Week 78: A wink and a smile with a fist to follow: the Good Ol’ Southern Charm of Burt Reynolds

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Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Burt Convy, Burt Reynolds, Cannonball Run, Deliverance, Dinah Shore, Dom DeLuise, Gator, Hal Needham, Hooper, Hustle, Jackie Chan, Jerry Reed, John Boorman, Loni Anderson, Mel Brooks, Mike Douglas, Navajo Joe, Physical Evidence, Robert Aldrich, Sally Field, Sergio Sollima, Sharky's Machine, Smokey and the Bandit, Stick, Stroker Ace, Theresa Russell, Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine podcast, White Lightning, Woody Allen

Like him or not, Burt Reynolds left a formative decade in cowboy films and television to become one of the biggest box office draws (and objects of female lust) of the 70’s.

Week 52 – Easy Ridin’ with Cap – the films of Peter Fonda

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92 in the Shade, biker films, Cannonball Run, Certain Fury, counterculture cinema, Crazy Larry, Dennis Hopper, Dirty Mary, Fighting Mad, Futureworld, Ghost Rider, hippie films, Jack Nicholson, Killer Force, Lara Parker, Loretta Swit, Nadja, Peter Fonda, Race With the Devil, Roger Corman, Roger Vadim, Spasms, Spirits of the Dead, Susan George, The American Dreamer, The Last Movie, The Trip, The Wild Angels, Warren Oates, Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine podcast

One of New York’s own, scion of an acting dynasty that includes his famed father, controversial sister and indie film regular daughter, Peter Fonda walked a very different path from the man who raised him, in short order becoming the figurehead of a generation.