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Slayer1
Title: ,,!,, for you know who
Joined: Sep 23 2008
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First few comedies I ever saw were the Naked Gun movies... That's a damn shame...
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
Joined: Dec 17 2007
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Awwwwwwwww that bums me out
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Shut up, Dorn
Title: White Chocolate
Joined: Jan 04 2008
Location: Grate Whyte Norf
Posts: 1179
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Leslie Nielsen. What can be said. His death and Sparky Andersons death have really hit me more than any other celebrity death on here or anywhere. They're my heroes!
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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Leslie Nielsen was a class act. Always seemed very humble and happy to do whatever he could for his fans. I wrote him several years ago and received a warm response, including an autographed picture he signed with saying "Luck and Laughs"
The guy did so many great comedies, especially the Naked Gun Trilogy (which I can say without a doubt, the most consistent trilogy ever made, they were all equally hilarious in my book).
Very sad day indeed, the man was definitely in a small pool of celebs that never let their egos get ahead of them. Thanks, Mr. Nielsen...for all the laughs you've provided, you will be missed.
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Tomdincan
Title: Test Icicle
Joined: Oct 02 2010
Location: Temple Shalina
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He was such a talented actor. Everyone remembers him in all of the slapstick comedy roles, and rightly so, but he also played his serious roles well. There is a bonus feature on the Ben Hur DVD that shows him reading for the part of Messala. Having seen him in comedies first, it definitely would have been odd to watch if he had actually gotten the part.
I'm surely going to go watch Airplane now...and don't call me Shirley!
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
Joined: Jan 30 2007
Location: Annandale, VA
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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
Joined: Feb 24 2010
Location: The Danger Zone
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A lot of people hate Wrongfully Accused, but I don't get why. I first watched it when I was 10 and even though I didn't get most of the material, I thought it was one of the funniest movies ever. I even liked Spy Hard at around the same time and now I'm afraid to rewatch them both to find out if they're still as funny as I remember.
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Shut up, Dorn
Title: White Chocolate
Joined: Jan 04 2008
Location: Grate Whyte Norf
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A lot of the movies he was in, especially towards the end of his career after Naked Gun 33 1/3rd, were critically hammered and were really bad films. I'm talking about Mr. Magoo, Spy Hard, and Dracula: Dead and Loving It, particularly.
BUT, they were funny and enjoyable if you looked as them as throwaway comedies.
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SoldierHawk
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Title: Warrior-Poet
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
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I just came across this, and ran onto the forums to inform everyone else...only to find I had somehow already been beaten to the punch by quite some time.
Ugh, this one is really sad. I loved that guy. He didn't always pick the best roles, but he was always funny in them.
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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
Joined: Feb 24 2010
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| Shut up, Dorn wrote: |
A lot of the movies he was in, especially towards the end of his career after Naked Gun 33 1/3rd, were critically hammered and were really bad films. I'm talking about Mr. Magoo, Spy Hard, and Dracula: Dead and Loving It, particularly.
BUT, they were funny and enjoyable if you looked as them as throwaway comedies. |
I probably did because I was young and uncritical of the conventions of slapstick at the time. Even today I appreciate how he kept a completely straight face the entire time, even if the rest of the film wasn't very good.
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Atma
Title: Dragoon
Joined: Apr 29 2010
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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I just saw this as well. Real Bummer. Man was hilarious when it came to the pun or just goofy humor.
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i'll_bite_your_ear
Title: Distillatoria
Joined: Jun 09 2010
Location: van down by the river
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hell, i can't feel sorry for a person i didn't know.
all i can say is that i liked nearly every movie he made and that i hope tha he had a enjoyable life.
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it was the blurst of times |
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Thorton02
Joined: Mar 13 2009
Location: Arlington
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| SoldierHawk wrote: |
I just came across this, and ran onto the forums to inform everyone else...only to find I had somehow already been beaten to the punch by quite some time.
Ugh, this one is really sad. I loved that guy. He didn't always pick the best roles, but he was always funny in them. |
As soon as I read this in the news, I immediately went to the forums. I think I've been conditioned to find this thread every time theres a noteworthy death.
Leslie was one of my favorite actors of all time. I always had the dream to see him in public and yell out "Its Enrico Pollazzo!" He'll be missed.
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Joe_Killer
Title: Professional Amature
Joined: Oct 10 2006
Location: Camp Lejeune, NC
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I wonder if he's...
DEAD AND LOVING IT?
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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This is quite disappointing. I love you, Leslie Nielsen. 
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Shut up, Dorn
Title: White Chocolate
Joined: Jan 04 2008
Location: Grate Whyte Norf
Posts: 1179
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What is fate doing to us all!?!? WHY!?!
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Black Zarak
Title: Big Coffin Hunter
Joined: Feb 01 2006
Location: Phyrexia
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I guess the Empire finally struck back...
And we can never say never again...
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REVIEWS, LEGOS, NONSENSE Check out Zarak's Barracks!
"Let that be a lesson to you, your family and everyone you've ever known..."
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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Okay enough talk about Irvin Kershner. We should be focusing on Leslie Nielsen, not some guy who's tangentially related to Star Wars.
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
Joined: Jan 30 2007
Location: Annandale, VA
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Shut up, Dorn
Title: White Chocolate
Joined: Jan 04 2008
Location: Grate Whyte Norf
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i'll_bite_your_ear
Title: Distillatoria
Joined: Jun 09 2010
Location: van down by the river
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I wonder if he's...
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I lol'd.
R.I.P. Ron Santo, you were a special man.
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Captain_Pollution
Title: Hugh
Joined: Sep 23 2007
Posts: 1591
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Catfish Collins died back in August?! D:
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sidewaydriver
2010 SLF Tag Champ
Title: ( ͡� 
Joined: May 11 2008
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Don Meredith, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback who served as a folksy foil for Howard Cosell on ABC’s “Monday Night Football” and helped carve out the niche for colorful ex-athlete broadcasters, has died. “Dandy Don,” as he was known, was 72.
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TheDrumWorkshop
Title: 2D Video Game Raper
Joined: Oct 22 2010
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 152
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RIP Dandy Don.
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