28
Jan
21

The Cannonball Run (1981)

Date watched: 1/27/20

Starring: Burt ReynoldsRoger MooreFarrah Fawcett

Plot: A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country road race. However, the eccentric entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks.  (From IMDB)

Quotes:

  • Let me tell you something, Greek. We got a secret weapon. God is our copilot. — You’ll need him.
  • Runs car into hotel Hey, you the one running this fleabag? — Huh-uh! — Where the hookers? — What? — Hookers, man. Where the hookers?
  • Sprays unconscious man with soda water There. Don’t bother about the bill. Just give him a couple of enemas and call me in the morning.
  • Do you mind if I have a cigarette? — Go ahead. They’re your lungs.
  • What is this, anyway? — It’s a stakeout. — Oh. Bon appetit. — English humor.
  • That’s the first time we took an order by phone.

Viewer Quotes:

  • Have they not heard of spike strips? Just curious…
  • She’s already got her “high-beams” on…
  • OMG, I figured where I know them from, they (Burt Reynolds & Dom DeLuise) are Charlie and Itchy from All Dogs Go to Heaven
  • Ok, NOW we are going to get a gang rape

Things we learned:

  • Don’t ever tell me where you got the doctor
  • Wear a 3/4 zip when you are going to be late for work

Final Take:

Despite all the shenanigans, the fastest car won