I never heard about all the great parts he turned down. Wow.
Really enjoyed watching him with Johnny Carson,I can still hear his laugh.
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September 06, 2018, 06:24 PM
Micropterus
RIP
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September 06, 2018, 06:33 PM
erj_pilot
I was part of the CB craze in the 70's. I'll always remember the first (and only...the others sucked a tick turd) Smokey and the Bandit.
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September 06, 2018, 08:57 PM
sigspecops
I'm 50 years old and I still want to be a wise cracking Burt Reynolds, speeding across the South in a trans am and wearing a cool cowboy hat. Life doesn't get better than that.
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September 06, 2018, 09:00 PM
Scuba Steve Sig
quote:
Originally posted by gearhounds: They’ll never catch The Bandit now...
Buford T. Justice has been waiting for him for 30 years, he's been chasing The Snowman for a decade (10 years and 5 days ago actually). At least now Jerry Reed will have his blocker back.
The clouds will rain Coors from this day forward.
September 06, 2018, 09:42 PM
Keystoner
I'll never forget his expression when he lost the Oscar for 'Boogie Nights' or his wink on the hospital bed at the end of 'Deliverance.'
Year V
September 06, 2018, 09:42 PM
SJS
RIP Burt His movies were always entertaining and some of my favorites. They don’t make ‘em like that anymore.
SJS
September 06, 2018, 10:28 PM
nhtagmember
I think Burt and Needham made movies because they wanted to have a good time
for that I will ever be grateful
those were good times and the world lost something today
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September 06, 2018, 10:36 PM
2012BOSS302
For you boys thirsty in Atlanta, you'll have to go to Texarkana yourself now. RIP
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September 06, 2018, 11:14 PM
rangemaster
My Favorite Burt movie has always been "Malone".
Do any of you guys remember that one?
Pure. 80s. Action.
RIP Bandit....
September 06, 2018, 11:45 PM
ElToro
Just turned my 10 year old son onto Smokey and The Bandit. He loves that movie. We saw one of the original bandit on screen cars at the country music hall of fame in Nashville a few years back.
RIP Burt. You made us all laugh.
September 07, 2018, 05:21 AM
r0gue
Ok, movie night tonight. Me and my 12 y/o daughter.
Bandit or Cannonball?
September 07, 2018, 05:44 AM
Todd Huffman
My wife prefers Smokey and the Bandit, while I like Cannonball Run better. But last night we watched Deliverance, just because I wanted something serious.
Here's to the sunny slopes of long ago.
September 07, 2018, 05:48 AM
jeeperxd
R.I.P Bandit
September 07, 2018, 08:12 AM
mrapteam666
RIP A great life. I also did not know about all of those roles he turned down.
Since we were slow at the morgue last night, I watched Smokey and the Bandit, along with numerous you tube videos of him on Johnny Carson.
Smokey and the Bandit, Cannonball Run, and City were my favorite Burt Reynolds movies. I also enjoyed his short lived sitcom.. Evening Shade.
My dad's were Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Gator, White lightning, and the Longest Yard (the original)
a future discussion poll/thread. Who had a better mustache Tom Selleck in Magnum PI or Burt Reynolds
September 07, 2018, 08:26 AM
6guns
RIP, Mr. Reynolds
One movie that comes to mind that I really enjoyed was Rough Cut.
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September 07, 2018, 08:38 AM
Poacher
quote:
Originally posted by rangemaster: My Favorite Burt movie has always been "Malone".
Do any of you guys remember that one?
Pure. 80s. Action.
RIP Bandit....
Shamus maybe? Malone was James Garner IIRC.
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September 07, 2018, 08:47 AM
Dtech
Enjoyed quite a few of his movies over the years. Somewhere in the hereafter there is a Firebird Trans Am doing donuts and zipping along at high speed. Rest well Mr. Reynolds and Godspeed.
-Dtech __________________________
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September 07, 2018, 11:56 AM
bald1
Burt now joins Captain Choas (Dom DeLuise) and Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing (Jack Elam) in the Heavenly Hiway Cannonball Run.
As an aside during a business trip to Japan back in the day, my hosts had recently seen Cannonball Run and couldn't stop talking about it. My smartass quips when out after work earned me a nickname of Kaptain Khoas which I found hysterical.
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September 07, 2018, 12:28 PM
rusbro
RIP Burt. He was one of the most memorable movie actors from my days as a young-un. Some of his movies weren't that enjoyable to me, as a kid, but I was usually at least gave them a try, since he was in them. I probably ranked him second only to Sean Connery as far as coolness.This message has been edited. Last edited by: rusbro,
