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  • @manny3456
    @manny3456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    I love how every time Roger Moore has a scene he's got a different Woman with him.

    • @saltymisfit6566
      @saltymisfit6566 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      More James Bond, less The Saint 😉

    • @donaldfuller5058
      @donaldfuller5058 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The reason is because the first girl was almost killed and was wheelchair disabled for the rest of her life. A stunt man wrecked

    • @Cybotic
      @Cybotic 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All of them were voiced by June Foray.

    • @stuartcrigan482
      @stuartcrigan482 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He is the man

  • @michaelschroeck2254
    @michaelschroeck2254 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    Mel Tillis and Terry Bradshaw were an excellent team in this movie!!❤️❤️❤️

    • @dr.burtgummerfan439
      @dr.burtgummerfan439 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "We just out out out out lookin for a pack of cigarettes" one of my favorite movie lines.

    • @carlosrvra
      @carlosrvra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "P...p...p...PLENTY!"

    • @mcgilj1
      @mcgilj1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Have to say I prefer Mel in the sequel with Tonya Danza and the ape... Lol... Can't beat Sammy and Deano tho.

    • @EfftupSmith
      @EfftupSmith 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mcgilj1 some of the better bits in the very dissapointing sequel.

    • @beatmet2355
      @beatmet2355 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It didn’t seem like they were in it much

  • @Rmlohner
    @Rmlohner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    The crazy doctor is played by Jack Elam, whose left eye was blinded in a childhood accident. He mostly played creepy villains, playing off the eerie permanent stare of the dead eye, but occasionally also did roles like this that played it for laughs. And that also means there's two one-eyed actors in the film, with Sammy Davis Jr.

    • @godmagnus
      @godmagnus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This film was a huge leap forward for one eye representation

    • @Bodneyblue
      @Bodneyblue 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Starred in a number of Westerns....alongside actors like John Wayne.

    • @zneezer
      @zneezer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Watching old westerns, espeically the tv shows, he shows up all the time.

    • @Fatherofheroesandheroines
      @Fatherofheroesandheroines 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He was great in Support your Local Sheriff!

    • @tomloft2000
      @tomloft2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he was passing through on his way to Australia.

  • @CAbbott71
    @CAbbott71 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Yes, Jackie was speaking Cantonese (Southern Chinese) with the odd Japanese word thrown in.
    Loved seeing Corporal Klinger there (Jamie Farr) as the Shiek

    • @dunhill1
      @dunhill1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Doesn't the Shiek make a longer appearance in Cannonball Run Part 2 ?

  • @mcgee227
    @mcgee227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    No one else has reacted to this. Just like Smoky and the Bandit. You guys are the only ones doing it.

  • @dmneeds
    @dmneeds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I was so excited when I saw this. This is one of those classic guilty pleasures. They put together an amazing cast for this one.
    I also loved that we got multiple Emily snorts with this one.

    • @ydenneki
      @ydenneki 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I always thought the SECOND one had a bigger and better cast as well as more comedy, even if the story wasn't quite as good. After all the second one had Frank Sinatra, Ricardo Montalban , Telly Savalis, Richard Kiel, Tony Danza, Jim Nabors, and a lot of other big names that weren't in this one.

  • @SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman
    @SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    This is awesome that you watched a movie that I was in! Where Burt lands the plane to get beer I was standing with the crowd of folks on the corner where the plane turns around, I was in 10th grade in 1981 & had just gotten out of school & made it to the square just in time to see them land! This is the Covington Georgia square which is home of the Dukes of Hazzard which I was on the opposite side of the square in the very first episode 1978 right as the General Lee comes sliding onto the square {TH-cam Dukes of Hazzard : Chase From 1st Episode} & Covington was also home to Heat of the Night which I had my 1978 Ttop Z28 in an episode 1992 but I reckon it was left on the cutting room floor as I never seen it in any episode! My family & I were actually living just outside Jonesboro the summer of '76 where Snowman's house was in Smokey & the Bandit & we moved to Covington the spring of '77! Those were some great times back then - PEACE LOVE n HIPPYNESS ✌❤☮

    • @Deathbird_Mitch
      @Deathbird_Mitch 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Growing up in NYC I wonder how many movies and TV shows I'm accidentally in the background of as I wandered by.

