Smokey And The Bandit

[Skipper Duke]

Smokey 3. Cledus Snow:"I’m going to be the Bandit! I get to wear the hat and drive the car! I love this! Gimme the car!"

[Skipper Duke]

Smokey. "I'll give you a five-minute head-start."

The Real Bandit: [smiles] "Bye-bye!"

Edited December 15, 2023 by Skipper Duke

[Skipper Duke]

“- Dusty Trails:"Is it just me or are you slowing down?"

- Cledus Snow:"Maybe. Think of it this way, what good is the roadrunner without the coyote? What good would the fox be without the hound? What good is the Bandit without the Smokey?”

[Skipper Duke]

“- Buford T. Justice:"You gotta have a sixth sense."

- Junior:"I'd rather have a dime.”

[Skipper Duke]

Little Enos:"Now then, Sheriff, be careful with the badge. It's going to make a beautiful belt buckle for me."

[Skipper Duke]

Smokey, “you’re not getting away from me, Bandit! I’ll chase you in hot pursuit to the ends of the earth!”

[Skipper Duke]

Smokey 2. Bandit, “Cledus, you got taller. “ Cledus, “yes, and you’ve gotten drunker.”

[Skipper Duke]

Cledus, “ tell me, how many trucks do you see?” Bandit, “I see one, unless I’ve been drinking.”

[Skipper Duke]

Cledus, “welcome to the biggest game of chicken, boys.”

[Garrett Duke]

17 hours ago, Skipper Duke said:

Cledus, “welcome to the biggest game of chicken, boys.”

Hi Skipper. Can you PM me? it won't let me message you.

Smokey and the Bandit is my favorite movie! (The first one) 

[Skipper Duke]

"Look, we need two things. We need a way out of here, we need the money."

 

- Bo "Bandit" Darville, 1977. (Smokey and the Bandit)

[Skipper Duke]

(Smokey and the Bandit III 1980)

Sheriff Buford T. Justice:"You're here at a monumental moment, I'm gonna call my kin for help. I'm calling my brother Reggie and I'm calling my brother Gaylord. They've been in law enforcement for over 20 years. Get me Quebec, Canada on the phone."

[Skipper Duke]

"Well, i hope you're going that way."

 

- Cledus Snow, 1983. (Smokey and the Bandit III)

[Skipper Duke]

Smokey and the Bandit(1977)

Sheriff Buford T. Justice:"Put the evidence in the car!" Jr. Justice gets in the car, still holding the evidence. Sheriff Buford T. Justice:"Put the evidence in the back! I said it before, an' I'll say it again, there's no way, no way that you could come from my loins. The first thing I'm gonna do when I get home, is punch your mama in the mouth!"

Edited December 19, 2023 by Skipper Duke
Forgot a word

[Skipper Duke]

Well you heard about the legend of Jesse James and John Henry Just to mention some names Well, there's a truck drivin' legend in the South today A man called Bandit from Atlanta GA.

[Hobie Hartkins]

9 hours ago, Skipper Duke said:

Well you heard about the legend of Jesse James and John Henry Just to mention some names Well, there's a truck drivin' legend in the South today A man called Bandit from Atlanta GA.

....???...WHY???   While TDOH got a lot of things/people from SATB, this IS a TDOH site, so....????

[Skipper Duke]

15 minutes ago, Hobie Hartkins said:

....???...WHY???   While TDOH got a lot of things/people from SATB, this IS a TDOH site, so....????

I put it in the Smokey and the Bandit section.

[Skipper Duke]

Smokey & the Bandit Movie#2 Trivia: Bandit made Sheriff Buford T. Justice use up all his live ammo. T or F?

[Skipper Duke]

Smokey and the Bandit- The Legend

https://youtu.be/YSifjtCB10E?si=fTMKWRyo05aPNSbr

[Skipper Duke]

Sheriff Buford T. Justice:"When I get you back home, I'm gonna find the tallest tree in the country"

Bandit:"Haha"

Sheriff Buford T. Justice:"An' then, I'm gonna hang you from it!"

Bandit:"Haha! Sheriff?"

Sheriff Buford T. Justice:"I'm listenin'."

Bandit:"Do the letters F. O. mean anything to you?"  The CB conversation has now ended.

Sheriff Buford T. Justice:"Smart aleck!" Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Spotting the Trans Am take off.)"Ooof!" (Tries to chase it forgetting his own car was up on jacks being worked on. Junior flys out and ends up on the hood.)

Jr.:"What happened Daddy?"

