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Flyover Film Country is a podcast about movies set in places oft-forgotten by Hollywood. Olivia Clement and Isaac Sims are your co-hosts, bringing unique perspectives from Arkansas and Oklahoma! Produced by Walter Lyle.
DREBIN' (00:17)
I'm Isaac Sims and this is Flyover Film Country! Woop woop woop woop! You know us, movies, Flyover Country. We're here today to talk about The Naked Gun. ⁓ This is gonna be, I believe, the first... ⁓ This is our first like consecutive weekly episode, right? Because last week we had fan-
Livdog (00:19)
I'm Olivia Clement.
Woof woof woof!
No, because we
did we did Eddington and then Fantastic Four and then this one. So this is our third week in a row we've had a consecutive release. So look at us.
DREBIN' (00:46)
dang, okay.
Woop woop. So
you losers are so lucky you don't even understand. But yes, we're talking Naked Gun, Akiva Schaeffer, Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, reboot of the Leslie Nielsen classic and lo and behold, pretty close to being a comedy classic at least by 2025 standards. So we're very excited to talk to you guys about it.
Livdog (00:56)
Yeah, you're welcome.
Yeah.
DREBIN' (01:19)
Before we jump in, have some really important, ⁓ not meme content, just, you know, content that I felt compelled to share with you. So it may be a little bit, a little bit, ⁓ you know, not exactly as funny as the week we did, ⁓ Michael, Sarah, Michelle, Geller. But ⁓ it is pretty funny and it leads into a little segue I want to talk.
So I saw that and thought it was pretty funny because the reason I think this is pretty funny is you don't see kids do stuff like this anymore. there. We're there. We know we look stupid. We don't look cool, but we're just doing it anyway. ⁓ at least that's not what is like, ⁓
Livdog (01:50)
Hahaha!
That was pretty good.
Uh-huh.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
DREBIN' (02:14)
I don't know, like maybe I'm just seeing things on TikTok where everything's polished, you know? Yeah.
Livdog (02:16)
They're trying too hard not to be... Yeah. Yeah, they're
trying too hard to look cool all the time. And while that has been true forever, it's way more, like you said, polished now because of social media. Because when we were younger, we didn't realize how cringey everything was that we were doing until we were older. And it was like, my gosh, why did...
Why did I cut my hair like that? Why did I wear those skinny jeans in every color? You know, that type of thing. And, you know, not to sound like an old person, like kids these days are trying way too hard to not be cringy. And here's the deal. They will at some point in time when they're probably our age now, they will go, ⁓ that was cringy. But they're like, I also think...
DREBIN' (02:46)
do that.
quite cringe.
Livdog (03:12)
I'm gonna rant about this now that we're talking about it. I also think that there's this, this, this weird, we're in this weird point in time for so many reasons, so many reasons, but specifically with the way that, that Hollywood and, and television networks, excuse me.
DREBIN' (03:15)
have a response, let's keep going. Yeah.
Livdog (03:34)
don't really view teenagers as like a priority population. It's, it's, you know, like the shows that they get are either really kiddish, like Disney channel shows, or they're really mature, like Euphoria. And while I do think some of the stuff that happens in Euphoria does happen with teenagers in high school, that's not the case for
for a lot of people. I don't want to say most people, but I think that it's not the case for a lot of people. For example, the stuff that was happening in euphoria didn't exist in my world. It existed in other people's worlds. And I know that there were people I went to high school with who had some of that stuff going on, but that's not the case for everyone. And there's just not like a priority to try to
DREBIN' (04:18)
Mm-hmm.
Livdog (04:33)
market to teenagers as simply teenagers as as kids. They're either little kids or they're adults or like we're trying to almost parentify them so to speak where we're making them older than what they are and that's not really helpful to them either. So anyway I don't even know how I got on that ramp but here we are.
DREBIN' (04:54)
Well, no,
I think that's great. And you know, the only response I had to that initially was Donald Glover recently said, nobody's going to get to the end of their life and think to themselves, man, I'm really glad I avoided being cringe as a, as a statement of just relax, just do whatever you want and it'll be fine. People are going to think they're going to make a judgment on you regardless. So just don't be afraid to stand out, you know? ⁓
Livdog (05:07)
Yeah. Yeah!
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
DREBIN' (05:24)
but also don't be loser. But I'm sure, I'm sure Donald Glover would follow it up with something like that, but I'm paraphrasing. When it comes to movies, I feel like YA movies really had a grip on teen like focus of like going to the movies with Hunger Games and Harry Potter, especially Harry, like man, Harry Potter for sure. But then it was Hunger Games and then it was Divergent and then it just like.
Livdog (05:29)
Sure, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah.
DREBIN' (05:51)
People said, nope, we don't like Divergent and that series didn't finish and then Marvel happened. And now people are not going to see Marvel like they used to. Did you see about Fantastic Four? Crazy 80 % or I saw 80 % decrease, but some sources are saying like 66%, but that is crazy. Like people are not going to see, yeah, yeah. So.
Livdog (05:53)
Sure.
Mm-hmm.
Right. Yeah, it's because...
Yeah.
Regardless, that's a crazy drop off.
