Paul Hutton, Distinguished Professor
By: Paul Andrew Hutton 11/01/2008
Yes, I am the Doctor who delivers the baby in the final scene of Naked Gun 33 1/3. I went to Hollywood in 1991 when Sony Pictures bought the rights to my unwritten biography of Davy Crockett from the University of Oklahoma Press. David Zucker (Airplane, Top Secret, Naked Gun) had read my 1986 piece on Crockett in Texas Monthly and wanted to base a script on my biography. This turned into a two-year tour of duty in fantasyland that resulted in me cowriting the screenplay with Zucker and Bob Locash. While writing, Zucker was also shooting the final Naked Gun and cast me as the doctor in the final scene with Leslie Nielsen and O.J. Simpson.
Sony Pictures paid us a lot of money for our Crockett screenplay (which really was superb), but when they could not attach a big enough star (Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks were approached), the project languished. Zucker still hopes to resurrect it. Although the film was not made, I was given incredible on-the-job training as a screenwriter by a master of the craft. This proved invaluable when I later turned to TV writing and to writing the screenplay for Mickey Free.
The hardest part of working with BBB was not strangling him.
Paul Hutton, Distinguished Professor
Paul Hutton is a Distinguished Professor of History at the University of New Mexico, as well as Executive Director of the Western Writers of America.
Comments (7)
I forgot to add that you are correct,the Searchers is the best Western Movie ever done.
between you and robert utley are my favorite authors on western american history.
Absolutely love you! I have watched you many times and hope to see more of you. Saw you last night on the PBS show about Wyatt Earp. Brilliant!
You rock history !!!
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have seen you many times on history and discovery channels. you are brillant and i love listening to you.
Have seen you many times on history and discovery channels. You are brillant and i love listening to you. Hope to see you on many shows in the future.
we just saw you on the discovery channel,custers last stand,love u.s. history.hope to visit the battle site some day.
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