POLICE SQUAD! debuted on ABC on this date in 1982.
Leslie Nielsen starred in this cop show parody from creators David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker (AIRPLANE!).
It was so chock-full of visual and verbal gags, you had to watch it multiple times to get all the jokes.
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Hands down my favorite running gag was how dated a bunch of the references were, making it seem like the script had been in development hell for a decade. I genuinely do not know if this was intentional.
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2.5/5 ⭐️ - One now realises how gut wrenching funny Leslie Neilson was.
Watched The Naked Gun yesterday, the 1988 original, then the 2025 one.
You cannot really replace a movie like that, but the new one is quite fun and takes a lot from that style of older slapstick bullshit. I think they did an outstanding job.
Looking back at this, I was sad to discover that co-writer/director Jim Abrahams died in 2024. I was a huge fan growing up — Airplane!, Police Squad and the criminally under-appreciated Top Secret! were endlessly rewatchable. I’ve not seen the new version yet, but I gather it’s actually not bad.
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