That kind of drop off hasn't happened. I mean, it's happened with each of the Marvel films that have come out this year, but we hadn't really seen that since the third Ant-Man movie with quantumania. And so it is kind of crazy. But yeah, I just, feel like there aren't really shows or movies that are geared towards teenagers. And if they are,
they end up being on Netflix or Hulu and who knows if they stay around long enough for for there to be a big like word of mouth. You know, I think the kissing booth that Walter loves, you know, that that's probably one of the more popular ones of recent memory. But outside of that, if it's if it's not. I just feel like there's not really a whole lot that is geared towards them.
DREBIN' (06:57)
Haha.
Livdog (07:12)
And I think that that makes me really sad because one of my favorite things in middle school and high school is watching those teen movies. I think about She's a Man and Step Up and Stick It and like these movies that came out when we were in middle school and high school that were geared towards me or and towards other people our age. Anyway, ⁓ just fix it Hollywood.
DREBIN' (07:31)
Mm-hmm.
Just fix it. Just make people interested in seeing Fantastic Four. ⁓ Fantastic Four. Now that we've had a couple weeks, I just wanna talk about this a little bit before we talk about Naked Gun. As I've like, very, very weirdly, I don't ponder... ⁓
superhero movies in general. I have been thinking about Fantastic Four a lot and I was compelled to go see it again last weekend and I almost made it happen and I just couldn't get out the door. But, so that's why it was surprising to see that it didn't have a good second weekend. What do you think about it now that, I have some thoughts about this, so I was just like, what do you think about it now that you've had
Livdog (08:01)
Hahaha.
Okay?
DREBIN' (08:28)
We've had a couple of weeks since that film came out. do you think that a, here's a specific question for you in addition to what do think about it? Do you think there was a sharp decline because it wasn't, there wasn't like enough of a zap word of mouth? Do you think the word of mouth was like, it's actually really good instead of you will not believe how good this movie is. Like, like in terms of what happens or whatever. I don't know.
Livdog (08:30)
Mm-hmm.
Sure. Sure. Yeah. Sure. Sure. Yeah,
like there wasn't enough, ⁓ kind of catching, like eye catching or, or, you know, whatever thing to grab your attention of like, ⁓ I have to go see this. Yeah. I think that's, that's probably true. I think everyone I've talked to has been like, yeah, it was really good, but no one, no one has been like, you have to go see it. You know?
it's gonna change your life. I do think it's it is one of the better Marvel movies we've gotten in a really long time. I think it's too soon to say like where it would end up on my actual like ranking of Marvel films. I think it would be I think it'll end up being pretty high. I don't know how high though. ⁓ But that being said, I still when I've thought about it, I've really enjoyed it still like thinking back.
DREBIN' (09:27)
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Livdog (09:46)
I have thought about going to see it again just to see what it would be like on a rewatch. If I'd still feel very, very high on it. I do think it's, I think the set design was really cool. I still like, I'm still pretty high on it. ⁓ And our friend Andrew, who I talked about when we talked about Fantastic Four, he texted me and he did go see it again. And he was like, yup, it's still really good. I still really enjoyed it. But again, it wasn't this like,
And this isn't necessarily Andrew, this is just like, feel like people have not been like, you have to go see it. Like it's, it's going to be crazy. Whereas other films that have come out this year, like Sinners, for example, which is like not even fair to compare it to Sinners because that's not fair. But I feel like word of mouth with Sinners was so big and people were like, you have to go see it. Like it's unlike anything we've seen in a really long time.
DREBIN' (10:21)
Yeah.
Yeah. ⁓
Livdog (10:41)
So it's really different. And I don't even know. And I feel like Superman's kind of a similar way where it was like, you have to go see it because it's not like any Superman movie we've gotten in decades. And so, whereas with Fantastic Four, I also think Marvel and Disney have dug themselves into a really bad and deep hole with Disney Plus in the sense of a lot of people who I know
DREBIN' (10:51)
Mm.
Yes. Yep.
Livdog (11:08)
that are pretty busy and have a hard time going to the movies or don't like going to the movies really that much, they all have said, I'll watch it when it's on Disney+. I'll wait because it comes out there pretty quickly. Like it's a pretty quick turnaround from theatrical release to streaming release. And so why would I go take time out of my weekend, take time to go to a place
DREBIN' (11:22)
Yeah, that's true.
Livdog (11:37)
to watch a movie that I know in a couple months is gonna be on Disney+. When I pay for Disney +, already, I don't, you I mean, you and I have the A-list thing, but like other people don't, so like, why would they spend extra money? So, that's where I'm at. What are your thoughts?
DREBIN' (11:44)
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Yeah, exactly. I think that's well said.
I, I think it is top 10. Like all time. Um, I just for kicks and giggles, I thought about it and I might, I might be wrong. Um, but I think in terms of what it achieves tonally puts it at five, like in top 10. and then above it, Black Panther.
Livdog (12:03)
Okay, okay, okay.
DREBIN' (12:25)
Avengers Infinity War Guardians 1 and Iron Man at number one so Guardians of the Galaxy and and like I like it's an interesting thought exercise just every now and then To come back to and especially with like Thunderbolts like I didn't even go back to my like main MCU movies to put Thunderbolts in This is the first movie Marvel movie in a long time where I've thought where would this rank?
Livdog (12:29)
Okay, that's a really good, that's a really good top five.
Mm-hmm.
