And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Long before his movie Naked Gun was released, I asked Leslie about and he explained one of the scenes to me. Once he did, I didn’t think it was funny but pretended it was. It wasn’t until I actually saw the movie that I understood how funny it was. Seeing is believing. God bless him. He bootstrapped his entire career. The man was a great actor and comic genius.
I remember he brought his fart device - it was a small hand-held thing - onto Johnny Carson, to show it off. He was an expert with that thing - if it was a wild-animal call, he would have caused a stampede. As it was, the whole audience couldn't help from cracking up at the sounds he was making with it.
I see you know your way around a kitchen,
ReplyDeleteA funny man.
ReplyDeleteNot the only Star in the family. His older Brother a Canadian Politician rose to the rank of Deputy Prime Minister.
ReplyDeleteNot bad for two boys born in BFE.
And quit calling me Shirley….
ReplyDelete"Like a blind man at an orgy, I was going to have to feel my way through ..."
ReplyDeleteI also think he had another actor brother, Peter Graves.
Peter Graves had an actor brother: James Arness
DeleteAh-so, you are correct sir. Thank you for correcting me.
DeleteNice beaver
ReplyDeleteLong before his movie Naked Gun was released, I asked Leslie about and he explained one of the scenes to me. Once he did, I didn’t think it was funny but pretended it was. It wasn’t until I actually saw the movie that I understood how funny it was. Seeing is believing. God bless him. He bootstrapped his entire career. The man was a great actor and comic genius.
ReplyDeleteObsessed with farting and fart jokes. His gravestone says "Let 'er rip". Really.
ReplyDeleteI remember he brought his fart device - it was a small hand-held thing - onto Johnny Carson, to show it off. He was an expert with that thing - if it was a wild-animal call, he would have caused a stampede. As it was, the whole audience couldn't help from cracking up at the sounds he was making with it.
DeleteBet you didn't know he was screen tested for the part of Marsalla in Ben Hur with Charlton Heston. You can see it on the utube.
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