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Cougat in Sleeper

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Christopher Becker

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Mar 14, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/14/98
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Watching Sleeper most recently, I caught Diane Keaton's line:

"It's keen. It's pure keen. No it's greater than keen. It's Cougat."

Do you think she is referring to Xavier Cougat? I can't make it out exactly
but can only guess this is what she is saying (and referencing). Any
comments?

Christopher


Shtimsdrow

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Mar 15, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/15/98
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Christopher Becker wrote:

>"It's keen. It's pure keen. No it's greater than keen. It's Cougat."

Not "keen"; it's a reference to Walter Keane, a San Francisco artist who in the
'60s cranked out "cute" paintings of goggle-eyed waifs. His work was often
ridiculed as being the sort of assembly-line schlock that belongs in a motel.
Bandleader Cugat also was a painter and as such a similarly tempting target for
jokes.

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Jack Lefton

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Mar 16, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/16/98
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>
>>"It's keen. It's pure keen. No it's greater than keen. It's Cougat."
>
>Not "keen"; it's a reference to Walter Keane, a San Francisco artist who in
the
>'60s cranked out "cute" paintings of goggle-eyed waifs. His work was often
>ridiculed as being the sort of assembly-line schlock that belongs in a
motel.
>Bandleader Cugat also was a painter and as such a similarly tempting target
for
>jokes.


While on the subject of Cougat, the bandleader (played by Tito Puente) in
"Radio Days" is holding a dog, something Cougat was known for.

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