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A "Columbo/Naked Gun" crossover?

posted 2 years ago by GolfnGuitars (2897)
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I re-watched one of the "Columbo" episodes today with Leslie Nielsen in it (1:5 "Lady In Waiting"...one of the better Columbo episodes, IMO). It is so funny to me to watch him as a serious actor now...I kept waiting for Lt. Frank Drebin to do something really stupid at some point! 😃

I'm sure someone already suggested this...but how I wish there had been a crossover "Columbo/Naked Gun" episode, where Columbo and Drebin would somehow work together on a case. I think it would have been hysterical...Columbo could do his, "Just one more thing..." questioning. And then Leslie Nielsen could do his (something totally irrelevant and ridiculous).

I think this would've been "comedy gold." It's too bad that it never got to happen.

[–] davebuffalo (3456) 2 years ago

Yeah I have a hard time watching Leslie Nielsen in anything serious, because my first exposure to him was in Airplane!, Police Squad!, and Naked Gun. In serious roles, I keep waiting for him to say something goofy.

[–] GolfnGuitars (2897) 2 years ago

It's funny how he was so well-regarded as a "serious actor" for so much of his career. I still crack up to this day watching "Airplane" and the "Naked Gun" movies. I think pairing him with Columbo for an episode would've been hysterical! 😃

[–] Ismailov (160) 2 years ago

The irony is that Nielsen being in Airplane was supposed to be a joke in itself, because he was so firmly known for serious film roles. But nowadays most people don't even realize he was anything other than a comedic actor.

[–] davebuffalo (3456) 2 years ago

Go look for "Columbo meet Alias" on YouTube and you'll see Peter Falk doing a hilarious cameo parody of himself.

[–] mikethemartian (6719) 2 years ago

It is sort of the same thing as watching James Best in all the serious dramatic roles he played in before The Dukes of Hazzard. I just knew him as Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane growing up. It was until I was older that I saw him in all his great dramatic roles such as in Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone.

[–] MaximRecoil (4615) 4 months ago

I'm the same way with James Best. Even in his old serious roles, I still see and hear Rosco and it makes me laugh despite him not doing anything comedic.

I'm that way with David Rasche too (AKA: Inspector Sledge Hammer); he was in the Columbo episode A Trace of Murder (1997).