Police Squad!

After the success of Airplane! (1980), Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers were hired to create this spoof of old cop shows like M Squad (1957-1960), where we follow detective…

Scary MoVie 

Jody and Dan Sanders (Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex) reluctantly agree to take care of a couple of feral children who are related to them, but that means also inviting "Mama"…

Airplane: Felled by Fish

Leslie Nielsen and Robert Hays. Photo: Paramount "Our survival hinges on one thing – finding someone who not only can fly this plane, but didn't have fish for dinner." A…

My Best Friend’s Wedding 

When Julianne Potter (Julia Roberts) finds out that her best friend, Michael O'Neil (Dermot Mulroney), is getting married, she realizes that she actually loves him and does everything to stop…

Scary Movie 4 

Cindy (Anna Faris) moves into a haunted house and familiarizes herself with the neighbor (Craig Bierko)... but then aliens attack Earth. Director David Zucker’s second stab at this franchise mainly…

The Naked Gun: Nursing a Legacy

O.J. Simpson, Leslie Nielsen and George Kennedy. Photo: Paramount It opens with a meeting where the most anti-American leaders of the world have congregated to discuss a major plot to…

Naked Gun 33 ⅓: The Final Insult 

Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen), the pride of the LAPD, has retired but is called back into action for an undercover assignment in a prison. This third chapter offers a few…

The Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear

Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) stumbles over a conspiracy hatched by powerful representatives of the oil, nuclear and coal industries. This sequel is quite similar to the 1988 original; Priscilla Presley’s…

Scary Movie 3

So, this is when they got rid of the Wayans brothers and hired the people who virtually created this genre, including David Zucker. Primarily, The Ring and Signs are spoofed,…