Hatrack River Forum: R.I.P. Leslie Nielsen

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

You will be missed.

I always moaned and groaned my way thought most of his comedies, but I always watched them, most of them over and over again.

Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :

[Frown]

Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :

I guess he picked a bad day to give up living...

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Lisa:
I guess he picked a bad day to give up living...

I'll miss him. I laughed at his movies like crazy as a teenager, as an adult those same movies fell flat, but I appreciate his work.

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Lisa:
I guess he picked a bad day to give up living...

I am sure he would have appreciated that joke as well.

Posted by Darth_Mauve (Member # 4709) on :

No, Kwea, you should have said--"Surely he would have appreciated that joke as well."

And his ghost would have replied, "Yes I did, and quit calling me Shirley."

He was a good serious actor as well.

Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :

Looking at his IMDB page... he was in a boatload of TV shows in the 60s and 70s: There's just too many to list here.

Remember he also sank the Poseidon, killed a few people in Creepshow, and won the girl in Forbidden Planet.

He will be missed.

Posted by aeolusdallas (Member # 11455) on :

I loved him in all of his roles but Forbidden Planet and Airplane are my favorites. He was the best "straight man" comedy has ever seen.

Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :

I remember watching Naked Gun as a kid over and over with my friends. Good times.