SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT (1977) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

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  • @AFMountaineer2000
    @AFMountaineer2000 6 месяцев назад +1087

    Coors beer was once illegal in some states because of a provision in the Liquor Control Act that states that only pasteurized malt beverages in brewery-sealed packages may be sold for consumption. Coors beer is cold filtered, not pasteurized. Oregon had a 50-year-old statute forbidding the sale of unpasteurized beer, which was officially considered unhealthy. In 1977, it was illegal to sell Coors east of the Mississippi River without a permit.

    • @JustSomeGoy
      @JustSomeGoy 6 месяцев назад

      Moonshine was illegal because it could be used as an alternative fuel source for carbureted engines...had nothing to do with people drinking it, anything that threatens the value of oil get made illegal or patented and put down in the pentagon basement.

    • @Dularr
      @Dularr 6 месяцев назад +83

      Coors also had to be transported in refrigerated trucks. Which made it a regional brand.

    • @arieljaquez5444
      @arieljaquez5444 6 месяцев назад +76

      Beat me to it, yes, transporting beer wasnt illegal, just transporting Coors beer was.

    • @davidgallagher6096
      @davidgallagher6096 6 месяцев назад +20

      Interesting, I always assumed it was a state tax dodge.

    • @mcgilj1
      @mcgilj1 6 месяцев назад +16

      ​@@davidgallagher6096I always thought it had to do with the alcohol content..I know until recently in Oklahoma where I live... We could not sell 5pt beer cold or outside a liquor store. Cold beer was only low point abv 3.7 I think it was beer.. so it's nice to know the why.

  • @warrencornell430
    @warrencornell430 6 месяцев назад +776

    "Cannonball Run" for more Burt Reynolds. "Convoy" for more truckers.

    • @bob_._.
      @bob_._. 6 месяцев назад +8

      Oh please, any Burt Reynolds movie but Cannonball Run. Except for the sequel, of course.

    • @pleutron
      @pleutron 6 месяцев назад +7

      Stroker Ace for good Burt :P

    • @TheNighthawke502
      @TheNighthawke502 6 месяцев назад +13

      And "Gumball Rally" for more cross-country racing fun! 😉

    • @nataliestclair6176
      @nataliestclair6176 6 месяцев назад +13

      ​@@TheNighthawke502beat me too it. I thought Gumball Ralley was the better movie. Although Burt Reynolds and Don Delouise is what made Canonball Run so funny

    • @djlp2212
      @djlp2212 6 месяцев назад +20

      I loved Convoy

  • @johnhammonds5143
    @johnhammonds5143 6 месяцев назад +401

    "Is this song made for this movie?"
    Ohhhhh, Cassie. Jerry Reed is a musical legend. (Jerry Reed played Snowman) The story goes that the director shared with him that they needed to put together some music for this film. Jerry said, "Just give me a minute." And over the weekend -- the weekend, mind you -- he wrote Eastbound And Down, The Bandit, and The Legend. And they're all in this movie, unchanged from the way they were written. Jerry Reed is a legend.

    • @patricksullivan2261
      @patricksullivan2261 6 месяцев назад +27

      And a fantastically under rated actor. Reed had real acting chops. He just wasn't that interested in it.

    • @warinsidemyhead8939
      @warinsidemyhead8939 6 месяцев назад +15

      One of the great country guitar players of all times....Jerry is a legend....

    • @ronfehr7899
      @ronfehr7899 6 месяцев назад +1

      I used to have a cassette tape of Dave Dudley (another country singer) music, and I remember his rendition of East Bound and Down.

    • @legionkahn
      @legionkahn 6 месяцев назад +9

      @@patricksullivan2261 I did like it when he decided to play the bad coach in The Waterboy.

    • @LucianDevine
      @LucianDevine 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@ronfehr7899 I didn't have one from this movie, but I did have a Charlie Daniels Band one with Devil Went Down to Georgia on it as a kid.

  • @banditone7896
    @banditone7896 5 месяцев назад +48

    It always warms my heart when someone watches Smokey and the Bandit for the first time.

  • @bekindandrewind1422
    @bekindandrewind1422 6 месяцев назад +133

    In an interview before he passed away.. Burt Reynolds said that Sally Field was the love of his life and he never should have let her go..

    • @esaedvik
      @esaedvik 6 месяцев назад +15

      "Not letting her go" isn't an option if she wants to leave a controlling and emotionally abusing partner. She had history of being abused, so it's a good thing she left. She called him a "preformed rut in her road" in her book. Perfect match of flaws, so they fell into each other and it wasn't pretty.

    • @davidimrie6916
      @davidimrie6916 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@esaedvik Another good book that exposes the controlling and toxic relationship in Hollywood is the Sondra Locke book about Clint Eastwood called, The Good The Bad and The Very Ugly.

    • @ItsMe-vg4vj
      @ItsMe-vg4vj 5 месяцев назад +5

      He was better off without her. She wouldn't have been faithful to him.

    • @davidimrie6916
      @davidimrie6916 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@ItsMe-vg4vj Sondra Locke or Sally Field?

    • @andreadeamon6419
      @andreadeamon6419 5 месяцев назад +4

      When he got gravely ill and passed Sally paid for everything

  • @benn454
    @benn454 6 месяцев назад +419

    Bandit's car is a 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Because of the massive popularity of this movie, GM sold over 730,000 Firebirds between 1977-1981.

    • @onlylooksitalian
      @onlylooksitalian 6 месяцев назад +12

      Actually, its a Pontiac Fire Chicken.

    • @randomthoughts5601
      @randomthoughts5601 6 месяцев назад +7

      @@onlylooksitalian Screaming Chicken

    • @vodengc520
      @vodengc520 6 месяцев назад +7

      My favorite car. Too bad I wasn't even born until 79, and never got the chance to buy one, lol.

    • @Lugnut64052
      @Lugnut64052 6 месяцев назад +13

      Also, the ones with the Pontiac engines were some of the best muscle cars of the era. Very speedy. They essentially destroyed about three of them making the movie, and they weren't modified in any way.

    • @Brett33
      @Brett33 6 месяцев назад +28

      " A pan am " 😂😂

  • @kenfreeman8888
    @kenfreeman8888 6 месяцев назад +335

    16 car accidents ... but only 15 were your fault. That clarification made me laugh so much. 😊

    • @tomloft2000
      @tomloft2000 6 месяцев назад +19

      I was really interested in the 1 that wasn't her fault.

    • @Logan_Baron
      @Logan_Baron 6 месяцев назад +22

      Saying "Only" for the majority of them is funny.

    • @m.hreels9822
      @m.hreels9822 6 месяцев назад +14

      I'm more concerned about the people that she supposedly hit 😮 that is not cool if she's not much of a menace on the road!! That's dangerous as hell she shouldn't even have a license.

    • @Ranger1PresentsVirtualRealms
      @Ranger1PresentsVirtualRealms 6 месяцев назад +10

      @@m.hreels9822 Well, she did say most of them only involved inanimate objects... though I'm really divided as to whether that is better or worse. 😏😏

    • @leefischer5814
      @leefischer5814 6 месяцев назад +10

      ​@@tomloft2000I'm interested in why she still has a freaking license. People like that normally lose it for 5 years after a certain number in a certain time span.

  • @Cadinho93
    @Cadinho93 6 месяцев назад +354

    Well known fact that Burt Reynolds and Sally Field lived together for many years, their chemistry is very apparent in this film.
    Also, Burt Reynolds was the literal definition of cool in 1977.

