RIP: Leslie Nielsen

Leslie Nielsen died Sunday, aged 84. He starred in many great films, none greater than Airplane!, a top-5 all-time comedy and the No. 1 movie using an exclamation point in the title.

Repossessed:

Naked Gun 33 & 1/3: The Final Insult:

Sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet:

Airplane!:

Surely you'll be missed, Shirley.

The Biggest Loser?

It really kills me to see what's playing out in the news these days. Unless any of our readers are over 70, I think it's common belief that Conan is actually funny and Jay is old and tired*. BUT! NBC continues to believe that Jay has a chance? I'm happy that they finally are cancelling his 10pm show because it was painful. The fact that NBC is still willing to give Jay whatever he wants in the form of an 11:30 show is still nauseating. I love this argument - "Jay just wants to tell jokes!". Too bad they aren't funny!

I hope that Conan decides to leave NBC instead of taking their compromise of moving his show back to midnight. I understand Conan wanting to host The Tonight Show, but would his show at midnight even carry that title? At this point is it even worth it? Also, the People article is weird too with the whole "Conan's motivation will become clear". What?? Are they not reading the NY Post?

It's "funny" that Late Night shows have such a dark side, and why is Jay Leno always involved in these hosting controversies? Leno being picked over Letterman to host The Tonight Show almost seems tame compared to Leno vs. O'Brien. I never thought Jay was "a nice guy"(TM) , but seriously how much power/whining is 1 unfunny man capable of? Is his ego as big as his chin?

*I think David Letterman is actually the best late night host, but obviously Conan is the best on NBC/for the future.

Genius is Brief

This Achewood is excellent:

http://achewood.com/index.php?date=12212009