Special: The 'Naked Gun' Curse

Comedies are fun business, except when they are cursed. I'm sure you all know at least a little bit about the "Poltergeist" curse and "The Exorcist" curse from the media. A more curious one has come to light this year though.

The Curse of the Naked Gun Movies

For those who don't know, the Naked Gun movies were a spin-off of the sadly-unsuccessful Police Squad TV show with Leslie Nielsen. They made three movies and a fourth has pretty much been teased ever since. Only one small incident in 1994 has really stymied those ideas. Let's begin with the first victim...

Ricardo Montalban
He outlasted the curse for a while, but, tragically, died this year. He lived a long life full of fun, family and Planet of the Apes sequels. Interestingly enough, he is actually tied into another curse that I will cover later.

Robert Goulet
The lounge singer did some limited acting in his time. He is most famous to my generation as being parodied on SNL by Will Ferrel. Many years after being the villain in Naked Gun 2 and 1/2, he died as well.

Anna-Nicole Smith
The youngest of any of the curse's victims, she also starred in the most recent movie- Naked Gun 33 and 1/3. Incidentally, these are 'funny' titles, so don't think that I skipped 31 movies. She died in the last couple of years, right after her oldest son did. The curse is spreading!

So, three movies and three victims. All they have in common is playing villains in Leslie Nielsen movies. Maybe we had better keep an eye on Andy Griffith and Miguel Ferrer.

Well, that's it so far. I can't help but feel that I missed something...
Ah well, I'll think of it later. More curses coming in the future. Stay tuned...