20 Responses to “And Don’t Call Him Shirley”

1. #1 |  FridayNext |  November 28th, 2010 at 11:37 pm

   I’d like to shout out for the original Police Squad TV show. You had to watch a lot of crappy 70′s cop shows to truly appreciate it, but it was awesome.

2. #2 |  overgoverned |  November 28th, 2010 at 11:52 pm

   “Hey, nice beaver!”

3. #3 |  Mike Healy |  November 29th, 2010 at 12:14 am

   “A Hospital?! Doctor, what is it?”
   “It’s a big building with patients, but that’s not important right now.”

4. #4 |  Jeromey Martin |  November 29th, 2010 at 1:16 am

   NielsEn, with an ‘E’.

5. #5 |  claude |  November 29th, 2010 at 1:50 am

   This is sad news. He was one of my favorites. RIP Leslie.

6. #6 |  Franklin Harris |  November 29th, 2010 at 2:16 am

   I’ve owned the complete six-episode “Police Squad” DVD for a while but never got around to watching it. So, I corrected that oversight tonight. Now that’s comedy gold … with special guest star Lorne Greene. In color!

7. #7 |  JS |  November 29th, 2010 at 3:35 am

   “Surely you can’t be serious?”

   “I am serious…and don’t call me Shirley.”

8. #8 |  Boyd Durkin |  November 29th, 2010 at 11:00 am

   Ebert called him “the Lawrence Olivier of spoofs”. I still can’t look at a beaver without thinking of him.

9. #9 |  Cynical in CA |  November 29th, 2010 at 12:51 pm

   “I know the problems of two people in this world don’t amount to a hill of beans. But this is our hill. And these are our beans.”

10. #10 |  Cynical in CA |  November 29th, 2010 at 12:52 pm

    Enrico Palazzo!

11. #11 |  PB |  November 29th, 2010 at 1:04 pm

    Assault with a concrete dildo.

12. #12 |  Kevin |  November 29th, 2010 at 1:09 pm

    I recently introduced my teenage kids to Airplane/Naked Gun movies. They thought they were hilarious. I remember seeing a short interview with Leslie Neilsen where he was asked what he thought about the 10 Commandments, and he commented he didn’t like being told what to do.

13. #13 |  Bee |  November 29th, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    That bit with Enrico Palazzo and the national anthem is one of our family sing-along classics. Also love the part where Priscilla Presley is cleaning out his refrigerator.

    I’ve seen them a number of times and I still howl with laughter, even when I know exactly what’s coming. RIP, Mr. Nielsen. You brought a lot of enjoyment to a lot of people!

14. #14 |  MacGregory |  November 29th, 2010 at 3:22 pm

    Nobody could work a facial expression like him. He could make me laugh without saying a word. R.I.P.

15. #15 |  JS |  November 29th, 2010 at 4:52 pm

    “What’s the word on the streets Johnny?”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsjybfVJBCM&feature=related

16. #16 |  Meister574 |  November 29th, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    “It’s like eating a spoonful of Drano; sure, it’ll clean you out, but it’ll leave you hollow inside.”

17. #17 |  JS |  November 30th, 2010 at 3:23 am

    “Just think, the next time I shoot somebody I could get arrested!”

18. #18 |  好秘书 |  November 30th, 2010 at 5:20 am

    “What’s the word on the streets Johnny?”

19. #19 |  JS |  November 30th, 2010 at 7:50 pm

    Mayor: Now Drebin, I don’t want any trouble like you had on the South Side last year, that’s my policy.

    Frank: Well, when I see five weirdos, dressed in togas, stabbing a man in the middle of the park in full view of a hundred people, I shoot the bastards, that’s my policy!

    Mayor: That was a Shakespeare-In-The-Park production of ‘Julius Caesar,’ you moron! You killed five actors! Good ones!

20. #20 |  JS |  November 30th, 2010 at 7:54 pm

    Frank: I’m single! I love being single! I haven’t had this much sex since I was a Boy Scout leader!

    –Music Stops. People stare.–

    Frank: I mean at the time I was dating a lot.

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