire gracefully. Nobody knew he had such an aptitude for silliness.
If you want to see Nielsen in another serious role, watch the original Ransom.
My favorite straight performance from Leslie Nielsen was as the victim in a Columbo episode called Identity Crisis.
In case you didn’t know, Naked Gun is a movie based on a 6 episode tv show from a decade earlier called Police Squad. The opening sequence and many of the jokes at the station are continuations of jokes from the show. For instance, the scientist always had some weird experiment running in each episode, and the tall guy was always there.
Yes, we learned about the show shortly after filming this reaction! We'd love to check it out sometime.
@@NiceDudeMovieNight It's in some ways, funnier than Naked Gun. It's got some great gags.
@@zoeherriot IMO the series had some great conceptual stuff, but the movies are more laugh-out-loud funny.
@@ThreadBomb I can see that - but it still has one of the greatest exchanges in TV history.
Dutch:
Who are you and how did you get in here?
Det. Frank Drebin:
I'm a locksmith, and I'm a locksmith.
@@NiceDudeMovieNight you should definitely check it out but you will find they used some of those gags and jokes in the movies
Shoutout to chris's airplane quote"it's a large building with patients but thats not important right now"😂
Hahaha thanks very much!
I noticed it too. The late great Leslie Nielsen was quite literally a "serious talent".
Leslie Nielsen played this role soo effortlessly and it's like he is not even acting just behaving as he normally does. Truly a legend
Ya Leslie Nielsen is Boss
So happy y'all enjoyed this! The back and forth bribery scene gets me every time! 😆
Especially that last bit where he asked to "lend him $20" so he can then bribe him with it! So good.
There's an extended cut where, at the end of the conversation, the dock worker asks if Frank wants an address and Frank replies,
"Not on a cop's salary."
The bribery joke and the bingo joke, thats my favorite.
that scene is one of the pinnacles of comedic writing
5:10 - the bribe/reverse bribe was the funniest thing to me. It was just so ridiculous.
Can you spare me a 20? :D
@@crazyivan030983 How about now? ;D
Doesn't matter how many times you watched this movie, you'll notice new jokes every time
Saw this opening weekend back when it came out in Theaters.
I was 14, and my Parents took me, my younger brother (11), his friend, and 2 of my friends. It was a packed house that day...
I have never laughed so hard in my life. In fact, that Press Conference scene, where he left his mic on, I would periodically think about that scene during the movie, and just start laughing out of nowhere again!!
This movie has been in my Top 5 ALL TIME favorite Movie experiences EVER!
Just an all around amazing Movie, and much of it is due to the writing, and the incomparable Leslie Nielsen.
RIP Leslie (Lt Frank Dreben... Police Squad)
Leslie Nielsen was a legend. I first saw this when my sister got us a VCD. We tore up laughing at the collision sequence with the doctor.
That sequence is so ridiculous 😂
I had and still have VCD'S of the first two. Even after DVD'S the amount of VCD releases that had extra or alternate scenes was amazing. Uncut before uncut was a thing.
You might need to rewatch this, but I love when the doctor was checking Nordberg's pulse THROUGH the arm cast.
My Mother remembers Leslie Nielsen as this serious,dramatic actor. When we saw this she was laughing with tears in her eyes. That was the best part for me. The safe sex scene made her spit out her popcorn. Fantastic 👏🏻
All the Naked Gun films are just insane. Leslie Nielsen is so good at deadpan humor.
They didn't have to try hard to get Weird Al. He loves the Zuckers, and he's said many times one of his favorite movies is Top Secret! He probably agreed before they even finished asking.
Zucker: _"Hey Al, would-"_
Al: _"Yes!"_
When he was dating, Al would bring his dates to see this movie, and wear what he was wearing in the movie.
Naked Gun is a classic case of "We'll hit you with so many jokes, you will not remember why you're laughing anymore" and also, every joke hits, perfectly.
When this movie first came out, Weird Al would take dates to see it in the theater, without mentioning that he has a cameo in the first 4 minutes of the movie. What a move!
Unrelated but fun fact: this is was about 4 years after OJ was turned down for the role of The Terminator because they felt like he couldn't possibly be believable as such a dangerous, murderous fiend.
