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[Kill Your Masters]

I've never got around to watching PS, but I've seen this clip and it's fucking genius.

They did this all the time and it was hilarious.

http://ryanmoody.tumblr.com/post/63060445651/queenabaddon-police-squad-epilogue

All the "frozen" credits scenes.

 

[zeox]

Not even Samuel L Jackson could save that one.

oh come on, loaded weapon has its moments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCyUY4hVFpE

 

[Clydefrog]

Spy Hard was so stupid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqJ3lx43lMg

Miss Chevious

 

[-shadow-]

Haven't watched these films in years, but watched Police Squad early last year and had a blast. Shame the series was so short, because it's absolutely hilarious. Really should rewatch the film's soon, but the blu-ray box here is a whopping €35!

Maybe Netflix has it 🤔

 

[Vampirolol]

These movies plus Hot Shots 1 and 2 were my favorites as a kid. I still watch them once a year and they still hold up, for example last week I noticed that in the final scene of Naked Gun, before Frank tries to stop Jane from shooting, the extras keep changing in every cut.
Oh and the eggs moving on the fridge in Naked Gun 2 1/2! Such a good detail.
I miss this type of humor so much, thank god there's still the Lego series doing it.

 

[Guy.brush]

Don't think this scene from 2 1/2 has been posted yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPyN3LaHdS8
Still absolutely topical and sad in a way to see how tight the fossil fuel's industry's grip was over the last 30 years.

 

[ShiroAmakusa]

I'm rather lazy in terms of posting on GAF, but I'll be damned if I miss out on expressing my appreciation for the Naked Gun!

This, together with Hot Shots 1 & 2 + Loaded Weapon always makes me laugh.

 

[PuppetSlave]

I've never got around to watching PS, but I've seen this clip and it's fucking genius.

You have to watch PS! They do variations on the joke every episode.

My favorite is the one where

Spoiler

the perp they caught wonders why every one freezes, escapes handcuffs and then escapes.

 

[El-Suave]

Glad that Police Squad is also getting recognition. When I discovered that show while nobody here in Germany knew about it, it was the best time surprising my friends with it.
Also don't forget "Top Secret!", it's from the same creative team, just as funny, but it often gets left out when people remember these movies.

 

[Temp_User]

The Naked Gun movies (and its ilk) are the best comedy movies for me. The humor per minute of running time ratio is huge. Its like every few seconds, there is a sight gag or quip leading up to a big punchline. Such an amazing written and directed movies.

 

[Death Metalist]

Police Squad deserves more love though. For such a short lived thing, it was solid GOLD.

oh come on, loaded weapon has its moments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCyUY4hVFpE

Loaded weapon was fine. The best thing about it though is THAT THEME.

 

[Trunx28]

oh come on, loaded weapon has its moments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCyUY4hVFpE

missing the funniest scene when Samuel L. Jackson follows that girl through the hallway.

http://imgur.com/gallery/pT2lfs6

 

[cj_iwakura]

I'd say Angie Tribeca's another does of Police Squad. A Touch Of Cloth is another dose of Naked Gun.

(In that Angie Tribeca's in 30-min installments, whereas A Touch Of Cloth - while also TV - is in the form of two-parters that end up about feature length)

Free tidbit from ATOC, when they're trying to find a juror in a hospital who may be in danger:

I love background sight gags. Classic.

 

[Agent Gibbs]

Leslie Neilson was amazing, Police Squad and naked Gun have never been topped for me, its a genre that needs reviving

 

[Lupercal]

Police Squad deserves more love though. For such a short lived thing, it was solid GOLD.


Loaded weapon was fine. The best thing about it though is THAT THEME.

Best theme for me is still Repossessed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgt4Cq5he1o

 

[elfinke]

Angie Tribeca is trucking along in the same vein, and is just as relentless at least linguistically.

That said, this scene ('The Slap') was funny when when I was younger, kills me now, is top tier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW8LvUvTZhA

 

[Nocturnowl]

Not even Samuel L Jackson could save that one.

oh come on, loaded weapon has its moments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCyUY4hVFpE

I'm glad that the first thing in the video is the scene I was going to mention in response to the first post.

 

[Garlador]

I need to rewatch this film. I'm overdue.

 

[The Giant]

 

[Sharinel]

This thread needs more Police Squad clips.

This is still the greatest joke I have ever heard, I just love the way it layers on itself

We think we know how he did it
Oh Howie couldn't have done it, he's not been in for weeks
....
Weeks?
He's the comptroller Frank


Another one that has me rolling is the Top Secret introduction to the resistance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQhNPOxHWyk

 

[The Boat]

Watched these movies more times that I can count and they never fail to make me laugh.

 

[Katana_Strikes]

One of the few movies I can watch and watch again and laugh like I've never seen them before. These were my type of comedies. New stuff barely gets a laugh from me.

