The Deadpan Comedy of Leslie Nielsen (Supercut)

Leslie Nielsen started out as a serious dramatic actor before finding his way into comedy by accident in Airplane!. He became known after that for his incredible deadpan delivery. Here's a super cut of some of his best comedic moments on film!

Music

Outro Music by Steve Toppa

Including the following movies:

Police Squad! (TV Show)
Airplane!
The Naked Gun
The Naked Gun 2 1/2 The Smell of Fear
The Naked Gun 33 1/3 The Final Insult
Spy Hard
Wrongfully Accused
Scary Movie 3
Scary Movie 4
Superhero Movie

[MokkaMusic]

thanks for using my music with proper credits! Leslie Nielson ❤❤❤❤

[selkirk]

I worked for NBC television in the 80's. One day we were all working quietly when our secretary let out a scream. She had turned around to look out the window and there was Leslie Nielsen with his face mushed up against the window making faces at her. They had been filming an episode of Police Squad right outside our office and he couldn't resist the opportunity. He came in and said hello to all of us. Nice guy.

[theotherjared]

Leslie Nielsen was a serious dramatic actor in his youth. He later discovered basically doing his dramatic delivery for absurd situations is funny, and a new type of comedy was born.

[nobletenshi]

"that shortcut through the playground sure saved us some time"

[xxMpEGxx]

"Sex, Frank?"
"Ehmmmm not now Ed"
I love that exchange

[AmPapaBear]

Absurdity played completely deadpan will forever be my favorite type of comedy. Leslie was absolutely ahead of his time, and I think he'd have fit into a show like Tim and Eric like a glove. I'd die laughing seeing him interact completely earnestly and deadpan with John C Riley's Dr Steve Brule.

[SteveHammerProduction]

This is the best tribute I've ever seen to an authentic comedy legend we all miss.. Thank You!

[kultur-vultur]

"Who are you and how did you get in here?"
"I'm a locksmith and I'm a locksmith."

[oskariratinen]

I bet the writers loved him as much as the audience. You could basically write a bunch of the simplest toilet humor and dad jokes in existence and Leslie Nielsen turned it into comedy gold. That's not to say the scripts were bad, just that his delivery is so impeccable that even a joke that would be cringey delivered by anyone else became something entirely different when he did it. A true master, there will never be another like him.

[loggen]

"Not right now Ed, we have work to do"
I'd give up my soul to bring this man back for 5 mins just so everyone can give him a huge hug for the laughs. Watching scary movie 3 is a gem with this wonderful writer of comedy. Rip <3

[MemeSlayer]

I really wish these types of movies were more common now, I love this type of humor, he will always be the king of this genre

[Catonzo]

Leslie Nielsen is a legend. He has made us laugh ourselves to tears for longer than most who actually watch his movies have lived. When I read of his passing it was truly a painful moment. Even more painful than sitting down on a bicycle with the seat missing. I don't think I've actually collectively laughed as much in 12 years of movie releases since his death than I did in 12 minutes of Airplane, Police Squad or Naked Gun. Every movie he was in was in was the prime reason you enjoyed it. Even the ones considered to be bad movies had their silver lining in Leslie's appearances.

I miss him dreadfully. Comedy lost one of its finest, if not the finest, actors when he passed.

[CanalTremocos]

My favorite running gag was "Cigarette?" "Yes, yes it is."

[pocketgrim]

My favorite joke is "Surely, you cant be serious!"

"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley."

[RoloT]

To be able to undermine your characters intelligence and integrity with almost every sentence you utter yet retain the ability to command the audiences attention for the next sentence is a gift very few have possessed.

[bsrlpar]

Leslie Neilson was an amazing actor and absolutely hilarious. I don't know how he kept a straight face. Absolutely love him.

[thevillainclub]

"We would of arrived sooner but your husband wasn't dead then."

[Troopertroll]

Overshadowed by the "Surely" line, but my favourite bit was him poking into the cockpit before the landing, during the landing, and after the plane already landed to say:
"I just want to tell you both. Good luck, we're all counting on you."

[seanharmon]

‘Like a midget at a urinal, I was going to have to stay on my toes’

[Michael-udpw]

Weird but true. I live by his grave and he has a beautiful bench that says "Sit down whenever you can". So I do.