Your (presumably) unintentional pun….”my grandpa worked in the oil fields…..but was pretty crude” could literally been a Burt Reynolds line in this movie 🤣 great reaction as usual
@garyarnett1220
Жыл бұрын
Caught her line, missed the pun....great one.
@Fast_Eddy_Magic
Жыл бұрын
He liked to get up oily in the morning.
@garyarnett1220
Жыл бұрын
@@Fast_Eddy_Magic Another day in the oil patch....lol Good one
@andrewmccurdy7713
Жыл бұрын
Amber's pun was pretty slick!!
@muffinamy83
Жыл бұрын
Beat me to it! That she didn't seem to realize the pun made it even funnier.
@sbigford
Жыл бұрын
Jerry Reed wrote all the music from this movie, he also played Snowman. He was a prolific song writer, singer and mostly a superb guitar player.
@RideAcrossTheRiver
Жыл бұрын
Music by Bill Justus and Jerry Reed.
@Mike-qz4by
Жыл бұрын
And a damn fine Football coach
@marknadeau4779
Жыл бұрын
The beauty of this film is that Jackie Gleason ad-libbed the majority of his lines/quotes as Buford Justice. The man was a comic genius. He was also the one who suggested the diner scene and requested the son character be written in so he could have someone to play off of outside of his interactions w/ Bandit. The dog playing Fred was personally/specifically chosen by Burt Reynolds because of his refusal to obey commands. 🙂 BTW...the soundtrack was done by Jerry Reed ("Snowman"). Be sure to check out the sequel.
@thelordofhellaz
Жыл бұрын
Jackie Gleason also based Buford T. Justice on Burt Reynolds' father, who was a Florida Sherriff.
@TarisSinclair
Жыл бұрын
Jerry Reed was a legend. One of the best country guitarist to ever grace the Earth.
@marknadeau4779
Жыл бұрын
@@thelordofhellaz yes and it was where he got the "sumbitch" phrase from. 👍
@jaredfalk7701
Жыл бұрын
As far as I’m concerned, Jackie performs the funniest character in a movie ever in this movie.
@fatgrandmafinds
Жыл бұрын
And let's not forget Sally Field and Burt Reynolds dated for several years after meeting on the set of this film
@carollandrum9223
Жыл бұрын
This was filmed all around where I lived at the time. Fun movie. Sally Field and Burt Reynolds were quite the item for a long time. In the 70's Coors Beer wasn't licensed to sell east of the Mississippi which is why they're bootlegging it back to Ga. I see so many familiar scenes in this movie that are totally unrecognizable today. Jerry Reed (Snowman) is singing all of these songs. Jackie Gleason (Sheriff Justice) was the original Ralph Cramden in The Honeymooners TV show in the 50's. He also had his own variety show on TV which ran until 1970 I think. The Honeymooners was remade into a movie with Cedrick The Entertainer, Gabrielle Union, Mike Epps and Regina Hall in 2005.
@nonyadambusness5158
Жыл бұрын
You must have lived in north Georgia area? I recognize some of the scenes. I live her now and have for the past 30+ years
@carollandrum9223
Жыл бұрын
I lived in Riverdale from 1971 till 1981. The scenes on Hwy 85 between Riverdale and Fayetteville are very recognizable. When I moved there it was only 2 lanes, one going each way.
@goldenageofdinosaurs7192
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I grew up in Kansas, but when I moved to Michigan in ‘85 everyone wanted to buy Coors, since it was the new thing. I’d spent my teen years learning to dislike it & was much more interested in getting Molson & Labatt’s, since that’s what was new to me, lol..
@nonyadambusness5158
Жыл бұрын
I live in Dawsonville. Some of the area on 9. They were building GA400 at the time. I recognize the bridge at the end. I love it. I lived in south GA at the time and my dad worked at Reidsville state prison when he was there filming the longest yard. Dad had a prison uniform worn and signed by Burt Reynolds.
@danjenkins9427
Жыл бұрын
the scene where they drove through the river was where I use to swim when visiting my grandparents in Helen GA. I remember when they were filming all around Atlanta for this.
@ccrider327591
Жыл бұрын
Sally is a legend, she's done a ton of great movies. Smokey and the Bandit II is a lot of fun and so is Cannonball Run. Cannonball Run has a cast of "who's who" from back in the day, everybody from Sammy Davis Jr to a super young Jackie Chan. Just about the entire cast is filled with Hollywood stars having the time of their life making a movie just for laughs. If you really like this movie you will enjoy the sequel and Cannonball Run!
@terrylandess6072
Жыл бұрын
Every time I see this and that part comes up where Sally is telling Burt to "have a cigarette, it seems to help" was delivered amazingly - I still can't tell if she is serious or snarky.
@tiwagg5345
Жыл бұрын
Cannonball rocked. The chocolate monk scene gets me every time. But yeah...they NEED to do it... Oh...and 80k back in 1977? The equivalent of almost 400k today. That's ALOT of Coors
@CollideFan1
Жыл бұрын
Yes Cannonball Run is a must see. Its got my Ratpack boys in it, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr
@2dashville
Жыл бұрын
@@CollideFan1 And Dom Delouise!
@TheTerryGene
Жыл бұрын
All the songs in the film are performed by co-star Jerry Reed.
@VroodenTheGreat
4 ай бұрын
The guy singing "East Bound and down" (and westbound and down) is Jerry Reed. He is the guy playing Snowman (driving the truck). He was a country singer before he got this gig.
@lydianunez2522
Жыл бұрын
Burt Reynolds was a great actor. He was also a Playgirl Centerfold ❤ One of our favorite movies. We had 3 cats and named them Smoky Andy, Bandit,
@laurabailey1054
Жыл бұрын
He was also a centrefold in Cosmo..
@ajt62
Жыл бұрын
After this movie came out, my dad bought a CB (Citizen’s Band) radio (he was a real estate businessman, not even close to a trucker!) and we loved using it on road trips! I remember my unregistered handle was Silver Streak. My initials were AG, which is the periodic element name of silver, I thought I was so clever!
@davestang5454
Жыл бұрын
CB traffic could be picked up on ordinary cheap kids "walkie talkies", a precursor to modern day cell phones. I know because I talked to truckers that way when I was a kid. This was also the age of using coat hangers as antennas on TVs to improve reception. There were "low tech" solutions to improving anything running on electricity.
@JDHood
Жыл бұрын
Saw an interview with Burt Reynolds and he mentioned that between takes while filming, he **never** saw Jackie Gleason without a cocktail in his hand and that Gleason ad-libbed all through the filming. Absolute legends, both!
