Tribute to Burt Reynolds

September 8, 2018 we lost a great actor. The first movie that I saw Burt Reynolds in was the classic “Smokey and the Bandit” watching it on HBO at my aunt and uncles house on their NASA sized satellite antenna in 1978.

It was a huge event where my Aunt and Uncle invited my Mom, Dad and us three boys over to the house so we could watch it. No doubt we had spaghetti for dinner because I always teased my aunt that this seemed to be the only thing she served when we came over (she contended that it was by chance, not by design).

Part of the reason why they wanted us to come watch it was because my Dad and Grandfather were truck drivers, an occupation that I would also get into about 12 years later.

To this day I don’t know anyone who has driven a commercial semi-truck wishing that they were either Bandit one, sitting behind the wheel of a Trans-Am or Bandit two, driving the semi, all due to Burt Reynolds.

While reminiscing all things Burt, one of my dad’s friends used to drive for Jolly Rancher and I was told by him that the trailer used in the movie was one of theirs, modified slightly to remove the company logo, then repainted after the movie. I don’t know for sure if its true or not… but I like to think that it is.

I spent most of Thursday mourning the loss of one of my favorite actors by watching some of my favorite movies that he stared in. Smoky and the Bandit, obviously, along with White Lightning. I can not think of a better way to celebrate a mans life then by watching him as he had fun so with that, here is a list of Burt Reynolds movies that you can stream.

*Roku, Tubi and Vudu you can watch online without a streaming device if your device does not support it. Hyperlink to the website is embedded, but won’t take you to that specific video.

Vudu, Roku, Tubi

Amazon, Hulu

Gator (Followup to White Lightning)

Amazon, Hulu

Semi-Tough

Vudu

Smokey and the Bandit

Amazon