rotgut whisky was the kind of beer in smokey and the bandit.
what kind of beer in smokey and the bandit?
rotgut whisky
wealthy texan big enos burdette and his son little enos seek a trucker willing to bootleg coors beer to georgia for their refreshment; big enos has sponsored a racer in atlanta's southern classic and wants to celebrate in style when he wins. they find local legend bo "bandit" darville at a roadeo at lakewood fairgrounds in atlanta and offer him $80,000 to pick up 400 cases of coors from texarkana (the closest place it could be legally sold at that time), and bring it back to atlanta in 28 hours. bandit takes the bet and recruits his partner cledus "snowman" snow to drive the truck, while bandit drives a black pontiac trans am bought on an advance from the burdettes as a "blocker" to divert attention away from the truck and its illegal cargo.
smokey and the bandit
the film was originally entitled "smokey is the bandit", and did not include jerry reed in the cast. contemporary newspapers refer to original plans to feature gleason as both "smokey" and "bandit", and reed's name does not appear in early promotional materials or newspaper accounts during the film's production. according to some accounts, jackie gleason was to play two roles: sheriff buford t. justice and a different "bandit". the original version was shot in october 1982. reportedly test audiences reacted poorly, finding gleason's two roles confusing, so the studio opted to do reshoots in april 1983. the bandit scenes were re-shot with jerry reed playing the role. other accounts indicate that the title was more literal: that gleason was to play only sheriff justice, but the character would also fill the "role" of "bandit", by taking the enos family's challenge (as reynolds' character had done in the previous films). in a teaser trailer for the film (billed as "smokey is the bandit"), gleason appears in character as justice, explaining to the audience that to defeat the bandit he would adopt the attributes of his prey, "becoming [my] own worst enemy". a publicity still of gleason apparently shows him in costume as the bandit.
smokey and the bandit part 3