@joeday4293
Жыл бұрын
The story goes, if Gleason asked the crew for a "hamburger," it meant a bourbon on the rocks. LOL
@ericalred290
Жыл бұрын
I was in high school when this movie came out. Every guy wanted a Trans Am after this movie. Pontiac came out with a Bandit edition Trans Am to meet the demand. Sales soared. Pontiac was part of General Motors and has since shut down. Around 2015 Chevrolet came out with a Bandit Trans Am that was made from the Camero. Great looking car. There are lots of pictures of them on the internet. An iconic car. The intro song and the song East Bound and Down was done by Jerry Reed who was a popular country music star and plays the character Snowman in the movie. East Bound and Down was a big hit and got lots of playing time on the radio. Two sequels were made of the movie but they aren't nearly as good as the original. It's simply a fun movie.
@Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we
Ай бұрын
I was barely 5 in Jan of 1980, at least where I grew up, most of the family-owned "eat 'em up joints" just on the side of a 2 lane highway were closed or closed as the '80s progressed. Whenever I see this movie, or many '70s movies, I sometimes wish I had been born earlier and experienced the whole 1970s at least (age 6,7,8 by 1970 to experience it). Reminiscing, but it feels like our country lost something when those places closed. Just like my elders talked about the A & W drive-ins, I missed out on that. I've seen a few programs about small businesses still surviving on Route 66, and the business owners say they get so many people from every corner of the world, many different countries, here on vacation, and the Germans, Swedes, Japanese, etc tell them : we want to travel the USA by car and see the country, stop at cafes/diners other spots and experience 'Americana' 😊 Blows my mind, it's beautiful to hear that. As much as this country is demonized nowadays, that is how many people all around the world see America, like in this movie, and want to experience a piece of it if you still can like that
@meanmax9663
Жыл бұрын
I was a teenager when this came out. I saw it in the theater at least 5 or 6 times. To this day, it's still one of my favorites!
@jamiesweitzer8469
Жыл бұрын
JERRY REED, who played the trucker Snowman, wrote &sang the songs in this movie.
@topherbec7578
Жыл бұрын
Great that ya'll got around to reacting to this fun movie. Jackie Gleason was hilarious.
@OldMan_PJ
5 ай бұрын
"Gear jammers" because some of them shift without using the clutch by matching the engine RPM's to the rotational speed of the transmission and literally jam the stick into the next gear. It's a technique used by some and shunned by others.
@renecasillas1308
Жыл бұрын
I love this movie. You should watch The Cannon Ball Run with Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise
@bethepperson5363
6 ай бұрын
Love this movie!, fun fact....it was the 1st movie shown on the the new network of HBO, yes I watched it. The truck driver was Jerry Reed, a singer, and he sang the theme song and more.
@jbizzle7616
Жыл бұрын
Jerry Reed agreed to make the music and didn’t wrote Eastbound and Down until the night before the last night of shooting I believe. When he played it for the director of producer or whoever, they were emotionless. Jerry panicked and asked if he should should change and the reply was apparently “don’t you change a thing about it”
@dennisshannon5653
Жыл бұрын
Jerry Reed is the guy who sang the majority of the songs for this movie. He played snowman in the movie.
@heyhocodyo97
Жыл бұрын
Never cared about semi trucks until i watched twin stick garage on youtube working on a smokey and the bandit snowman truck replica i can appreciate all of the work that goes into that
@_.incredible_magnum._291
Жыл бұрын
2:21 to answer your question, it's because truck drivers used a shifting technique called "floating". It's where you don't use the clutch to shift and you basically jam the gear into place when shifting.
@AmatureAstronomer
Жыл бұрын
The little tiny blonde haired man was a song writer who wrote many hits including a number of hits sung by "The Carpenters". The fellow who drove the tractor trailer was a singer who sang the songs in this movie.
@Zebred2001
Жыл бұрын
Paul Williams who also played Swan in Phantom of the Paradise (1974) which he also wrote songs for.
@larryshatzer998
Жыл бұрын
Paul Williams is my favorite musician his songs are some of the biggest hits. I saw him in concert in the early 70s and he was great. I love his records although as a performer he was not well received but he has an Oscar and Grammies.
@Zebred2001
Жыл бұрын
@@larryshatzer998 Old Fashioned Love Song for Three Dog Night being a great example!
@AmatureAstronomer
Жыл бұрын
@@Zebred2001 Or, "We've Only Just Begun" by The Carpenters.
@ajt62
Жыл бұрын
FYI, there was a time that Coors beer couldn’t be transported or sold east of the Mississippi River, that’s when this movie was made.
@NeetkaAbru
Жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite movies, I'm so glad you guys loved it too! CB radios were huge back then, it used to be just truckers that used it and then suddenly everybody was on the air! I confess I got my own CB after watching 'Smokey', it just looked like so much fun that I had to be part of it. I have to make a recommendation as well, it seems that every day I remember another movie and think "J and Amber would love this!" I feel like I've watched enough of your reactions now to at least have a basic understanding of what you enjoy and don't enjoy quite as much. I know Amber is going to get upset if children are endangered, J can handle suspense but doesn't like slasher-type movies, and neither of you really enjoy goofball comedies that don't have much plot. So, with that in mind, I'm pretty positive you guys would love "The Sting" with Paul Newman and Robert Redford, and I'm betting you would also love "It Happened One Night" from 1934, staring Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable. Yeah, it's a really old movie, but it still carries a 99% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It was the first movie to win all 5 of the biggest awards at the Oscars, winning Best Production, Actor, Actress, Director, and Screenplay and it holds up even after all these years. Another I think you'd like is "Dave" staring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver, which is a feel-good movie about an ordinary man who is asked to impersonate the president for some press event, and then things get complicated. It's not a perfect movie, but it will definitely make you smile!
@dianetaylor841
Жыл бұрын
YES..The Sting. They have not seen Paul Newman and Robert Redford yet!!!
@CPny65
Жыл бұрын
@@dianetaylor841 I Love The Sting, and so will they
@NeetkaAbru
Жыл бұрын
@@dianetaylor841 I know! That definitely needs to be corrected, right? And The Sting was a better movie than Butch & Sundance even though that had bigger ratings. Butch & Sundance was more "OMG those smiles! They are so great together!" rather than showcasing their acting.
@NeetkaAbru
Жыл бұрын
I forgot to add this. If you are concerned about the film quality of a movie from 1934, you don't need to let that affect your decision. "It Happened One Night" was one of the films chosen for complete restoration/preservation by the Library of Congress in 2018. The quality is excellent now, as good (if not better) than it looked in 1934.