    • @John-tn7nm
      @John-tn7nm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can't wait for you guys to watch Cannonball Run ll 😂😂

    • @machfront
      @machfront ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello, ‘neighbor’!. I’ve lived all my life in Fayetteville and Peachtree City, GA. Born in ‘74 and grew up in Fayetteville only four miles away from many of the traveling scenes and Snowman’s dog is in the pond in S&tB on highway 54. Heheh. 🙂
      Now, after Pinewood (called something different now) opened studios only a couple of miles down the road about 10 years ago, it’s not been odd to randomly see folks from The Walking Dead and major ‘Hollywood’ productions in town.
      Odd shift, to be sure.
      (Obviously, now that TWD is over, none of them any longer)

  • @robertanderson6929
    @robertanderson6929 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Earlier in their careers Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood both were under contracts at Universal Studios. As Burt tells the story, they both were fired on the same day. He stated, they met at a bar near the studio to commiserate losing their jobs.
    Clint asked Burt what reason the studio boss gave him and Burt replied, "He said I couldn't act. And you?"
    Clint replied, "He told me my Adam's Apple was too BIG." Burt started to chuckle and said, "That's too bad, buddy."
    Clint became a bit angry and said, "Hey, why are you laughing? You're just as out of a job as me."
    Burt replied, "Yeah, but I can always learn to act and you'll have that Adam's Apple for the rest of your life."

    • @beatmet2355
      @beatmet2355 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great story. What was that movie they did together? White Heat?

    • @robertanderson6929
      @robertanderson6929 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@beatmet2355 City Heat (1984) was the movie they did together. But they were fired in 1958 from UA. At the time both were under "contracts" with the studio. Back then, under their contract, actors would agree to make x-number of movies for x-number of dollars. They were not paid points or residuals. Residuals (royalties) began being paid on movies after 1960 and salaries based upon points is a bit newer of a concept. There is a famous story about the cast of Gilligan's Island who were paid their weekly salary of < $1000 and NOTHING more despite the show being syndicated for over 50 years. That story has been disputed by claims that their contracts actually provided residual payments for the first 4 or 5 times the episode was re-run which was the standard in 1964. But still the actors missed out on a ton of residual payments compared to what actors receive today. But back in 1958 actors were likely paid a flat amount for a film and nothing more.

  • @dr.burtgummerfan439
    @dr.burtgummerfan439 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Fun fact: Brock Yates actually drove the TransCon Medevac ambulance in the real Cannonball, and the part where the doctor explained the cysts on the lungs to the police really happened. Brock's wife was their "patient". The ambulance broke down and I don't think it finished.

    • @Perktube1
      @Perktube1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Farah Fawcett?

    • @Paul77ozee
      @Paul77ozee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Plus that was the original ambulance they used. I never understood the scene at the seven eleven when he says the car goes both ways. After seeing a doco on it l realised the ambulance has 4 fuel ports which makes it faster to fill.

    • @Fatherofheroesandheroines
      @Fatherofheroesandheroines 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm guessing you watched the comments part where they said .. exactly what you just said.

  • @darrenrunning5415
    @darrenrunning5415 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I would recommend "The Gumball Rally", another movie based on the Coast to Coast race. It stars Raul Julia in his first movie role.

    • @richieb7692
      @richieb7692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A great film.

    • @mandofan2616
      @mandofan2616 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You gotta do Cannonball 2, also I think you did smokey and the bandit 1, definitely do part 2 as well, just as good and forget about pt 3. Yikes.

    • @andrewcharles459
      @andrewcharles459 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The first rule of Italian driving - whatsa behind you isa not important!

    • @emptycaster4905
      @emptycaster4905 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I absolutely agree, Do Cannonball 2 if you must for the ratings, but Please, Please, Please watch "The Gumball Rally" almost no one has done Gumball. its, as a whole a better movie, sans spoof than the Cannonballs.

    • @athos1974
      @athos1974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agree 💯%

  • @bigjay123
    @bigjay123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The Bloopers are the best part.🤣

  • @tonyberezowski7859
    @tonyberezowski7859 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The best part of this entire thing is how Emily's laugh fit right in with Burt and Dom's!!