Daaaamn that's a power move right there
Weird Al would do so while also wearing the exact same shirt he had on in the movie, and wouldn't say anything about it unless his date pointed it out.
Weird Al has a cameo in each of the Naked Gun movies
I've never heard of OJ auditioning for "Terminator", but if it is true then that would be morbidly hilarious.
@@bkdmode He didn't audition, but he was one of the people considered for it, on the short list
I remember when I was 10 and thinking the "Nothing to see here!" scene was one of the funniest things I ever saw. I remember saying something to my dad like, "He's saying nothing to see here, but look dad! The building is exploding behind him with fireworks!" while I was cry-laughing and gasping for air and wanting to rewind and watch again 😂. I'm still laughing just thinking about that scene. I'm sure my dad was proud that his 10 yr old daughter got the joke 😂
I love this humor, both playing on words, and slapstick, even the dumb jokes are surprisingly well placed.
Wholesomely absurdist, a good illustration of how seriousness and deadpan demenanor can bring several layers of fun through discrepant actions.
Leslie Nielsen was a Canadian treasure. His early acting career was not in comedy, but then they discovered that he could do that. Well, of course he can. Canada makes great comedians.
It's been mentioned already that Leslie Nielsen was a dramatic actor. He played dozens of serious roles on TV.
What I find really funny is that in this period of doing all of this comedy, it wasn't just a role. He would frequently do interviews in a very serious way. But, he always made sure he had a WHOOPI cushion in his pocket. And at certain points in a serious interview he would lean forward to let out a and then say "Excuse Me!!" He just hit this stride later in life and it was Fantastic.
The red nuts that Frank and Ed were eating were pistachios that were dyed red. Back in the day, foreign companies would dye their pistachios red to hide unsightly blotches on the outer shells to make them more appealing.
Yuck! Glad I can eat those now...I had a tree nut allergy, but I grew out of it!
It was because by the time you bought them, they were half rotten. They used to be slowly imported from the Middle East.
Everytime he says use your open eye Frank I die laughing. One of my favorite gags in the whole movie. I'm glad you said it because I've always thought OJ Simpson is actually excellent in this movie. His comedic timing with physical comedy is actually pretty good.
I just want to say that I appreciate you subtitling the movie clips. A great solution to a problem most reaction channels face.
The actor playing the driving instructor, John Houseman, was sort of a celebrity in the '80s. I saw him in a lot of ads. I think he became famous because of a '70s movie called "The Paper Chase," where he played a prestigious law professor. The way we knew him was just how you see him in the driving scene; very dry, and composed.
The boat scene at the beginning remains one of the most hilarious shit I've ever seen. It's just comic genius.
All three movies were born from the tv series "Police Squad!" Absolutely hilarious. Sad that there are only 6 episodes.
Fun fact, while this movie was in theaters weird Al yankovic used to take his dates to go see the movie wearing the same exact outfit he wore in the movie.
Just to let you know, when Leslie neilsen starred in Airplane in 1977 there were 1759 jokes applied through the movie. Every corner, every sentence, every shot had a joke applied inside. Signs, words, posters or other forms of media.
Airplane! was released in 1980 and is almost a shot for shot remake of the black and white B-movie 'Zero Hour', which has been compared with it in other TH-cam posts
@@michaelrwilson007but with jokes
@@Chernobylkinsman as does Zero Hour, albeit unintentionally! 😂
My twin brother and I had seen this in a double feature at the movies with "Twins" and we just absolutely laughed our tails off! 😂 Leslie Nielsen was such a great actor in here, even when he played the role as ultra serious.
Leslie Nielson was famous for his serious and dramatic roles. Then he was cast in Airplane and the rest was comedy history
"Airplane!" was Nielsen's first comedy, as well as for Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, and Peter Graves. After "Airplane!", Nielsen starred in a short-lived tv show (6 episodes) called "Police Squad", which was the basis for the "Naked Gun" trilogy. BTW, you guys are officially my favorite reactors.
the jokes in this movie never got old! i say that even though i have watched it countless times since it came out. thank you leslie!!
This really was a golden age for comedy movies.
