Why Burt Reynolds & Clint Eastwood Were Fired From Universal | CONAN on TBS

According to Burt, he was fired because he couldn’t act and Clint was fired because he talked too slow.
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[@enlightenedidiot9552]

Burt and Clint are total LEGENDS...LOL.

[@ganggang3873]

Why did you put ‘LOL’ at the end there, thats disrespectful

[@enlightenedidiot9552]

@@ganggang3873 Because Legends like that getting fired is funny to me. Fantastic actors.

[@oriraykai3610]

A lot of monkeys are grateful for the break Burt gave their careers.

[@charlie-obrien]

The likes of this man will not come our way again. When I was young and watching his movies I always felt that he was exactly the kind of guy you need to have as a friend in this life. His journey continues on.

[@kimosabbe50]

He had the best comedic timing one could possibly possess. Miss him and his humor.

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Love Burt. One of the greatest actors of all time.

[@burritocanopy8182]

ricky todd Botelho i sure hope you only mean movie actors. Cuz otherwise no.. no hes not

[@6EndlessNameless9]

Movie Star would be more accurate

[@jt1929]

Stuntman turned to one the most charismatic actors ever. No one chews gum and laughs like Burt Reynolds

[@StormDogg]

He was the best Weekend Update host ever. And one hell of a Jeopardy player to boot!

[@nitro_001newman2]

@@StormDogg 😂 With that 10 gallon cowboy hat. 😆

[@joeyzwier]

R.I.P Burt

[@TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

A great guy but this wasn't true about him and Clint. Clint was let go from Universal in the 1950's and never met Burt Reynolds until the late 1960's. When Clint was let go from Universal Burt was in College playing football in Florida and had never acted in anything.

[@edhurt8133]

@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES Burt was acting in the late 50s google it

[@edhurt8133]

@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES mostly different tv shows at a time

[@rip.tear.]

@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES your archives are incomplete.

[@Markus-ns6ld]

Bandit forever.

[@mauriceclemens3286]

Burt sure slowed down in his old age. He was such a fast talker when he was young. RIP Bandit you are missed by your fans.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@buda3d2007]

RIP Burt, gone but definantly not forgotten, what a legend and legacy you left behind, watching this guy is a time machine back to my childhood, amazing memories

[@ayushmishraa]

Just came here again after watching the news of his death. Such an amazing man.

[@tristeng5]

Still pretty sharp for his age

[@izom]

youre right hes physical fragile since years- but as you say...sharp mind...

[@rhinoman1984]

There will never be another like Burt in our lifetime. I’m glad I lived to have enjoy his movies during my youth.

[@youregonnalikethiscomment8924]

Some actors get really cranky when they get older, but Burt was an easy going, want to have fun, jokester, to the end. He truly lived his life.

[@johnbaxster8010]

The guy lived with chronic pain too,especially the last 10 years of his life it was real bad.They put you on opioid painkillers for that and it really makes you get cranky after a while ,but this guy never seemed to get that way

[@jdez10]

God, I love Burt Reynolds. He was a movie God in the 70's. I grew up on his movies. I remember his TV show.. Dan August. That was a cool show.

[@guynoir3116]

I love both of these guys , Burt and Clint . There movies will keep them young for ever .

[@petecartwright5211]

Well done to Conan for interviewing him. This must have been close to his last. The man was rough and tumble to the end.

[@JJDonosti]

Rest in peace, the legendary Burt Reynolds.

[@chitownreak]

he was my idol,it was heartbreaking to see him like this,we all get old,but he is,in my mind still the bandit he remains young and strong forever

[@TheBandit7613]

Getting old sucks, yes. But imagine the ass he had. He had a good life and we have his movies. I have a black and gold Trans Am (I'm pointing at my garage) right over there!

[@jimhenderson9173]

I've seen interviews with him when the end was approaching. What I find heartbreaking is that the girl who Burt describes as the love of his life, Sally Field, left his side. You could tell that was one of Burt's big regrets in his life.

