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The Naked Gun (film series)
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The Naked Gun is a series of crime comedy films written and produced by the comedy film
making trio Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker
and distributed by Paramount Pictures
. All three films were based on their short-lived 1982
ABC
television series Police Squad!
, which was cancelled after six episodes. The first two films were directed by David Zucker, and the third film was directed by Peter Segal
.
) tries to uncover a plan to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II, who is on a state visit to the USA. The main suspect is Vincent Ludwig, a rich businessman (played by Ricardo Montalbán
), (who works with Papshmir, a recurring villain) who has a way of turning anyone into an unknowing assassin at the press of a remote control. It appears that the victims are responding to a post-hypnotic suggestion, but the film makes no effort to clarify the point. As with previous ZAZ spoof comedies, the ostensible "plot" was mostly culled from another—more serious—movie. In this case, it was Telefon wherein people were triggered into assassins via hypnotic phone calls (indeed, dialogue in the post-hypnotic suggestion
demonstration scene is copied word-for-word from Telefon).
On the case, Drebin falls in love with Ludwig's assistant Jane Spencer (played by Priscilla Presley
). She knows nothing about Ludwig's plot, and after the pair spend the night together, Jane helps with Frank's investigation.
), is involved in an evil plan to kidnap Dr. Albert S. Meinheimer (portrayed by Richard Griffiths
), a scientist whom President George H. W. Bush
(portrayed by John Roarke) has chosen to determine a new national energy policy. Hapsburg plans to kidnap the real Dr. Meinheimer and replace him with a look-a-like named Earl Hacker (also portrayed by Griffiths) who will endorse an energy policy according to the dictates of the energy lobby.
), who is stuck in prison. He's contacted by Papshmir to be given a target for a bombing.
Frank is pulled out of retirement. He goes undercover pretending to be a prisoner named "Nick 'The Slasher' McGuirk Jr., III" at the jail where Dillon is being held, and they break out of jail. Outside they are escorted by Dillon's gangster mother (Kathleen Freeman
) to his country retreat, where Frank also meets Rocco's voluptuous moll
(Anna Nicole Smith
). The gang plots to blow up the Academy Awards
. When Jane arrives looking for Frank, she is taken hostage.
In 2003, David Zucker said of a making another Naked Gun film that "We would really like to. The studio just doesn’t get the joke though. They’re not interested in the franchise."
In a 2007 radio interview, "Weird Al" Yankovic
, who had cameos in all three Naked Gun films, confirmed that he had been approached about appearing in a fourth.
In 2008, a direct to DVD Naked Gun film was reportedly in development for the Paramount Famous Productions
label. In 2009, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
announced that 25 films and television series had qualified for production tax credits, including Naked Gun 4. In a May 2010 interview, Nielsen said he had heard about plans for a fourth film but was "not yet involved".
Naked Gun 4: Rhythm of Evil was reported to be in the early stages of production at the time of Nielsen's death in November 2010.
and an award presented by Raquel Welch
. Others seen at the ceremony include Vanna White
, Mary Lou Retton
, Florence Henderson
, Morgan Fairchild
, Shannen Doherty
and Elliott Gould
.
In the second film, Zsa Zsa Gabor
has a cameo as herself, slapping the police car siren featured in the intro. Singer Mel Torme
dances with Jane. And veteran character actors Lloyd Bochner
, Tim O'Connor
and Peter Mark Richman attend the climactic banquet, Bochner spoofing a classic Twilight Zone
episode of his called "To Serve Man".
In the original film, veteran sports broadcasters Mel Allen
, Curt Gowdy
, Dick Enberg
, Dick Vitale
, Tim McCarver
and Jim Palmer
are among those in a crowded booth. The baseball game features former Major League players like Jay Johnstone
and, as an unexpected assassin, Reggie Jackson
.
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
making trio Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker
Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker
Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker are an American comedy filmmaking trio consisting of Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker who specializes in slapstick comedy films during the 1980s and the early 1990s...
and distributed by Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
. All three films were based on their short-lived 1982
1982 in television
The year 1982 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1982.For the American TV schedule, see: 1982-83 American network television schedule.-Events:...
ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
television series Police Squad!
Police Squad!
Police Squad! is a television comedy series first broadcast in 1982, created by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen. A spoof of police procedurals, the series was packed with ZAZ's usual sight gags, wordplay and non sequiturs...
, which was cancelled after six episodes. The first two films were directed by David Zucker, and the third film was directed by Peter Segal
Peter Segal
Peter Segal is an American film director, with credits in producing, writing, and acting. He has had general success in the comedy film genre.-Filmography:*Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult *Tommy Boy...
.
From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Detective Frank Drebin (Leslie NielsenLeslie Nielsen
Leslie William Nielsen, OC was a Canadian and naturalized American actor and comedian. Nielsen appeared in more than one hundred films and 1,500 television programs over the span of his career, portraying more than 220 characters...
) tries to uncover a plan to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II, who is on a state visit to the USA. The main suspect is Vincent Ludwig, a rich businessman (played by Ricardo Montalbán
Ricardo Montalbán
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG was a Mexican radio, television, theatre and film actor. He had a career spanning six decades and many notable roles...
), (who works with Papshmir, a recurring villain) who has a way of turning anyone into an unknowing assassin at the press of a remote control. It appears that the victims are responding to a post-hypnotic suggestion, but the film makes no effort to clarify the point. As with previous ZAZ spoof comedies, the ostensible "plot" was mostly culled from another—more serious—movie. In this case, it was Telefon wherein people were triggered into assassins via hypnotic phone calls (indeed, dialogue in the post-hypnotic suggestion
Post-hypnotic suggestion
A Post-hypnotic suggestion is a behavior or thinking pattern that presumably will manifest after a subject has come out of the so-called "hypnotic state" .According to a psychologist at the University of New South Wales:...
demonstration scene is copied word-for-word from Telefon).
On the case, Drebin falls in love with Ludwig's assistant Jane Spencer (played by Priscilla Presley
Priscilla Presley
Priscilla Presley is an American actress and businesswoman. She is the ex-wife of singer Elvis Presley, and the mother of singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley....
). She knows nothing about Ludwig's plot, and after the pair spend the night together, Jane helps with Frank's investigation.
The Smell of Fear (1991)
Frank discovers that Jane's new boyfriend, Quentin Hapsburg (played by Robert GouletRobert Goulet
Robert Gerard Goulet was a Canadian American entertainer as a singer and actor. He played the role of Lancelot in the Broadway musical Camelot of 1960.-Early life:...
), is involved in an evil plan to kidnap Dr. Albert S. Meinheimer (portrayed by Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths, OBE is an English actor of stage, film and television. He has received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor and a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor...
), a scientist whom President George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
(portrayed by John Roarke) has chosen to determine a new national energy policy. Hapsburg plans to kidnap the real Dr. Meinheimer and replace him with a look-a-like named Earl Hacker (also portrayed by Griffiths) who will endorse an energy policy according to the dictates of the energy lobby.
The Final Insult (1994)
In the third film of the saga Frank is married to Jane, and he's retired from Police Squad. The film introduces the criminal Rocco Dillon (played by Fred WardFred Ward
Freddie Joe "Fred" Ward is an American actor. He began his career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz. He is best known for his starring roles in the motion pictures Remo Williams, Tremors, Henry & June, Short Cuts, The Right Stuff and Exit Speed...
), who is stuck in prison. He's contacted by Papshmir to be given a target for a bombing.
Frank is pulled out of retirement. He goes undercover pretending to be a prisoner named "Nick 'The Slasher' McGuirk Jr., III" at the jail where Dillon is being held, and they break out of jail. Outside they are escorted by Dillon's gangster mother (Kathleen Freeman
Kathleen Freeman
Kathleen Freeman was an American film, television, and stage actress. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, she portrayed tart maids, secretaries, teachers, busybodies, nurses, and battle-axe neighbors, almost invariably to comic effect.-Early life:Freeman was born in Chicago, Illinois...