I saw this in the theater when it came out. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard. 😂😂😂😂
The scene where he is on the ledge is one of the funniest things ever.🤣🤣
One of the funniest action comedy films I've ever seen!
This movie was released before the infamous OJ Simpson Murder Trial in 1995.
Yep anyone who grew up with this movie went from "oh oh Simpson is such a cool guy" to this " how dare he! What kind of monster is he!"
No joke it was literally like that, and good thing we dodged a bullet of him being casted as the Terminator boy that would have really caused some rage in 1994-1995 trial
Just wanted to wish you two good luck, we're counting on you.
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Man, if only I could rewatch this movie for the first time again (still one of the funniest movies ever). It's just pure comedi gold.
Leslie is damn amazing. He narrated a deep sea documentary also in the 70's or 80's and hes voice is so fitting. I wish he would have made narrated nature documentaries more
2:45 I watched this movie in its opening week four times in full packed matinées, countless times in cable tv, and in public television, and it is today for the first time I catch the joke of the hospital building named as “The Hospital”. 🤦🏾♂️
It was going to have a parody name, like Our Lady of Perpetual Motion, but Ricardo Montalban, a devout Catholic, objected. So they just changed it to The Hospital.
The TV show Police Squad is pretty much just like this. It was canceled for being too funny. It really was. Network executives didn’t like how dense it was with visual gags especially, saying that people didn’t want to have to watch the screen constantly for fear of missing a joke.
I'm sorry, how do you cancel a show for being too funny? There's gotta be a more sane explanation than that
That's actually really interesting! It makes sense though because back in the day, TV was also a "background device" of sorts, because people would do their laundry, cook dinner, etc. while the TV is on, so the storytelling relied a lot of dialogue back in the day so someone can still follow what's going on without using their eyes 😮
@@stephanniemorin It's true. The network's prime-time president at the time basically thought the show was asking too much of the television viewer, saying they would have to actually pay attention to get it. I think that if it had come out ten years later it would have been an enormous hit.
@@NiceDudeMovieNight 🤔 that sounds more like the radio to me, people didn’t put comedies and sitcoms in the background in the 80’s unless you’d seen it already, and from what I understand people gathered around the radio before tv.
@@andreshernandez1180NiceDudeMovieNight is right. Leslie Nielsen said it himself when appearing on the UK's BBC1 chat show 'Wogan' in the week The Naked Gun was released.
He told Terry that Americans tended to have their TV on in the background and that Police Squad got cancelled because it was a show you had to pay attention to. But obviously not enough viewers did.
Good to know that you guys enjoyed it. They don't make this kind of comedies anymore and they still tend to get some chuckles from me.
Now watch the rest of the trilogy.
"this is so fuckin stupid" is precisely the comedic genius of these movies, they get me to laugh twice, once at the joke and then again at myself for being dumb enough to laugh at the joke
The interviews he did with his little fart machine were amazing. The one where the interview was trying to be serious and he kept squeezing one out at inappropriate times is so funny.
80s was definitely the best decade for comedies.. Even at 8 years old white haired Leslie Nielsen was my favorite actor
The one film that had me gasping for air, in the theatre, from laughing so hard...pure genius!
Above all, there's comedy for me. And like you said, it's packed with jokes all over the place. Good jokes. You don't have to be offensive or cheap to get a laugh. But you have to put some work into it. I love seeing younger people from around the globe experiencing things that are such a huge part of me. Awesome video.
RIP Leslie Nielsen. He was truly hilarious.
7:57 that was his secret to success: he was a serious dramatic actor for over 30 years before he got into comedy.
This is easily one of my favourite movies ever, so fun seeing others react to it
I quote this movie often haha I basically know it by heart. I remember watching it when I was a kid and this movie is funny even when it's translated to other languages (in my case Polish). Also, I've always loved how the whole "Enrico Palazzo" plot pays out later when Frank saves the day and everyone yells "It's Enrico Palazzo"
The bathroom scene has me cracking up no matter how many times I see it. LOL
This is the one where his partner asks him if he wants to take a dinghy at the docks and Frank says, _"No thanks. I took one back at the station."_ right? 😂
It's been a long time.
