the inspiration for the naked gun movie cast leslie nielsen who have only recently start do comedy a the incompetent but heroic frank drebin and always have to solve an absurd case . like airplane . and the movie base on the series and the humor relies on mel brook style spot gag and silly comment ( namely the yes it be remark ) and along with the fact that nielsen remain very serious despite the nonsense around him . and of course and the final frame and in which something keep move . it too bad that the show only have six episode . at least it spawn the movie . you can not go wrong with leslie nielsen in these sort of role . i suspect that they all have fun film it . really funny . before airplane . and leslie nielsen have star in movie like forbidden planet and harlow and the poseidon adventure . as late a 1987 he co star in nut alongside barbra streisand and richard dreyfus . but since the first naked gun movie it be all comedy all the time .