While the Trans Am was noticeable, left sitting in the middle of the road, it wasn't until this week that the reference to the film was totally complete. He’s the opposite of the buffoonish cartoon lawman that Jackie Gleason would play opposite Burt in the later Smokey and the Bandit films. In Episode 10 you will have noticed the distinctive truck that Richard and Daryl shelter behind before Richard reveals his plan, a truck that was actually an almost-identical replica of the one used in Smokey and the Bandit!īut not only did Snowman's truck pop up in The Walking Dead, but last week during Episode 9, Redditor bkaraff noticed there was a more subtle reference to Smokey and the Bandit when a black Trans Am could be seen on the highway near the walker herd close to the explosives trap. In the film, the beer is transported in a truck by Cledus 'Snowman' Snow (Jerry Reed), while Bo 'Bandit' Darville (Reynolds) drives a black Trans Am to divert attention from the truck and its load. It's been 30 years since Burt Reynolds starred in 'Smokey and the Bandit' and made driving a rig on the open highway seem like a cool way to make a living.
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So with such love for Georgia with cast and crew, it was very cool to see a nod to the Burt Reynolds's film Smokey and the Bandit, in which characters attempt to drive bootleg Coors beer to Georgia (ultimately ending up in Atlanta) where it could be legally sold. Long before Vin Diesel every got behind the wheel in 'Fast & Furious,' there was Burt Reynolds and 'Smokey and the Bandit.' The comedy, car chase movie is marking its 40th anniversary this year. Bandit is just what his name says an outlaw, living by his own rules and making fools of everyone enforcing the rules. And not only do the characters have ties to the area, but in real life the show is also filmed in The Peach State. 'Smokey and the Bandit' is rooted deep in the rebellious spirit of the 70s. While the group might now live in Virginia, the characters originally started out in the state of Georgia. There was a cool reference to Smokey and the Bandit
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