    • @jonc7739
      @jonc7739 6 месяцев назад +49

      Burt Reynolds once said that breaking up with Sally Field was the biggest mistake of his life.

    • @lescook9021
      @lescook9021 6 месяцев назад +12

      Burt and Sally fell in love while making this film

    • @donaldfleming5049
      @donaldfleming5049 6 месяцев назад +9

      Burt & Sally would do the sequel 'Smokey & the Bandit II' together, as well as the movie 'Hooper' in 1978, the year after this movie came out. They also were in the movie 'The End', which also starred Dom Deluise.

    • @Joan-ph2es
      @Joan-ph2es 6 месяцев назад +11

      I read they broke up soon after Burt wouldn't go with Sally to the Oscars the year she won Best Actress (Norma Rae). He was too jealous to be happy for her. No going back after that.

    • @-sandman4605
      @-sandman4605 6 месяцев назад +4

      They where only together for 5 years and it was not a happy relationship, Burt Reynolds was a very jealous man & addicted to pain killers & alcohol due to injuries doing his own stunts which made it very hard for Sally to be with him.
      🇦🇺🦘

  • @edoetschedoetsch
    @edoetschedoetsch 6 месяцев назад +87

    Jerry Reed was also a Country Singer and absolutely shredded as a Guitarist

    • @JeffreyMontgomery-e5u
      @JeffreyMontgomery-e5u 5 месяцев назад +1

      MY BIRD!!!!!!

    • @markeastridge9649
      @markeastridge9649 5 месяцев назад +1

      Jerry’s soundtrack is great. Beyond the songs, the instrumentals are tight. CB chatter tracks are fun.

    • @ballybunion9
      @ballybunion9 5 месяцев назад +3

      Elvis recorded two of Jerry's songs: Guitar Man and US Male.

  • @HemlockRidge
    @HemlockRidge 6 месяцев назад +54

    Jackie Gleason was a comic legend. He had a TV Sitcom called "The Honeymooners" with Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, and Joyce Randolph. It was hilarious. "To the MOON, Alice!", "Address the ball".

    • @cologeek
      @cologeek 4 месяца назад

      The Honeymooners were just one small part (But the best remembered due to reruns of the sitcom version) of his legacy. I'm old enough to remember the last years of his comedy/variety show. He was a comic genius.

  • @dantedorran7715
    @dantedorran7715 6 месяцев назад +156

    "Smokey and the Bandit" is really just a live-action version of one of the old Road-Runner/Coyote cartoons. It doesn't take itself too seriously, and that's precisely why it's fun!

    • @samuelmoulds1016
      @samuelmoulds1016 6 месяцев назад +4

      yeah, seen "Smokey and the Bandit" over 20 times and I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT!! YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

    • @samuelmoulds1016
      @samuelmoulds1016 6 месяцев назад +1

      yeah, seen "Smokey and the Bandit" over 20 times and I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT!! YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

    • @samuelmoulds1016
      @samuelmoulds1016 6 месяцев назад +1

      yeah, seen "Smokey and the Bandit" over 20 times and I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT!! YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

    • @rufus5966
      @rufus5966 6 месяцев назад +2

      The Villian was too.

  • @michelle_pgh
    @michelle_pgh 6 месяцев назад +165

    My favorite part was when Cassie asked if the car was called a Pan Am. 😂 It may be long forgotten now, but back when this movie came out, it made every kid and guy on the face of the earth want a Trans Am.

    • @schroedingers_kotze
      @schroedingers_kotze 6 месяцев назад +12

      There's a clear generation gap here, I guess. But the Trans Am was definitely a fancy car.

    • @islandseeker1260
      @islandseeker1260 6 месяцев назад +9

      I really wanted a Trans Am, and got caught up in the whole Firebird vs. Camaro debate. Even though I crusaded at the time for Pontiac, this many years later as my tastes have aged I gotta say I think the early pre-70's Camaro were the better looking vehicle with classic muscle car lines. Heck, Pontiac GTO (the Judge), Dodge Charger, Camaro, Firebird... I'd take any one of 'em nowadays!

    • @Chaddz3
      @Chaddz3 6 месяцев назад +4

      Pontiac in 1977 sold a car called the Can Am it was a dolled up version on a Catalina with ground effects spoiler and typical 70's ralleye stripes. very few were ever built and are collector's items today

    • @danishhald
      @danishhald 6 месяцев назад +1

      Hilarious.

    • @wagonmaster1974
      @wagonmaster1974 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@Chaddz3 The Can Am was based on the Lemans body. One year only car with just over a thousand produced.

  • @chefskiss6179
    @chefskiss6179 6 месяцев назад +139

    It was just perfect being 10 years old in 1977: Star Wars, Smokey, Close Encounters, Sat Night Fever, Spy Who Loved Me... what a year!

    • @ShawNshawN
      @ShawNshawN 6 месяцев назад +3

      me too!

    • @richardlee2120
      @richardlee2120 6 месяцев назад +3

      and me, too!

    • @Vyp3Rau
      @Vyp3Rau 6 месяцев назад +3

      I was 6 and I still remember my parents taking me to all those movies at the cinema.

    • @eddiemendezjr6545
      @eddiemendezjr6545 6 месяцев назад +3

      And Elvis passed away

    • @marksterner7532
      @marksterner7532 6 месяцев назад +3

      I was 22 and in my final year at university. Loved all those great films!

  • @patfleming6103
    @patfleming6103 6 месяцев назад +14

    I was selling cars at a Pontiac dealership when this movie came out. I had a couple come in and test drive a special edition Trans-Am like Bandit drove. We sat down to negotiate the price when the husband excused himself to visit the restroom. While he was gone his wife said to me "He hasn't been the same since we saw THAT movie". It was the easiest sale of my life.

  • @ShawnTheDriver
    @ShawnTheDriver 6 месяцев назад +22

    As a trucker now…this movie was the movie that made me want to do it. I’m only 26, I saw this movie when I was like 15 and it’s been my favorite movie ever since. I still watch it all of the time. 😂

    • @evcass69
      @evcass69 5 месяцев назад

      Bandit, Convoy & BJ and the Bear all had me enamored wirh being a semi driver at age 11. Ma talked me out of it. Given she was a cop for a few years, I guess she was worried about my respect for the law 😅

    • @heyhocodyo97
      @heyhocodyo97 2 месяца назад

      Hope you got a CB for your truck

  • @jerrywalters8885
    @jerrywalters8885 6 месяцев назад +182

    Snowman is played by Jerry Reed the writer and the singer of most songs in the movie

    • @BigTroyT
      @BigTroyT 6 месяцев назад +19

      Singer, writer, and master guitarman.

    • @JPDillon
      @JPDillon 6 месяцев назад +4

      Jerry Reed is a Georgia music Hall of Famer. A terrific guitar player, and also known for his humorous songs. Check out "Amos Moses", "She Got The Goldmine, I Got the Shaft", "Lord Mr. Ford".

    • @RobTzu
      @RobTzu 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@JPDillon She got the goldmine is not so funny to me after my divorce haha

    • @jerrypeacock2234
      @jerrypeacock2234 6 месяцев назад

      Fun piece of movie trivia for everyone, can you name every movie that Jerry Reed and Burt Reynolds starred in together without Googling it

    • @Wirenfeldt1990
      @Wirenfeldt1990 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@JPDillonAmos Moses was one of my favorite tracks from GTA San Andreas.. Jerry Reed is a legend..

