From the Files of Police Squad‪!‬ Weirding Way Media

We have finally reached the end (until the reboot comes out, at least) of our journey with Lt. Frank Drebin of Police Squad! with Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994). And oh what a journey it has been. The boys are back in L.A. (did they ever really leave?) with mostly new jokes and a new villain, played by Fred Ward. The plot, such as it is, is even hinkier than the previous two entries but now we've got Anna Nicole Smith thrown into the mix. That subtitle is looking particularly on the nose when all's said and done. Enjoy!

We're back and so's the Police Squad gang! But now they're in Washington, D.C.? Sure! Chris, Mike, and Mark get a big ol' whiff of the smell of fear when Drebin and team must foil a plot to destroy the EPA. Priscilla Presley is back along with a host of ecological baddies including Lloyd Bochner, Tim O'Connor, Peter Mark Richman, and Robert Goulet.

It's six years after Police Squad! was unceremoniously canceled but you can't keep a good man down! Frank Drebin is back, as are Capt. Ed Hocken (now played by George Kennedy), Mr. Olson (still play by Ed Williams) and Nordberg (now played by O.J. Simpson, oof). Mike, Mark, and Chris get into the Naked Gun series where things seem very similar, yet also very different from PS. Drebin and team must foil a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II at a baseball game. Also with Priscilla Presley and Ricardo Montalban.

Mark, Chris, and Mike reach the end of the show with, "Dead Men Don't Laugh," aka, "Testimony of Evil." Joe Dante is back in the director's chair, but neither he nor Dick Miller can save this episode.

If you like watching Leslie Nielsen ham it up, then this is the episode for you. We also talk about the script for the unproduced seventh episode, "Testimony of Terror," and how it relates (and doesn't) to the show and the film Top Secret.

On that note, there will be no new episode next week, instead head on over to The Projection Booth where the boys will be talking about Top Secret! We will back March 1 with our episode on the first Naked Gun film.

On this entry Mike, Mark, and Chris take a stab at the fifth episode (though aired third), "A Bird in the Hand," aka, "The Butler Did It." Nordberg is properly introduced, which, along with the Epilogue Gag, makes the out-of-order airing of episodes both apparent and confusing. Georg Stanford Brown returns to the show, but this time takes the director's chair. Unfortunately, at least for your hosts, we're starting to see the show lose some steam and abandon some of its own formal rules.

Mike, Chris, and Mark tackle episode four, "Revenge and Remorse," aka, "The Guilty Alibi." William Shatner doesn't make it past the credits, and Dr. Joyce Brothers hits Johnny up for advice on the Cinderell Complex. This episode is rife with literalisms, visual gags, and weird touches, and may be the last really strong episode of the series.