My favorite Airplane! line:
Ted Striker: I flew single engine fighters in the Air Force, but this plane has four engines. It's an entirely different kind of flying altogether.
Dr. Rumack, Randy: [together] It's an entirely different kind of flying.
Leslie Nielsen was a great actor, and a great ambassador for this country. He always acknowledged his Canadian roots, and did some great pro-bono work for a lot of Canadian organizations. And as someone else mentioned, he was the king of slapstick / deadpan acting. The new slapstick genre tries too hard, and fails to any audience over 15. Leslie Nielsen didn't have to try to be funny, the guy just was. I have always sited Airplane! as the funniest, and most quotable movie of all time. A movie that could not ever be remade, as it is to many critics, the benchmark of comedies. And Leslie's role in that film was critical for its success.
RIP Dr. Rumack. The entertainment world, and Canada has lost one of it's best.
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