Smokey and the Bandit is 10-4-the fun! | First Time Watching 

Highly collected today.

@@zzygyy I always wanted one. I found them for sale online. 100k and up. WHOA! well i got some lotto tickets in my pocket so well see.

Wow! That's exactly what cinema is meant to do!

Yep, this movie came out when I was in high school and two guys in school bought black TA's that year.

so many car brands that are not around anymore. Like Pontiac and Plymouth.

I agree

Yup, without Jackie Gleason and his portrayal of Buford, this movie would have never worked. It would have been a flop.

​@@SidewaysTAmy thoughts as well.

That's SHERIFF Buford T. Justice and don't you forget it!

If I remember correctly, Jackie ad-libbed most of his lines. Per Burt on working with ‘the Great One” he just never knew what Jackie would say or do. The scene in the restaurant where Jackie orders a sandwich was all Jackie making it up based on how he thought the scene should be done. What a guy! RIP Jackie, Burt and the Snowman!!

Near the end of Bert's life he said his biggest regret in life was messing with other women on Sally and not marrying her.

He proposed marriage to her too quite a few times but she said no for obvious reasons

@@gmughadam76 His cheating like I said.

Burt admitted on his death bed he never got over Sally she was the love of his life.

@@jeffreymiller6847 It was Miss Kitty from Gunsmoke. lol

At least once every few months on a Saturday afternoon movie in the Mid 2980s. It was on ABCs library.

True convoy is just as good it is a must for sure

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Has anyone reacted to it? If you listen to the last chorus of the song closely, you'll hear some singing f*ck'in convey, mixed with others singing truckin.

I completely agree i haven't seen anyone react to the movie just the song. Interesting fact the convoy bandit runs into includes some of the Convoy cast such as "old Iguana".

any sandwich at a choke&puke on a 2 lane hwy is 90% chance of a 10-200. lol

Well, y'all once again, I'll just point out, (that's an Actual Atl Restaurant, from round here in Georgia, (Called Old Hickory House!!) Was very famous here in Georgia, cause it was one, but may have been the only Fast Food Restaurant back in the day to Serve And Specialize In Real Barbecue Cuisine?!! (And yes, way, way before Sonny's Barbecue?!!)

Was about to make the comment about the hats..glad I went through the comments first! Cool to see you beat me to it. "Only you can prevent forest fires." 🤣

@@panamafloyd1469 Smokey Bear was a thing that I live by and I never was involved in a forest fire

"Named him after a man of the cloth...called him Amos Moses..."

....written and sung by Jerry Reed----Snowman. Jerry wrote and sang a lot of the songs in this movie.

We got a long way to go, and a short time to get there 🎵

Along with convoy.

Hmm, what a great legacy.

Roll on big mama is the quintessential trucking song

Pontiac provided 3 1976 Trans Ams with '77 front noses on them for this movie. at the end of filming one car was completely totalled (the bridge jump car if you go frame by frame you can see the rear axle housing break when the car lands. only 1 of the 3 still ran and was barely drivable after filming they canabalized parts off the other 2 cars once they were too far damaged to run any more to keep the 3rd one going.

Pow, right in the kisser

@@marcwright8395 Bang, zoom, to the moon, Alice!

Abd let's not forget...The Toy with him and Ricgard Pryor 😂

I was 9 years old in 1977. Yep, great Summer with these two great movies!

lol I was 11 that summer too

We all watched it on cable multiple times too

I was 10, in 1977. People don't realize just how great of a year it was for movies. NOT ONLY Smokey & the Bandit, & Star Wars. But also: The Spy Who Loved Me; Annie Hall; Close Encounters. All in the same year.

I was 10 & it was such a great summer!

I would say Harlen County was her best performance, as a union organizer.

I believe she was already a movie star when this movie was made. She was in “The Way West” in 1967. Cheers

No her first film was The Way West in1967

She was already known from movies such as 1976’s Stay Hungry, which co-starred Jeff Bridges and Arnold Schwarzenegger. But this movie made her a household name.