) to his country retreat, where Frank also meets Rocco's voluptuous moll
Moll
- Notable people with the given name :* Moll Davis, an actress and mistress to King Charles II of England- Notable people with the surname :* Albert Moll , founder of modern sexology* Dr. Albert E...
(Anna Nicole Smith
Anna Nicole Smith
In 1992 Smith was chosen by Hugh Hefner to appear on the cover of the March issue of Playboy, where she was listed as Vickie Smith, wearing a low-cut evening gown. The centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda. Smith said she planned to be "the next Marilyn Monroe". Becoming one of Playboys...
). The gang plots to blow up the Academy Awards
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
. When Jane arrives looking for Frank, she is taken hostage.
Naked Gun 4
A fourth film was first mooted while Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult was still in production. In a 1992 interview, the Zuckers said they were determined to follow up with a fourth film called Naked Gun 4: This Is Really It. Leslie Nielsen suggested the title of Naked Gun 4: The Second Final Insult, "because then everybody will be asking what 'the first final insult' was."In 2003, David Zucker said of a making another Naked Gun film that "We would really like to. The studio just doesn’t get the joke though. They’re not interested in the franchise."
In a 2007 radio interview, "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...
, who had cameos in all three Naked Gun films, confirmed that he had been approached about appearing in a fourth.
In 2008, a direct to DVD Naked Gun film was reportedly in development for the Paramount Famous Productions
Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment is the division of Paramount Pictures dealing with home video founded in late 1975.-History:...
label. In 2009, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
announced that 25 films and television series had qualified for production tax credits, including Naked Gun 4. In a May 2010 interview, Nielsen said he had heard about plans for a fourth film but was "not yet involved".
Naked Gun 4: Rhythm of Evil was reported to be in the early stages of production at the time of Nielsen's death in November 2010.
Reception
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! – 89% at Rotten TomatoesRotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
- The Naked Gun 2: The Smell of Fear – 55% at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Naked Gun 33: The Final Insult – 52% at Rotten Tomatoes
Box office
- The first film grossed around $78,756,177
- The second film grossed around $86,930,411
- The third film grossed around $51,132,598
Main characters
- Leslie NielsenLeslie NielsenLeslie William Nielsen, OC was a Canadian and naturalized American actor and comedian. Nielsen appeared in more than one hundred films and 1,500 television programs over the span of his career, portraying more than 220 characters...
as Sergeant Frank Drebin, Detective Sergeant Lieutenant Police Squad. He's the main character of all three films and the former TV series Police Squad!Police Squad!Police Squad! is a television comedy series first broadcast in 1982, created by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen. A spoof of police procedurals, the series was packed with ZAZ's usual sight gags, wordplay and non sequiturs...
. In the first movie he meets Jane Spencer and they fall in love; in the second film they resume their romance; in the third film they are married, and Frank is retired from the force. He is known for being a bumbling fool, oblivious to the disasters he constantly triggers. Some of the other characters are occasionally annoyed with his behavior, but no one ever seems to notice what a complete idiot he is. In fact, his boss always congratulates him on successfully wrapping up a case, no matter how much chaos Frank caused in the process. He, Ted Olsen, and Al (who only appeared in the first film) are the only characters who appeared in both Police Squad!Police Squad!Police Squad! is a television comedy series first broadcast in 1982, created by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen. A spoof of police procedurals, the series was packed with ZAZ's usual sight gags, wordplay and non sequiturs...
and the Naked Gun films that were portrayed by the same actors. Archive footage of Frank Drebin was used in various other films, documentaries and TV series. - Priscilla PresleyPriscilla PresleyPriscilla Presley is an American actress and businesswoman. She is the ex-wife of singer Elvis Presley, and the mother of singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley....
as Jane Spencer (Jane Drebin in the third film). In the first film she is Vincent Ludwig's assistant, but knows nothing about his world domination plans. After she spends the night together with Frank, she helps him with his investigation. In the second film, her relationship with Frank is revealed to be over. She has a new boyfriend, Quentin Hapsburg. This is the second time she falls for a man with evil plans. She and Frank make up during the end of the second film. In the third film (in which she is married to Frank, who is retired from the force) the audience learns that she is now a lawyer. - O. J. SimpsonO. J. SimpsonOrenthal James "O. J." Simpson , nicknamed "The Juice", is a retired American collegiate and professional football player, football broadcaster, and actor...