[@JB-td7gt]

This makes me excited for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 😀😀😀

[@lucasmacfarlane3742]

J B now he passed :(

[@zanethezaniest274]

Yeah he dead , 😢

[@gringo2damax]

I was as well R.I.P

[@motivatedandmedicated4368]

I luv you Burt.. that laugh from SMOKEY and the Bandit.. I will never forget it!

[@eyehatefarcebook11]

You should see "Hooper" the laugh is even better in that movie.

[@coldwinter5710]

This was HIS laugh...all the time...not just in the movies. See some of his Johnny Carson videos where they are cracking each other up.

[@billammann9807]

Got to admit Burt had a great sense of humor!

[@wanfu5634]

If Universal was a football team, they'd be the Jets.

[@th3an1m4l777]

Who? Universal or these two

[@redshift1976]

Hey now! Oh, nvm. You're not wrong 😔😔😔

[@benvasilinda9729]

They Jets would never allow sexual predators to run their operation.

[@twinkieman237]

Theyd be the jets practice squad

[@joemckim1183]

@@th3an1m4l777 Basically saying that the Jets don't know how to choose good players and when they do have players they end up wasting them.

[@stereonity]

R.I.P Burt! You'll always be one of the brightest!!!

[@afaceinside1210]

Even though they're old men now, I still would not cross either of these guys!

[@ChrisMisc1]

You normally would cross old guys then?

[@walterradtke2421]

+ChrisMisc1 shut your hobo pleasing piehole

[@saltygrandpajoe6375]

Beware of old men in a young mans world ... 😉

[@vic5015]

I thought this was gonna be about how the old studio system was only a couple rungs above slavery. I mean, look it up. They treated actors like farm animals!

[@simonegad]

RIP wonderful Burt Reynolds

[@RiazKhan-nv9hk]

LOL Interesting, both went on to become the highest paid actors at the height of their acting careers. I am sure when Clint heard he was fired, he replied: Go ahead make my day! ;-)

[@murder5000]

The Legend !

[@SpyderTFL]

The famous Turd Ferguson

[@henrik5284]

What a great sense of humor! All told with a completely straight face :)

[@jasestrickland1704]

Nice memory of a great entertainer. Don't know if he ever learned to act but he was surely one of America's favorite people. Thanks for sharing that sweet memory of a self deprecating, funny guy!

[@giraffesareselfish9563]

RIP Bandit. Thank you for the laughs.

[@TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

No offense to Burt but it's not true. Clint is older and he wasn't fired on the same day or even the same year. Universal terminated his contract on October 23, 1955. Burt Reynolds was still attending college in Florida. They never worked for Universal at the same time back in the 1950s. Clint was let go because they did this all the time. It wasn't because of his Adam's apple.

[@majorhemroid]

City Heat - one of the most underrated and under-seen movies.

[@melikturunen1756]

Even though everyone watching this probably heard him say and in the description it’s stated that Clint was talking too SLOW, I believe Burt actually told him speaking too LOW, hence the adam’s apple indication.

[@SamrudhVNayak]

Melik Turunen now it makes sense

[@shmookins]

He's a hell of a director. I thought he was just an actor.

[@DarkAnimeAngel2006]

I want to be that funny and quick at when I'm that age XD

[@epramos6800]

We miss you Mr. Reynolds. RIP

[@stevearno100]

grew up on smokey and the bandit , always loved "city heat "

[@garyunold2610]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTORS.LOVED HIM IN SHAMUS

[@terryjackson9395]

Normal conversations with Burt were funnier and more poignant than most stand up comedy today. I remember him once saying that anger fuels his comedy (or something to that effect). Can't remember where and when he said it. Burt was and is a national treasure. In a way I'm glad he didn't have to see 2020.

[@gioPHL]

Burt was one of the great comic actors. Very underrated.

