Smokey and the Bandit (1977) - Full Reaction
Added 2024-05-12 05:32:12 +0000 UTCThis was what i needed after Apocalypse. Somehow felt nostalgic despite being first time watching. I could picture kids/teens quoting it for years to each other after it came out. Fun and ridiculous!
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Jimmy Reyes
2024-07-26 00:16:03 +0000 UTCLoving these 70s movies. Let's Add Kelly's Heroes 1970 and Fun with Dick and Jane 1977.
Powers209
2024-06-02 05:32:01 +0000 UTCIn the 70's you couldn't haul Specifically coors east of Texas. It's brewed in colorado. This was because it wasn't pasturized and other specifications that would not be good for the consumer. Plus brand licensing.
Colin Davis
2024-05-23 02:58:10 +0000 UTCIf you don’t who Jackie Gleason is you definitely should. The Honeymooners is a classic tv show.
Joe M
2024-05-19 12:26:48 +0000 UTCRather than watching the sequel, I highly recommend HOOPER with Burt and Sally. It is a great film and Burt plays a stunt man. Only real movie lovers know about this gem.
John Cranberry
2024-05-18 05:43:10 +0000 UTCBurt Reynolds was THE MAN in the 70's...they say the same thing about Burt as they did about Cary Grant...the women all wanted to be with him, and the men all wanted to be him.
crazyivan
2024-05-16 23:43:12 +0000 UTCS&B 2 is, eh, ok...but don't waste your time on S&B 3 (Burt and Sally wasn't even in that one).
crazyivan
2024-05-16 23:42:11 +0000 UTCCassie, Smokey and the Bandit II is next with more fun hijinks. Then number 3. Jerry Reed, who played Snowman, is my favorite too. He was a Country singer and sang those songs throughout the movie that you were asking about that mentioned the Bandit, A long way to go and a short time to get there.
Tara
2024-05-16 21:13:04 +0000 UTCCoors beer is not pasteurized, requiring guaranteed refrigeration. Refrigeration was less reliable back then. At the time it couldn't be sold east of the Mississippi River because is this. My father worked on the Santa Fe railroad in the 60's doing track repair between Chicago & Omaha. On the train leaving Chicago, the bar car couldn't serve Coors until they passed over the Mississippi into Iowa.
Matthew Lange
2024-05-16 05:19:59 +0000 UTCThis here is "Corn Bed" good buddy!!! What do you think about that handle???
Chris Baldwin
2024-05-15 04:46:53 +0000 UTCSort of crazy starting this for the first time in so long I don’t remember this opening AT ALL. And I know I’ve seen this a bunch but I bet I started it halfway through a ton of times.
Jason Dolan
2024-05-15 03:57:24 +0000 UTCDang it! I thought I just figured out a great handle for Cassie… “CornPop” Then I remembered Joe Biden’s weird story. Dang it, Joe!!
Larry Darrell
2024-05-14 21:05:48 +0000 UTCI THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA JUMP EACH OTHER!!
Robert Durant
2024-05-14 14:07:00 +0000 UTCCassie’s handle? “Chapstick” Carly’s? “Fetch”
Edwin
2024-05-14 02:51:47 +0000 UTCSally Field (correctly) said that Sybil was the greatest acting she ever did. But, today, experts say that the story was false, invented by Sybil's psychiatrist. Men, here, doing INTERVENTION, have a 12-STEP program, forcing Cassie to watch certain movies. Even if historically inaccurate. Even if "not entertaining," Crashing bore. Sally is entertaining, genius acting.
David Fuchs
2024-05-13 19:39:48 +0000 UTCI remember as a kid when Bad News Bears was released -- we watched it.
Clay F
2024-05-13 19:19:03 +0000 UTCBurt Reynolds movie that both Cassie & Carly would enjoy: "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" (1982) w/ Dolly Parton. From a Broadway production. Set at Thanksgiving
JAKH
2024-05-13 16:46:05 +0000 UTCI did this for Silver Linings Playbook, though it was a week or so later.
Cole Jennett
2024-05-13 15:41:39 +0000 UTCI do not quote Smokey & the Bandit. I quote Bad News Bears. Maybe that’s because I was just a year older than the kids in the movie when it came out (and we saw it at the drive-in). One year later, I saw Smokey, but I do not quote Smokey. I look forward to the Smokey rewatch! I remember liking it a lot.
Marja
2024-05-13 15:27:20 +0000 UTCThe James Bond character that you are thinking of is Sheriff J. W. Pepper of Louisiana from both "Live and let Die" (1973) and "The Man With The Golden Gun" (1974). See what you miss when you skip parts of a franchise. 😀
JAKH
2024-05-13 13:24:15 +0000 UTC"Smokey" and "Bear" as nicknames for police refers to most State Highway Patrol wearing campaign hats as part of their standard uniform. This is the same style as Canadian RCMP Mounties and US Forest Service Rangers, which is associated with the forest fire prevention advertisements featuring the "Smokey the Bear" character.
JAKH
2024-05-13 13:09:25 +0000 UTCIn the Smokey and the Bandit remake (that will never happen), I cast Pedro Pascal as Bandit. I think he has a little Burt Reynolds vibe to him.
Walter
2024-05-13 11:20:37 +0000 UTCShe seemed kind of angry with him in some of the interviews I saw.
Chris Thom
2024-05-13 11:01:07 +0000 UTCI've actually never seen this. Need to. Saw some interviews with Sally Field around when her book came out. Apparently she has some very ambivalent feelings about Burt Reynolds. And he always felt like she was the one that got away. Will be interesting to see the start of their relationship on screen.
