ZAZY 3-Way

In this episode, we are spotlighting three of Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers most iconic comedies. They are:

Airplane!

The Naked Gun

Hot Shots!

Do you speak jive? Have you, at any point, told someone not to call you Shirley? Then grab your inflatable co-pilot, check your cholesterol, and let’s crown the king of the spoof movie.

BRAD’S GOLDEN IDOLS

1. Best Location: Airplane Airplane

2. Best Character: TNG Frank Drebin

3. Best Kill/Death/Defeat: TNG Nordberg is probably the most abused man in spoof cinema

4. Best Score or Soundtrack: TNG Ira Newborn

5. Best Screenplay: Hot Shots Jim Abrahams & Pat Proft

6. Best Special Achievement: Airplane The Spoof Casting Achievement!

7. Best Scene: Airplane Saturday Night Fever Spoof

8. Defining Moment/Attribute/MVP: Airplane Don’t call me Shirley

9. Best Director: Hot Shots Jim Abrahams

10. Wildcard: TIE Airplane, Hot Shots & TNG The Spoof Holy Trinity Award

11. WTF: Hot Shots Lloyd Bridges character reminds me of Joe Biden

12. Worst Picture: Airplane!

13. Best Picture: Hot Shots!

Total after deductions:

• Airplane!: 4

• Hot Shots: 4

• TNG: 4

KYLE’S GOLDEN IDOLS

1. Best Location: Hot Shots Airforce Ship

2. Best Character: TNG Frank Drebin

3. Best Kill/Death/Defeat: Airplane Otto Pilot

4. Best Score or Soundtrack: Hot Shots Sylvester Levay

5. Best Screenplay: TNG Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Pat Proft

6. Best Special Achievement: TIE TNG & Airplane Changing Nielson

7. Best Scene: TNG Baseball game

8. Defining Moment/Attribute/MVP: Hot Shots & Airplane Lloyd Bridges

9. Best Director: TNG David Zucker

10. Wildcard: Airplane Best Use of an Athlete Award

11. WTF: TNG OJ not as involved as I remember

12. Worst Picture: Hot Shots!

13. Best Picture: The Naked Gun!

Total after deductions:

• Airplane!: 4

• Hot Shots: 2

• TNG: 6

RYAN’S GOLDEN IDOLS

1. Best Location: Airplane Airplane

2. Best Character: TNG Frank Drebin

3. Best Kill/Death/Defeat: TNG Nordberg

4. Best Score or Soundtrack: TNG Ira Newborn

5. Best Screenplay: TNG Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Pat Proft

6. Best Special Achievement: Hot Shots Charlie Sheen becoming a face of the spoof genre

7. Best Scene: Hot Shots Hospital surgeon scene

8. Defining Moment/Attribute/MVP: Hot Shots Dead Meat and his wife foreshadowing his death

9. Best Director: Hot Shots Jim Abrahams

10. Wildcard: Hot Shots Casting Award

11. WTF: Airplane The pilot and the little boy

12. Worst Picture: Airplane!

13. Best Picture: TIE TNG & Hot Shots

Total after deductions:

• Airplane!: Negative One

• Hot Shots: 6

• TNG: 5

NATHAN’S GOLDEN IDOLS

1. Best Location: Airplane O’Hare International Airport

2. Best Character: TNG Frank Drebin

3. Best Kill/Death/Defeat: TNG Vincent Ludwig is paralyzed with a dart, falls from the stadium, hit by a bus, steamrolled and a marching band walks over his dead body

4. Best Score or Soundtrack: RUBBER CHICKEN

5. Best Screenplay: TIE TNG & Airplane Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Pat Proft

6. Best Special Achievement: Airplane The Spoof Casting Achievement!

7. Best Scene: TNG Nordberg fails miserably

8. Defining Moment/Attribute/MVP: TNG Nice beaver

9. Best Director: Airplane Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams & David Zucker

10. Wildcard: Hot Shots The Charlie Sheen Award

11. WTF: TNG & Airplane The BASEketball inspiration award

12. Worst Picture: Hot Shots!

13. Best Picture: Airplane!

Total after deductions:

• Airplane!: 5

• Hot Shots!: 1

• TNG!: 5