Smokey and The Bandit (1977) | Wife's First Time Watching | Movie Reaction

This week we decided to switch gears and introduce Toni to a movie that has been part of Pop Culture for over 45 years, "Smokey and the Bandit". I hadn't seen this movie in years and I wasn't sure Toni would enjoy it but it turned out to be a fun one!
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34:15 Review

[@thefaithslayer2553]

Buford T. Justice is one of the greatest characters in cinematic history.

[@popculturallychallenged]

He was funny!! 😁 -Toni

[@Nalublu]

He’s got the greatest lines.

[@Blackdog06019]

And 75-80% of his lines were adlibbed too!

[@tomtbi]

​@@Blackdog06019And Jackie wouldn't had it any other way.. lol😅!!

[@AmaroqFan]

Truckers often still use CB radios. Truckers regularly share information such as traffic, speed traps, etc. My mom used to keep a CB in her SUV for traffic reports and road construction sites. While driving home from work late one winter night, she heard on the CB that a trucker was stopped on the side of the highway with a nude woman claiming to be a rape victim. Cops were on the way, but she would not allow the male trucker to give her anything to wear or come close to her. Mom was coming up on the location and stopped to help. The woman allowed mom to give her a blanket and she willingly sat in the SUV with the heat on until police and EMS got there.

[@barbaralenihan7451]

I saw this movie in the theaters in 1977 and it has never gotten old. I enjoy it every time i see it. Glad to see you both enjoy it.

[@popculturallychallenged]

So glad you enjoyed it. I thought it was fun!! -Toni 😊

[@coltonkube2366]

@pop culturally challenged I got a movie recommendation for you if you have or have not seen it before either u toni or David it's called for love of the game great baseball movie from 1999 with Kevin Costner and Kelly Preston god rest her soul who died back in 2020 if you guys haven't seen it you should watch it it's a awesome movie I've seen when I was a kid it's an Old movie but still a great movie

[@popculturallychallenged]

Thank you for the recommendation, I haven’t watched it so adding it to our list. Thank you so much!! - Toni👩🏻

[@coltonkube2366]

@@popculturallychallenged i think you and david will like it i've seen i a long time ago when it came out.

[@coltonkube2366]

@@popculturallychallenged i forgot to mention that Kevin Costner's real mom and dad are in the movie to

[@aaaht3810]

Great movie. Jerry Reed was not only a great musician, songwriter, and composer, he was a very good actor.

[@bretcantwell4921]

I really enjoyed him in Hot Stuff where he played the same character except a cop.

[@chuckcharles3113]

Saw this in the movie theater back in 1977 at the ripe old age of 12. And was blown away by it and got most of the jokes even. What a great film !

[@truckinleprechaunscottcask9747]

As a truck driver I will say we love the arm pump from kids. We will gladly blow our air horns when we see it. Not only does it please the kids it makes us smile as well. Some of us still use CB radios, as they are the best way for information on road conditions, weather, traffic, bear reports and just plain good conversation. Love this iconic movie. There's no way, no way you could be from my loins! 😂😂😂😂

[@alankoemel3168]

“I’m gonna barbecue your ass in molasses.” Great line.

[@zooks527]

Jackie Gleason was great in this picture. According to Reynolds in his memoire "But Enough About Me", Gleason "never said a single word in the script", effectively ad-libbing the entire part.

[@terryv2006]

The CB culture is alive and well in trucks. I worked at a truck stop servicing radios. Not only traffic reports, but directions, recommendations for food etc. It’s a connection that’s free and universal.

[@Perktube1]

I thought it was all a bunch of cussing and such.

[@fredbasic1918]

Another good thing with CB's they can't monitor you or your movements without you telling them , no transcriptions unlike cellphones.

[@saaamember97]

The Pontiac "Trans-Am" started off as the Pontiac "Firebird" in 1967. The Trans-Am moniker didn't come about until 1969. It's official full name was the "Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am." The "Trans-Am" was an optional handling, performance, and appearance package offered by Pontiac.

[@barbarachieppo9603]

My dad had a 1967 Firebird. I remember riding in it in the early '70's. It was awesome.

[@rebeccabailey527]

Well originally "trans am" was the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) racing series that began in 1966. One thing to note the bandit's car only had 185 hp, from a massive 6.6 liter engine. 185 horse power! Wooo!

[@MGower4465]

The Firebird came with a smaller V-6 with remarkably little power, while the TransAm was the muscle with a huge V-8 that also had remarkably little power, but a transmission that did a goid job of getting every horse to the wheels. KITT from the original Knight Rider was several TransAms, including the very first two of the 1982 model off the assembly line. More were acquired after a train derailment damaged a number of brand new Trans Ams and a number of new GM pickups. The pickups were given to The Fall Guy and the Trans Ams to Knight Rider, but they all were given without a title as they were considered "scrap" by GM since they could not fix them and still sell them as new. So GM had a condition that all the vehicles had to be destroyed after their shows ended. That's why you cannot find a screen-used truck from Fall Guy anywhere and actual screen cars from Knight Rider are extremely rare since just the first and last handful of cars had titles.

