Paul Newman talks badminton on Leno!

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  1. 604badder

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    For those of you in North America, you might've caught Paul Newman (actor, race car driver, and badminton fan!) talk about badminton tonight on Leno. They even showed a clip of the olympics mens doubles game as a clip! Newman highlighted the fact that badminton is in fact a very fast game, and that he's been playing it for years apparently.
     
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    too bad! i donch knows hims
     
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    good! i love his movie 'Nobody's Fool'...

    he's a great actor and delighted to see that he takes delight in playing badminton!
     
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    Does he have a website??

    Hi Guys!!

    I would like to make contact with him!!

    Do you know if he has a webpage or something??

    Kind Regards

    Jonas
     
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    It's been known for some years now that he and some other Hollywood stars played the game. Among them, Leonard D'Capri (if you believe that:p).
     
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    You can try his Salad Dressing sitem http://www.newmansown.com/ where all proceeds goes to charity.

    Newman has been known to play badminton for years. Other stars includes Leo D'Carpi, Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Sally Yeh (who occassionally shows up at the Vancouver Racquets Club when she's in town).
     
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    - famous public figure Newman.
    - very popular show viewed by millions of american, The Tonight Show.
    - regularly showing footages and let guests talk about anything they want.
    - and more importantly, it is only possible with Jay Leno as NBC owns the footage. it wouldn't have worked with Letterman.

    total brilliance! this is perfect publicity for badminton. hopefully there will be thousands of americans curious about badminton now.. :)

    Newman has earned himself a new fan. :)
     
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    charity proceeds projected to be ~200 million$ this sept 2005.
     
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    Total since 1982 or for just this year?? If it's just one year, that'd be incredible!
     
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    since the day of inception of course ;)
    200$ million profit a year from selling salad dressing is alot even by Kraft standard ;)
     
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    Look at tapes of 96 Olympics finals

    Watch for camera scans of the crowd, you'll see Paul Newman enjoying the match (don't remember which final).
     
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    hmmmm.....now what the world need is a Paul Newman Million Dollar Badminton Cup......:D
     
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    He was a great actor.and charitable person..died in 2008/08/27 age 83...
     
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