as Officer Nordberg, one of Frank's colleagues. He and Frank are partners for about five years, and he's Frank's best friend as stated in the first film. Nordberg always gets himself in very painful situations in all of the films. (In the TV series, Nordberg was portrayed by Peter LupusPeter LupusPeter Lupus is an American bodybuilder and actor of Syrian ancestry. He attended the Jordan College of Fine Arts at Butler University, where he also played football and basketball, graduating in 1954...
.) - George KennedyGeorge KennedyGeorge Harris Kennedy, Jr. is an American actor who has appeared in over 200 film and television productions. He is perhaps most familiar as the convict Dragline in Cool Hand Luke , airline troubleshooter Joe Patroni in the Airport series of disaster movies from the 1970s and...
as Captain Ed Hocken, Frank's boss. Ed encourages Frank to talk to Jane in the second movie. It's revealed in the first film that he is married to a woman named Ethel, although in the second film he is married to a woman named Edna (and it is stated that he has been for 30 years). In the TV series Police Squad!Police Squad!Police Squad! is a television comedy series first broadcast in 1982, created by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen. A spoof of police procedurals, the series was packed with ZAZ's usual sight gags, wordplay and non sequiturs...
, he was portrayed by Alan NorthAlan NorthAlan North was an American actor.North was born in the Bronx, New York and joined the United States Navy during the Second World War...
. - Ed Williams as Ted Olson, a scientist who works at the lab. In Police Squad!Police Squad!Police Squad! is a television comedy series first broadcast in 1982, created by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen. A spoof of police procedurals, the series was packed with ZAZ's usual sight gags, wordplay and non sequiturs...
, Ted was always giving a highly suspect or dangerous lesson to a kid, in a parody of Watch Mr. WizardDon HerbertDonald Jeffrey Herbert , better known as Mr. Wizard, was an American television personality...
. This joke was not recycled for the films. Ted does create a couple of new inventions, which include: the Swiss-army shoe, the anti-graffiti wall, and the cufflink dart. He, Frank Drebin, and Al are the only characters who each appeared in both Police Squad!Police Squad!Police Squad! is a television comedy series first broadcast in 1982, created by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen. A spoof of police procedurals, the series was packed with ZAZ's usual sight gags, wordplay and non sequiturs...
and the Naked Gun films portrayed by the same actor. - Ronald "Tiny Ron" TaylorTiny Ron TaylorRonald "Tiny Ron" Taylor is an American film actor and former basketball player. He is possibly best known for his roles as Lothar in The Rocketeer and Roc in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective , both roles that exploited his 7 ft frame and craggy features...
as Al a very tall colleague of Frank, whose head is always out of frame. Al was recurring character on Police Squad!Police Squad!Police Squad! is a television comedy series first broadcast in 1982, created by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen. A spoof of police procedurals, the series was packed with ZAZ's usual sight gags, wordplay and non sequiturs...
but only made a cameo in the first movie.
