bbb Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Airplane is my favorite comedy ever - IIRC, he had been a serious actor before that and became a comedic revelation: RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster4324 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Airplane is my favorite comedy ever - IIRC, he had been a serious actor before that and became a comedic revelation: RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Surely this man deserves to RIP... ...And don't call me Shirley! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandemonium Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 (edited) Surely you can't be serious? dangit Corp, beat me to it! RIP Edited November 29, 2010 by Chandemonium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Well, doctors did say he had a 50/50 chance, although there was only a 10 percent chance of that. But that'll happen when you're in the intensive care ward at Our Lady of the Worthless Miracle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 Surely this man deserves to RIP... ...And don't call me Shirley! LOL!! A fitting tribute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 (edited) I was wondering who was going to die when Stern was on vacation! Surely, he was one of the greatest comedy actors of the generation Edited November 29, 2010 by jboyst62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffal0 Bill5 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 (In my best Cliff Claven) One little known fact about Leslie Nielsen, is that he was the voiceover guy for a bunch of the educational films we used to watch in achool back in the 70's/80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Passed? He should have stuck to the ground game. RIP to a class act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Surely, he will be remembered for "Airplane!" & The Naked Gun series? Yet let's not forget his turn as Commander J.J. Adams in "Forbidden Planet", or playing Debbie Reynolds' love interest in "Tammy and the Bachelor". RIP, and thank you for the good memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Wow, this is really sad news. It's staggering to think of how many times he must have made people laugh during his life. RIP, Leslie...thanks for everything! PS. I sure hope Jesus speaks Jive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 (edited) Complications from pneumonia??? That's no way to die... “A parachute not opening… that’s a way to die. Getting caught in the gears of a combine… having your nuts bit off by a Laplander, that’s the way I wanna go!” - Lt. Frank Drebin From his NY Times obit - In keeping with his adopted comic persona, when Mr. Nielsen in 1993 published an autobiography, “Naked Truth,” it was one that cheerfully, blatantly fabricated events in his life. They included two Academy Awards, an affair with Elizabeth Taylor and a stay at a rehabilitation center, battling dopey-joke addiction. link Hard to imagine anyone not liking his style of comedy - I thought the short-lived ' Police Squad ' TV-series (the basis for the Naked Gun movies) was some of the funniest and most clever comedy ever. Leslie Nielsen’s Genius Extended Far Beyond Silly Gags RIP, Drebin. Edited November 29, 2010 by The Senator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConradDobler Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 A bit of trivia: Christopher Lee was offered the role of Dr. Rumack (Airplane) before Leslie Neilsen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 And the last thing he said to me, "Doc," he said, "Sometime when the crew is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they've got and win just one for the Zipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Doc," he said, "but I won't smell too good. That's for sure." -Dr Rumack, Airplane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 LOL!! A fitting tribute! Agreed May he RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justnzane Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 "Over Oveur Roger Roger" Surely, the flight of Leslie Nielsen's life was entertaining and long. He truly deserves a RIP and don't call me shirley 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 A bit of trivia: Christopher Lee was offered the role of Dr. Rumack (Airplane) before Leslie Neilsen. Wow, the kung fu guy would not have been nearly as funny in delivering those lines. RIP Well, I don't have anything to say, you've done the best you could. You really have, the best you could. You can't expect to win em all. But, I want to tell you something I've kept to myself through these years. I was in the war myself, medical corps. I was on late duty one night when they brought in a badly wounded pilot from one of the raids. He could barely talk. He looked at me and said, "The odds were against us up there, but we went in anyway, I'm glad the Captain made the right decision." The pilot's name was George Zip. Ted Striker: George Zip said that? Rumack: The last thing he said to me, "Doc," he said, "some time when the crew is up against it, and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to get out there and give it all they got and win just one for the Zipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Doc," he said, "but I won't smell too good, that's for sure." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBud Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Heaven just got a bit funnier. Godspeed Leslie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Thank you for making me laugh! You will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyemike Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 RIP Mr. Nielsen. One of my favorite actors ever. Did you know that his brother, Erik Nielsen, was a deputy prime minister in Canada from 1984-86? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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