The second highest grossing film in 1977 after Star Wars , Smokey and the Bandit was intended as a B movie until director Hal Needham's friend Burt Reynolds signed on to portray the Bandit (co-star Jerry Reed was originally cast as the lead). To portray the Bandit's nemesis, Sheriff Buford T. Justice, comedy legend Jackie Gleason improvised and ad-libbed much of his performance. Sales of the Bandit's...
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Associated Press - November 3, 2009 11:44 PM ET CHATOM, Ala. (AP) - Early returns show Democrat Elaine Beech has been elected to the House District 65 seat vacated by Marc Keahey.
In what must rank among the greatest tragedies in the history of rock 'n' roll music, Liam Gallagher confirms today that Oasis, the great rock 'n' roll band of all time, is offically broken up, over, history and "no longer."The singer whose erratic and threatening behaviour reportedly led to a guitar-bashing brawl with his guitarist-bandleader brother Noel, the cancellation of a concert,...
You heard about the legend of Jesse James, John Henry just to mention some names. But there’s a truck driving legend in the south today, a man called Bandit from Atlanta G.A.. -Jerry Reed Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go! I hate to do this one. Destroys my physiological state to do this one. No, it doesn’t [...] Added by: joshqpublic Viewed: 0 time(s) Tags/Keywords: derek jeter...
The Tennessean Mr. Singleton was a renegade producer, record executive, song-hunter and promoter who helped fuse country and R&B music in the 1960s and who perpetuated the Sun Records label since 1969. He had been battling brain cancer…. Mr. Singleton produced Jeannie C. Riley’s “Harper Valley P.T.A.,” a No. 1 country hit that became one of the biggest independent records...
Music News: Veteran label exec cut hits for country artists -- Veteran Nashville label exec and producer Shelby Singleton died Wednesday from brain cancer. He was 77.
Legends including DOLLY PARTON, MERLE HAGGARD and KENNY ROGERS were honoured at a star-studded country music ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday night (22Sep09).
I'm in a goofy music mood. First, it was bluegrass. Then, it was "I'm The Scatman" and "Frenzy". Now, I'm back to "Hee Haw". One of my commenters reminded me of "Where Oh Where Are You Tonight..." and I had...
One of our favorite urban myths/conspiracy theories is that of Smokey And The Bandit III and the role Jackie Gleason played in it. The plot is as disorganized as a South Korean Parliament fight, but Sheriff Justice essentially bets his badge (at his retirement party, for some reason) against his ability to transport a fish. To make things even more confusing, Jerry Reed decides to transition from...
Go away. Will you please leave? Go. Scram. Get. Move along. Why are you standing there? Ah, I see, you came here for something, and you won't go without it. And that something is of great value to you? How much? Heh, as if I would break my vow of poverty for the likes of an interloper. Well, then, what do you expect me to do? A reading. I can do this, if you promise me the greatest reward you can offer...
The trend of pop stars hosting TV variety shows didn’t really start with Sonny and Cher, but theirs was the first to become a Top-10 Nielsen hit. The duo’s 1971 summer replacement series, which took over the time slot of The Ed Sullivan Show after it left the air, was so successful that it led [...]
As some regular followers of my posts know, I often slap together a podcast here in Vancouver for CITR-FM consisting of various audio bric-a-brac. The station also does an annual "show swap" in which programmer's take over another programmer's show,...
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