The movie that launched Sally Field's career and made her a star was "Gidget," a 1965 TV series that was later adapted into a feature film. In the show, Field played the titular character of Gidget, a young and spirited California girl who loved surfing and adventure. Field's performance as Gidget was widely praised, and the show became a cultural phenomenon in the 1960s, with Field becoming a household name and an icon of the era. The show's success led to several spin-offs, including a 1967 film titled "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" and a 1968 film titled "Gidget Gets Married." While Field had appeared in a few TV shows and films prior to "Gidget," it was this role that catapulted her to stardom and established her as a major talent in Hollywood.

Not to mention “West Bouna and Down”

'Guitar Man'.

Jerry Reed was one helluva guitar player

Plus he wrote or co-wrote most of the music in the movie.

Hate the movie but I loved Jerry Reed, and his song, and his dog.

(obviously films are fun, but this exists to be just fun. It's not trying to build a franchise, or reference earlier films or nod to the audience about actor roles, or sell merch, it exists solely to be entertaining)

ʜᴇʟʟᴏ, ʜᴏᴡ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ? ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴘɪɴɪᴏɴ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴜᴘ🤷‍♀️🤦‍♂️🛐..

Actually, “Star Wars” opened on May 25th which was a Wednesday, “Smokey and the Bandit” opened on Friday May 27th, so close but a couple days of day’s difference.

Cool!

@@CR41489 Still proves car culture is strong

@@CR41489 Same opening weekend.

Hahaha!! Best response ever!

Actually Citizen Band Radio

Exactly. The kiddies have no idea.😊

10.4 i still connect mine up now and again to se if its still alive,been doing it since the mid 80s,keep you ears on.

Smart phones are radios!

Yeah this was the 70's. A seat belt was like a nuisance if anything back then. The seat belt law didnt kick in til the late 80's

I'm a retired RN, people like you kept m3 employed.

​@@billclay9489and wasn't really enforced until the mid 90s

​@@jd-zr3vkno that would be folks like me. I switched to a motorcycle after they started enforcing the seatbelt laws.

@@jd-zr3vk Not me because im still here LOL

Please do a Cannonball Run reaction!

And don't forget Hooper!

And The Longest Yard!

And The Longest Yard!

Deliverance!

You couldn't even get the song title right 🤷🤷

Burt said his biggest mistake was letting Sally get away from him.

actually they starred together in the movie Hooper first.

The writer and director of this film was a friend of Burt Reynolds who was living in Burt's house at the time he wrote the movie. The movie got financed by the studio because Burt agreed to star in it and it was Burt who insisted on Sally field as the female lead - the studio wanted someone prettier/sexier. Basically, Burt Reynolds takes care of his friends and ended up creating his most iconic character.

@@jeffreymiller6847 Hooper came out a year after this movie.

@@rjonzun5828 released after but filmed first

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Don't forget Rainbow Connection!

But, wait there's more?! Paul Williams was Also Swan, (In Phantom Of The Paradise) A Kinda Weird, Very Strange. But, Groovy For The 70s Modern Day Take On The OG Phantom Of The Opera Story?!!) It had some crazy sounding songs too?!!

@@MetalPatriot64 I know it well, had it on Beta, VHS AND Laser Disc! Of course, DVD now. The soundtrack still gets cranked up here.

"Where Do We Go from Here" on _Thunderbolt & Lightfoot._ Also, theme to _The Love Boat._

Yes sir, Sherrif!!!

lol...well,, no ..its a crap movie as movies go...but it is a lot of fun...you just cant take it or yourself too seriously.

@donkey3187 true.

...If you've only ever seen four movies.

Well, down here in the Atl here in Georgia in the Deep South, where this was filmed and shot, we around here, a whole lot of us Southerners Consider This Action-Comedy Classic!! And I'll even put it up there with the OG Trilogy Star Wars, as A Top All Time Favorite Movie as well yall!!!

Old Hickory House.

