Most of the old cool guys are gone.

[trof]

Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., all the rat pack, gone.
Gary Cooper was a manly man, but a cool guy too.
Cary Grant was the ultimate cool guy.
Gregory Peck was beyond cool.
Cool with a conscience and some SERIOUS principles.
:-)

Jerry Lewis was/is not cool.
OK, he's still amongst the above-ground...physically.
:eyes:
He was funny, in his time.
And he tried so hard to be cool after he split with Dean.
I think he tried to 'be' Dean in his absence.
But he was never cool.
Sorry, Jerry.

Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.
For his generation and the ones to follow, he was the way-over-the-top cool.
Like sub-zero.
:scared:

I said 'most of the cool guys' because good ol' Tony Bennet (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) is thankfully, and almost miraculously, still with us. He hit 85 last August.
Guy must be living right.



There are some 'new' cool guys.
George Clooney is definitely cool.
And more in the Gregory Peck mold.
Conscience and a heart.

Johnny Depp is way cool.
Edgy, but cool.

Tommy Lee Jones is borderline cool.
But more edgy.

Adam Sandler is not cool.
Period.
;-)

[Kahuna]

1. Kevin Spacey is cool.

:loveya:

[Ken Burch]

2. He's not all that old.

He did play famous cool dead guy Bobby Darin, though.

[trof]

13. Ennhhh. Sorta, maybe.

:shrug:

[trof]

15. Oh hell. SPACEY. I was thinking Kevin BACON.

Yes, Spacey is cool.
Detached cool, but cool.

[whathehell]

29. Spacey is uber-cool in my book, but

not really old enough.

[Lint Head]

3. Elvis was cool until he went into the Army.

John Lennon said Elvis died when he went into the Army.

[tblue]

4. DeNero is cool. James Garner is cool.

And of course Robert Redford.

[trof]

16. Yes to all three.

Garner - slick/nice cool.
I met him once.
Nice guy.

DeNero - gritty cool.
Redford - Suave cool and eco-cool.
Conscience and a heart.
And action on his beliefs.
Kudos.

[lamp_shade]

5. Clint Eastwood.

[tularetom]

6. Willie Nelson - definitely a cool old guy

Sean Connery too.

[RC]

7. What about equal time for the women?

1. Betty White (Still alive)
2.
3.

[Kolesar]

14. Women who are cool to me

are not cool

[whathehell]

27. Helen Mirren, Elaine Stritch

The only two I can think of who are..ahem..."older than me"

and therefore "old", LOL.

Elaine Stritch is very cool, IMO.

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. Bill Nighy--very, very cool.

[immoderate]

9. James Coburn, Donald Sutherland. Cary Grant was the ultimate. James Garner made coolness accessible.

Sean Connery!

--imm

[trof]

19. OK, Coburn - cool. Surtherland?

I dunno.

[immoderate]

22. Ever see Kelly's Heroes?

--imm

[lob1]

10. George Carlin was cool. Leno is not.

[trof]

11. HOLY SHIT!

I had NO idea so many of us geezers would be online at this 'late' hour.
;-)

[Paper Roses]

31. It is because we can't sleep worth a darn.

Some geezers even miss a post for days!

[MilesColtrane]

12. Jimmy Cobb is cool, and alive.

He played drums on Kind of Blue and tons of other classic recordings.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Cobb

[bigmonkey]

17. Hey, a group that might like my otherwise-useless Tony Bennett joke!

Very short:

I'm so old, I remember when Tony Bennett was losing his hair.

[rhiannon55]

18. Leonard Cohen is very cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmON_0bzUZc

[trof]

20. 10 recs? On a Seniors thread? Damn.

Way to go geezers.
:-)

[Sal Minella]

23. Well, we gotta find something to do.

Hit Parade and Lux Radio Theater and Amos 'n' Andy and Fibber McGee aren't on the radio any more. :(

[trof]

25. Boy, THAT brought back some memories.

The Shadow, Boston Blackie, and The L-o-o-o-o-n-e Ranger!
;-)

[pnwmom]

21. Harry Belafonte is still alive. And he's still cool. n/t

[marked50]

24. Fond of Fonda

Henry Fonda anyone?- Tom Joad

[Little Star]

26. Denzel Washington is pretty darn cool. imho

[whathehell]

28. Cool, but not yet old enough, IMO.

[Paper Roses]

30. PALADIN (Richard Boone) was cool.

Tony Bennett was cool in the 1960's when I saw his performance at Symphony hall. Just a cool now. He looks great.
Tony Curtis was cool, he was great with Jack Lemmon in "Some like it hot".
Jack Palance
Steve McQueen

The list is long.