King of comedy: 1988 'Naked Gun' tops list of 100 funniest flicks



Wait … it’s not over yet?

This critic enjoyed “Wicked: For Good” better than some, but at the very least, it’s comforting to know the saga is over after two gargantuan films.

"I’m going to change the channel. … I am gonna do my own research like I’ve done with everything my entire life. I’m gonna listen to other voices."

Or is it?

“There are things under way," Universal Pictures’ chief marketing officer, Michael Moses, told Vulture regarding more “Wicked” stories. That’s what happens when a film makes $147 million stateside in just one weekend despite the rickety nature of the theatrical market.

“The Scarecrow’s Revenge”? “It Ain’t Easy Being Green (Like Elphaba)”?

“Toto: The Movie”?

The mind reels. The turnstiles will keep spinning until this franchise has been squeezed dry …

Number one with a bullet

Enrico Pallazzo, call your agent.

Variety magazine trumpeted the 100 greatest comedies of all time last week. Listicles remain subjective, but any list leaving out “Raising Arizona,” “There’s Something About Mary,” “Beverly Hills Cop,” and “Animal House” is suspect beyond belief.

Except its number-one selection.

The 1988 parody “The Naked Gun” scored top honors, a tribute to sanity and the enduring genius of director/co-writer David Zucker.

Leslie Nielsen’s pitch-perfect comedy remains as good as it was on opening day 37 years ago. Who could forget Nielsen belting out the national anthem, pretending to be a world-famous opera singer?

The legacy media has reached the broken-clock stage. Twice a day it gets something right …

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Fake blues

First country, now Christian music?

A few weeks ago, the number-one country song on the Billboard genre chart came from … a computer. The AI-generated Breaking Rust band did the honors, courtesy of “Walk My Walk.”

Now, it’s happening again.

Solomon Ray’s EP “A Soulful Christmas” hit the top spot on iTunes’ 100 Christian and Gospel Albums chart. And, you guessed it, Ray shares something in common with “It” actress Tilly Norwood.

Both exist only in AI.

What’s next? Why should Hollywood shell out millions making a new “Running Man” movie, which flopped in spectacular fashion just days ago, if movie makers could just feed the 1987 original into a computer and spit out a remake?

The film’s hero, Ben Richards, said he would be back in the first film, but he didn’t specify how …

Et tu, David?

We’re lucky David Letterman signed off “The Late Show” in 2015. Had he still ruled the CBS show, his TDS might be worse than Stephen Colbert’s or Jimmy Kimmel’s … combined.

Letterman is running defense for far-left host Seth Meyers after President Donald Trump shredded the “Late Night" star on social media.

Letterman dubbed President Trump a “dictator” and broke out the hyperbole machine in the process.

“It’s like 18 times the worst behavior one has witnessed ever anywhere. Think of the worst thing that you’ve ever seen humans accomplish. This is so much worse.”

Forget serial killers. Nazi strongmen. Communist leaders who starved millions without batting an eye. Trump is worse by nearly 20 times.

Boy, Letterman would fit right into today’s late-night landscape …

Sheen the light

Talk about a change of heart.

Troubled star Charlie Sheen wanted the very worst for President Donald Trump during the real estate mogul’s first term. He Tweeted “Trump next, please” six times in the wake of singer George Michael’s shocking 2016 death.

Now, Sheen is on a comeback tour, both professionally and personally. He’s clean, sober, and willing to make amends. And he’s chatting with plenty of right-leaning interviewers as part of the process. He explained to SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly how expanding his news feed made him see things in a different light.

“I’m going to conduct an experiment. Literally, I’m going to change the channel. I'm gonna do my own research like I’ve done with everything my entire life. I’m gonna listen to other voices. I’m gonna explore just hearing both sides of the g*****n story, you know?”

What happened next?

“Some of the stuff I'd bought into, and some other stuff I was worshipping, and some of the people I was hating because I was told I was supposed to hate them.”

He even suggested that he didn’t vote for Trump last year but wishes he could have a do-over. He went from “winning” to “red-pilling” before our eyes …

Leave 'Home' alone

How about we don’t but say we did?

“Home Alone” star Macaulay Culkin knows Hollywood loves nothing more than sequels. So he has come up with a plan for a novel “Home Alone” extension for his Kevin McCallister character. Sure, we’ve already seen him get “Lost in New York” before getting replaced by younger stars for four “Home Alone” films.

Now, it’s Kevin Jr.’s turn.

“I’m either a widower or a divorcee. I’m raising a kid and all that stuff. I’m working really hard and I’m not really paying enough attention, and the kid is kind of getting miffed at me — and then I get locked out.”

The lad decides against letting Daddy in. Next, instead of the Wet Bandits causing our hero mayhem, it is Kevin’s own son creating those devious traps for Daddy.

Maybe it’s best to leave this franchise alone, no?