@scottmixon7790
8 ай бұрын
The singer was Jerry Reed he is the one playing Snowman
@bynrdskynrd
9 ай бұрын
19:49 Jackie Gleason is riffing. There's no such thing as a Diablo Sandwich until he said it here.
@bradleystopher8725
4 ай бұрын
RIP Burt Reynolds (Bo "The Bandit" Darville), Jerry Reed (Cledus Snow aka The Snowman), Pat McCormick (Big Enos Burdette), Mike Henry (Junior), Jackie Gleason (Sheriff Buford T. Justice) and Hal Needham (the director of Smokey & the Bandit)
@ajt62
Жыл бұрын
Burt Reynolds actually posed in his birthday suit in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1972… First (and only?) male centerfold they ever published.
@justmecarter1717
Жыл бұрын
My ex was a trucker and I went with him on many trips. I could never understand him when he talked on the CB. So wild. But, back in those days, yes, people ...especially truckers, looked out for one another. And you ALWAYS pulled over when a funeral procession went by.
@SRSMYTH1
7 ай бұрын
Interesting fact. The shorter of the two blue suited brothers is Paul Williams, half of a songwriting duo who wrote “We’ve only just begun” and “Rainy days and Mondays”, that you seemed to enjoy when reacting to the Carpenters.
@lewisbentonjr4681
Жыл бұрын
Guy that singing 🎶 the songs is the snow man bandit buddy Cletus who is a actor and singer
@tkremarkTK
Жыл бұрын
Little know fact, the short guy with the suit played by the legendary song writer Paul Williams. You might know one of the songs he wrote, We've Only Just Begun, sung by the Carpenters.
@Masqueraid2572
Жыл бұрын
If you guys liked this one you sure as hell will love Cannonball Run. It has a HUGE star filled cast!
@mp3032
10 ай бұрын
So true 👍
@TheDailyRipple
7 ай бұрын
Imagine being 7 when this comes out and getting to go watch it at the drive-in..... Life was good back then... I've seen this movie sooo many times I practically have it memorized... What's funny is I live in Texarkana... haha
@davidfrederick6003
7 ай бұрын
I've also questioned the term "bootlegging". My brother and son (who are smarting then I am) said its because they are driving thru counties that are "dry". Meaning local laws are still in a state of prohibition. I (just now) thought up that bootlegging possibly means they are not being shipped "commercially". The trucker is not working for an actual company, rather independent so no taxes were paid on the beer.
@TheOriginalHeisenberg
Жыл бұрын
43:37 My favorite part, Snowman is my dude😂😂😂 He drove the shit out that Rig👏👏👏
@stevenbaker107
4 ай бұрын
The actor who plays the sheriff also played the main character in the Honeymooners
@robertmbrown4493
11 ай бұрын
Some of this movie is made down the road from me in Texarkana. Probably a little both sides of Texarkana, Arkansas and Texas.
@ydenneki
2 ай бұрын
29:00 You were SPOT-ON with that comment. The sales figures for the Pontiac Trans-Am increased by SEVEN HUNDRED PERCENT for the year after this movie was released
@foltzenlogel
Жыл бұрын
Georgia State Patrol Master Trooper Ronnie Gay (the Trooper who landed on the semi) passed away about six months ago.
@willcollins7201
8 ай бұрын
I have seen the movie 100’s of time you two made it good watching you reactions
@Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we
Жыл бұрын
Try to imagine someone telling Jackie Gleason at the time that someday there will be dozens of memes with his face from this movie because he chose to say "sumb**ch" 😅 whenever I need to smile I look for those
@Eclipce_are_cool336
Жыл бұрын
Burt Reynolds always said his biggest regret was not having a relationship with Sally Fields before he died, they would have made such a perfect couple, by the way Jerry Reed sang a lot of the music in this movie, by the way love your wife's King of The Hill T-Shirt!
@mathewpierce6385
Жыл бұрын
Jerry reed sang the song for the movie. He’s the guy driving the semi truck with Fred!
@allwaizeright9705
Жыл бұрын
7:44 Burt Reynolds objected to the shot of him looking at the camera and smiling - He felt it was what they called "Breaking the 4th wall"
@RLG-
Жыл бұрын
I would love it if you reviewed Mel Brook's Young Frankenstein. It's iconic and one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.
@joemasters2270
Жыл бұрын
The black Trans Am was the star of the movie - I'm blessed to say that I had a Trans Am myself (1994, green, 6 speed, Corvette engine, fast AF)
@geo_ashburn
10 ай бұрын
Pontiac (GM) was thinking about discontinuing the Firebird since it was just the Pontiac version of the Camaro. This movie boosted the sales of Firebird Trans-Ams to the point that they outsold Camaros
@WadePenley
4 ай бұрын
Bandet is drawing all the attention of the police so Cletus can safely make the run without getting caught. It's called running blocker
@SergioArellano-yd7ik
Жыл бұрын
That crazy looking helicopter was old fashioned even in the 70s those old bubble models. They were the ones used i MASH
@brianyanez549
Ай бұрын
Jerry reed "snowman" wrote those songs while they were filming the movie
@buisyman
11 ай бұрын
Sally Field got her start in a TV show called The Flying Nun.
@roguechocolateer8235
Жыл бұрын
I was a teen when this came out, and yeah lots of us drove like this lol
@benjamansharer7969
Жыл бұрын
This movie boosted the sales of the Firebird Trans-Am because every guy wanted to be like The Bandit
@OneThousandHomoDJs
Жыл бұрын
I like the way it looks like Big and Little Enos swapped hats.
@charlesc7950
5 ай бұрын
Imagine being 9 years old and seeing this movie and Star Wars in the same week. They were released two days apart from each other in 1977.
@rieriec.36
2 ай бұрын
The little guy, is Paul Williams..
@paulwolffart1251
Ай бұрын
That was me too! After this movie 9 year old me was a fanboy of Trans Ams, CB radios, and had a crush on Sally Field.
@stevenjones916
Жыл бұрын
Smokey and the Bandit and Cannonball Run were my two favourite movies as a kid. So many nostalgic feelings watching this.
@RussVerbofsky
Жыл бұрын
throw in Hooper for a Hal Needham trifecta
@xzonia1
Жыл бұрын
@@Marco-vw3mv Them Dukes, them Dukes, them Dukes! :)
@stevenjones916
Жыл бұрын
@@Marco-vw3mv An amazing time to be a kid. A-Team, Dukes of Hazard, Knight Rider, Street Hawk, Fall Guy, Magnum P.I and i'm sure i am missing some obvious favourites.
