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Leslie Nielsen: Tribute by Keith Olbermann

Keith is right. You can only appreciate Leslie Nielsen’s comedies after you understand his earlier dramatic persona.

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This entry was posted in POLITICS/DOMESTIC on November 30, 2010 by Thinkwing Radio.

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Mike Honig is originally from Brooklyn, New York. He moved to Houston in September of 1977 and has been there ever since. Mike's interests are politics, history, science, science fiction (and reading generally), technology, and almost anything else. Mike has knowledge and experience in many diverse fields, sometimes from having worked in them, and sometimes from extensive reading or discussion about them. Mike's general knowledge makes him a favorite partner in Trivial Pursuit. He likes to say that about most things, he knows enough to be dangerous. Humility is a work-in-progress.

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