Friday night at the movies: Naked Gun’s box office success is great for comedy, but it’s no joke trying to make a cinema audience laugh

Host Nazirul Asrar has just enjoyed a bit of slapstick with Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson on the big screen. The Naked Gun boasts solid critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb and is close to doubling its budget at the box office. But will that trigger a comedy resurgence? Naz chats with co-host Neil Humphreys about the secrets of a comedy’s success and Neil explains why there will not be a long list of new comedies on the big screen.

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