{"id":10163,"date":"2006-06-17T14:48:49","date_gmt":"2006-06-17T18:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=10163"},"modified":"2018-08-11T14:49:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-11T18:49:49","slug":"sly-and-butkus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2006\/06\/17\/sly-and-butkus\/","title":{"rendered":"Sly and Butkus!"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"647\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"107\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\" align=\"left\"><b>Sly<\/b>\u00a0will be featured in a new book titled<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<u><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0743288424\/103-2295982-0982212?adid=0H8P3S3993PAYCR4HW49&amp;camp=0&amp;creative=0&amp;link%5Fcode=as1&amp;n=283155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Men &amp; Dogs: A Personal History From Bogart to Bowie<\/a><\/b><\/u><\/span>\u00a0by<b>\u00a0Judith Watt<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Peter Dyer<\/b>. The book features photos and anecdotes from\u00a0<b>80<\/b>\u00a0of the world&#8217;s<b>\u00a0&#8220;most famous and fascinating men&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0from all walks of life, past and present are included.\u00a0<b>Sylvester Stallone<\/b>,\u00a0<b>George Armstrong Custer<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Muhammad Ali<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Clint Eastwood<\/b>,<b>\u00a0Clark Gable<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Gregory Peck<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Bob Hope<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Ian Fleming<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Truman Capote<\/b>, and\u00a0<b>Paul McCartney<\/b>\u00a0are just a some of the men included.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" align=\"left\">Here&#8217;s some of\u00a0<b>Sly&#8217;s<\/b>\u00a0entry<b>: &#8211; Sylvester Stallone<\/b>, cuddling with his briard (<b>1994<\/b>): A nearly broke\u00a0<b>Stallone\u00a0<\/b>was on the verge of giving away his longtime friend<b>\u00a0Butkus<\/b>, a\u00a0<b>bull mastiff<\/b>, when he sold the script for\u00a0<b>&#8220;Rocky.&#8221; Butkus<\/b>\u00a0not only got to stay,\u00a0<b>Sly<\/b>\u00a0even cast him in the movie. The actor continues to keep dogs, as does his mother, who claims that dogs &#8220;have clairvoyant powers. They predicted<b>\u00a0George W. Bush&#8217;s<\/b>\u00a0election victories in<b>\u00a02000<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>2004.<\/b>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" align=\"left\">For more on the book, click\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/stltoday\/lifestyle\/stories.nsf\/pets\/story\/9F28BA41A912BDEB8625718F00748C29?OpenDocument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/span><\/b>. &#8211;\u00a0<b>Craig<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sly\u00a0will be featured in a new book titled\u00a0Men &amp; Dogs: A Personal History From Bogart to Bowie\u00a0by\u00a0Judith Watt\u00a0and\u00a0Peter Dyer. 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