Jackie Gleason took a shot of whiskey before a lot of these takes. He also would ignore the script and improvise amazing lines, like "my hat blew off deddy. Well I hope your goddamn head was in it"🤣🤣
Burt called Sally Field the love of his life in his final years but the feeling wasn't mutual, Sally said in her autobiography that Burt was very controlling and a bad kisser.
Old Southern Boy checking in on the beer thing: Before local craft beers came along (after local brewing laws here were relaxed in the '90s and '00s), many of us craved those regional brands like Rolling Rock, Yuengling, Coors or even Olympia (was difficult to find, because they were based in the PNW) just because they tasted so much better. IIRC, by now all those little brewers have been bought up by major brands, and now taste like the mass-produced corporate crap we were trying to escape from in the first place. But back in '77? Yeah, it was worth a 'road trip'.
I live in Nebraska and it can be hard to find coors banquet, even though I live just about 7 or 8 hours from where coors is made in Colorado. Coors light is easy to find though.
I'm old enough we saw it at the drive-in late '70s (born 74) I did not know about the pasteurization vs.not issue or 11 states til today. We had the soundtrack on vinyl LP around late '70s too. Like many I wanted a Trans Am, I ended up buying '80 TTA spec.ed. just like S&B #2. Good times back then 👍😁 I have an hour recorded from c span of 2 professors from Dayton explaining to college students about all the car and trucker movies of the '70s, and CBs, and what a big part of the culture it was back then (I barely caught the end of that era), but Smoky, Convoy, Cannonball, God where did time go ? It's hard to realize life's not like that anymore. I brought this up a lot with my parents. Being 6,7 8 etc in the early '80s, I bemoan missing the '70s. The type of.....just roadside on a 2 lane highway, type of independently owned eating places like you see in Smokey, here in Nebraska by the time I was a kid a lot of those same type of roadside diners, most of them had closed, IIRC, or started closing by the early to mid '80s.
PNW produced regional beers. I occasionally, when I hear someone accelerating and shifting off in the distance on the highway, I also hear Raaaaiiiiiinnnnneeeeeerrrrrr beer. 😁 thankful I can find that old commercial that played even here in Nebraska in the 1980s. That commercial is stuck in my head.
@@Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we The roadside places were still popular in the 80s. It was the 90s when the drive-thru chains took over. However you’ll still see some roadside places around Georgia where this was filmed.
"For the good old American life: For the money, for the glory, and for the fun... mostly for the money." Fun Fact: The second-highest grossing movie released in 1977, after Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). Justice For All Fact: A majority of the lines and quotes spoken by Jackie Gleason's character, Sheriff Buford T. Justice, were improvised. Jackie Gleason said that his cafe' scene with Burt Reynolds was not in the original story; it was Gleason's idea. Buford T. Justice was the name of a real Florida Highway Patrolman known to Burt Reynolds' father who was once Chief of Police of Jupiter, Florida. Music Enthusiast Fact: Hal Needham asked Jerry Reed to write a theme song for the film. A couple of hours later, Reed presented what would become East Bound And Down (1977) to Needham. With an acoustic guitar, Reed started to play it and Needham immediately stopped him. Thinking Needham didn't like it, Reed offered to re-write the song. To which Needham replied: "If you change one note, I'll kill you!" and the song went on to become one of Reed's biggest hits. Beer Enthusiast Fact: Coors Beer was actually never illegal to transport east of the Mississippi, but due to the location of the Coors bottling plant in Colorado it was very difficult to get out of the Rocky Mountains so it was very hard to get into places East of Texas. The Coors Brewing Co. did not have any authorized distributors east of the Mississippi River because the beer was unpasteurized and the company could not be sure it would not spoil if it was transported too far. So the company just didn't sell it eastward, until refrigeration and transportation technology improved. Automobile Enthusiast Fact: On the DVD documentary, Burt Reynolds says that a senior executive at Pontiac promised him a free Trans-Am if the movie became a hit. It did and the 1977 T-Top Trans-Am became one of the hottest selling cars of the year. When the movie became a hit, Reynolds expected the executive to come through with his promise. But the Trans-Am never came. After a few months, Reynolds, (who was afraid of looking like one of those pretentious stars looking for freebies), finally called Pontiac. As it turned out, the executive that made the promise had retired and the new executive refused to keep the promise that was made by the previous Pontiac Trans Am executive.
