He Ain’t Got It

Ron Carey, best remembered as wannabe detective Carl Leavitt on Barney Miller, has died of a stroke at the age of 71. In his pursuit of a detective position, Officer Leavitt would offer unsolicited advice on how to handle a suspect in the holding pen, be the butt of a short joke from Dietrich, then leave the squad room in an overly dramatic fashion He also was a member of Mel Brooks' comedy troupe in Silent Movie, History of the World, Part I and High Anxiety, where in a recurring gag, he would try to lift something heavy and announce “I got it, I got it, I got it, I ain’t got it,” as whatever ‘it’ was tumbled to the ground.