RIP I didn’t know he was sick.
I love the Naked Gun movies. They should have made Naked Gun 444 and a 1/4. A recast Nordberg (”You look different Nordberg, you didn’t used to look like Omar Epps did you?”) could have been falsely accused of spousicide.
Robert Blake would’ve been an excellent replacement for O.J.’s character.
Did they make a “you look different, Nordberg?” joke in the first Naked Gun movie? On the TV show (Police Squad), Nordberg was played by a gigantic white guy whose face we never saw.
How ‘bout a Naked Gun sequel with both OJ and Robert Blake in it?
RaccoonRadio might also remember this, but David Zucker was on the Howie Carr Show ~2/3 years ago talking about a movie he was making and politics and Zucker said Frank Drebbin was not of the same political viewpoints as he was (since Zucker converted to the “Right” side, I take it Frank Drebbin was a lefty in real life).
Still, he's one of the very few lefties who's work I supported and enjoyed. RIP!