These guys are cracking me up. They get the humor. I remember renting this at a video store & my friends girlfriend hated it . Some people don’t get it.
The sequel is even better! My grandmother took me to go see these in the theater when i was a kid and everyone was turned around watching me cause I was laughing so hard I nearly fell out of my seat into the isle!
Top tier reactions! This one was one of the best. PLEASE PLEASE continue reacting to spoof movies!
You’ll definitely be seeing more!
Love this film, I actually first saw Leslie Nielsen in Creepshow before he became known for his comedy roles.
This has to be my favourite reaction to this film, I was laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes.
They simply just do NOT make films like this anymore😂 Absolute classic ❤ Leslie Nielson was a frikkin legend 👏🏻 ❤️
Man, not only do you manage to catch the feeling of every film you watch n with your editing, you balance it perfectly with your commentary. Seriously, for such a minimal premise, you've really nailed it.
Leslie Nielson made his career, and defined an entire style of comedy, by acting in ridiculous scenes and delivering absurd dialogue completely deadpan and straight-faced. He was originally a serious dramatic actor (he was the captain of the ship in the original 1972 'The Poseidon Adventure') but when he was cast in Airplane! his entire career trajectory changed, despite him barely having to change his acting style at all.
Saw this in the theater back when I was in college couldn't stop crying and almost fell out of my seat.😂😂
Love the Police Squad and Naked Gun series. The master of mannerisms Lesley Nielson is fantastic, with genius comedic timing. Has me in tears everytime!
"Sexual assault with a concrete dildo?!" This is my favorite quote of all time. It's not even close.
It's so sweet that they deadpanned every scene. Soon after, this style of comedy became self-aware and the party was pretty much over.
One gag a lot of reactors miss: The cheese that gets put on top of Frank's refrigerator crawls slowly across the surface...
Yeah, I must've seen the movie at least a dozen times and only recently I noticed that. And now that I know, I'm thinking how did I miss that, it looks so obvious now.
The best part of these movies is that the drop off of the sequels is actually little to none. They are as good as this one.
Even after watching this movie like 10 times (the first time when I was not more than 12 years old), it still makes me laugh so hard. I think this is hands down the funniest movie ever made. Though I know that everyone has a different sense of humor - this one just hits me 100%.
I mean… „Nice Beaver“ brings me to tears everytime :D
The woman being hypnotized at 8:05 is the Zucker brothers' mother. She has been in every single one of their movies. For example, in Airplanr she was the woman who kept trying to put on her makeup (and gets lipstick all over her face). In "Ghost" (an excellent non-comedy) she was the bank teller that Whoopi Goldberg talks to.
So much fun to watch you two have fun. 😄
Two little things:
1) the Swiss Army Shoe - a lady Bond villain Rosa Klebb in From Russia With Love had a poisoned switchblade shoe that she tried to kick Bond with.
2) pistachios used to be dyed red. I don't know why. It didn't have a flavor and you'd get the red fingers etc. just like Cheetos. They stopped dyeing them when red dye #2 was found to cause cancer. Yikes!
God I love this movie. Such a masterpiece from such a simple, innocent time -- or so it seems in hindsight...
You guys do some of the best movie reactions I've seen. You really get the comedy on a deeper level which is great and it makes it super fun to watch.
I completely laughed along with you guys. This movie is so funny and clever with its jokes and especially visual gags. I lost my mind when OJ stepped on the bear trap my first time watching as well 😂
Glad you enjoyed too, Zach! 😂 This movie's amazing
I don’t usually watch any reaction videos, but this gem from my childhood I couldn’t miss - and laughed so hard, literal tears from my eyes. Thanks a lot, guys, great choice, great atmosphere
The wet paint part had me in TEARS
Leslie Nielsen enjoyed a long career in dramatic roles (Including appearing in Forbidden Planet, a pioneering sci-fi film that pretty much created the modern space sci-fi genre), which coincidentally made him perfect to be the straight man to the ZAZ comedic style. He delivered some of the best deadpan/straight man performances in comedies.
