Mark Begley (Wake Up Heavy), Chris Stachiw (The Kulturecast), and Mike White (The Projection Booth) look at the short-lived show that some consider "too funny for TV", Police Squad! It's a police procedural starring Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin and Alan North as Cpt. Ed Hocken.
We look at the evolution of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker style of comedy from Airplane! to Naked Gun 33 1/3 in this special podcast series.
This series is now complete.
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Hosts Mike, Mark, and Chris interview Liam Neeson, Paul Walter Hauser, and Pamela Anderson about the new Naked Gun reboot, exploring its comedic direction.
15 Mar 2023
Episode 09: Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
Hosts explore the comedic chaos of "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult" featuring Anna Nicole Smith and Fred Ward.
8 Mar 2023
Episode 08: The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Hosts Chris, Mike, and Mark discuss "The Naked Gun 2 1/2" as Frank Drebin foils an EPA plot, interviewing Priscilla Presley and ecological villains.
1 Mar 2023
Episode 07: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Hosts Mike, Mark, and Chris interview George Kennedy, Ed Williams, and O.J. Simpson about "The Naked Gun," exploring its similarities and differences to "Police Squad!" as Frank Drebin foils an assassination plot.
15 Feb 2023
Episode 06: Dead Men Don't Laugh
Hosts Mark, Chris, and Mike discuss the "Police Squad!" episode "Dead Men Don't Laugh" and its connection to "Testimony of Terror" and "Top Secret."
8 Feb 2023
Episode 05: A Bird in the Hand
Hosts Mike, Mark, and Chris discuss "A Bird in the Hand," analyzing Nordberg's introduction and Georg Stanford Brown's directorial debut as the show potentially loses steam.
1 Feb 2023
Episode 04: The Guilty Alibi
Hosts Mike, Chris, and Mark dissect "The Guilty Alibi," exploring William Shatner's early exit and Dr. Joyce Brothers' advice on the Cinderella Complex.
25 Jan 2023
Episode 03: Terror in the Neighborhood
Florence Henderson joins hosts Chris, Mike, and Mark to discuss "Terror in the Neighborhood," exploring the episode's comedic chaos and iconic moments.
18 Jan 2023
Episode 02: A Dangerous Assignment
Hosts Chris, Mike, and Mark interview actor Georg Stanford Brown about Joe Dante's "A Dangerous Assignment," exploring its pugilistic panache and cartoon humor.
11 Jan 2023
Episode 01: The Broken Promise
Hosts Mark, Chris, and Mike dissect "The Broken Promise," exploring how ZAZ cleverly adapts scenes and inspiration from the Lee Marvin vehicle M Squad.
4 Jan 2023
Episode 00: Airplane! (1980)
Before Police Squad! (1982) there was Airplane! (1980). Mark, Mike, and Chris talk about the ZAZ team's directorial debut, and their first team-up with Leslie Nielsen, in this hilarious send-up of disaster flicks. Using the bones of Zero Hour (1957) and their "15 Rules of Comedy" ZAZ and Co. fill the screen with sight gags, puns, and parody that holds up to this day.
18 Dec 2022
From the Files of Police Squad: Teaser
Coming January 2023, a 10-week limited series podcast featuring Mike White (The Projection Booth (https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-projection-booth-podcast_2)), Chris Stachiw (The Kulturecast (https://www.spreaker.com/show/thekulturecast)), and Mark Begley (Wake Up Heavy (https://www.spreaker.com/show/wakeupheavy)). Listen along as they get serious, Shirley, about the comic team-up of Zucker, Abrams, and Zucker (ZAZ) and their muse Leslie Nielsen. From Airplane! to the short-lived Police Squad! TV show and its spawn the Naked Gun series the jokes fly as fast as an out of control 747.
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Liam Neeson
Paul Walter Hauser
Pamela Anderson
Anna Nicole Smith
Fred Ward
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