While a parody of many television shows and movies, it bore a. The zucker, abrahams, and zucker writingdirecting team, who made a huge splash with airplane. Leslie nielsen, the comic actor who never cracked a smile. A spoof of police procedurals, the series featured zucker, abrahams and zuckers usual sig. A spoof of police procedurals, the series featured zucker, abrahams and zuckers usual sight gags, wordplay and non sequiturs. Simpson, a stuffed beaver, two baseball teams and an odd assortment of others join the wacko goingson and blow the laughometer to smithereens. You had to be laserfocused on it, and unfortunately viewers in 1982 might not have. This 1988 file photo provided by paramount, shows actor leslie nielsen as lt. Incompetent police detective frank drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate queen elizabeth ii.
Visual gags come thick and fast, and its impossible to catch them all with one viewing. Leslie nielsen, who died yesterday at the age of 84, was the undisputed king of deadpan. Leslie nielsen, alan north, ed williams, william duelle, peter lupus mpaa rating. Created by jim abrahams, david zucker, jerry zucker. Leslie nielsen stars as police squad s own granitejawed, rockbrained cop frank drebin, who bumbles across a mindcontrol scheme to assassinate queen elizabeth. Sight gags and nonsequiturs dominate this spoof of police.
The series didnt duplicate the success of those movies, but it did lead to the naked gun features, with leslie nielsen still playing the deadpan frank drebin and surely becoming a cult favorite. Leslie nielsen, priscilla presley, ricardo montalban, george kennedy incompetent police detective frank drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate queen elizabeth ii. It starred the late leslie nielsen as sergeant frank drebin, detective lieutenant, police squad, which he often said in this show and in the three naked gun films. Leslie nielsen stars as police squads own granitejawed, rockbrained cop frank drebin, who. Leslie nielsen stars as police squads own granitejawed, rockbrained cop frank drebin, who bumbles across a mindcontrol scheme to. In the later naked gun films, leslie nielsen plays lt. Remembering leslie nielsen, a master of the art of not.
See more ideas about leslie nielsen, squad and police. Leslie nielsen stars as police squad s own granitejawed, rockbrained cop frank drebin, who bumbles across a mind control scheme to assassinate queen elizabeth. The story follows detective frank drebin of lapds elite police squad unit as he investigates a plot to kill queen. Leslie nielsen fart machine early letterman appearance duration. It was created by david zucker, jim abrahams, and jerry zucker, and starred leslie nielsen as frank drebin. Incompetent police detective frank drebin must foil an.
With leslie nielsen, alan north, rex hamilton, ed williams. In colour name confusion youtube the landing in airplane 1980. Leslie nielsen stars as police squads own granitejawed, rockbrained cop frank drebin, who bumbles across a. You couldnt iron your clothes or read a book while it was on and expect to understand everything or get all of the jokes. Frank drebin as more of a comic figure, increasing the mugging and slapstick as the films go, but in these. A rerun of many of the gags from the television series police squad.
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