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* [[Leslie Nielsen]]. Though he did the occasional comic-relief role here and there, [[Leslie Nielsen Syndrome|he was mostly known as a serious actor before the 1980s]]. Then came ''[[Airplane!]]'', in which he played a comedic role in the same deadpan manner—and the rest is history... |
* [[Leslie Nielsen]]. Though he did the occasional comic-relief role here and there, [[Leslie Nielsen Syndrome|he was mostly known as a serious actor before the 1980s]]. Then came ''[[Airplane!]]'', in which he played a comedic role in the same deadpan manner—and the rest is history... |
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* [[Bob Saget]] [[Career Resurrection|revived his career]] by Adam Westing the family-friendly image he built up from his roles in ''[[Full House]]'' and ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'' by portraying fictionalized, foul-mouthed, substance abusing and sex-craving versions of himself in [[Entourage]] and Jamie Kennedy's comedy rap song "Rollin With Saget". Since then, he has built a new image for himself as a dirty, hard-edged comic by frequently Adam Westing (and often downright trashing) his previous career in his stand-up and subsequent television and film appearances. |
* [[Bob Saget]] [[Career Resurrection|revived his career]] by Adam Westing the family-friendly image he built up from his roles in ''[[Full House]]'' and ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'' by portraying fictionalized, foul-mouthed, substance abusing and sex-craving versions of himself in [[Entourage]] and Jamie Kennedy's comedy rap song "Rollin With Saget". Since then, he has built a new image for himself as a dirty, hard-edged comic by frequently Adam Westing (and often downright trashing) his previous career in his stand-up and subsequent television and film appearances. |
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* [[Jerry Lewis]] occasionally |
* [[Jerry Lewis]] occasionally did this. What mads him stand out is that he played this for ''tragedy'' rather than comedy, using an exaggerated version of himself rather than the wacky characters from his earlier comedy films. In his appearance on ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'' he played Detective [[John Munch]]'s mentally disturbed uncle Andrew, drawing on his experience with ''his own mental decline'' to give what is widely regarded as one of [[Tear Jerker|the most moving performances in the franchise's history]]. |
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* With [[Willie Nelson]], it's hard to say where the personality ends and the Adam Westing begins. Some guest-starring self-parodies are obvious, like making fun of his pigtails on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' or his tax problems on ''[[King of the Hill]]''. His frequent marijuana jokes anytime he appears in person might be a self-parody (he's pretty old to be smoking anything at this point), or might just be himself talking about himself. |
* With [[Willie Nelson]], it's hard to say where the personality ends and the Adam Westing begins. Some guest-starring self-parodies are obvious, like making fun of his pigtails on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' or his tax problems on ''[[King of the Hill]]''. His frequent marijuana jokes anytime he appears in person might be a self-parody (he's pretty old to be smoking anything at this point), or might just be himself talking about himself. |
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** "Do you smell that?" "No I don't, and you don't either." |
** "Do you smell that?" "No I don't, and you don't either." |
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* [[Michael Bolton]] gets a pretty hilarious one in [[The Lonely Island]] song "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6CfKcMhjY Jack Sparrow]" |
* [[Michael Bolton]] gets a pretty hilarious one in [[The Lonely Island]] song "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6CfKcMhjY Jack Sparrow]" |
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* [[Former Child Star]] [[The Partridge Family|Danny Bonaduce]] worked his way into radio by Adam Westing his life after acting, particularly his notorious coke habit. |
* [[Former Child Star]] [[The Partridge Family|Danny Bonaduce]] worked his way into radio by Adam Westing his life after acting, particularly his notorious coke habit. |
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== Real Life == |
== Real Life == |
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