No More Hustling - Paul Newman RIP
Paul Newman is no longer with us,
But leaves us with some great films, Butcassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Hustler.
But leaves us with some great films, Butcassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Hustler.
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I just hope the Newmans Own brand of Pasta sauce and various baked goods still continues to give to sick children and medical research, I'm sure his family will make sure it does.
Apparently he claimed absolutely no profit from the various foods distributed under his name, all the money went to helping people. I have no idea if this is 100% true.
As far as I know Newmans Own brand products never made it to England? But I could be wrong?
Maybe I should move that to the sick jokes thread :D
I'm sure the Newman's Own branded stuff will keep going. And you definitely get them in the UK, noticed them in the Sainsbury's in central Glasgow just the other week.
My fave P.N. movie is The Sting where he's with Robert Redford.
RIP Paul Newman... One of the finest actors to have ever graced celluloid.
Yeah, you can get them in most supermarkets now.
Oh good, at least I know now if I fancy some Spaghetti when I eventually do go back home, I can get some Newmans Own :D
I'm not sure if it's the Italian Sausage or the Mini Meatball sauce, but one of those 2 makes a really tasty sauce :D
I know I should probably be mentioning my fave film with him in (possibly Slapshot), but since I work stocking a frigging supermarket that's all I think of now if somebody mentions Paul Newman. Yup Pasta Sauce, Salad Dressing, and Cookies, all with a cartoon Paul Newman head on the label with a big Cheesy grin on his face. Apart from ceasar dressing that has a ceasar style statue on it with Paul Newmans face, oh and the baked stuff has him and his missus on them dressed as Amish people? Dunno why?
Jeez once again I've managed to write quite a bit about nothing in particular. I'm getting as good as Normski. Maybe I should've broke this down into about 130 posts :lol:
Which brings something up. I was watching the formula 1 qualifing yesterday and jumped over to Sky Sports and Sky News in the break to catch up with the football latest and something called "the world" which is apparently outside. They had the ticker breaking the news about Paul Newmans death and I said to the Mrs "oh, they'll break that news in the commentary because he's a motorsport fan". Sod off did they. Considering the amount of people in the paddock who worked with him and the amount of formula one drivers who drove for his teams at the end of their career you would have thought he'd get a quick mention. Perhaps it wasn't confirmed by a decent news source something that Sky never let get in the way of a story.
Yup, his sausage and balls make a very tasty sauce!
*snicker, snicker*
My fave microwave popcorn used to be the original Newman's Own popcorn ... but then it became terribly salty and I switched to a different no-name brand.
I knew somebody would make a joke of that, but I didn't expect it to be you, you should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself :p
Now go and wash your mind out with carbolic soap....you dirty boy :D
Maybe they added too much sausage and ball sauce to it ;)
But seriously I've decided I don't even like popcorn, it's dry, almost flavourless, and rubbery, and the only way to make it taste good is to smother it in fat and salt.
I can eat the stuff used to a bit when I was younger, but I just think it's a bit crap really and something I can live without, so now I do :D
Although the crunchy popcorn with the toffee coating is quite good, like the 10p bags of Butterkist you used to be able to get back home mmmm tasty. I suppose the closest thing to that here in the US would be Cracker Jacks or Munch n' Crunch?
i love cool hand luke best too
awesome film, first watched it in english at school
still not 100% sure why we used to watch films in lesson, but.........
My sincerest of humblest apoligies all around. It was late, the night and I were both equally young and ignorant.
I have hereby cleansed my mind, it is currently squeaky clean and I have regained my spotless innocence which is purer than the yellow snow, nay, it is but completely limpid, a finer state of being can not be achieved cheese hump egg suck nose-dive turtle jacket ...
My, oh my, perhaps I ought to have diluted the carbolic soap mysteries of barbarian poster sizes thump sproing thump sproing hinderances girdle hurdles less coffee vicarious.
Indeed, and withn those words of wisdom I hope you learned a harsh but fair lesson young man! Don't let me catch you at it again, or else next time it'll be a tablespoon full of hot colemans mustard!
Yes but only after 6 of the best with a cheesegrater :lol:
because it's quicker than reading a book.
RIP
Well what constitutes profit, I'm sure as owner of the brand he had a wage, what that wage was I suppose was largely up to him and cannot be considdered profit.
Still, me unt t-waaairf do like his salad dressings.
Well surely he had the money to pay staff/factories etc but any money they made outside of that he gave to charity? Who knows if he took a wage or not, be surprised if he did. Either way as reported 135 mill is amazing
If I understood the soundblip on TV correctly he had no wages (from this venture) and truly did give away all to charity.
Maybe the official site/wikipedia can shed a more truthful light on this ... I have to go goldplate my loo.
I'm not disputing it is a wonderfull ethic. I was just wondering if some how, he could was earning any financial rewards from it.
It is possible he could have used it as a tax-deduction but I am unsure if it applies to actual people and rather to the companies/entities behind the not-for-profit co.