@rray848
Жыл бұрын
You can't beat the number of famous people they got to do the Cannonball movie... It is one of my favorite comedies too. Loading case after case of beer in their car... "Man does not live on-on bread alone..." "Do we have enough ice for all of this beer...?" "Pa-pa-pa-Plenty!" "But how about food son? Did you bring enough food?" Holding up one bag of chips, "Pa-pa-pa-Plenty!" 😄I loved Mel Tillis in that movie.
@stevenjones916
Жыл бұрын
Airwolf !!!
@zatornagirroc7175
Жыл бұрын
The dude singing the songs in this is Jerry Reed - the same guy who played Snowman. He is a phenomenal but underrated guitar picker that had the respect of anyone who ever played the instrument.
@joeday4293
Жыл бұрын
One of a select few to ever be dubbed a Certified Guitar Player, or CGP, by the great Chet Atkins. For guitarists, that's about as close as it gets to being knighted by the queen. When Elvis covered Jerry Reed's song "Guitar Man," none of the guitarists in his band could correctly play Jerry Reed's guitar part - not even a guitar player fit for a King could nail it. Elvis hired Jerry to play guitar on a cover of his own song. That's how badass Jerry Reed, CGP was.
@trevorthomas-rx6jl
Жыл бұрын
Also coach red in waterboy
@santiagogarciajr1188
Жыл бұрын
There are 2 other sequel but this is the best of the 3 movies
@valerieblack6445
Жыл бұрын
@@joeday4293 It was Jerry’s day off. He was fishing. They had to go find him and bring him in to play for Elvis. I love that story.
@jbizzle7616
Жыл бұрын
He ain’t underrated at all tho!
@wcgems
10 ай бұрын
Im 54 years old... and wanted to be a truck driver when I was a kid for lots of reasons and this scene at 43:36 where Bandit tells Snowman we aint gonna make it and snowman gives his speach and passes Bandit... has ALWAYS gives me goose bumps, even now.
@petermurphy7901
6 ай бұрын
Hell yeah! I've been driving a truck for a living for over 25 years and this movie brings back that old feeling from when I was a kid. 😂
@lyletuck
Жыл бұрын
That little short dude playing Little Enos is named Paul Williams. He's a little famous as an actor, but he's a LOT famous as a songwriter. He wrote (or co-wrote) "An Old Fashioned Love Song" "Rainy Days And Mondays" "We've Only Just Begun" and he also wrote the lyrics for "The Love Boat" theme, "Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie, and the #1 hit, Grammy Award winning and Academy Award winning song, "Evergreen". He's also in the Songwriters Hall Of Fame.
@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time
Жыл бұрын
Around this time, the song "Short People" was popular on the radio.😅🤣😂
@vytallicaq.6881
Жыл бұрын
He was also great in the cult classic "Phantom of the Paradise". He played Swan, a Phil Spector like record producer.
@Ironoclasty
Жыл бұрын
While accepting an Oscar, he famously said, "I was going to thank all the little people, but then I remembered I am the little people."
@nathanwallace3337
Жыл бұрын
Pat Mccormick was like 6'7" so it made Paul's 5'2" look even smaller
@ZeeAttaCk316
9 ай бұрын
Paul Williams also sang “Flying Dreams” in the movie The Secret of NIMH during the credits at the end of the film
@legionkahn
Жыл бұрын
Jerry Reed who played Snowman driving the semi is a country music legend. He did the soundtrack to this movie. If you like storytelling singers you can't beat Jerry. Songs like Amos Moses, The Bird, She Got the Goldmine. When Your Hot Your Hot, and so many more. Add in he was one of the BEST guitar players ever on top of his acting and singing. Jerry was a legend.
@allenflud
Жыл бұрын
My wife's father was his cousin.
@jasonremy1627
Жыл бұрын
He's one of my favorite guitarists ever. He had such a funky groove.
@kimmycook2698
Жыл бұрын
And was on The Scooby Doo Movies...a 2 part episode! Pretty Mary Sunshine...
@champagnerocker
Жыл бұрын
I'll add to that list Guitar Man, The Tupelo Mississippi Flash, Lord Mr Ford, KoKo Joe, Gator McKlusky... all great tunes with entertaining stories. He also played with some lad from Tupelo called Elvis, and even managed to get the better of his notorious manager in negotiating the deal.
@NarwahlGaming
Жыл бұрын
I loved that he'd be on stage, tapping his feet in socks. 😂 _"I like to be comfortable."_
@ZippyFL1
Жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Paul Williams, who played Little Enos in this film, wrote several #1 songs in the 1970's for other artists. "Rainy Days and Mondays" by the Carpenters and "An Old Fashioned Love Song" by Three Dog Night are just two examples. He also co-wrote "Rainbow Connection" that Kermit the Frog sings at the beginning of "The Muppet Movie." He's done many more.
@samhainkid
Жыл бұрын
He was great in Phantom of the Paradise too!
@LiberalsArePoop
Жыл бұрын
@@samhainkid ha ha ha, he sure was - crazy movie!
@NarwahlGaming
Жыл бұрын
He was also the piano player in 'The Muppet Movie' - in the dive bar.
@stevenpoe640
Жыл бұрын
He also played an orangutan in Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Today he is president and chairman of ASCAP which protects music copyrights.
@kenmott6387
Жыл бұрын
He was on Daft Punk's Grammy winning last album, too!
@duanevp
Жыл бұрын
Jerry Reed was one of the greatest guitarists you'll ever see. And yes, the soundtrack is fantastic! For a couple more Jerry Reed movies if you're interested - try Hot Stuff, Survivors (where he plays a hit man chasing after Robin Williams), and he had a smaller part in Bat-21 (which is actually a Gene Hackman movie based on a true story of a colonel shot down in Vietnam). Burt Reynolds has a LOT of really great action movies from the 70's and 80's like White Lightning, the original version of The Longest Yard, Gator, Sharkey's Machine, and Stick. Of course he may be best known for Deliverance - NOT a movie for casual viewing as it deals with some very dark and uncomfortable themes, but a VERY good movie. And of course he did a lot of comedies and even the musical Best Little Whorehouse in Texas with Dolly Parton! LOTS of great Burt Reynolds movies to look into.
@charliemac64
Жыл бұрын
Hot Stuff is absolutely hysterical!
@jacobkubacki2719
Жыл бұрын
Im a huge Jerry Reed fan. Couldn’t agree more.