  • @roderickstrong9298
    @roderickstrong9298 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    The memories I had when I first saw this movie in the theater are priceless. This was practically a "who's who" of Hollywood greats compiled in a zany cornucopia of madness. I love this movie because it's so fun to watch. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but then again, it doesn't need to. Just a great escape from the grips of reality is what this movie gives me. Afterwards, I come to the reality that 90% of the principle cast in this movie has passed away, but here I can remember when they were in this movie they had was much fun making this movie was I did watching it....... Especially the outtakes!!

    • @shioriryukaze
      @shioriryukaze 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The line where you say it's a who's who of Hollywood greats is basically the best way to describe this movie if you had to do it in one sentence.

    • @goldenager59
      @goldenager59 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The late, sorely missed Roger Ebert dubbed this movie "Hollywood Squares on Wheels", and I agree.
      Sadly (unlike me), he did *not* intend it for a compliment. 🤭

  • @Bodneyblue
    @Bodneyblue 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    As I recall this was the only movie I saw at theatre with my father...He never had time for me, but as he wanted to see the movie he also came along...So it's always had some meaning for me.

  • @Caynnor
    @Caynnor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You have done Cannonball Run along with Smokey and the Bandit so you are now ready for Hooper.

    • @Grovester77
      @Grovester77 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or Stroker Ace

  • @lyonz42
    @lyonz42 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    One of my favorite childhood movies, every time my family went on a long car trip, I'd pretend we were in the race. The movie is very rewatchable because there is a bunch of hidden jokes in it. A lot of it though goes over modern audiences heads because the jokes were timely to the era. One you may not have noticed, the leader of the biker gang is Peter Fonda, who was in Easy Rider.

  • @44excalibur
    @44excalibur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    The Cannonball Run is actually the third movie based on the real life illegal cross-country race known as the "Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash," which was held five times in the 1970s in protest against the newly-established 55 MPH speed limit. The previous two films based on the illegal race were The Gumball Rally with Michael Sarrazin and Raul Julia, and Cannonball with David Carradine, both of which came out in 1976, five years before The Cannonball Run was released.

    • @nluna75
      @nluna75 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No one remembers Canonball or that awesome Scorsese/Stallone cameo in that movie. Gumball was the better movie but Cannonball was fun too.

    • @zneezer
      @zneezer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Imo The Gumball Rally is the best of the lot.

    • @44excalibur
      @44excalibur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@zneezer It was. The Gumball Rally had those epic chase scenes between Julia in the '72 Ferrari GTS 4 Daytona Spyder and Sarrazin in the '66 AC Shelby Cobra 427.

    • @goldenager59
      @goldenager59 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nluna75
      As it happens, I remember *Cannonball* very fondly as well as the aforementioned cameos. With the Reynolds movie, it makes for a great double feature (just make sure you see the Carradine film first). 😁

    • @joebeus6886
      @joebeus6886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "The Gumball Rally" is THE Best car movie ever made !!! 😎👍

  • @cshubs
    @cshubs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I have a story about this movie. I spent half my youth in Massachusetts. We moved to Ohio in 1985, but my folks rented the Mass. house out. The man who rented it was a business man whose ventures included mechanical services for exotic cars and car-themed clubs. For some reason, he not only had possession of the Cannonball Run Lambo, but he drove it. He kept it in our garage for a year!!! My neighborhood friends, who were about 15 at the time, witnessed it through the garage door windows.

    • @Britcarjunkie
      @Britcarjunkie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Countach was bought on-set by the founder of Hawaiian Tropic suntan lotion, and he owned it until not too long ago (there's a video on TH-cam about the car, that was done last year).
      I forget who the original owner was, but he actualky didn't own the car for very long at all (I think a few weeks, if that long).

    • @cshubs
      @cshubs 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Britcarjunkie Is it possible the guy lied about the origins of the car? Sure. I never saw the car or met him. The last I heard of him around 1986, he was beaten with a baseball bat...maybe for lies? Either way, there was a black Lambo in our garage.

    • @Britcarjunkie
      @Britcarjunkie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cshubs Perhaps he owned the one used in the sequel?

  • @Rmlohner
    @Rmlohner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    It takes a special kind of crazy genius to come up with a concept like Roger Moore playing a lunatic who thinks he's Roger Moore (and not Simon Templar or James Bond, just Roger Moore).

