Squeal of Fortune Winner
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 1:48PM Once again Joey D wins! The correct answer to yesterday’s Squeal of Fortune was: North Dallas Forty, Nick Nolte and Mac Davis. Congratulations to Joey and thanks to Biff, JHwang and Professor Dungpie for chiming in!
Joey D
North Dallas Forty was originally a novel that was published in 1973, written by former Dallas Cowboy, Peter Gent. The book was billed as a fictional novel, but it doesn’t take Einstein to see that it’s mainly about Gent’s experiences with the NFL. It’s also no secret that the hard-partying, sex-crazed quarterback in the book, Seth Maxwell is based on The Dallas Cowboy’s quartback, “Dandy” Don Meredith.
One of the themes that runs through the book was that in the ‘60s, the NFL encouraged perscription painkillers and drugs to help the players get through a game, but would fire players over smoking marijuana.
Both the book and the movie received great reviews (particulary Mac Davis, who had never appeared in a movie and did a great job protraying sleazy Seth Maxwell) and are considered classics today.
Congratulations to Joey D and we’ll see you next time on...SQUEAL OF FORTUNE!
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