Chris Thom
2024-05-13 10:59:28 +0000 UTCI live 5 miles from where most of this was filmed in GA. So weird and fun to see the bridges and the shape of the land I have know for 30 plus years. Yes, I like your handle, Snap, crackle, pop Please watch the next two movies. Smoky and the Bandit 2 and 3
Matt Mabry
2024-05-13 04:49:43 +0000 UTCWell I had the urge to watch this reaction again. I can’t remember if that’s happened before. I love this movie and Cassie’s Reaction was everything I hoped it would be. This gives me hope for the younger generation In college, I took a photography class and I forget what the assignment was, but I remember doing a series of photos of the freeze frames of Burt and Sally’s two-shot closeups before and during their kiss, by taking pictures of the TV reflected into a window at night with a cityscape behind the image, outside the window. It looked really cool. Burt and Sally’s romance is one the greatest in cinema and Hollywood history. The fact that it happens on film simultaneously with their characters Bandit and Frog make it so. Watch Sally Field during the Convoy scene. She was totally smitten. After this film, I think every guy dreamed of finding a Princess like Sally’s Frog. ;-)
Larry Darrell
2024-05-13 02:59:28 +0000 UTCI’m glad you liked this one. It is so fun to watch with you. Nostalgic is the right word, I’ve seen this movie many times but you made it feel like a brand new experience. Handle for you and your sister, Loonie and Toonie.
Ramah Mustangs
2024-05-13 01:12:27 +0000 UTCHappy Mother’s Day to all the Mom’s. So glad that I finally had a reason to sit down and watch this classic. Loved the obvious chemistry going on. As for a follow-up, my vote is for “Cannonball Run” and then “All Dogs Go To Heaven”. Burt Reynolds and Dom Deluise are so good together. I remember hearing Burt Reynolds talk about how he made Dom Deluise cry during “All Dogs Go To Heaven” when his Character told DD’s Character something, and then the next scripted line was, “I Thought That I Was Your Friend?” and poor Dom gave the line, looking at Burt, with tears in his eyes. Then Burt had to ad lib his next lines, because they had wondered into real feelings, while making a fake movie.
Uncle Phoenix
2024-05-13 01:09:36 +0000 UTCI see it now, reboot Smokey and the Bandit....with Pascal. They probably would switch Sally Fields to a kid thats running from his Grandfather....oh wait that's Over the Top!!!
Chris Retzlaff
2024-05-13 01:09:33 +0000 UTCAwesome rewatch for me, it's been a long time! Cassie saying how much times left sound equivalent to are we there yet. Gleason was amazing, I really liked him in the Toy with Richard Pryor
Chris Retzlaff
2024-05-13 01:02:49 +0000 UTCMovie containing two of my favorite characters... Buford T Justice and Fred. Fred will always be a favorite.
Michael Labs
2024-05-12 23:45:10 +0000 UTCThe multiplex theater near my house had Smokey and the Bandit and Star Wars playing almost all of 1977.
Richard
2024-05-12 23:30:24 +0000 UTCSmokey and the Bandit feels nostalgic for me - literally. Though Cassie's reaction here makes it all new and fun again. Great job Cassie! BTW, Sally Field actually 'Did Have A Hard Time Moving On From Burt Reynolds' (for most of her life) as neither, could ever quite get over the other, until his death in 2018. [Addendum] - I guess I was wrong about this last comment about Sally Field. I guess the truth was a little more one-sided, (Reynolds-sided), than I thought. (thanks RHarper and Chris Thom) All I know is, I think Sally Field is a great actress!
Terry Yelmene
2024-05-12 22:36:24 +0000 UTCBurt Reynolds wd have been happy if Cassie had censored me, David Fuchs. I said that, in my day, critics-- who were big stars on TV-- rejected him. Now I remembered Burt used a dirty word, that I won't repeat. "On Entertainment Tonight, the critic (Leonard Maltin), looks like a bea___, is a bigger star than any of us."
David Fuchs
2024-05-12 21:39:09 +0000 UTCI skimmed through the comments and I’m surprised I’m the only one who thinks the person Bert Reynold’s was reminding Cassie of, was Pedro Pascal!! Also, I can’t get over how much Sally Field reminded me of Carly, right from the beginning in the wedding dress.🤯
Cole Jennett
2024-05-12 20:48:20 +0000 UTCThat’s a 10-4, Kettle Korn. There’s some Canuck Mounties at the border. Be on the lookout. Over-N-Out.
Anthony Oberhauser
2024-05-12 20:29:43 +0000 UTCFun Fun! I remember seeing this in the theatre with my family. Good memories. I think it will be ok for your boys. YOu notice they cleverly cut out the harshest language with horns or funny pronunciations, "S'um B" etc. "
Scott Macaulay
2024-05-12 20:26:42 +0000 UTCSong is for the movie...written and sung by the Snowman himself, Jerry Reed. I play this song all the time in my gig. Also, I'm sure we all highly recommend the sequel...one of the few sequels that's every bit as good...maybe even a little better. Now, we GOTTA get CANNONBALL RUN going!!!!!!
