Surely you can't be serious?

Sadly, I am serious...

http://www.tmz.com/2010/11/28/leslie-nielsen-dead-dies-naked-gun-police-squad-airplane/

Leslie Nielson is dead.

And don't call me Shirley.

Yeah, been seein' the updates all over Facebook. Is sad.

Man, that suxxors. He was always one of my favorite actors.

Wow, 84 yrs old.
In other news...still alive!

Stop calling me Shirley.

Roger, Roger. Whats our Vector, Victor?

So Billy, have you ever seen a grown man fully naked?

A hospital? What is it doctor?

A Great actor. The first movie I saw him in was "Mysterious Planet" I think that was the name.

Looks like I picked the wrong day to top sniffing glue.

Over Macho Grande?

Auto ADD wrote: A hospital? What is it?

It's a big building filled with patients, but that's not important right now.

My favorite exchange from Airplane!:

Joey: Wait a minute. I know you. You're Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. You play basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Roger Murdock: I'm sorry son, but you must have me confused with someone else. My name is Roger Murdock. I'm the co-pilot.
Joey: You are Kareem! I've seen you play. My dad's got season tickets.
Roger Murdock: I think you should go back to your seat now Joey. Right Clarence?
Captain Oveur: Nahhhhhh, he's not bothering anyone, let him stay here.
Roger Murdock: But just remember, my name is... [showing his nametag]
Roger Murdock: ROGER MURDOCK. I'm an airline pilot.
Joey: I think you're the greatest, but my dad says you don't work hard enough on defense. [Kareem's getting mad]
Joey: And he says that lots of times, you don't even run down court. And that you don't really try... except during the playoffs.
Roger Murdock: [breaking character] The hell I don't! LISTEN KID! I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I'm out there busting my buns every night. Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes.

I'd known her for years. We used to go to all the police functions together. Ah, how I loved her, but she had her music. I think she had her music. She'd hang out with the Chicago Male Chorus and Symphony. I don't recall her playing an instrument or being able to carry a tune. Yet she was on the road 300 days of the year. In fact, I bought her a harp for Christmas. She asked me what it was.

Auto ADD wrote: A hospital? What is it doctor? A Great actor. The first movie I saw him in was "Mysterious Planet" I think that was the name.

"Forbidden Planet."

...a hat, a broach, a pterodactyl!

It gets no better than that folks!

Sad day

Streetwiseguy wrote: Roger, Roger. Whats our Vector, Victor? So Billy, have you ever seen a grown man fully naked?

Actually, those were Peter Graves' lines, who, by the way, is also in the grave.

RTV ran an episode of Alfred Hitchcock last weekend where Leslie Nielsen played the father to THE ugliest child actor on the planet. And no, it wasn't a comedy. Thanks to "retro" networks, you can find Mr. Neilsen as a heavy, a leading/ladies man, well, pretty much any kind of role. A versatile actor, who will be missed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhyCL-ELRxg

Nice beaver!

I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.

integraguy wrote: RTV ran an episode of Alfred Hitchcock last weekend where Leslie Nielsen played the father to THE ugliest child actor on the planet. And no, it wasn't a comedy. Thanks to "retro" networks, you can find Mr. Neilsen as a heavy, a leading/ladies man, well, pretty much any kind of role. A versatile actor, who will be missed.

I was always under the impression that Abrahams/Zucker had decided to hire these great older actors (Nielson/Stack/Bridges) because they had often been in the real films that they were satirizing in the first place. Leslie was actually the Captain of the ship in the original "The Posiedon Adventure"! IMO, it made Airplane! funnier to have the real guys hanging around..and of course, it gave these great guys another generation of fans.

The man will definitely be missed.

What is this? Some kind of bust?
Well... it's very impressive, yes, but we need to ask you a few questions. ...

He was my favorite actor. I will miss him and his antics.

And stop calling me Shirley.

jstein77 wrote:

Streetwiseguy wrote: Roger, Roger. Whats our Vector, Victor? So Billy, have you ever seen a grown man fully naked?

Actually, those were Peter Graves' lines, who, by the way, is also in the grave.

I knew that....or at least I used to.

The part of Airplane! that cracked me up the most was the nun saying she 'speaks jive'.

Billy have you ever been in a turkish bath house?

I miss him all ready...