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re: Has any movie star ever had the run of John Travolta from 1977-1980?
Posted on 2/5/24 at 9:41 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Posted on 2/5/24 at 9:41 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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Burt Reynolds at about that same time.
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Which would play a lot more significance since we everyone started using CB radios after that.
Yeah, I thought about that. Smokey and the Bandit, and then Hooper, and I think there was maybe one more where he had that same persona-
and suddenly everyone's going to Western Auto or Radio Shack (maybe?) and getting a CB.
I don't know that you call it "a run", as it wasn't ginormous box office takes. It's more that you had social emulation on a widespread level, which was rare prior to today's social media stuff.
Travolta with SNF and Urban Cowboy. Cruise with Risky Business, then a number of other films leading to Top Gun and Days of Thunder (the end of his peak influence).
Don Johnson with Miami Vice- I know Panama Jack probably owes him a ton. A sleeveless shirt (it's SALMON, not PINK
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Harrison Ford was mentioned, but while he had a huge box office, nobody really started wearing fedoras again (Indy), or vests (Han Solo).
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