Poor old O.J. Simpson. He’ll forever be remember as That Man Who Couldn’t Get A Pair Of Gloves To Fit Him. Oh, we shouldn’t forget that he did that really funny wheelchair skit in the Naked Gun film.
Oh, and there’s that whole murder business. And kidnapping and armed robbery. Oh, and NFL football. Mustn’t forget that.
And now, there’s been mutterings that ol’ O.J. has been beaten to little more than a bloody stain on the floor while in prison. Racially motivated too (some readers may be a different skin colour to Simpson, just in case you were confused). And what’s this? O.J. Simpson finds it all very amusing? What is he? Some kind of pervert who gets off on violence?
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Sad news folks. Leslie Nielsen is no longer with us. The dead-pan comedy actor shrugged off his mortal coil at 84 years old after complications concerning pneumonia. Sadly, there’s no punchline to this.
Nielsen, of course, was the star of the brilliant ‘Airplane!’ and the ‘Police Squad’ TV show (unbelievably, only six episodes long!). He was also the man at the helm of the Naked Gun franchise (brilliantly awful in places) and spoof flicks like ‘Repossessed’.
After starting out as a serious actor who wasn’t very good, his fortunes turned when he gravitated toward comedy. His straight-faced dumbness and ability to completely not react to a joke won him fans all over the world. And so, we look at some of the highlights from his career. Read More >>>
Standing with one leg on the shoulders of comedy gods, his work is the stuff of legend; Naked Gun, Airplane, those frequent Due South cameos.
Now, talking to Hecklerspray, we get down to all things funny with the unflappable Leslie Nielsen.
Read it after the jump…
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