Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am Introduction. The Start of my own Obsession for the Trans Am SE.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 พ.ค. 2014
- The moment Burt Reynolds propelled the Black and Gold Trans Am into movie folklore. In America in 1977 the original Smokey and the Bandit film had been beaten into second place at the box office only because it was the same year Star Wars was released.
Burt Reynolds was arguably at this time the biggest name in Hollywood. The car he drove in the movie was about to turn for Pontiac a car that had produced reasonable but unspectacular sales figures, into a golden egg. In the days before product placement was noticeable in film and long before “tipping point” become part of marketing vernacular, the car that emerged from the back of a Semi trailer and into the hearts and minds of the people could hardly be more stark.
For a 10 year old boy living in suburban North London, England this film and more to the point THIS CAR, started a boyhood fascination for this stunning sleek machine. This turned into an adult journey that took 25 years to complete. The story of this can be found at: timrogersmt.com/trans-am/
Hard to believe that this brilliant movie came out 45 years ago. Still a better movie than most modern day movies.
Never again son.. Reckon it's just well preserved now, in this here YT time capsule for all of time..! 🍷
Just to remind humanity, we always made it, 'cause theres just more to life after all now wasn't there.. ?
omg you dident have to make me feel so old lmfao
It seems impossible...considering I remember sitting in the theater as a kid watching this. Movies in the 70s were SO GOOD !!
@@onwednesdayswewearpink2761Saw this at the drive in. Still there and packing them in.
I love Billy Bob Thornton’s quote that said something to the effect of “Growing up in the South, we didn’t think of this as a movie, we considered it to be a documentary.”
Profound stoicism for certain.
Hey Snow Man Fred isn't ugly bandit is just crazy
Today my wife and I drove 3 hours south,and bought a BEAUTIFUL 1977 Black Trans-Am. I have wanted one ever since I saw this flick when I was a little kid…now I have one. ❤️
Congratulations
Nice. The cars used in the movie were all 1976 Trans Am, the only thing on the cars in the movie that were from the 1977 model was the front bumper.
I know that. I just wanted a car that LOOKED like the Bandit car. 🤠
@@camarossdriver Still pretty awesome!
The fact that Jerry Reed wrote this iconic song in about half an hour continues to blow my mind. What a talent.
He was a musical genius and one of the best guitarist ever.
Exactly!!
Jerry Reed was very underrated as a musician and actor. .
The Alabama Wild Man!
@@markJaggi Can you imagine going bar hoppin' with Burt and Jerry.🗽👍💕
0:23 "Of course we can make it. We've ain't never not made it yet, have we." The motto of my life. RIP Burt, Jerry, and Jackie.
I bet Burt is still running that car up there
Fred is long gone to Heaven
@@h2w25 - Fred's probably been tellin'' 'em to hurry the hell up for quite a while before they actually did.
You can't beat a good old triple negative
Amen brother 👍🏻
I like it when Burt looks directly at the camera Lol
Its called breaking the fourth wall. I loked it too.
Yes, when it is done right I love when they break the 4th wall - and Burt had a the ability to break the wall and make it look like it really belonged there - made you feel like you were actually part of the movie.
I don't know how he did not clip that brick building jumping up off the curb. May be why he looked at the camera, like whoa that was close.....and that is a wrap.
Idiots
It's called breaking the forth wall. Mister Roper was the best at it.
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Back when America was still America. Love it
When Burt looked at that camera, he looked right into the depth of America's soul, telling us everything would be cool, not just okay, but cool.
Yes I guess actors are taught never to look into the camera but Burt is so cool he can get away with it.
I agree with both
He was breaking the fourth wall.
That was so weird, lol.
We've lost that ability... I swear that's what's wrong with America we no longer know how to be COOL.. the Lost art of being cool 😎
These 2 guys were awesome together. And the scene where Reynolds looks at the camera made you feel like you were part of the run with them.
Let the party begin!!
I agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@leighthompson489 I've heard Burt talk about that in an interview. He also said it's the first time it had ever been done.
I got news for you... THE WHOLE DAMN COUNTRY WAS ON THAT RUN WITH THEM!!! :)
Yep!