Colbert gets canceled — by CBS, not conservatives



Stephen Colbert has been vaporized, canceled by CBS. Donald Trump is celebrating. Liberal Hollywood is outraged! Regular folks don't care.

Goodnight, everybody!

New ownership at CBS is looming, and Skydance Media evidently doesn’t want a leftist pep rally every night.

But not so fast. This is a fascinating story when you examine the power angle. The once-dominant network television media is completely falling apart. According to the Nielsen folks, fewer than 20% of Americans now watch any network programming. Why? Because it’s largely boring, and traditional Americans resent the liberal culture the networks embrace all day and all night. Woke on parade. Political correctness run amok.

I have a unique vantage point here. Because of my bestselling books and controversial demeanor in general, I have appeared on late-night shows an astonishing 75 times. I know all these guys and the world they inhabit.

Colbert basically committed performance suicide. When he took over for David Letterman 10 years ago, he was coming off the red-hot satire of Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” and his own “Colbert Report.” Yes, the boys were left-handed pitchers, but they tamped down the malice — at least somewhat. I had a lot of laughs debating Stewart.

Over the past five years, Stephen Colbert has lost more than one million viewers; his numbers descended to just above two million households daily. Profits crashed.

The primary reason for this runaway train is Colbert’s hatred for Trump and the MAGA brigades. Eighty million Americans voted for the president. Few of them can stomach Colbert’s schtick. Ideological zealotry at midnight can be tedious. The all-time king of late night, Johnny Carson, understood that. Old Johnny got his zingers in, but he rarely tried to demean anyone.

All the late-night hosts have talent. It’s impossible to do the job if you don't. Letterman was very quick and edgy. My debates with him are legendary, especially the one where he called me a thug but couldn’t back it up when I challenged him.

On my final appearance with Dave, his audience gave me a standing ovation.

Letterman was cranky but rarely displayed overt hatred. He invited me on 16 times and wrote me a gracious note after every appearance.

Jay Leno was essentially a stand-up comedian, not deeply invested in promoting politics. Same with Jimmy Fallon, although he understands the far-left culture at NBC. Remember the heat Fallon took when he good-naturedly messed up Donald Trump’s hair?

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Jimmy Kimmel has drifted into the political swamp mostly because he despises the president. I like Kimmel personally. But he’d be wise to spread the satire around. ABC will be the next place to purge extremists.

My old adversary, Stewart, a brilliant talent, has also succumbed somewhat to strident presentations. Although when I sparred with him last August, the mischievous glimmer was back, at least for a night.

So Stephen Colbert leaves the CBS stage. New ownership is looming, and Skydance Media evidently doesn’t want a leftist pep rally every night. Hollywood will take care of Colbert, so we will see him again.

I bet Donald Trump can’t wait.

Editor’s note: A version of this article appeared originally at billoreilly.com.

USA Today defends Simone Biles in Riley Gaines feud



Former swimmer Riley Gaines has proven herself to be a fierce advocate for women in sports, and her reaction to a Minnesota high school softball team’s championship win sparked a massive debate on social media.

Gaines alleged the transgender pitcher, Marissa Rothenberger, gave the team an unfair advantage.

Olympic gymnast Simone Biles doesn’t share Gaines’ concern.

“@Riley_Gaines_ You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight-up sore loser,” Biles wrote in a post on X. “You should be uplifting the trans community and perhaps finding a way to make sports inclusive OR creating a new avenue where trans feel safe in sports. Maybe a transgender category IN ALL sports!!”


“But instead ... You bully them ... One thing’s for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around,” she added.

“This is actually so disappointing. It's not my job or the job of any woman to figure out how to include men in our spaces. You can uplift men stealing championships in women's sports with YOUR platform. Men don't belong in women's sports and I say that with my full chest,” Gaines responded.

USA Today appears to be taking Biles' side in the debate, with one of its columnists Nancy Armour defending Biles, claiming in an opinion piece that there’s “no scientific evidence that transgender women athletes have a physical advantage over cisgender women athletes.”

And while the statement appears silly to anyone who understands the very real difference of strength between men and women, very few important voices are willing to die on that hill in the midst of cancel culture.

Which is why it was over a decade ago that Serena Williams publicly admitted to the difference.

“Men’s tennis and women’s tennis are completely almost two separate sports. So like if I were to play Andy Murray, I would lose 6-0, 6-0, in five to six minutes, maybe 10 minutes,” Williams said on the "Late Show with David Letterman" in 2013. “The men are a lot faster, and they serve hotter, they hit harder. It’s just a different game.”

BlazeTV host Pat Gray is shocked to hear it from Williams.

“That is from the number one women’s player in the world,” Gray says on “Pat Gray Unleashed.” “And she knows all of that because she got beat by the 203rd ranked man in the world when she was at the top of her game.”

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