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Episode 231 - Burt Reynolds Is Hooper


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Back in 1978, mega-star Burt Reynolds and director Hal Needham followed up their enormous success of Smokey and the Bandit with a simple ode to the Hollywood Stuntman called Hooper. And we dare you not to get pulled in by its frothy, effervescent charm in a virtually plotless romp that follows Reynolds as the titular hero performing ever-crazier gags for the movie-within-a-movie “The Spy Who Laughed at Danger.” Basically, this is yet another excuse for Reynolds to have some fun with his friends and co-stars (Sally Field, Jan Michael Vincent and Brian Keith) and he is at his breezy best here. Coming it at #6 at the 1978 box office, this one went on to play non-stop on HBO and is a cornerstone of the MagHuge crew’s arrested development!
| 0:00 - Intros
| 2:45 - Rejected
| 5:57 - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
| 17:30 - Only Murders In The Building
| 21:10 - The MaryTyler Moore Show
| 24:25 - RRR
| 30:15 - The Lion King (Touring)
| 38:20 - Hooper (1978)
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