[@surf101-]

"She asks a lot of questions." 😂😂😂 That was both a hilarious and the pot calling the kettle black moment!!!

[@lw3918]

Do "Hooper" next. It was Burt's, Sally's and director Hal Needham's film directly after this one. A movie dedicated to stunt men.

[@bobsnyder7247]

That would be great! Jan Michael-Vincent and Brian Keith plus Terry Bradshaw. 😁👍

[@TLL1969]

Yes indeed...Hooper is great. But you do know that there are a couple parts where she'll have her water works primed? :) So be prepared.

[@thunderstruck5484]

Love that movie, seen probably 100 times from back in the early hbo days!

[@lw3918]

@@thunderstruck5484 Nobody has ever reacted to it. And it's just a fun movie. I love movies that are not PC.

[@thunderstruck5484]

@@lw3918 boring boring boring hooper” haha Robert Klein !

[@jeffreyphipps1507]

Burt Reynolds died in 2017 I think, but was a great actor. Jerry Reed sang the song as well as acted in the movie. Sally Field has been in so many famous movies and has done voices in animated movies. A great cast.

[@johnmaynardable]

I'm an actor who studied acting in the University of Central Florida's Theater Department. In my second year I had earned the position of Student Assistant in the Theater Department. One weekend we all had to come in to work because Burt Reynold's Jupiter Dinner Theater was holding auditions in our theater. So we had Burt Reynolds and Sally Fields in the theater running the auditions. I didn't audition because I was still learning. However I did get to drive them back to the Campus Police Headquarters where their car was being kept. Fun times.

[@popculturallychallenged]

Wow!!! So cool! - Toni 😃

[@BigGator5]

"For the good old American life: For the money, for the glory, and for the fun... mostly for the money." Fun Fact: The second-highest grossing movie released in 1977, after Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). Justice For All Fact: A majority of the lines and quotes spoken by Jackie Gleason's character, Sheriff Buford T. Justice, was improvised. Jackie Gleason said that his cafe scene with Burt Reynolds was not in the original story; it was Gleason's idea. Buford T. Justice was the name of a real Florida Highway Patrolman known to Burt Reynolds' father who was once Chief of Police of Jupiter, Florida. Music Enthusiast Fact: Hal Needham asked Jerry Reed to write a theme song for the film. A couple of hours later, Reed presented what would become East Bound And Down (1977) to Needham. With an acoustic guitar, Reed started to play it and Needham immediately stopped him. Thinking Needham didn't like it, Reed offered to re-write the song. To which Needham replied: "If you change one note, I'll kill you!" and the song went on to become one of Reed's biggest hits. Beer Enthusiast Fact: Coors Beer was actually never illegal to transport east of the Mississippi, but due to the location of the Coors bottling plant in Colorado it was very difficult to get out of the Rocky Mountains so it was very hard to get into places East of Texas. The Coors Brewing Co. did not have any authorized distributors east of the Mississippi River because the beer was unpasteurized and the company could not be sure it would not spoil if it was transported too far. So the company just didn't sell it eastward, until refrigeration and transportation technology improved. Automobile Enthusiast Fact: On the DVD documentary, Burt Reynolds says that a senior executive at Pontiac promised him a free Trans-Am if the movie became a hit. It did and the 1977 T-Top Trans-Am became one of the hottest selling cars of the year. When the movie became a hit, Reynolds expected the executive to come through with his promise. But the Trans-Am never came. After a few months, Reynolds, (who was afraid of looking like one of those pretentious stars looking for freebies), finally called Pontiac. As it turned out, the executive that made the promise had retired and the new executive refused to keep the promise that was made by the previous Pontiac Trans Am executive.

[@popculturallychallenged]

I remember when I was kid I had a friend whose family would take vacations to Colorado and he would tell me about Coors beer and how much his dad loved it. I don't think I've actually ever had it but if we react to part 2 I might have to have one while watching it! 😂

[@ShawnTheDriver]

@@popculturallychallengedPart 2 is actually really good as well! I hope y’all watch it!!

[@DavidTateVA]

Sorry, the movie released in 1977 was "Star Wars". Full stop. I should know -- I saw it 11 times that year. Yes, the scrolling intro said "Episode IV: A New Hope" but none of the publicity called it that.

[@popculturallychallenged]

Eleven times….. that’s a lot of times. Could you say all the dialogue by then? David knows lines sometimes and I’m so impressed!! - Toni 😃

[@popculturallychallenged]

@ShawnTheDriver, we will watch soon. - Toni

[@chuckcharles3113]

Sally Field was absolutely stunningly beautiful in this movie !

[@susanliltz3875]

The short brother is Paul Williams, he’s written a lot of famous songs back in the day..

[@popculturallychallenged]

Oh cool! Thanks!

