# What's your 20, Bandit? - Burt Reynolds RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900 "2018-09-06T18:58:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/41 "2018-09-07T06:53:09Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > A friend of mine died last year and I recently came into possession of his photo albums. For some weird reason there is a picture of me looking at that centerfold. The picture was taken around 1979 (the centerfold is from 1972). I have no memory of it and no clue why I had it. 🙂 But Burt was sexy. One of the obituaries I read yesterday referred to the centerfold as “near nude.” Bull crap! Burt was as naked as the day he was born; he just had his naughty bits concealed by his forearm and crossed thighs, as had been mandatory for \*\*\*Playboy \*\*\*Playmates up to that time. (The first PM to show bush was Liv Lindeland in January 1971, and then just barely.) In her own centerfold, Linda Summers, the PM in the August 1972 issue, was looking at Burt’s. ---
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> [@wolfman](#): > > Burt was on top of the A list at that time, and faded away himself, a bit more gracefully however. I’d read that he was unwell for quite some time which made him unable to work, some problem with his jaw? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/43 "2018-09-07T08:20:14Z")
I loved it when the “Bandit”, (who was actually a bear) would punch out the traffic cops from the passenger window. So many memories! RIP ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/44 "2018-09-07T13:08:29Z")
Burt Reynolds was always Burt Reynolds. He was never a phony. You have to respect that. And he was one of my mother’s celebrity crushes. You led a good long life, Burt. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/45 "2018-09-07T13:27:07Z")
A more obscure appearance - he was a guest on the Mike Douglas show - late 60s/early 70s timeframe. He came out in football gear and was talking about all the awful things players did when they were in a pile-up, like stabbing each other with knives and razors. :eek: I didn’t know who he was and I didn’t understand why Mike Douglas was laughter about these horrible things! Yeah, not one of my smarter moments. Can’t believe I remember that all these years later. And I did enjoy him in Best Little Whorehouse. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/46 "2018-09-07T13:45:44Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I have no memory of it and no clue why I had it. 🙂 But Burt was sexy. Is that not reason enough? My favorite Burt Reynolds quote is from _The Longest Yard_. "The most important thing to remember is: to protect your quarterback - _me_! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/47 "2018-09-07T14:03:59Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Dan August. I was searching for something in IMDb for the Addams Family vs. Munsters thread. Carolyn Jones appeared on the show in 1971. Coincidence? I think not! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/48 "2018-09-07T14:23:59Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > I loved it when the “Bandit”, (who was actually a bear) would punch out the traffic cops from the passenger window. So many memories! RIP Are you sure you aren’t thinking about Clint Eastwood and Clyde, the orangutan? Because that was their schtick in “Any Which Way You Can” and “Every Which Way But Loose.” ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/49 "2018-09-07T15:05:21Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Are you sure you aren’t thinking about Clint Eastwood and Clyde, the orangutan? Because that was their schtick in “Any Which Way You Can” and “Every Which Way But Loose.” So hang on, who was BJ and the bear? 😃 I’m a pre internet Australian who had limited access to Foreign movies growing up, so many of a genre blended together. Burt was a classic though., again, RIP ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/50 "2018-09-07T15:14:00Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > So hang on, who was BJ and the bear? That was a TV show and the “bear” was a chimpanzee! ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/51 "2018-09-07T15:43:57Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > That was a TV show and the “bear” was a chimpanzee! But, lets be honest, weren’t they all about guys driving around the US with their best friend or their best car and flauting the law? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/52 "2018-09-07T15:53:43Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > So hang on, who was BJ and the bear? 😃 I’m a pre internet Australian who had limited access to Foreign movies growing up, so many of a genre blended together. Burt was a classic though., again, RIP As Baron Greenback notes, “[B.J. and the Bear](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._and_the_Bear)” was a US TV series, from that same era, about a truck driver (Greg Evigan) who had a chimpanzee named Bear. “[Every Which Way But Loose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Which_Way_but_Loose_(film))” (and its sequel, “Any Which Way You Can”) was a movie, also from that era, about a truck driver and bareknuckle fighter, Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood), who hung around with an orangutan named Clyde. Clyde was ridiculously strong, and “[right turn, Clyde](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zvTL8EJXjc)” is the scene you’re probably remembering. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/53 "2018-09-07T16:00:19Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > But, lets be honest, weren’t they all about guys driving around the US with their best friend or their best car and flauting the law? Pretty much, yes. The entire 1970s CB radio craze, and the bending-the-law trucker genre, traces back to the hit song “[Convoy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3VN54M1OXA)” (1975), which also spawned a movie of the same name (1978). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/54 "2018-09-07T16:02:35Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > But, lets be honest, weren’t they all about guys driving around the US with their best friend or their best car and flauting the law? I, uh, think you mean “flaunting.” And Sally Field beats Clyde and The Bear any day, in my book! :o _ **BJ and the Bear** _ was a direct ripoff of the Eastwood movies. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/55 "2018-09-07T16:09:22Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > But, lets be honest, weren’t they all about guys driving around the US with their best friend or their best car and **flauting the law**? One time, at band camp… ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/56 "2018-09-07T16:12:15Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I, uh, think you mean “flaunting.” In fact, the word I think he means is “[flouting](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/flout?s=t)”: treating with disdain, scorn, or contempt. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/57 "2018-09-07T16:13:57Z")
Deliverance led to a lot more people getting into canoeing and kayaking. I have a T shirt that says “paddle faster, I hear banjo music” ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/58 "2018-09-07T17:05:46Z")
He never should have accepted the role of Jerry “Fireball” Mudflap in “Fireball and Mudflap” tough. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/59 "2018-09-07T17:57:29Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > In fact, the word I think he means is “[flouting](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/flout?s=t)”: treating with disdain, scorn, or contempt. You are correct, my apologies. I should wait until I have my morning coffee before I try to correct such things. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900/60 "2018-09-07T18:10:53Z")
Yeah. This is another one that makes me see my mortality. Guy that was huge and in his prime when I was a kid is dead. And me being a kid doesn’t seem like THAT long ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-20-bandit-burt-reynolds-rip/820900.md?page=4)