[@Theomite]

How awesome would it be if Drunk History told this story and Burt and Clint re-enacted that afternoon wearing the clothes from that period but still be old men pretending to be their young selves?

[@wesleymcjunkin687]

Thought about this today! Lol!! There should be a segment titled,Old days,where older actors can get together and relive fond memories of their pasts together. Burt Reynolds would've loved this!! 9-10-2018

[@zanethezaniest274]

I wonder how Clint is feeling now that Burt is dead 😢, RIP Smokey the Bandit

[@jamescarter3196]

I had heard this story in the '80s or '90s also, but my dad told it to me and he's said a lot of unreliable things over the years, and the version he told me was that Burt was told he couldn't act, and Clint's Adam's Apple was too big. Surprising how much of that appeared in Burt's story here, aside from the main reason for Clint's dismissal being differently-stated. Maybe the Adam's Apple thing was just a Burt joke.

[@JoeBuck207]

City heat they teamed up together for that movie.

[@TheFacefinder]

love burt. the best of the best for 40 years!

[@dfense434]

Miss u Burt. Very humbling story

[@suemaiyahatespapaya1604]

He was just on Conan 3 months ago 😞 RIP

[@lx1402]

Legend still witty as

[@JohnSmiffer]

Who ever stuck Burt's eyebrows on needs to be fired.

[@armandeljoo7605]

RIP to a legend

[@devinpetersen2387]

Rip hopefully we won't lose Clint soon

[@CineRanter]

Watched to see what he'll look like for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

[@vic5015]

Why does a 90-some second video have an ad?

[@mountainguyed67]

It didn’t for me.

[@matthewdunham1689]

Some sharp studio guys there. 😂🤣😅

[@Kadjaev]

RIP Burt. It's funny, I met Conan two weeks ago in one of the museums (more precisely in a toilet !) of the French city of Bayeux.

[@richardhodge4347]

Imagine being the one that fired them lol

[@sten260]

whoever fired him is long dead

[@thestudio2015]

The only Talk Show Host with class. All the rest are just full of hate.

[@johncote2776]

Truth, Conan is a great host

[@wbh3952]

Conan slightly less horrible than the others. Slightly.

[@123Goldhunter11]

Exactly. I can't watch most TV now as they all pile on with the political leftist bullshit. Then they go home to their gated estates.

[@kevinmoore4887]

He was funny and brutality honest. He talked about the press digging into his private life. If you look really closely at a thumb it isn't pretty. I think it was a metaphor for the press deep diving into his personal life. It wasn't anyone's business but his own.

[@nicholasdickens2801]

Rest in Peace Burt Reynolds a true legend in Hollywood.

[@fortunatoofamontillado1059]

burt was the epitome of cool!

[@nikhilsharma4716]

RIP Mr. Reynolds - an icon.

[@wyatt9520]

R.I.P 😢

[@trevorbrown6654]

Both him and Clint had great charisma and, like John Wayne, always played a version of themselves. But with a good script a good director new just how to channel that and make it entertaining. Clint probably made more good films than Burt but Burt had his own kind of energy and humour. Its a shame they only ever made one (not very good) film together as I could imagine them both being in every which way but loose as the brothers or in Space Cowboys. Incidentally Burt was supposed to be in Once upon a time in Hollywood but died before his scenes could be shot so Bruce Dern had to fill in for him.

[@yryama]

The show "Archer" made his character perfect.

[@patdonovan8368]

Loved Burt. Those eyebrows though🥸

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

RIP Burt. Legend.

[@erichausersr.8618]

both started as stunt men or an extra. clints first bit part was in the " creature of the black lagoon " burt was the the bad ass tv detective "dan august" true american legends. " Bandit " " Joesy wales " " Gator " " dirty Harry "

[@chloebeckett9274]

R.I.P Burt Reynolds x

[@budireaux]

I love Burt. The poor guy is missing a sideburn.

