Smokey and the Bandit' to return to theaters as a tribute to Burt Reynolds

[Wingnut]

To honor the memory of the recently deceased Burt Reynolds, Smokey and the Bandit is headed back to the big screen.

According to Variety, the 1977 hit flick will show in 240 AMC theatres for nine days from September 12 to 20.

https://boingboing.net/2018/09/12/smokey-and-the-bandit-to-r.html

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[Frank Cannon]

WOW!!! Can this year get any better? AWESOME!!!!!!

Any Screaming Chicken fans out there @RoosGirl ?

[RoosGirl]

WOW!!! Can this year get any better? AWESOME!!!!!!

Any Screaming Chicken fans out there @RoosGirl ?

Pontiac people are a-holes.

[Frank Cannon]

Pontiac people are a-holes.

I hear ya. Anyone into a company that gave us the Astre are azzholes.

[RoosGirl]

I hear ya. Anyone into a company that gave us the Astre are azzholes.

I think you mean the Aztek?



Yeah, look at them.  Cheap-ass knock offs of the awesome Chevy Blazer.

[Frank Cannon]

I think you mean the Aztek?

No. I write what I mean...

[RoosGirl]

No. I write what I mean...

Oh man, any car from the 70's is puke.

[Frank Cannon]

Oh man, any car from the 70's is puke.

I'll say....

[RoosGirl]

I'll say....

Ugh, a 70 - 73 Firebird Formula.  The worst!  Don't know why he's bothering with the fire extinguisher.

[Frank Cannon]

Ugh, a 70 - 73 Firebird Formula.  The worst!  Don't know why he's bothering with the fire extinguisher.

You may not know this being so young, but that was Ponch's car on the mega hit TV show CHIPs.

[RoosGirl]

You may not know this being so young, but that was Ponch's car on the mega hit TV show CHIPs.

Oh, I see now, it's a 70 or 71 based on the grill.  Yeah, those Formulas suck screaming chicken balls. 

Ponch?  I guess you mean poncho.

[Frank Cannon]

Oh, I see now, it's a 70 or 71 based on the grill.  Yeah, those Formulas suck screaming chicken balls. 

Ponch?  I guess you mean poncho.

I'm going to have you thrown off the effing forum for disparaging Frank Poncherello openly like that.

[goatprairie]

SATB was a stinker. Reynold's funniest movie was W.W. And The Dixie Dance Kings. Still one of my favorite movies. Art Carney was also great in it.

[RoosGirl]

You may not know this being so young, but that was Ponch's car on the mega hit TV show CHIPs.

Hah, I'm just looking at this picture again.  This has got to be one of the rarest Birds ever; a Formula Trans Am.   

[Frank Cannon]

Hah, I'm just looking at this picture again.  This has got to be one of the rarest Birds ever; a Formula Trans Am.   

Rare? I hear they are in every trailer park in Florida.

[RoosGirl]

Rare? I hear they are in every trailer park in Florida.

LOL  Could be.  I have two not too far from me, I'll have to go investigate late one night.