My Dad passed away in 1979. We went to the theater to see this movie and I can still see him laughing his ass off watching this movie. He was sitting a few rows behind me on the other side of the aisle right next to the aisle. He had a big grin and it's a memory I will always remember of him. FWIW, this movie always makes me think of him.
My dad, who passed away in 2016 took me to see the second film in the UK - I was too young to get in!! But I watched both hundreds of times on VHS. Now I own a 1979 Bandit. You may find some interest in some, or all of this. timrogersmt.com/trans-am/
RIP, to your dad, I miss mine too, I'm restoring his dodge truck in his memory
❤️
thats a great memory bro !!!
Damn - right in the feels. I was obsessed with this movie as a kid, and my dad dotingly watched our VHS copy with me, because he loved it just as much. It's one of my fondest memories of him.
It doesn't matter how many times you watch Smokey and the Bandit it never gets old and it's still one hilarious movie
What's awesome is knowing the movie lines by heart.. lol
Not only the fact that I’m a third generation truck driver, but this movie helped solidify the fact that I’m 24 years and a few million miles between the lines.
That makes no sense. You're 24, but got millions of miles between the lines?? I call b.s
That car still looks sexy today. Some things are timeless.
Those cars were works of art. RIP Pontiac
A work of art was about it since the motors were so choked up they didn't have enough power to hardly get out of its own way
You could put 2-3 beautiful babes wearing bikinis standing next to that Trans Am and i would STILL notice the car first and and would take it home with me FIRST.
@@willh1082 It was the time before electronics and computers. You're average shade tree mechanic was more than capable of ripping out the smog crap, then opening up the inhaling and exhaling and the motors came to life.
Sally was sexy!
Sounds a little corny but I long for these days. Things were a liitle more simple and people a little less meaner. No cell phones. No internet and we did just fine.
Nothing corny
@@MidwestFarmToys Jimmy is spot on......One 'Way Back Machine' please or a De Lorean with the 'Flux Capacitor option'.
Jimmy Gentile trust me buddy you're not alone in that statement
The 70s were the only heaven*I will ever know*
That's a BIG 10-4 Good buddy
When this movie came out, my dad was the body shop manager at the local Pontiac dealer. He bought my mom a T/A identical to this one. Had the AM/FM radio with built-in 40 channel CB radio. I was a kid caught up in the CB craze at the time, so this was heaven for me.
They went to see this movie at a drive in, in that car. My dad fishtailing it through the parking lot while finding a spot to watch.
Doesn't get much cooler than that, unless they had taken me along with them.
One of my favourite movies of all time. Smokey and the Bandit is one of the best movies ever made.
If this movie and song don't hold a special place in your heart then I really feel bad for you ...Cause you missed out on some good times!!..
Steve P amen!
Steve P Rockford Files too! Another awesome Trans Am.
Steve P to bad for some reason they changed it from east bound to west bound. Not sure why
It was a slight ad-lib to the original song because this half of their run was heading west to Texas to pick up the beer..
Steve P Your goddamn right it does.
White Lightning
Cannon Ball
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
I was 16 when I saw this movie in the theater, watching that Trans Am roar out of that trailer made me say holy shit. 40 years later I have one in my garage , always takes me back to my youth :)
cool
DustyBalz It better be a black and gold '77 with black leather interior with t-tops or it ain't a trans am
Awesome.
There was no leather interior option. Vinyl.
Wish I had one.
One of the best feel good movies ever made, great actors, great cars and great fun. Made us feel like we were along for the ride.
That was Jerry's genuine reaction to seeing the car for the first time.
I read somewhere that when they approached Jackie about doing this movie, he read a few pages of the script, said "I got this" and just made up his lines as he went along.
The number two box office smash of 1977 and it's about two good ol boys bootlegging Coors beer.a real classic
it was number 4 but it's behind Star Wars, Close Encounters and Saturday Night Fever. Considering it came out days after Star Wars I'd say it did pretty good for two good ol boys racing across the country.
@@willstikken5619 1977 had some great movies. Annie Hall is another one, and that won Best Picture too.
The Spy Who Loved Me, Stunts,Slapshot, Sorcerer
@@willstikken5619 I know
I was 5 when both of them came out.
@@pappy374 1977 was the ultimate movie year
When that car fired up and rolled out the back of that truck, it was love at 1st sight for me. Had a 1977 Trans-Am SE for 9 years. Was a lovely car to drive.