@BigGator5 , well said! I just wanted to mention that one of my girlfriends in high school had a rich dad. He bought her one of the 'Reverse Bandit' 1978 cars - gold with black trim & decals. Don't know what Pontiac's option code was for that thing, but it was a stunning car. Should also add that I'm an SCCA member - club legend says Pontiac gave the club $1 per car sold because "Trans-Am" was the name of our professional 'muscle car' racing series in the '70s. After this movie came out and TA sales rose so high, GM tried to negotiate their way out of it. 🤣
@@BigGator5 , all covered in plastic. I'll admit I've always been an import guy, but I do my own work on it. Whenever I have to do the work, all those covers *stay* off when I'm done. 2002 Honda RSX at the moment. I open the hood to add oil, and everybody younger than me thinks, '..oh, you're one of those 'tuner' kids'.. before they see how old I am. 😁
4:44 The thing about Coors was they didn't uses additives to keep the beer preserved. And the fact that beer wasn't refridgerated then, means that Coors limited distribution. That's why it was so prized, and that's why you couldn't get on the East coast back then.
All the songs that have lyrics in this movie were done by Jerry Reed AKA the Snowman AKA Cledus Snow There was a short lived TV show called American Truckers where they did this run from Atlanta to Texarkana Texas and back in less than 28 hrs also making stops along the way doing different things and the truck broke down once still if memory serves me correctly around 26 hrs
Burt's Dad was a small town Sheriff in Florida. A lot of his mannerism and sayings Burt would tell Jackie about who loved them, and used them for this character. His dad also called him Junior. Burt is being chased by his dad and younger self. :D This movie was also directly responsible for the Dukes of Hazard.
Jackie Gleason is such a gem in this movie. hes so fucking angry to the point of it being too rediculous. so many fantastic quotes. "hold on, one shit at a time!"
I think, if I remember correctly, Burt Reynolds couldn't do #3 because of his injury from the movie he did with Clint Eastwood. But #3 did have the Knight Rider car before it was Knight Rider in it.
Fun fact about this movie: George Lucas and 20th Century Fox actually moved the release date of the original Star Wars to May 19th because they were afraid Smokey and the Bandit would swallow up all of Star Wars’ opening box office
The third was originally titled Smokey Is The Bandit & had Gleason playing both rolls but the concept confused test audiences so they reshot it with Reed playing The Bandit.
Less than that. Where Juniors hat flies off you can see a sign in the background for 47 cent diesel. Diesel was actually cheaper than gasoline back then.
Regarding the deputy whose father is the mayor ... that wouldn't do him much good anyhow ... the Sheriff is an elected official, and while he likely cooperates with the mayor, he is not subordinate to him (whereas a Chief of Police would be).
And three Dukes of Hazzard cast members in the movie cooter in the beginning enus is the police cop on the bike Bo duke in the crowd at the end of the movie
Not just back in the day it is true today as well!! Anything that has federal taxes on it alcohol or tobacco has a state-specific federal tax! You can not move any to another state without the necessary paperwork showing that the taxes have been applied properly!
You asked what they made a remake of this movie they did John Schneider stars in it also produced it it's called Stand on It went straight to DVD but I have not seen it
The ending was a bit far fetched,I mean Bandit and Snowman drove all night and day,finally reach thier destination in Atlanta looking all rested and refreshed,and are now driving up to Boston to bring back some clam chowder when in the real world they would be exhausted lol.
