The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

In anticipation of the upcoming, similarly titled THE NAKED GUN (2025), we're looking back through the files of Police Squad an covering the beloved, hilarious, zany, and ZAZy NAKED GUN franchise. We're talking, spoofs, goofs, laughs, larfs, farts, and toots. We're talking Leslie Nielsen and Zucker Abrahams Zucker. Many of us have fond memories of watching these films on TV back in the day, but do they hold up?

But wait, there's more! Ben talks about the rom(?)-com(?) MATERIALISTS and also celebrates Pride Month with some queer cinema picks such as YOUNG SOUL REBELS, SHINJUKU BOYS, JE TU IL ELLE, and MALA NOCHE. Alex also talks about the recent Pee-Wee Herman documentary.

Next week the spoofs, goofs, and loofs continue with NAKED GUN 22 1/2!

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