"Airplane!" & "The Naked Gun" Tribute

In 2008, I took two of the greatest comedies of all time -- Airplane! and The Naked Gun -- and pulled out the best scenes from each. I then edited my favorite ones together to create the above video. Because this was created in 2008 when Leslie was very much alive, it was never intended to be a Leslie Nielsen tribute (even though he dominates the majority of the video), but due to the changing circumstances of November 28, 2010, I will acknowledge that a Leslie Nielsen tribute is inevitably what this has become. I had originally dedicated the video to Leslie simply because he was my personal hero, but that too has taken on new significance now.

R.I.P. in particular to those actors who have passed since the creation of this video: Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, and Barbara Billingsley.

Leslie, thank you for over 60 years of film, television, and theatre. Your excellence in drama and comedy has inspired me forever. You will be missed.

PLEASE READ MY FORMAL GOODBYE TO LESLIE HERE: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000558/board/flat/174655316

Thanks to Roger Ebert, AOL, Facebook, and many others for using this video in their articles to spread Leslie's humor around following his passing. Special thanks to Brian Sousa at figurethingsout.com for using this video in his article! Read Brian's article at: http://www.figurethingsout.com/2010/11/28/leslie-nielsen-dead-at-age-84/

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Tribute video of Airplane! and The Naked Gun, using mixed clips of the best scenes from both movies.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• airplane
• naked
• gun
• police
• squad
• david
• jerry
• zucker
• jim
• abrahams
• leslie
• nielsen
• kennedy
• presley
• oj
• simpson
• hays
• bridges
• parody
• spoof

[EspanaSuperior]

Jerry Zucker & David Zucker made the greatest parody movies: Airplane, The Naked Gun, Rat Race, Ghost, etc.

[Drebin31]

@EspanaSuperior Don't forget Jim Abrahams! His solo directorial efforts (Hot Shots! and Mafia!) are great too.

[rageagaintstheNWO]

I miss these spoofs. Today''s parodies are epic fails, almost all of them. Meet the spartans, Disaster Movie, Date movie, Vampires Suck..well, atleast that made me laugh a few times, mostly the part where the movie takes a shot at the fans of Edward and Jacob fighting eachother with hatchet's and forks.

[Drebin31]

@rageagaintstheNWO All the films you listed are directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Those two men have almost ruined the parody genre. Their films are so bad that many people have begun to think of the parody genre overall as a reflection of their work.

David Zucker's recent work (Scary Movie 3 and 4, Superhero Movie) haven't been nearly as good as his older stuff (Airplane!, Naked Gun) but they are leagues better than anything Friedberg/Seltzer have done.

[mbdstephco]

@Drebin31 Are all the Naked Gun examples from the 1st one? I haven't seen the series in awhile...Airplane is genius btw!

[Drebin31]

@mbdstephco Yes, all the Naked Gun clips are from the first movie. If I included the entire trilogy, there would have been too many great clips to choose from, and the video would have been too long!

[ap327145]

Its not goodbye, Its just ill never see you again.

[booommmful]

Hahaha I love racism in movies they don't do that these days

[Stargate674]

I still can't believe he's gone :'( he was so talented

[bersa888]

hmmmmm.... look at that! O.J. wearing a cap, sneaking around at night, up to no good.. ;-)

[chipperdoda]

God....I miss these days!!!



[eastwing329]

Just once, I want someone to ask me "Surely you can't be serious?"

[12AX74Life]

Don't call him Shirley, but do call him an amazingly talented man who will be missed.

[jesuswtfdoeje]

Thats quite an achievement. only 22 dislikes and a million views.

[BateBoikoBorisov1]

04:22 - 04:27 good question :D (R.I.P LESLIE NIELSEN)