Comments | may_child: RIP Leslie Nielsen and Irvin Kershner

may_child

RIP Leslie Nielsen and Irvin Kershner

Nov 29, 2010 10:50

Two talented guys whose respective works I've very much enjoyed. ESB is my favorite of the SW movies, and I've laughed myself silly over Leslie "Don't call me Shirley" Nielsen's comic antics in "Airplane" and the "Naked Gun" movies.

George Lucas posted a very nice tribute to Kersh on starwars.com:

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ghanistarkiller November 30 2010, 16:39:03 UTC

Leslie Nielsen was a favorite of my fathers; we saw all those goofy comedies and, like old people do, heh, I heard over and over how impressive it was that he had a second career after such a serious one when he was young. I think my dad identified with him in some strange way. Or the silly characters he played! He will be missed. :(

As for Kersh... It feels a little like the passing of an era. I'll leave my comment in the capable hands of Frank Conniff of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 fame:

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