[@user-fb9os7hy2y]

Love Burt..greatly missed

[@billbored8277]

Two legends.

[@izom]

still alive - great man ! bandit forever!

[@MyBichSustained]

R.I.P.

[@izom]

...yeah finally :-/ too sad - but 82 isnt bad - and he had a clear mind till the end- which is awesome- in his last years he was a honest great guy- there was only one burt r. - will miss him for sure-i love his films- he was underrated for sure- there where only 2 or 3 films he really could show his acting- and i would buy an trans-am imm. if i had the chance- just because of him- rip

[@MyBichSustained]

My dad took me to alot of his movies in the 70's & 80's when I was young.Smokey and the Bandit I&2,Hooper,Heat.....Great movies!

[@LG123ABC]

@mother66 Except Betty White.

[@chevangelou4274]

R. I. P

[@stacymirba1433]

Sad to see him with the wig and Justin Trudeau fake eyebrows. We all age Burt, and your still a cool dude.

[@davicus100]

hes had a tough time getting good guests but not this time :D

[@999titu]

Clint Eastwood never visited Conan, yet.

[@TheIndianalain]

I saw both of them in City Heat. Not a great movie, but what a duo they made!

[@QuantumOfSolace1]

Don’t change Conan- Burt will be the greatest for ever!

[@reaality3860]

Burt Reynolds was a decent actor but was an even better director. Clint Eastwood was better at both.

[@ysf-psfx]

Clint Eastwood's best film was a stolen story, plotline, and character. Not that great.

[@Katzenhase]

Burt was the much better actor. Clint was never nominated for an Oscar as an actor. And Burt was also the bigger star in the 70´s. That´s a fact.

[@LG123ABC]

@@Katzenhase Every Which Way But Loose was a fairly huge film back in the 70's so Clint could do action/comedy too.

[@yeildo1492]

And it did hold him back.... Burt was truly funny!

[@Prestonesfpv]

Legend, a big one.... but those glue on eyebrows, damn

[@FlowFinderUSA]

lol Aaaaahhhh RIP Mr. Reynolds. I had a lot of laughs as a kid watching your films.

[@abhinavkmathur1]

R.I.P Burt Reynolds

[@hardheadjarhead]

Man, he looks frail there.

[@casanova419]

Rumor has it Universal is still kicking it self in the ass.

[@jchessermusic]

RIP Bandit

[@tnt331]

He forgot to mention the Adams Apple on the reason why Clint was fired

[@jefffawcett]

this is when I knew the end was near for Burt, he messed up his own famous story, heard him tell this to Johnny Carson 35 years ago. It was just supposed to be the executive said Clint has a big Adam's Apple. ** As we were leaving I told Clint 'I'd hate to be you'. He said "why, we both got fired" I said "yeah, but you're always going to have that Adam's Apple, I can learn how to act."

[@chickfilaonsunday410]

RIP Burt!!! Great story lol

[@okrajoe]

So, it's true?

[@coldwinter5710]

YES!

[@jermiester7772]

I loved them both in city heat!

[@andy6576]

Do his _eyebrows_ have toupées, too? I can't take my eyes off those crazy caterpillars...

[@liz7725]

Whahahahahaha!

[@halflanding1900]

as you get older some people’s eyebrows change to thicker kind of hair I heard

[@brandonkashinsky3156]

It’s so hilarious when he says you can’t act

[@hnys7976]

Rest In Peace

[@Youtube_ban_me]

LEGENDS NEVER DIE

[@dannybouche3340]

Who else thought Burt Reynolds had a black eye from the thumbnail? Lol

[@donaldbertini7969]

Love Bert!

[@ftl06]

They fired two Hollywood legends on the same day, nice move Universal. They should’ve locked them both up to lifetime contracts.

[@sebastianarrieta9368]

I hope I’m this cool when I’m his age lol