    • @andreaspooky6183
      @andreaspooky6183 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You mean like Sgt. Lincoln Osyris' Robert Downey Jr ? :-)

    • @Madbandit77
      @Madbandit77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You forgot Beau Maverick.

    • @DaveF.
      @DaveF. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And Roger Moore agrees to take this role... While he his still under contract as the current James Bond. How the hell he got away with this I do not know.. Brosnan's contact said he wasn't even allowed to wear a tuxedo in any other movie he made while playing Bond.

    • @jb888888888
      @jb888888888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As originally scripted he was going to think he was James Bond but Eon Productions wouldn't let them use the name, hence he thinks he's Roger Moore -- but acts like James Bond.

  • @NWAWskeptic
    @NWAWskeptic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This is one of those movies I loved as a kid shortly after it came out, then as an adult realize how dumb it really is….yet watch it completely when it’s on and still love it.

  • @charlesspringer4709
    @charlesspringer4709 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Farah Fawcet was such a doll.

  • @christophercattie
    @christophercattie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love when Dom says "Mr Martin laughed first"

  • @athens_1psvr31
    @athens_1psvr31 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lmao. I’m 42 and old enough to get the madam joke for the first time. That’s why you have to revisit your old classics.
    I fell in love with “The Last Dragon” all over again when I watched it in my 20’s. 😶‍🌫️

  • @sergiodavila5269
    @sergiodavila5269 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’ve been waiting so long for ANYONE to react to this classic!!!!LOVE IT!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @snowcat8971
    @snowcat8971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I remember going to this movie as a kid, and even though I at the time I was unfamiliar with much of the cast, I loved it so much. After multiple rewatches as I got older (and knowing more and more of these actors), it was even better. I also grew up as a huge Joe Theisman fan, so the sequel was a must-watch as well (the pairing of Jackie Chan and Jaws from the James Bond movies was pretty awesome too).

  • @shorttimer874
    @shorttimer874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    During the pandemic lockdown, when there was no traffic, a new Cannonball record was set, 26 hour, 38 minutes.

  • @Erock_1995
    @Erock_1995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You gotta see the sequal! Great classic of legends. You'll never see them again.

  • @TrashWerewolf
    @TrashWerewolf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I LOVE this movie!! When I was a teenager, this movie was on heavy rotation on HBO and I must have watched it 30 times! I never got tired of it! Especially the outtakes at the end!

  • @arcticbanana66
    @arcticbanana66 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I see "The Gumball Rally" and "Cannonball" are already being recommended, so I'll go back a little bit further: the 1965 comedy "The Great Race", based on the real-life 1908 New York To Paris Race, where the racers had to travel from New York, New York to Paris, France... traveling _west._ It's best known for two things: being the primary inspiration for the cartoon "Wacky Races", and for a certain scene that's been called "the greatest pie fight ever."

  • @ck_idgaf1680
    @ck_idgaf1680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of my all time favs again. Directed by a fellow memphian, the late great Hal Needham.

  • @evilervcowart6234
    @evilervcowart6234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy hellfire 'n brimstone, I had totally forgotten just how hilarious this film is! I haven't seen it in decades; somehow it just fell through the cracks...but that shall be remedied thusly 😂🤣

  • @tommarks3726
    @tommarks3726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Funny movie. Gumball Rally is still my favorite. You can see the love and friendship between Burt and Dom.

  • @GatBlackistan
    @GatBlackistan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Man I had to drop a comment because I'm thrilled someone is finally doing this movie. It was a favorite of mine and my brothers growing up. It needs to be reacted to by the right people though because it's packed with stars that some won't recognize but I know you guys will. Haven't watched it in over 20 years and I can't wait to see how it holds up!

  • @Blaskor314
    @Blaskor314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You didn't know you needed Captain Chaos in your life...until you have Captain Chaos in your life...Movie brings back memories (Saw it originally at a drive-in)

  • @eddiefriend2546
    @eddiefriend2546 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is the grandpa of this type of movie. You mentioned it so now you need to watch it. All 3+ Hrs of it! 😬

  • @XRos28
    @XRos28 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love two characters: Roger Moore who thinks he's 007 and Jackie Chan who thinks he's Jackie Chan... LOL. Great one guys, Matthew for choosing this one and Emily for yourself. :)

    • @EfftupSmith
      @EfftupSmith 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jackie Chan IS Jackie Chan. but a motor racing one. Roger Moore;s character is classic because he thinks he's Roger Moore, but can't distinguish him from 007. Maybe it's because his mother is too Jewish or something.

