Over the course of three motion pictures (adapted from a six-episode television series, Police Squad! ), the cast of the OG Naked Gun trilogy never let problems like Ricardo Montalban using mind control to make Reggie Jackson assassinate Queen Elizabeth give them any worries.

What made Leslie Nielsen so unique was that he played not to the audience, but against them. While everyone else mugged, he remained resolute

Leslie Nielsen for the part of Lt. Frank Drebin deserves a special place in the annals of brilliant casting choices. But why, exactly, Nielsen was so perfect for 1988’s “The