DREBIN' (12:53)
I think this would rank pretty high. ⁓ So yeah, anyway, just thought that'd be a fun little like preamble to consider before we talked about Naked Gun, a movie where someone I talked to said, I can't wait to watch it when it comes to VOD. And I said, just go see it. Like, it's so good. Me and like everybody in my theater was hooting and hollering.
Livdog (13:01)
Yeah.
Yeah. Just, yeah, just go see it. Yeah. Yeah.
See, okay, I did not have that experience in my theater. It was like... It was a somewhat full theater. There was... It was a smaller auditorium, but there was probably like 20 to 25 people in my theater. And... Which is like full for the... Like kind of full for the one that I was in. And... It was not... People were not... I was... I felt like I was laughing. And I have a really...
DREBIN' (13:22)
Okay, okay.
Livdog (13:47)
big laugh. If anyone has ever heard me, I mean, I've laughed really hard on here, but if you've ever heard me laugh in person, it is so loud. I mean, it is a deep, deep laugh. And I feel like I did that multiple times and I felt like sometimes I was the only one laughing at something. Which was weird. I was like, guys, this is, this is funny stuff. Why are we, why are we just not, are we, did we not hear the joke? Do I need to explain it to you guys? Like the
DREBIN' (13:55)
Yeah.
Yeah
Livdog (14:17)
You know, they talked about the the Black Eyed Peas and Fergie and then and then they called her the Duchess and then they played Fergalicious, which is from her album, The Dutch Guys. That was a great callback. Like what? What?
DREBIN' (14:27)
What does it
say about us that like the two... I'm assuming you laughed really hard at the R-word scene in Eddington as well, but like in The Naked Gun, the same thing happens. I'm just like losing my mind because it just goes with the timing and just like the callback to Fergie.
Livdog (14:34)
Yes! my gosh, that was so funny!
Yes!
I laughed, I knew that
was so funny. That was so, so funny. That whole, the whole movie is really funny for so many reasons, but that, the Black Eyed Peas scene was so, so good. And I knew, I knew we were in for a treat with this film when at the very beginning, they, you see this in the trailer, but at the very beginning, you know, they, they,
They're breaking into this bank and they're trying to get something and they pull out the, the bad guy pulls out the device and it literally says plot device, P L O T device. And I laughed so hard when I, when I saw that and no one else laughed.
DREBIN' (15:19)
PLOT device.
You don't, you'd never,
and you never get an answer for like why it was in a safety deposit box or like... So dumb. It's so funny.
Livdog (15:32)
Yeah.
It was
so dumb, so funny. No one else laughed at that. And I was like, this is going to be a boring crowd. And I was correct.
DREBIN' (15:42)
And I was, you know, the two, I loved the homages to like cop movies, noir movies. It's just like, is, it's not easy to satirize something. Like I'm not saying it's easy, but what I'm saying is like, there are so many like iconic things that you can satirize. And they chose to just like grab, like they selected the ones that were so good and put them in an order that is.
Livdog (15:57)
No.
Yes.
DREBIN' (16:12)
I know it's hard to do and they just like, they did it and it was really, really funny. Like the part where the opening scene is basically like a riff on the bank robbery scene in the Dark Knight. Like it's like similar music playing and then he comes in and kicks ass and ⁓ they're making fun of like the taken three sort of, all right, we got to edit around you because you're really old. ⁓
Livdog (16:12)
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Yes.
huh. Yes.
Hahaha
DREBIN' (16:37)
And then the other callback is like the Mission Impossible one. Did you get all that? And the set like lifts up and you realize that you've been duped and then they do it like two more times and it was like funnier and funnier. Yeah.
Livdog (16:43)
yes. Yes. Yes. They do it like, yes. Yes.
Yeah. Well, even also I've seen people on like online talking about how they just don't use dummies in movies anymore or in shows and they'll like show clips of where it's like, obviously that is a dummy. And when they use the dummy, he's holding the dummy as a shield. It was so...
DREBIN' (17:05)
when he's holding the one that's getting shot.
Livdog (17:12)
So good. was so excited about that. I was like, man, this is, this is gold. The opening scene just, I was sold from there, truly.
DREBIN' (17:21)
Yeah, and it's like pretty fast, hard and fast and like there's just, it's joke, joke, joke, joke, joke. And I said, I am so in, this is gonna be incredible.
Livdog (17:28)
Mm-hmm.
I almost want to go see it again just to see what I missed the first time. listener, if you haven't heard about the Naked Gun yet or haven't really seen anything about it, it truly is a joke every single second, it feels like. Yeah, think every 30 seconds, truly, there is a joke.
DREBIN' (17:37)
Yes. Yep.
It's like every 30 seconds, yeah. Like, it is amazing.
Livdog (17:58)
It is non-stop. And Isaac, to your point, doing satire is really hard. I think doing it well is really hard. But when it is done well, it makes it look so easy. Like, like it, it, I feel like this film does that really well of making it seem like it's really easy to do this type of thing. And it's not, which is one of the reasons why we haven't had a film like this in so long. ⁓ but
DREBIN' (18:08)
Mm-hmm.
Livdog (18:24)
I think the people yearn for a spoof for a satire like this. I mean, I really was thinking, man, we probably haven't seen anything like this since ⁓ the scary movie franchise. I feel like it's been a while since we've seen something like this that has been so successful.
