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Smokey and the Bandit was a 1977 feature film that was Not Star Wars. It was a sober (!) meditation on many of American society's ills at her bicentennial. Some of the topics covered were
1) Alcohol abuse
I'm with MacGruff here. This is a fucking crime.
2) Seatbelts
It was a different time.
3) Police fitness for duty
Some things are timeless.
4) American cars and cornering
Some things are timeless.
5) Trolls
It was a diff--............
6) Racism
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN
8) Mustaches
It was a different time.
9) Class warfare
A malignant narcissist with a dipshit son this is quite the leap of the imagination in the year-of-our-lord 2018
10) The peak of American masculinity and attractiveness
FRED!
I am my dog's thundershirt.
This is the man who raised me.
Not pictured: me
This is the man who loved me.
I didn't have them at the same time, but I got them both eventually.
Ocean's 11 was a movie made in 1960 about the GI Bill. For some reason it starred a bunch of singers and entertainers and......Peter Lawford?
Dress for the job you want
Frank SInatra plays the partial title character of Danny 11, a washed up sweater model who is longing for the action of opening and closing doors in a building.
Dress for the job you have
Dean Martin plays Dean Martin's mother and you just know he's hitting that HARD
They cause what now?
The plot revolves around the wacky hijinks these wonderful scamps get up to on their way to a funeral
..........
All told, this movie was quite the flight of fancy because there is actually no possible way a casino could ever lose money.
I give this film 6 pinky rings.
Odds are only one of us goes down for this....
I know about the Wilhelm Scream but is there a Wilhelm Whiny? #TooManyCowboyMovies
I could only hope to look this good
Recently I watched an educational filmstrip about insurance adjusting called "The Thomas Crown Affair". It plays as a metaphor for how hard it was in the olden days to get by on just four (4!) millions.
He is totally innocent -- rich people have no reason to steal.
The heroes of this teleplay really are the hard working men who came together against a few odds (fucking Erwin) and got the job done. IT'S CALLED TEAMWORK PEOPLE.
The film also sounds a cautionary note about climate change and not paying for an architect.
IT IS ALL ABOUT SIGHTLINES
Why she didn't end up cutting a bitch I will never know. DON'T PUT YOUR LABELS ON ME, EDDIE.
It must be Sadie Hawkin's Day 'cause she's gonna molest the f@ck outta that bishop...
...told you.
I give this presentation 5 tank engines.