Cool Hand Luke on AMC Friday at 8pm

March 14, 2007 at 11:10 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Media

Cool Hand Luke will be shown on AMC Friday night at 8 pm eastern. Paul Newman’s hard-boiled egg eating challenge in that film is probably the most famous competitive eating scene in cinema history. The movie will be rerun on March 28.

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  1. badlands booker said

    March 15, 2007 @ 5:36 am

    Great Movie! A CE fan’s must see.

  2. Mega Munch said

    March 15, 2007 @ 8:06 am

    Have to disagree with you on the most famous CE scene in cinema history. Inevitably, whenever someone finds out I like CE, one of the first things out of their mouth is: “Oh, like that fat kid in Stand By Me…what’s his name?” (“Lard Ass”) “Yeah, yeah…Lard Ass. That’s a great movie. Lard Ass! Lard Ass! Lard Ass…”

    I wish people thought of Cool Hand Luke first.

  3. Pat From Moonachie said (Registered December 10, 2005)

    March 15, 2007 @ 9:22 am

    To hold you over until Friday…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYoO1uMLRvg&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyspace%2Ecom%2Fpatfrommoonachie

  4. Rhonda Evans said

    March 15, 2007 @ 9:40 am

    To further feed your appetite until Friday, from Crazy Legs Conti’s article, “Stuff Your Face” from Topic Magazine (The entire article is available online at http://www.dinshaw.us/clc.html.):

    Sonya was behind a folding table, upon which spread twelve Styrofoam bowls, each containing five hard-boiled, peeled eggs. Two jumbotrons showed Sonya, larger than life, patiently waiting. The head DJ had long since passed out, so Rich Shea took the stage solo. Never before had the IFOCE commanded the attention of so many people.

    “There is a prophecy in competitive eating,” Rich began, “that one day a great eater will appear. This eater will be known as ‘The One.’ I believe this eater is Sonya Thomas.” Sonya waved. The crowd looked puzzled. A heavyset stagehand turned to me and said, “That little girl is going to eat all those eggs? No way. No one can eat all those eggs.” The sky was a brilliant blue as Sonya popped the first egg into her mouth. And then another, and another. Rarely reaching for the small bottle of water, Sonya made egg after egg disappear. Her cheeks swelled like the crowd.

    The fans, quiet at first, were yelling, then standing, then screaming. As she approached the forty-ninth egg a look of concern crept into Rich Shea’s face. Even Rich, who believed so much in her talent, thought his eyes were deceiving him. How could she keep going, eating so nonchalantly? But the crowd fed off Sonya, and she off them. The last egg, the 65th egg, disappeared as quickly as the first. The time on the giant scoreboard was six minutes, 40 seconds. She had out eaten Badlands Booker by 27 eggs and had done it a minute and 20 seconds faster. As for Paul Newman’s Cool Hand Luke, she had done 15 more eggs than the impossible, in a tenth of the time. The stagehand was flabbergasted—he yelled, “Now that was rock and roll!” Twenty-one thousand fans agreed.

  5. Gentleman Joe said

    March 15, 2007 @ 11:41 am

    There was also the hot dog eating contest in Meatballs.

    Paul Newman is the real godfather of CE.

    Its probably the only positive showing of CE ever.

    He would probably roll over in his grave if he realized what he started.

    Oh, wait a minute, he’s still alive.

    The assholish one. Can you say that on TV?!

  6. Rhonda Evans said

    March 15, 2007 @ 11:43 am

    Sorry for the link screw up. Somehow the period (.) became part of the link, which is http://www.dinshaw.us/clc.html (Oh the hazards of nonWYSIWYG!)

  7. Rhonda Evans said

    March 15, 2007 @ 12:25 pm

    G Joe sorry, but I just had to vent. I’m a BIG FAN of CL and no, I’m not his mom.

  8. Anonymous said

    March 15, 2007 @ 2:34 pm

    twelve Styrofoam bowls, each containing five hard-boiled, peeled eggs […] The last egg, the 65th egg

    Twelve bowls times five eggs each is only 60. Where did the other five come from?

  9. Rhonda Evans said

    March 15, 2007 @ 2:44 pm

    They were on a plate in front of her.

  10. Anonymous said

    March 17, 2007 @ 11:10 pm

    Really?

  11. Anonymous said

    March 18, 2007 @ 1:14 am

    Sounds funny to me too. Challenge her to repeat that performance and show her to be the paper champion that she is.

    Luther

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