Leslie Nielsen got his start as a serious dramatic actor, but he ended up known as one of the best comic actors working in Hollywood, and has some of the greatest movie lines in comedy history.

In some critical cases, the funniest way to deliver a line of dialogue is in the most serious way possible and no one understood that better than Leslie Nielsen. While much of his early work primarily ...

Police Squad! was a critically adored TV series that was canceled after only four episodes due to low viewership numbers. The show was filled with puns, sight gags, and non-sequiturs, and featured ...

We pause to remember Leslie Nielsen, an actor who knew very well that his job wasn't to say funny things or say things in a funny way -- but who... Remembering Leslie Nielsen, A Master Of The Art Of ...

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, based on the TV cult classic Police Squad!, is a successful film that spawned two sequels and caught actor Leslie Nielsen at the peak of his comic ...

Leslie Nielsen was an unlikely comic powerhouse. After getting his start with dramatic turns in films like Forbidden Planet (1956), the performer became a household name for his deadpan work in ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. When Nielsen hosted the show, way back ...