  • @mustang4life
    @mustang4life 6 месяцев назад +195

    Jackie Gleason’s ICONIC role, as this movie would not be the same if anyone else played the role of Sheriff Buford T. Justice. 🥃🇺🇸🤘🏻🇺🇸🥃

    • @keithralston1133
      @keithralston1133 6 месяцев назад +21

      Jackie Gleason's ICONIC role is Ralph Cramden.

    • @ComedicPause
      @ComedicPause 6 месяцев назад +14

      Perhaps his iconic film role. His _most_ iconic role was Ralph Kramden.

    • @Lugnut64052
      @Lugnut64052 6 месяцев назад +8

      @@keithralston1133 Hence his ad lib about "kicking Bandit's ass around the moon by now."

    • @Ranger1PresentsVirtualRealms
      @Ranger1PresentsVirtualRealms 6 месяцев назад +7

      @@keithralston1133 True, but she didn't even know who the legendary Jackie Gleason was, let alone get a "The Honeymooners" reference. That's WAY before her time. I was pretty pleased to see country singer, song writer, and actor Jerry Reed again. I always did like him for some reason.

    • @Ranger1PresentsVirtualRealms
      @Ranger1PresentsVirtualRealms 6 месяцев назад +4

      Also, I'm pretty sure that Fred was the reason I developed an affinity for owning Bassett Hounds. 😏

  • @TheNeonRabbit
    @TheNeonRabbit 6 месяцев назад +103

    Context is important:
    In 1974 the US federal government imposed a National Maximum Speed Limit of 55 MPH, supposedly to decrease fuel usage. This law was near universally hated by the driving public and it quickly created an anti law enforcement sentiment among otherwise law-abiding citizens.
    It was in that environment that this movie about a charismatic speedy driver making a fool out of a dim-witted self-important traffic cop became instantly popular.

    • @oaktree1628
      @oaktree1628 6 месяцев назад +3

      I would not characterize the law as near universally hated- especially among safety minded people.

    • @cullertransportation
      @cullertransportation 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@oaktree1628I would

    • @TheNeonRabbit
      @TheNeonRabbit 4 месяца назад +2

      @@oaktree1628 Context. Take a pole on a long stretch of freeway in 1977

  • @Biwabik223
    @Biwabik223 6 месяцев назад +13

    I used to drive a 1975 Kenworth conventional. The interior scenes of this truck brings back many memories.

  • @SierraBravo347
    @SierraBravo347 6 месяцев назад +16

    I watched this being filmed when I was just a kid. Jerry Reeds house was my Mom's Aunt's house, and the girl that said "Hey Uncle Bandit" was my cousin. They had Three of the Trans Ams to film with...two for stunts, and one on a trailer with cameras mounted on it. The entire movie was shot in Georgia.

    • @ricknoe942
      @ricknoe942 5 месяцев назад +1

      I was an extra in this movie, having recently moved from small-town New Jersey to Atlanta. Burt and I eyed each other 'cause we were dressed the same (blue shirt in the early part of the movie). Sorry I didn't get to see Sally Field or Jerry Reed, but it was a great experience.

    • @SierraBravo347
      @SierraBravo347 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@ricknoe942 Yeah, didn't get to see Sally either, because her part hadn't come in yet. My mom's sister still has a pack of Bert's smokes she swiped. 😁

  • @TallBob1962
    @TallBob1962 6 месяцев назад +119

    I had forgotten. CB radios were the cell phones of the day. EVERYONE had a CB radio. LOL

    • @sprint955st
      @sprint955st 6 месяцев назад +1

      Popular still nowadays, different but still a thing. Lots of YT videos on the subject. What happens when the cell network goes down…

    • @chrishenfling2182
      @chrishenfling2182 6 месяцев назад +1

      CB Radio is coming up this time ❤ so many CB Radio friends install the old Radios another in cars and houses 🎉 Nostalgic yes but its working. This is a cult Film for that ❤ Digital speak is out welcome back analog 😅

    • @cainealexander-mccord2805
      @cainealexander-mccord2805 6 месяцев назад

      You're not kidding. From Frb. '77 to late '78, there were CBs and Trans Ams from coast to coast. My Pops took me when I was 12. Man, I could watch this every night.

    • @Starry_Night_Sky7455
      @Starry_Night_Sky7455 5 месяцев назад

      I want a CB radio.

  • @jamesaugust7498
    @jamesaugust7498 6 месяцев назад +87

    When Cleetus stopped in that bar/restaurant, he was getting the truck filled up. Since the truck holds like 300 gallons or so, it takes a while. Plenty of time to stop in for a bite. My old man was a trucker, and he absolutely loved this movie. This is the only movie he ever went to with us, and he laughed his ass off the entire time.
    Good times.

    • @NarwahlGaming
      @NarwahlGaming 6 месяцев назад +4

      Shortly after I got my CDL I took my mom for a ride along.
      I'd never seen her eyes get as big as when she saw the fuel bill. 😂
      I still like to do that at a smaller truck stop in our area where you still have to go inside to pay for diesel.
      Me: _"Fuel on 20."_
      Cashier: _"Ok. That'll be $640."_
      Entire line behind me: _"Oh my god!"_
      😂

    • @andrea8130
      @andrea8130 6 месяцев назад +1

      What a wonderful memory! 😊

    • @jamesaugust7498
      @jamesaugust7498 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@NarwahlGaming Nice.

    • @Starry_Night_Sky7455
      @Starry_Night_Sky7455 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@NarwahlGaming Wow! I flip out seeing the diesel price on a tank for a truck just pulling a horse trailer for about a 3 hour trip one way. Your mom had a genuine response. 😅

  • @tancar2004
    @tancar2004 6 месяцев назад +50

    "Som Bitch" came from Burt Reynolds dad. He was a sheriff in Florida and that's what he would always say. Burt told Jackie Gleason about it and thought it was perfect for the character.

    • @TheEileen
      @TheEileen 6 месяцев назад

      It's absolutely a Soutern thing too. I don't think I heard Son of a ... until I left the south. Hee.

  • @Kissfan96dr
    @Kissfan96dr 3 месяца назад +11

    "I've been in 16 car accidents, but only 15 were my fault." sounds like a line that belongs in the movie.

  • @leeturiano4419
    @leeturiano4419 6 месяцев назад +10

    Jerry Reed, the Driver of the Truck, was a country singer, that Eastbound and Down song at the beginning, was written and sang by him. Also, Burt and Sally dated for 5 years, and he called her" The love of His Life" in his book.

  • @loucad1802
    @loucad1802 6 месяцев назад +143

    Movie legend:
    10-4 means, understood
    Whats your 20? means where are you?
    Whats your handle? your CB nickname
    Honey-hush? This means wow!
    Pedal to the metal means push gas pedal to the floor
    Sum bitch means son of a bitch.
    Enjoy the film!

    • @TroyConvers5000
      @TroyConvers5000 6 месяцев назад +25

      Bear in the air = Police helicopter.

    •  6 месяцев назад +13

      @@TroyConvers5000 10-100 taking a leak.

    • @jeremy63391
      @jeremy63391 6 месяцев назад +13

      Evel Knievel = Cop on motorcycle
      Smokey Bear = Police cars
      Bear in the hardware = Police Military force
      Gear Jammers = Truckers
      10-100 = loitering
      10-200 = restroom
      Choke and puke = restaurant- truck stop
      F O = **** off

    • @Lugnut64052
      @Lugnut64052 6 месяцев назад +13

      Choke and puke = road side restaurant

    • @curtisberard7831
      @curtisberard7831 6 месяцев назад +7

      Chicken coop -- weigh station
      Swindle sheet -- log book

  • @donaldfleming5049
    @donaldfleming5049 6 месяцев назад +59

    Fun fact: the motorcycle cop who pulled Jerry Reed over was played by Sonny Shroyer, who would later play Deputy Enos Strate in the TV series 'Dukes of Hazzard'.

