Before Police Squad! (1982) there was Airplane! (1980). Mark, Mike, and Chris talk about the ZAZ team's directorial debut, and their first team-up with Leslie Nielsen, in this hilarious send-up of disaster flicks. Using the bones of Zero Hour (1957) and their "15 Rules of Comedy" ZAZ and Co. fill the screen with sight gags, puns, and parody that holds up to this day.

Before Police Squad! (1982) there was Airplane! (1980). Mark, Mike, and Chris talk about the ZAZ team's directorial debut, and their first team-up with Leslie Nielsen, in this hilarious send-up of disaster flicks. Using the bones of Zero Hour (1957) and their "15 Rules of Comedy" ZAZ and Co. fill the screen with sight gags, puns, and parody that holds up to this day.

Episode 00: Airplane! (1980)

Mark Begley (Wake Up Heavy), Chris Stachiw (The Kulturecast), and Mike White (The Projection Booth) look at the short-lived show that some consider "too funny for TV", Police Squad! It's a police procedural starring Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin and Alan North as Cpt. Ed Hocken. We look at the evolution of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker style of comedy from Airplane! to Naked Gun 33 1/3 in this special podcast series.

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Mark Begley (Wake Up Heavy), Chris Stachiw (The Kulturecast), and Mike White (The Projection Booth) look at the short-lived show that some consider "too funny for TV", Police Squad! It's a police procedural starring Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin and Alan North as Cpt. Ed Hocken. We look at the evolution of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker style of comedy from Airplane! to Naked Gun 33 1/3 in this special podcast series.

Mark Begley (Wake Up Heavy), Chris Stachiw (The Kulturecast), and Mike White (The Projection Booth) look at the short-lived show that some consider "too funny for TV", Police Squad! It's a police procedural starring Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin and Alan North as Cpt. Ed Hocken. We look at the evolution of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker style of comedy from Airplane! to Naked Gun 33 1/3 in this special podcast series.

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