  • @jmalonemyth
    @jmalonemyth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the blooper reel is gold!

  • @Grim177
    @Grim177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So glad that I grew up with this film, it's sequel and the Smokey and the Bandits. I've always suspected the critic's hated this film mainly because they saw it nothing more than a bunch of huge stars enjoying themselves and having fun. Which is for me the main reason I love it. It was either Hal Needham or Albert S. Ruddy who said on the director's commentary that at an early screening people actually stood and applauded the opening titles just for cast list. We really will never see the like again.

  • @Dharnyle
    @Dharnyle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My favorite part of this movie, because I used to say it all the time as a teenager, was the bit with Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin... Because you're small, small, S-M-ALL!"

  • @AustinCherry
    @AustinCherry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The plane scene was in Covington, Ga. The same town that Vampire Diaries was shot in.

  • @fourthdrawerdown6297
    @fourthdrawerdown6297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:37: “ Been a cop long?” , has now been added to my arsenal of ‘ things to say if I ever get pulled over ‘. 🚗🚓

    • @totallybored5526
      @totallybored5526 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      From experience don’t ask “do you come here often?”

  • @tranya327
    @tranya327 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    fun fact: Brock Yates, who having created the real-life Cannonball Run, wrote the film directly for the screen, plays the race organizer of who lays down the rules at the starting line. Director Hal Needham appears uncredited as the ambulance EMT. He's the guy who says, "You can smoke thru traffic like shot thru a gun in this thing."

  • @Dave.S.Cramer
    @Dave.S.Cramer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When that movie was first released on VHS back in the early 80's I used to come home and watch it EVERY day after school for months. It drove my parents nuts, but I was obsessed with it. It never gets old to me. One of my favorite movies of all time.

  • @celeboria
    @celeboria 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved your reaction as always!
    At 08:55 he was impersonating President Richard Nixon, who preceded many public comments with "Let me make one thing perfectly clear", which is funny since he hadn´t been president for over 7 years by the time this movie came out. Also, you are going to love "It´s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (1963)

  • @admiralkusanagi3557
    @admiralkusanagi3557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely great movie! You can tell how big some of these names were when Dom DeLuise referred to Dean Martin as "Mr. Martin" at the end. Some big respect right there.

  • @Britcarjunkie
    @Britcarjunkie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Funny:
    I got to talk with Dom and Peter DeLuise at L.A. Airport for a few minutes, one night: I worked there, and they were looking for the British Caledonian Airways ticket counter.
    Several years later, I got to say hello to Burt Reynolds, at a newsstand in Van Nuys!
    Btw, Burt and Dom were best friends, along with Jerry Reed.
    When this came out, Jackie Chan was unknown to 90% of Americans: us kids that watched the B-martial arts flicks on weekends knew who he was, though, and we went crazy when we saw his name in the credits.
    Oh, the guy with the nasty stutter, is country legend Mel Tillis, and that really was his stutter!
    Another "oh", the hotel at the end of the film, The Portofino Inn, is still there.
    Last "oh": I think the opening scenes were filmed on US95 between Henderson, NV., and Boulder City...the hotel they pass near a curve in the road looks kind of like the Railroad Pass Hotel/Casino.

  • @christopherferrarelli2262
    @christopherferrarelli2262 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    To put this film in historical context: it came out during the summer of 1981; a summer that was dominated by comedies (Stripes), action movies (For Your Eyes Only), superhero movies (Superman II), and an adventure with an archaeologist named Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark). The fact that it was well received, and fared great against those films, shows the legacy of this film, and how timeless it is.

  • @PhantomHT1320
    @PhantomHT1320 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    can you IMAGINE how much fun it musta been to be on set everyday making this movie with all those stars and remember this was back in '81. there was no internet, no facebook, no instagram, no twitter, no tik tok.

    • @johnbernhardtsen3008
      @johnbernhardtsen3008 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      so true, the stars probably had an entourage, they all partied cuz that was the stars did back in those days!always had fun and got paid for it!

