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The bet ( and there has to be a bet) involves getting Buford out of retirement to chase the Bandit across the country, hijacking the shark on the way. The Enos’s ( yep them again) are apparently opening a fish and chip shop somewhere and have the aforementioned tetrapod as a mascot. So when a story involves the transportation of a rubber fish you know you are in big trouble.

It also seems that Hal Needham would rather direct traffic than be involved with this stinker

Burt obviously got a whiff of the script and plea-bargained his way into a 3 minute cameo, Frog has hopped off for good to be replaced by Colleen Camp who plays Dusty Trails ( sic). Well if the plot was wearing a little thin in the second film I’m afraid we are down to the underlay and floorboards with this one. Meanwhile Cledus yaks gobbledygook into his radio, talks to his fat dog and enlists a multitude of trucking types to give them a hand.ĭirector and former stuntman Hal Needham is in his element here, relishing an opportunity to go smashy-smashy with a lot of automobiles including a cops v truckers smack down in the desert.

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The Bandit apparently is dealing with the inner turmoil of being regarded as a ‘folk hero’ but through a series of impressive auto stunts and the renewed affections of Frog he eventually gets his mojo back. The Doc is needed because Charlotte the elephant is ‘with child’ and about to drop while being chased by Buford and Junior. So we get a rerun of the first film with a bigger budget in which the aforementioned hefalump ( which was contained in the mystery trunk, geddit?) is transported across country aided by an Italian Doctor played by Dom DeLuise who hams up the stereotype. Cledus has to sober ol’ Bandit up and attempt to reunite him with ‘Frog’ who once again leaves poor Junior at the altar. Enter the Enos’s with another crazy old bet, this time they are seeking election for Governor of Texas and want Burt to move a mysterious trunk from Miami to the Republican Party convention in Dallas. Same cast, same script, only this time they have a goddamn ELEPHANT!īurt is pissed ( in the British sense) cos his woman done gone and left him for Junior and his pappy.

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What we get for the rest of the movie is a car chase with Buford and Junior chasing Burt and his Frog while Cledus drives his truck and talks to his dog, There are stunts aplenty as the Smokey’s* crash a lot and Burt laughs, drives fast and makes lurve to Frog as they are helped on their way by a bunch of good ol’ boys and gals.

Burt is obviously smitten with the errant bride as he gives her the nickname ‘Frog’ ( the smooth devil). So Burt jumps in his Trans-Am and Cledus climbs into a truck accompanied by a morbidly obese Bassett Hound ( the budget obviously didn’t stretch to an Orangutan) and off they go.Ĭledus (played by Country star Jerry Reed) gnaws on the radio microphone while the Bandit picks up a runaway bride ( Sally Field) who is being pursued by her fiancé Junior an inbred Police Deputy with the IQ of a fence post and his daddy Sheriff Buford T Justice ( Jackie Gleason). Burt has a best buddy: Cledus ( probably an inspiration for the Simpsons character Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel) and his non de plume is ‘The Snowman’ and the Snowman drives a big truck.Įnter ‘Big Enos Burdett’ (fnarr, fnarr) father of Little Enos ( played by the musical genius that is Paul Williams) a crooked politician who bets the Bandit a big wad of cash that he can’t deliver a lorry load of beer from Texas to Georgia in 28 hours. We travel down South to meet Burt Reynolds alias the Bandit and the Bandit likes Cowboy Hats, moustaches, fast cars and the ladies. Impressed? Want to learn more? Well let your Uncle Stevey take you back in time where life was fast and curious as we look at the world of Smokey & the Bandit.

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