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Leslie Nielsen’s career got serious when he got the chance to lighten up (2016) (melmagazine.com)
122 points by tosh on July 15, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 24 comments



The article mentions his fart machine. A few years back I dug around, found them, and bought a couple. They are here:

http://fartbag.com/

Later on I was going to a family reunion with a lot of kids, so I wrote to ask if they sold in bulk. They said sure, but the minimum order was 50. That seemed like a lot, but it's probably one of the best purchases I've made. I've been giving them away for years, to the delight of some and the horror of others.

Highly recommended, and 100x better than a digital equivalent. Their analog nature means you can get a great variety of sounds out of them.


For others clicking the farbag.com link, your browser might auto-download an *.au (audio) file.

It's just a toot.


I didn't click on it exactly because that's what I expected!


Just out of curiosity... What does a 50-pack of Fartbags cost a person?


Curious too. Have been giving away "fart pillows" (don't know the name, like a flat balloon that you're supposed to hide under a chair seat) on my daughters birthday parties. It's been a blast so far :)

According to the site, it's 2 for $12.95 now, hopefully 50 would make it worthwhile with shipping and customs.


At the time, at least, 50 was $175 including US shipping, or $3.50 each.


"Woopee cushion" is the name you're looking for.


There is something special to these classical movies.

The naked gun with the queen of england is my all time favorite, for all comedies. The baseball match is unforgettabble!


If you like that humor watch the very short lived Police Squad! Pretty much the same thing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_Squad!


Seconding the recomendation for "Police Squad!". Amazing series that gets slept on.


Will check it! Thanks a lot!


I discovered this a few years ago. Best series ever.


It boggles my mind that these are movies that need to be "discovered". There was a time when everybody had, at the very least, heard of them.

I'm so old.


My favorite movie ever.

The statue scene in which he is hanging onto it .. LOL


My partner really hated the Naked Gun films. She said they were stupid and not funny, although she loves Top Secret. One day, she got out of the shower about 10 minutes after I'd started one, and laughed at it. She asked what it was, but I would only tell her if she watched all of it.

She loved it. Every second of it. She nearly wet herself laughing at the statue. When we got to the end, she again asked what it was called, and I told her. She glared at me, called me a bastard, and asked if we could watch the sequel.

You won, Leslie Neilsen, you won.


The trailers were always pretty diabolical.


I didn't remember them, so I had a look on YouTube. You're right, they were awful!


Yeah with the smile! But my favorite part ever was the marching band on the bad guy to end up in style, and in music :-)


I think Leslie Nielsen is probably one of the most underrated actors of the 70's and 80's - he was a fine character actor, natural even - but as the straight man, he's fantastic.



Thanks for reposting this. It made me go and re-watch Airplane - I forgot just how funny that movie was! It has aged relatively well.


For a while, back in the day, is ex-wife was our travel agent (as I understood it they amicably split). Still to this day I wish I had been able to hear some of the stories she had about his goofball side.


One of the greatest comedic actors of all time! I loved him in Naked Gun and Airplane!


I've been swimming in raw sewage.

(pause)

I love it!




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