[@barbaralenihan7451]

They were father and son, not brothers.@@popculturallychallenged

[@michaelthompson8755]

@@barbaralenihan7451 That’s right.

[@JeffGes]

RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS? I think so. But his masterpiece is PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, a modern rock-opera presentation of the more famous Phan of Opera. The music is terrific. Lotsa styles, lotsa fun. UPHOLSTERY is a great opening pieces... OLD SOULS... the whole soundtrack, really.

[@DavidB-2268]

​@@JeffGesalso The Rainbow Connection.

[@757optim]

This is a No Kleenex Zone. All smiles. Sally and Burt became an item. Years later Burt expressed some regret about letting Sally get away.

[@popculturallychallenged]

This was a fun one! I always remember Burt and Loni. 🙂

[@P-M-869]

You might need a Kleenex if you laugh to hard.

[@Cutiepie-mf4ht]

@@popculturallychallenged Love your reaction to smoky bandit, good movie and amazing vehicles. They used in it, but can you to react to Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon would love to know what your thoughts are on it

[@757optim]

@@popculturallychallenged Loni had the Hollywood bimbo look, but she was super intelligent.

[@arieljaquez5444]

Yes, back in the day, different gas stations would charge you to use the stalls in the restrooms. It began to be a problem because of the messes that would result from that, and it quickly became a thing of the past.

[@popculturallychallenged]

Oh no!!! That makes sense…. Yuck!! - Toni 🙁

[@JoseGonzalez-wv5br]

Cannonball run is a must. Huge cast and Jackie Chan is in it.

[@kellypatterson8506]

Love burt Reynolds and Dom deliwise in the movie, can't forget Sammy Davis Jr and Dean Martin:)

[@mikemoscato2995]

I think jackie chan is the only star thats still alive😮

[@mickey6275]

White Lightning is good also

[@christhompson2006]

​@@kellypatterson8506Because you're small, small... S. M. all

[@popculturallychallenged]

We should be watching it soon. - Toni 🤓

[@jamesnorthup7717]

Definitely the precursor to the Dukes of Hazzard and now 40-50 years later all us guys still want a Bandit or a General Lee!!!

[@popculturallychallenged]

😁 - I hope you all find your Bandit or General Lee! - Toni 😊

[@jamesnorthup7717]

@@popculturallychallenged me too!!

[@infiad1275]

Absofrickinlutely!

[@Jbutler63]

I am a retired truck/semi driver,this movie inspired me do drive a semi,your wife's expressions were priceless 😅😅

[@scottdarden3091]

Toni!!! Before we had phones that told us where to go, we just used our sense of direction 😂

[@popculturallychallenged]

😂 I use my sense of direction as well when I can but all those woods and back roads would have had me lost. - Toni 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@susanliltz3875]

Sally Field movies : 1. Norma Rae ( won an Oscar) 2. Places In The Heart ( won an Oscar) 3. Murphy’s Romance 💕 4. Steel Magnolias 5. Sybil ( TV movie played a woman with multiple personalities) 6. Forrest Gump

[@IZPC]

React to all if you haven’t!!!!

[@paulhewes7333]

Burt said that Sally was the one that got away.

[@popculturallychallenged]

Ahhhh, that is so sweet!!! 🥹

[@jasonremy1627]

Jerry Reed not only Cletus Snow, but he performs the soundtrack.

[@MGower4465]

Wrote most of them, too. Reed said once he performed "Eastbound and Down" for studio execs and after they all just stared at him. Nervous, Reed said "I can change it around a bit..." and ine of them finslly said "If you change one word, you're fired"

[@tomre2769]

That scene just gives me goosebumps every time I see this. "The Snowman is coming through", downshift and pass with that rig. Ohhh, pleasure :-)

[@victorramsey5575]

The 1977 Pontiac Trans Am is the 2nd most popular movie car. The 1982 DMC Delorean is number 1. It was fun watching this with yall. Toni is such a delicate and sensitive flower. Yall are fun! Keep rockin'!

[@kendallcarstens9194]

If you want more of Burt's lawless fun, check out Cannonball Run

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

This movie is such a fave. I've seen it probably a hundred times and it never gets old. Mr., it was fun watching with you. Your poor wife seemed more perplexed than anything.

[@whawaii]

Another good Burt Reynold car movie is "Stroker Ace" (1983) featuring his future wife Loni Anderson in one of her first major film appearances. It's a fun movie based around NASCAR & has many cameos from the NASCAR stars of that time. Jim Nabors (from Gomer Pyle) adds in many comedic elements.

[@popculturallychallenged]

Nice, added to our list. Sounds like fun. - Toni 🤓

[@wolf9walker]

I Love stoker ace.

[@MGower4465]

​@@popculturallychallengedWatch the bloopers at the end of Stroker Ace - Jerry Reed makes a surprise entrance on set and pokes some fun at Burt who just stands there like "Where'd you come from?"

[@Swordsfor200Alex]

It’s called “Stroker Ace” 😂 Yes, Jim Nabors as chief mechanic Lugs Harvey is hilarious.

