Leslie Nielsen died today???

[Revvy]

http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/11/28/leslie-nielsen-dies/

Leslie Nielsen, 'Airplane!' and 'Naked Gun' star, dies at 84
by Dan Snierson


Leslie Nielsen, who dazzled with deadpan in The Naked Gun and Airplane!, passed away on Sunday at a hospital near his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he was being treated for pneumonia, according to the New York Times. He was 84.

The master of parody boasted a talent for delivering the most ridiculous lines in the straightest way possible, cloaking outright absurdity in straight-faced obliviousness. Ironically enough, the foundation of that earnest gravitas was built early in his career as a dramatic actor: After serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force and studying at New York City’s famed Actors Studio, the Saskatchewan-born Nielsen popped up on early ’50s TV. He received his first big film break playing sturdy Commander J.J. Adams in the 1956 sci-fi flick Forbidden Planet. Over the next few decades, he established himself as a reliable, handsome, rich-voiced character actor who graced myriad TV dramas (Peyton Place, Dr. Kildare) and movies (The Poseidon Adventure).

His career took a comical hard left turn when he was cast as Dr. Rumack in the 1980 big-screen parody film Airplane! (Let us honor his famous line, which stands as one of the best retorts in comedic cinema history: “Surely you can’t be serious!” “I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.”) Two years later he was tapped by the Airplane! brain trust to play Lt. Frank Drebin in the cop-show spoof sitcom Police Squad! Although the series lasted only six episodes, Nielsen earned an Emmy nomination for his work, and in 1988, re-inhabited the bumbling Drebin again for the big-screen adaptation The Naked Gun. (It may be hard to find more laughs-per-minute in a comedy film than in the film’s baseball-game scene, which culminates with Drebin foiling an assassination attempt on the Queen of England). The success of The Naked Gun paved the way for two sequels in 1991 and 1994, and Nielsen continued down the parody path in not-as-memorable films like Spy Hard, Wrongfully Accused, and Dracula: Dead and Loving It. (He did earn notice in Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4.)

Nielsen worked into his 80s, appearing in even more spoof flicks like Superhero Movie and 2009′s Stan Helsing. Surely, we can’t be more serious when we say: Leslie Nielsen, you will be missed.

 

[bob1852]

It was announced in TapRoom minutes ago

 

[Airborneguy]

Just saw it on CNN. Sucks.

 

[jiggs_casey]

Read this a little while ago on CNN... Sad.

"Joey, you ever been in a turkish prison?"

 

[bob1852]

Read this a little while ago on CNN... Sad.

"Joey, you ever been in a turkish prison?"

It's too bad most of the Airplane pilot's lines get attributed to Leslie....

Keep in mind, he was the doctor, not the pilot...

 

[jiggs_casey]

It's too bad most of the Airplane pilot's lines get attributed to Leslie....

Keep in mind, he was the doctor, not the pilot...

Ugh, lame... my goob...

 

[the_bird]

I must have watched "Naked Gun" five hundred times when I was a kid. Epic movie. Sad day.

 

[bob1852]

Ugh, lame... my goob...

Still great line, and lines, by the pilot!

 

[Soonerbourne]

Lt. Frank Drebin: Miss, I'm Lt. Frank Drebin, and this is Captain Ed Hocken, Police Squad.
Busty Female Shop Assistant: Is this some kind of bust?
Lt. Frank Drebin: Well... it's very impressive, yes, but we need to ask you a few questions.


R.I.P. Leslie Nielsen
IMDB

 

[azscoob]

Thank you for all the laughs, you will be missed....

 

[HItransplant]

man, that is sad... I wasnt going to have another beer tonight, now Im going to.. in honor of Leslie.

RIP

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

Leslie Neilsen dead? Surely, you can't be serious.

Was he in a hospital? What was it?

 

[jfr1111]

Sad day. I watched the three Naked Gun films just yesterday after work.

 

[Walker]

Was he in a hospital? What was it?

Pneumonia. The guy was 84.

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

Pneumonia. The guy was 84.

I didn't know. My post was a setup, in Leslie's honor.

Leslie Neilsen dead? Surely, you can't be serious.
I am serious...and stop calling me Shirley.

Was he in a hospital? What was it?
A big building with doctors and patients in it.

 

[Dunerunner]

RIP Mr. Neilsen!!

 

[the_bird]

Didn't know until a year or so ago that Airplane! was his first comedic role - he's been a straight dramatic actor up until then. Don't think anyone would have remembered him if he hadn't come over to the dark side.

 

[Homercidal]

Leslie Neilsen dead? Surely, you can't be serious.

Was he in a hospital? What was it?

It's a big building full of sick people, but that's not important right now!


(THERE YA GO...)

 

[Desert_Sky]

You ever seen a grown man naked?


Haha best line ever

 

[Shooter]

Leslie Neilsen dead? Surely, you can't be serious.

I am serious and don't call me Shirley!

 

[bob1852]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkiZMFFNi44&feature=player_embedded

You ever seen a grown man naked?


Haha best line ever

Too bad it's not Leslie's

 

[Desert_Sky]

Too bad it's not Leslie's

stupid google lied to me

 

[TxBrew]

stupid google lied to me

It'll do that.

 

[the_bird]

stupid google lied to me

I'm sorry, that's a fail. You can't shift the blame to Google. There's no excuse for thinking that Leslie Nielson was the pilot in that film, that just tells me you're unaware of Nielson's oeuvre.

Now, I have little doubt that Nielson liked to get naked in front of little boys IRL, but that wasn't his line in the movie!

 

[dataz722]

This was him though, right?