    • @filthycasual8187
      @filthycasual8187 6 месяцев назад

      Ben Jones, who played Cooter, is also in this movie and I think John Schneider (Bo Duke) was at some point too.

    • @RltchieI
      @RltchieI 6 месяцев назад +5

      And Ben Jones aka Cooter is at at the start where Big & Little Enos are looking for the Bandit. Also John Schneider aka Bo Duke is in the crowd at the end when the sheriff takes off to pursue the Bandit on his mission to get clam chowder.

    • @kennethtilton6137
      @kennethtilton6137 6 месяцев назад

      So that was why he seemed familiar

    • @GUNNER67akaKelt
      @GUNNER67akaKelt 6 месяцев назад +1

      Also played a small part in Forrest Gump.

    • @showcasecharlie11
      @showcasecharlie11 6 месяцев назад

      Cooter and Bo from DOH were also in this movie. But you got to catch them .. very brief appearances.

  • @DeanTheLaughingMann
    @DeanTheLaughingMann 6 месяцев назад +77

    This movie was one big reason, if not the reason, why the Pontiac "Firebird" Trans Am became such a popular car for years after the film released.

    • @benn454
      @benn454 6 месяцев назад +12

      A black and gold T/A was THE car to have for blue collar folks in the late 70s - early 80s.

    • @snow3017
      @snow3017 6 месяцев назад +6

      are you sure it's not called a 'pam am' - lol. Sometimes her flubs just hit my right in the heart.

    • @gregzaffuto4507
      @gregzaffuto4507 6 месяцев назад +4

      Also helped fuel the CB craze in the 70s in cars and people talking and listening to truckers on the road warning about "Smokies". Coors beer was only a fad at the time because it was illegal. There was nothing special about it but college students went crazy over it because it was hard to get in certain states and went for a premium price if you bought it off someone who made a trip and brought back a case or two.

    • @LoganFerguson
      @LoganFerguson 6 месяцев назад +1

      I see a rotting one in a parking lot daily on my way to work. Exact same paint job. Makes me sad.

    • @bdcollar
      @bdcollar 6 месяцев назад +1

      Thats why my first car was a 2nd gen Trans am martinique blue loved that car

  • @TrackMaster844
    @TrackMaster844 6 месяцев назад +5

    10:16 - Yes. Bo/Bandit was “running blocker” for the truck, basically he was the distraction for the cops to chase after while Cletus/Snowman avoided getting pulled over.

  • @debbiethompson3460
    @debbiethompson3460 6 месяцев назад +6

    I was in high school when this movie came out and almost every car in our parking lot were black Trans Ams. You have no idea how huge this was. Everyone was talking in CB Talk and quoting this movie. The director was Hal Needham, a stuntman. Burt Reynolds was really into stunts and actually made a movie a year later called Hooper. It was also directed by Needham and about an old washed-up stuntman still trying to stay relevant. It's a fun one! Sally Field was also in it, since they were an item for a while, they had great chemistry.

  • @Fisherpriest
    @Fisherpriest 6 месяцев назад +115

    There is no way to describe when movies like this came out.
    We had 3 television channels. Not much on except for Saturday mornings or late night VHF stuff for teens. None of this bombardment of media.
    I'm afraid cultural events that unified everyone are long gone.
    Sad, really.
    I hope you enjoy the movie!

    • @LadyIarConnacht
      @LadyIarConnacht 6 месяцев назад +24

      Yes, we ALL had a handle, CB owner or not, and we all cheered for the rebel truckers. It was one of those times when you could start to feel the restrictions bearing down on you. Since 9/11 it's off the chain and feels like a prison system to those of us who grew up in the 70's.

    • @jennifermichelleswanson3797
      @jennifermichelleswanson3797 6 месяцев назад +19

      The kids now a days don't have a clue as to what 'TRUE' imagination is. You had to think and do things with your siblings or your close neighbor kids to have a lot of fun. Because there wasn't much on tv to really watch until later in the evening, and you still had to have your homework done and you still had to be ready for bed by a certain time. I don't know about you, but I lived around the Detroit area, so we only had like 6 channels to watch, and 3 of them were the same as the other 3.

    • @kd5you1
      @kd5you1 6 месяцев назад +6

      We had 4 VHF channels including PBS and 2 UHF which were independent stations. Later we got one more UHF, and years later those UHF became FOX, UPN, and The WB (now CW).

    • @Ranger1PresentsVirtualRealms
      @Ranger1PresentsVirtualRealms 6 месяцев назад +5

      @@kd5you1 I'm trying to remember... we had (of course) channels 4, 5, and 9 along with the VHF channels 41 and 19 (when we had a good reception day). It's slightly depressing to realize that most of the folks in this channel have NO idea what we are talking about.

    • @Ernwaldo
      @Ernwaldo 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@Ranger1PresentsVirtualRealms19 & 41 would be UHF channels. The lower numbers (& sepepate dia) would be VHF.

  • @chrisbrass8930
    @chrisbrass8930 6 месяцев назад +64

    This isn't a comedy, this is a documentary about truck drivers!
    My Dad and my grandpa we're both semi drivers when this movie was released, my dad's sister invited us to her home when HBO aired it, it was a family get together and lots of fun, I became a truck driver in 1990 once I was old enough to get my CDL and it's a popular movie with everyone in the profession!

    • @scottlyttle5586
      @scottlyttle5586 6 месяцев назад +5

      This movie was filmed in Georgia, and the director is the famous former stuntman turned director, Hal Needham. Hal went on to direct roommate Burt again in Cannonball Run, and some of his other films are Rad and Megaforce.
      Either way, the decision was shown to premiere the film in Atlanta. Someone said about Smokey and the Bandit.. "In the South, this film's a Damn Documentary!!"

    • @chrisbrass8930
      @chrisbrass8930 6 месяцев назад

      @@scottlyttle5586 don't forget, the inspiration for this movie came about because he was staying at a hotel in either Georgia or Alabama, don't remember which, and his Coors beer he brought to the hotel with him kept disappearing, come to find out his cleaning Lady kept swiping a beer from his cooler and that's how he learned that Coors beer couldn't be sold east of Texas so he thought "that would make a great storyline, some rich guy wants a truckload of beer for a shindig, so he hires Burt Reynolds to haul it to Atlanta, all while being chased by a Texas county sheriff" and from that inspiration one of the best movies of all time was born.
      If it hadn't been for some Flash Gordon rip off by George Lucas coming out the same year, it would have been the most popular movie of 1977, but don't worry, I know for a fact that every individual with a CDL has seen it, one of my best friends who drives semi has introduced his young son to the movie and last Christmas I gave his boy an authentic Bandit black diecast metal Trans-Am for Christmas last year. Dad was born almost a decade after the movie and was introduced to it by his step dad who is also a trucker

    • @Starry_Night_Sky7455
      @Starry_Night_Sky7455 5 месяцев назад

      I have to see this in one go now.

