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Leslie Nielsen has died
« on: November 29, 2010, 02:21:01 PM »
CANADIAN actor Leslie Nielsen, most famous for his comedy movies such as Flying High! (Airplane!) and The Naked Gun, has died aged 84, Canadian Manitoba radio station CJOB reported.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/comedy-legend-leslie-nielsen-dead-aged-84/story-e6frf96f-1225962710581

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Re: Leslie Nielsen has died
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2010, 02:52:51 PM »
Surely he Can't be dead... (anyone know the next line?)


RIP Leslie. You gave me a heap of laughs over the years from Flying High and Police squad to the Naked Gun series. You will be missed
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Re: Leslie Nielsen has died
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2010, 02:53:48 PM »
Surely he Can't be dead... (anyone know the next line?)

He is dead, and don't call me Shirley  :lol
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Re: Leslie Nielsen has died
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2010, 03:11:02 PM »
RIP you funny old bastard

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Re: Leslie Nielsen has died
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2010, 04:27:06 PM »
Surely he Can't be dead... (anyone know the next line?)

He is dead, and don't call me Shirley  :lol

Good one Wayne! I knew you'd be quick on that one.  :thumbsup

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Re: Leslie Nielsen has died
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2010, 04:34:01 PM »
RIP Leslie Nielson

So many laughs - who could forget him Bea Arthur and Estelle Getty in the Golden Girls swapping one liners 20 odd years ago


IMHO: not a great comedic actor


Simply he was a GREAT actor
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Re: Leslie Nielsen has died
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2010, 04:58:08 PM »
A couple of his lesser known roles were as "Buzz" Brighton, the ring-banging Colonel in M*A*S*H, who Hawkeye and Trapper conspired to keep in hospital because of his troops high mortality rate on the battlefield.

And in a non-comedic role he played one of the astronauts in the 1950's Sci-Fi adventure "Forbidden Planet" (that's the one with Robbie the robot.)

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Re: Leslie Nielsen has died
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2010, 03:18:11 PM »
"Nice beaver"-Leslie Nielson (Naked gun).
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Re: Leslie Nielsen has died
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2010, 05:16:54 PM »
I watched Flying High last night again and laughed all the way through. My favourite line:

Ted Striker: I flew single engine fighters in the Air Force, but this plane has four engines. It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether.
Rumack, Randy: [together] It's an entirely different kind of flying.

One I didn't really get:

Rumack: What was it we had for dinner tonight?
Elaine Dickinson: Well, we had a choice of steak or fish.
Rumack: Yes, yes, I remember, I had lasagna.

Don't understand the punchline, maybe I am extremely stupid, what is funny about that?