[@whawaii]

@@Swordsfor200Alex - Thanks for the spelling correction. The letter "r" on this keyboard sometimes sticks. It's now fixed.

[@e.s.9080]

Burt Reynolds and powerhouse legend Jackie Gleason. A comedic tour-de-force of a film. Make sure you include Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in your Burt Reynolds future viewings. I remember Burt's bittersweet comeback moment co-starring in Boogie Nights, one of his final roles before passing on. That performance in Boogie Nights earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Who would've thought Burt had it in him for drama and to be recognized and acknowledged like that by his industry.

[@popculturallychallenged]

Thank you so very much for the recommendations. I have added them to our list and looking forward to watching them. - Toni 🥰

[@karimhicks8376]

And, we must not forget the film, DELIVERANCE!!

[@Tar-Numendil]

I grew up watching this because my dad was a trucker. As soon as that Kenworth started up i'd come running from wherever I was in the house and plant myself down right in front of the tv. I can damn near quote the entire movie without watching it just from the sheer amount of times i've seen it.

[@popculturallychallenged]

That's so cool!! I was a fun movie and I can see how so many enjoy it. - Toni 🤓

[@rustybarrel516]

26:44 My uncle was driving his family cross country on vacation in a van (it was the 70s and they had five kids). A truck was behind them, with the driver blowing the horn. My uncle did everything he could to let him pass and started getting upset that the truck driver kept honking when he noticed the youngest kid looking out the back window pumping his fist up and down. 😂

[@racerfink]

The 2nd gen Trans-Am went from 1970 to 1981. The 3rd gen (like in Knight Rider) went from 1982 to 1992.

[@shag139]

The stunt with the kids on the football field was nearly a tragedy. I believe the grass was slicker than they had planned for and the female stunt driver came much closer to hitting kids than was intended. I believe she was pretty freaked out about.

[@patticriss2238]

I am also directionally challenged. My husband and I owe a trucking company in Oklahoma. Have for almost 30 years. That man ALWAYS knows where he is and how to get where he wants to be. It still amazes me after 40 years. I’ve never seen anything like it.

[@OneThousandHomoDJs]

YOU sir, are a Good Man for sharing this with your lovely wife. Not a flick for the ladies, but it's such a key element in GenX pop culture, and it deserves attention if only for the fact that Star Wars was the only thing that kept this from being the #1 box office movie of the year.

[@popculturallychallenged]

David is definitely a GOOD Man. This was a fun movie. - Toni 🥰

[@EdwardCurl]

She has no concept of what this movie's about 😂😂

[@popculturallychallenged]

I think it's more fun when she goes in completely in the dark about the movie. 😂

[@beatmet2355]

She asks random questions no one else would ask. Lol Burt Reynolds pulls in driving a big truck… “Is that legal?”😂

[@Fizbin1701]

Yeah. It's painful to watch her reaction.

[@FaceYourInnerFear]

she was looking for smoking bandits.

[@susanliltz3875]

The Bandits truck driving friend is Jerry Reed he and Burt were friends in real life and Jerry Reed was also a singer and song writer, had a lot of funny songs : 1. She Got The Gold Mine ( I Got The Shaft) 2. Amos Moses 3. When You’re Hot , You’re Hot , When You’re Not You’re Not

[@shawn1281]

"just being in that car makes you a good drive" love it, every man that grew up in the 70s and 80s wanted that car and most of use probably still do.

[@twylanaythias]

"Choke and Puke" is slang for pretty much anyplace you can get cheap food fast, usually something you can eat on the go - similar to how a convenience store is colloquially called a "Stop and Rob". Aside from McDonalds', there really weren't many fast food places and, even then, McDonalds' had only opened their first drive-thru (to service a nearby military base, because soldiers weren't allowed to go into restaurants in their uniforms) in 1975, about the time they started filming this movie.

[@mtgoss40]

My parents loved this movie so much that my dad went out and bought a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (but it was blue, not black) .... just like so many others did. Those cars were everywhere after this movie came out.

[@popculturallychallenged]

That is a beautiful car! If they made it today I think it would sell!

[@TrackMaster844]

6:11 - It’s more than just having a time crunch, Bandit’s running “blocker” for the truck. Basically, he’s the distraction for the cops to chase while the truck gets through unnoticed.

[@janetstorm7881]

I was in the Army stationed at Ft. Clayton, Panama and we didn't have cable in the company day room and only got the armed forces channel and they showed this movies like 10 times over the space of a few days and the soldiers absolutely loved it. I must have seen this movie 4 or 5 times and boy did I also love it and laughed my butt off. Plus people my age loved Sally Field from Gidget and the Flying Nun and we all loved Burt Reynolds who was a big movie star back then. :) . Oh my army enlistment was completed, I went through college ROTC received a degree and Officer's commission and when I finally came back in the army as an officer, a new 2LT and my first car was a brand new that year Trans AM. I guess this movie made an impression on a young soldier!