PianoDean
2024-05-12 20:26:15 +0000 UTCFirst… a Handle for Cassie… (think Shirley Temple) “Lil’ Kernel” This Reaction just made the Year for me. I don’t think I can ask for anything else this year, and I didn’t even ask for this. This has always been one of my Favorites. I don’t even bother including it in Top 5 or 10 lists. It’s above Lists. It’s that Special Something that you keep with you, to always remind yourself… to Always Have Fun. I went and saw The Fall Guy and thought it was the coolest film I’ve seen this decade so far. Then I realized why I thought that. It was made in the same Spirit as Smokey and the Bandit. They just don’t make movies like this anymore. Hearing Cassie say that She may show this film to her boys, is Awesome. The Legend of The Bandit will Never Die. ;-) One minor note on… “SumB***h” Burt Reynolds’ father was a Police Chief and always said, “SumB***h,” instead of the norm. Burt told this to Jackie Gleason and the rest is history. Everyone says “SumB***h” now. Oh man I could ramble on forever about Smokey and the Bandit and… the friendship between Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham and how that influenced Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s, Rick Dalton and Cliff Booth. (Maybe more after Hooper.) Jerry Reed and his Music. Please look him up. He’s one of the Greats. Screw it, here’s a few… (Honey Hush) Jerry Reed the Guitarist… “Lightning Rod” https://youtu.be/qOGiW-y-Vhs?si=s3SI6KIbszkWxPBn The Poet… “A Thing Called Love” https://youtu.be/ldRq9Kl8ndU?si=BvuLHuGTBb0xPcOY The Voice… “(I Love You) What Can I Say” https://youtu.be/Qn9rkJE0TVA?si=Ghs_1Tq6Vg9LlObA The Comedian… “She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)” https://youtu.be/eDPzvRKHIvc?si=FLea9IpGFcAjnHwJ The Superstar… “East Bound and Down” https://youtu.be/8QAEmCuBnck?si=0J79GTKS2IlhuNh1 There was a lot more than normal finger tapping and head movement by Cassie in this one. I think Cassie could possibly get into Country and Bluegrass. Look up Billy Strings, Cass. You might be surprised. Billy Strings even wrote a song that the Swifties might like… https://youtube.com/shorts/LVHqavJEiok?si=-eRM7Ei56BzEGfDV That’s it, I’ll end with recommending… Hooper (1978)… a sorta spiritual sequel to Smokey and the Bandit, and a pre-cursor to The Fall Guy. Deliverance (1972), in order to see what the actor Burt Reynolds is capable of. & for more Sally Field… Norma Rae (1979) Places in the Heart (1984) Murphy’s Romance (1985) Thank You Cassie, for this Reaction. This and Steel Magnolias are now my Top 2 Moments on this Channel. Thank You. Happy Mother’s Day!!
Larry Darrell
2024-05-12 20:25:11 +0000 UTCWhen I was a wee lad, whenever I couldn't sleep mom would put this movie on (LaserDisc) and it would put me out. Guess where I learned my first swear words from? lol.
Bammer
2024-05-12 19:52:43 +0000 UTCBurt and Sally dated in real life for several years. Sumbitch came from Burt’s dad who was a cop in Florida. This was the number 2 movie in 1977 behind a little movie called Star Wars. And yes, this, along with Airlplane, was the most quoted movie among all the guys I grew up with. We still quote it. Been looking forward to this one for a while!!
Jason Cammack
2024-05-12 19:43:29 +0000 UTCGimme a Diablo Sandwich and a Doctah Peppah!
Ortizmo
2024-05-12 19:35:36 +0000 UTCGreat Reaction Cassie. I grew up on this movie and always loved watching it. You should watch Hooper and Cannonball Run.
Rick Williams
2024-05-12 19:27:00 +0000 UTCIf you fancy a great trucker movie, you can't do much better than Convoy (1978). It's a bit more serious than Smokey, but highly enjoyable all the same, and the trucker scenes/ talk is on another level. And there is a bit of romance along the way....
John Drake
2024-05-12 19:18:05 +0000 UTC*During* the end credits.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-05-12 19:12:23 +0000 UTCSumbitch
zynjams
2024-05-12 18:45:02 +0000 UTCSorry No. No Scott Glenn and Scott Glenn not in Tremors. You’re thinking of Fred Ward, who was in The Right Stuff with Scott Glenn.
Larry Darrell
2024-05-12 18:07:07 +0000 UTCIf you liked this you’ll love “The Cannonball Run” which is loosely based on a real race and event. Burt Reynolds, James Bond, captain chaos and a “few” more such notables. Makes sure you watch the blooper reel after the credits
Evil Darth Carl
2024-05-12 18:05:32 +0000 UTCDefinitely! But, We can’t forget about Hooper (1978).
Larry Darrell
2024-05-12 17:46:02 +0000 UTCGreat reaction Cassie. This is just the perfect fun, popcorn movie. My dad drove a truck so this always brings back fond childhood memories of the open road and listening to the CB. The truckers were always a tight knit community and they do have a language all their own. Love the cast in this. Burt Reynolds was a hollywood icon in the '70s. Jackie Gleason was a comedic hit in the '50s, '60s and '70s. You should check out more Burt Reynolds movies as others have said. Till next time, keep the popcorn popping and we're 10-10 on the side. P.S. as for a CB handle, how about Kernel Poppy?
Michael West
2024-05-12 17:44:26 +0000 UTC+1 for Hooper (1978)
Larry Darrell
2024-05-12 17:25:48 +0000 UTCThe Cannonball Run films are a Ton of Fun. A Wild eclectic cast, including some that even Cassie may know, such as Roger Moore, Jackie Chan and Terry Bradshaw, maybe. If she’s watched a Super Bowl before, She should know Terry Bradshaw. Even more join the cast in the 2nd, including Shirley “Ouiser” MacLaine and some other James Bond alumni. Also, in the film Cars… Rascal Flatts covered the song “Life is a Highway.” Tom Cochrane’s was way better. And Cassie knows who Richard Petty is. He was the voice of The King in Cars. And that was his #43 Plymouth Superbird he was voicing, which he retired in 1970.
Larry Darrell
2024-05-12 17:21:07 +0000 UTCNever mind the sequels, you are now ready for 'The Cannonball Run'
JPDotCom23
2024-05-12 17:08:56 +0000 UTCAlcohol was not banned but Coors was only available in Texas at the time
JPDotCom23
2024-05-12 17:06:47 +0000 UTC100% agree!!!
