[Rumori] Paul Newman & your source for fair and balanced hot dogs

[matt davignon]

Paul Newman Is Still HUD
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/19/opinion/ 
19NEWM.html?ex=1061870400&en=5ba8b495078f942d&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

A little off topic, or is it?....

Paul Newman Is Still HUD



By PAUL NEWMAN



The Fox News Network is suing Al Franken, the political satirist, for  using 
the phrase "fair and balanced" in the title of his new book. In  claiming 
trademark violation, Fox sets a noble example for standing  firm against 
whatever.

Unreliable sources report that the Fox suit has inspired Paul Newman,  the 
actor, to file a similar suit in federal court against the  Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, commonly called HUD. Mr.  Newman claims 
piracy of personality and copycat infringement.

In the 1963 film "HUD," for which Mr. Newman was nominated for an  Academy 
Award, the ad campaign was based on the slogan, "Paul Newman is  HUD." Mr. 
Newman claims that the Department of Housing and Urban  Development, called 
HUD, is a fair and balanced institution and that  some of its decency and 
respectability has unfairly rubbed off on his  movie character, diluting the 
rotten, self-important, free-trade,  corrupt conservative image that Mr. 
Newman worked so hard to project in  the film. His suit claims that this 
"innocence by association" has hurt  his feelings plus residuals.

A coalition of the willing — i.e., the Bratwurst Asphalt Company and  the 
Ypsilanti Hot Dog and Bean Shop — has been pushed forward and is  prepared 
to label its products "fair and balanced," knowing that Fox  News will sue 
and that its newscasters will be so tied up with  subpoenas they will only 
be able to broadcast from the courtroom, where  they will be seen tearing 
their hair and whining, looking anything but  fair and balanced, which would 
certainly be jolly good sport all around.

Paul Newman, an actor, is chief executive of Salad King.

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