RIP Leslie Nielsen

by:Matt Jones•11/29/10

Last night, the great comedic actor Leslie Nielsen passed away at the age of 84. Throughout his career, Neilsen played essentially the same character, starring in Police Squad and the movie follow-ups, The Naked Gun series. In addition, he starred in a move that makes me consistently laugh throughout like none other, Airplane! While searching around the internet for some good Leslie Nielsen clips, I found this YouTube collection of the best of the Airplane and Naked Gun movies. It is stupendous:

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