Lamar Smith
2024-05-12 17:06:44 +0000 UTCThe ‘bad’ Coach in ‘The Waterboy,’ as well.
Lamar Smith
2024-05-12 17:05:56 +0000 UTCIn the scene where the walking trooper goes up to Sherriff BT Justice and states the obvious, “He ran through our roadblock!” And Justice responds with a comment about “closing an umbrella. Is that a very young Scott Glenn (‘Tremors’’The Right Stuff’ etc)?
Lamar Smith
2024-05-12 17:05:06 +0000 UTCWith the ‘Flaming Chicken’ logo and everything? That car appears in another, rather mediocre movie about car salesmen with….. I can’t remember….. ‘Vincent Chase’s’ agent in that HBO series about the actor and his three friends….
Lamar Smith
2024-05-12 17:01:21 +0000 UTC+1 for Dedicated Decades Polls. Reynolds did actually receive a new car for a number of years after the film, until one year he didn’t. He called General Motors out of curiosity, just to make sure it hadn’t got lost. He was informed that the Old GM President died and that there was a New President, and that his deal for a new car every year… Died with the Old President.
Larry Darrell
2024-05-12 16:31:28 +0000 UTC+1 for Sybil (1976)
Larry Darrell
2024-05-12 16:25:05 +0000 UTCThe actor who played snowman was a country western star, and he is the singer of the title song from the movie
Thomas Thompson
2024-05-12 16:09:39 +0000 UTCYou nailed it…Lipps. And as a trucker you have the bona fides to hand out a CB nickname
Keith Jones
2024-05-12 16:05:27 +0000 UTCIf you want to see more of Burt Reynolds, Cassie, check out The Longest Yard. But make sure its the original 1974 film, not the Adam Sandler remake (which he costars in, and is also fun). Cannonball Run is also fun with an all star cast (for the time) and very similar to Smokey and the Bandit…pure silly comedy and adrenaline.
Dan M
2024-05-12 15:47:28 +0000 UTCTo Cassie and anyone else who enjoyed this film and is wondering 'hey, should I watch the sequels?' The answer is an unqualified NO. Do not, under any circumstance, watch the sequels. Lightning did not strike again.
Matt Rose
2024-05-12 15:28:39 +0000 UTCThis being paired with Alabama was the most perfect match in the whole bracket. I knew it was a Sign, that Alabama was going to do well.
Larry Darrell
2024-05-12 15:21:21 +0000 UTCDoing some research, it looks like it wasn't until 1986 when Coors could be distributed nationally. By then, refrigerated trucking was viable and readily available, fixing the issues with the lack of pasteurization and preservatives in the Coors beer. Never cared for Coors personally, but yeah...you're probably right on the whole 'forbidden fruit' thing.
Matt Rose
2024-05-12 15:01:56 +0000 UTCTaxation wasn't the issue with Coors, it was refrigeration. Coors, popular as it was, didn't have preservatives in it and required refrigeration for transport or it went bad. It was made in Colorado (still is) so transportation too far out of the region wasn't tenable by normal means. Part of the 28 hour window in the film is because Big and Little Enos wanted it for their race before it went bad. That said, you're absolutely right about taxation in general. It just wasn't the issue here in the film.
Matt Rose
2024-05-12 14:58:37 +0000 UTCAt the time Coor's Beer was only distributed west of Texas, so to bring it East commercially was illegal and "bootlegging" I remember well my Uncle in Alabama always having some for my Dad when we visited Easter and Thanksgiving. When Dad brought it back for his friend in SC it was a big deal. I'm not convinced it's a better beer, it just fell into the "forbidden fruit" category.
Keith Jones
2024-05-12 14:58:17 +0000 UTC'Corn Pop'
Matt Rose
2024-05-12 14:53:15 +0000 UTCAlso, didn’t the instance of privately owned rigs go down? More and more trucks were fleet or company-owned? One reactor to this noted that “Back then they had CB handles now you’ve got Twitter handles.” Even calling these a ‘handle’ borrows from the CB craze, no?
Lamar Smith
2024-05-12 14:51:13 +0000 UTCOk, ok, ok….. A handle for our Dearest Cassie….. hmmm…… Well, there’s the rather obvious ‘Mama Cass’…… (There was a singer from the….60s with that name) I think perhaps something along the lines of ‘Pee-Bee.’ It’d be fun to say on the CB….. “Hey, Peeb, you got your ears on, come back?” You mentioned a similar ‘sheriff’ in a Bond film. That was a very intentional copy of Jackie Gleason’s character. So, just to make this clear, NONE of the Southern states were ‘dry.’ Certain counties might have been. Most famously the county Lubbock, Texas was in was dry at one time and Texas Tech University is there. Finding the county line was simplicity itself, though, as one inch across the line were a whole row of beer and liquor stores all lit up. The issue isn’t ‘dry’ (‘Dry’ means no alcohol was permitted) but TRANSPORTING alcohol across State lines (here’s what it’s REALLY about) WITHOUT paying the State a hefty tax. Another way of looking at it is, you were denying the State REVENUE. I’m not sure if each State would collect the tax or not. If you’ve ever seen any of those ‘Moonshiners’ shows, you can now produce, market and sell moonshine in a liquor store so long as you pay all the governmental fees and such and have a tax label affixed to each bottle. Again, it’s not the substance the Government cares about but the revenues on whatever it is. In any State where pot is legal the push to legalize it is based on the tax revenue the State will receive. Politicians don’t switch it from prohibited to legal out of the goodness of their hearts. The pro-pot (or whatever) movement promises tax revenue and jobs.
