R.I.P. Leslie Nielsen

Canadian-born actor Leslie Nielsen, best known for his roles in the 1956 sci-fi flick Forbidden Planet, the 1980 comedy Airplane! and The Naked Gun movie series, cracked his last joke Sunday at age 84.

He will be missed.

Trailer of the Week: Airplane! (1980)

It looks like I picked the wrong week to keep posting movie trailers.

Hey, I Don't Remember This Show: The Swamp Fox

Leslie Nielsen as an American Revolutionary war hero? Well, there have been American TV shows with stranger premises. This show was produced by Walt Disney, of course, but unfortunately, it never became as popular as other Disney shows like Zorro or Davy Crockett. Even The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca seems to have lasted for at least one more episode than this show. Perhaps if The Swamp Fox had had a cooler theme song...