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|job = Bodyguard Trainer, Owner of [[Leavelle's Bodyguard Academy]] | |job = Bodyguard Trainer, Owner of [[Leavelle's Bodyguard Academy]] | ||
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| − | |appearance = [[Mayored to the Mob]] | + | |appearance = "[[Mayored to the Mob]]" |
|voiced by = [[Mark Hamill]] | |voiced by = [[Mark Hamill]] | ||
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| − | '''Leavelle''' is a professional bodyguard trainer who owns [[Leavelle's Bodyguard Academy]]. | + | '''Leavelle''' is a professional bodyguard trainer who owns and operates [[Leavelle's Bodyguard Academy]]. Judging by his accent, he seems to be from Texas. |
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| − | ==Behind the | + | At the Bodyguard Acadamy, Leavelle's teaching style is based on constantly berating the cadets, as seen when [[Homer]] took the training course. In the end, Leavelle let them pass, and as a reward he sang to the entire graduating class an impromptu rendition of "[[wikipedia:I Will Always Love You|I Will Always Love You}}", the theme song from [[wikipedia:The Bodyguard|''The Bodyguard'']]. |
| − | Leavelle appears to be based upon | + | |
| + | ==Behind the laughter== | ||
| + | Leavelle appears to be based upon Detective [[wikipedia:Jim Leavelle|Jim Leavelle]], who was tasked with protecting [[wikipedia:Lee Harvey Oswald|Lee Harvey Oswald]] when the Texas State Police were transporting him to the county jail after the [[wikipedia:John F. Kennedy assassination|assassination of President Kennedy]]. In the photograph of Oswald's murder, Leavelle is the large man in a white cowboy hat handcuffed to Oswald. The picture was taken just as [[wikipedia:Jack Ruby|Jack Ruby]] shot Oswald, mortally wounding him. The photo won a [[wikipedia:Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] and achieved iconic status, due in part to the shocked expression on Leavelle's face. | ||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
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Character Information
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Leavelle is a professional bodyguard trainer who owns and operates Leavelle's Bodyguard Academy. Judging by his accent, he seems to be from Texas.
At the Bodyguard Acadamy, Leavelle's teaching style is based on constantly berating the cadets, as seen when Homer took the training course. In the end, Leavelle let them pass, and as a reward he sang to the entire graduating class an impromptu rendition of "[[wikipedia:I Will Always Love You|I Will Always Love You}}", the theme song from The Bodyguard.
Behind the laughter
Leavelle appears to be based upon Detective Jim Leavelle, who was tasked with protecting Lee Harvey Oswald when the Texas State Police were transporting him to the county jail after the assassination of President Kennedy. In the photograph of Oswald's murder, Leavelle is the large man in a white cowboy hat handcuffed to Oswald. The picture was taken just as Jack Ruby shot Oswald, mortally wounding him. The photo won a Pulitzer Prize and achieved iconic status, due in part to the shocked expression on Leavelle's face.
Appearance
Episode – "Mayored to the Mob"