Lamar Smith
2024-05-12 14:47:01 +0000 UTCAny suggestions for Cassie's CB call sign? Queen of Pop is my input
Goony71
2024-05-12 14:42:42 +0000 UTCOh boy. Never heard about this, but found a clip on YT and it sounds quite bad. One sentence kept, next one dubbed and so on: https://youtu.be/zULwogCb3Cw
Gábor Árki
2024-05-12 14:40:13 +0000 UTCAnyone else remember watching this on television waaaaaaaay back in the day with Jackie Gleason's voice dubbed (for language) by the guy who did Fred Flintstone?
Matt Rose
2024-05-12 14:14:18 +0000 UTCThe only car my dad ever wanted growing up was a Trans Am, specifically the Bandits'. 😄 A couple of potential handles for you, Cassie, would be Poppy Corn or Goldie Pop. 🤭
Zane From Canada
2024-05-12 14:12:49 +0000 UTCBased on Cassie's reaction to this, I think she'd really enjoy THE BLUES BROTHERS
Matt Rose
2024-05-12 14:12:36 +0000 UTCThank you, Cassie! I thoroughly enjoyed watching that with you again. It'd been a few years. Glad you enjoyed it. A few notes: 1. Burt Reynolds was a pretty solid star by this point in his career. Hal Needham, the writer/director of SatB, was a stuntman and a friend of Burt's. Burt agreed to do the film as a favor to Hal and it ended up making Burt an absolute megastar for the next 5 years or so. 2. The script itself was largely improvised by the cast. They pretty much had an outline of what the movie was going to be and kinda made things up as they went along. 3. Burt and Sally Field legitimately hit it off while making the film and their chemistry was very, very real...so real that they became an item for several years. 4. Regarding bootlegging: Coors was illegal in certain states in the 1970s. It wasn't pasteurized and didn't contain preservatives, making it illegal east of the Mississippi. That didn't change the fact that it was a very popular beer. 5. The success of SatB caught everyone by surprise. They thought it would be moderately successful in the South but it ended up being a massive hit countrywide. This kickstarted Needham's career as a director and he and Reynolds made several more films together. HOOPER is worth checking out for sure.
Matt Rose
2024-05-12 14:06:00 +0000 UTCLove that Cassie's only connection to Burt Reynolds until this was Norm MacDonald's impersonation, which goes by the moniker "Turd Ferguson". Burt Reynolds was a favourite of my folks, and I have seen this movie plenty of times. Folks have already mentioned some films of his including the "Cannonball Run" films. Both films had huge casts of well known actors of their day, and my favourite thing about "Cannonball Run II" is something George Clooney said, and this would paraphrasing... if a movie is judged on how much fun the cast had, then "Cannonball Run II" is the bet movie ever made. Last thing, Richard Petty was a race car driver in what would now be NASCAR... Tom Petty was the musician and did not sing "Live is a highway', although I think many people do attribute it to him.... Tom Cochrane is the musician that sings "Life is a highway", which most people in the past 20 years would know it from Disney's "Cars", and he is Canadian.
Mojo One Thousand
2024-05-12 14:05:13 +0000 UTCYeah, who would have thought of Mike Henry in this film? That's Tarzan for goodness sakes! 🤣
MikeLL
2024-05-12 14:03:50 +0000 UTCHappy Mother’s Day Cassie! 💐 And Happy Mother’s Day to all of the moms in the PIB community! I hope you all have a wonderful day today! This movie is and was meant to be pure fun and pure adrenaline. Its the perfect movie to watch when you’ve had a down day. I remember watching this for the first time in high school and immediately wanting a Pontiac Trans Am. What could be cooler for a teenage male?! Alas, my job in high school didn’t exactly provide the means to my goal, and it wouldn’t be until my senior year that I’d cross that item off my bucket list. I also developed a minor crush on Sally Field after seeing her in this movie. She is so adorable in this movie! What an amazing prom date she would have been! The one thing that threw me for a loop was watching Jackie Gleason as Sheriff Buford T Justice. After watching him for so many years in The Honeymooners with mom my as a boy, this turn as the abrasive lawman just didn’t seem right. But he did it so well! Glad you enjoyed this movie Cassie! Its a classic!
Dan M
2024-05-12 13:58:46 +0000 UTC+ Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Annie Hall, A Bridge Too Far
Gábor Árki
2024-05-12 13:10:07 +0000 UTCAll this talk about Jerry Reed or Jackie Gleason stealing the scenes. What about Junior ( Mike Henry) ??? My favorite Burt Reynolds movie is "Sharkey's Machine".
Bill Maurer
2024-05-12 13:05:48 +0000 UTCChinese fire drill- Get to a stoplight, everybody gets out and randomly changes seats, hoping you get a seat before the car leaves.
Mike Lemon
2024-05-12 12:48:14 +0000 UTCThis movie was fun, fun, fun and such a huge hit when it came out. To say it was popular in my North Carolina neck of the woods would be a huge understatement. The movie also really expanded Cassie's vocabulary. What would her handle be? I think if she ever got that popcorn sponsorship she has long wanted, it would become evident really quickly. I also learned a new term in this reaction, but what really is a "Chinese fire drill"????
MikeLL
2024-05-12 12:34:31 +0000 UTCJackie Gleason was a fixture on network TV from 1952-1970 so seeing him on TV was a staple of my youth. The Jackie Gleason Show was cancelled by CBS in 1970, not because the ratings started to slip a little, but because CBS was beginning their "rural purge" which I still have hard feelings for 53 years later, LOL!
MikeLL
2024-05-12 12:28:59 +0000 UTCah yes, 1977. STAR WARS, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, and SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT. What a great, great, great year.
Matt Rose
2024-05-12 12:19:18 +0000 UTCThe Sheriff from from James Bond Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun was J.W. Pepper played by Clifton James. Thanks for a great watch Cassie.
