BACON BITS

A commenter at YouTube found the following bits o' trivia connected to Kevin Bacon within this fan's collection:

Yes there is a Grabboid on the lawn but don't miss the truck which is also from Tremors. It is complete with hat on the hood and Grabboid tongue around the axle. In the opening shot the boombox from Footloose is on the counter. At 0:03 there is a model of the green tractor from Footloose. At 0:25 there is a Friday the 13th poster in the background. At 0:37 there is a model of the Apollo landing craft on the coffee table. BCnU!

AS SEEN ON TV: CATHERINE OXENBERG

CATHERINE OXENBERG

AS SEEN IN:
"Dynasty: The Making Of A Guilty Pleasure"

AS PLAYED BY:
Rachael Taylor

From Wikipedia:
Catherine Oxenberg (born September 22, 1961, New York City) is an American actress known for her performance as Amanda Carrington on the 1980s American prime time soap opera 'Dynasty'. The daughter of HRH Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Oxenberg is a descendant of the Serbian Karadordevic dynasty and a distant heir to the British throne.

Oxenberg made her acting debut in the 1982 made-for-television film "The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana", in which she played Diana, Princess of Wales. In 1984 Oxenberg joined the hit ABC prime time soap opera 'Dynasty' — then at its height of popularity— in the role of Amanda Carrington, the second daughter of Blake Carrington (John Forsythe) and Alexis Colby (Joan Collins). Oxenberg was the guest host on the NBC late-night sketch comedy series 'Saturday Night Live' on May 10, 1986. She left 'Dynasty' in 1986 and the role was recast.

Oxenberg starred as Princess Elysa in the 1987 television film "Roman Holiday". She also appeared in "The Lair of the White Worm" in 1988, and reprised the role of Diana, Princess of Wales in the TV film "Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After" in 1992. From 1993 to 1994 she starred in the short-lived series 'Acapulco H.E.A.T.'.

Oxenberg was portrayed by Rachael Taylor in the 2005 telemovie "Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure", a fictionalized retelling of the behind the scenes goings-on during the production of 'Dynasty'. In 2006, Oxenberg appeared in the TV special, "Dynasty Reunion: Catfights & Caviar", in which she reunited with her former 'Dynasty' castmates to reminisce about the series.

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ONE LAST TRIBUTE

Here's one last tribute to Leslie Nielsen. Not to any of his characters, but to the man himself. That sense of humor he was finally allowed to show us onscreen was always there in his own personality....

In his tribute to Leslie Nielsen, Tom Shales closed with this: "He had a good time giving a good time. Life may not get better than that." And I think this video proved that point....

As Red Skelton would have said, Good night and may God bless, Mr. Nielsen.
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LESLIE NIELSEN GOES DUTCH

LESLIE & BETTY TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC

From "Chance Of A Lifetime", a 1991 TV movie.....

I hope Dorothy doesn't catch them.....

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LESLIE NIELSEN - THE MUSIC VIDEO

Even though Inner Toob celebrates the Toobworld Dynamic and the world of TV, most of the clips in this music video are from his movies.

But I found the song catchy and the clip sequence worked well with it......

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LESLIE NIELSEN IN "THE BOLD ONES"

Remembering Leslie Nielsen......

His best known TV character went on to movie super-stardom - Lt. Frank Drebin of 'Police Squad' and the "Naked Gun" franchise.

But before his appearance in "Airplane!", Nielsen was primarily known for his stolid supporting roles in many TV shows as lawyers, detectives, businessmen - some of them decent men, others were villains.

One of his regular TV roles was as Deputy Police Chief Sam Danforth in 'The Protectors', one of the series that alternated under the umbrella title of 'The Bold Ones'. Danforth shows a few touches of comedy in this scene from 'The Protectors', but he is nowhere close in comparison to Frank Drebin......

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VIDEO WEEKEND HEADS "DUE SOUTH"

Leslie Nielsen was Canadian, born of a Welsh mother and a Danish father who was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. I doubt that was a factor when he played a senior Mountie Officer in an episode of 'Due South' however, since Ingvard Nielsen used to beat his wife and children severely. I doubt he'd do the role to honor his father.....

Here's a couple of scenes from that 'Due South' episode which suggests that Lt. Frank Drebin may have had family ties north of the border.....

[Thanks to fellow "Iddiot" Richard Gordon for pointing out that first clip.....]

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THE "POLICE SQUAD" PILOT (IN COLOR)

Leslie Nielsen will always be remembered for his comic turns in "Airplane!" and as Lt. Frank Drebin in the quickly cancelled 'Police Squad' TV series and the more successful "Naked Gun" movies, the film franchise following that TV show. That combination veered his career into comedy immortality.

To see how whacked this man could be, who was better known a solid succession of somewhat dull supporting roles before 1980, here's the first episode of 'Police Squad'.......

PART ONE

PART TWO

PART THREE

Tele-trivia tidbit: the episode's guest star, Lorne Greene, was Canadian like Nielsen and in fact was Nielsen's acting coach back in the Great White North.....

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AS SEEN ON TV: SOPHIE TUCKER

This will be the only post this weekend which is not connected to Leslie Nielsen. But since tonight marks the season finale of 'Boardwalk Empire', I just had to turn the spotlight on one last historical figure who showed up in the series.

Besides, I think her saucy delivery would fit in well with Leslie Nielsen's sense of humor.....

SOPHIE TUCKER

AS SEEN IN:
'Boardwalk Empire'

AS PLAYED BY:
Kathy Brier

From Wikipedia:
Sophie Tucker (13 January 1886 – 9 February 1966) was a Russian/Ukrainian-born American singer and actress. Known for her stentorian delivery of comical and risque songs, she was one of the most popular entertainers in America during the first two-thirds of the 20th century. She was widely known by the nickname "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas."

In 1921, Tucker hired pianist and songwriter Ted Shapiro as her accompanist and musical director, a position he would keep throughout her career. Besides writing a number of songs for Tucker, Shapiro became part of her stage act, playing piano on stage while she sang, and exchanging banter and wisecracks with her in between numbers. Tucker remained a popular singer through the 1920s, and hired stars such as Mamie Smith and Ethel Waters to give her lessons.

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