[@bidwell13]

7:58 she was looking at the kph not the mph. 27:34 yes they still use CBs. That way they can talk to other truckers on the road like if they need to pass another truck or if one truck has an issue another truck could let them know. 28:24 that is Enos from Dukes of Hazzard. 35:51 Pontiac also didn’t give them that many cars to use but that changed in the second one. The first one they asked for 6 trans-ams and they only would give four but when they asked for 10 in the sequel they got them. Burt Reynolds had a deal with Pontiac if the car became famous from the movie they would give him a Pontiac but the person who promised him that retired and the new guy wouldn’t give it to him. 40:11 Reynolds made a cameo in the last movie because he was focusing on Stroker Ace. Sally Field was 29 in this movie.

[@darrenwatkins7896]

One of my favourite movies!! Definitely stick with Burt Reynolds, Hooper, Smokey And The Bandit 2, Cannonball Run 1 and 2. Also Mike Henry ‘Junior’ actually played Tarzan for a while, he really plays Junior so well.

[@popculturallychallenged]

So glad you like that movie. I have added all the movies to our list. Thank you for the recommendations. - Toni 🥰

[@barbaralenihan7451]

Mike Henry also played one of the prison guards in the Longest Yard(1974).

[@bc76chevy1]

Being a truck driver myself and to answer some of the questions about truckers..... yes we still have CB's for road construction, if weight stations are open, speed traps, traffic conditions and weather conditions. And i still blow my air horn for kids and anyone else who pumps their fist in the air at me. Great movie choice by the way. One of my all time favorites.

[@candicelitrenta8890]

The little one in the blue suit is Paul Williams who was a songwriter who wrote many hits for the group known as the Carpenters. He also was in a very underrated cult type film called Phantom of the Paradise. You should check it out

[@RetroRobotRadio]

There is also an episode of Babylon 5 where Paul Williams plays a random alien with a reoccuring speaking roll. They had a lot of famous people do guest spots.

[@memnarch129]

Also he helped produce Daft Punks Album of the Year, Random Access Memory.

[@olivegreenpants7153]

He also wrote Rainbow Connection from The Muppet Movie

[@YoureMrLebowski]

david absolutely loves this movie. never seen him laugh so much. 🤣🤣🤣

[@BayAreaMike99]

I can watch any reaction video and I guarantee you comment will be there😂

[@SysAdmin77]

Hope you guys do Cannonball Run after this.

[@popculturallychallenged]

I hope to do it at some point. 😃

[@Caseytify]

1 & 2!

[@michaelthomas0655]

Motor jock was Enos from Dukes of Hazzard. Cooter was at the truck races in beginning of movie. Bo Duke was in the end of movie at the beginning of credits.

[@flashgordon6238]

Saw it in the theater several times. 3 years later I bought that model Trans Am Blackbird. Picked up a second one in California as a back up ride. Had a ton of fun in that car. Hurst T tops, 8 track player, black velour interior.

[@mikefetterman6782]

I was born and raised on this movie since I was 7. My dad was a truck driver/farmer (drove when not harvesting). Before computers, and GPS, people read the road signs telling you direction (the numbers indicate N and S, or E and W.) Geography was a very simple knowledge then. People knew what cities and states were in which direction and just drive. Since I was 17 I have driven all across the US and never had more than a basic map to glance at (for fun) to meter the trip. Driving from New York to Atlanta and back in a few days with a couple friends with just a few dollars for gas, some snacks and tunes. A few years ago I drove from Pennsylvania to the Olympic peninsula in Washington in 4 days alone.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

Actually Moonrunners is what directly inspired Dukes of Hazzard. It too was narrated by Waylon Jennings, has a hangout bar called the "Boar's Nest", this "Uncle Jesse" is (ironically) named "Hagg" and their signature car is a 1955 black Chevy stock car #54 named "Traveller" (General Lee's horse)

[@tiwagg5345]

Loved your reaction to this. I'm glad you didn't take it very seriously. I think now that you need a car race movie under your belt. Thinking Cannonball Run. Funny as heck plus it's like a who's who of famous peeps of the 70's

[@popculturallychallenged]

Sounds like fun! I have added to our list. Looking forward to watching that one soon! - Toni 😊

[@iwantmyvanback]

I am literally named after this movie. My mom named me Bandit, after Burt Reynolds' character. Really appreciate you showing this movie to your wife and sharing it with the world. Great reaction! It really is from another time, lol

[@popculturallychallenged]

Our pleasure!

[@jamesa.7604]

Loved That Movie! One of My All Time Favorites. And yes, That was Sonny Stroyer who played Enos on Dukes Of Hazzard that was the trooper on the bike.

[@jasonhoff6407]

That's funny you mentioned that sounded like Enos, it was him. Cooter from the Dukes Of Hazard was also in the movie. Sonny Shroyer and Ben Jones.

