Just heard that Leslie Neilsen - star of Airplane, Police Squad (in color) and Naked Gun has died.
He was a great comic actor and will be remembered for some great lines and impeccable timing.
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RIP Leslie Nielsen
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And all the funnier for playing it straight. Great that he had a second career lampooning the kind of characters he played the first time round...
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Heard this on the radio this morning. How great to have made the five words 'and don't call me Shirley' so recognisable?
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Nielsen standing at the foot of a ladder while watching a woman ascend "Nice Beaver" .....
"Yes" says she passing him down a stuffed beaver ....Posted 10 years ago # -
http://www.hecklerspray.com/top-10-leslie-nielsen-moments/201053554.php
Top ten according to hecklerspray
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I'm sorry to call at a time like this, Mrs Nielsen. I would have called earlier but your husband wasn't dead then.
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I remember saying that one of his films was the best/funniest I had ever seen ,gave me and others lots of laughs
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Even loved by my 10yr old. The guy made slapstick cool.
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"That 45 Magnum you sent to ballistics - you were right (pause) - it's a gun".
Priceless.Posted 10 years ago # -
Oddly enough, he was the original straight acting matinee idol for most of his career. The gift for dumb deadpan was only discovered late on. Sad that Police Squad, his best, only got one series.
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One I read today .
He died in a blimp
Goodyearno ,the worst
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