The thing about this movie is there are so many jokes that even if you’ve seen it you will not remember all the joke or you missed a few jokes so a second or third watching is still fun
Leslie Neilsen nailed it. The Naked Gun is a movie spin-off of a TV show called Police Squad. They hired a dramatic actor to do comedy. Now he's known for comedy. Nailed it.
The Naked Gun, based on the show Police Files (in fact, the films might as well be feature-length episodes) is a wonderful example of Leslie Nielson's perfect comedic timing.
Nielson started as a pure serious actor back in his early career, and was pretty much a washed up hasbin actor because he had been typecast as a serious lead for dramatic and sci-fi films of the era. That was until the film Airplane! came out. Putting him as the comically serious doctor in that film relaunched his career as a comedic actor, at which point he took off running, whoopy cushion in jacket, and never looked back.
And just think, there is an entire three-five generations out there, me included, who have never known Leslie Nielson as anything more than one of the funniest actors of his time.
I laughed so hard with your video, while I grew up with all the Naked Gun movies. They are all brilliant and timeless humour, so simple, yet so many layers.
In case you don't recognize her, the actress playing the mayor is the same actress who played Tony's psychotic mom on the Sopranos.
I love this movie so much, I’m so glad you guys did this one!!!
Leslie Nielsen was a Legend. They don't do movies like this in this days.
I think the last time they tried was that awful "Movie 42" or something, and it was sooooo bad.
the gangster's confused faces while OJ was eating wedding cake was hilarious 🤣1:59
Whenever I watch this movie I think of watching it with my family when I was 7 or 8, and I asked my dad why she was sucking Drebin's finger like that. My dad went "she thinks it's a piece of meat" and mam nudged his arm, playfully admonishing him "John!" and it took me 20 years to rewatch it and get the joke xD Funny dude was my old man lol. I hope you watch Spy Hard sometime, I saw it again the other day and it's one of Neilson's best imo ^_^
what a departure from his role in the sci fi classic "Forbidden Planet" - so proud he's (was) Canadian - so many of the later movies like the Dracula one were too silly - but he got steady work thanks to this one that really made him, put him on the map - the tv show was good too. I think Ace Ventura borrowed a lot too from this - Jim Carrey also Canadian - and you guys noted Austin Powers... Mike Myers also Canadian.
OJ kills it in every scene.
if the glove fits...
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This is one of my favorites from back in the day. Glad you guys had a good laugh the entire time.
This movie made me lose brain cells in the best way possible!!! 🤣😂😆🤣😂😆
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I'm so glad you liked this movie so much. It has held up so well over the years.
Such fast paced jokes, and they almost always land.
Herman's Hermits, one of my favourite bands. It was literally the first concert I went to as a kid. (technically, it was Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits) I forgot that this was in the movie.
oh, and there is a TV series called Police Squad! that this movie was based on. There are only 6 episodes, but for some reason, ABC (I think) cancelled the series because it was funny on such a different level they did not think people would get it. All six episodes can be found on TH-cam. I would recommend it highly to watch.
It's been a long time since reactors have left in the pistachio scene and questioned it. LOL. I've seen to many of these. Great job guys.
The stabbing of the fish is maybe as much as I've ever laughed in a non-Monty Python movie.
The idea of PAs on set placing all those pistachios on the ground is hilarious to think about 😂
Relatively new to this channel! You guys are the best 😂 Laughing my ass off to your reactions! Greetings from Stockholm 🇸🇪
Before Deadpool there was this naked gun
To your comment about Wierd Al, he did a cameo in every one of the Naked Gun movies. The generally good thing about Zucker films was that even if one or 2 jokes didn't quite take, the jokes before & after would. Others have tried the "Zucker formula" but not one has ever done it as good as them. I doubt a movie like this could be done today, even if you could find a "Zucker heir".
Honestly for me another level of funny is that Leslie is Canadian and plays an American detective, who can’t sing the us national anthem and does the whole Queen table surfing. Maybe that’s just me 🤔
Also Drebin kinda reminds me of Drax from Guardians of the galaxy. He takes everything sooo literally.
Trivia:
The secretary getting mind controlled is actually the mom of the movie's directors.
Holy shit it's OJ
Watching people crack up at this movie is almost as fun as the movie. Thanks for showing your pal this absolute classic.