[@kennethreedy5258]

What is also amusing is that that Trans Am had a top speed of about 110 mph ... a speed you can reach in an average minivan nowadays

[@ronaldschmaltz8865]

If you look closely, they were only going 70 mph. They were going 110 kmh.

[@user-kg4eb7nl5b]

I have 3 different copies of this movie on DVD .... love this movie ... saw it at the drive in the first time as a kid CLASSIC

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

I'm glad she eventually stopped being worried over the car crashes, and started laughing.

[@davidpoole5595]

Father owned a large trucking company and some bars in georgia in the 70's...he would send trucks to Texarkana and buy Coors and bring it back and sell it at his bars ...

[@popculturallychallenged]

Interesting and cool! - Toni 🤓

[@TECHMAN132]

That was Burt Reynolds rear hair, when he got older, he lost his hair and wore a wig or hair plugs or whatever it was, but in this movie that was his hair Just thought I'd let you know Sally Field and Reynolds had a relationship for three years after this movie

[@popculturallychallenged]

Thank you for clarifying. We weren't sure. - Toni 😊

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

The actor driving the truck is the one who sings the song played throughout the movie

[@opusmax1]

He knows his way because he’s a trucker…when he started driving the Interstates were barely started in the South. He had to pick up and deliver in tiny little pits all over the hills and needed to know every shortcut.

[@ShawnTheDriver]

As a trucker I’ll say, CBs are still in use but not nearly as much as they were back in the day. I keep mine turned on and I generally only hear people talk when there’s traffic, bad weather, police, or the occasional threats going back and forth after someone takes too long to back into a parking space at a truck stop 😂

[@thexsoar]

The best part of this movie is that 70% of the dialogue was improv. It was literally just "Bandit and Frog talk" and they made it up on the spot, often taking the first take.

[@popculturallychallenged]

They did an amazing job! 😃

[@neildavis1639]

The guy in the black cowboy hat at the very end of the movie is John Schneider. He was 17 and skipped school and went to the film location and snuck onto the set. He boldly went up to one of the production staff and asked “where do you want me?” And he wound up in the freeze frame scene. He has to step out of the way of Buford T’s tire that falls off. Also the motorcycle cop that pulls snowman over is Sonny Shoryer who played Enos Straight in the Duke’s of Hazzard.

[@popculturallychallenged]

That is so cool! Thanks!

[@neildavis1639]

@@popculturallychallenged anytime

[@bigbandit9384]

Great enjoyable reaction to a True Classic Movie. TY. Well..I am off to Boston to pick up some chowder 🤠✌

[@tomloft2000]

That Trans Am was heavily modified. The stock model(because of emission controls) would have been lucky to have 150 HP.

[@rayvanhorn1534]

One of the most iconic car movies ever! So glad y'all did this. It's such a fun one! (I owned a 78 Firebird--bought in my junior high year 1985. Absolutely loved that car. The first generation of Firebird was 67-69, 2nd gen was 70-80. Thec77/78 were the only ones that looked like the "Bandit". The Trans Am started of as a special order package then developed into its own model. The Firebird/Trans Am was the sister car to the Camaro. Go get one, there are plenty affordable out there...& no, the kids don't ever go on the insurance for those! 😂)

[@jeffmorris6105]

The speed limit at that time was 55 mph and the CB's were used so you could go faster and keep track of the smokies. The Trans Am was the same configuration of the Firebird that the Z28 was for the Camaro

[@jerrywalters8885]

Neat fact the motorcycle rider who crashed in the water was the actor from Dukes of Hazzard plays ennis

[@popculturallychallenged]

I thought his voice sounded like him!

[@thunderstruck5484]

Jerry Reed! Was great at everything!

[@DP-hy4vh]

Smokey and the Bandit was the second highest grossing film of 1977. In first place was a little movie called Star Wars.

[@michaelthomas0655]

I saw Smokey and the Bandit when it came out in the theater in 1977

[@popculturallychallenged]

That's cool! - Toni 😊

[@scottluvisi9941]

I grew up in in a CB family. My dad was a truck driver and we had a CB in every car. One night we were driving out in the country and came across a really bad accident, because we had a CB, we were able to get help and save one of the passengers lives. This was early 80's.

[@satyadasgumbyji8956]

Saw this at 6 yro (also saw Star Wars🤘😎) when it came out. "Cannonball Run" came out a few years later & was a hit as well, showcasing many pop culture icons of the time, but for whatever reason it was hard to find on video & they never showed it on cable so it faded into obscurity. Well worth a watch! "The End" with Reynolds & Delouise is excellent as well! Jerry Reed, "Snowman", is entombed at my family cemetery. He was great in "The Survivors" with Walter Matheau & Robin Willams. I was fortunate to catch "Bandit" filming scenes for "The Crew" with Richard Dreyfuss when i lived on South Beach in the 90s. Was dream come true! See ya! ✌️🌎❤️

[@popculturallychallenged]

WOW!! How cool is that!! - Toni 🤩

[@user-uv5yw3uw7q]

And if you’re wanting Burt Reynolds in a different role, try the best Little whorehouse in Texas. He stars in it with Jim Nabors, Dom Delouise and the great Dolly Parton. He’s a cop, actually small town sheriff in the movie.