Tom Furze
2024-05-12 12:03:54 +0000 UTCSome other good car movies: Drive Dirty Mary Crazy Larry Death Proof Blues Brothers
Odd Thomas
2024-05-12 11:58:02 +0000 UTCBreaker, breaker, Popcorn1 ! Glad you liked this Cassie! It’s a favourite from my younger years and was a cultural phenomenon that continues today. They have a rally / car show called The Bandit Run each year and replica vehicles show up from all over and it’s several days of re-enactments and fun. The 1977 Pontiac Trans Am and 1974 Kenworth K100 will always be classics!
Michael McErlain
2024-05-12 11:53:56 +0000 UTCCassie has just seen a Vision of Redneck Heaven… I wonder what what She thought? Lemme wake up first. Waynette!!
Larry Darrell
2024-05-12 11:28:17 +0000 UTCHappy Mother's Day Classy Cassie! Loved the reaction. Normally I put a YOUTUBE video Dear Mamma by 2pac Mother by John Lennon. Or my favorite A Mother and Child reunion by Paul Simon my personal favorite https://youtu.be/bZ83oz5k4F8?si=GKf2s2zCY7p-i3l2 Happy Mother's Day I wish you and your family a very blessed day.
Zachary K. (Swiftie)
2024-05-12 11:03:45 +0000 UTCThis was just fun … definitely not a 10-200.
Rollo Tomassi
2024-05-12 10:16:27 +0000 UTCIt's been a few years since I've last seen this movie and it was great to rewatch it and seeing Cassie having fun just made it more entertaining. These are still my favorite kind of reactions, especially if it happens to a movie she would have never watched on her own before the channel. I would also like to throw in one of my suggestions again to have some dedicated polls for the 60s and 70s movies once in a while. There are so many gems in these decades, yet there have been so few reactions. The problem is that they are too new to be featured on classics polls, but too old to have a chance on regular ones against more recent movies. The writer/director of the movie, Hal Needham, was a former stuntman. He tried to sell his script to several studios as a low budget B movie, but no one was interested. He was good friends with Burt Reynolds, I think they even lived together for a while before his acting break. Only after he read the script and signed up for the movie it got picked up. Needham originally wrote the script with Jerry Reed as Bandit in mind, so he had to rewrite the script making him Snowman. Jackie Gleason (Sheriff Justice) pretty much created his character. He made a lot of suggestions and changes, like having Junior along for the chase, and pretty much ad-libbed most of his lines. When Needham saw an advertisement for the 1977 Pontiac Trans Am, he knew immediately this is Bandit's car. They contacted Pontiac and managed to make a deal and I think got 6 cars for the shoot. But by the end of filming, they had only one of them running, barely. The rest were destroyed during car stunts or have been used as donor cars to keep the last one operational. The deal worked out for Pontiac very well. The movie, despite premiering around the same time as STAR WARS, became a huge hit. Second in box office during 1977. Reynolds also claims Pontiac promised him a Trans Am if the movie became a huge hit, but he never got one.
Gábor Árki
2024-05-12 10:07:46 +0000 UTCOne of those movies that seemed to be on TV every other week when I was growing up. Always a fun watch.
James UK
2024-05-12 09:52:56 +0000 UTCSally Field did a miniseries a year before this that needs added to your list- Sybil (1976).
Mike Lemon
2024-05-12 09:48:40 +0000 UTCJerry Reed (Snowman) was a famous country music singer, and he wrote and performed all of the music in this movie. “Eastbound and Down” was written overnight for the movie. Fred, the Basset Hound was not famous at all and doesn’t recall being in the movie. Burt and Sally dated in real life for a while but that didn’t work out. One of my favorites from childhood. Glad you enjoyed it!
Ike
2024-05-12 09:08:49 +0000 UTCI first saw this movie in 1978. I was a young soldier in the US Army stationed in Panama. On the base we had no cable, only the Armed Forces Channel, and they showed this movie over and over. I must of seen it 5 times. The soldiers in my company loved it. I was enlisted and into so-called muscle cars, Trans Am's became very popular after the film. Years later I completed college and went through ROTC and became an army officer and the car I purchased after graduation and being commissioned as an officer was a 1986 white Trans Am:) Oh, by the way, Sally Field and Burt Reynolds became an item in real life and were together like 4 years. In the 70's Burt Reynolds was a superstar movie star. His other notable films is White Lightening, Boogie Nights where he was nominated for an Oscar and that movie also starred a young Mark Wahlberg, Jon Cheadle, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Heather Graham.; Deliverance is a movie which will shock you and probably make you cry; and The Longest Yard a kind of fun sports movie and Sharkey's Machine a good police and crime movie. In the 70's he was a major sex symbol.
