American badass Jerry Reed died yesterday. This good ol’ boy is known for such hits as “When Your Hot Your Hot” and “Amos Moses” as well as his landmark appearance as himself on the Scooby Doo Mysteries. But Mr. Reed holds a deeper sentiment in my heart for another reason: he played The Snowman on Smokey & The Bandit and he actually “[got] to be the Bandit” on Smokey & The Bandit: Part Three.
Here’s the story I always love to tell about Smokey & The Bandit, and it ties in wonderfully with my recent ramblings of Keokuk, Iowa. At one time, the longest running movie in Keokuk was Smokey, where it played at the Grand Theatre (when it showed movies) for eleven straight weeks. That record stood for nearly twenty years before it was broken by that piece of shit Titanic which played at the Plaza Cinema for twelve. If the cocksuckers at the Plaza would have had any decency, they would have pulled Titanic after ten and given the record to a more appropriate masterpiece like Smokey.
We all have a long way to go and a short time to get there, so enjoy a Coors and raise a toast to the Snowman, Jerry Reed.
1 comment:
I love how he kicks the guitar and harmonica players in the ass and tells them to "Get the lead out"
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