Have You Seen: The Naked Gun (1988)

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction. This week we revisit The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! from 1988, directed by David Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley and Ricardo Montalban, in which Frank Drebin uncovers a plan to use mind control to kill Queen Elizabeth during a baseball game. We talk about why the movie didn't land as well with us as Airplane!, compare favourite jokes, discuss our expectations for the upcoming sequel, what comedy today looks like and why there have not been many straight comedies in cinemas in recent years and whether that might be changing now, and much more. Also check out our review of the newest Naked Gun from 2025: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Pwu...