Todd Vaziri

Think about all the things that had to happen for The Naked Gun (2025) to exist:

ZAZ Era:
1980 • Airplane! huge hit
1982 • Police Squad! TV show, huge bomb
1984 • Top Secret! huge bomb
1988 • movie based on the TV show that bombed, The Naked Gun, huge hit + 2 sequels!
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2025 • ZAZless reboot!

Aug 15, 2025 at 10:34pmIvory for Mac
Show threadTodd VaziriAug 15, 2025
for the record, "Top Secret!" (1984) is a masterpiece
Show threadBrian AdamsAug 15, 2025
@tvaziri any movie that starts with surfers shooting guns while surfing must be a masterpiece.
Show threadjburkaAug 15, 2025
@tvaziri saw it first run in the theater and have loved it ever since
Show threadNicolas Ward Aug 15, 2025
@tvaziri My wife loved it as a kid and introduced it to me only this year and it's weird but good
Show threadErik WinquistAug 15, 2025
@tvaziri Caught a cinema screening of it late last year. So good!
Show threadKevin SpencerAug 16, 2025
@tvaziri and I'll miss you most of all, Scarecrow.
Show threadMarcus HelvigAug 16, 2025
@tvaziri I watched it for the first time as an adult recently, because you’ve spoken highly of it. Thank you, it was brilliant.
Show threadJanne OjaniemiAug 16, 2025
@tvaziri I was blown away by the bookstore-scene as a kid. And still am.
Show threadAaronAug 15, 2025
@tvaziri I had no idea Top Secret! was a huge bomb. I rented it based on the cow in army boots on the cover (back when VHS/Beta box covers were how movies were judged) for a birthday party and loved every minute of it.
Show threadFreediverXAug 15, 2025
@tvaziri
I’m the oddball because the two bombs were my favorites.
Show threadJacksonAug 15, 2025
@tvaziri For my age, 1993’s Loaded Weapon 1 was the spoof that landed at the time for me to appreciate the comedy.
Show threadAndrew LaurenceAug 16, 2025
@tvaziri were Hot Shots! not ZAZ?
Show threadTodd VaziriAug 16, 2025
@atlauren well they were “A” only
Show threadjsloAug 16, 2025
@tvaziri Kentucky Fried Movie and Airplane! formed my sense of humor. Everything that has followed lands right in my wheelhouse.