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- Ebert’s3.5stars and praise for goofy fun are welcomed; the film is preferred to his comparison A Fish Called Wanda.
Categories & segments
Most Rewatchable Scene
Baseball finale, especially the anthem
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- Nordberg’s dock mishaps escalate through gunshots, head impact, burns, wet paint, a trapped hand, cake and a bear trap; the physical comedy is praised.
- The hospital visit combines the collapsing bed, grotesque ways to die, giant mucus gag and an immediate meal break after promising tireless justice.
- The live-microphone bathroom scene is favored for escalating pauses, renewed urination and the final fart; Austin Powers’s similar gag is compared but credited as later.
- The Pier32 bribe negotiation recycles a Police Squad routine by passing the same20dollars back and forth.
- The runaway parked car and shooting at it introduce the gadget-lab visit.
- The anti-graffiti wall, Swiss Army shoe and tranquilizer cufflink demonstration on Ed form the gadget sequence.
- The giant Al is only shown from the shoulders down; the use your other eye gag keeps the jokes coming.
- The evil-doctor chase commandeers Stephanie’s driving lesson and features distinguished instructor Houseman.
- The nothing-to-see-here fireworks disaster remains a widely usable reaction meme.
- The falling-in-love montage moves through beach, food, tattoos, mustard and rides, culminating in laughter after Platoon and the reveal they met yesterday.
- The anthem impersonation cuts to the real Palazzo bound in his underwear.
- Baseball bloopers feature a struck infielder, tiger and detached head; the queen passes concessions and endures crude spectators.
- Drebin’s umpiring escalates from unsure strike calls to crowd-pleasing theatrics, cheating checks and the rundown.
- Jackson’s sudden assassin role supplies the I must kill the queen refrain.
- The spectator identifying the hero as Enrico Palazzo is praised as an unnecessary extra joke that earns a huge laugh.
- The obvious Jane mannequin and Ludwig’s car, steamroller and marching-band death provide additional climactic gags.
- The baseball finale is the agreed winner, especially the anthem; real Mariners and Angels identities make it stronger.
What’s Aged the Best?
Straight acting; opening credits; refrigerator; timeless jokes; announcers; baseball authenticity
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- Serious actors playing absurd situations straight are credited as the comedy’s essential technique.
- The police-siren opening credits traverse a roller coaster, house, car wash and women’s showers.
- The ancient food and iced-over freezer make Drebin’s refrigerator memorable.
- The comedy largely avoids cheap racial or gay-character targets, with the opening world-leader scene acknowledged as an exception.
- I was young, I needed the work and I faked every orgasm became reusable personal jokes.
- The crowded booth of familiar baseball announcers anticipates excessive studio panels.
- Drebin clinging to exaggeratedly endowed statues remains funny.
- Nancy Marchand’s seriousness, the romantic voice-over interrupted by collision, bad driving and the final reconciliation are praised.
- Throwaway jokes reward rewatches: Yasser’s name tag, Gorbachev’s mark, the gymnast lover, chalk outline, hospital name, beaver, Viking food, lost narration, tearaway suit, bingo, innocent condemned man, building contractor and rain check.
- Convincing baseball action and authentic teams distinguish the finale.
What’s Aged the Worst?
Simpson; dated world-leader references; safe-sex gag; Presley’s career
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- Simpson’s later murders dominate the aging-worst discussion; the third film’s proximity to the1994killings makes the comic role difficult to separate from real life.
- The opening world-leader caricatures depend on once-familiar news faces that younger audiences may not recognize.
- The full-body safe-sex condom gag is disliked even in its original context.
- Presley’s limited later career disappoints one view of her potential; another questions whether the role demonstrated transferable acting ability, while defending her hurt reaction to the garter belt.
Probably Unanswerable Questions
Modern athlete comparisons; game validity; Palazzo’s future; older comedy leads
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- Modern analogues for Simpson’s fame move through Peterson, Moss and Lynch before Barkley is favored for athletic greatness followed by greater post-career affection.
- Big Papi and Griffey are suggested as modern Jackson analogues.
- Overcrowded sports booths and the anthem Mount Rushmore are recalled as questions already covered.
- The interrupted game should be void because an impostor umpired it; restarting later is compared with the pine-tar dispute, earthquake World Series and Hamlin cancellation.
- Nordberg’s balcony fall is considered fatal, adding another reason play would stop.
- Palazzo might gain talk-show notoriety but sue police and the Angels for the damage to his real career.
- Nielsen’s popularity with children as a62-year-old comic lead is considered unusual because the film is not a senior-citizen premise.
The Great Shot Gordo Award for Most Cinematic Shot
Fireworks behind Drebin; Nordberg’s final fall
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- Drebin before the fireworks is selected.
- The final shot of O.J. going down the stairs and over the top is another selection.
The Slow Ride / Kid Cudi – Pursuit of Happiness Award for Best Needle Drop
I’m into Something Good
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- I’m into Something Good is agreed over I Love L.A. because the latter appears elsewhere so often; the music-video-style caption helps.
The Big Kahuna Burger Award for Best Use of Food and Drink
Old Chinese food; Ed’s stadium feast
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- Old Wong-Woo’s Chinese food is one choice.
- Ed’s stadium succession of beer, creamsicle, grapes and cake is preferred over red pistachios; a Cool Hand Luke egg reference is imagined.
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- O.J. Simpson in a comedy is troubling after the murders, yet his original performance is still defended as fun and well played.
The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award
Pahpshmir; screaming woman
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- Pahpshmir’s gyrating panic at gunpoint is nominated.
- The screaming woman interrupted in her bra is another candidate.
Is There a Better Title for This Movie?
The Naked Gun
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- The existing title is liked despite uncertain meaning; avoiding confusion with Police Academy reportedly motivated the change from Police Squad.
The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie
“Olympic gymnast, best sex she’s ever had”
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- The50percent-chance-of-living/10percent-chance-of-that joke is nominated and compared with Anchorman.
- Taking chances by waking, crossing a street or sticking a face into a fan is nominated.
- Life isn’t always fair; next time I shoot someone I could be arrested is nominated.
- Cops and women are compared with Drano that cleans but leaves one hollow.
- Newly noticing birds, dew and stoplights is nominated.
- The Olympic-gymnast best-sex description is the personal favorite; Drebin’s gun-happy shooting of Julius Caesar actors is also enjoyed.
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