Burt Reynolds has passed away

My first sports car that I ever owned was the Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am edition.  T-Tops, killer paint job and a ROCKIN' stereo!  All because of that movie.

What a cool car that was.  Wish I still had it.

Burt was the man...

My two favorites of his, Sharkey’s Machine and White Lightening.  RIP Burt.

RIP, Burt.  Here in Palm Beach County he was a constant presence.  He had a local theater (Jupiter) for public performances by mostly local actors of stage plays and a "school" where people could learn the job.  He was everyone's friend down here and had a great rep of being a super guy.  We will miss him--another nice, pleasant person gone.  We seem to need all we can find right now, so this is a shame.

Oddly, there’s a YouTube video with Marlon Brando unloading on Burt Reynolds. I’m not sure what brought that diatribe on but examined objectively they were rather similar in terms of romantic comedy, even somewhat similar in serious acting style, and charming with the ladies, charming on talk shows. They even looked quite similar physically when they were young. And they were both as big as you can get in movies, at least for a while.

For some reason, the anger and outrage I felt at the Adam Sandler remake of the Longest Yard is amplified to the nth degree!