  • @Otakur42
    @Otakur42 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “What the hell is this?!” This is my favorite guilty pleasure movie, along with the sequel. I often pop one on whenever I’m in a bad mood.

  • @trevertravis8963
    @trevertravis8963 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love this movie. I watched it all the time as a kid. One nit-pick I have is the inconsistency with the rules of the race. At the beginning, it cleary states that the winner is determined by whoever has the shortest time between their start and finish times. But at the end, the winner is just whoever crosses the finish line first.
    Small gripe, but has always bothered me.

  • @fritzk3627
    @fritzk3627 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m so happy you are watching this movie! I was a little boy, when this came out and it was a great bonding event for my Dad and I. ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️

  • @mrlol2238
    @mrlol2238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Your channel has, yet again, come through with a hard to get classic. Not saying it’s the best, it doesn’t matter. So fun, even if….”she” hated it…..(see what I did there?). When I first got cable, this was in all the time, and yes, I watched every time. Only afterwards did I appreciate it had two of brat pack, Jackie Chan, James Bond, mr Reynolds, Bradshaw….Lolol. Y’all are great.

    • @carlhartwell7978
      @carlhartwell7978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You might have meant _'...two of the Rat Pack...'_ 😀

    • @mrlol2238
      @mrlol2238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@carlhartwell7978 yeah, spellcheck got me when I wasn’t paying attention.

    • @carlhartwell7978
      @carlhartwell7978 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrlol2238 👍

  • @dukesworld4111
    @dukesworld4111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She needs to see "Smokey and the Bandit II" for some more Burt and Dom , as well as some of the best Buford T. lines ever!

  • @REMEMBER1776
    @REMEMBER1776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Burt and Dom also team up in "The End"...

  • @axx6435
    @axx6435 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I was in 3rd grade my school had a movie night and this what they showed. I loved it then and I love it still.

  • @obelisk21
    @obelisk21 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Of all the times I have seen this movie I just realized that the main villain in the movie was named "Arthur J. Foyt". One of the most famous drivers at the Indy 500 Races about the time this movie was made is named A.J. Foyt. Clearly, this was meant to be an Easter Egg that I totally missed.

  • @garyb5998
    @garyb5998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    OMG 😎 🙏 😂 a reaction finally to this movie.... He is Here... 😂 😂

  • @mikedignum1868
    @mikedignum1868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The outtakes to this film are hilarious.

  • @EmperorSmith
    @EmperorSmith 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the first movie I ever remember seeing that had outtakes playing over the credits.
    I'm not sure if it was the first, but it certainly popularised it.

  • @OneAndOnlyMe
    @OneAndOnlyMe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorite movies of all time. I've watched it countless times, and each time it's as enjoyable as the first.

  • @jaxonrenick5536
    @jaxonrenick5536 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent reaction!
    I saw this pop up in my feed and immediately freshened my drink, loaded a fresh bowl and readied my lighter before pushing "play" and letting Emily's delight spill out of the screen.
    Alright, Matthew, now you have to show her "Hooper"!

  • @BessieRiggs
    @BessieRiggs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Prince Abdul bin Falafel (Jamie Farr) is my favorite character in both movies

  • @mizzfit02
    @mizzfit02 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Burt had the best laught.

  • @drdreddmanofmystery9482
    @drdreddmanofmystery9482 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mel Tillis who played the stutterer is a cournty western artist actually has a stutter and became a singer to help with his problem.

  • @David-eo8if
    @David-eo8if 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    “That wonderful mustache!”.
    “Dom Deloiiose?” Genuine spit take on my end!! 😹

  • @OneAndOnlyMe
    @OneAndOnlyMe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fun fact: The gorgeous waitress that The Sheik (Jamie Farr) wants to add to his harem appeared in Playboy (I managed to find a copy of it on eBay).

  • @alankohn6709
    @alankohn6709 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I watched a documentary on the race and the "official" race ended when a friend of the organiser called him up and showed him this super high horse power sports car he had brought for the race and he realised that there was no way that his friend could safely drive the car.
    In one of those every cloud has a silver lining people have kept breaking the record and during Covid the record was broken again because there was less cars and police on the road.
    There is a very similar and I think earlier move called the Gumball Rally that might be worth a look.