  • @wrighthousemedia
    @wrighthousemedia 6 месяцев назад +60

    Back in the late 70's, if you lived between Georgia & Texas, Smokey & The Bandit was mandatory viewing. If you bought a house or did your taxes early, you got a free copy of the movie.
    Also, Pan Am old 70's airline, Trans Am is the car Bandit drove😂😂.

  • @paulanerruhrpott6188
    @paulanerruhrpott6188 6 месяцев назад +8

    This is the only film of 1977 that did not get crushed by Star Wars at the Box Office.

  • @donaldfleming5049
    @donaldfleming5049 6 месяцев назад +5

    Another fun fact: the actor who played Big Enos Burdette was Pat McCormick, who was also one of the lead writers on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and who also appeared on the show as a member of the Mighty Carson Arts Players,often showing up in costume (two of his appearances that I recall were as Cupid & as an disgruntled bunny who missed out on winning a Patsy Award (the award equivalent to the Oscar that is given to animal performers every year).

  • @richardlee2120
    @richardlee2120 6 месяцев назад +47

    "Smokey and the Bandit" was the second highest grossing film in 1977 after "Star Wars." The film is filled with CB lingo, and gave Jackie Gleason a new lease on his comedic career. Billy Bob Thornton called "Smokey and the Bandit" a documentary where he came from.

    • @stankulp1008
      @stankulp1008 6 месяцев назад

      smokey was nominated for an Oscar in editing, but Star Wars took it

  • @Ranadicus
    @Ranadicus 6 месяцев назад +23

    RIP Bandit and Snowman. Together again making that big run in the sky.

  • @steelers6titles
    @steelers6titles 6 месяцев назад +42

    Movie was the second-biggest box-office hit of that year, behind Star Wars.

  • @rosieb949
    @rosieb949 6 месяцев назад +7

    Every boy in East Texas either bought a Trans Am, or wanted to, after this movie. And oh my gosh, all the cb radios after this. I swear. I was fun.

  • @richardfoster2435
    @richardfoster2435 6 месяцев назад +10

    Another Fun Fact! The Guy Singing The Songs East Bound And Down And They Call You The Bandit Is Snowman Because Jerry Reed Is Actually A Country Singer And This Is His Acting Debut! MIND BLOWN!!!

  • @gordo608
    @gordo608 6 месяцев назад +31

    6:20 you have no idea how much every truck driver I know loves it when they see kids pumping their arm to honk at them. It's a rare occasion anymore, but it still puts a smile on their faces.

  • @parrothd007
    @parrothd007 6 месяцев назад +66

    In case no one has mentioned it, look up Jackie Gleason. He’s one of the greats. He was on TV when TV was broadcast live on a show called The Honeymooners.

    • @pvanukoff
      @pvanukoff 6 месяцев назад +1

      Always felt he was overrated.

    • @CCFONESOL
      @CCFONESOL 6 месяцев назад +2

      The Toy

    • @pleutron
      @pleutron 6 месяцев назад +8

      @@pvanukoff you watch your mouth Jr.

    • @TobyBaker-hz3rw
      @TobyBaker-hz3rw 6 месяцев назад +1

      😂

    • @ImaCOTV
      @ImaCOTV 6 месяцев назад +2

      He did so many great movies, including some dramas like “The Hustler” where he played Minnesota Fats, and “Requiem for a Heavyweight.”

  • @marvinsarracino116
    @marvinsarracino116 6 месяцев назад +119

    Can't get better than Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed! Ok add in fast cars, trucker talk and great lines... "I'm gonna get that som bich"! 😁 Lastly the unforgettable song "Eastbound and Down!" Thanks for sharing Cassie... PiB 🍿

    • @Instantphojo
      @Instantphojo 6 месяцев назад +6

      10-4!!

    • @aprilnewsome1932
      @aprilnewsome1932 6 месяцев назад +6

      That's a great handle for her. PIB 😂

    • @SanJoseBob
      @SanJoseBob 6 месяцев назад +3

      Miss Cassie, just so you know, Burt and Sally were a couple for about 4-6 yrs, Burt said afterwards “she was the one who got away”. There’s also a “ Bandit II” sequel. The car is a ‘77 Pontiac Firebird “Trans-Am”. Everybody wanted one after this movie….. SanJoséBob

    • @traceywoodward1354
      @traceywoodward1354 4 месяца назад

      My favorite line..."a legend and an outta work bum look an awful lot a like..."

  • @JimmyWilliams-qs7cx
    @JimmyWilliams-qs7cx 6 месяцев назад +5

    Here are some interesting tidbits about Burt Reynolds: He shares the record with Tom Hanks, Clint Eastwood, and Bing Crosby for being the Top Box Office draw for five years. Only Tom Cruise surpasses them with a record of seven years. Burt was also a proud alumnus of Florida State University, where he not only designed but also purchased new home and away football uniforms for the team. He played football at FSU during the 1950s, and in the 1970s and 1980s, he often attended games, even suggesting plays to the then-head coach, Bobby Bowden. Reynolds frequently stated in interviews that had he not pursued acting, he would have opted for a career in football coaching.

  • @jefffinn1105
    @jefffinn1105 6 месяцев назад +4

    "Snowman" = Jerry Reed, not only a good C&W singer (title song) but a killer guitarist with a distinct style who was session musician in Nashville previously, he is on some of Dylan's early electric albums.

  • @jackgilchrist
    @jackgilchrist 6 месяцев назад +38

    CB radios were very popular in the '70s. Many people had at least one in their car. My parents also had a base unit in the house. If someone went somewhere they could keep in touch with home.
    It was sort of the '70s version of social media. I used to chat with people for hours on the CB as a kid.
    Part of the reason they became popular was the '73 oil crisis, and the resulting national 55 mph speed limit, which led to CBs being used to find stations with gas and the best prices, and to avoid speed traps on the highway. Pop culture stuff like Smokey and the Bandit just made them even more popular.
    They were also good for avoiding bad traffic, and in case of emergency in the days before cell phones.
    The truckers always gave you a better weather ,traffic and police report than any app today. God bless the truckers.

    • @scottcoley1906
      @scottcoley1906 6 месяцев назад

      Pretty sure the reason we have had the bad truck pile-ups in Texas and Colorado that we didn't have before is because everyone having CB's because they are faster than Google maps at updating truckers about wrecks up ahead.

  • @calebwilliams7659
    @calebwilliams7659 6 месяцев назад +87

    @Cassie: Yes, in the 70's it was illegal to transport Coors beer east of the Mississippi River. The reason was because Coors was not pasteurized and it was shipped from the brewery in Golden, Colorado cold and had to reach its destination within 12 hours by law to prevent it from potentially spoiling. There were refrigeration semi trucks back then, but for some reason the Federal government still didn't allow Coors to be shipped beyond the 12 hour limit. So there were some kinds of bootlegging laws still in effect in the late 70's and this was one of them.

    • @TheJereld
      @TheJereld 6 месяцев назад +8

      Thanks for that info.

    • @Dularr
      @Dularr 6 месяцев назад +7

      Coors didn't want to deal with the licensing out of their region. Regional brand always kept cold.

    • @goldenageofdinosaurs7192
      @goldenageofdinosaurs7192 6 месяцев назад +4

      I grew up in Kansas & Coors was fairly big there. When I was 16, I moved to Michigan, right when they’d been allowed to bring Coors East of the Mississippi. I was all excited to get Molson & Labatts & all the people I was hanging out with wanted to get Coors all the time😞

    • @evanhoffman8730
      @evanhoffman8730 6 месяцев назад +8

      Also, I don’t know if this applies too, but some counties across America are still to this day, dry counties, meaning no alcohol. Fun fact, the county where Jack Daniel’s is made, is a dry county. Weird…

    • @williamhirschi3334
      @williamhirschi3334 6 месяцев назад +2

      I rode Amtrak’s San Francisco Zephyr (now the California Zephyr) from Chicago to Reno and back in 1978. They had Coors beer in the lounge car, but couldn’t serve any until the train crossed the Mississippi on the way out west, and had to stop serving it when the train crossed the Mississippi headed back east.

