We would have come earlier but your husband wasn't dead yet.

Allegedly Ed Helms wants to play Drebin in a sequel/reboot though thankfully it seems to be languishing.

https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Ed-Helms-Naked-Gun-Remake-Ma...

Ed Helms' continued employment is a true mystery which needs solving.

I misread that as "Ed Harris" and actually thought that'd be a good idea.

Honestly, you might be onto something. Leslie Nielsen's early success was because he used to be a dramatic actor and was the "straight man" in increasingly crazy circumstances. Then he later pivoted into pure comedy which lead to...less than optimal results.

Ah, that's the guy that made watching 'The Office' unbearable. I'm sorry (not really) but I'cant stand this guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDlhk6BFYwo

I feel like he isn't subtle enough and kinda mugs for the camera in his own way all the time.

I can't imagine it being the same without Leslie Nielsen.

So difficult for someone to follow that. You need someone with the gravitas of a serious actor but with the tiniest of glints in their eye, willing to send themselves up, has to have spot-on timing, and an ability to do slapstick. Closest kind of match I can think of is someone like Steve Carrell, but he's probably not straight enough. I think Nielsen fit that role more perfectly than anyone else possibly could.

Liam Neeson. Known for action/dramatic movies (much like Nielsen pre-airplane) and plays a great straight man.

Great call. He was absolutely hilarious in Life's Too Short: https://vimeo.com/141940661

Oh man I was thinking of him too. Just playing it straight with Police Squad lines.... hilarious.

The straight/sane man is the funniest, to me, character in any kind of comedy.

It wouldn't but that style of humor is sadly been missing for too long.

Time for someone to take a shot.

I just watched the Police Squad episodes a last month. I think they're very funny, but I must say the jokes become repetitious even within just 6 episodes.

I'm sure that style of humor allows more variety of jokes, but it seemed to me like that particular writing team reached its limits.