    • @duckrutt
      @duckrutt 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's the black Lamborghini they used in the movie.

    • @alankohn6709
      @alankohn6709 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@duckrutt Thank I drew a blank I remembered black and sports car but couldn't pull up type

    • @duckrutt
      @duckrutt 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alankohn6709 It get it, believe me I get it.
      Secret between you and me? I double checked with my Yates Cannonball book before I clicked reply.
      Side note. that mention of Lamborghini isn't in the index but a story about Wilt Chamberlain is so that had me worried.

    • @alankohn6709
      @alankohn6709 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@duckrutt I'm sure that Doco is on TH-cam but couldn't tell you where it was really interesting but I watched while I was sick so I wasn't tracking well

    • @ceeball
      @ceeball 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "The Cannonball Run Countach" Found it when I was searching for a video of the opening chase. Fun documentary.

  • @Tiek-bl8ej
    @Tiek-bl8ej 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The red car that Terry Bradshaw and Mel Tillis drive is an actual car from Nascar. The driver was Donnie Allison.

  • @KnightsaysNi
    @KnightsaysNi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Still trying to wrap my head around how THAT laugh comes out of Burt freaking Reynolds.🤣🤣

  • @Runescope
    @Runescope 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Another old movie like this that You might like is “Support Your Local Sheriff”.

    • @hempsellastro
      @hempsellastro 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Arguably Jack Elam’s finest hour (and 32 minutes)

    • @christianemden7637
      @christianemden7637 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is a much better movie than cannonball run, so i fully support the nomination

    • @JGlaister
      @JGlaister 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hempsellastro was that the one where he was shoveling sh... er... working in the stables?

    • @OneAndOnlyMe
      @OneAndOnlyMe 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And the sequel to Support Your Local Sheriff.

  • @JohnMiller-zn9pf
    @JohnMiller-zn9pf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For those who didn't catch it, the Shiek is Jamie Farr aka Klinger

  • @boomzer10
    @boomzer10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A lot of people don't know that there were 3 Cannonball Run movies made. The third Cannonball Run movie was named Speed Zone which stars John Candy and many other stars. Unfortunately, Burt Reynolds is not in that one and the movie is kind of forgotten about. I think that movie is mainly found on VHS and maybe some DVD bootleg copies of the VHS. VHS rips of Speed Zone can also be viewed on TH-cam. The first 2 were the best and were childhood favorites of mine.

  • @keithdean9149
    @keithdean9149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was one of the silliest movies to come out in the 80's, and I loved every bit of it.

  • @GigiC4
    @GigiC4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's a funny movie but the out takes are the best thing in it, my brother and I still quote the "These bleeds? These offing bleeds?" to each other 35 years after seeing the movie on VHS.

    • @Parallax-3D
      @Parallax-3D 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bloopers yes. After-credits scene, no. That would be “The Muppet Movie”, in 1979. After the credits, Animal says, “GO HOME!”

  • @Tackleberry61
    @Tackleberry61 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is one of my all-time favorite movies. I've always been into cars, so I loved the car aspect of it when I was a young kid. And my fondness for this and the 2nd part has only further engrained itself into my heart as time has gone on. I am glad you guys enjoyed this movie as much as I have!

  • @toob1979
    @toob1979 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Critics weren't very kind to Burt Reynolds when he was making his big money movies in the late 70s and early 80s. One of the biggest regrets of Burt's life was that he never won an Oscar, though he was nominated once for his role in _Boogie Nights._
    P.S.: A team from _Car and Driver_ (or some such magazine) did one last unofficial Cannonball Run a couple of years ago during the height of the 'rona. They did it because so few cars were on the road, they could blow though major cities. Places like NYC and LA, where you'd normally be stuck in traffic for hours, could be left in the dust in like 30 minutes. They said they set a record of somewhere around 25 hours, coast to coast. That record can't be broken, because the roads will never be that clear again.

  • @TARider2
    @TARider2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm sure I'm not the only one but I love your kitty just lounging in the background hehe

  • @richardworton4597
    @richardworton4597 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My brother and I saw this movie at least 25 times at the theater in 1981. It was our mothers way of getting a couple hours free time in the summer. I was 12 and my brother was 8. Still have it on DVD and watch it once in awhile 😀

  • @verisimilitudeteller
    @verisimilitudeteller 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rodger Moore getting tossed from the car while screaming "Oy Vey!" Brilliant.