@dudehenchman
Жыл бұрын
Some Jerry Reed reactions would be awesome! The silly stuff sure (Amos Moses, Alabama Jubilee), but the real pickin is the best. "The Claw", "Struttin'" and of course "Jerry's Breakdown"
@elawane
Жыл бұрын
Hot Stuff was my favorite when it came out....
@scottjo63
Жыл бұрын
👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍
@gen81465
Жыл бұрын
Jerry Reed (Cledus a.k.a. Snowman) wrote the songs for this movie, including "East Bound and Down", which he wrote overnight one night. And Jackie Gleason's son, Junior, was played by Mike Henry, who played Tarzan in the movies back in the 1950s. This was the very first movie I ever saw at a drive-in theater back in 1977. Still one of my favorites.
@mp3032
10 ай бұрын
Thank you for putting that fact on some of the actors in movie,I'm 60yrs old and I didn't know that Mike Henry played as Tarzan in the 50s.
@alwaysdriveing
Ай бұрын
I did not realize he was Tarzan either. Cool
@E.F.-777-1
Жыл бұрын
You guys have to react to the theme song "East Bound and Down" written, sang, and played by Jerry Reed who plays "Cledus" in this movie! Jerry was an amazing singer, songwriter, and guitarist!
@elizabethfranco1284
Жыл бұрын
Definitely need to check out Jerry Reed
@elizabethfranco1284
Жыл бұрын
Cletus is Jerry Reed the singer also
@elizabethfranco1284
Жыл бұрын
Sung by Waylon
@elizabethfranco1284
Жыл бұрын
Before this Sally was the star of two hit comedy series Gidget and the Flying Nun,Burt Reynolds picked her for this part. Fields didn’t think she was sexy enough to play Carrie but Reynolds disagreed once saying he thought she was one of the the sexiest women ever because of her attitude and intelligence.
@rray848
Жыл бұрын
I always liked Jerry's song "When You're Hot You're Hot"
@lynnebaker7787
Жыл бұрын
Jackie Gleason was known for his off color dry humor. He actually showed up to a banquet honoring Burt Reynolds in his Burford T Justice costume and character to roast Burt. He was such a legend.
@RubberDuckTrucking
Жыл бұрын
"I know you're out here somewhere" 😂😂
@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time
Жыл бұрын
Gleason was a hypocrite, in his younger days he used to host party's where women were naked, after it was said, that Jim Morrison might have exposed his penis on stage, there was Gleason, along with Anitia Bryant, both leading the charge in publicly demonizing Morrison as a degenerate.
@John_Locke_108
Жыл бұрын
They should check out The Toy.
@oliverjackson6992
Жыл бұрын
I just watched that clip for the first time last night on TikTok. It is amazing. Jackie Gleason was an absolute genius hands down
@theodoreritola7641
5 ай бұрын
THIS car from 1977 IS THE HOTTEST EVER TO FLY ON PLANET EARTH
@myownchannel247
Жыл бұрын
Jerry Reed is the actor that played Snowman, he’s also the one playing guitar and singing throughout the movie. He’s considered one of the best guitarists ever even playing with the great Chet Adkins 🎸 R I P
@marybrown6128
Жыл бұрын
I believe he wrote most of the songs in the film as well . Also the short guy in the matching suit with the bigger guy, that’s Paul Williams who was one of the most famous songwriters and composers of the 70s and wrote some of the biggest hits for some of the biggest artists of that time period.
@myownchannel247
Жыл бұрын
@@marybrown6128 true dat
@singlechristiancowboy
Жыл бұрын
Dang right
@Starry_Night_Sky7455
3 ай бұрын
So I take it that's him singing at the intro? I so have to see this whole movie, and check out the soundtrack.
@myownchannel247
3 ай бұрын
@@Starry_Night_Sky7455 To get an idea of his guitar skills check out his performance of Lightning Rod from 1977 (tv). Not the best sound quality but still worth it 👍
@MustardSeedish
Жыл бұрын
We just watched this four days ago and I haven't seen it since I was a kid in the mid 70's. It's campy and fun. Jackie Gleason played the sheriff and he is a legend. He played in the groundbreaking sitcom in the mid 50's The Honeymooners.
@jamesjamieson6181
Жыл бұрын
Great pool player ~ The Hustler 👍
@jeffreyjeziorski1480
Жыл бұрын
Ahm gonna barbeque your ass in molasses!
@emmitstewart1921
Жыл бұрын
Jackie must have invented over a thousand different characters in his career, but Buford T. Justice has to have been his masterpiece. He really earned his title as "The Great One". I always thought that he was the real star of this movie.
@jarredwilkinson4666
Жыл бұрын
Saw this movie when it came out at a drive in. Epic! Jackie (Smokey) did 90% of his lines off the cuff making them up as the movie was filmed. Man was a LEGEND!
@Cadinho93
Жыл бұрын
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.
@imthewolf1
Жыл бұрын
Not long before Bert Reymolds passed he said that Sally Fields was the love of his life.
@willowthegood9035
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't Burt Reynolds the first male nude centerfold?
@dr.burtgummerfan439
Жыл бұрын
This movie helped Sally escape her Gidget/Flying Nun typecasting.
@actiondork
Жыл бұрын
When she was finally able to break free from him she did not have fond memories. She didn't talk to him for the last 30 years of his life. She said she was NOT the love of his life, he just said that because she didn't want him.
@walterrutherford8321
Жыл бұрын
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Yep. And Amber thought she looked young here. 😆
@kb68tigger86
Жыл бұрын
Burt did a “centerfold “ spread in Cosmopolitan in the 70s long before they had the worlds sexiest man. Burt is also known for getting jobs and hiring his friends and having them in his movies and tv shows. This included everyone from actors, stuntmen and people behind the scenes. One of my all time favorite movies 😊
@labratamber
Жыл бұрын
I had that picture on my dorm wall , it was a classy cheeky picture on a bear skin rug
@randyhuman
Жыл бұрын
Congratulations! You had the honor of watching for what I assume is the first time, The Great One in action. That is the name given to Mr. Jackie Gleason, AKA Buford T. Justice. The man is legendary. He began as a musician, and has penned many beautiful songs, but then tried his hand at comedy. He truly was the great one. Jackie Gleason said that his diner scene with Burt Reynolds was not in the original story; it was Gleason's idea. Also, most of his lines were improvised, as was most of the movie. The man was one of a kind. Sally Field and Burt Reynolds were dating in real life during these film (s).
@RussVerbofsky
Жыл бұрын
he also smoked about 3-4 packs a day. loved him in the Hustler
@jeffreyjeziorski1480
Жыл бұрын
The legendary director and actor Orson Welles gave Gleason his nickname.