[@JosephCowen-fz8vj]

It's funny when Buford says he's rite behind the bandit and bandit says " let's see what he's got under the hood" both cars had the exact same 403 ci Oldsmobile Small Block and Turbo 350 auto ! But the Trans Am had 10 more Hp

[@fredbasic1918]

It sounds like Enos because it is Enos. That's Sonny Shroyer who played Enos Strate on Dukes of Hazzard.The first "Trans Am" was in '69.

[@belvagurr403]

Junior is Mike Henry, later he played Tarzan

[@lnwolf41]

Back in the 70's there were a lot of independent truck drivers, and CB's were their means to talk, and inform about road conditions, and where police speed traps were. Also there were Union truck companies that didn't like them, so there was tension between them.

[@popculturallychallenged]

Oh interesting. I hope the relationships are better now with the truch drivers. -Toni 😊

[@jamesharper3933]

You're absolutely right. This movie requires no thinking. Just sit back and enjoy the cheese. Jackie Gleason had some of the best lines ever written.🤣🤣🤣

[@DancinChuck]

Had my Mom take me to the drive ins over and over in the summer of 77 to watch this movie. 11 years old and darn did I want a CB radio!

[@christopherminjares7429]

This movie was huge when it came out. 2nd in year end boffice for 1977 right after Star Wars.

[@popculturallychallenged]

Wow, I didn't know that. - Toni 🤓

[@Parallax-3D]

“Is she wearing a wedding dress?” “She was.” “What’s she wearing NOW, come back!!” 😂

[@popculturallychallenged]

😂

[@MGower4465]

Years later, Burt Reynolds was getting a lifetime award at a celebrity-filled bash, when, out of nowhere, Jackie Gleason appears, dressed up as Buford T. Justice and in full character. Even Burt is laughing hysterically while Jackie hams it up in hot pursuit. The video is on YT somewhere.

[@popculturallychallenged]

I'll have to look for that! 😂

[@kaleemdin7963]

That is Enos from Dukes of Hazzard. You are absolutely right.

[@RealBLAlley]

77 and 78 were the best looking version of the Firebird/Trans Am.

[@No1Knows]

I'm only 9 minutes in and wow. She really can't just sit back and let the silliness wash over her, can she?

[@MrTech226]

Next is its sequel, Smokey and the Bandit II. I remember its sequel very well because of Bandit (Burt Reynolds) use parts of my town filming scenes for the movie. In '79, my friends and I were waiting for school bus to take us to school. I noticed customed semi-tractor with its trailer pull behind Circle-K store that morning. I thought it looks like famous truck of Smokey and the Bandit. So, my friends and I walked over to the truck. I was correct about the truck. Truck was newer truck for its sequel. Trailer has custom painted scene of bandit robbing a stagecoach. I scanned across the area and notice major film equipment nearby. I told my friends that Burt is making its sequel here in town. So, we skipped school that day. We walked around production area with not disturbing filming scenes. We met of Burt's buddies, famous comedic actor, Dom Deluise as he walked out from local hardware store. We talked to Dom for few minutes. Dom was cool to talk too. We didn't get the chance to see Burt, Sally, or Jerry because they were their trailers. But I have met Jerry's Snowman's dog, Fred and his stand-in "Fred" (you heard me right, his stand-in) with their trainers. Every time I watch SB2 movie, I see old version of my town growing up. Both of you wondering why Burt using my town. Burt Reynolds was born in Palm Beach County with his father, Burt Sr. was Chief of Police in the city of Riviera Beach, Florida. Burt went to school there and went on to play football at Florida State University until injury ended his football career. (Burt played football players in Longest Yard and in Adam Sandler's remake). He went to college in Palm Beach Junior College (Palm Beach State College). One of his classes, English class, his professor, Watson B Duncan III pushed Burt to try acting after hearing Burt reading out loud stories. Burt in later years credited his professor urged Burt in his career. Burt was good for my town.

[@MrTech226]

Hello I recently met a close friend of Burt Reynolds and his brother, Nick Reynolds. Close friend's name is Dale. Dale knew Reynolds family for years because they were neighbors. Nick was Dale's workout coach at the high school in Palm Beach County. Of course, Burt and Nick's father was Chief of Police in Riviera Beach, Florida, Burt Sr. Dale told me that he met Sally Field as she and Burt rolled up in his car. They were dating during Smokey and the Bandit movies. Dale stated that Sally was nice to talk with in conversation.

[@christopherrigby2151]

I’m 42. This was a childhood favorite along with both Cannonball Run films. They all continue to be favorites

[@belvagurr403]

There is a facility in Tallahassee, Florida that took brand new Cameros and transformed them into Bandit’s Trans Am. Starting price was $360,000, each car had Burt’s signature. He personally toured the facility several times, there’s a video of this. My nephew, wearing his red ball cap turned backwards, was the chief fabricator. You can see the video at TransAm Worldwide.