My wife is from the Atlanta area. The distribution center they get the beer from was where my father in law worked at. The bridge that was jumped is now the site of a subdivision and near the cemetery my father in law is now buried at southwest of Atlanta. The town that Bandit loses the cop chasing him, hides in the town center and looks at the camera is in McDonough, Georgia. Btw, the joke about the daddy being mayor of the deputy is that he will still have to play for the car if it got damaged.
Coors beer couldn't be transported east of the Mississippi River in the 70s...for the simple fact it was cold brewed and non pastuerized...it had to be kept cold when transported...same as keg beer it's non pasteurized and has to be kept cold
Not sure that a Buford spinoff would have worked since it would be exactly the same as the Sheriff Lobo spinoff of BJ and the Bear. Which was too similar.
This movie didn't teach me how to drive. I learned before that from the Speed Racer 1960s cartoon series. I can tell you from personal experience that the laws of physics are only guidelines.
@@AndrewFoxMiller slow down Super trucker just woke up an saw your comment!...............................remember if you have to ask that question you already know the answer!
To this day each state has a limit on alcohol in beer. To this day if you carry alcoholic beverages across state lines you can be charged with BOOTLEGGING.
1. Goof 1: Empty beer cases at the Texarkana storage place. 2. Thanks to this movie CB sales skyrocketed. 3. This is the TV edited version with the language severely overdubbed. 4. Jackie Gleason absolutely kills in this movie. 😇 5. "He (Fred) didn't wait 30 minutes" 🤣 6. It's against the law to inform of police activity. Especially right in front of the officer. 7. High School boys all over the country had a crush on Sally Field.😍😋 8. Car killing movie to watch, "The Blues Brothers". 9. "My dog didn't bite you mister. Fred, absolutely don't like grease." 10. "Hold on to your ass Fred." I still use that. 11. There are two more but not as good. 12. Three Trans-Am cars were used. Not including the stunt cars. 13. Much of Gleason's dialog was ad-lib.
First one wasnt a goof. Cletus had to land on them. # 6 it is not against the law informing police activity, like flashing your headlights before a speedtrap. its protected speech.
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Getting your hands on a case of Coors here in New England was a big deal in the 70s
Jackie Gleason took a shot of whiskey before a lot of these takes. He also would ignore the script and improvise amazing lines, like "my hat blew off deddy. Well I hope your goddamn head was in it"🤣🤣
None of this surprises me, but I'm also glad you pointed it out of course 😂 -Andrew
thats my favorite line besides. "Hold on! one shit at a time!"
All of Gleason's dialogue was ad libbed. Right on the spot.
This movie was so popular it raked in 300 million at the box office. Only Star Wars made more that year.
Burt called Sally Field the love of his life in his final years but the feeling wasn't mutual, Sally said in her autobiography that Burt was very controlling and a bad kisser.
Old Southern Boy checking in on the beer thing: Before local craft beers came along (after local brewing laws here were relaxed in the '90s and '00s), many of us craved those regional brands like Rolling Rock, Yuengling, Coors or even Olympia (was difficult to find, because they were based in the PNW) just because they tasted so much better. IIRC, by now all those little brewers have been bought up by major brands, and now taste like the mass-produced corporate crap we were trying to escape from in the first place. But back in '77? Yeah, it was worth a 'road trip'.
I live in Nebraska and it can be hard to find coors banquet, even though I live just about 7 or 8 hours from where coors is made in Colorado. Coors light is easy to find though.
The reason was they didn't put additives to keep it preserved. Thus, Coors couldn't ship it far.
I'm old enough we saw it at the drive-in late '70s (born 74) I did not know about the pasteurization vs.not issue or 11 states til today. We had the soundtrack on vinyl LP around late '70s too. Like many I wanted a Trans Am, I ended up buying '80 TTA spec.ed. just like S&B #2. Good times back then 👍😁 I have an hour recorded from c span of 2 professors from Dayton explaining to college students about all the car and trucker movies of the '70s, and CBs, and what a big part of the culture it was back then (I barely caught the end of that era), but Smoky, Convoy, Cannonball, God where did time go ? It's hard to realize life's not like that anymore. I brought this up a lot with my parents. Being 6,7 8 etc in the early '80s, I bemoan missing the '70s. The type of.....just roadside on a 2 lane highway, type of independently owned eating places like you see in Smokey, here in Nebraska by the time I was a kid a lot of those same type of roadside diners, most of them had closed, IIRC, or started closing by the early to mid '80s.