@Calamity_Jack
Жыл бұрын
CB (citizen's band) radios - the ones used in this movie - became huge from this movie. (They're still used today, but not nearly as much.) The CB lingo they used was cool and I remember the CB craze the movie caused. My dad had a CB and I used to talk with my friends on it after school. Fun movie, good memories!
@picmajik
Жыл бұрын
Definitely a help in the pre-cellphone days. I had a car that would break down on a regular basis and I was able to get help via CB radio.
@jescis0
Жыл бұрын
I miss using a CB! They're just not able to be used without an antenna! 😭😭
@Calamity_Jack
Жыл бұрын
@@jescis0 True, but there are "shorties" available (like under a foot long) that are flexible and have a magnetic base so you don't have to permanently attach it to your vehicle. They're good fun!
@jescis0
Жыл бұрын
@@Calamity_Jack that's good to know! We're all just human and tend to either forget or don't think of things, I have to look into it… maybe when I get more financially stable, I'll buy one… then maybe I can think of a handle… 😁😁🤔🤔
@illmade2
5 ай бұрын
My parents and I traveled a lot when I was a kid in the 70s the CB was a great way to meet girls, you just kept talking till you found one that was in a town you were stopping in or that was traveling in the same direction. Good memories.
@taz291819
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, this is one of Jackie Gleason's best roles. Absolutely hilarious. Also, Burt Reynolds is not only in "The Longest Yard" remake, he's actually the star of the original version. And gotta give credit to Jerry Reed, aka Snowman, for "East Bound and Down", FWIW, growing up, we always had Basset Hounds. Our first one was named "Fred".
@TN_fire_photographer
Жыл бұрын
Jerry Reed wrote the theme song in one night. He brought it to the director and said if he doesn't like it, he can change it. The director said if he changed one word, he'd fire him. All semi's back in the day were stick shift, so that's why they were called gear jammers.
@RobertBreedon-c3b
10 ай бұрын
I used to drive everything from 18 SPD all the way down to 10 SPD in the semi I used to drive wish they had Autos when I drove my shoulder would be in better shape than it is now BTW I never used the clutch when shifting it was all done with RPMs
@wesleybeck9413
9 ай бұрын
Jerry Reed played Cletus in the movie.
@TN_fire_photographer
9 ай бұрын
@@wesleybeck9413 he did? Really? I never knew that
@twylanaythias
8 ай бұрын
Back in the day, big rigs strictly had manual transmissions - no automatic transmission could withstand the forces needed for a 40-ton vehicle. Also due to the sheer masses involved, said manual transmissions typically had 13, 18, or even 24 gears. If you've ever driven any kind of manual transmission (or paid attention to when an automatic transmission changes gears), you've got some idea how frequently you have to shift with even four or five gears - now imagine how frequently you have to shift with 18 gears. ALSO because of the masses involved, trucks use square-cut gears (more contact area between the teeth) which are more difficult to engage. The "proper method" for shifting is called double-clutching: use the clutch to take the transmission out of gear, then release the clutch; adjust the engine speed to match with the truck speed and the gear you want to shift to; use the clutch to put the transmission into the new gear, then release the clutch. So not only are you shifting through 4-5 times as many gears, but (done properly) you're shifting *twice* every time you change gears. When changing speed in a big rig, you're constantly jamming the gearshift into and out of gears - hence, a gearjammer.
@kelaEQ2
5 ай бұрын
Back then it wasn't the proper way, it was the only way if you didn't want to grind gears. Just like with Automatic Transmissions there is no way synchronizers would last in those things ether.
@wagonmaster1974
2 ай бұрын
Once you get the rig in motion using the clutch, floating the gears is pretty common. That entails waiting for the engine rpms to drop to just the right point and "floating" the transmission into the next higher gear. When downshifting, nudging the shifter through neutral while blipping the throttle allows the reverse sequence to happen. Takes a bit of practice...
@Christen77
Жыл бұрын
Someone else may have already pointed this out, but Amber’s unintended pun about her grandfather working in the oil field being “crude” killed me. 🤣💕
@markgraves6230
Жыл бұрын
I caught that also at 16:50 mark
@kelvinthompson1660
Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed it too!
@mrcjspapa
Жыл бұрын
damm funny
@goldilox369
Жыл бұрын
Oh thank Lord I wasn't the only one that caught/thought that! It was so cute.😂
@SUZABELLA34
Жыл бұрын
Yep.. I actually said out loud "no pun intended" 😅
@robertschneider1977
Жыл бұрын
All these songs were done by Jerry Reed, who played Cleetus "Snowman." He was a fabulous songwriter and guitarist. You might also know him as the coach in "Waterboy." He actually has a lot of great songs besides the ones in this movie.
@BrettLesPaul
Жыл бұрын
Wow! I never knew that!
@KyLyonness
Жыл бұрын
Jerry Reed, who played Snowman/Cletus, is the one who sang the songs in the movie.
@stevehorn4680
Жыл бұрын
The great sheriff Buford T Justice is Jackie Gleason he has been in many good movies and tvshows
@rockinredneck57
Жыл бұрын
He did sing on all of them and he wrote Eastbound and Down. According to Hal Needham, Jerry wrote it in just a few minutes after reading the script.
@bigal3055
Жыл бұрын
@@rockinredneck57I'd take anything Hal Needham ever said with an entire boulder of salt. Don't get me wrong, some of his real life exploits were as exciting as they were insane, I love his films, his partnership with Burt was just meant to be and no one in their right mind would doubt Jerry Reed's songwriting chops either. But Hal Needham was a man who was prone to massive levels of over exaggeration and at times, outright bullshittery too.
@mamakat114
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget Jerry Reed in Waterboy lol
@PatJWilliams
4 ай бұрын
I blame Smokey & the Bandit and the Dukes of Hazzard for the first few points on my license
@lunchboxradio5890
Жыл бұрын
The motorcycle cop, the "Evel Knievel", was played by Sonny Shroyer, most famous for his role as Enos Strait, Deputy Sheriff in The Dukes of Hazzard. He also portrayed the college football coach in Forest Gump.
@afterhours21711
Жыл бұрын
Wow I never knew that. Neither fact, motorcycle cop, or in Forrest Gump. But ol Enos Strait sure was one of a kind
@foltzenlogel
Жыл бұрын
John Schneider (Bo Duke) and Ben Jones (Cooter) was also in this movie.