ʜᴇʟʟᴏ, ʜᴏᴡ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ? ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴘɪɴɪᴏɴ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴜᴘ🤷‍♀️🤦‍♂️🛐..

The scene is also great for seeing Jackie Gleason give all that dialogue while eating.

...also Burt Reynolds actually directed that scene.

It was said in an interview that Bert chose the dog who played Fred because at the audition he did what he wanted not necessarily what he was supposed to do.

@@stevedavis5704 😂

I've been driving for 35 years (on and off) and never learned to double-clutch. Never felt the need. The clutch is for starting, and maybe, sometimes stopping.

I still have no clue what double clutching even is. My daddy taught me to float and that's the only way I know how

Not to mention he posed nude for a centerfold in Cosmopolitan magazine, too!

Still used in 4x4 rigs all over the country along side gmrs and ham

Yes, I caught that as well, Lol !!!

About 1988-89 I had an '84 Trans Am. Wasn't thing Bandit style. More like the Knight Rider style. But I'd been in love with them since seeing this movie.

Most fun to watch, definitely! Best acting, I have to give to his performances in Deliverance and Sharky's Machine, which are definitely darker, more dramatic parts that he played very well.

Absolutely 100% Agree too!! My late dad quoted Buford T Justice So Much, it nearly drove my mom insane and cray-cray!!

Now I Have It On Blu-Ray and DVD and I now Quote it on Regular Daily Basis as well!!

I recognized Sonny Shroyer as the Georgia State Patrol motorcycle cop that pulled over Snowman. I didn't notice the other two, but IMDB says they were in it.

@@elemi62000 - Ben Jones is the trucker with the redhead lady near the beginning of the movie (he's wearing a mustache), listening to Big & Little Enos Burdette arguing with the promotion manager as they look for the Bandit and John Schneider is the cowboy with the dark hat, dark shirt & blue jeans (the rolling tire stops right before him) in the crowd when the end credits roll...

And it has Banjo too!

ʜᴇʟʟᴏ, ʜᴏᴡ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ? ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴘɪɴɪᴏɴ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴜᴘ🤷‍♀️🤦‍♂️🛐..

His most famous song - arguably - is "The Rainbow Connection"

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I think we've repeatedly determined that popular and quality are far apart in all endeavors, especially when we try to label it as "art."

Alfred Hitchcock loved this film and would screen it for himself. He thought the film had a unique fun feeling, so...

latex70s? Your typo made my day 😂

@@jasonm8017 hahaha

@@SueProv They also appeared together in The End, a criminally underrated comedy.

I think a lot of young reactors are afraid that Some Like It Hot is really homophobic and Transphobic. Spoiler Alert: It's not. CB radio was the first Twitter. Just Sayin'

I'm an 80s kid, but there are so many great movies and TV shows from the 70s that need to be seen.

Why insult?

@@Eowyn187 no insult intended Im sure by OP. Its just so many cultural differences from 77 till now, most of the reactions are not aware of the importance of something from back then. best regards

@@mcoffroadinaz4075 def not an insult lol but a lot goes over their heads. For example when the Bandit said i love being up in the truck you can look down at all the beavers.This girl thought he meant the animal. The other comment was the germane one. There were a few others but ehhhh its all good.

Not to mention that it often seems that Millennials and Gen-Z take things too seriously.

In my top five ever it’s equal to My Man Godfrey.

Thanks for pointing that out! When I first watched this movie yesterday, I thought it felt similar to It Happened One Night, another classic I watched earlier this year.

We lived in NC in 1977. One of my sisters had gotten married the year before and they went to live in Kansas. They came back for my other sister's wedding and brought me 5 cases of Coors. The can tops had a small button you pushed to release the pressure and a larger button you pushed in to drink. We took 3 cases with us on our road trip to see Led Zeppelin in Greensboro on May 31, 1977. Illegal beer and Led Zeppelin. That was an epic day.

Up until about ten years ago the Yuenling company refused to sell their beer in Ohio. My friend would bring in a few cases when he'd come over from Pittsburgh, to live that bootlegger thrill.