Lana Gorgeous
2024-05-12 09:01:08 +0000 UTCCassie, this movie was very much a product of the car culture that was so prevalent in the 1970s. There was a spate of “car porn” movies (so named because they fetishized the cars, which were very much like co-stars) in the decade, including “Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry”, the original (and far superior) “Gone in 60 Seconds” and “Vanishing Point.” Between “Smokey and the Bandit” and tv shows such as “BJ and the Bear” (in which a trucker goes on adventures with his pet chimp), every kid I knew (including myself) wanted to be a trucker in the late 70s. A few notes on the cast: Burt Reynolds was a HUGE movie star in the 70s and considered the “Sexiest Man Alive.” He played wide receiver for the Florida State Seminoles until an injury (I believe it was his knee) ended his career. In the early 80s he had a minority ownership interest in a USFL football team called the Tampa Bay Bandits. The team was named after his character in this movie. Reynolds made two movies in which he played a football player: “Semi-Tough” and “The Longest Yard” (remade years later by Adam Sandler). The remake with Sandler is a pale imitation of the original and Sandler exhibits absolutely NONE of Reynolds’ trademark charisma (Sandler opts for smug and snarky instead, seemingly mistaking them for charm). In fact, the only thing the remake has going for it is that Reynolds plays a small role in the film (a glorified cameo really, and he’s still far and away the best thing in the film). Sally Field was definitely a rising actress at the time she took this part. A real romance developed between her and Reynolds and they were together for several years after this movie concluded filming. So, the chemistry you see in this movie was very real. Also worth seeing is “Hooper”, again starring Reynolds and Field, as a stuntman and his live-in girlfriend, both coming to grips with the rapidly approaching end to his career. Sounds like a downer, but it’s actually quite humorous and filled with that Reynolds charm and their chemistry is again very evident. Jerry Reed (Snowman) was very good friends with Burt Reynolds and appeared with him in several movies. He was primarily a country music singer and provided the music for the movie. Finally, regarding Jackie Gleason (Smokey aka Sheriff Buford T. Justice), he was a comic genius. He’s probably best known for his role as Ralph Cramden in the tv show “The Honeymooners” (one of the very earliest sitcoms). Gleason grew up poor, made a fortune in Hollywood and then blew it (famously leasing an entire train and holding a gigantic party that literally traveled from coast to coast). He then made another fortune and passed away a wealthy man. He gave my favorite “60 Minutes” interview of all time. When his interviewer attempted to commiserate with him over the ups and downs of his career by noting that money never made anyone happy, Gleason replied “Yeah, but I’ve been poor and miserable and I’ve been rich and miserable. And rich and miserable is better.” He was a true giant in the entertainment industry.
Just Plain Bob
2024-05-12 08:57:26 +0000 UTCI am a former trucker and we love it when kids do the arm pump, always brought a smile to me. All trucking companies have to have a permit to haul alcohol across state lines. And since you always put lip balm on, my handle for you is Lips : )
Mike Jenson
2024-05-12 08:44:43 +0000 UTCDeliverance is my favorite. His acting blew me away in Boogie Nights (1997)
Clay F
2024-05-12 08:44:23 +0000 UTCI thought Trans Ams were just the coolest-looking cars ever when I was a boy. I mean, Michael Knight drove one in KNIGHT RIDER that actually talked!!!
Stick Figure Studios
2024-05-12 08:42:40 +0000 UTCSomeone knowing Burt Reynolds primarily from the Norm McDonald impression in Celebrity Jeopardy on SNL definitely makes me feel old. Still, I guess it's better than not knowing him at all. Reynolds was at one point the biggest star in Hollywood and this is probably his signature role (he and Sally Field were an actual couple in real life for a while too). Very fun movie, but don't bother with the sequels. If you're at all interested in seeing Burt in anything else, though, I recommend DELIVERANCE, THE LONGEST YARD, CANNONBALL RUN and the Don Bluth animated feature ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN where he does the voice of the main character, a con artist mutt named Charlie B. Barkin.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-05-12 08:40:21 +0000 UTCGood reaction. Pleasant, fun. Enjoyed it. Fit the movie. I would be curious what your CB handle would be -- you gave options. That car is a Pontiac Trans Am. While I was in high school in a small rural Texas town in the 1970s, there were a few kids in town who had a Trans Am. I was never a big fan of country music, but this movie is fun and the tunes are catchy. I like Burt Reynolds. His acting in "Boogie Nights" (1997) blew me away. Sally Field is pretty and a good actor. Like the chemistry between them. Jackie Gleason starred in the TV series "The Honeymooners" (1955) that was playing on the TV in the scene in "Back to the Future" with Marty (Michael J Fox) while at the dinner table with his young Mom and grandparents -- Marty said the episode (new at the time in 1955) was a classic. Decades ago, I used to have a family reunion in Texarkana (extended/distant family in the area). There was a street in town in which the middle white line of the street was the border between Texas and Arkansas.
Clay F
2024-05-12 08:36:40 +0000 UTCHe was also in the movie THE TOY with Richard Pryor. Not a good film, but I watched it all the time as a kid.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-05-12 08:29:13 +0000 UTCThis ain't a cult classic... It's a real classic. The second highest-grossing film of 1977.
Stick Figure Studios
2024-05-12 08:27:37 +0000 UTCHe also wrote the songs for THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL
Stick Figure Studios
2024-05-12 08:26:12 +0000 UTC+1 for Deliverance
Clay F
2024-05-12 08:25:24 +0000 UTCI again concur! _American Graffiti_ is an American classic. You'll be surprised once you figure out who some of the young actors are and where you've seen them in other films! 😁
Phil Stubblefield
2024-05-12 07:56:37 +0000 UTCYup, I concur! The sequels aren't worth the time, but I do recall _Hooper_ being a blast! 👍
Phil Stubblefield
2024-05-12 07:55:01 +0000 UTCBurt Reynolds considered Sally Field as the love of his life. They were quite the couple for a number of years. Other Reynolds movies I'd like to recommend are Deliverance (1972) and The Longest Yard (1974). Deliverance is a thriller and I think, is one of those culturally significant movies for any true movie buff.
Shawn Kildal
2024-05-12 07:53:08 +0000 UTCOf all the cool people in this film, my money goes to Paul Williams (the short guy Little Enos). He acted and was a terrific songwriter. He did the score for this film and many others. He also wrote some classic songs from the 70’s. One I’m sure you’ll know is “Rainbow Connection” by Kermit the Frog. Another is the “Love Boat Theme”.
Mike Gallagher
2024-05-12 07:52:55 +0000 UTCOne of these days you should check out George Lucas' second movie, AMERICAN GRAFFITI, it's a day in the life of some teens in a central California town in the early 60s, young Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, and a certain young guy we know you love Cassie, his first movie with Lucas but not his last, AND some really cool classic cars.
