Are you from the South, Happiest? I think we like it because of the Southern connection, which is our part of the world. It's a classic. I also like it just because Newman was Greek-god handsome. It has great lines in it.

Woops! I just read the IMDB link about the movie. That line was actually "What we've got here is a failure to communicate," not "What we have. . . ." That'll mean a night in box for me.

Gosh, I have totally hijacked this thread into a different direction. My apologies!

Does anyone else remember how the music from the "Cool Hand Luke" road-tarring scene used to be used a lot for news stations? Our local ABC affiliate in Dallas had that music for its intro for several years in the late 60s or early 70s.