Sheriff Buford T. Justice:"Git back in da ***damn cah!"

[Breaker1]

I finally had a chance to do some exploring on this site and came across this thread. I started reading page 1, then had to skip to the last page to leave a comment. I will go back and read the rest later.

This is definitely my all time favorite movie! And I have to share this memory with you guys:

Back when I was around 9 years old, this had to be about 1980 or '81, somewhere in there. I remember it was my birthday, and my mom told me that the TV Guide showed that Smokey and the Bandit was going to be on at 7pm that night. Man, I was so excited, I couldn't wait until it came on! Now for all you young sheep out there, if you wanted to watch a favorite TV show or movie back then, you had to be up to date on your TV schedule and be in front of your TV at the right time if you wanted to see it. There was no renting it, streaming it, or buying it, back then. And you would hope the weather was good so it would come in clear! How many of you seasoned gents remember the frustration of a snowy picture??

Then around lunch time, my dad came home and he brought me a birthday gift. I got to open it right away, and found myself the proud owner of a brand new Panasonic cassette recorder and a 3 pack of blamk 90 minute tapes! Woohoo! I played with that thing all day, secretly recording peoples conversations, then playing them back for them. We had a lot of fun  that day. Today, you'd probably go to jail for that. 

Then, after all visitors were gone and the house was quiet, I kept watching the clock, every minute seemed like 10. Smokey and the Bandit is coming on at 7 and it's been on my mind all day, and it's taking for ever for it to get here. I was tinkering with my new tape recorder, watching the time, then suddenly I had a monumental idea. I can record Smokey and the Bandit!!!!!

I put fresh batteries in the recorder, installed a 90 minute tabe and made sure it was rewound to the begining, and had a 2nd tape ready for a back up just in case. When the clock hit 7:00 (finally!) I was ready! I was laying on the floor in front of our console TV, with my new tape recorder strategically positioned in front of one of the speakers, my finger hovering over the record button, and my heart racing in anticipation, waiting for the clock to strike 7.

 I had already managed to do a couple of quick trial runs with some commercials, and they worked perfectly, but I was still worried that something could go wrong. I had one shot to get this right. There will not be a "do-over" opportunity. This is it. Who knows if it well ever be on TV again, or when. 

Even at such a young age, I had enough sense to plan all this ahead, in a short amount of time,  in the final minutes before show time. Including calculating the movie length vs the tape length, hoping I could fit a 2 hour movie on a 90 minute tape if I cut all the commercials.

7:00 came, I hit record, cut the commercials, and successfully captured Smokey and the Bandit on cassette tape! Long before anyone ever dreamed of having a VCR in their homes. Long before you could ever know if you would ever see your favorite movie again. I had it! It was mine to enjoy whenever I wanted to! All those great songs, all that genius dialogue, all the engines roaring and tire squealing, all the crashes! Man, that was a great day! 

For many nights I would take that recorder to bed with me and fall asleep to Smokey chasing the Bandit and Snowman across theis great country. My best friend would sleep over a lot and we would listen to that movie while we played with my slot car tracks. I had two TCR slotless tracks with semi's  and cars, and I had tthree slot car tracks, one with 1978 Trans Ams (one black, one chrome). Man, those were some good times! 

Thank you HazzardNet community, for jogging some great memories!

 

[RogerDuke]

Great story! You are a very talented writer and a fantastic addition to the HazzardNet. We are lucky to have you. I kept waiting for something bad to happen in your story but thankfully that never happened. Do you still have the cassette tape as a momento to those good times? 

[HossC]

3 hours ago, RogerDuke said:

I kept waiting for something bad to happen in your story but thankfully that never happened.

Likewise. From the setup, I felt sure your mom had the wrong day or your visitors would stay too late. I'm glad it worked out for you.

[Breaker1]

Thanks RogerDuke, I enjoy being here. 

I do still have that cassette! I'm anxious to dig that out, both of my parents have passed and they may have been captured talking in the backgroind. I desperately want to hear their voices again. 

First I need to find a tape deck that I can trust to not eat that tape. 

[Breaker1]

5 minutes ago, HossC said:

Likewise. From the setup, I felt sure your mom had the wrong day or your visitors would stay too late. I'm glad it worked out for you.

I appreciate that HossC! 

So glad she didn't set off the smoke detector or something. She was always cooking & baking. Please don't get the wrong idea, she was an awesome cook. She never triggered the smoke detector, but if she was ever going to, it would be while I was recording. You know how it goes.