Was that model Auto or Manual?
Still a fav of mine. The 76, 77 model Trans Am is one badass motor vehicle. Up there with the General Lee.
'76 still had the two round headlight front, '77 went to the front like in the movie. However, movie production started in '76 and '77 new-front T/A's were not released at the time, so the Bandit Trnas Am's in the movie are actually '76 T/A's w/the new '77 front clip...so when the movie came out in '77, the T/A in it looked like the new one by then on dealer lots.
Hard to believe 40 years has gone by since this movie came out.
Yep
10-4
You need to hush up.....55 yesterday
I remember seeing this in theaters at least 6 times; on TV I lost count. The original was the best
@@rustybird8803 you hush, it's been 45
It is still so hard to believe that the Bandit is gone. We sure miss you Burt... may the highways in heaven be free of smokies!
I should hope so because what if JC and family want to have a couple hundred cases of brewski delivered? I mean who's to say that they don't like Coors up there?!
And Need For Speed Unbound had 2 missions that paid tribute to this movie
Not the ones on the ground. They're still around.
I remember watching this in the theater and everybody cheering when he ran over the bikes, the joint went crazy.
Yeah who would understand that now
@@ericparrish1515 Well yeah, I saw many movies as a kid in the theater and I'm not sure I can remember something like that happening before or since.
Wanted that car as a kid and still want one. A timeless classic. Even Leno went nuts over it and he has the ultimate collection. I'd have a Fred too if I drove a big rig.
Fred is the reason I have a Bassett hound now
The greatest and most recognizable Trans Am in Pontiac history ! And my favorite car of all time
This one and Kitt
I have a friend who worked at a GM plant during the 80's. He talked with a guy who worked in the plant where the Trans Am was made. He said they made so many of those cars, the plant workers got sick of looking at them.
Mine too
The General Lee has entered the chat
Pontiac was a shitty product. That is why GM ultimately discontinued the line altogether.
Graduated HS in 77, had enough saved from late nights at Burger King and bought one. While it wasn’t the fastest car on the road back then it sure was a blast to drive. Life happened and had a Mini-Van a few pick-ups and wouldn’t you know it my wonderful wife found a 77 TA and surprised me with it for my 55th B-Day which I still have and enjoy. Yes I’ve seen this movie probably 20 times, never gets old.
Drive that TA every day sir, its the fountain of youth on wheels, with this song blaring from the tape deck.!
Happy for you Robert and probably brought tears in your eyes when your wife surprised you with your favorite car drive and enjoy your TA 🙏🏽🙏🏽👍😊
I grew up without much money on a dirt road in Texas. But I saw the Smokey &TB movie when I was a kid and was equally obsessed. Although my parents were strict and we didn't have much, I somehow convinced them to let me spend my own life savings on an old (late 80s at the time) 1977 Trans Am. It was my dream car. The engine blew up literally the first night I drove it, but my dad helped me swap a junkyard 455 ("great" idea for a 16 year old kid to drive, right?!?). I drove it like a Duke boy, often power sliding around corners on the dusty dirt roads of Texas (not condoning that behavior, but I will say it was a blast). Still my favorite car I ever had by a mile.
Don't apologize. That's just what we all did back then. Life was fun and simple. People actually knew how to drive back then.
I hear ya buddy. I grew up in DFW area and did slides in my '73 Nova at the park in the 80s.
You should have kept it
This is one of my comfort movies, I’m almost 26 and grew up in Britain but my parents did a hell of a good job parenting me when it came to movies/films between Smokey and the Bandit, Clint Eastwood’s Every Which Way films and Cannonball Run they didn’t fail me. Oh I can’t wait until one of our channels puts them on again.
Kids now days have NO IDEA what joys they are missing
The best days of my life and I didn’t even realize it until it was gone!! The 70s
I watched this movie every day as a kid after school growing up in the '80s. The black and gold Trans Am is STILL my dream car.
One of the best feel-good movies ever made. Pure Americana
"Those who say it can't be done...should not interrupt those doing it" Quote from most inventors in the 1900's.
When he pulled that car out, that was history in it’s self. It made the movie that much better.