Joe D. MacGuffinstuff
2024-05-12 07:39:38 +0000 UTCHere's an article about Coors and why it was bootlegging to move it east of Texas in the 70s.. (apparently it was that way until 1986.) https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/smokey-and-the-bandit-and-coors/ Loved this reaction...yeah the sheriff is cringey in a lot of places.. but one of my favorite and, yes you're right, most quoteable films from my childhood. I don't think it really needs to be said but do not bother yourself with the 2 sequels. They pale to the original... if you want to see another Burt Reynolds/Sally Field movie.. I suggest Hooper. Burt plays a stuntman and it's the same director, Hal Needham who was also a stuntman IRL before getting behind the camera.
Michael Enos
2024-05-12 07:24:52 +0000 UTCOh, and the actor who plays Little Enos? He’s a talented musician himself, Paul Williams. He wrote all the songs in the Muppet Christmas Carol.
Alex Ch
2024-05-12 07:19:32 +0000 UTCThis is such a cult classic! Burt Reynolds is good, but in my opinion Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed (played Snowman and did all the songs) were the backbone of this movie… and of course the car 😁 Trans Am sells went through the roof after this movie. Probably the most famous southern star car apart from the General Lee. Btw if you’re ever in Atlanta, go to The Old Hickory House BBQ. It’s the restaurant in the movie (not the original building or location unfortunately). They have all kinds of cool pictures and the famous Diablo Sandwich lol. This was filmed probably an hour away from where I live in GA. Before my time of course, but my Dad remembers it 😁
Josh Phillips
2024-05-12 07:16:24 +0000 UTCSorry, Cassie, but what's the example of LOW quality? You loved it when Kostner did a kiss. He said, "I wd die for you." Hs cliche is too cringe even for a soap opera. Critics just gave a D-.
David Fuchs
2024-05-12 06:49:55 +0000 UTCThis one is always fun. And Sally Field is so cute in this. I was a gearjammer for about five years, thinking about going back to it actually, literally miss the road, got to see a lot of the US and it's a beautiful land. Toughest part for me was just being away from home for 5, 6 weeks at a time and worrying about home, my dogs etc. And that trucker jargon was always entertaining, flatbed trucks are skateboards, car haulers are rolling parking lots, truck stop diners are choke and pukes, county mounties are the sheriff deputies, and of course a smokey is a smokey because in a lot of states the highway cops wear campaign hats, round browns, like a drill sergeant, and that was what Smokey the Bear used to wear in the "only you can prevent forest fires" PSAs.
Joe D. MacGuffinstuff
2024-05-12 06:43:18 +0000 UTCIt's good that Alex Ch just brought up SUPERGENIUS Jackie Gleason. I didn't click Reply bc Patreon hides Replies. I said bf that the Oscars, critics, etc, used to be high quality. I'm an OLD man. We never accepted Burt as an Actor, an Artist. Sally Field is a genius actor. Cassie was glad to see her in Lincoln. Sally said she did the dumb Smokey bc her face looked good. She had just finished Sybil, the face looking BAD & the Art all GENIUS.
David Fuchs
2024-05-12 06:40:03 +0000 UTCMy dad and I had two movies we would always watch together as I was growing up. Top Gun, and Smokey and the Bandit. Wish I could relive those moments. Love you dad.
Thats MR. Baldamort
2024-05-12 06:29:26 +0000 UTCSheriff Buford T. Justice’s actor Jackie Gleason was the star of one of the first popular sitcoms, The Honeymooners. His performance was the inspiration for Fred Flintstone.
Alex Ch
2024-05-12 06:19:35 +0000 UTCThe music isn’t just for this movie - it’s performed by Snowman himself, Jerry Reed.
Alex Ch
2024-05-12 05:59:27 +0000 UTCOh, yes! Been waiting for this since the Final Four! What a classic from my youth! The film that made this a cultural icon: https://www.motortrend.com/uploads/sites/21/2007/12/001-smokey-and-the-bandit-car-08.jpg
Phil Stubblefield
2024-05-12 05:59:02 +0000 UTCBurt Reynolds laugh is an American treasure.
GomezAddams
2024-05-12 05:56:08 +0000 UTCAh Smokey and the bandit. There was a CB radio & trucking craze in the 1970s. My family were truck drivers during the time so I know the craze well despite being a 90s kid. The cowboy trucker craze kinda died out when people realized that truckers mostly just... drove. It's not that exciting, it's just a job.
Nathan Swapp
2024-05-12 05:50:06 +0000 UTCThis one was the perfect pairing with Alabama. 😁 I watched this as a young teen for the first time on TV. Loved it so much that my cheeks hurt by the end. As I later found out this one was the second highest grossing movie during 1977 behind some little-known film called STAR WARS. Can't wait to watch this reaction and now that I've finally moved over to my new apartmant I have the time to catch up.
Gábor Árki
2024-05-12 05:46:10 +0000 UTCShe found the classic! Westbound n Down myself tonight, get these eggs n tators from MN to Cali... plenty time to get there lol
Benny50309
2024-05-12 05:38:48 +0000 UTCHaven’t seen this since I was a kid, with my dad. Looking forward to revisiting my childhood now 😁
Wes
2024-05-12 05:36:00 +0000 UTCI live in those places and I’d say it’s true 😆
Josh Phillips
2024-05-12 05:35:57 +0000 UTCUm, this is a treat. Thanks!
Korny
2024-05-12 05:35:54 +0000 UTCWell alllllright. Been waiting for this.. You know there are some places in the deep south that consider this film a documentary. 🤣🤣
Michael Enos
2024-05-12 05:34:48 +0000 UTCyes we did...............
christopher b swanson
2024-05-12 05:33:41 +0000 UTC