  • @jamesg.675
    @jamesg.675 6 месяцев назад +93

    I think a lot of people have forgotten that Burt Reynolds and Sally Field were an 'item' (Real couple) in the 70's!

    • @LordEriolTolkien
      @LordEriolTolkien 6 месяцев назад +2

      I remember the 70's

    • @tim2024-df5fu
      @tim2024-df5fu 6 месяцев назад +2

      This movie revived her career too. She went onto to win an Oscar for Norma Rae after this.

    • @LordEriolTolkien
      @LordEriolTolkien 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@tim2024-df5fu I watched her as The Flying Nun

    • @samuelmoulds1016
      @samuelmoulds1016 6 месяцев назад +2

      yeah, Reynolds was quite the thing! we all wanted to be like him. he was a "Playgirl Magazine" centerfold. in real life he treated all women like..... aaah..... actually.....#2, or as they said In this movie, "10-200". near the end of his life, he said Sally Field was the one true love of his life.

  • @brianbooker8724
    @brianbooker8724 6 месяцев назад +2

    Smokey and the Bandit was an unexpected hit when it came out. I think it cost less than 5 million to make and ended up grossing 300 million worldwide. In North America it was second only to Star Wars as the highest grossing film in 1977.

  • @cbrbird
    @cbrbird 6 месяцев назад +2

    Citizen's Band (CB) radio was a big craze in the mid '70s. Re -watching these clips after god knows how many years, I kind of realize that it was an early form of social media...

  • @laudanum669
    @laudanum669 6 месяцев назад +40

    "Little Enos" is played by actor/singer/song writer Paul Williams. He wrote some of the biggest hit songs in the 70's including the Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays". He also wrote "Evergreen" sung by Barbra Streisand in the film A Star Is Born, for which he won a Grammy for Song of the Year and an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

    • @Madbandit77
      @Madbandit77 6 месяцев назад +6

      Williams also wrote "Just An Old Fashioned Love Song" for Three Dog Night. His acting resume is fun.

    • @sergiozammel8261
      @sergiozammel8261 6 месяцев назад +5

      My God, after all the years of watching this I didn't know !! Thanks for the info great songs !!

    • @jeeves7626
      @jeeves7626 6 месяцев назад +5

      I believe he also wrote all the songs for the Muppet Christmas Carol.

    • @donaldpaluga
      @donaldpaluga 6 месяцев назад

      BECAUSE HE'S THIRSTY, DUMMY!

    • @Nasty-Canasta
      @Nasty-Canasta 6 месяцев назад +2

      I think he also wrote the theme for "The Love Boat" but I might be misremembering

  • @jakubfabisiak9810
    @jakubfabisiak9810 6 месяцев назад +22

    You should watch "Jackie Gleeson crashes Burt Reynolds' party" - at a party for Reynolds on account of his acting career, Gleeson appeared in-character as Bufford T. Justice, made a speech about catching The Bandit, and left without acknowledging Burt, who damn near pissed himself laughing. It's absolutely hilarious...

  • @BestofItMoviedoc
    @BestofItMoviedoc 6 месяцев назад +63

    😂😂😂Pan Am was an airline in its day. The car Bandit is driving is a Trans-Am

    • @tomloft2000
      @tomloft2000 6 месяцев назад +6

      I've been in both of them lol

    • @Zankaroo
      @Zankaroo 6 месяцев назад +4

      Speaking of Pan Am Cassie needs to watch Aviator.

  • @MGower4465
    @MGower4465 5 месяцев назад +3

    27:36 Funny how Snowman's truck suddenly has a massive ram bumper *just* when he hits the cars, and it vanishes again instantly.

  • @fjmj1980
    @fjmj1980 6 месяцев назад +7

    My mind was blown when I leaned that little Enos wrote Rainbow Connection. Yes that song!

    • @stankulp1008
      @stankulp1008 6 месяцев назад +2

      he wrote a lot of TV music, including The Partridge Family and Muppets...

    • @Starry_Night_Sky7455
      @Starry_Night_Sky7455 5 месяцев назад +1

      Wait, what? Way interesting.

  • @robertjames-life4768
    @robertjames-life4768 6 месяцев назад +7

    Junior, played by Mike Henry, had played professional football and was Tarzan in several 60’s movie versions.

  • @rickstanford2180
    @rickstanford2180 6 месяцев назад +39

    Jerry Reed, the Showman, wrote all music for the movie. Story is that he did it practically overnight. He was a big name in country music at the time.

    • @Dman0001
      @Dman0001 6 месяцев назад +10

      Snowman not showman

    • @morbidangel2424
      @morbidangel2424 6 месяцев назад +5

      What you mean at the time still is

    • @rickstanford2180
      @rickstanford2180 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@Dman0001 I know. Just my fat fingers.

    • @Dman0001
      @Dman0001 6 месяцев назад

      @@rickstanford2180 i figured it might be his accent that caused confusion

  • @EdiCemalovic
    @EdiCemalovic 6 месяцев назад +38

    This movie was filmed in State of Georgia. My home state! Coors beer was illegal in Georgia and other border line. This was real life in 1970s.

    • @SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman
      @SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman 6 месяцев назад +2

      yup, I lived just 2 miles from Snowmans house in Jonesboro the summer of '76 & seen a lot of the filming! Moved to Covington in '77 & got to be in the 1st episode of Dukes of Hazzard 1978 & an extra in Cannonball Run 1981

    • @bengilbert7655
      @bengilbert7655 6 месяцев назад

      They even mentioned my hometown of Conyers. Selling any alcohol was illegal in a lot of Georgia counties. Mail order and online sales of wine was also prohibited in Georgia.

    • @Jaserocks2
      @Jaserocks2 6 месяцев назад +1

      I lived in Coweta county where they filmed some of the driving scenes

    • @matthewtarpley7613
      @matthewtarpley7613 6 месяцев назад

      A few scenes were filmed in McDonough. I live no more than a few blocks from the square and also Highway 42.

  • @justanotherpatriot7873
    @justanotherpatriot7873 6 месяцев назад +2

    This was one of those movies I watched with my dad. Now being a dad myself, I watched it with my kids and they love it. I still watch this movie every six months or so.

  • @TondaDaRe
    @TondaDaRe 6 дней назад

    My hubby and I grew up watching Smoky and the Bandit and of course in our time communicating on a CB was normal. We're in our 50s now and my husband has been a truck driver for 20+ years!! Watching you watch this for the first time just makes my heart sing!!!

  • @ninjahandz1168
    @ninjahandz1168 6 месяцев назад +55

    Cassie’s handle: Chapstick
    Carly’s: Fetch

  • @ssean6872
    @ssean6872 6 месяцев назад +28

    I saw this movie in the theatres when it came out, I went with my 2 brothers and cousin. When the movie ended we slouched down in our seats as people filed out. As new people entered we sat up and moved to different seats and watched it again.

