Smokey and the Bandit Tour: 2nd annual. Revisiting the Jonesboro Filming locations
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- Our 2nd annual Smokey and the Bandit tour, this time we bring a few friends from Wicked Jeeps along
We focus on the Jonesboro locations this year. We’ve added in a few new stops so it’s not the same as last year.
To make the video easier to follow, this year all the film locations are in the order they appear in the movie. We did the tour in the simplest point a to point b path that we could, but you’ll see it edited into chronological order or the film. The first scene in Jonesboro is Snowman’s house less than 10 minutes into the movie. Most of the Jonesboro scenes are in the First half of the movie.
Other locations that we didn’t visits this year include Riverdale, which we visited last year. Other places that we haven’t been yet but will see in future videos are Mcdonough, Helen, Ga 400 near cumming.
Still several people that want to go do this trip so it may be something that gets repeated for several years. Also, we may try to visit the Helen and McDonough filming locations in the future. There we’ll do some more then and now style filming. Hopefully we can even team up and do the snowman’s run one day too.
Fun notes, the movie was filmed in 1976. The Transam is a 1976 built to look like a 1977. Most of the portions filmed in Jonesboro are all in the beginning of the film. The Train station in downtown Texarkana is actually in Jonesboro Ga, it’s the same train station on the album cover of Lynyrd Skynyrds album pronounced leh-nerd Skin-nerd. Burt renyolds lived in Georgia at the time of this movie. The bandit was originally going to be jerry reed. If you listen closely in the beginning of the film, the song is West Bound and down until they reach Texarkana, on the way back it’s East bound and down
00:00 Intro
00:50 Snowman’s House
03:24 Welcome to Texarkana
05:05 Downtown Texarkana
06:25 Coors Pickup
07:50 Picking up Frog
11:53 Background during Hwy Dialogue
13:00 Mundy Mill Pond
17:30 “the Triangle” overview of multiple filming locations
21:00 Mailboxes
23:20 Arkansas Roadblock
25:27 Bridge Jump Scene
27:51 Roof Chop
29:59 Juniors hat blows off
31:14 Fred goes for a swim
32:42 Horn Stuck
34:59 Horn Unstuck
37:18 Outro - Auta a dopravní prostředky
I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but when I think back to my childhood in the 80s, everything looked exactly as the old films looked... Kind of hazy and hot looking, faded colors as if everything had a faded hue. Kind of grungy..... Now everything seems really bright and HD looking. Not only on film but through my own eyes everything has become more HD looking..... Some people think that I sound crazy and make no sense, but I swear I can tell a difference.... I sure do wish things looked the way they did back then.
Thanks for watching
I do notice that grass is definitely greener than it used to be to be.
In the past grass on the side of roads wasn’t so manicured, so it would be taller and more hay breeds (which would look browner)
With cities cutting the grass and keeping it lower, that allows different breeds to thrive. Now it looks greener and that breed becomes dominant. Where as in the past you would want more hay varieties for livestock and that grass would spread.
My house has a field with a lot of hay, (it’s an old farm) as my county is growing up I’m seeing more and more neighborhood type grass on the roads.
Maybe thats a part of it?
I agree! I tell my kids all the time it use to be hazy dull looking all the time in the 70s 80s. You can see it in old movies from that time. Now everything is clear and bright.
Me too.. I love the old hazy look .. hate the HD look everything has..
HOney you've been out in the heat too long. I lived my late teens in the early 80's and everything was full color. We just got bigger roads now and less dust. :)
Now everything just looks shht to me
I don’t know if anyone pointed this out, but the Gold Cadillac was Gleason’s and his chauffeur drove him around everywhere! He was usually drinking!
It’s in the scene where the Trooper kicks the car to stop the horn. And in other scenes as well. It followed him everywhere!! With a full compliment of cigars.
I knew about the drinking but not about the Cadillac.
That’s a Cool detail, thanks for the comment!
The caddie was in the scene just before the car wash scene.
