Smokey and the Bandit (Truck) ( Kenworth W-900 ) 1974
Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Bandit accepts a bet and recruits his best friend and fellow truck driver Cledus ‘Snowman’ Snow (Jerry Reed) to drive the truck. Bandit purchases a black Pontiac Trans Am, which he will drive as a ‘blocker’ car to deflect attention away from the truck and its illegal cargo.
Theme Tune
They call you the bandit an outlaw untamed,
Shackled only by freedom you wear no mans chains
Some say they despise you, and maybe they do,
But deep down inside them I bet they wish they were you
Bandit you’re reckless and you live much too hard Bandit you’re the
Joker in the deal of the cards you’re a legend to the old men a
Hero to the child ,Bandit steal a ladies heart with only a smile
Bandit you’re reckles and you live much too hard Bandit you’re the
Joker of the cards you’re a legend to the old men a hero
To the child Bandit steal a ladies heart with only a smile
They call you the Bandit
They call you the Bandit
They call you the Bandit
They call you the Bandit
Theme Tune
The theme music, ‘East Bound and Down’, was sung and co-written by Reed (credited under his birth name, Jerry Hubbard) and Dick Feller. It became Reed’s signature song and is found on multiple albums, including Country Legends and his live album Jerry Reed: Live Still.
Cast
Burt Reynolds … Bandit
Sally Field … Carrie
Jerry Reed … Cledus
Mike Henry … Junior
Paul Williams … Little Enos
Trivia
Rocking chair
In a convoy or a line of vehicles, the rocking chair a position that is neither in the front nor at the rear. So if you’re in the rocking chair you may be less likely to be a chosen target .
Evel Knievel
A law enforcement officer on a motorcycle. The real Evel Knievel rose to fame performing motorcycle stunts in the 1960s and 70s
Plain white wrapper
An unmarked patrol car.
Bubble-gum machine
A law-enforcement officer’s car.
County mounty
A sheriff or deputy.
1 0-200
In “Smokey and the Bandit” it’s a request for police help.
Smokey bear
A law enforcement officer.
Running blocker
Driving ahead to scout for troopers or anything else that might slow down the rig carrying the main load.
Seatcover
It was a reference to Sally Field’s character, who suddenly occupied the passenger seat of Bandit’s Trans-Am.
10-100
A pit stop. If you don’t have a dime to get into the truck-stop restroom, just crawl under.
Choke and puke
It’s the kind of place you might get a diablo sandwich and a Dr. Pepper and maybe a little heartburn.
You got your ears on?
Are you listening and do you hear me?
What’s your 20?
Where are you? Location, in CB-radio-speak, is “10-20.”
Put the pedal to the metal
Speed up, son.
Handle
Before there were Twitter handles, there were CB handles. You don’t need the @ sign for CB handles.
10-4
An acknowledgement that the message has been received. Commonly used to end a conversation or as an affirmative.
The basement
Channel 1 on the CB dial.
Breaker 1-9
This is an effort to begin a transmission on a channel. You break 1-9 to speak on 19, the popular trucker’s channel.
Come back
Please reply.
Shortly after leaving for Georgia, Bandit picks up professional dancer and runaway bride Carrie (Sally Field), whom he nicknames ‘Frog’ because she is ‘always hoppin’ around’ (in a panic). However, by picking up Carrie, Bandit becomes the target of Texas Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason), ‘a respectable law officer of over thirty years seniority’, whose handsome yet very simple-minded son Junior (Mike Henry) was to have been Carrie’s groom before she ran away from the ceremony.
Quote
Talking over CB radio] Hey, you got peanut butter or somethin’ in your ears? Tell me what that woman’s got on! (Pause) Her mind? [Laughs wildly] Ten-four!
You got the one Snowman! I’m eastbound and down!
Quote
Cledus Snow: [to Fred, his hound] He about as crazy as you are ugly!
Quote
Bandit: For the good old American life: For the money, for the glory, and for the fun… mostly for the money.
Trivia
This movie made the Pontiac Trans Am a superstar. Trans Am sales jumped from 68,745 in 1977 to 93,341 in 1978. And just one year later that number swelled to 117,108 units sold.
Trivia
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 is a 1983 American action comedy film and a third and final sequel to Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), starring Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed. The film also includes a cameo near the film’s end by the original Bandit, Burt Reynolds.
Info
| Music by |
Bill Justis Jerry Reed |
|---|---|
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Production
company |
Rastar
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Release date
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May 19, 1977 July 29, 1977 |
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Running time
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96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4.3 million |
| Box office | $126 million |
Trivia
It is about 1,100 miles from Atlanta to Boston (one-way). To get there and back in 18 hours would require an average speed of about 120 mph.
QUIZ 1
What was the Brand of Beer that The Bandit managed to bootleg to Georgia. With fellow truck driver Cledus ‘Snowman’ Snow.?
A. Budweiser
B. Busch
C. Coors
D. Heineken
Press for Answer
C. Coors
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QUIZ 2
What is the handle for A law enforcement officer with a radar gun.
A. Kojak with a Kodak
B. Dan Dare Laser
C. Stop and Smile
D. Smokey Gun
Press for Answer
A. Kojak with a Kodak
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QUIZ 1
What was the Brand of Beer that The Bandit managed to bootleg to Georgia. With fellow truck driver Cledus ‘Snowman’ Snow.?
A. Budweiser
B. Busch
C. Coors
D. Heineken
[In the middle of a car chase he explains to Carrie why they are being pursued]
Oh, I forgot to tell ‘ya. I’m running blocker for 400 cases of illegal booze!
The Coors Brewing Company is a regional division of the world’s seventh-largest brewing company, the Canadian Molson Coors Brewing Company and is the third-largest brewer in the United States.Coors operates a brewery in Golden, Colorado, that is the largest single brewery facility in the world.
QUIZ 2
What is the handle for A law enforcement officer with a radar gun.
A. Kojak with a Kodak
B. Dan Dare Laser
C. Stop and Smile
D. Smokey Gun
Kojak with a Kodak is the handle for A law enforcement officer with a radar gun.
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