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From: al@psivax.UUCP (Al Schwartz)
Newsgroups: net.games.trivia,net.movies
Subject: Re: Cool Hand Luke -- plastic Jesus
Message-ID: <657@psivax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 17:02:56 EDT
Article-I.D.: psivax.657
Posted: Thu Aug 15 17:02:56 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 21:16:30 EDT
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Reply-To: al@psivax.UUCP (Al Schwartz)
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Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA
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Summary: 

In article <140@mtsbb.UUCP> gnw@mtsbb.UUCP (G.N.WEBER) writes:
>In the movie "Cool Hand Luke", Paul Newman (as Luke) plays the 
>banjo and sings a song after his mother dies.  This song opens
>with the line "Get yourself a plastic Jesus... for the dashboard
>of your car".  Also included in the song are references to "Virgin
>Mary", "sweet Madonna", and "colors pind and irridescent".  If 

I hear this song regularly on the Dr. Demento Radio Show.  The version
I hear is "Plastic Jesus" by the Gold Coast Singers.
-- 
                  Al Schwartz
                  Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA 
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