Leslie Nielson Appreciation Thread. Why do you love Leslie?

[yellowcanine]

Me because I have no ass left after laughing my ass off so many times at his movies.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear yellowcanine!

Because he is sooooooooo damn funny!

Great sense of comedic timing!

And to think he had classical training...:wow:

:hi:

[Sugar Smack]

2. It all started when he tried to sing the Star Spangled Banner

in Naked Gun, I think. It was a long time ago & I'm lucky not to have died laughing. :D

[PassingFair]

3. He is a big, beautiful Canadian HUNK who NEVER

...takes himself too seriously.

LOVED him in DUE SOUTH!

[Lautremont]

4. Two words: Prom Night.

And not the crap "remake" in the theatres now. The classic disco-dancing 1980 picture.

Second best Leslie role: the bare-chested he-man in Day of the Animals.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

5. He's been around forever

I remember him from a Walt Disney Present series called "Swamp Fox" back in the late 1950s.

[ZombieNixon]

6. Because he wants me to know he's counting on me.

[Initech]

7. Frank Drebin

Commissioner: I dont want any trouble like you had on the south side last year.

Drebin: When I see a bunch of weirdos stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in front of a full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards, that's my policy.

Commissioner: That was a Shakesphere in the Park production of Julius Caesar, you moron! You killed 5 actors! Good ones!

:rofl:

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Funny, handsome man!

[Deja Q]

9. I hated his rating system. It said nobody watched Star Trek and that's why it got canceled.

:cry:

[Dr. Strange]

10. That will always be a stain on his great record.

[pokerfan]

11. His Oscar worthy performance in The Poseidon Adventure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxK1R0eoW5w

[ThoughtCriminal]

12. Forbidden Planet

Although, I watch it more for Ann Francis, "Robby" and the "Mosnter from the Id".

I think the first comedy role was "Airplane"

[hyphenate]

13. **ahem**

Leslie's last name is Nielsen, not Nielson. :)

Forbidden Planet--the original
name a show of the 60s--he was in at least one episode

Leslie once said all his life he was a dramatic actor and it was only when he went to comedy that his career soared. He never quite figured that out.