re: Smokey and the Bandit on TCM tonignt

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Usually watch this religiously every May once early Summer starts to creep in and I put back a case of banquet stubby bottles and dream of buying a firebird trans am

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How much do we love this movie?

I love it so much that in 2015, when one of my best friends asked me to help him move his fiancée down from Green Bay to Metairie (with me driving the moving truck and him driving her car), I turned it into a 'Smokey and the Bandit' homage.

-- Every cell phone call between the two cars during the 2 day trip was answered with "breaker, breaker", lots of "good buddy"s and CB parlance.

-- Since they were in the car, my friend was the Bandit and his fiancée was Sally Field. I made them a trans am eagle car magnet which they put on the hood of her car for the trip ( it was only 8 1/2" X 11", but still...)

-- Since I was driving the truck, I was Jerry Reed/Cletus Snow/The Snowman. I made myself a Snowman get-up to wear the 1st day, and using our plotter at work, made two copies of 17" X 4 foot printout of the Bandit rig mural, and taped them to both sides of the Penske rental truck:



-- Of course, before heading down, I bought a six-pack of Coors to throw in the back of the truck-- BOOTLEGGIN'!!!


That trip was a lot of fun.

I should add that the movie had some sentimental value for my good friend and I; we first saw the movie together in May 1978 when we were 13; we were on a class trip to Washington DC and it was a free movie on the TV at our hotel.