@waynelalonde4778
Жыл бұрын
That random coach is otherwise known as theBear Bryant, who had unmatched sucess at Bama, and headed T AM before that. I still watch the Junction Boys
@waynelalonde4778
Жыл бұрын
Cooter was a Congressman for awhile, John Schnieder owed an estate and recording studio down the roaf from me. He had an original 69Charger painted as Gen Lee, on diaplay in his courtyard. John is a really nice guy, hell of a man, and friend with some sucessful billboard 80 country hits, and hes actively an advocate for community, and rights.
@davestang5454
Жыл бұрын
You are referring to Paul "Bear" Bryant.
@randyspence6253
Жыл бұрын
This was one of the biggest movies of the 70s. It turn Sally Field into a star and made Burt Reynolds the largest earning actor of the 70s. This movie also created the CB craze of the 70s. I saw this movie in Ottawa Canada when I was 11 years. It was at the drive-in. It was a double Bill between Grease and Smokey and the bandit😊
@philmakris8507
Жыл бұрын
Only Star Wars eclipsed Smokey and the Bandit.
@danomatthews7498
Жыл бұрын
A classic lineup!
@catwhisperer9489
Жыл бұрын
It may have made Sally Field a star, in Canada; but, here, in the U.S., she was already a star, since the 60s, because of her T.V. show "The Flying Nun"!
@goldenageofdinosaurs7192
Жыл бұрын
That’s a helluva double feature! My favorite double feature of all time was when my aunt took me to see Raiders of the Lost Ark & Dragonslayer..
@Hespeakstruth
Жыл бұрын
The CB craze was big before this movie.
@micv5149
Жыл бұрын
Amber said the best line and didn’t even realize it: “my Grandpa…..also worked in the oil field so he was pretty crude” 😅
@Crystalice500
Жыл бұрын
I was gonna comment on the same thing, lol. That was pretty funny.
@Liofa73
Жыл бұрын
Or maybe she did…. :)
@tonycardone990
Жыл бұрын
Glad I'm not the only one caught that
@johnnycrum6952
Жыл бұрын
lmao same you just got there first :P
@karenmiller4001
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@jimmyjackjumpup6765
Жыл бұрын
Smokey was played by Jackie Gleason. A big star of yesteryear. I saw the movie with my dad. I remember coming out of the theater and telling my dad "I NEVER even heard Jackie Gleason cuss before". Dad said "me either."
@muckstar23
4 ай бұрын
Little known fact Jackie Gleason was very fond of LSD
@mojoboogie3074
Жыл бұрын
The good old days, where movies were total entertainment!
@terminallygray
Жыл бұрын
Do ya' mean there's supposed to be movie that isn't about comic book heros or somebody that actually graduated from 5th grade ???
@jasoncody1537
11 ай бұрын
You ain't wrong
@davidcosta2244
8 ай бұрын
This was made when movies didn't have to complete a checklist of different types of people so nobody can be "offended."
@pushpak
Жыл бұрын
3:02 The short guy is Paul Williams. Co-wrote "We've Only Just Begun","Rainy Days and Mondays", "An Old Fashioned Love Song" "You and Me Against the World", and many more.
@brendah.6366
Жыл бұрын
Rainbow connection🌈
@jamesharris1101
Жыл бұрын
Also the vouce of The Penguin on Batman The Animated Series!
@kerrytrager4957
Жыл бұрын
He’s also known for the cult classic “Phantom of the Paradise” which he acted in as well as wrote and performed songs on the soundtrack
@Exordiri
Жыл бұрын
No way. I am so proud of you guys for watching this movie.
@drg3712
Жыл бұрын
Not only did they watch it... they loved it! J & Amber price time and time again - they 'get it'
@philipdickey6460
Жыл бұрын
Jerry Reed was a legend in country music and Hollywood
@RedDawnRocker
Жыл бұрын
Glad to see you guys loved both Burt and Sally. What's kind of funny is during the 60s both Burt and Sally had their own hit TV series; Sally starred as The Fying Nun and Burt starred in the detective show (and movie series) Dan August. Burt also had numerous hit movie series, the Smokey and the Bandit series, the Cannonball Run series and the Gator/White Lightning duet of movies (Gator also starred Jerry Reed). It was very rare back in those days to see someone become a hit with more than one series and he did it time and again. If you want to try some more of Burt's comedy I'd suggest giving Cannonball Run a try, if you wanted to see his more serious action side I'd suggest Malone or Stick. Oh, and Amber was right on him being voted the sexiest man. My late Mom's friends and sisters were always talking about Burt having done a nude spread in Playgirl magazine back in the day. It always had my straight-laced Mom blushing. Whenever one of them offered to show her the magazine she'd change the subject and be off like lightning in the opposite direction. They loved teasing her like that.
@oldmanghost219
Жыл бұрын
Cosmopolitan magazine - 1972 - I was 18 and remember that it was a big news story. Reynolds was filling in for Johnny Carson one night when his guest, Helen Gurley Brown, the editor of “Cosmopolitan” magazine asked if he’d pose. That was the 1st ever nude male centerfold.
@alexanderstewart439
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget Boogie Nights and Best little Whorehouse in Texas!
@dnish6673
Жыл бұрын
The nude was in Cosmopolitan of all things. My mom ran out and got one.
@ernestitoe
Жыл бұрын
Burt's nude spread was in 1971. It was soft-core. Before Sally Field was the Flying Nun, she was Gidget (1965-'66). It was the TV version of a 1959 beach-party movie by the same name. Sandra Dee played the title character that Sally played on TV.
@smspirate
Жыл бұрын
I graduated high school in 77. I stopped cold when they didn't know who Burt Reynolds was! OMG. Heart throb of every Southern gal for years! LOL
@Keksakallu
Жыл бұрын
CB radios really were the social media of the day. Like you said, anyone could have one, and there was a whole community built up around them. Between this movie and "Convoy" (1978), the lingo was all the rage in the late 70s.
@leslieoneal4464
Жыл бұрын
I never really thought about it that way, but it really was the social media of the time! 😳👍 Signing off, Kentucky BlueEyes! 😁
@jasonpalawan5902
Жыл бұрын
I just have to say... "He worked in the oil fields, so he was pretty crude" cracked me up... a great line in itself 🤣 #dadjokes
@johnduval6377
Жыл бұрын
I heard it also. I'm not sure she realizes what she said
@gregdubya1993
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Best unintentional joke award!
@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time
Жыл бұрын
These two are slow in the head, of course they didn't realize it.
@BoiseTriathlete
Жыл бұрын
She never said if he were light, heavy, or sweet
@dunringill1747
Жыл бұрын
Jackie Gleeson (known as The Great One) was a legend who ad libbed his lines in this classic. Burt Reynolds and Sally Fields are both acting icons as well. I hope you two react to more of their movies.