Right in the area where the car wash was on Hwy 3 in Jonesboro, there was also a small theater back in the day. I saw the Disney movie Herbie The Love Bug that featured an old Volkswagen Beetle. They were commonly referred to as a "Doodle Bug" back then. I was about 9 yo at the time. I also remember my daddy taking us in for a dip in Mundy's Mill Pond (a small area just below some rock and falls). Nice trip down memory lane. Thank you❣
You’re welcome,
all that is real close to your stomping grounds
Love it, great video although it's sad in some ways to see the urban sprawl.
It is sad, I heard stories of how rural Clayton county use to be. My family had been there for several Generations (I believe it’s where one group settled from Ireland)
But now it’s grown up and we’ve all moved away
Thanks for watching the video, glad you found some enjoyment from it
One portion of the chase at night that you didn't cover was filmed at Southway Shopping Center where the old A&P used to be. Burt speeds up the little hill in front of A&P and exits the parking lot with a right turn in front of the New Moon Chinese restaurant. I saw the movie (as well as many others) at the Jonesboro Twin which was in the North Main Plaza just north of the car wash. The structure is still there, but I don't know if it's in use. One of the reasons I love this movie so much is because I can go back in time and see my old hometown just as it existed when I was a child. I was 9 in the summer of '76...lots of good memories.
I’ll have to go back and find that scene. I remember the A&P when I was a kid.
It really is a trip down memory lane making these videos, hardly recognize these places now
The good days. I was 8 yrs old when this movie came out. Theaters were sold out. How I wish we could go back to those years.
Born and raised all around there. Back when it was filmed my dad worked for the sheriffs office and worked security for them. We live just across from the pond where Fred jumps in.
That’s cool, small world. My family is from Riverdale and Jonesboro.
My grandfather had a garbage company at the time, he said they would watch them film several scenes even the bridge jump. However they missed it the day they did the jump. He either saw the setup or the cleanup, I forget now which one he said.
I grew up in Jonesboro off flint river road, me and my friends use to fish as kids were bandit jumped the bridge! Every time we pass a location were they filmed we would always say something about it.
Same for me.
I’ve lived off 85 in riverdale, point south pkwy, valley hill rd, 138. All over the area.
Most people I know have heard me tell these stories 100 times 😂
My sister n law grew up on valley Hill Rd there at Battle Creek rd,they were known as the valley Hill crew. I went to point south elementary and jr high back in the 80's. I live in Hampton know,been here around 11 years now.
I lived in the apartments there at one point when I was a kid and we used to go back to the bridge.
This was a fantastic trip down memory lane. Excellent footage, and here's to a great movie and a moment in time!
Thanks for the comment. I’m glad you enjoyed it
You guys did a great job and provided great detail regarding locations. I was an up and coming stuntman in the 70’s/80’s and was friends with Alan Gibbs(RIP), the stuntman that jumped the bridge.
Cool story, Thanks watching.
I grew up all around the area, heard the stories my whole childhood. Seems almost everyone in Clayton County back then, watched a scene or 2 being filmed
cool
Bandit-I wonder what they do here?
Snowman-Probably watch the cars rust.
😂
I grew up in Jonesboro in the 80s and 90s and always loved the Smokey and the Bandit movie. It's crazy to see how much has changed. Haven't lived in GA since the late 90s, but your video still makes it feel like home.
I’m glad you enjoyed it. The place has really changed since the 90s.
Thank you so much for this. Loved the movie. I’m from Atlanta. Lived near Lakewood fair grounds most of my life. Was glad to see it in the movie. Thank you. 👍🏻
Thank you for watching,
Glad you enjoyed it
One of the best and funniest movies (EVER) !!! Sure miss seeing jerry reed too !! 👍👍
One of my favorites
First time on your channel, you did a great job lining up the shots. One of my favorite movies of all-time… thanks!!
Thanks for noticing, it’s not easy lining them up when there’s 50 years of change in between the original and now 😂
@@1870offroad it’s the sad part of life when what meant so much to us when were kids is gone or changed forever 🙁
Thank you so much for doing the videos. I really appreciate you listening to your Dad’s stories, how cool they were, and then passing them to us. I’m sure there’s not very many people who would have this knowledge today. Thank you again. I’m Really enjoying watching them.