Main villains
| Character | Film | Fate | Played by: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Ludwig | From the Files of Police Squad! | Falls from a stadium, then is run over by a bus, a steam roller, and the USC Trojan Marching Band Spirit of Troy The Spirit of Troy, also known as the University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band , self-described as "The Greatest Marching Band in the History of the Universe," represents USC at various collegiate sports, broadcast, popular music recording, and national public appearance functions.The... . |
Ricardo Montalbán Ricardo Montalbán Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG was a Mexican radio, television, theatre and film actor. He had a career spanning six decades and many notable roles... |
| Quentin Hapsburg | The Smell of Fear The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear is a 1991 comedy film starring Leslie Nielsen as the comically bumbling Police Lt. Frank Drebin of Police Squad!. Priscilla Presley plays the role of Jane, with O.J. Simpson as Nordberg and George Kennedy as police captain Ed Hocken... |
Falls from a great height (due to Ed accidentally pushing him out the window) but bounces off an awning and walks away, only to be mauled to death by a lion. | Robert Goulet Robert Goulet Robert Gerard Goulet was a Canadian American entertainer as a singer and actor. He played the role of Lancelot in the Broadway musical Camelot of 1960.-Early life:... |
| Rocco Dillon | The Final Insult | Falls from a catwalk in a theater, but because he has a cord attached to his ankles, the recoil elevates him and is sent flying away through the roof and into Papshmir's overflying private helicopter, which explodes seconds later (he was holding a ticking bomb). | Fred Ward Fred Ward Freddie Joe "Fred" Ward is an American actor. He began his career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz. He is best known for his starring roles in the motion pictures Remo Williams, Tremors, Henry & June, Short Cuts, The Right Stuff and Exit Speed... |
Notable cameos
| Character | Portrayer | Film | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Man fixing a picture up onto the wall of his house | David Zucker | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | David Zucker directed the first two films |
| Driving Instructor | John Houseman John Houseman John Houseman was a Romanian-born British-American actor and film producer who became known for his highly publicized collaboration with director Orson Welles from their days in the Federal Theatre Project through to the production of Citizen Kane... |
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Final appearance |
| Baseball Announcer | Dr. Joyce Brothers | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Also made a cameo in Police Squad! Police Squad! Police Squad! is a television comedy series first broadcast in 1982, created by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen. A spoof of police procedurals, the series was packed with ZAZ's usual sight gags, wordplay and non sequiturs... |
| Himself | James Earl Jones James Earl Jones James Earl Jones is an American actor. He is well-known for his distinctive bass voice and for his portrayal of characters of substance, gravitas and leadership... |
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Also made a cameo in Scary Movie 4 Scary Movie 4 Scary Movie 4 is the fourth film of the Scary Movie franchise, directed by David Zucker, written by Jim Abrahams, Craig Mazin and Pat Proft, and produced by Craig Mazin and Robert K. Weiss. It is distributed by The Weinstein Company via its Dimension Films unit in the U.S. and Television, and... |
Recurring cameos
| Character | Portrayer | Other notes |
|---|---|---|
| Papshmir | Raye Birk Raye Birk Raye Birk is an American film and television actor famous for playing the role of Papshmir in the first and last of the Naked Gun movies. He was the main villain in Naked Gun 33: The Final Insult... |
Was the only actor to play the same villain twice in the saga, appearing as "Papshmir" in the first and last movie. His name is a play on the pap smear Pap smear The Papanicolaou test is a screening test used in to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous processes in the endocervical canal of the female reproductive system. Changes can be treated, thus preventing cervical cancer... gynecological test. |
| Himself | "Weird Al" Yankovic "Weird Al" Yankovic Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts... |
Has appeared in all three films—as himself in the first and last, and cameoing as a holdup man in the second. |
Other notable appearances
In the third film, at the Academy Awards, a musical number is performed by Pia ZadoraPia Zadora
Pia Zadora is an American actress and singer. After working as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians , she came to national attention in 1981 when, following her starring role in the highly criticized Butterfly, she won a Golden Globe...
and an award presented by Raquel Welch
Raquel Welch
Jo Raquel Tejada , better known as Raquel Welch, is an American actress, author and sex symbol. Welch came to attention as a "new-star" on the 20th Century-Fox lot in the mid-1960s. She posed iconically in a animal skin bikini for the British-release One Million Years B.C. , for which she may be...
. Others seen at the ceremony include Vanna White
Vanna White
Vanna White is an American television personality and film actress best known as the hostess of Wheel of Fortune since 1982.-Early life:...
, Mary Lou Retton
Mary Lou Retton
Mary Lou Retton is an American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist. She was the first female gymnast from outside Eastern Europe to win the Olympic all-around title, after 14 Eastern Bloc countries boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.-Personal life:Retton was born in Fairmont, West...
, Florence Henderson
Florence Henderson
Florence Agnes Henderson is an American actress and singer. She is perhaps best known for her role of Carol Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974...