PNW produced regional beers. I occasionally, when I hear someone accelerating and shifting off in the distance on the highway, I also hear Raaaaiiiiiinnnnneeeeeerrrrrr beer. 😁 thankful I can find that old commercial that played even here in Nebraska in the 1980s. That commercial is stuck in my head.
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The roadside places were still popular in the 80s. It was the 90s when the drive-thru chains took over. However you’ll still see some roadside places around Georgia where this was filmed.
"For the good old American life: For the money, for the glory, and for the fun... mostly for the money."
Fun Fact: The second-highest grossing movie released in 1977, after Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).
Justice For All Fact: A majority of the lines and quotes spoken by Jackie Gleason's character, Sheriff Buford T. Justice, were improvised. Jackie Gleason said that his cafe' scene with Burt Reynolds was not in the original story; it was Gleason's idea. Buford T. Justice was the name of a real Florida Highway Patrolman known to Burt Reynolds' father who was once Chief of Police of Jupiter, Florida.
Music Enthusiast Fact: Hal Needham asked Jerry Reed to write a theme song for the film. A couple of hours later, Reed presented what would become East Bound And Down (1977) to Needham. With an acoustic guitar, Reed started to play it and Needham immediately stopped him. Thinking Needham didn't like it, Reed offered to re-write the song. To which Needham replied: "If you change one note, I'll kill you!" and the song went on to become one of Reed's biggest hits.
Beer Enthusiast Fact: Coors Beer was actually never illegal to transport east of the Mississippi, but due to the location of the Coors bottling plant in Colorado it was very difficult to get out of the Rocky Mountains so it was very hard to get into places East of Texas. The Coors Brewing Co. did not have any authorized distributors east of the Mississippi River because the beer was unpasteurized and the company could not be sure it would not spoil if it was transported too far. So the company just didn't sell it eastward, until refrigeration and transportation technology improved.
Automobile Enthusiast Fact: On the DVD documentary, Burt Reynolds says that a senior executive at Pontiac promised him a free Trans-Am if the movie became a hit. It did and the 1977 T-Top Trans-Am became one of the hottest selling cars of the year. When the movie became a hit, Reynolds expected the executive to come through with his promise. But the Trans-Am never came. After a few months, Reynolds, (who was afraid of looking like one of those pretentious stars looking for freebies), finally called Pontiac. As it turned out, the executive that made the promise had retired and the new executive refused to keep the promise that was made by the previous Pontiac Trans Am executive.
@BigGator5 , well said! I just wanted to mention that one of my girlfriends in high school had a rich dad. He bought her one of the 'Reverse Bandit' 1978 cars - gold with black trim & decals. Don't know what Pontiac's option code was for that thing, but it was a stunning car. Should also add that I'm an SCCA member - club legend says Pontiac gave the club $1 per car sold because "Trans-Am" was the name of our professional 'muscle car' racing series in the '70s. After this movie came out and TA sales rose so high, GM tried to negotiate their way out of it. 🤣
Panama Floyd ...Back when cars were cars. I mean, you open the hood of these newer cars and there's no engine!
Go in Peace and Walk with God. 😎 👍
@@BigGator5 , all covered in plastic. I'll admit I've always been an import guy, but I do my own work on it. Whenever I have to do the work, all those covers *stay* off when I'm done. 2002 Honda RSX at the moment. I open the hood to add oil, and everybody younger than me thinks, '..oh, you're one of those 'tuner' kids'.. before they see how old I am. 😁
Jerry Reed also played a truck driver with Peter Fonda in the movie High Ballin'
The motorcycle cop that pulls over Snowman as he enters Georgia is the same actor whi played Enos on Dukes of Hazzard.