Thanks for watching and for the kind comments. I actually just did some filming in Helen last weekend (it was a Jeep adventure video) but we swung by 2 filming locations there too.
So there will be another Smokey and the Bandit video in the works. Although this one won’t be story’s from my dad 😂
@@1870offroad awesome. Thank you. Looking forward to seeing it.
Thank you for this and giving details to get there. Six Pack was filmed Kennesaw area. I used to drive the intersection with the rail road crossing in the opening chase. A friend wrecked his car in high school on one of those sharp turns. It has changed so much it s amazing.
Thank you for watching and commenting.
Yeah it’s amazing how things change over time. They’ve filmed several things down here, seeing them on TV is kinda like a time capsule
Great video
Thank you,
it’s a great movie
Great stuff. Many thanks from Australia. Learned heaps today. Well presented. 👍👍🖖
Thanks
I did this "tour" in June 2023 when I drove to GA by myself with camera in tow and was fortunate to meet a guy in Jonesboro that lived there when they were filming Smokey. He showed me the exact spot where the house once stood. This video is past the actual spot by about 20 - 30 Yards.
Good tip, I’ve never seen the house. I was a little kid when it was gone.
Was it 20-30 yards towards the tracks or away?
Nice video!! Grew up in Jonesboro, always tell people about these filming locations, my mom worked at the Ole Hickory House where Burford meets Bandit for the first time....31.00 mins in.... "They made 54 a 4 lane about 4yrs ago" It's been under construction for over 4 yrs, haha. I've lived in Fayetteville for 21yrs. If you go out 92 towards Griffin, Burt Reynolds use to live in a house on the hill on the left right before Woolsey
Nice, I know the area, that near the house that looks underground from the road.
I don’t know which house was his but there’s a few big ones there.
He also used to live on emerald lane on Lake Spivey
Yeah, if you're looking at the underground house, it's the 2nd one to the left on top of that hill.
@@blackwagon18Do you have any idea what the Diablo Sandwich was, or was it something that the writers made up? I've always wanted to know! 😂😂
Many thanks for sharing, i like specially when I'm fan of one movie, to see the different movie location, due to overseas it's complicated, fortunatly you are here to make it ! thanks again fellow, and Viva Buford T justice ! ( and the Bandit of course ! ) take care Buddy ! yipiiiiiiiii
Thanks for watching, definitely convenient for me to film this. I was only about an hour from these locations
@@1870offroad As you're far, more thanks for your duty job !! take care buddy !
I am originally from Texarkana and it is amazing how similar the scene locations that they used actually look just as if they are in Texarkana. They released Smokey And The Bandit at the Joy Twin Movie Theatre for its first release showing in Texarkana Texas ( Nash ) and we went to see it on the first day, first showing and then again a couple of more times within the next two weeks after. It is my all time favorite movie and 77-78 ( second generation ) Trans Am’s are of course my favorite cars. Kenworth tractors are my favorite rigs ( I am a truck driver ) and of course this movie had multiples of my favorite actors- Burt, Sally, Jerry, Jackie. I have seen this movie at least 200 times and plan to watch it many many more- can’t get enough. If anybody is interested, there are also other movies filmed in and about Texarkana that are true stories. 1.- The Legend Of Boggy Creek ( which I grew up in Genoa and lived on highway 82 and went to school in Genoa right next to Fouke Arkansas that highway 71 runs right through, which Fouke is the setting in this movie, but I was born on the Texas side of Texarkana.) 2.- The Town That Dreaded Sun Down. Ya’ll should check these 2 movies out sometime.
That’s awesome, I’ve never been to Texarkana but I plan to pass through there in a few years when I go to Moab.
I hear it’s not as nice as it used to be, I’ve also heard it’s a fairly big town even though it’s regressed in recent years.
Cool to know the similarities with Jonesboro ga. The train station is also the cover of a Lynyrd Skynyrd album from the same year
Impressive knowledge and well put together video!
Thanks
Great Detective work on Smokey and the Bandit!!!
