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It's time to rent Slapshot.

Posted by Manny Stiles

431 days ago

Hey Hanrahan, Hanrahan, Hanrahan!!!

At age 83, Paul Newman has died.

He was the star - as Reggie Dunlop - in the best Hockey movie ever made (Apologies to Youngblood and Mystery, Alaska...) - Slapshot.

McGrath: Are you nuts? A bounty? We could all end up in the clinker for this. You can't put a bounty on a man's head.
Reggie Dunlop: Bullshit. I just did.
Hangs up, Phone rings again
Dave 'Killer' Carlson: Coach, I want that hundred dollars.
Reggie Dunlop: Ya gotta earn it, Killer.
Dave 'Killer' Carlson: My attitude's right.

Newman played a lot of sports related roles in his movies.

My kids will remember him best as former Piston Cup Champ "Doc Hudson" in Cars. He was a pool shark in The Hustler and The Color of Money, a baseball player in the original, made for TV version of Bang the Drum Slowly and a million different gunslingers...

I'll always remember him in one of the most under-rated movies ever - The Hudsucker Proxy more than for his lending his name to a delicious line of salad dressings.

Newman was a man's man and the kind of guy every guy liked without getting irritated by his prettiness or annoying activism (like that douchenozzle Robert Redford).

May you finally Rest in Peace, Paul.

The World sucks a little more without you today.

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RomiezzoLegend

431 days ago

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I was going to write something about Paul Newman, but I never got the chance to. RIP, Paul. You will be missed.

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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer

431 days ago

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Your introduction reminds me of this.

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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer

431 days ago

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Yeah, maybe... except the Hanrahan line I was referencing goes like this:

Hey Hanrahan! Hanrahan! Hanrahan - Suzanne sucks pussy! Hey Hanrahan she's a dyke! I know, I know! She's a lesbian, a lesbian, a lesbian!

SLIGHT difference, eh?

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ThecrookedcapAll-Star

431 days ago

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Even though I knew it was coming soon, I'm incredibly sad to hear of it. He has meant a lot to the sport of auto racing. He won a class at the 24 Hours of Daytona at age 70 and was a runner-up at Le Mans in 1979. He also was the co-owner of a team that won eight CART and Champ Car titles and 107 American open wheel races. Godspeed, Paul.

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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer

431 days ago

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I didn't even think about his driving exploits!

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