Leslie Nielsen
Most people now know of the sad loss of Leslie Nielsen on Sunday. Pneumonia, in the end, rather than the much more likely banana peel, wheelchair, and eight flights of stairs.
He was famous for roles in dozens of films and tv shows including The Naked Gun and Police Squad; and if there’s any justice in the world the hearse will have flashing lights on top and crash into some bins. As a sci-fi fan TheEye also fondly remembers him as the starship captain in The Forbidden Planet.
So why the belated mention? Well, because TheEye has just seen this clever photoshop of Nielsen with the caption No! My Name is Martin! Steve Martin! and laughed.
RIP Leslie Nielsen. The world is a less funny place now.
Dutch Gunderson: Who are you and how did you get in here?
Frank Drebin: I’m a locksmith. And, I’m a locksmith.
To be honest I always thought that it WAS steve Martin in “Airplane!!!” :-[
Aaaargh. That’s some sort of comedy star blasphemy. Shame on you!
🙁 He will be missed. I liked his portryal of Dracula as well,,,hilarious 😀
One by one all the REAL funny guys are leaving us… I just hope some miserable bastard doesn’t crawl out of the woodwork, and tell us what a nasty person he was in private (as seems to happen with many such stars). He put a smile on millions of faces, and for me that’s all that matters.
I don’t think anyone will, not in this case. Nowadays people are on that bandwagon straight away for the money, so I suspect he’s long since been in the clear for skeletons in closets. Which is great news.
Ah yes, Dead And Loving It. I think I’ll dust off that DVD and watch it again; thanks for the reminder!