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Old Man Mike

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.... an interesting politician ... occasionally he seemed to make some sense. Not my guy but I felt that he usually maintained an honesty with his philosophies, and that's something most in DC don't seem to do.

Hope you are welcomed by The Lord, John.
 

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Resting finally after a long fight. I didn't always agree with him, but I felt he was true to himself and his beliefs. Thank you for your service and rest in peace sir.
 

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John McCain died 9 years to the day after Ted Kennedy and to the same form of cancer.
 

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John McCain died 9 years to the day after Ted Kennedy and to the same form of cancer.

Same cancer that took my father 10 years ago. It seems to be a lot more common after we were told it was fairly rare. Had a business partner whose father passed away of the same thing as well as two clients.
 

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CMT changing tonight's prime time programming to Smokey and the Bandit as we speak.
 

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Burt was as big a star that there was when he was in his prime. That grin of his always made people laugh.

Smokey & The Bandit
The Longest Yard
Deliverance

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Worst day ever. He was the real article, a genuine one of a kind. Vastly underrated. Shitty celebrity loss if there ever was. 82 years old.
 

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Burt Reynolds dead at age 82.

The perfect plate for the '77 T/A we're hunting for. 9 6 18.

Burt Reynolds and the success of Smokey and the Bandit was a big part of my childhood. My Dad started an electronics company that was rooted in the CB industry in the mid 70's. When Smokey and the Bandit hit in '77, the business went into orbit. We supplied many of the electronics for vehicles like the SatB T/A's and I personally installed the CB/Ant's on one of the Semi's in BJ and the Bear along with a bitchin AM/FM/CB/8 track in a couple of Reggie Jackson's El Caminos.

Burt Reynold's was definitely the patron saint of the industry.

RIP

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RIP Turd Ferguson

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Big Burt is up in heaven slapping around little Bert. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/onefewerB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#onefewerB</a>*rt inthispooroldworld</p>— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) <a href="https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/1037790065718517760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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https://www.cinemablend.com/televis...y-jeopardy-on-snl-according-to-norm-macdonald

Some interesting tidbits there about the origin of SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy. Had no idea Norm took the idea from a skit with Eugene Levy and Martin Short (With permission). I couldn't find the details, but I remember hearing years ago that Norm had other Celebrity Jeopardy skits written, but he was fired from the show before they came to fruition. One such show was going to have the real Burt Reynolds show up and kick fake Burt Reynold's ass. The real Burt Reynolds then takes Norm's place and was supposed to give even worse answers! Word is Burt loved the sketches and was totally on board to do it, too bad it never happened.
 

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I know I’m in a lonely corner but.... He will always be the guy from Boogie Nights to me...such a memorable role for me. Def be missed.
 

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I always loved the Hooper scene where Burt punches Terry Bradshaw, who just smiles and spits out a tooth. A lot of that film was done in Tuscaloosa. The scene where a huge smoke stack is toppled as Hooper drives under it was filmed during the actual destruction of an old VA facility a couple of miles from campus shortly after my sophomore year at Bama. They used the bricks from the facility to build the McFarland Mall at the same location.
 

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I know I’m in a lonely corner but.... He will always be the guy from Boogie Nights to me...such a memorable role for me. Def be missed.



Had to google the name to see who Burt Reynolds was.

I only know remember him as the guy from COP AND A HALF.


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Had to google the name to see who Burt Reynolds was.

I only know remember him as the guy from COP AND A HALF.


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I have shoes older than you. Burt was the top grossing actor in Hollywood from '78-'82. Huge star. He drove fast cars in movies, always got the girl, won the fight, dated countless beautiful women, and generally had a hell of a good time. He was The Man in those days.
 

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RIP...

I have shoes older than you. Burt was the top grossing actor in Hollywood from '78-'82. Huge star. He drove fast cars in movies, always got the girl, won the fight, dated countless beautiful women, and generally had a hell of a good time. He was The Man in those days.



Ohhhh. The guy from Gator? Yeah thats right!


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RIP to a legend.
 

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My Dad started an electronics company that was rooted in the CB industry in the mid 70's. When Smokey and the Bandit hit in '77, the business went into orbit. We supplied many of the electronics for vehicles like the SatB T/A's and I personally installed the CB/Ant's on one of the Semi's in BJ and the Bear along with a bitchin AM/FM/CB/8 track in a couple of Reggie Jackson's El Caminos.

S&tB definitely sparked the CB sales. Everybody had CB's in their cars back then. I'd crack up when we'd be on the highway and you'd hear a trucker trying to put the moves on some chick.
 

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S&tB definitely sparked the CB sales. Everybody had CB's in their cars back then. I'd crack up when we'd be on the highway and you'd hear a trucker trying to put the moves on some chick.

Yeah, my freaking mom.... 1974 Camaro. Mom was 5'11'' and nothing but legs when she had shorts on.... I can still remember them warning each other that there was a red 4 wheeler with a fine set of legs coming up.
 

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I know I’m in a lonely corner but.... He will always be the guy from Boogie Nights to me...such a memorable role for me. Def be missed.

His best role. The timing was so right for him to play that part in that movie at that time.
 

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I am surprised no one has mentioned on a football site the fact that Burt Reynolds played at Florida State and was a teammate of Lee Corso.

I also remember his movies involving football like The Longest Yard and Semi-Tough.
 
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