He also played Bear Bryant in Forrest Gump.
4:44 The thing about Coors was they didn't uses additives to keep the beer preserved. And the fact that beer wasn't refridgerated then, means that Coors limited distribution. That's why it was so prized, and that's why you couldn't get on the East coast back then.
All the songs that have lyrics in this movie were done by Jerry Reed AKA the Snowman AKA Cledus Snow
There was a short lived TV show called American Truckers where they did this run from Atlanta to Texarkana Texas and back in less than 28 hrs also making stops along the way doing different things and the truck broke down once still if memory serves me correctly around 26 hrs
Burt's Dad was a small town Sheriff in Florida. A lot of his mannerism and sayings Burt would tell Jackie about who loved them, and used them for this character. His dad also called him Junior. Burt is being chased by his dad and younger self. :D This movie was also directly responsible for the Dukes of Hazard.
Jackie Gleason is such a gem in this movie. hes so fucking angry to the point of it being too rediculous. so many fantastic quotes. "hold on, one shit at a time!"
the 3rd movie was originally going to be Smokey IS The Bandit but it got refilmed and in several shots you can see Gleason's stunt double driving
I think, if I remember correctly, Burt Reynolds couldn't do #3 because of his injury from the movie he did with Clint Eastwood. But #3 did have the Knight Rider car before it was Knight Rider in it.
Fun fact about this movie: George Lucas and 20th Century Fox actually moved the release date of the original Star Wars to May 19th because they were afraid Smokey and the Bandit would swallow up all of Star Wars’ opening box office
The third was originally titled Smokey Is The Bandit & had Gleason playing both rolls but the concept confused test audiences so they reshot it with Reed playing The Bandit.
Diesel fuel back then was dirt cheap!!! It was only about 74 or 75 cents a gallon.
Less than that. Where Juniors hat flies off you can see a sign in the background for 47 cent diesel. Diesel was actually cheaper than gasoline back then.
@@chrisb9577 But due to inflation, that was getting expensive, as 10 years before gas was running about 25 cents a gallon.
Gasoline was $0.56 in 1976 as well!
Regarding the deputy whose father is the mayor ... that wouldn't do him much good anyhow ... the Sheriff is an elected official, and while he likely cooperates with the mayor, he is not subordinate to him (whereas a Chief of Police would be).
Because Coors beer wasn't pasteurized. That's why you couldn't move it across the Mississippi
It wasn’t past the Mississippi it was past Texas. Lousiana is west of the Mississippi but east of texas
And three Dukes of Hazzard cast members in the movie cooter in the beginning enus is the police cop on the bike Bo duke in the crowd at the end of the movie
The tanks on a long haul tractor can hold up to 320 gallons, so at today's average price it would take up to $1,238 to completely fill the tanks
Jerry Reed wrote and performed all music for this movie and he's Snowman the 18 wheeler driver
Coors Banquet
that was worth the "road trip"
I'm a big fan of Smokey and the bandit
Not just back in the day it is true today as well!! Anything that has federal taxes on it alcohol or tobacco has a state-specific federal tax! You can not move any to another state without the necessary paperwork showing that the taxes have been applied properly!
You asked what they made a remake of this movie they did John Schneider stars in it also produced it it's called Stand on It went straight to DVD but I have not seen it
The ending was a bit far fetched,I mean Bandit and Snowman drove all night and day,finally reach thier destination in Atlanta looking all rested and refreshed,and are now driving up to Boston to bring back some clam chowder when in the real world they would be exhausted lol.
This movie was filmed in its entirety in Georgia. And that was 400 cases of empty Coors. You couldn't bring Coors East of the Mississippi.
