Smokey Bandit facts
While investigating facts about Smokey Bandit Car and Smokey Bandit Song, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Coors wasn't available in all 50 states until 1991. Hence "Smokey and the Bandit" about running Coors illegally from Texas to Georgia
how many trans ams used in smokey and the bandit?
Coors Beer was not available east of the Mississippi until the 1980s. Its rarity made the beer coveted elsewhere; travelers often took cases when leaving the western US. The film 'Smokey and the Bandit', about smuggling Coors, added to the beer's mystique.
Where was smokey and the bandit 2 filmed at?
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where was smokey and the bandit filmed at?
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Smokey and the Bandit, the 1977 Burt Reynold classic that follows Reynold's character Bo "Bandit" Darville transporting 400 cases of Coors from Texas to Atlanta in 28 hours, was one of Alfred Hitchcock’s all-time favorite films.
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Paul Williams (actor who played Little Enos in Smokey & The Bandit) is better known as a composer, singer & songwriter. Among his hits: "The Rainbow Connection" (Muppets), The Love Boat Theme, "We've Only Just Begun" (Carpenters) and many more
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In the movie Smokey and the Bandit, the Coors beer that Burt Reynolds was bootlegging into Georgia was based on Coors' real-life cult status in America during the 1970s.
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"Smokey and the Bandit" was one of Alfred Hitchcock's favorite films.
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The CB radio dialogue in "Smokey and the Bandit" was based on real trucker CB slang
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Cledus (snowman) from Smokey and the Bandit is Jerry Reed, musician and writer of the theme, East Bound and Down
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Smokey and the Bandit and Star Wars were released the same week in 1977
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Smokey and the Bandit, the 1977 Burt Reynold classic that follows his character Bo “Bandit” Darville as he hired to transport 400 cases of Coors beer from Texas to Atlanta in 28 hours, was one of Alfred Hitchcock’s all-time favorite films.