This and Cannonball Run were two of my iconic movies in childhood. Nothing but fond memories of both. There wasn't any pretentiousness or grandstanding. No preachy message or political undertones. These kinds of movies were just fun to watch. They just don't make 'em like this anymore and that's a sad thing.
Burt was so much fun to watch. And Jerry so talented. I really miss these guys.
There will never be another movie that comes close to this. But, Jerry, Jackie and the whole cast are unreplaceable!! Hollywood can't ever reproduce anything as good as this ever again. It was a Time in America, for such heroes and we sure had some come from this movie. God rest their souls, they gave us something we will never forget.
No message, no cosmic significance ... just a whole lot of fun! That was _Smokey and the Bandit,_ full stop, and that's just fine with me!
Millions of American youth got CB radios in their cars because of this movie. Cell phones spoiled the fun
"Honey Hush" was NOT in the script. 100% improvised moment from Jerry. There was a whole lot of improvising going on in this movie! It will remain a classic forever! RIP to them all 😥
That's pretty much a rule in any Burt Reynolds movie.
Apparently 90% of Jackie Gleasons lines wasn't scripted either
What's a warthog? A biker with no broken bones?
From what Ive read that was Jerry's genuine reaction to the car because that was the first time he saw it
Saw it in the theater. ❤❤❤ R.I.P. to all the actors.. A true classic
You gotta love the Bandit's 'stagecoach holdup" mural on the truck. So badass!!
A guy who paints his truck like this would go to a minister's funeral dressed in feathers!
To the coolest guy of my childhood. RIP Burt. I have one of those cars because of you!
My Dad bought a 1978 black & gold T/A in 1982 with 6K original miles & it was immaculate. Great memories. My Dad even had a huge array of Member's Only jackets. LOL. I miss those days!
Snowman looks just like my father, he was a truck driver, there will never be another movie like this. I love this movie and the 🎵 song.
Worked at a movie theatre when this came out. I can't count how many times I saw it. The Trans Am was so cool and of course Sally Field 😍
Sally Fields was a "hottie".
@@jomehi6863 Comments like these are ironic, because Burt actually had to fight for Sally Fields to be in the movies as the studio executives said she wasn't "attractive enough" to star as a leading lady.
What about the Snowman's Kenworth?
Sally had a nice ass.
@@SergeantExtreme absolute friggin morons
That one scene of Burt driving that beautiful, shiny, sleek , fast Trans Am out of the back of that truck sold a shitload of of TA's
This movie will always hold a special place in my heart.
One of the best movies, EVER!!
I SOOOO loved these two together---loved that Jerry sang!!
Jackie Gleason killed it, and Sally was so pretty!!
im wattching it now again for the 50th time just to hear jackie gleason sumbitch voice
@@gabaghoul23 : 😂
Classic introduction for Pontiac Trans Am. Love this movie!
Ill always remember that scene when Burt broke the fourth wall. Best car ever.👍
I have this car in real life and every time I start it and take it out of the driveway I always picture myself as the bandit in this scene. This is my favorite movie ever and I know every line😂
I remember my folks taking me and my brother to see this in the theater in 1977. I was nine. It was the first real "adult" action movie they let me watch, and I just sat on the edge of my seat, saucer-eyed, for the entire show. My dad was a truck driver, and I was totally into trucks, and cars, so this movie pretty much checked all the boxes for me. Good memories.
Same here. My dad wasn't a truck driver, but I fell in ❤with that Trans Am when it first appeared. I asked my dad if we could buy one, and he looked at me in shock and said, "No! Have you got any idea how EXPENSIVE they are?" Then I asked my dad if we could get a CB radio, and he said "No, those are only toys for adults." Dad worked hard to keep the wolf from the door and was very conservative, since he grew up during the Great Depression and WW2, and I was too young and silly to appreciate that.
But I loved the movie anyway. Jackie Gleason was too funny as Sheriff Buford T. Justice. 😆
Burt was the Man!
Handsome, virile and funny as hell!
Never seemed to take any of it too seriously.
My local theater just ran this flick on the BIG SCREEN! That…was…AWESOME! 🤠
I love Jackie Gleason in this movie. He did practically whole thing ad lib. The stuff he made up as he went along was way better than the original script, so the director, just let him go with it.