DREBIN' (18:36)
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Yep. And you know, you have the Appetow era of comedy and kind of in the middle of that you got Hot Rod, which kind of became a cult classic. And yeah, and then comedies just like, became harder to make them because you had these stars. So I think it was on the town. Yes, it was on the town. Matt Bellany made an amazing point. And I think you'll find this interesting. ⁓ no, he, the guest he had on
Livdog (18:49)
Yeah
Mm-hmm.
DREBIN' (19:13)
who I can't remember, but he represents like comedy projects. And he pointed out during the Apti era, they were all, A, they were coming, a lot of them were SNL alums and they were practiced and they had done it hours and hours and hours and they literally had met the Malcolm Gladwell rule. And then Jonah Hill wanted to do dramas and Paul Rudd wanted to do Marvel.
Livdog (19:26)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Right.
DREBIN' (19:41)
and Will Ferrell kept doing it, but it was like kind of diminishing returns after a certain point, just in terms of like nothing hit as hard as ⁓ Anchorman and then Talladega Nights and then Step Brothers. And it was just kind of like, there were good things after that, but it just like, that's kind of the peak of comedy. I think like even of the 21st century, I would say that for sure.
Livdog (19:47)
Yeah.
Right.
Sure, yeah, yeah.
Because Will Ferrell especially, love him or hate him, which a lot of people don't like him, I love Will Ferrell. He was turning out hits. And I know that was because he and Abitow were a strong duo, and then they had their falling out too. Which is interesting because they were both producers on Succession together, so I don't know how that worked.
DREBIN' (20:31)
Or I think
it was Adam McKay. He and Mack, Adam McKay, yeah. Yeah, sorry. I said McKay like four times. Didn't mean to.
Livdog (20:32)
It was McKay. It was in the Abitale. Yeah. Sorry.
Um, yeah. So, yeah. But also Abitale was also doing a bunch of comedies too. Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Um, and so like those types of films. But again, like also, I mean, you're talking about Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill. Let's not forget, you know, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson. Those guys also.
DREBIN' (20:59)
Uh-huh. Yep.
Livdog (21:02)
just weren't really hitting after a certain point. And it doesn't seem like there was the era of SNL alum with Bill Hader and Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and ⁓ Fred Armisen, that bunch where Lorne Michaels was producing and sponsoring all of their post-SNL stuff.
You know, we got Portlandia, we got 30 Rock, we got all sorts of stuff with that.
since then who's who has he been putting stuff out for or helping put stuff out for?
DREBIN' (21:44)
Comedy is about timing. that's the thing that's so crazy about this movie is it clearly got financed and off the ground because of Liam Neeson. And we'll get into the movie itself because I think Pamela Anderson steals the show from him multiple times and it's so, so funny.
Livdog (21:47)
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah. Yeah.
DREBIN' (22:09)
Liam Neeson is the one that, know, Hey, we're doing a comedy with Liam Neeson. And I think this movie made like $30 million last weekend. It made like 28, I think. and that's, that's like, that's pretty good for comedy. ⁓ and it's going to be, it's going to have that word of mouth where the people who watch naked gun in the eighties are going to say, this is pretty good. This is funny. And we can just throw it on and laugh and not think too hard about it.
Livdog (22:16)
Mm-hmm.
That's really good, yeah.
Mm-hmm.
DREBIN' (22:37)
but it's that great sort of comedy. It's like the inverse of the Netflix comedy where I can put this on and I don't really like it, but it's doing the bare minimum. This was made with like intense preparation and craft and intelligence, but it's also really stupid and funny. And we just don't get that anymore. And Liam Neeson's at that point in his career where...
Livdog (22:41)
Mm-hmm.
Sure.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
DREBIN' (23:04)
I don't think anybody really knew that he had this in him because he is really funny. He has really great timing and he and he and Pamela Anderson have incredible chemistry.
Livdog (23:19)
Mm-hmm.
yeah, I think that they have such great chemistry. Also, they are now dating, which is so cute to me. I love that so much. None of us did, but I think it's really sweet. You know, he was married to Natasha Richardson, who our generation probably knows her best as playing the mom in The Parent Trap with Lindsay Lohan and hadn't dated anyone since she had died.
DREBIN' (23:27)
Did not have that on my bingo card.
Livdog (23:47)
I think I saw somewhere it was like almost 15 years ago, which blows my mind that it's been that long. But anyway, really sweet. So they do have great chemistry in this. And I think that you're right that she really does steal the scenes from him. Which I don't have a whole lot of experience watching Pamela Anderson at all. Like I did not watch Baywatch.
have not seen The Last Showgirl, which I really do still want to watch, which came out at the end of last year, I think, was highly, like, got a lot of really good reviews. ⁓ And so got a lot of high praise. And so, you know, she's really just having a resurgence in her career that is really cool and not something you see for a lot of women.
DREBIN' (24:23)
Mm-hmm.
Livdog (24:40)
in Hollywood at her age, which is awesome to see. But she's so funny in this movie in a way that I really wasn't expecting.