@SusanJohnston
Жыл бұрын
He was on Johnny Carson show a lot!! Funny the Great One😂😂
@oldmanghost219
Жыл бұрын
@@SusanJohnston Burt Reynolds was filling in for Johnny Carson one night when his guest, Helen Gurley Brown, the editor of “Cosmopolitan” asked if he’d pose. Paul Newman had already said “no.” That's the 1st ever nude male centerfold. and you can see it by googling it. 1972
@Cheepchipsable
Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure Fields and Reynolds were dating? They made a few movies together.
@rubroken
Жыл бұрын
A BIG thank you to everyone that suggested this movie! An oldie but goodie
@susanliltz3875
Жыл бұрын
Sally won two Oscar’s for: 1. Norma Rae 2. Places In The Heart I love her !! Love her in a sweet romance movie: 3. Murphy’s Romance 💕
@deankh55
Жыл бұрын
Murphys romance was fun and great. Her best acting was in the mini series Sybil. She is one of the best actors around
@jayce711
Жыл бұрын
I love Place In The Heart!
@phillyphan1225
Жыл бұрын
She was also great in Not Without My Daughter and Eye for an Eye-very different than the majority of her movies!
@dianetaylor841
Жыл бұрын
Murphy's Romance was great
@mr.knowitall6440
Жыл бұрын
Not only did this movie cause a bunch of impressionable young lads like myself to do crazy things in cars, it also was the main inspiration for the Dukes of Hazzard, and the massive car chases in The Blues Brothers. 😎
@mr.knowitall6440
Жыл бұрын
There were other car chase movies prior to this one but this was the pinnacle...
@RltchieI
Жыл бұрын
It also starred three members of the Dukes cast too. Big & Little Enos talk to Cooter when looking for the Bandit. Enos from the Dukes is the motorcycle cop & John Schneider is one of the people in the crowd at the end when Sheriff Justice restarts his pursuit before the credits roll.
@kellyfehr5240
Жыл бұрын
Look up a B-movie called "Moonrunners"
@RideAcrossTheRiver
Жыл бұрын
Plus. Sheriff Justice decorated a whole town at a cost of forty dollahs
@Melissa-jp8ps
Жыл бұрын
My hometown just got one of those fancy, new-fangled indoor movie theaters that year, this was to first movie I saw there
@jameskerr210
Жыл бұрын
The truck driver Jerry Reed did the soundtrack and the little guy in the blue suit Paul Williams wrote some of the best songs ever.
@davestang5454
Жыл бұрын
Paul Williams also made appearances in several TV series and "Battle For The Planet of The Apes".
@jameskerr210
Жыл бұрын
@@davestang5454 and Paul's brother wrote Drift Away
@amyfrugard5398
Жыл бұрын
@@davestang5454and was in the original Muppet Movie too.
@leehanson1416
11 ай бұрын
"We've Only Just Begun". "Evergreen". "You and Me Against The World".
@DeeM30
Жыл бұрын
My Dad has been a trucker for 40 years, and this is one of his favorite movies! We're always quoting it and singing the Eastbound and Down song by Jerry Reed (aka Snowman). So glad you watched it! :)
@joeday4293
Жыл бұрын
When my wife and I moved cross-country from Oregon to Florida, "East Bound And Down" was track 1 of our roadtrip playlist. And when I finally turned south, I cued up "Southbound" by The Allman Brothers Band. 👍
@louieflash7190
Жыл бұрын
@@joeday4293 Wise move.👍
@ejtappan1802
Жыл бұрын
Shout-out to your dad! Trucking is hard work. Forty years behind the wheel is amazing!
@DeeM30
Жыл бұрын
@@ejtappan1802 Thank you for the shout-out! He's a wonderful trucker, and I've learned a lot about what goes into it over the years. It certainly makes me more aware and patient when I share the road with them. I appreciate all the drivers out there even more, knowing what I know! They really do keep things moving.
@galandirofrivendell4740
Жыл бұрын
A great comedy for the times. It came out at the peak of the CB craze, and it was directly responsible for a surge in Trans Am sales. Jerry Reed (Snowman) wrote and performed the songs, with the energetic Eastbound and Down driving the action. Still funny all these years later. Great reaction, you guys.
@ts1ezrdr
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad to see y'all enjoyed the movie. It's one of my all-time favorites. A large portion of the filming was done in and around my hometown of Jonesboro, GA in the summer of 1976. I was nine years old and remember it well. It was a big deal having Burt in town. An interesting piece of trivia to connect with your music reactions: the cover photo for Lynyrd Skynyrd"s first album which featured the song, "Free Bird", was taken just feet away from where Bandit and Snowman picked up the 400 cases of Coors on Main Street in downtown Jonesboro. A couple of other Burt Reynold's comedies you might enjoy are "Hooper" (1978) and "The Cannonball Run" (1981).
@jaycee330
Жыл бұрын
Oh yes! Hooper and Cannonball Run definitely.
@SanJoseBob
Жыл бұрын
In real life, Burt & Sally were a couple for about 3-4 years. Later Burt said that Sally was the love of his life. Jerry Reed (Cletus, Snowman) was doing all the singing. He is a CW singer in real life. Amber is/was right, everybody wanted a Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am with the Firebird Emblem on the Hood. There are a couple more “Smokey & the Bandit” sequels. BTW, the little guy (Pigmy) is Paul Williams (songwriter), he’s the guy who wrote “We’ve Only Just Begun” that The Carpenters (Karen) sing. He wrote it for a Bank Commercial on TV and The Carpenters gave it International fame. RIP Karen, ❤️✝️🙏🕊……SanJoséBob
@mrtim5363
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"In real life, Burt & Sally were a couple for about 3-4 years. Later Burt said that Sally was the love of his life." Sally Field: "It was like being married to a 12 year old, don't get me wrong, children are fun to be around. I just don't want to be married to one."
@manueleckroad9086
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So excited that you guys watched this!! A classic movie for sure. So many quotable lines and a well written script with great chemistry. Musically, you definitely need to check out Jerry Reed, Amos Moses, The Bird, When You’re Hot, You’re Hot, many others. Movie wise, you need to see more of Burt with Dom Deluise in Canonball Run, also Hooper, and so many others. Glad to see you had fun watching this and looking forward to many others.
@DeddyShack
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Don't forget Jerry's Part in the supergroup Old Dogs with Waylon Jennings, Bobby Bare and Mel Tillis.
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