Leslie Nielsen passed away 11/28/2010

[The Dutch Ghost]

Hello all,

This is a bit late, no one else seems to mention it and I only discovered it just now but actor Leslie Nielsen passed away two days ago.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leslie-nielsen-dies-age-84-49651

He was of course known for such movies "Airplane" and "The Naked Gun", but also the Sci-Fi classic "Forbidden Planet".

He played also in some stinkers of movies but still I liked a lot of his work and am sad he is now gone too.

 

[Black Feather]

This is truly sad. I always hate it when a great, acomplished actor dies. I loathe todays movies and most young actors.

R.I.P.

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

 

[Crni Vuk]

well, now would be a good reason to die as you can be sure to have good entertaiment up there.

 

[Cimmerian Nights]

Nice beaver.

 

[SharkClub]

I heard about it yesterday, sad thing but i guess it's gotta happen sometime...

 

[The Dutch Ghost]

This is truly sad. I always hate it when a great, acomplished actor dies. I loathe todays movies and most young actors.

I barely watch any new movies anymore as most of them stink and a lot of the actors in them are questionable in that profession.

 

[Guiltyofbeingtrite]

I think there are a lot of good movies out there, the problem being that you won't find this type of humor in mainstream comedy. Plays on words like "Don't call me shirley" just don't mean as much to modern audiences, in my opinion.

 

[The Dutch Ghost]

Not just the humor, but funny of iconic actors which you know will entertain.

 

[Guiltyofbeingtrite]

I just compared Airplane and The Hangover in my head and wanted to cry.

It seems like a lot of modern comedies thrive off of embarrassing things happening to the main characters, the "doh!" moment. Airplane! was about word play, cultural references, etc.

 

[Stanislao Moulinsky]

This is a bit late, no one else seems to mention it and I only discovered it just now but actor Leslie Nielsen passed away two days ago.

Surely you can't be serious.

 

[PainlessDocM]

He could even turn a commercial into something funny.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELtql__WDY8[/youtube]

One of my favorite Nielsen scenes:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JogttpcKFIA[/youtube]

 

[Faceless Stranger]

I just learned about it yesterday


Also, I wish I was in Amsterdam

 

[Thomas de Aynesworth]

I laughed so hard at that Wrongfully Accused scene. His passing marks an end to an era of comedy - really.

 

[The Dutch Ghost]

I always loved this scene, such great timing.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by5i2NI6lvI&feature=related[/youtube]

 

[Rev. Layle]

I bet he had the fish

 

[.Pixote.]

The original Vault Dweller...

 

[Crni Vuk]

I heard about it yesterday, sad thing but i guess it's gotta happen sometime...

Yeah, but why always with the good actors D: !

I mean, could we not find some way to reduce the lifetime of bad actors and somehow send them to the good one ? Like Vin Diesel to Schwarzenegger for example.

 

[Faceless Stranger]

I"m gonna break down when Shatner dies... GIVE HIM LABOUFFE'S LIFEFORCE!!

 

[Ohaimerk]

I think it's pretty sad that a man dies masturbating and everybody talks about it, another dies peacefully and nobody really cares. I didn't know until I was idly flipping through radio stations this morning and heard it on a local talk radio show.

 

[Guiltyofbeingtrite]

I think it's pretty sad that a man dies masturbating and everybody talks about it, another dies peacefully and nobody really cares. I didn't know until I was idly flipping through radio stations this morning and heard it on a local talk radio show.

I'm not sure where you live, but it is getting major press coverage in the US, the largest main stream media orgs had it on the front page for days