DREBIN' (24:51)
Yeah, yeah. She, when I was, I was losing my mind whenever they do that spoof of the sensual, I'm, I'm just kind of impromptu getting up on stage to, to sing this like really sultry jazz song. And then she does, she like makes like a, like a, a problematic and racist kind of like musical innuendo to the African-American band. And then just goes,
Livdog (25:02)
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Yes.
Yes, the scatting. my gosh. man. It was so good. Yeah, she was so good in it. And then just the scene where he's like, take a chair. And she goes, no thanks. I have plenty at home. And then as she leaves the office, she's like, on second thought, I am going to take a chair. And she just like drags it and it's just like hitting everything behind. Yeah, just so funny. ⁓ my gosh. So.
DREBIN' (25:23)
my gosh.
Banging, yeah.
I'm curious,
sorry go ahead.
Livdog (25:52)
No,
go ahead. I don't know if I actually had another thought. Go ahead. You're curious about what?
DREBIN' (25:55)
Okay,
Right after that, when she's leaving, it goes to the inner monologue of Frank Drebin just making all these inappropriate comments internally about her body and all that. And then it comes to Paul Walter Hauser and he's doing the same thing. And then it comes to the whole police force and they're all doing the same thing and it's in the span of eight seconds and I was crying laughing. What did you think about the way that they took?
Livdog (26:06)
Mm-hmm.
Yes. The whole, yes.
DREBIN' (26:24)
Obviously she is iconic in movies, but inverted the sort of like... I would say the original Naked Gun was also making fun of this and was a little bit ahead of its time, but was a little bit less in on the joke. What did you think about like the, no, this is sexist or this is sexist and I can laugh at it sort of thing? Or that's like a balance. Yeah.
Livdog (26:26)
Right.
Mm-hmm.
I felt like it was the latter. Yeah, like I think that that
was the joke because you know, Pam Anderson has been subjected to so many horrible things throughout her career and her time in Hollywood. You know, like she obviously like the whole sex video or sex tape with ⁓ Tommy Lee. ⁓
DREBIN' (26:57)
Yes.
Mm-hmm.
Livdog (27:12)
That was a big deal and just the way people treated her as if she was the only one who was a part of that and also she was not aware that was happening. And so I think my thought with all of the sexist inappropriate jokes like that was she would not have signed on to this if she felt like they were making fun of her, but more so making fun of the way that that is pretty common.
And so that was my thought with Behind Is. I don't think she would have signed on if she felt like they were making fun of her. So that's why I think that particular scene was so funny to me was because that they're talking about just how basically men are dogs. Derogatory.
DREBIN' (27:41)
Right.
Yes. Yeah.
Yeah.
One of the lines that I just could not put out of my mind was like, she has a bottom that makes the toilet big for the brown. It's like, what in the world?
Livdog (28:13)
What does that even mean?
Yeah!
DREBIN' (28:18)
It's like so... gross.
Livdog (28:19)
But I love that they were making fun of
the noir detective type of thing with the voiceover, you know, internal monologue thing happening. That was really, really good. I really enjoyed it. And the scene where she's at his apartment and they're just, it sounds all very sexual. They're back and forth of like, you know.
DREBIN' (28:44)
Yeah.
Livdog (28:46)
my my stove hasn't been cleaned in a long time or whatever whatever the stupid line is and then they end up actually cooking a turkey and actually cleaning his stove very yeah it's like very sweet his dog comes in it's really funny uh yeah i i really love those those types of things where it's like any other movie would have made this very very overtly sexual
DREBIN' (28:55)
Yeah, it's like very wholesome.
Livdog (29:13)
And while those comments were, those lines were sexual, it ended up being really wholesome and funny. So I do, speaking of sexual scenes in this movie, I do want to talk to you and ask you, what did you think about the snowman scene?
DREBIN' (29:30)
I was, once I realized that it was becoming more more ludicrous, I just thought it was so funny. Especially when it's like, wait, ⁓ and then I just started, I lost it whenever there's, she pulls out the spells and then it's like the incantations and they've drawn the circle. It's just like, it's classic, like, just take us to the next thing. It's a visual cue and then they end up killing it. And I thought it was funny that.
Livdog (29:35)
Yes.
Yes.
Yeah.
DREBIN' (29:58)
I'm assuming that there's a barbed wire movie where she has a sword, cause she like cuts his head off or whatever. snowman. for Naked Gun.
Livdog (30:04)
Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, Yeah.
I was reading a couple articles earlier about this film, and Akiva Schaeffer said that if they had cut that scene, if the studio had cut that scene, he was gonna walk.
DREBIN' (30:22)
Wow.
Livdog (30:22)
because
he thought it was so funny and he even said in this article that he showed the script to a few different other like few people in comedy he really trusts like Andy Samberg and Andy Samberg is like this is the funniest scene in the film you cannot let the studio cut this and even even Pamela Anderson was like this is so funny and I guess a couple other cast members were like I don't I don't know about this like I'm not sure about the scene but
DREBIN' (30:34)
Mm-hmm.
Livdog (30:51)
But Pamela Anderson was like, no, this is really, really funny. And it was, I was dying at that scene. So it was so.
DREBIN' (30:59)
Yeah, like because
they're like having this great time and then they make a friend and then they're doing their thing and then they're like, ah, the snowman's inside.
Livdog (31:05)
Uh-huh. Yeah.
And it becomes, yeah, like you said, increasingly more ludicrous and insane and so...
