Leslie Nielsen

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Airplane! (1980).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Saturday Night Fever (1977): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Airplane! (1980), which they acted in: Saturday Night Fever ⇒ Airplane! (the host's read). Airplane! parodies this film's romance scene three years later with Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty.
“The airplane parody scene.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:50:19 · Jimmy Kimmel (0.50 sure it was them)

Spartacus (1960): 1 line

unmapped (reference) · through Airplane! (1980), which they acted in: Spartacus ⇒ Airplane! (the host's read). The Spartacus bath-scene joke is the joke in Airplane and it still works.
“there's a reason that it's it's the fucking joke in airplane and that the joke still works so well.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:44:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (1) everyone in acting

actor, Airplane! (The Rewatchables, A CR Month Mailbag!)

Other (1) everyone in other

comedian (joked about as a hypothetical 13th warrior), The 13th Warrior (Blank Check — Patreon, The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

craft (1)

craft (craft): Airplane! → Leslie Nielsen. Leslie Nielsen in Airplane is named for best line reading.
“Leslie Nielsen, an airplane.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:17:22 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.