“Nobody makes Sheriff Buford T. Justice look like a possum’s pecker!”
“There is no way - no way - that you could have come from my loins. First thing I’m gonna do when we get home is punch your momma in the mouth.”
They could have replaced everyone but Jackie and the movie would have been a hit.
I remember reading somewhere that one of his conditions for playing Sheriff Justice was he got to ad lib as much as he wanted. Hal Needham wasn't about to tell him no.
Ad Lib ? what's Ad Lib ?
Simply means he's winging it as they are filming, and saying what he wants as he goes along, instead of what the script says for his character to say. Improvised on the spot basically. The sign of a great actor. The official definition of "ad-lib" = speak or perform in public without previously preparing one's words
This was my favorite movie back when I was a kid. My parents took me to the cinema to see it, and luckily I didn’t understand the language, or dirty remarks!! ❤❤❤
These 3 guys, Gleason, Reed and Reynolds have all passed away and this movie is 45 years old and is still one of the most iconic movies ever made. Nothing made today even come close to being as funny. This was the number 1 movie until Star Wars hit the screen knocking it back to the number 2 slot. And Smokey and the Bandit still gets more air play than Star Wars.
Wow Smokey and the bandit I love this movie I can watch it a hundred times. 💋💋🥰🥰❤️❤️😘😘🥰🥰
Perfect cast, perfect car, perfect song.
Alonzo pulling up to the Monte Carlo in Training Day, Sonny Crockett getting his replacement Ferrari Testarossa after they blew up his Daytona, Bruce Wayne's new Batmobile in 1989's Batman and Bo Darville [aka the Bandit] introducing the world to the Bandit 1. Some of the most iconic moments in movie cars ever.
All evidence to the contrary, just the exact opposite.
I don't care who you are or where you're from.....everybody wanted to be the bandit. Just makes you want to get out and drive. So sad when your heroes die....but oh the memories. R.I.P. Bandit and the Snowman
I’m a driver and I can remember no cell phones or social media. Just a pay phone and a dispatcher and you had to know how to read a map. This movie was actually filmed all in Georgia. I’m from Georgia and I know the areas. Conyers has grown tremendously.
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Rest in peace to the legendary Burt Reynolds.
And Jackie gleason jerry reed Mike Henry as Jr RIP
Thanks
and jerry reed also this movie wouldnt have worked them both- and jackie gleason also
I wish I was as enthusiastic about anything as these guys are about this!
The way Burt gets into that Trans Am, the way he drives it. You KNOW that he and that car are one. Burt really sells it as a talented Cannonball Run driver!
Nothing beats that smile when he looks at us and keeps rolling. I love that!
Man, it's so funny!
I know - before Eddie Murphy did it in Trading Places!
The Kenworth's jake at 3.02 sound awesome. Sweet sounding Cat motor too.
Rest in peace, Bandit. Keep 'er shiny side up and between the ditches...
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Wow Smokey and the bandit I love this movie watched it a hundred times thank you and God bless you 🥰🥰🌹🌹💋💋❤️❤️😘😘
Absolutely classic. These two were National Treasures!
3- you forgot jackie gleason
i was 18 in 1978, making good money for the time. my 3rd car i ever owned was a brand new '78 red T/A. i sold it less than a year after buying it to buy a used '77 Bandit T/A. no regrets at all. i'd take a trip to the crossroads to own another one.
A lot of people don't realize that the car is actually a 1976 Trans Am with a 1977 front bumper. They had to do slight modifications to make it fit and have the body lines match up. the 1977 model wasn't on the market when filming began, so GM provided them with the front bumper - brilliant advertising.
and it worked. This movie skyrockted Trans Am sales.
The engine sounds were also dubbed in, since the factory motor didn't sound "tough" enough. The sounds were actually recorded from the '55 Chevy that Harrison Ford drove in American Graffiti (powered by a built, tunnel-rammed Chevy 427 big block).
Did the 76 have the Hurst Ttop??
