Our tribute to Leslie Nielsen concludes with the TV series that asked the question -- can the ZAZ comedy style work on television?

Freeze! It's *POLICE SQUAD! *(In Color)

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• Previously on IMMP: FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956)

The IMMP celebration of Leslie Nielsen continues with one of the greatest career pivots in Hollywood history. The shift that launched ten thousand jokes (per movie), and brought the Zucker-Abrams-Zucker era of comedy into the mainstream

It's 1980's AIRPLANE!

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2026 at the IMMP kicks off with a celebration of the stalwart, always watchable Leslie Nielsen as we approach the 100th anniversary of his birth. And what better place to start than his role as Commander Adams of the United Planets in the classic and influential science fiction take on Shakespear's The Tempest: FORBIDDEN PLANET.

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• Previously on IMMP: Irwin Allen’s THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE

The IMMP 2025 Holiday Road Trip continues with a tale of danger, intrigue, espionage, violence, regime change, and romance ... in the form of a movie for children.

A kid's movie from the mind of Ian Fleming.

It's the beloved Dick Van Dyke (Happy 100th Birthday, sir!) in CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG.

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• Previously on IMMP: THE GREAT RACE (1965)

It's time for the IMMP Holiday Road Trip! We begin with a drive from New York to Paris, as we follow Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood in Blake Edwards' THE GREAT RACE.

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Navaronevember continues! This episode Ian and Matthew discuss the long-delayed sequel to The Guns of Navarone, featuring our favorite characters from the original, played by brand new actors ... plus two significant new American characters. It's 1978's FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE.

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• Force 10 from Navarone (film) - Wikipedia

November kicks off with a first for the IMMP Podcast: A World War II movie!

In this 1961 classic, Gregory Peck and David Niven brave hostile terrain, German patrols and so, so many cigarettes to destroy THE GUNS OF NAVARONE

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Halloween Season 2025 continues with a Spielberg classic, directed by Tobe Hooper, of a suburban family strugging against an evil tree, a hungry closet, and a truly terrible choice of neighborhood. It's 1982's POLTERGEIST.

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• Poltergeist (1982 film) - Wikipedia

To kick off Halloween season 2025, Matthew and Ian talk about the classic ghost story THE UNINVITED, starring Ray Milland, Gail Russell and Ruth Hussey.

Along the way the discussion ventures into haunted families, finding the right tone in a horror movie, and a surprising connection between this 1944 film and THE MARTIAN.

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• The Uninvited (1944 film) - Wikipedia

Back to School month continues at the IMMP, as Ian and Matthew discuss the dark, surreal, and just plain weird Savage Steve Holland comedy BETTER OFF DEAD from 1985, starring John Cusak and Curtis Armstrong.

The 80s were a weird time.

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• Better Off Dead (film) - Wikipedia