In 1978 Coors was available nationwide. They even sponsored Bill Elliott in NASCAR

Sources say that Coors was not national until 1986.

@Greybeardmedic I had a Coors Banquet beer at a Hannah Dasher concert in Newport Kentucky last night. She's all about Smokey and the Bandit and Burt Reynolds. I had her sign a 1978 Trans -Am glove box door in gold. All I know is you started seeing more advertising for Coors.

Perhaps, but wasn't also Snuff the Magic Dragon? Was that a good movie?

Right turn Clyde.

Yes, indeed. He and his stuntman friend Hal Needham might've kind of sorta been the inspiration for "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"

@@richardrobbins387 Yes! Love Hal Needham!! Especially his movie RAD! Never seen Once Upon A Time In Hollywood tho.. is it good?

It's great If you like Tarantino or old Hollywood of the 1960's @@chrispruett81

@chrispruett81 It's a Quentin Tarantino movie. So audiences are divided, but I like it. (Watched it 4 times) Altered Hollywood history mixed with the real thing. Burt was cast in the movie, but sadly, he passed before filming began.

@@richardrobbins387 I will check it out.. thx :)

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Agreed. He played Minnesota Fats in "The Hustler." Here, he just took a paycheck. That' s great, actors need to do that, but don't judge his career with this mediocre sitcom mess.

He made up most of these lines in this movie. Don't sell him short

ʜᴇʟʟᴏ, ʜᴏᴡ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ? ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴘɪɴɪᴏɴ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴜᴘ🤷‍♀️🤦‍♂️🛐…

I'm going to take these rosary bleeds... these bleeds here?

ʜᴇʟʟᴏ, ʜᴏᴡ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ? ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴘɪɴɪᴏɴ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴜᴘ🤷‍♀️🤦‍♂️🛐..

Maybe check out the film "Chinatown" if you want movie gold. This is movie Fanta.

Were you a host or guest?

@@jd-zr3vk guest for a few days lol

Cowboys love fat calves!

Hi Mike!!! ❤️❤️❤️

If the first favorite isn't "Star Wars", we can't be friends.

@@KennethSorling The one and only

Agreed! Both the Star Wars OT and the Smokey and Bandit trilogy was 77, 80 and 83!

Sorry to hear it.

My first 3 cars didn't even have seatbelts. Guess that makes me even more ancient than an old geezer.

"Little Enos" - Kermit The Frog's best friend! - "... Paul Williams is an American composer, singer, songwriter, and actor. He is known for writing and co-writing popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s, including Three Dog Night's "An Old Fashioned Love Song" and "Out in the Country", Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World", Biff Rose's "Fill Your Heart", and the Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays". He also wrote "Cried Like a Baby" for teen idol Bobby Sherman. Williams is also known for writing the score and lyrics for Bugsy Malone (1976) and his musical contributions to other films, including the Oscar-nominated song "Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie, and writing the lyrics to the #1 chart-topping song "Evergreen", the love theme from the Barbra Streisand film A Star Is Born, for which he won a Grammy for Song of the Year and an Academy Award for Best Original Song. He wrote the lyrics to the opening theme for the television show The Love Boat, with music previously composed by Charles Fox, which was originally sung by Jack Jones and, later, by Dionne Warwick. Williams had a variety of high-profile acting roles, such as Little Enos Burdette in the action-comedy Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and the villainous Swan in Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise (1974),[4] which Williams also co-scored, receiving an Oscar nomination in the process. Since 2009, Williams has been the president and chairman of the American songwriting society ASCAP..."

Having access to and driving a great car would have been anyone's dream. I always wanted to try a GTO but never had the chance.

Hush Puppy, Daddy!

Yes, Burt looks so good in Deliverance. And did all his own stunts in that movie.

ʜᴇʟʟᴏ, ʜᴏᴡ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ? ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴘɪɴɪᴏɴ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴜᴘ🤷‍♀️🤦‍♂️🛐…