# Can someone explain this Naked Gun joke? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016 "2016-08-26T15:42:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/21 "2016-08-27T01:51:48Z")
Well, when I see five weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park, in full view of a hundred people, I shoot the bastards. That’s my policy. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/22 "2016-08-27T01:59:23Z")
Okay, fine … quotes be damned. This is some of the finest comedic work that Leslie Nielsen ever did. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i8PZFQz-qmo/hqdefault.jpg "Police Squad - Mrs. Twice") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8PZFQz-qmo) ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/23 "2016-08-27T02:14:58Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I took it to mean it was a conventional _wrist_ bracelet. How it “slipped down” to her ankle is left as an absurdist thought experiment for the viewer. This is what I always assumed it was, I’m kind of surprised there are other interpretations. I think people are over-thinking it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/24 "2016-08-27T03:56:06Z")
Anyone got a link to the Naked Gun joke video? I presume we don’t see the anklet, but I’d still like to see it for myself and see which explanation makes the most sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/25 "2016-08-27T04:17:50Z")
I hope all of you are watching _Angie Tribeca_. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/26 "2016-08-27T04:32:02Z")
My favorite joke in the original series was a sight gag. The cops went to a place called Club Flamingo. The club’s sign was an animated neon sign of a club hitting a flamingo over the head. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/27 "2016-08-27T06:03:26Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I’ll have a Black Russian… Surely that’s from _ **48 Hours** _. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/28 "2016-08-27T06:09:29Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I presume we don’t see the anklet, but I’d still like to see it for myself and see which explanation makes the most sense to me. We do see the anklet, and I always thought it was something worn on her genitalia as well. On the other hand (so to speak), she could be implying that it slid down from her wrist somehow, so I’m willing to grant that possibility. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/29 "2016-08-27T06:12:14Z")
Or maybe she just likes to wear her anklets up on her thighs (implying her legs are extremely thin). Who knows? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/30 "2016-08-27T06:36:50Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Surely that’s from _ **48 Hours** _. :dubious: [I’ll have a black Russian,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUwhnO-nTLo) (30 seconds in) And don’t call me Shirley! ---
**Author:** ![nate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nate/32/13085_2.png) [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/31 "2016-08-27T06:45:59Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > [I dont get this joke(Naked Gun) - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398870) > > I didn’t get it 10 years ago, still don’t. Wow… It didn’t even cross my mind to do a search to see if someone else had the same question. So I’m not the only one in the world having a question about a decades old movie’s joke that for some reason I think about from time to time. I feel vindicated! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/32 "2016-08-27T07:24:58Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I hope all of you are watching _Angie Tribeca_. Does anyone like that show? It’s like a failed SNL sketch that got caught in a lab accident and took on a life of its own. I can’t change the channel fast enough, commercials for it included. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/33 "2016-08-27T07:38:04Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Does anyone like that show? It’s like a failed SNL sketch that got caught in a lab accident and took on a life of its own. I can’t change the channel fast enough, commercials for it included. Lighten up. It’s just a TV show. It has its moments. Jeesh. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/34 "2016-08-27T07:45:33Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Does anyone like that show? I like it fine, that’s why I brought it up. Maybe the joke is stretching a bit thin at times, but it has moments of pure genius, and I could see it going for a third season. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/35 "2016-08-27T10:12:33Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Anyone got a link to the Naked Gun joke video? > > I presume we don’t see the anklet, but I’d still like to see it for myself and see which explanation makes the most sense to me. Youtube doesn’t seem to show the clip unfortunately but I did come across this: [https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080422182636AAWVsOX](https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080422182636AAWVsOX) I still think people are wrong, the ‘wrist bracelet’ interpretation fits in with the tone and silliness of the show, a garter or genital jewelry slipping down her leg? I don’t see how that’s funny at all. Its a different kind of humour altogether. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/36 "2016-08-27T10:23:48Z")
This appears to be [the real David Zucker’s Twitter account](https://twitter.com/TheDavidZucker), if you want to ask him. I suspect it’s an unreliable avenue, but what the heck. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/37 "2016-08-27T10:53:07Z")
An IUD or diaphragm? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/38 "2016-08-27T11:37:39Z")
> [@Disposable Hero](#): > > Its a different kind of humour altogether. Its a different kind of humour ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/39 "2016-08-27T12:23:06Z")
In real life, the only place to wear an anklet is on one’s ankle. The implication that Jane wears it somewhere else is funny by itself, regardless of what the somewhere else is (which is probably why they leave it to your imagination). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016/40 "2016-08-27T16:14:04Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Its a different kind of humour It’s a different kind of humor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-naked-gun-joke/764016.md?page=3)