  • @StarWarsMoments
    @StarWarsMoments 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You need to throw a little outward wheezing into the
    Burt laughter, put some chest in there ;)

  • @PeggyV69
    @PeggyV69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of my all-time favorite movies. So glad Emily loved it. It’s so stupid it’s hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

  • @FeaturingRob
    @FeaturingRob 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The producer of this movie (that Matthew forgot) was Albert S. Ruddy, who won the Oscar for Best Picture for 'The Godfather' and 'Million Dollar Baby'. The story of the making of 'The Godfather' is the basis of 'The Offer' on Paramount Plus (which is AMAZING, btw). Ruddy and Needham also did 'Cannonball Run II' & 'Megaforce' together. Both 'Cannonball' films and 'Megaforce' are on my favorite dumb/silly films list.

    • @scottlyttle5586
      @scottlyttle5586 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The two shieks complaining about Jamie Farr...are the film's producers.

  • @mayorjimmy
    @mayorjimmy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fun Fact: Doing this movie was what inspired Jackie Chan to start putting blooper reels in all his movies.
    The female cop is Miss Tessmacher from Superman 1 and 2.

    • @HappyHarryHardon
      @HappyHarryHardon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Miss TessMACHEEERRRRRRR!!

    • @shag139
      @shag139 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ahhh yes. Never realized that.

  • @russellward4624
    @russellward4624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I haven't seen this is years. Such an amazing cast.

  • @donaldfleming5049
    @donaldfleming5049 ปีที่แล้ว

    The blooper reel during the credits was the best part of the movie.😂

  • @cessnaace
    @cessnaace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jackie Chan Stated in an interview that Burt Reynolds was the only one in the movie that knew who he was. Reynolds gave Chan a hug and made home feel welcomed. Cannonball Run, Cannonball Run II, and Cannonball Run III (aka Speed Zone) were co-produced by Hong Kong studio Golden Harvest.

  • @vindrow
    @vindrow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ah, one of my favorite movies ever....glad you guys finally got around to this😁😁

  • @Moochtv
    @Moochtv ปีที่แล้ว

    The only time I dressed up for a comic con, I went as Captain Chaos!
    Only 3 recognised who I was, with one shaking my hand for being original!

  • @terpcj
    @terpcj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very much recommend _The Gumball Rally_ which came out a few years before this.

  • @andyleclerc3600
    @andyleclerc3600 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I worked with someone who would quote the movie with me all the time...our favorite bit was the "rosary bleeds" outtake

  • @DavidK-hx6gn
    @DavidK-hx6gn 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When the Doc takes a shot from the syringe is gold 🤣

  • @Fatherofheroesandheroines
    @Fatherofheroesandheroines 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's said that The Moustache still lives on to this day on the royalties from this movie...

  • @LEGENDCITYest1963
    @LEGENDCITYest1963 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have other favorite movies of all time
    but I still say that this is the best Comedy of all time

  • @krono5el
    @krono5el 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cannonball run is totally a awesome classic but for some reason that Cannonball run 3 Speed Zone intro scene is forever engrained in my mind. aslo John Candy is the man : D

  • @marklee7236
    @marklee7236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the greatest movies ever made….legend after legend after legend…great reaction and I pray you react to the 2nd one as well 👍👍👍

  • @bearman9992001
    @bearman9992001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I must warn you. I'm Roger Moore" LOL

  • @scottlyttle5586
    @scottlyttle5586 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Commentary on this film by director Hal Needham is one of my favorite commentaries of all time.

  • @andrewcastillo3110
    @andrewcastillo3110 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    First of all, the cop skidding is one of my favorite stunts of all time. Love the Hal Needham versus Michael Bay comment. And I wonder how many people nowadays would get the Kojack Kodak reference.

  • @jasonknight1085
    @jasonknight1085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love how you figured out what movie to react to next when she brought up Rat Race.
    The eternal quest... for the giant W.

  • @rocknroller77
    @rocknroller77 ปีที่แล้ว

    😄 firsttime watching you guys and the "I feel like im Dom DeLuise," has me rolling. And the inital laugh ain the beginning at Burt Reynolds laugh, lol