Search results

Fred was the best co-pilot of any 1977 movie - except maybe for Chewbacca.

The Wikipedia page goes to the same idea you're thinking. I believe Gleason was either unavailable or not a willing participant in having that much of his dialogue replaced... Having Fred Flintstone be the one to do it is oddly appropriate...

Jim, I agree that Gleason pretty much steals the movie - mostly with improvised insults at Junior, the Bandit and anyone else in his eyeline. But there are plenty of other things in this movie that still knock me over: -The haggling between Bandit and Big/Little Enos: "That's great...

Um, that would be because it actually WAS the guy from the Flintstones doing the voiceover. No joke.

Jackie Gleason would have said "Ooof!" If you find a TV cut of the movie, you might hear him yelling "You Scum Bum!" and endlessly repeating "You Moose Twit!" while his lips are saying something a tad different...

<p> <strong>Smokey and the Bandit</strong> drives onto Blu-ray in a nice edition that can really take the viewer back to 1977 for 90 minutes of sheer moviemaking fun.&nbsp; The Blu-ray comes with the same HD transfer used for the 2007 HD-DVD, the extras from the 2006 DVD plus a trailer and some...