DREBIN' (31:16)
And it's really,
it's just Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson. You know, they're, they're just obviously that snowman was someone in a costume. ⁓ but it's just the two of them just being funny and reacting and yeah. So, I wanted to also shout out, did you ever watch Atlanta?
Livdog (31:25)
Mm-hmm.
Right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, was so good.
I've watched part of it. don't think I ever finished. Maybe that's the show I need to get back into. I know everyone has raved about it, so I need to get back into it. Anyway, go ahead.
DREBIN' (31:49)
Yep.
Atlanta's one of the best shows of all time in my opinion. And on the tail end, it kind of like it ended on a very high note, but it was not... it was more celebrated in its like first and second season and then ended in third and fourth season, which were ⁓ shot and produced and released like much closer together. But in season three, episode eight, there's an... ⁓ it's called New Jazz.
Livdog (32:05)
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
DREBIN' (32:19)
And Liam Neeson, I don't want to tell you why. But you'll understand if you watch that episode. And even in like, I'm spoiling it because I was watching it week to week because I was that into Atlanta whenever season three and four were coming out. But the way that he played the scene in the context of his reputation, I...
Livdog (32:24)
Okay.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
DREBIN' (32:48)
I immediately clocked like, I've never seen him do this before being like in on his own joke. But also it was like, it was very insightful and also like really funny because he's obviously like not playing. He's playing a more dark version of himself. ⁓ and that's when I knew when, when I, and I, if I had not seen that episode of Atlanta and naked gun was announced, I would not have been as enthusiastic for it. Cause like you and I were talking, I said like,
Livdog (33:04)
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
DREBIN' (33:18)
I think this is gonna be really good. I'm kinda like calling it. And it was a, it's like a successful movie. Cause he has like really good comedy but he has never done something like this. But he kind of did in Atlanta season three, episode eight. So anyway, I just wanted to like shout that out and kinda go watch that if you get around to it.
Livdog (33:20)
Yeah. Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Okay. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, no, I think Liam Neeson, if he just does comedy for the rest of his career, I think that's great.
DREBIN' (33:50)
Yep. I think that you should, like every, as you get older, every actor should just do comedy. mean, like we, Meryl Streep's doing it now again with Devil Wears Prada and then Martin Sheen and Steve Martin have admittedly like always, they never really got away from comedy. ⁓ But.
Livdog (33:52)
So I think.
Yeah.
DREBIN' (34:18)
Robert De Niro did it for a little bit and then is doing it again with Meet the Parents 4 or whatever, so.
Livdog (34:18)
The- the- yeah. Yeah.
Right, but the popularity of Only Murders in the Building with Steve Martin and Martin Short, which also has Meryl Streep in it, I think has kind of catapulted them into a popularity with a younger generation that they previously didn't really have. I think a lot of people our age, at least I don't know if this has been the case with you, but when I've talked to people about Martin Short, a lot of them didn't know anything about him.
DREBIN' (34:29)
yeah.
Livdog (34:55)
Which is weird, because I grew up watching some of his movies, because my family loves Martin Short. And so to me, I was like, how do you guys not know who Martin Short is? But in Steve Martin, most people only know him from our generation from Two Perp by the Dozen or Pink Panther. So yeah. Yeah. So I think that seeing him and Martin Short in Only Murders in the Building have kind of...
DREBIN' (35:10)
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, that's how, yeah, I think that might be the first thing I saw.
Livdog (35:23)
had a resurgence to their career that maybe wouldn't have happened if they hadn't been in that show. And I know a lot of that is also probably because Selena Gomez is in it too and that she appeals to a younger generation anyway. But yeah, I do think that ⁓ Harrison Ford actually also said this in interview recently where he was like, I'm gonna keep acting because they're gonna need old people in certain scenes and certain roles.
DREBIN' (35:41)
Right. Yep.
Livdog (35:51)
And I'm paraphrasing that exact quote, but that I mean, that's the gist of what he was saying. And it is cool to see these actors who, like Liam Neeson, have always played more serious roles play in these comedic roles and crush it. think Harrison Ford is doing that too with the show Shrinking he's in on Apple TV, Apple TV Plus. And someone pointed this out.
DREBIN' (36:17)
Harrison Ford
has always had it. You watch the first Star Wars, the first, or Star Wars four and five, and he's the reason Star Wars works. And it's his humor and charisma, but he wasn't doing just comedy until later on in his career.
Livdog (36:22)
Yes.
He, cause he, yeah.
Right. And honestly, I think if he had just really leaned into comedy throughout his career, he would be a comedy legend because he's so funny and he has really good timing. I also just love how Harrison Ford is just doesn't like he kind of gives off this persona that he doesn't care, but I think he actually does. I just, think he doesn't. Yeah. I think he just doesn't care about the Hollywood nonsense, which I appreciate about him.
DREBIN' (36:57)
Yeah, that's why he's so great.
Yeah, for sure. I wanted to ask if, you know, as you think about, I would love a sequel to this movie. Who would you, you know, I would expand Paul Walter Hauser's role because he was so funny in The Naked Gun. Who else would you kind of throw in there as like, okay, we're going to add in either a villain, a new villain or a couple police squad guys?
Livdog (37:14)
yeah.
