The movie made the Pontiac Trans Am a superstar. In fact Burt's old man was the inspiration for the word 'sumbitch', a phrase Burt told Gleason he uttered often. Justice' was the name of a real Florida Highway Patrolman known to Burt Reynolds' dad, who himself was once a Chief of Police.

In fact, The Flintstones in its entirety was an homage of The Honeymooners.

It's fitting, as Fred Flintstone was homage of Gleason's The Honeymooners' character Ralph Kramden. Actor Henry Corden, one time voice of Fred Flintstone, was used to replace a considerable amount of Sheriff Justice's dialogue. The original actors mostly redubbed their own lines for the TV version except for Jackie Gleason.

This phrase achieved a level of popularity with children, and the 2007 Hot Wheels release of the 1970s Firebird Trans Am has 'scum bum' emblazoned on its tail. When the movie first aired on US TV in the early 80s, censors overdubbed dialogue deemed offensive, with the most noted change being the replacement of Buford's often-spoken phrase 'sumbitch' with the nonsense phrase 'scum bum'. Bankrolled with $4.3 million it grossed $126,737,428 in North America, making it the 3rd highest grossing movie of 1977 after Star Wars Episode IV and Close Encounters, according to IMDb. The movie was a smash hit at the box office. The last one he screened before he died was one of his all time favourite films. Breaker-breaker.Įvery Wednesday Alfred Hitchcock would screen films on the lot in his office. Here are 20 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know about Smokey & The Bandit. We refer, of course, to Burt Reynold's Bro-merang. Fitting, is it not, that in the month of Movember, a month dedicated to the fineries of the 'stache and the good things it can do, that we doff out collective cap to a movie that showcased arguably the greatest soup strainer in silverscreen history.

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