Smokey and the Bandit (1977) / Stillman's Sonder American Single Malt

And this week we are watching a movie that is a rarity on the Film and Whiskey podcast.

A film that neither of us had seen prior to this week.

A very large gamble because, you know, our time, Brad, and our episode content is precious to us.

And so what if the movie's bad? I'm happy to report I had a grand old time watching 1977's Smokey and the Bandit.

Brad's pick for this week.

Brad, first of all, thank you for the pick.

Secondly, if you weren't listening last week to our episode on Buster Keaton's The General, Brad, maybe give, you know, 10 seconds on why we landed here with Smokey and the Bandit.

The General had this sense

of, A, Southern pride, and B, just a absolute caper, like, madcap chase, and then reverse chase, and the chasers became the chases, and it was just a lot of fun.

And as I thought about a movie to pair it with, I found myself thinking about Smokey and the Bandit.

Now, all I knew about Smokey and the Bandit going in was... that there's beer in Texarkana, and we need to get that Coors right on down to Georgia.

And I assumed that there was chases and things happened.

And I knew 10-4, good buddy.

And so with that knowledge in my head, I very confidently selected Smokey and the Bandit.

And might I, dare I say, Bob, I think I was vindicated.

I think you were.

Now, I I dropped the the bomb at the end of last week's episode that, you know, in my day to day life, I do marketing for a logistics company, specifically trucking.

And in the trucking world, that is a bomb that everybody was shell shocked.

No, the bomb was that I'd never seen this movie despite lying through my teeth to everyone in my industry for the last four years when they would bring up Smokey and the Bandit.

And I'd be like, oh, that part.

That was a good part of that movie.

Never seen it.

I've never seen this movie before.

Smokey.

Smokey's a great hero.