DREBIN' (37:35)
A new chief. The bit with the chief and her husband sleeping was so like, like he keeps showing up and he's still asleep. And then also like Frank appears in her room after she says, get me Drebben. I was laughing so hard. And he's like right there. And she's like, don't wake him up. Anyway, who would? Like after he gets like suspended.
Livdog (37:38)
⁓ so funny.
Yeah.
that. Get me Drebben immediately and he's in her room.
And then he's like, hey Ron, we're all rooting for you. Good luck tomorrow, buddy.
Yeah.
Danny Houston was so good as the bad guy. And he's played the bad guy in several things. you know, he's a good bad guy. I think,
DREBIN' (38:05)
Anyway.
Yeah, he really was.
Livdog (38:19)
Rafe Fiennes would be so good in this. I think Gary Oldman would also be good as a, like either one of them as the villain.
DREBIN' (38:21)
⁓ yeah, he would be so funny.
Yeah. I'm imagining Gary Oldman as, ⁓ freaking the dude. I've watched all four seasons of Slow Horses and I can't remember his character's name, but he's like farting and smoking the whole time. Like in literally every scene he's in, he's smoking and farting and people are like, my gosh, you smell so bad. And he's just having the time of his life. So I think it'd be really funny if we got
Livdog (38:30)
I think that would be really good. Who would you want to see?
Nice.
DREBIN' (38:57)
Bill Hader and Seth Rogen cameos. ⁓ I think Michael Cera's performance in the Phoenician scheme makes me want to see him as like a rookie cop. Because you know, he could shave his beard, he could go clean shaven and look almost like as young as he was when Scott Pilgrim came out. And then him and Frank Drebin, I feel like they would just have wild chemistry.
Livdog (38:59)
my gosh. Yes.
Mm-hmm.
⁓ yeah.
Right? Yeah.
Yes.
Yeah, I think so too. I think so too. I think they would be so good in this film. So... ⁓ my gosh, she would be so good. ⁓ my gosh, Keke Palmer would crush a movie like this. You had a thought.
DREBIN' (39:28)
Kiki Palmer.
my.
One of them days, naked gun crossover. Yes. Yep, yeah, that just happens. Yeah.
Livdog (39:41)
Yeah, because they both take place in LA. That would be awesome.
my gosh, Kiki Palmer would... I bet you she and Liam Neeson would have insane chemistry.
DREBIN' (39:55)
Yeah, ⁓ man. Make it happen. Make it happen. Yeah. Any other thoughts on Naked Gun before we just narrate a Best of Naked Gun YouTube video for the rest of this episode?
Livdog (39:57)
my gosh. Make it happen. So, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
No,
I know let's I think hey if you're thinking about going to see it go see it. It's a good time
DREBIN' (40:17)
Yes,
absolutely. Absolutely. With that, we are going to watch some of the Naked Gun. So, enjoy.
DREBIN' (40:31)
Yep, this is OJ. Which I forgot that he was, I don't think I saw the one with him, so.
Livdog (40:40)
Yeah.
DREBIN' (40:42)
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Livdog (40:45)
Hahaha.
DREBIN' (41:00)
Weird Al
Hahaha
Livdog (41:07)
hahahaha
Hahaha
hahahaha
Hahaha.
DREBIN' (41:45)
Hahaha
Livdog (41:46)
you
that OJ was the one getting the crap to get out of them in those scenes that you showed. Just feels right.
DREBIN' (42:06)
The choosing to do the line of sad cops looking at a picture of their dad saying, dad, I miss you. Having it off later with the owl was really funny. But then also showing the line of all the cops and then cutting to the OJ picture and choosing to put that in the trailer was genius.
Livdog (42:14)
my gosh, yes.
Yes.
The OG picture was so good.
Yes, there really was. think honestly, I think that that shot in the trailer made me go, okay, all right. I think I'm into this. I think I'm into this because they could have easily just not included that at all and just just glossed right over it. And instead they chose to really lean into it. And I think that made it so much funnier that that particular scene so so much funnier. They Yeah, I really
DREBIN' (42:39)
Yeah.
Livdog (43:01)
I think the Lonely Island guys need to make more movies.
DREBIN' (43:06)
They just need to do this all the time. One of my favorite lines from, I don't remember which one it is, he's out and he sees his ex-wife with her husband, and she says, please Frank, we can handle this civilly, and he goes, yes of course we can, Mr. Poopypants. Well, any final thoughts on the naked gun?
Livdog (43:09)
all the time.
You know, I think my final thought is we need to make more comedies. And by we, I mean Hollywood, because you and I have no power over any of that. Although I think if we tried, we could probably make a funny comedy if we really wanted to. But we do not have the time nor the resources. So until we do have those things, we're going to be talking about comedies instead.
DREBIN' (43:42)
Yes.
Yep, yep, that is true and we'll just keep going to see what we can. And I can see Tim Robinson kinda.
Like friendship I could see that being kind of a soft launch for him doing something a little bit more of a I Don't know. I think it would be interesting to see him try to do something like naked gun With a big bigger budget or a bigger cast. It's more mainstream because he is so Such a specific sensibility. So I don't know. We'll see
Livdog (44:35)
Yeah,
yeah, for sure. What are your final thoughts?
DREBIN' (44:39)
My final thoughts is... ⁓
She says, the thing she says is like, ⁓ make it nice and lumpy boys and they just kind of look at each other.