, Morgan Fairchild
Morgan Fairchild
Morgan Fairchild is an American actress. She achieved prominence during the late 1970s and early 1980s with continuing roles in several television series, in which she usually conveyed a glamorous image. Fairchild has also performed in live theater and played guest roles in television comedies...
, Shannen Doherty
Shannen Doherty
Shannen Maria Doherty is an American actress, producer, author and television director, known for her work as Heather Duke in Heathers , as Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 and its spinoff series 90210, and as Prue Halliwell in Charmed .-Early life and career:Doherty was born in Memphis,...
and Elliott Gould
Elliott Gould
Elliott Gould is an American actor. He began acting in Hollywood films during the 1960s, and has remained prolific ever since. Some of his most notable films include M*A*S*H and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, for which he received an Oscar nomination...
.
In the second film, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gabor is a Hungarian-born American stage, film and television actress.She acted on stage in Vienna, Austria, in 1932, and was crowned Miss Hungary in 1936. She emigrated to the United States in 1941 and became a sought-after actress with "European flair and style", with a personality that...
has a cameo as herself, slapping the police car siren featured in the intro. Singer Mel Torme
Mel Tormé
Melvin Howard Tormé , nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books...
dances with Jane. And veteran character actors Lloyd Bochner
Lloyd Bochner
Lloyd Wolfe Bochner was a Canadian actor, usually playing the role of suave, rich leading men.- Career :...
, Tim O'Connor
Tim O'Connor
Tim O'Connor may refer to:*Tim O'Connor , actor, appeared in Peyton Place and General Hospital*Tim O'Connor , American college football coach*Tim O'Connor , Australian actor, writer and director...
and Peter Mark Richman attend the climactic banquet, Bochner spoofing a classic Twilight Zone
Twilight zone
-Television series and spinoffs:*The Twilight Zone, the anthology television series and its franchise:**The Twilight Zone , the 1959–1964 original television series***Twilight Zone: The Movie, a 1983 film based on the original series...
episode of his called "To Serve Man".
In the original film, veteran sports broadcasters Mel Allen
Mel Allen
Mel Allen was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees. During the peak of his career in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Allen was arguably the most prominent member of his profession, his voice familiar to millions...
, Curt Gowdy
Curt Gowdy
Curtis Edward "Curt" Gowdy was an American sportscaster, well known as the longtime "voice" of the Boston Red Sox and for his coverage of many nationally-televised sporting events, primarily for NBC Sports in the 1960s and 1970s.-Early years:The son of a manager for the Union Pacific railroad,...
, Dick Enberg
Dick Enberg
Richard Alan "Dick" Enberg is an American sportscaster. He currently provides play-by-play for telecasts of San Diego Padres baseball on 4SD, following a long career calling various sports for such networks as NBC, CBS, and ESPN...
, Dick Vitale
Dick Vitale
Richard J. "Dick" Vitale , also known as "Dickie V", is an American basketball sportscaster. A former head coach in the college and professional ranks, he is well-known as a college basketball broadcaster and for the enthusiastic and colorful remarks he makes during games. He is known for his...
, Tim McCarver
Tim McCarver
James Timothy "Tim" McCarver is an American former Major League Baseball catcher, and a current sportscaster in residence for Fox Sports.-Playing career:...
and Jim Palmer
Jim Palmer
James Alvin "Jim" Palmer , nicknamed "Cakes", is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire 20-year baseball career for the Baltimore Orioles . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in .As of 2008, Palmer and his wife Susan have homes in Palm Beach, Florida, and...
are among those in a crowded booth. The baseball game features former Major League players like Jay Johnstone
Jay Johnstone
John William Johnstone Jr. is an American former professional baseball player, active from 1966 to 1985 for the California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs...
and, as an unexpected assassin, Reggie Jackson
Reggie Jackson
Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson , nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason with the New York Yankees, is a former American Major League Baseball right fielder. During a 21-year baseball career, he played from 1967-1987 for four different teams. Jackson currently serves as...
.