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The King of Cool
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Art is kool.
McQueen. Did many of his own stunts including jumping that bike over the barbed wire in The Great Escape. And drove that Mustang in one of the most famous car chase scenes to date. Amazing guy.
Actually it was the great stunt rider Bud Ekins that jumped the wire in The Great Escape.
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Agreed and I have edited the original - I stand corrected!
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NotNick...B&B Fact Checker.
God willing and the creek don't rise, perhaps you and I can sip a whisky or two together at Sinatra some evening.
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So What.
Well, pretty obvious B&B boys know what cool is. Pretty cool too Tony brings this up as it brings the much talked about but never defined term into the light. McQueen typifies the masculine contrast of positive and negative that women often find attractive. Perhaps they want to be safe, but not too secure. Perhaps be held gently, but wouldn't mind something rough. Knowing they can count on the man but yet, he's unpredictable. That's cool.
Grant. He's suave, debonnaire, polished. Always handsome. That's something other than cool.
Eh, what do I know. I'm none of the above.
Grant. He's suave, debonnaire, polished. Always handsome. That's something other than cool.
Eh, what do I know. I'm none of the above.
John Wayne
Robert Mitchum, FTW.
After reading lesmore & NotNick 's post I'm inclined to change my vote from Grant to McQueen - if for definition only. I googled the term "king of cool", can't deny it's McQueen. Although I'm a huge fan of grant (McQueen never made me laugh!) .
The one thought that creeps to the fore front in the list which has emerged is the term "rat pack". Bogart, Sinatra, Grant, all members in high standing. And a few names not mentioned yet: Errol Flynn, & Dean Martin, to name a few. Pick your genre, or definition of cool, those guys all had it!
The one thought that creeps to the fore front in the list which has emerged is the term "rat pack". Bogart, Sinatra, Grant, all members in high standing. And a few names not mentioned yet: Errol Flynn, & Dean Martin, to name a few. Pick your genre, or definition of cool, those guys all had it!
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Zimmy!
Go and watch "The Great Escape" and "North by Northwest" right now and I may forgive you!
I can't vote for someone with a cig in their mouth as cool.
Though Clint + cheroot almost gets a pass.
Though Clint + cheroot almost gets a pass.
Burt Reynolds is quoted as saying "Paul Newman is the personification of cool..."
Since I agree.... I'll add Paul Newman to the mix......
Since I agree.... I'll add Paul Newman to the mix......
Mitchum was cool.
