Burt Reynolds has passed away

Burt was the man in late 70s to mid 80s.I remember watching him as a Mississippi Pliot on a River Boat when I was a kid.He was always entertaining .Yeah i saw,those movie roles he turned down .He would of made a great Hans Solo .But he was great as the Bandit and in  Boogie Nites and the Crew .It was a shame seeing his body break down in later years .He did a lot of his own stunts and was a Mans Man.Thank you Burt for all the laughts  and great movies .Your in Heaven with your Gang  now .Yeah ,with your feet up having a Sotch  n a cigar .RIP ,Bandit .

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.