The Cool Hand Fluke

With the Oscar ceremonies on TV this weekend (2/24/08), the Fluke Museum is proud to present the latest in our ongoing series of totally silly, movie-themed ukuleles, the Cool Hand Fluke!
The incredible 1967 movie it celebrates contains one of the greatest-ever quotes in movie history: "What we've got here is... failure to communicate," but the film had no trouble at all communicating with audiences; it was a hit at the box-office, and it was a hit with the Oscars, too. Nominated for four statuettes, it won the "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar for George Kennedy's terrific performance as "Dragline."
Named as the "Sweatiest Movie Ever" by the gang at "Cheers" in that classic TV series' pilot episode, it also features a poignant scene of Paul Newman playing and singing that old folk song, "Plastic Jesus." OK, OK, maybe he's playing a banjo, not a ukulele, but, what the heck, it's Paul Newman, so we're not complaining. And, speaking of not complaining, you won't hear us complaining about the film's incredible soaking-wet car wash scene, either.
Of course, copyright restrictions would prevent the Cool Hand Fluke from ever being made in real-life, but we thought it would be fun to see what it might look like if it were.