Black Sheep Brewery Theakston left in 1988, and after a hiatus of more than a year purchased the North Yorkshire Malt Roasting Company, originally part of the former Lightfoot's brewery site, from an animal feed company, in order to start a new brewery in Masham. Theakston wanted to use the Lightfoot name to bring back an old brewing tradition, but Scottish and Newcastle had already trademarked the name. The association of Masham with sheep led Theakston to come up with the name "Sheep Brewery" which rapidly became "Black Sheep" at his wife's suggestion. The first and original Black Sheep Best Bitter was sold
Black Sheep (1996 film) thing, it's a wonder they don't "Just Shoot Me"!" "Black Sheep" is the final appearance of Spade and Farley together, and it is often unfavorably compared to "Tommy Boy". Nonetheless, "Black Sheep" has gained a cult following. It has a 28% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the film "two very big thumbs way down", with Siskel admitting that "Black Sheep" was one of only three films he ever walked out on, the others being "Million Dollar Duck" and "Maniac". Siskel stated several times that he did not respect Farley and thought of him as a