Leslie Nielsen-c/d?

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No, I'm not being ironic. The man has a unique talent. He can get away with lines that no-one on else can. I's almost supernatural. He may not be pulling up many trees now, but he already has a legacy to be proud of.

"That's an awfully big mustache"

N.B. I would post another thread for this, but read also "Bill Murray" for Leslie Nielsen. His performance in Rushmore is one of the greatest of all time, comic, dramatic, or otherwise.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 11:24 (twenty-three years ago)

leslie nielsen and bill murray are as classic as classic gets.

― michael wells (michael w.), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 11:44 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah, i'm down with both.

― g-kit (g-kit), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 11:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Ok,let's ratchet this up a bit-Elaine from Seinfeld is also one of the great comic actresses of our era, and seeing her sex scene in Deconstructing Harry is strangely exciting.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 12:32 (twenty-three years ago)

that's where you lose me, nordic.

― michael wells (michael w.), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 12:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, c'mon Michael! Out of curiosity-was it the comedienne thing or the sex thing?

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 12:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Julia Louis-Dreyfuss has always been hilarious. "Seinfeld" didn't always work, but one of the few moments of television where I've come close to wetting my pants from laughter is the "Elaine dances at her holiday party" episode. I'm choking back guffaws now, even as I type.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 12:53 (twenty-three years ago)

it was a bit of both but mainly the sex thing.

― michael wells (michael w.), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 12:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Leslie Nielsen is solid at the deadpan stuff, but I don't think he's in the Bill Murray league, who is one of those actors that I always want to see in anything - there is quite a lot of naff Nielsen.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 13:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Agreed, but isn't that part of his appeal? It is for me. He's good when he's great, he's EXCELLENT when he's bad, even that golf video-wow!

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 13:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Neilson in a dramatic role in "Forbidden Planet", lest ye not forget.

Leslie Neilson...comedy...classic.
Bill Murray...comedy...classic classic.
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss...comedy...um, very funny, capable of pulling off 'the funny' with no more than a shove of Michael Richards, but hasn't thrown around nearly as many memorable hilarious performances as either of the dudes mentioned before, so, uh, semi-classic.

And I see your Julia Louis-Dreyfuss and raise you one Mike Myers. I don't know about you, but I don't remember him doing anything that I didn't find completely hilarious.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 18:39 (twenty-three years ago)

" He's good when he's great, he's EXCELLENT when he's bad", that's true actually. you know my favourite scene ever might be in "flying high" ("airplane" in the US) where he is a doctor & he does that conjuring trick pulling the eggs out of that woman's mouth (for no reason! it makes no sense at all) & the last egg he pulls out, he cracks it & a little bird flutters out & LN does this totally goofy surprise take...ok that doesn't sound that funny but it goddam fuckin totally is. (as funny as steve martin doing that coffee thing in "dead men don't wear plaid"! LN is only a million times more consistently funny than SM tho of course)

― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 18:50 (twenty-three years ago)

search: Leslie Nielsen as bad guy in Surf Ninjas

― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 18:55 (twenty-three years ago)

I disagree with the Julia Louis-Dreyfuss pick. Very rarely is she funny to me at least. The Xmas holiday party was an exception. Michael Richards and Jason Alexander made that show.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 18:58 (twenty-three years ago)

I like when elaine and george(?) were trying to find each other outside a ou bvi i think and the descriptions they gave to people, like,"lady,uh, face shaped like a frying pan" and "have you seen this big doofus?" No, that was about kramer.

― naked as sin (naked as sin), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 19:07 (twenty-three years ago)

"...and stop calling me Shirley."

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 19:20 (twenty-three years ago)

chrikey i'd soooo forgotten about the
bit with the java in 'dead men...'
steve martin in his heyday -
none better, can't fault, etc.

― piscesboy, Thursday, 19 December 2002 13:50 (twenty-three years ago)

seven years pass...

Twitter is buzzing that Canadian actor Leslie Nielsen, 84, has died in a Florida hospital due to complications of pneumonia.

― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 November 2010 01:37 (fifteen years ago)

aw no. the third google result for leslie nielsen is "Leslie Nielsen Nude Pictures, Leslie Nielsen Naked Clips ... Leslie Nielsen is a 82 years old Actor from United States. ... Here are the 5 most rated projects Leslie Nielsen appeared in: Airplane! ... www.hunkymalestars.com/Profile_400.html". it's how he'd want to be remembered.

― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Monday, 29 November 2010 01:54 (fifteen years ago)

that's not even correct, he's canadian. or he was... :(

― rappa ternt sagna (jim in glasgow), Monday, 29 November 2010 01:55 (fifteen years ago)

reap

― (ㅅ) (am0n), Monday, 29 November 2010 01:57 (fifteen years ago)

Time to pull out that DVD of Police Squad eps. :(

― Miss Garrote (Eric H.), Monday, 29 November 2010 02:04 (fifteen years ago)

rip enrico palazzo

― balls, Monday, 29 November 2010 02:08 (fifteen years ago)

:-/

― max, Monday, 29 November 2010 02:16 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A5t5_O8hdA

― hot weiners is the best and i want a hot weiner (the table is the table), Monday, 29 November 2010 02:17 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYdlcsILh20

― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 November 2010 02:20 (fifteen years ago)

omg i just died.

