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(1988) 'm sure we can discuss these movies just like the responsible adults that we are. Isn't that right, mr poopy pants?!
These movies are a "quote a minute", hysterical satire on life as an LA police officer.
Originally a short lived TV series (Police squad), The Zucker's did for the Police world what they did with airports in the movie Airplane.
These movies have it all: good writing, great acting, biting comedy and of course, Leslie Nielsen.
It's the over the top things and the subtle things that make these movies so great.
In every scene, look around the room and you'll see dinosaur shadows, crazy street signs, and other things that add to the brilliance of the films.
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'Weird Al' Yankovic appears in all 3 movies??
Vincent Ludwig's (Ricaardo Montalban) secretary is none other than the director's Mother..! She's in most of the Zucker movies. -Thanks to Akira
During the first couple minutes of the movie, O.J. Simpson is sneaking around on a dock with a highly sensitive microphone to hear conversations on the "I Love You" ship. At one point, Simpson stops beside an electrical box with the name "Al Larson" stenciled on it. Dr. Al Larson was a college professor at Clarion University of Pennsylvania (now retired). One of his students had placed the prof's name there to honor him. Dr. Larson was one of my professors during the time the movie came out. -Thanks to Alan Freed
In the movie, when HM the Queen is entering the baseball ground the National Anthem is played, but the Queen keeps walking. She always stands still (and to attention) when the anthem is played. -Thanks to Stephen Jepson
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| | | In the scene when Frank says "everywhere I look something reminds me of her," then they show two huge buildings that have the shape of breasts. That is actually in an area close to San Diego, not near Los Angeles. When I was on vacation in Cali when I was 12, I was sleeping in the back of the car. I happened to wake up right as we were passing by that and thought to myself 'holy sh*t it's Drebin's wife's breasts!' [Thanks to boy-z]
The "ex-wife rememberance" is at the nuclear power plant in San Onofre, California (just south of San Clemente... 30-45 minutes north of San Diego, 1 hour or so south of Los Angeles).
Although the then-California Angels are the host team, the stadium used in the film is actually Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The Angels play at Edison Field in Anaheim (then it was simply Anaheim Stadium or the big "A"). [Thanks to Raj Mehta]
At the beginning of the baseball game scene, there is a brief shot of the stadium from the left field seats looking toward home plate. It only lasts about three or four seconds, but you will notice the press boxes hanging down from the upper deck rafters and the brick wall running along the playing surface. It's a shot taken at Wrigley Field in Chicago. [Thanks to Ken]
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The song "I Love L.A.", written by Randy Newman and played during the baseball game at the end, is still played at L.A. Laker games immediately AFTER the Lakers have won. The song used to be played during the game when the Lakers seemingly had the victory "in the bag", signifying that the game was essentially over, but the Lakers actually lost a game after the song was played. The powers that be felt that playing the song during the game was too presumptious/overconfident. -Thanks to Raj Mehta
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