700% increase
@@smitha775 yes
RIP Burt 🙏🏼 and RIP Jerry 🙏🏼 two of my favorite 😢
This somehow came up in my feed, and I figured, "Well, I'll watch the first minute of it" then wound up watching the whole thing. Kinda like when the movie pops up on TV "Well, I'll just watch the first half hour" ... NOBODY ever watches just the first half hour 😉😎🤠
I still remember as a little kid watching this all the time with my parents. That trans am is still the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen
I 😍 smokey and the bandit my favorite movie
And at 37 (in August) I still lust here in the UK thanks to that car! God damn!!!!!!!
Love this movie I have had to have watched it over a thousand times now,. This is where my love of the Trans Am started, and became a Burt Reynolds fan and the start of my crush on Sally Fields.
RIP Burt Reynolds, Jerry Reed and Fred.
Doesn't get any better than this!!! Hell Yeah!!!
Proud to be from the state of Georgia, that plate on his car is a perfect fit.
I was 14 at the time and fell in love with that car. Never had one because I live in the UK. Drive a new Audi now at 58 yrs old but that Trans Am ❤
I can't wait to watch this with my niece and nephews. The whole movie of course. Lots to learn. Lots of fun to have.
R.I.P. Burt Reynolds aka The Bandit!
Yep
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One of the best if not the quintessential trucker movie of all times. Saw this growing up as a kid with my dad who was a driver. Still blast east bound and down least twice a week in my truck when doing deliveries. Keep that hammer down fellow truckers.
What about Convoy?
Getting ready to go see this in the big theater tomorrow with my grandkids. It’s so cool they play some of the classics in the theaters these days. So excited for my grand kids to see it.
Hey imagine if they did Knight Rider with Burt Reynolds as Michael Knight and Jerry Reed as the voice of K.I.T.T.! After all these years that just occurred to me.
This was my youth.had a 77 Bandit trans am love it.then I got my 79 Bandit trans am in 79 .19 years old.they were not the best ta ever made but the first 2 movies put those cars into a class of there own. The boys were jealous and the girls loved them. Burt you rest in peace. You and those cars will live on forever .I thank you for your work and your laugh. You were a big kid at heart. Those cars and your movies will live in my heart.say hi to Jerry and it will always be "east bound and down
Bullshit
Burt is so cool.....he even drove with the t-tops out in the rain.
I like how Burt breaks the Fourth Wall at 5:02. RIP Burt, Jerry, Jackie, and Hal.
I’ve got a 1980 Firebird Formula and this movie makes me love it even more than I already do
0:38 Bandit 1 was such a fucking iconic car. When I was a kid I remember watching this movie with my dad and just being in awe. I love the 80s!
Imagine the mindset after staying up for 28 hours straight! Whew! Possibly a few yellow jacket 💊 no doze etc lol were taken. One of my favorite movies of all time, I was only 8 years old when it came out in theaters, even got to see a lot of movies at the drive in theater, good times indeed.
I made a few trips about 25 hours straight back in my 20's.....,I found start early evening, then your awake pretty good all night, and then daylight comes it's not so bad......drank alot of coffee and pounded the No Doz, but I'll tell ya....I was a shaking wreck and needed about 12 hours sleep after that.
Great movie. I was 9 at the time and it has been one of my favorites ever since.
Jerry's gone now and Fred has long since passed, and at this point Burt isn't far behind at 82! Sadly, most of the cast are now DECEASED. Saw this movie when it came out and we only had ONE movie theater where I lived and they showed it a couple weeks at a time! I got into the CB craze in the early-to-mid 70's and it was lots of fun. No computers, no internet, no cell-phones, smart-phones, texting or email. Back then people interacted FACE to FACE!
Mike Hawk
I think the only other ones left are frog, little enos & jr.
Face to Face....over a CB radio. LOL
We still talk face to face ? And cb to cb is not face to face
I was referring to the lack of smart-phones, computers, tablets and cell-phones in general, unlike today where everyone's noses are parked in front of their 'device'. Of course we had "CB". Radio has been around more than a hundred years now. If you didn't understand what I was getting at then you three assholes need to get a refund from whatever grade school you attended...lol
Mike Hawk, Hahahaha!!!!! They have to be a complete fucking morons to not get what you were saying. As a kid in 1977, talking on the telephone was the LAST thing I wanted to do. I was playing OUTSIDE or riding my bike. Talking on the phone wasn't on my list of activities. Just because there were telephones in 1977 doesn't negate the fact people interacted far better in 77 than we do now!