― hot weiners is the best and i want a hot weiner (the table is the table), Monday, 29 November 2010 02:49 (fifteen years ago)

also, this is my favorite homage to Potemkin ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSEzSoDXANc

― hot weiners is the best and i want a hot weiner (the table is the table), Monday, 29 November 2010 02:52 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-S-eeInJVk

― (ㅅ) (am0n), Monday, 29 November 2010 02:54 (fifteen years ago)

Damnit. R.I.P.

― Avatar: The Last SBanner (kkvgz), Monday, 29 November 2010 02:58 (fifteen years ago)

Nielsen + John Houseman + some random nerd chick = All time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C29-gLZLt9s

― Miss Garrote (Eric H.), Monday, 29 November 2010 02:59 (fifteen years ago)

He was a terrible comic actor in whenever he tried to be one, but he had such a way with gibberish requiring deadpan cool.

"Lieutenant...I don't remember seeing you on my guest list."

"Nothing to be embarrassed about -- sometimes I go by my maiden name."

― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 November 2010 03:01 (fifteen years ago)

He was a terrible comic actor in whenever he tried

― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 November 2010 03:01 (fifteen years ago)

"buncha bombs in the air"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Zar2J1iaE

― (ㅅ) (am0n), Monday, 29 November 2010 03:02 (fifteen years ago)

"Mister Magoo" is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. My mom and I saw it together at the theater and we went to ice cream afterwards and just took the biggest hot carl of rage all over that fucking movie. All we could talk about for like a week was how bad it was.

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Monday, 29 November 2010 03:04 (fifteen years ago)

The other obv Nielsen cross-reference with my childhood:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJNir5cqIAQ

― Miss Garrote (Eric H.), Monday, 29 November 2010 03:09 (fifteen years ago)

plus of course https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y4crGU7dkg

― balls, Monday, 29 November 2010 03:14 (fifteen years ago)

"A Cuban?"
"Oh no. Dutch-Irish. My father was from Wales."

― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 29 November 2010 03:22 (fifteen years ago)

"Do you gamble, Lieutenant?"

"Every time I order out."

― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 November 2010 03:26 (fifteen years ago)

"You! Drebin!"
"Yeah, I'm Drebin!"
"I have a message for ya from Vincent Ludwig!!" (yells and fires gun)
"I'm sorry I can't hear you. Don't fire the gun while you're talking."

― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 29 November 2010 03:30 (fifteen years ago)

This is terrible news! So sad.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 29 November 2010 03:41 (fifteen years ago)

very sad news.

― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 29 November 2010 03:48 (fifteen years ago)

RIP. Brilliant in the Naked Gun/Police Squad. Absolutely amazing.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 29 November 2010 04:33 (fifteen years ago)

Lt. Frank Drebin: Oh, it's all right. I'm sure that we can handle this situation maturely, just like the responsible adults that we are. Isn't that right, Mr... Poopy Pants?

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 29 November 2010 04:36 (fifteen years ago)

Lt. Frank Drebin: [describing Jane; voice-over] I couldn't believe it was her. It was like a dream. But there she was, just as I remembered her. That delicately beautiful face. And a body that could melt a cheese sandwich from across the room. And breasts that seemed to say... "Hey! Look at these!" She was the kind of woman who made you want to drop to your knees and thank God you were a man! She reminded me of my mother, all right. No doubt about it.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 29 November 2010 04:37 (fifteen years ago)

"I just want to tell you both, good luck, we're all counting on you."

― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 29 November 2010 04:38 (fifteen years ago)

OMG the intro to this is blowing my mind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDQv6LGUEXg&playnext=1&list=PL8C451E87BB42F486&index=47

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 29 November 2010 04:45 (fifteen years ago)

"well, we had a choice, steak or fish."
"mm, yes, i remember, i had the lasagna."

― chris and cosey and ted and alice (donna rouge), Monday, 29 November 2010 04:56 (fifteen years ago)

my dad owned this and i used to watch it a LOT:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000ICAZ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― chris and cosey and ted and alice (donna rouge), Monday, 29 November 2010 04:59 (fifteen years ago)

my planet was just fine until he showed up.

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 November 2010 05:22 (fifteen years ago)

:-(

― max, Monday, 29 November 2010 05:27 (fifteen years ago)

"White guy, with a mustache, about six foot three."
"That's an awfully big mustache."

RIP, Les. You have made me laugh a whole, whole lot.

― Bull fighting, Paris, hunting, suicide (kenan), Monday, 29 November 2010 06:08 (fifteen years ago)

"But Frank, who'll keep me warm at night?"
"You'll be ok, baby. Women have an extra layer of fat."

