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Key Takeaways:

The 1980s TV show Police Squad! lasted just six episodes but went on to inspire The Naked Gun movie franchise.

Comedian John Belushi was set to appear in a cameo for Police Squad! just before his tragic death in 1982.

Belushi’s cameo was cut in the wake of his sudden death and has never seen the light of day.

There are a few things you can reliably count on from a Naked Gun film: absurdist humor, deadpan delivery, and plenty of unexpected celebrity cameos.

In the original The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad , for example, Leslie Nielsen’s Detective Frank Drebin addresses a large crowd at an airport, only to discover that they’re not there for him at all, but rather, because “ Weird Al Yankovic is on the plane .” No surprise, then, t

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