 

[EGM1966]

Always find them hilarious. I miss Nielsen and these wacky comedies. As a kid in particular they're like gold dust of useful information.

 

[Sanjuro]

Look out! He's got herpes! He's got cold sores!

 

[family_guy]

I've only seen these movies on broadcast TV. Are there things that would have been edited out that might be worth watching?

 

[Patrick Bateman]

One of the few movies I can watch and watch again and laugh like I've never seen them before. These were my type of comedies. New stuff barely gets a laugh from me.

Especially Will Ferrel, fuck that unfunny idiot..

 

[Dalek]

It's a topsy-turvy world, and maybe the problems of two people don't amount to a hill of beans. But this is our hill. And these are our beans!”.

 

[Mighty Chin]

Especially Will Ferrel, fuck that unfunny idiot..

Perfect example of how an opinion can be wrong.

 

[Rad-]

 

[Transistor]

God damnit GAF. I'm sitting here at my desk laughing uncontrollably because of this thread. So many good memories. I know what I'm doing this weekend!

 

[Lonestar]

Just realizing someone should make a version where the sign can say/be anything, to go along with his facial expression.

 

[Extra Sauce]

I love Rashida, but I don't think she quite gets it. Gotta play it straight / deadpan everything in this style of comedy. She tries, but can't help but giving it a little too much ham.

Rashida Jones brings charm to her roles but she can't pull off full-on comedy.

 

[shandy706]

"Sorry about your loss. We would have been here sooner but your husband wasn't dead yet."

X-D

Forgot about that one.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

I so desperately miss screwball humor in movies. Too much snark and cynicism in modern comedies. Discovering Wet Hot American Summer was a breath of fresh air.

"Jane, since I've met you, I've noticed things that I never knew were there before... birds singing, dew glistening on a newly formed leaf, stoplights."

"I've heard police work is dangerous."
"It is. That's why I carry a big gun."
"Aren't you afraid it might go off accidentally?"
"I used to have that problem."
"What did you do about it?"
"I just think about baseball."

 

[KodaRuss]

I love this kind of humor. Angie Tribeca is pretty good but Naked Gun really is in a class of its own imo.

 

[KernelPanic]

The whole White House Dinner in the second film is fantastic with Frank trying to eat the lobster.

 

[Garlador]

I really miss screwball comedies. Just gag after gag after gag, and so many of them were winners.

 

[Herr Starr]

These are my favorite comedy movies ever. The jokes keep coming at such a pace that multiple viewings are required in order to catch them all.

"Ed, he's got a picture of your wife!" :'D

 

[The Real Abed]

My Police Squad dvds ain't working anymore. :\
Tried to watch them last year, and around episode 3, they started to skip (and eventually stop).
It doesn't look like they have scratches, and they used to work, i don't know what happened.

I should've ripped them when i had the chance.

I think they were just terribly mastered using the lowest quality materials. Like they didn't want to spend too much money on an almost completely forgotten short-lived Cable TV series from the '80s.

 

[RankoSD]

"We're sorry to bother you at a time like this Mrs. Twice.
We would have come earlier but your husband wasn't dead then."

 

[Garlador]

Need some levity in my life given current events...

 

[zerosum]

I should probably pick these up soon. I've seen the first one more times than I can count, but I'm pretty vague on the sequels.

The first was the gift that kept on giving. I was in for nothing but the slapstick as a little kid, but as a got older, I kept picking up on more and more jokes.

And yeah, Police Squad was great as well.

 

[DodgyGeezerFella]

They just don't make stuff like this anymore (do they ?), always over the top, gross out or hur hur weed comedy these days.

I'm old.

 

[Yautja_Warrior]

I loved The Naked Gun movies (and Police Squad) growing up and I still do, they are just so damn funny and never seem to get old.

I've lost count the times I've watched them over the years and they still make me laugh. The 3rd one is not as quite as good as the others, still has it's moments though but PS and the first 2 are absolute classics.

Leslie Nielsen's comic timing was amazing and he's the reason they hold up so well today.

 

[Evil John Locke]

When Nordberg gets shot and hes fumbling around the boat before falling over...I die every time.

These movies are the friggin best, some of my favorite comedies of all time.

Watched this recently and laughed like an idiot for this entire scene.

 

[Insane Metal]

Just realizing someone should make a version where the sign can say/be anything, to go along with his facial expression.

Ha! Indeed, that could be great.

 

[Transistor]

Just realizing someone should make a version where the sign can say/be anything, to go along with his facial expression.

I'd love to see a "Trump for president" one

 

[Camper Van Beethoven]

Police Squad is really really really really good.

Naked Gun has its moments but isn’t in the same ballpark.

 

[Spieler Eins]

RIP Leslie. edit: The gifs are killing me. Third one sucked though, afair.

 

[Travo]

Sam, play our song.

Ding-dong, the witch is dead!