[@tinamccaslin2636]

She kept asking how he knew where he was going. My husband was a truck driver for years. He knew the roads so well he could always find his way without a map or GPS.

[@popculturallychallenged]

Truck drivers are amazing to me. With all the driving they do they really get to know our country. Must be tiring but so rewarding with the views. - Toni 😊

[@ernestitoe]

For the record, Sheriff Justice's hat was Stetson's Open Road model. They've been made since the 1920s, and they were worn by Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. They cost about $280 and come in various colors; the Sheriff's was in their basic "Silverbelly" shade. I have one. Sally Field was 31 when the movie was released. She was already well-known for her TV shows "Gidget" and "The Flying Nun," big hits during the '60s. She and Burt Reynolds had a romance, but Reynolds was too much of a womanizer to be faithful, so they broke up. Not long before he died, he said Sally was the love of his life, and he regretted not treating her well and staying with her.

[@popculturallychallenged]

Wow, that's cool information about the hat. What shade you do you have? Siverbelly as well? I've never heard of Gidget or The Flying Nun, will need to go check that out. Too bad Reynolds didn't realize sooner. - Toni 😊

[@ernestitoe]

@@popculturallychallenged Yes, my hat is in Silverbelly. Gidget was originally a 1959 movie starring Sandra Dee as the title character, who was a ditzy, boy-crazy surfer-chick. It morphed into a series of movies about her. The TV series, which ran one season (1965-'66) starred Sally Field as the title character. Most people enjoyed it, although surfing songs and surfer lifestyle were becoming passé by 1965. Maybe that's why it didn't last. I don't remember. In The Flying Nun, Sally was Sister Bertrille, an idealistic novice in an order that was dedicated to helping the poor. Her headgear featured "wings" that made it possible for her to fly. That series ran 1967-'70. It was very popular. Burt Reynolds's career began in 1958, so he was an old veteran by the time Smokey and the Bandit was made. One of my favorite examples of his early work was in one of the few comical episodes (1963) of the original Twilight Zone. The episode was called "The Bard." A loudmouth loser accidentally conjures the spirit of William Shakespeare, who has to do whatever the buffoon tells him to. Buffoon directs Shakespeare to write a play which he will then take credit for. The play is rewritten as a sort of existentialist, incomprehensible drama. Reynolds plays one of the actors, a Marlon Brando type. Burt got Brando just right. Reynolds posed nude for Cosmopolitan in 1972. It wasn't explicit, but it was a sensation among young women. Stores couldn't keep it stock. Reynolds was embarrassed by all the fuss. The hat can be found here: stetson.com/products/open-road-6x-cowboy-hat-silverbelly You can probably locate it at a lower cost. Be careful, though. Whenever I wear mine, I start saying things like, "I'm in high-speed pursuit, you sumbitch!"

[@shercahn]

We knew our roads - especially the back roads. Had to memorize things back then.

[@MGower4465]

I had a CB in my car for years in the late 80s/early 90s. They had faded somewhat in universal presence, and some trucking companies havd, and probably still do, banned them outright. Claiming they are "distracting". I didn't talk much, but sometimes truckers would see the antenna and strike up a conversation. One time in Arizona I was motoring along at er, well above the speed limit. I never saw in the mirror, but an Arizona State Patrol patrol cruiser suddenly shot past me like a freaking rocket. Trucker on the radio "There's bear at about mile marker x going east." I answered "I'm four miles ahead of you and he just went by like I was standing still" Trucker came back "He's outracing the radio!" Another time, I was in the left lane following a couple of trucks passing a line of other trucks on a near coast to coast run, somewhere in Arkansas. UPS truck in the right lane put on his blinker, but the truck ahead of me did not yield to let him out. I did, and I picked up the mike . "Come out of there, Mr UPS." After a second, the UPS driver made his lane change, and blinked his lights in traditional thanks, then grabbed his mike. "What's the world coming to when a four-wheeler has more damn courtesy than a brother trucker?" The offending driver who had ignored the signal, sensibly, did not answer. On another trip, I was on the Interstate near Oklahoma City, having fallen in with a small convoy of trucks doing about 70 in a 55. The front door of this convoy was an iff-duty Oklahoma highway patrolman, in a marked cruiser. Trooper called himself "Easy Bear" and said he was on his way home. Even got an attempted come-on from a "lot lizard" in Ohio. My girlfriend in the passenger seat was laughing herself silly as this hooker tried to bait me while I played coy. I still half-suspect she was a cop trying a sting, she tried way too hard. Good old days.

[@popculturallychallenged]

Those are great stories! Definitely sounds like fun!

[@janesmith146]

Im soooooo pumped! Love this movie SO much! :D

[@popculturallychallenged]

This was a lot of fun! 😃