So many to choose from, including actors, athletes, businessmen, etc.
I thought of a few great choices, including a quiet gun slinging actor turned director.
But I would vote for Dean Martin. Smooth and graceful(even when performing goofy physical comedy). Great singer (I prefer him to Sinatra, but I admit this is personal taste and not objective). Can dance, with impeccable comic timing.
And the dude just had crazy charisma. Goldie Hawn said that she cracked up in the clip below because she was so nervous to be in the presence of man she found so attractive.
So, who is your choice? And only give 1!
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Paul Newman or Steve McQueen
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Ok you got me. Poorly worded. - Best two answers already posted. Besides all their other achievements, surprised no one mentioned they both were accomplished race car drivers.
I was just busting your balls, it was in the post almost immediately above yours. You were probably posting and didn't see it, but it is a habit on BBI list threads to say "I'm surprised no one said X....." when X has been named multiple times.
That is like superhero cool
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This guy has to be in the conversation.
I would vote Sinatra very high, because of his extraordinary musicality combined with charisma. Dino ranks high. Newman. Bobby Darin probably would have if he lasted longer.
But I am having trouble not putting Fred Astaire ahead of them all. And I think there should be black or Hispanic on the list, but I am still working on that in my brain.
I would vote Sinatra very high, because of his extraordinary musicality combined with charisma. Dino ranks high. Newman. Bobby Darin probably would have if he lasted longer.
But I am having trouble not putting Fred Astaire ahead of them all. And I think there should be black or Hispanic on the list, but I am still working on that in my brain.
Sidney Poitier
That is like superhero cool
Kennedy's are not COOL. Successful, interesting, powerful and as in JFKs case historic, but not cool. They are too brash, in your face to be cool.
John Wayne DEFINITELY NOT COOL. His whole persona was a fabrication. He cried like a pussy not to be sent into WWII, yet made a career out of playing WWII heroes.
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Woody Guthrie
Allen Ginsberg
George Carlin
Maynard G. Krebs
John Lennon
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He calls up to the mountain to tell my aunt that he's bringing home a guest for dinner. An hour later he shows up and my aunt, my cousin and I were stunned that he had Newman with him. When my cousin told my uncle that it was Paul Newman the actor, my uncle responded that he thought "he was an up and coming race car driver". Newman stayed for 4-5 hours, had a bunch of cocktails, and became lifelong friends with my uncle. He visited the lodge several times after that, any time he was over at Lime Rock. Very, very cool guy to be around. Incidentally, he was a surprisingly little guy.
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I find that stuff irritating too; that somehow it's an obvious choice or there's nobody closed makes no sense
So you've hung out with him to know what he's really about?
Or are you one of those fucking morons who thinks he knows what someone is like based on soundbites given to the media?
Oh -don't answer that question about being a moron, we all know you already are...
That's a good one!
And analogously, Toshiro Mifune.
Steve McQueen
Paul Newman
Humphrey Bogart
...in that order.
+1
His heart rate never went above 90 during any of his 6 launches.
He smuggled a pastrami sandwich into space on his first mission.
Great calls with some of the non-obvious military and space/aviation choices.
Norm Macdonald said after SNL's 40th party that in a room of rock stars, Murphy was the biggest rock star. And that while he is still the funniest guy in the room, unlike most comedians, he isn't driven by a pathological need to make jokes and can be totally chill.