Leslie Nielsen was a hilarious man in public, not just on film. We lived in Lakeland, FL, for a few years and Nielsen had friends there that he would come to visit. If they went out to eat, Nielsen would take a little device that would make a sound like someone breaking wind. He would wait for the waiter to come to the table and then ask if they served beans. "I really love beans." And then he would squeeze the little noisemaker just for emphasis. He would sometimes go on Letterman and do it too, just to see what Dave would say.

Ah, I'll miss him.