  • @chefskiss6179
    @chefskiss6179 6 месяцев назад +96

    Forrest Gump: "Mama never spoke much about Pa other than saying he was on vacation. She did talk about going on many fun rides with him."
    😂😂😂

    • @celticblacksmith
      @celticblacksmith 6 месяцев назад +8

      .... whoa.... mind=🤯

    • @maxcooper6554
      @maxcooper6554 6 месяцев назад +6

      I was today years old when I made this connection...whoa

    • @rebo2610
      @rebo2610 6 месяцев назад +6

      Is that a real quote? I'll be a sum-bich!

    • @chefskiss6179
      @chefskiss6179 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@rebo2610 "Mama said life is like an eighteen-wheeler haul... you never know what you gonna get."
      😂😂😂

    • @Sarah_Gravydog316
      @Sarah_Gravydog316 6 месяцев назад +2

      🤯

  • @quietman71
    @quietman71 6 месяцев назад +5

    I believe the name "Sheriff Buford T. Justice" was a spoof on Buford Pusser, a sheriff in Tennessee who waged a one-man war against local mobsters; there was a very popular film, "Walking Tall", based on his life.

    • @RIPSRIDES57
      @RIPSRIDES57 5 месяцев назад

      The Rock( Dwyane Johnson) kinda played Buford in the remake of Walking Tall. (I wonder if thats why he says Sumbitch in fast and Furious movies).It just kinda stepped around Bufords life. My grandfather was first chief of police in 40s and 50s for city of Selmer. he died in 1968 around the time Buford became sheriff of McNairy county

  • @natskivna
    @natskivna 6 месяцев назад +2

    I"ll always remember the first time I saw this movie. I was 13 years old in 1977 and was on a big trip across the country from Montana to NY to take part as best man in my brothers wedding. My mom and dad and I made it to NYC and watched Smokey and the Bandit at Radio City Music Hall. Great memories.

  • @joealvarez8733
    @joealvarez8733 6 месяцев назад +142

    "Junior, remind me when we get home to slap yo mama!"
    These lines cracked me up back in the day, plus The Honeymooners dialogue was chef's kiss 💋

    • @Devinn777
      @Devinn777 6 месяцев назад +3

      “One of these days Alice, one of these days… POW! Right in the kisser.”

    • @joebaker2311
      @joebaker2311 5 месяцев назад +1

      The line that always gets me. "Daddy my hat blew off" "I hope your head was in it"

  • @justinrichards7822
    @justinrichards7822 6 месяцев назад +20

    Sometimes I don't believe you're that innocent, then I see you genuinely trying to compute why a 10-100 is better than a 10-200.. so funny

  • @oboogie2
    @oboogie2 6 месяцев назад +13

    Trivia: (1) Burt Reynolds and Sally Field met and fell in love on this movie and were together for many years, Burt's ego got huge when his career took off and he left her for another, and he regretted it until he died; (2) the black car was a Trans Am, and it became the hottest selling car in America for a couple years after this movie came out. I saw this in the theater as a kid, LOVED it, and was probably the most popular movie that year behind Star Wars. Also, the director asked Jerry Reed (a country artist and the guy who was cast to play the Snowman) if he could write a song for the movie while they were filming because he had no music at that point. Jerry asked him to show him the whole script so he knew the story, wrote the song that night, played it for the director the next day, and "East Bound and Down" became the theme song.

  • @Journeyman.71
    @Journeyman.71 6 месяцев назад +2

    Others have commented on the specific issues regarding Coors Beer, but, another factor is that, in some states it is illegal to transport significant quantities of alcoholic beverage across state lines without the proper permits and various taxes having been paid. This was especially true at the time the movie is set.

  • @chaddnewman2699
    @chaddnewman2699 6 месяцев назад +1

    My grandfather was a trucker. I rode all over the Southeast with him during summers in the late 70s, not long after this movie came out. This movie brings back a lot of nostalgia.

  • @dr.burtgummerfan439
    @dr.burtgummerfan439 6 месяцев назад +17

    There is an annual (and illegal) Bandit Run road race. The team that drives from Atlanta to Texarkana, buys Coors beer, and drives back to Atlanta in the fastest time wins.
    And yes, some of them drive black Tran Ams.

  • @EdiCemalovic
    @EdiCemalovic 6 месяцев назад +30

    Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, and Jackie Gleason were amazing in this movie. Jackie Gleason was amazing in iconic show "Honeymooners."

  • @danlimbaugh3629
    @danlimbaugh3629 6 месяцев назад +10

    I was living overseas in 1977... we came back stateside that summer and I went and saw StarWars and Smokey And The Bandit back to back one afternoon!!! Pretty righteous day for a 13 year old!!!

    • @herbie1234567890
      @herbie1234567890 6 месяцев назад +2

      That’s one hard-to-top day at the movies.

  • @tizer1233
    @tizer1233 6 месяцев назад +3

    To this day I can remember as a kid going to the drive-thru (outside) theater and watching this, this is to me one of the best slap-stick comedies of my time..and the Trans Am car iconic!

  • @MicahBell_1860
    @MicahBell_1860 6 месяцев назад +2

    Snowman is Jerry Reed. A legendary guitar picker & songwriter. He wrote the score for this movie
    Sally Field is my mother's doppelganger
    Pontiac Trans-Am Firebird. Trans-Am refers to Trans America Racing.
    Burt Reynolds' father used to say Sum Bitch. Jackie Gleeson thought it was hilarious & used it in the movie
    I waa 7 years old when this came out. My father drove trucks. I went with him every school holidays & weekend. Guess my proffession

  • @fantasycamp4000
    @fantasycamp4000 6 месяцев назад +12

    I saw this movie in the theater when I was early 20's. When we left the movie I had the urge to peel out and drive fast, but my date was not so keen on the idea. This movie was at the peek of Burt Reynolds career and the start of Sally Fields rejuvenated career. Two years later she won an oscar for "Norma Rae"and had won acclaim for a tv movie "Sybil" about a multiple personality woman. and went on to a great film career. As a boy I watched her as the "Flying Nun" on tv.

    • @samuelmoulds1016
      @samuelmoulds1016 6 месяцев назад +2

      yeah, and think about the 'string' of surfer movies she was in, before her tv series "The Flying Nun".

    • @fantasycamp4000
      @fantasycamp4000 6 месяцев назад

      @@samuelmoulds1016 Oh and I forgot about her tv role of Giget

  • @justwondering5651
    @justwondering5651 6 месяцев назад +10

    This is just light-hearted, simple minded fun -- and sometimes that's just what you need.

  • @blecccccch
    @blecccccch 6 месяцев назад +17

    Fun fact, this came out one week before Star Wars, and did so well that Star Wars itself opened to only number two at the box office its first week. It still was the second best grossing movie of 1977 after Star Wars.

    • @donaldpaluga
      @donaldpaluga 6 месяцев назад +3

      Actually...it came out the same weekend as SW

    • @orangeandblackattack
      @orangeandblackattack 4 месяца назад

      @@donaldpaluga Not in Chicago. one week gap. i was there. lol

  • @ksgant
    @ksgant 6 месяцев назад +1

    I guess you know by now, but Snowman was played by Jerry Reed, who also sang the songs here. He was a prolific songwriter and also one of the best guitarists ever. He had this great 5 finger picking technique that just blew my mind. If you want to see him play, watch him playing guitar along with Chet Atkins.

  • @clfaraci
    @clfaraci 5 месяцев назад +1

    @popcorninbed Hi! Truck driver here (rolling gas station). I was 5 years old when this movie came out in 1977. It was a huge movie that did fantastic at the box office but a little movie named Star Wars barbequed it's a$$ in molasses. Jackie Gleason ad-libbed most of his lines.

