R.I.P. Jerry Reed

March 20, 1937 – August 31, 2008

Jerry Reed died last week from complications of emphysema. He was 71.

Her life is in your hands Burt. Her life is in your hands.

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Burt Reynolds Baseball update
Burt's batting .407 for the Princeton Rays through July 2nd. The third baseman had three hits on Monday night and helped Princeton improve to a 7-7 record.


In case I didn't tell you, Burt plays baseball now. Yep.

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Don't forget about the great work that Crapalog is doing over here - with his Burt Reynolds Saturday photo. A great way to spend a Saturday evening, I think.

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Who would have thought that Burt Reynolds lives like a princess? We do says The Onion.

"Who would have guessed that Burt Reynolds,
manly star of Cannonball Run
and Sharky's Machine,
lives like a princess?"

Burt Reynolds is a baseball player.

No seriously. This is Burt Reynolds, third baseman for the Princeton Rays. Read all about it!

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Great. Now this is the hot "thing." First it was small dogs in purses, then it was doing toot off of dude's shoulder (when was that hot?) ... now it's pretending to be Burt Reynolds.

The new hot-ness.

I'VE SEEN A LOT OF SPINALS DUDE... AND THIS GUY IS A FAKE.

Fast car. Faster than that.

Got an extra $129,000?
Really?
Well - what can we do to get you in a Trans-Am today?

This ain't no regular, StarBucks god*am Trans-Am either - this is the YearOne Burt Reynolds edition Trans Am!!!

"Introducing the Burt Reynolds Edition Trans Am by YearOne. Legendary style meets supercar performance in this limited production, hand-built muscle car.

When the 1977 Special Edition Trans Am was chosen to star alongside Burt Reynolds in the classic movie Smokey and the Bandit®, history was made. Burt and the Trans Am became superstars of popular culture, recognized everywhere as the epitome of cool, fun, and style.

Three decades later, and YearOne is teaming the star and the car together again, with a modern performance makeover that injects supercar levels of power and grip into legendary style. The Burt Reynolds Edition Trans Am by YearOne. It’s undeniably cool. It’s seriously fast. And it’s extremely limited. Get one while you can."

Free Caspian Sea Samples: Ashley Simpson wedding in trouble?

"One day, this will all be yours."

Google Trends looks at the hottest search terms of the day. One of today's was Quinton Reynolds, the son of our little club's namesake. Don't believe me (and I'm sure you do) - check here.

Oh yeah - Loni Anderson got married. Whatever. We're over it.

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I know the video below is silent but actually... I think it's better that way.

REHAB: The Video Edition

Face... Off.
Get it?!

Johnny Carson & Friends

(Saturday Night Live: Dana Carvey, Chris Farley and Phil Hartman).

"Burt Reynolds: This Is Your Life" with Johnny Carson
Dom DeLuise enters at 4:44.

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Shout out to Hanno Leathers & Rehab for this wonderful song (REPPIN' ATHENS, GA!!!)

Here's the trailer for "Cannonball Run"...

Deal!!

"Yes I'm wearing shades indoors. I have a thing about women looking me in the eye."

DEAL comes out this weekend - it's the latest Burt Reynolds movie and from what people on the Web are saying it could very well end up being the greatest film of all time. Plus it stars Shannon Elizabeth.

FREE Burt Reynolds XXX Live Teen Nude Burton Leon Reynolds LOL 420 69

"Let go of me Kathleen Turner! This vest was from Bloomies!"

Every Saturday night The Daily Ramblings posts a new photo of Burt Reynolds. Why? Did you just axe why?
BOOM.

That's why sweetheart.

Not that we cared, but Kathleen Turner wrote a book. In it she repeated some of the hideous claims she made in an article for The Daily Mail called Why I detest Burt Reynolds and Nicolas Cage, by Kathleen Turner.

She said that Burt (her co-star in the 1988 film Switching Channels) was "just nasty."
Sounds like a compliment to me.

DID YOU KNOW? Burt & Sports

There are three tests of a man:
How much can he drink?
Is he a good athlete?
How many women has he bedded?

Burt's got a history of sportin' alright!
We covered Burt's wonderful work with The Female in last month's The Women of Burt series. Let's take a look at how he did ON the field.

Burt and FSU

After an All-State high school career, Burt arrived on campus at Florida State University as a halfback. (He roomed with Lee Corso). He played at FSU for two years.

No doubt Burt would have been one of the greatest collegiate running backs of all time, were it not for a terrible knee injury that ended his football career.

Burt and the Pros

Once Dr. Reynolds was famous and wealthy he became a co-owner of the Tampa Bay Bandits, a team in the USFL (1983-85) that was coached by former FU QB and coach Steve Spurrier.

The Bandits squad featured future professional wrestler Lex Luger and Super Bowl Champion Nate Newton.

Burt Reynolds also co-owned a NASCAR Winston Cup team - the #33 Skoal Bandits car driven by Harry Grant.

Oh yeah - Burt's co-owner? None other than Hal Needham, world's greatest stunt director. (By the way, if you've ever wondered if Hal Needham WASN'T a baddass [who hasn't?] - he was a paratrooper in Korea, a treetopper and a billboard model before becoming a stuntman. So that should answer your question pansy. Get a job).

By the way - I found this on Lex Luger's Wikipedia:

After sitting out the 1978 season he started the 1979 season at Offensive Guard until his scholarship was terminated for disciplinary reasons stemming from a hotel damage incident that occurred during an away game at Georgia Tech.

AWESOME!!

So, let's review:

BURT REYNOLDS -> LEE CORSO -> STEVE SPURRIER -> LEX LUGER -> HAL NEEDHAM ->NATE NEWTON.

Burt Video: Evening Shade Promo

Golden Globe winner Burt Reynolds welcomes Dom Deluise to Evening Shade.

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One-time-Burt-Reynolds-wingman Jerry Reed got some love via Shane Harrison of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution today. The paper did a feature on Georgia's "real" guitar heroes - people like Duane Allman, Kaki King and ... Jerry REED!

Feast on this:

JERRY REED: His distinctive guitar playing was overshadowed by his slightly jokey hits (like "Amos Moses" and "When You're Hot, You're Hot") and his acting career, including the "Smokey and the Bandit" movies. The king of country guitarists, Chet Atkins, was a fan and collaborator of Reed's. Listen closely to "Amos Moses" or Reed's many terrific instrumentals; it's obvious he knows his way around a fretboard. Text: Shane Harrison; photo: W.A. Bridges Jr. / AJC