Rest in peace, Leslie Nielsen...

**Nighthawk** · 28th November 10, 08:48 PM

I am SO depressed now...

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies....dies-age-84-ap

kiltedwolfman · 28th November 10, 09:04 PM

He made the bar so very high for actors in his genre, it will be a long time before we see the like again.

**Nighthawk** · 28th November 10, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by kiltedwolfman

He made the bar so very high for actors in his genre, it will be a long time before we see the like again.

Naw... He was just born with no sense of dignity! See the Scary Movie movies he was in...

**Whidbey78** · 28th November 10, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by kiltedwolfman

He made the bar so very high for actors in his genre, it will be a long time before we see the like again.

Ditto. He'll surely be missed.

"...and don't call me Shirley."

**Standard** · 28th November 10, 09:20 PM

It's hard to remember that he had a serious acting career when he is much better known to my generation as a comedic actor. His humor will definately be missed.

**Zardoz** · 28th November 10, 10:11 PM

The star of my favorite Science Fiction movie, Forbidden Planet. RIP

**jgcunningham** · 28th November 10, 10:21 PM

Leslie Nielsen was a hilarious man in public, not just on film. We lived in Lakeland, FL, for a few years and Nielsen had friends there that he would come to visit. If they went out to eat, Nielsen would take a little device that would make a sound like someone breaking wind. He would wait for the waiter to come to the table and then ask if they served beans. "I really love beans." And then he would squeeze the little noisemaker just for emphasis. He would sometimes go on Letterman and do it too, just to see what Dave would say.

Ah, I'll miss him.

**McClef** · 29th November 10, 05:08 AM

I had only recently re watched the Airplane movies too.

A great loss.

**Maclachlan** · 29th November 10, 05:29 AM

Rumack: 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."

**Nighthawk** · 29th November 10, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by jgcunningham

Leslie Nielsen was a hilarious man in public, not just on film. We lived in Lakeland, FL, for a few years and Nielsen had friends there that he would come to visit. If they went out to eat, Nielsen would take a little device that would make a sound like someone breaking wind. He would wait for the waiter to come to the table and then ask if they served beans. "I really love beans." And then he would squeeze the little noisemaker just for emphasis. He would sometimes go on Letterman and do it too, just to see what Dave would say.

Ah, I'll miss him.

That's awesome! I never saw that... I once read an interview with him where he said that although he tried for a career as a serious actor, he just couldn't do it. He had said that he figured his shinaniganz (or however the heck you spell it!) set the filming time and budget back considerably, so he figured he should do something where his behavior would be appreciated.