Livdog (44:53)
Yeah, they just
look at each other. Also, her, like, the motion, the movement she is doing in that scene is really funny too. She's just like moving her head back and forth. It almost feels like she's a character in the Charlie Brown dancing scene.
DREBIN' (45:04)
Yeah.
Yeah,
that's a good call. This might be like my new mission impossible where if they... I don't think they'll make another one of these. I want them to, desperately. But I would literally watch like 10 more of these. Even until they're like, they can't walk. It would be so funny.
Livdog (45:14)
So.
Yeah.
It would be fun. It would be so fun. But we'll see. We'll see what happens.
DREBIN' (45:34)
Yeah. Well,
we'll see what happens. Thank you for listening. Please remember to rate, review and subscribe. share this with your dad who loves the naked gun and tell them to go see the new movie. Take your, take your old man to see the movie. you know, life is short. Go watch a movie with your dad. Have a laugh. my mom is the one who showed me naked gun 53 and a half. I think that's the one that we watched.
Livdog (45:54)
That's right.
⁓
DREBIN' (46:02)
Which was very strange because as you know, I was
Livdog (46:02)
okay. Yeah.
DREBIN' (46:04)
extremely sheltered and she said, I don't know if it was with me or one of my other siblings, but she said that she watched it like the night before she gave birth to one of my siblings or me. So it has like good memories associated. But anyway, ⁓ our thank you to Walter Lyle for stitching together this episode. We had some technical difficulties, but we got through it. Cause we are a great team.
Livdog (46:15)
Okay.
Yeah.
Sorry Walter.
DREBIN' (46:31)
a little ⁓ little Pam and Liam action, if you will. And our next episode is...
Livdog (46:32)
That's right.
DREBIN' (46:42)
At 2 17 a.m. 17 children left their homes and they never came back. We are talking about weapons.
Livdog (46:42)
weapons.
going in the very opposite direction. Yes.
DREBIN' (46:55)
of Naked Gun. It's gonna be
a little upsetting.
Livdog (47:00)
think it's going to be a sobering film.
DREBIN' (47:04)
I think I'm not having a very good time watching weapons.
Or if you're a horror fan, I'm starting to have a pretty good time watching weapons.
Livdog (47:16)
I will not have a good time, I just know it.
DREBIN' (47:19)
Do you, okay, real quick, what's your game plan for viewing? Cause Walker and I are seeing it and do you remember Will Dane?
Livdog (47:27)
Why does my name sound familiar?
DREBIN' (47:29)
He is a UCA bear.
Livdog (47:32)
Go Bears! I remember all my bear brothers and sisters.
DREBIN' (47:33)
Go Bears. ⁓
my Bear Cub brothers and sisters. Will Dane was ⁓ in, he is a year, he was a year ahead of me and he graduated from the geography department with me and he and Walker and I are seeing it together. So very excited.
Livdog (47:40)
My beard got really in the way.
Okay. Okay.
I
wasn't going go see it with my friends. She, however, is out of this weekend. So I'm probably going go see it by myself, which is not great. But I'm going to go see it Saturday. And then Saturday night, I'm going to go see Freaky or Friday with my mom and some friends. So that'll be a nice little nightcap to chill me out.
DREBIN' (48:08)
Nice. Nice.
There you go. I give you permission to like, if you start getting anxious during our weapons episode, you can just cold say, in this really funny moment in Free Career Friday, da da da da da.
Livdog (48:23)
Yeah,
I might.
DREBIN' (48:28)
I have no affiliation, I've never seen Freaky Friday. ⁓ It's me, what do expect?
Livdog (48:34)
I
mean, I know, but it just hurts. just, it's fine. Anyway, go ahead.
DREBIN' (48:39)
You know
what made me want to see it? Is when I realized that Julia Butters is in it because she is funny. She's like, she's, think she's playing Lindsay Lohan's daughter. And she was one of ⁓ the sisters in Fableman's and she's in this hilarious episode of I think you should leave where she plays a girl talking about like it's a crazy riff on
players and getting your ears pierced and she ends up like pretending like she's smoking a massive cigar and she is really, I was like who is this kid? This kid is really really funny. So anyway she's in Freakier Friday so you're all the better for it.
Livdog (49:10)
huh. Yeah.
Yeah, yeah,
I am excited for it. I don't know if it'll be great, but I'm going to enjoy it nonetheless because I love Baby Friday. So, oh, yes, I do know who Julie about it is. She is really funny. She was in a show. I want to make sure it's her. Yeah, she was in a show called American Housewife and it was a sitcom and it was just about
family in the suburbs of America and it's so so fun. plays the youngest kid. She's awesome in it. Anyway, well yeah, yeah I am a fan of her. She's great. So I'm excited to hear this. Anyway, so we're covering weapons next.
DREBIN' (49:59)
Nice.
Well, we got
weapons in Freakier Friday doubleheader. Just kidding. Mostly weapons, a little bit Freakier Friday. When things get too heavy. Walter will not be seeing weapons. Yep. ⁓
Livdog (50:16)
We'll see. That's It will not. So it be another
Liv and Isaac episode. Nope.
DREBIN' (50:26)
Yep, so
get ready. Bye.
Livdog (50:31)
Bye!