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2017 Pontiac Trans Am Bandit limited edition. (Image
source: autospies.com)
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As that's a B-I-G' 10-4 Rubber Duckie!
Ah', what better way to celebrate Black
Friday... As Y'all are presumably recuperating from another Madcap Turkey-Lurkey
Day, amid Wall to FREAKIN' ANNOYING Wall 'O 'Dem Pigskins bein' tossed around!
Just think, thanks in NO large part to that Irrepressible
Bandit in a Black Trans Am with the delightful Sally Fields ridin' Shotgun. Not
to mention Snowman behind the wheel of that 18 Wheeler carrying thou precious
cargo... We're all able to now enjoy that Adult Beverage West of Ye Mississippi,
or wherever it was Banned; YEEHAW!
As did Y'all
PickemUp' on my Oh, so Clever Black Friday tie-in? Uhm, black Pontiac Trans Am...
As may be I'd better put that Coors down, eh? Although I'm a Deschutes Man now instead...
Per Tipicali here upon thou Isle 'O
Nofendersville, once again I've simply not had time to crank this riveting No
Fenders post out. since presumably Y'all know by now that the legendous' Burton
Leon Reynolds Jr. has departed to that Shopping Mall in Heaven, where the
theatres playing All of his Hit Movies.
As it's hard to believe that it was 41yrs ago
when Smokey and The Bandit was en route to becoming the Nation's second largest
grossing movie 'O 1977, surpassed only by some George Lucas Flick called Star
Wars.
And whilst for many, Reynolds became known to
us for his haunting role in Deliverance in 1972,
having subsequently learned he was on
Gunsmoke from 1962-65.
Yet I won't try recanting each 'N every one
of Reynolds films, other than it really doesn't feel like it's been over two
decades ago since I last witnessed him in person upon thou Big Screen, when I
saw his last great film appearance in Boogie Nights. As I can even still recall
what he looked like in that film, sans toupee and trademark mustache.
Although I don't believe I've ever been able
to sit thru it's entirety, somehow I do recall snippets of that Flop of a
racing movie called Stroker Ace. Most notably with Burt in a Chicken Suit and
'Ol gomer Pyle', nee Jimmy "Back Home Again" Neighbors as his Crew
Chief. Whale' Golleeeeeeeee...
As I'll let Y'all
be the Judge over which is worse? Stroker Ace or Dazes 'O Blunder'; Err Days of
Thunder? Or perhaps that epic Sly Stallone Film I'll forever remember Awntie'
Harriet calling "Drive;" Uhm I meant Driven, but I digress...
Although Reynolds himself has noted that
Stroker' was his Downfall, especially in light of deferring the Terms of
Endearment's movie role that went to Jack Nicholson the same year!
But it now seems logical that Reynolds would
do a Taxicab Bombers' Roundy-round movie in 1983, since somehow, ARSE-Sumedly
'cause it was before my motor racing Baptism in Earnest began?
I somehow never knew, cared or figured out
that the "Bandit" moniker in the Mach 1 Racing Skoal Bandit's name
was in deference to his partnership with
Hal Needham as NASCAR team owners.
And ARSE-Sumedly the Mach 1 Racing name came
about from Needham's controversial Budweiser Rocket Land Speed Record Car Caper
with Stan Barrett in '79. When Needham claim's they were the first to ever
break the Sound Barrier...
Hence logically, Barrett would be the team's
first "Wheelman." When the team campaigned it's No. 22 Pontiac Grand
Prix during their debut in 1981 - before switching to Buick Regal's the
following season.
But it was the team's second car, the #33
with Harry Gant behind the wheel that put them on the map. As Gant won nine
NASCAR Winston cup races whilst driving for them between 1981-88. Before
Needham pulled the plug the following year and sold the team to Travis Carter.
While the last time I recall seeing Reynolds
on TV was several years ago? At least awhile ago upon another zany, wacky
episode of Gas Monkey Garage's Fast 'N Loud TV Show, when they not only built a
replica Bandit-mobile, but got a cash bonus for getting Burt's "John
Hancock."
VIDEO: Burt Reynolds - Fast 'N Loud
While I also enjoyed seeing briefly Good 'Ol
"Fluffy," nee Gabriel Iglesias on the Jay Leno
Garage TV Show with his 2016 limited edition "Throwback" Trans Am
Bandit SE replica, one of 77 units produced by Trans Am Depot. Which Jay good
naturedly thrashed.
Or Y'all can check out the company's official
website upon the 2016 Bandit SE Edition here: Bandit - Trans Am Depot
As hopefully,
We've All got A Long Way to G-O', and not such a short Time to Get Thar; Oh
Never Mind! As I'm East Bound and definitely Down...
