To: sparklite2
I remember when “Airplane” was released telling my husband that it would be a flop because “that actor that never smiles” was in it,meaning Nielson,of course.
He had always been cast as a serious,successful.grim,man-in-charge type.
Boy,was I wrong.
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8 posted on
08/17/2016 9:17:55 PM PDT by
Mears
To: Mears
Surely you can’t be serious.
10 posted on
08/17/2016 9:22:04 PM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Mears
When he broke the type-casting of a serious guy he had for so long, the shock of it made his stuff that much funnier.
14 posted on
08/17/2016 9:25:22 PM PDT by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
To: Mears
Yah, he spent years playing bad guys on various
TV shows. Remember a TV Guide interview w/him
in the 60s where he said he would like to do
comedy. He did and did it well.
44 posted on
08/17/2016 11:09:57 PM PDT by
Sivad
(NorCal red turf.)
To: Mears
I think Leslie Nielson was pretty versetile. He was the captain of the Posiden, a serious role. Others who could play serious roles, were Dwight Schultz, from the A Team, and Owen Wilson.
46 posted on
08/17/2016 11:23:58 PM PDT by
Mark17
(The love of God, how rich and pure, how measureless and strong. It shall forevermore endure.)
To: Mears
52 posted on
08/18/2016 1:27:08 AM PDT by
Flick Lives
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To: Mears
He had always been cast as a serious,successful.grim,man-in-charge type. Nielson was that way in Airplane, too. That was what made him so funny.
56 posted on
08/18/2016 3:20:35 AM PDT by
exDemMom
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To: Mears
Every time I saw him I thought of The Swamp Fox. Hard to get past childhood memories.
72 posted on
08/18/2016 6:18:24 AM PDT by
mware
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