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Surely the return of the Naked Gun is the time to remind everyone of three great parody movies (It is, but don't call me Shirley)

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Features by Graeme McMillan, Editor

Published on Wed Jul 30 2025

The return of The Naked Gun — complete with a new Frank Drebin, as Liam Neeson steps into the series as the son of Leslie Neilsen’s original — is a welcome return to some of the most wonderful, most stupid comedy ever seen on the big screen. Fantastically dedicated to pratfalls, puns, and sight gags, The Naked Gun series is consistently overlooked for how smart it is about being dumb, and how successful a parody of the old police procedural shows of the 1950s and ‘60s it really was. With a new Naked Gun on the way, it’s time to appreciate some other all-time great parodies, all of which we present for your consideration, of course.

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Graeme McMillan: Popverse Editor Graeme McMillan (he/him) has been writing about comics, culture, and comics culture on the internet for close to two decades at this point, which is terrifying to admit. He completely understands if you have problems understanding his accent.