  • @diarrheagondola
    @diarrheagondola 6 месяцев назад +9

    We don't have state border checkpoints, but a truck can be stopped and checked by a cop at will. You have to present your manifest when asked and allow the cargo to be checked. On top of that, there's weigh stations that are required to pass through, and cops can check you there.

  • @sageortega-scott9454
    @sageortega-scott9454 6 месяцев назад +23

    If I had to give you a Handle, I feel like you’d be… Pop Mama. You just have very kind mom-vibes and you seem to really love popcorn.

  • @Airihi
    @Airihi 6 месяцев назад +8

    All these songs were sung by Jerry Reed who also played Snowman. You may recognize him as the mean football coach from the Adam Sandler film, Waterboy

  • @ShlorpSecondary
    @ShlorpSecondary День назад +1

    Smokey and the Bandit was actually the second highest grossing movie in 1977 placed behind the First Star Wars! If the first Star Wars didn’t come out in 1977, this would have been number 1!

  • @ronfehr7899
    @ronfehr7899 6 месяцев назад +2

    Prior to this, Sally Field was already an established actress, having starred in a Gidget movie, as well as the television series The Flying Nun, from 1967-1970.

  • @ryanweintraub9448
    @ryanweintraub9448 6 месяцев назад +10

    Im 22 and grew up on this. Not gonna lie, this is 100% one of those fun movies that never gets old how many times I watch it. Fun fact: the dude who played the sheriff is Jackie Gleason. The dude who played Ralph on the Honeymooners in the 50s. The inspiration for characters like Fred Flintstone and the likes. Also, Cleetus' actor is Jerry Reed. He did all of the music for the movie

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 6 месяцев назад +17

    One of the funniest action comedy road movies ever made!

  • @OldMan_PJ
    @OldMan_PJ 6 месяцев назад +12

    The Bond films with a Southern sheriff are "Live And Let Die" and "The Man With A Golden Gun", that character's name is J.W. Pepper played by Clifton James. The sheriff in this one was played by Jackie Gleason who had his own variety show in the early days of TV and would go on to star in one of the greatest sitcoms of all time: The Honeymooners.

    • @frzstat
      @frzstat 6 месяцев назад +6

      The boat chase in Live and Let Die will always be one of my favorite chase scenes, with the song cranked up of course.

    • @robertwall1419
      @robertwall1419 6 месяцев назад +2

      LOVE both the movies and the TV show, but, “The Honeymooners” was aired live in the 1950’s‼️Quite BEFORE him staring in this picture‼️😎

  • @crimson_nimbus
    @crimson_nimbus 6 месяцев назад +1

    Jerry Reed, the guy driving the truck, was a great musician and wrote the music for this movie.

  • @TidusX16
    @TidusX16 3 месяца назад +1

    Smokey and the Bandit was my mom and dad's favorite date movie. My dad worked as a truck driver, and mom loved Sally Field. She recently passed away, so my dad and I are going on a road trip together to spread her ashes and spend time with my brother and sister-in-law. Dad is giving us the call handle Bandit Junior and Bandit Senior, and I know how to speak trucker too.

  • @jerrywalters8885
    @jerrywalters8885 6 месяцев назад +70

    After this movie Sally and Burt had a up and down relationship for many years and almost got married more than once

    • @AndyJayroe
      @AndyJayroe 6 месяцев назад +4

      She later became Forest's mom

    • @ct6852
      @ct6852 6 месяцев назад +3

      She seemed kinda pissed at him after he died. Wrote about him in her book.

    • @Windupchronic
      @Windupchronic 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@ct6852 Well, from his own admission, he f--ed it up.

    • @ct6852
      @ct6852 6 месяцев назад

      @@Windupchronic Oh so he admitted it. That's interesting. In the interview I saw of hers she made him sound really clueless and ignorant about how relationships should work.

    • @kasperkjrsgaard1447
      @kasperkjrsgaard1447 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@ct6852I seems like he was pretty clueless and ignorant about how just about everything worked. Spend way too much money and apparently didn’t think that the money wouldn’t stop flowing in.

  • @Nasty-Canasta
    @Nasty-Canasta 6 месяцев назад +47

    "Lemme have a Diablo Sandwich and a Dr. Pepper, and make it fast, im in a goddamn hurry!"
    Oh and Richard Petty is "The King"

    • @not_that_Jared
      @not_that_Jared 6 месяцев назад

      "You want something?"
      "Hush puppies Daddy!"
      "We got no time for that crap! Dumb sumbitch!"

    • @michaellynch3502
      @michaellynch3502 6 месяцев назад +11

      Buford (shouting out the door): "You want somethin!?"
      Junior (from the car): "Hush puppies Daddy!"
      Buford: "WE GOT NO TIME FOR THAT CRAP! Damn sumbitch!"

    • @donaldpaluga
      @donaldpaluga 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@michaellynch3502dollar and a half

  • @raybarry4307
    @raybarry4307 6 месяцев назад +6

    He had a relationship from 1976 to 1980 (then off-and-on until 1982) with Sally Field, during which time they appeared together in four films. In 2016, he regarded Field as the love of his life.

  • @DylansPen
    @DylansPen 6 месяцев назад +2

    "I've been in 16 car accidents, only 15 my fault." Oh well then lol. You are hilarious Cassie and this movie is a forever must watch on tv.

  • @scottvanhille5688
    @scottvanhille5688 6 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Cassie, nice pick for this one. Nice reaction. Burt and Sally had great chemistry. For more Sally, I suggest Norma Rae (1979). For Burt, I suggest Shamus, White Lightning, The Longest Yard, Hustle, Silent Movie, Gator, The End, Hooper, The Cannonball Run, Sharky's Machine, City Heat, Stick, Heat, Malone, The Player, Boogie Nights, Mystery Alaska.

  • @lexwells4763
    @lexwells4763 6 месяцев назад +6

    Cassie, this is an old movie. This movie gives you some appreciation for the evolution of movies over the decades. I've noticed you haven't gone this far back much in your movie watching. If you ever have the time you should consider watching the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman." Its one of my favorite movies from this era of movies. I believe you'll enjoy it.

  • @glenerickson358
    @glenerickson358 6 месяцев назад +14

    When Buford said he sounded taller on the radio, he meant white. 😉

    • @aebalc
      @aebalc 6 месяцев назад +4

      "What in the hell is the world coming to?"

  • @matthewmarcinko9157
    @matthewmarcinko9157 6 месяцев назад +20

    Hi, Cass! The car in the film is a 1977 Pontiac Trans Am, which was a very popular muscle care in the 70's. If you remember the movie "Rocky II", which you also reacted to, Rocky drove that same kind of car in the film.

  • @PalimpsestProd
    @PalimpsestProd 6 месяцев назад +2

    "Hooper" is Burt Reynolds' love letter to stuntmen. He made it after making sequels to this and Cannonball Run.

  • @LogicalNiko
    @LogicalNiko 6 месяцев назад +1

    Just so you know the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution forbids border restrictions that can inhibit residents from moving from state to state. Basically the supreme court interpreted "Equal protection under the law" to mean that because an individual is from "out of state" does not mean you can place any additional restrictions that does not also apply to all those "in state". In other words if you wanted to stop an inspect people traveling across the state boarder you would have to equally apply such inspections to all people throughout the state by distributing "boarder" checkpoints on interior roadways of the state as well. Thus not specifically targeting any one classification of people.