― Bull fighting, Paris, hunting, suicide (kenan), Monday, 29 November 2010 06:14 (fifteen years ago)

Oh, the classics. They move me every time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvWfbIe4X_4

― Bull fighting, Paris, hunting, suicide (kenan), Monday, 29 November 2010 06:21 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRva7z8pvwc

― 3:10 to Your Ma (Noodle Vague), Monday, 29 November 2010 07:35 (fifteen years ago)

Tony DeWonderful

― 3:10 to Your Ma (Noodle Vague), Monday, 29 November 2010 07:37 (fifteen years ago)

damn it. rip

― jeevves, Monday, 29 November 2010 09:37 (fifteen years ago)

He's not dead. He's just in freeze frame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_3rJqHWYjs

― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Monday, 29 November 2010 09:50 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t27K_F8DQB4

― James Mitchell, Monday, 29 November 2010 09:57 (fifteen years ago)

When I was 13, this is the bit that made be really lose it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by5i2NI6lvI&NR=1

― Bull fighting, Paris, hunting, suicide (kenan), Monday, 29 November 2010 10:35 (fifteen years ago)

Sometimes a celeb or actor dies and you think " well, he had a good run but it was his time to go" or whatever. But a world without Leslie Nielsen feels like it has significantly decreased in value.

― Avatar: The Last SBanner (kkvgz), Monday, 29 November 2010 11:48 (fifteen years ago)

I know! Even though he was 84.

― Bull fighting, Paris, hunting, suicide (kenan), Monday, 29 November 2010 11:56 (fifteen years ago)

RIP

― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Monday, 29 November 2010 12:04 (fifteen years ago)

rip. police squad really was the funniest tv show ever.

― wheezy f baby (a hoy hoy), Monday, 29 November 2010 12:15 (fifteen years ago)

Really really just want to say balls to this afternoon's work and just sit down and watch all the episodes back to back.

― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Monday, 29 November 2010 12:19 (fifteen years ago)

also, this is my favorite homage to Potemkin ever

Potemkin or the Untouchables? (or Potemkin by way of the Untouchables?)

Great scene whichever, in any case.

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 29 November 2010 13:33 (fifteen years ago)

Buncha bombs in the air.

― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 November 2010 13:35 (fifteen years ago)

LOLZ @ NV's clip.

― Fetchboy, Monday, 29 November 2010 13:58 (fifteen years ago)

lousy news to wake up to. rip to one of the best.

― call all destroyer, Monday, 29 November 2010 14:22 (fifteen years ago)

Sometimes a celeb or actor dies and you think " well, he had a good run but it was his time to go" or whatever. But a world without Leslie Nielsen feels like it has significantly decreased in value.

otm

― romoing my damn eyes (Nicole), Monday, 29 November 2010 14:48 (fifteen years ago)

The Untouchables took it from Potemkin.

also, m0rbz, your dislike of les nielsen cements you as a horrible person in my view. you are still awesome, but man, ripping on Les Nielsen?

― hot weiners is the best and i want a hot weiner (the table is the table), Monday, 29 November 2010 18:28 (fifteen years ago)

Nielsen made Morbs' comedic style obsolete?

― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 November 2010 18:30 (fifteen years ago)

dude

― max, Monday, 29 November 2010 18:30 (fifteen years ago)

table

― max, Monday, 29 November 2010 18:31 (fifteen years ago)

google "dr morbius"

― max, Monday, 29 November 2010 18:31 (fifteen years ago)

lol :3

― (ㅅ) (am0n), Monday, 29 November 2010 18:35 (fifteen years ago)

Loved him in Airplane! and Police Squad!, not in anything w/out an exclamation point.

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 November 2010 18:36 (fifteen years ago)

ooooh shit! i totally forgot. just started drinking coffee. sorry.

― hot weiners is the best and i want a hot weiner (the table is the table), Monday, 29 November 2010 18:38 (fifteen years ago)

morbz, sorry ;)

― hot weiners is the best and i want a hot weiner (the table is the table), Monday, 29 November 2010 18:38 (fifteen years ago)

Thirded. RIP. These clips are all awesome, btw.

― ailsa, Monday, 29 November 2010 18:39 (fifteen years ago)

Dude shared scenes with some super fine ladies too.

― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 29 November 2010 18:50 (fifteen years ago)

;_;

― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Monday, 29 November 2010 19:05 (fifteen years ago)

The date montage from the first Naked Gun movie is probably one of my favorite scenes from any movie.

― romoing my damn eyes (Nicole), Monday, 29 November 2010 19:12 (fifteen years ago)

one month passes...

AMC theaters are doing two showings of AIRPLANE! (on Jan 29 and Feb 1)

http://www.amctheatres.com/airplane/

― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 15 January 2011 03:12 (fifteen years ago)

I'm there. With lasagna.

― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 15 January 2011 03:36 (fifteen years ago)

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