At a 40s-themed diner this morning, they started playing the theme to Police Squad/The Naked Gun, which is from the 80s but sounds retro. Guy at next table confidently tells his family, “Hey, that’s Duke Ellington!” www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bx2... - ThreadSky

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sepinwall.bsky.social • 230 days ago

At a 40s-themed diner this morning, they started playing the theme to Police Squad/The Naked Gun, which is from the 80s but sounds retro. Guy at next table confidently tells his family, “Hey, that’s Duke Ellington!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bx20cflBBk

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thelaundry.bsky.social•230 days ago

Wow, just looked up the budget for the first Naked Gun: $12 million.

andyramsey.bsky.social•230 days ago

Every penny on the screen, too! They got Reggie Jackson AND the Angels license!

brandonfig.bsky.social•230 days ago

I love it!

thinkingsideways.bsky.social•230 days ago

That could easily have been a scene in the show. OJ Simpson walks through a restaurant and an overconfident white dad tells his family, "Hey, that's Duke Ellington!"

It would have completely fit the vibe.

davidleheny.bsky.social•230 days ago

As a fan of the movie/show/theme but, properly, more of Ellington, I think it was your moral responsibility to humiliate him by telling his family the truth.

ri.oldfolkshome.org•230 days ago

Sounds retro for good reason :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f65xzJN9O18

davethomer.bsky.social•230 days ago

I appreciate you distinguishing the 80s from retro.

rchris.bsky.social•230 days ago

You should have told him it was Enrico Pollazzo.

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