Yep. He really made us laugh. No doubt Smokey and the Bandit was the best. He enjoyed life.

 

RIP Burt.

 

RIP, Burt on your final run. One of my favorite actors and lots of good time movie memories.

 

Dude had one of THE best laughs, ever. I always enjoyed watching the end credits of Cannonball Run, when he and Dom couldn't stop giggling at each other while trying to shoot scenes.

Sadly, we never got to see him do a guest appearance on SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy, either, b/c Norm Macdonald got fired before they could do it.

 

Someone noted a while back that Sally Field had held up well while Burt really showed his age. But, 8 decades on Earth can do that to ya.

We've lost a lot of giants the last few weeks.

 

Deliverance my #1 followed by the first Smokey & Bandit...

 

Not sure why the picture posted this way, I will attempt to fix it...

 

Bandit and Snowman, together again.

 

RIP you sumbitch

 

Fixed.

 

Sally Field is 11 years younger than Reynolds. Not fair to either to compare either one to the other at any given time.

 

white lightning was my favorite

 

Smokey and the Bandit was and will always be my favourite Truck drivin' CB radio show. The Snowman & The Bandit was a thrill ride for most seekers back in the day, it's been done !

RIP Burt

 

RIP Burt... Keep on trucking in the clear blue heavens...

 

One of my favorite actors! Hooper, Cannonball run and Smokey and the Bandit were very engrained on me as young lad! I wonder why I froth at the mouth every time I see a Trans Am. Break for that bandit one! Hopefully, northbound to heaven!

Pat

 

X2 on White Lightning... Women and the POlice.
RIP

Don W

 

 

He was a cool dude back in the day. He made a lot of good guy movies: White lightning,Gator, The longest yard, Smokey and the bandits, Hooper, Deliverance, Sharky's machine etc... I enjoyed his stuff in the early days, a big part of my growing up no doubt. I think he had a fling with one of the babes of my era Loni Anderson, you guys remember her? He seemed to have a pretty good run. R.I.P.

 

He was married to Loni, she took him for about everything after the divorce.

 

Rip Burt, watched all his movies. This is the last one.

 

Nobody has mentioned WW And The Dixie Dancekings where Burt drove a customized 55 Olds that was supposed to be one of 50 special Golden Anniversary Specials. Of course we all know that would not have been the 50th anniversary of Oldsmobile and no such car was ever built. It is a corny movie but pretty funny. Here is a clip.

 

And another thing he had in common with Oldsmobile was his birthplace Lansing, Michigan. And come to think of it, it's mine also and both of my Oldsmobiles too!

Pat

 

I guess it was more than a fling

 

RIP Burt. He even teamed up with Dom DeLuise for kids movies.

 

Word is he died pretty close to broke. Pretty sad for an icon.

Funny that he is so associated with performance cars from his movies but in an interview he said he was more into cars like Cadillacs

 

But not uncommon. The list of movie stars, going right back to the earliest years of Hollywood, who died broke or nearly so is quite long. Once you age and the opportunities dwindle (especially true for female movie stars), the money starts to run out unless you've invested well or gone off into other lines of work.


Here's from Reynolds' Wikipedia entry:

Despite his lucrative career, in 1996 he filed for bankruptcy, due in part to an extravagant lifestyle, a divorce from Loni Anderson and failed investments in some Florida restaurant chains. The filing was under Chapter 11, from which Reynolds emerged two years later.

On August 16, 2011, Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation filed foreclosure papers, claiming Reynolds owed $1.2 million on his home in Hobe Sound, Florida. Reynolds owned the Burt Reynolds Ranch, where scenes for Smokey and the Bandit were filmed and which once had a petting zoo, until its sale during bankruptcy. In April 2014, the 153-acre rural property was rezoned for residential use and the Palm Beach County school system could sell it to residential developer K. Hovnanian Homes.

 

I always say if you like an actor/actress don't watch them on talk shows or in depth interviews because the odds are you won't like them after. Burt Reynolds was an exception for me. I've liked him since Gunsmoke. I've seen many Carson/Dina Shore (Lady Friend) etc interviews. I even liked more. Loni Anderson divorce took longer than the 6 years they were married. My Ex-wife had a millionaire Uncle that lived in Florida that had a small factory in Florida and a similar one in Texas. He was an investor/partner with Burt in those restaurants. Between the restaurants problems and the economy problems, his businesses tanked and he went broke. The restaurants tanking started the cascading financial problems. Even though, he never said anything bad about Burt Reynolds. I only saw the Uncle a few times after and I never brought up the subject. He was in his late 50s. He never recovered and was a broken man both financially and physically.

 

Born near Oldsmobile, he gave us a lot of entertainment since the 1950s. I suppose that he will live on as long as his productions are run. Thanks Burt.

 

I remember him best for his abuse of that Citroen SM in The Longest Yard, which is also my favorite Reynolds movie.

"Look what we have here -- a miniature cop!"

 

In that age range, all's fair in love and war. Sally being younger (70?) didn't have **** to do with it. I know PLENTY of women past 60 who look like warmed-over hell. Some younger than 60. Yet Sally Field has held up better than most and from what I understand with no "work".

 

tribute

 

She was pretty rough to begin with. Cute, no doubt, but no delicate flower.

 

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Cool Tribute ! Wish I owned one .

Eric

 

Burt Reynolds on The Tonight Show, 1973. It's the 11th anniversary of Carson hosting the show. Don Rickles is actually the guest of the moment, followed by Carol Wayne, but Burt is right there, and Rickles gets his digs in. Buddy Hackett is also there. Someone please explain just what Mr. Reynolds is wearing.

I miss this show. Just sitting there telling stories and making jokes. Carson is smoking. Oh for the days.

Everyone on the set (Ed McMahon, Hackett, Reynolds, Rickles, Carson, Wayne) is now dead. Reynolds was the last to go. Carol Wayne died young, of drowning, in Mexico, under somewhat shady circumstances, at age 42 in 1985.

 

Jaunty,

I "think" that's a Cowboy Bob outfit

 

Whatever he's wearing, it LOOKS like a 1970s "leisure suit," which was a mercifully short-lived clothing fad.

 

Considering it was 1973, it could have been a leisure suit. Remember those and they were made from polyester. I wish I could forget them. Nice hairstyle too.