Oh Sue I'm sorry.

Oh, and a Newman story. My brother worked his way through college doing valet parking. Newman always give him a ten dollar tip (which in 1969 was like 50 or 100 today). In general he was a super-generous tipper, and because he was a generous person, not as a way of showing off.

I have a very funny Newman story that is one of those "friend of a friend" ones and is probably apocryphal, but also seems so likely. A woman comes up to a rural roadside stand where they are scooping ice cream and orders a cone and notices that Paul Newman is standing there chatting with the proprietor and she's internally "OMG PAUL NEWMAN!" but manages to keep her cool and complete the transaction and nod in a friendly way at Newman but not get fangirly. And then she gets back to her car and can't find the ice cream cone that she's sure she bought and paid for, so she sheepishly goes back to the stand, and before she can even open her mouth, Newman smiles at her and says, "Ma'am, it's in your purse."

Newman smiles at her and says, "Ma'am, it's in your purse."

LOL!

My friends in the theatre worked on Mr & Mrs Bridge when it was filmed here. They adored Joanne but said Paul was kind of shy.

Yeah, the ice cream cone story has been told about a bunch of celebrities.

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RIP Paul Newman.

Also saw an oldie this weekend to recommend: What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?. Produced and directed by Blake Edwards.

It's 1943, and the Allies have invaded Sicily. General Bolt (Carroll O'Connor) assigns aide Captain Cash (Dick Shawn) to take command of Company C and take the village of Valerno. Captain Cash's by-the-book style rubs everyone the wrong way, not least Lieutenant Christian (James Coburn). The Americans reach Valerno to find out a festival is underway, and Captain Oppo (Sergio Fantoni) is more than happy to surrender -- tomorrow, when the festival is over. The festival is a success, thanks in no small part to Gina Romano's (Giovanna Ralli) role in getting Captain Cash out of the way. Then, the next morning, Major Pott (Harry Morgan) shows up....

From there, the plot complications pile up, one on another. And it wouldn't be fair to reveal any of them. I'll just say this is incredibly fun war-as-farce, with some wonderful slapstick. Shawn and Morgan steal the show.

The main weakness -- One glaring plot hole is left open. Without revealing the story line, I'll say only that Captain Cash gets out of an incredibly messy mess at one point with no explanation whatsoever.

But aside from that, it's a great time.

On Saturday we went to a friend's place and watched The Party (Peter Sellers) and Night of the Hunter. I'd seen NotH before (several times - love it). It was my first viewing of The Party, but it won't be my last! Laugh out loud hilarious!

I saw The Happening, finally. It was better than The Lady in the Water, but it was, as one review put it, all premise and no plot. There were a bunch of genuinely unnerving scenes, though. I have to agree with the chorus of people who wonder what an M. Night movie would be like if he let someone else write it.

I'd seen NotH before (several times - love it).

Oddly enough, this is my latest movie from Netflix. It's part of my can't-believe-I've-never-seen-it list.

It was my first viewing of The Party, but it won't be my last! Laugh out loud hilarious!

Birdie num nums!

Superfab party house too.