R.I.P. Leslie Nielsen and Irvin Kershner

[michchick98]

LOS ANGELES – Despite decades spent playing sober commanders and serious captains, Leslie Nielsen insisted that he was always made for comedy. He proved it in his career's second act.

"Surely you can't be serious," an airline passenger says to Nielsen in "Airplane!," the 1980 hit that turned the actor from dramatic leading man to comic star.

"I am serious," Nielsen replies. "And don't call me Shirley."

The line was probably his most famous — and a perfect distillation of his career.

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) – US director Irvin Kershner, who made "The Empire Strikes Back", has died at the age of 87, Star Wars creator George Lucas said Monday, praising him as a "mentor" and a "true gentleman."

Kershner, who also directed Sean Connery as James Bond in "Never Say Never Again" (1983) and Peter Weller in "Robocop II" (1990), died at home in Los Angeles after a long illness, his goddaughter Adriana Santini told AFP.

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Rest in peace to two great men of show business.

 

[jomar]

It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.

 

[kimbalee]

Do we have clearance, Clarence?

What's the vector, Victor?

Rodger, Rodger.



sigh. some of my favorite lines.

 

[mynameisben]

Surely he will be missed.

But don't call him Shirley.

 

[TE999]

From the files of the Police Squad, a division of the Police Department...

Detective, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain Frank Drebin RIP.

 

[Bebeslut]

I used to play Forbidden Planet when I was a kid.

 

[mythtrav16]

RIP Leslie You shall be missed.


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