My wife is from the Atlanta area. The distribution center they get the beer from was where my father in law worked at. The bridge that was jumped is now the site of a subdivision and near the cemetery my father in law is now buried at southwest of Atlanta. The town that Bandit loses the cop chasing him, hides in the town center and looks at the camera is in McDonough, Georgia. Btw, the joke about the daddy being mayor of the deputy is that he will still have to play for the car if it got damaged.
This isn't a movie...it's a documentary of southern living...or it could be 1 of my family road trips
Coors beer couldn't be transported east of the Mississippi River in the 70s...for the simple fact it was cold brewed and non pastuerized...it had to be kept cold when transported...same as keg beer it's non pasteurized and has to be kept cold
Jackie Gleason had a tv show in the 60s called The Honeymooners
To do a round trip from Atlanta to Boston in 18 hours, you have to average 120 mph.
Not sure that a Buford spinoff would have worked since it would be exactly the same as the Sheriff Lobo spinoff of BJ and the Bear. Which was too similar.
9:18 He's the blocker. His job is to distract the cops so they let the truck through.
This movie inspired CBS tv to create Dukes of Hazzard.
In the 70s and 80s many counties had strict alcohol laws.
There are actually 7 movies in total
Cars weren't cheaper. You have think in 1977 dollars. The $80k they are going for is worth about $400k today. That's a SHITLOAD of money.
average price to fll up a modern day semi is close to 350$ in some places.
Somebody forgot to tell the guy on the right this was a comedy
P.S. And you need serious help with your edititng. You cut so many great moments out of this thing. I've seen more inclusion on network TV.
Here's a little fun fact that motorcycle cop is Enos Strate on Dukes of Hazzard real name Sonny Shroyer
You ever want to give yourself a headache start researching liquor laws. The US is like five thousand separate countries when it comes to booze.
Have ya'll watched Convoy?
I have but Andrew has not. There is a long list of movies I need to get Andrew to watch. - Adam
This movie didn't teach me how to drive. I learned before that from the Speed Racer 1960s cartoon series. I can tell you from personal experience that the laws of physics are only guidelines.
Yeah, who didn't see that happening. Smokey and the Bandit 3 - minus The Bandit.
Plus CB radios
Ever seeing Smokey and the bandit is unamerican
I'm sure that Federal made a mint on selling their beacons for the movie.
You guys do too much during the video.
if you want a cop car destroying movie the THE BLUES BROTHERS is he movie to see
2 verses not versions.
John Schneider made a remake of this movie
Just so you know not all us truck drivers listen to truck driver songs! Just FYI!
Ron, we all know that you got the song "Convoy" on your driving playlist like 7 times. - Adam
As a truck driver, you had no comment on my "confident" accusation at the 25:30 mark? I expected you to set me straight. smh
@@AndrewFoxMiller slow down Super trucker just woke up an saw your comment!...............................remember if you have to ask that question you already know the answer!
To this day each state has a limit on alcohol in beer. To this day if you carry alcoholic beverages across state lines you can be charged with BOOTLEGGING.
And you don't use the terminology Good Buddy !
1. Goof 1: Empty beer cases at the Texarkana storage place.
2. Thanks to this movie CB sales skyrocketed.
3. This is the TV edited version with the language severely overdubbed.
4. Jackie Gleason absolutely kills in this movie. 😇
5. "He (Fred) didn't wait 30 minutes" 🤣
6. It's against the law to inform of police activity. Especially right in front of the officer.
7. High School boys all over the country had a crush on Sally Field.😍😋
8. Car killing movie to watch, "The Blues Brothers".
9. "My dog didn't bite you mister. Fred, absolutely don't like grease."
10. "Hold on to your ass Fred." I still use that.
11. There are two more but not as good.
12. Three Trans-Am cars were used. Not including the stunt cars.
13. Much of Gleason's dialog was ad-lib.
Besides CB sales increasing, I think sales of Trans-Ams doubled in the next year, surpassing Camaro sales for the first time.
First one wasnt a goof. Cletus had to land on them. # 6 it is not against the law informing police activity, like flashing your headlights before a speedtrap. its protected speech.