Thank you,
it’s easy when you grew up in the same town and always recognized the places in the movie
I grew up in Stone Mountain where some of the movie was filmed too. @@1870offroad
@@brainards11 cool
Good job on the redo. That was my favorite movie. Even bought a Trans Am and later a Peterbilt.
Awesome, I’ve had a few Camaros and firebirds (but never a bandit TA). Always been a gear head, had several cool cars over the years.
Movies like this, Bullet, gone in 60 seconds, NASCAR probably had a lot to do with it
I really enjoyed the video was ten years old when it came out awesome movie.
Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed the video
Thanks! I’ve been to several of those locations.
Glad you enjoyed it
I believe that's Deeson county Arkansas 😁 Great show fellas... Huge S&B guy here! Used to have every word memorized! 😂
Hmm never realized that, I’ll have to look it up. when we do the tour next year I’ll call it the correct name!
Same here, it’s a great movie. Thanks for the info
This is fun to watch. I grew up around most of this. I used to play on the bridge he jumped. I got stung 27 times because I hit a wasp nest on that little dock at Mundy’s Mill. The old man that lived at the Mill put tobacco on my stings. My dad was accidentally in the movie, he was driving and was caught behind Jackie Gleason at Flint River Road. It was the scene just before the car wash scene. He was in a Blue Ford truck with a black spray painted grille.
Cool, I’m gonna have to go back and find it now.
My family is from around that area
Funny, you zoomed in on my dad in his truck. He told me before he died that he flipped them off and you could still see it in some edits. When they brought it back out at theaters for the last big anniversary I went to see it to confirm … and sure enough, he did flip them off. 😂
Hahahaha,
I’ll be looking for it when I go back and rewatch the movie
A nice, well done video.
Thanks
Very interesting
Excellent video. Glad you’re keeping the memories alive. I stayed with my aunt and uncle that summer in Ellenwood Ga. Never knew that one of my all time favorite movies was being filmed nearby. Also my parents moved to Social Circle during the time The Dukes of Hazzard was being filmed in Covington Ga which is nearby. That’s crazy some of my favorite shows and movies were filmed closed to my childhood homes and I never got see any of it. lol
Awesome I’m glad you found enjoyment from the video.
It’s ironic that I grew up around Jonesboro and my little brother moved to social circle when he got married (he’s in Madison now)
@@1870offroad Is there still a Mr. Donut ? I can’t remember if it was Jonesboro or Forest Park. We used to go there every time I visited. lol
@@LoneWolf-cf5tp I don’t even remember Mr donut. Must’ve been gone by the time I came up, I was born early 80s.
There was the Krispy Kreme in riverdale and a Dunkin across the street. That the only 2 we ever went to
Im from Ellenwood too. Lived on Grant Rd before it became an industrial park.
Awesome video. It's cool to see someone that knows the area break it down. The truck stop where the bandit gets gas is at pleasant hill and 85n! That's the only area I know
Glad you enjoyed it, we’re gonna film one up on the north side one day. Hopefully hitting Helen while the leaves are down
Hey great video the building with the flags 35:36/38:47 37:16/38:47 is National Pride car wash my late brother worked at one in East Point they were big in the 70's notice the German Shepherd dog at the car wash in back ground. I am pretty sure I went fishing one time were the car jumped the bridge also when I was a kid thanks for the video!
Thanks for watching and for the comment.
I didn’t know that about the car wash. I remember in the 80s there was a guy living in that area always walking around with a shopping cart. Never realized that building was a car wash.
Also I didn’t say it in the video but I seem to remember there being 2 of the yellow car wash buildings there. However when I watch the movie I only see one (probably just a bad recollection from being a little kid back then)
@@1870offroad The OLD Hickory House where the sheriff ordered a Diablo sandwich was in Forest Park near Georgia Power I ate there a few times as a kid its long gone now Georgia has changed so much.
So cool
Thanks
Aweomse video
Thanks
wow great,..thanx
You’re welcome, thanks for watching and commenting
I grew up in College Park and had a '77 black and gold TA back 30+ years ago. I use drive all through Riverdale, Jonesboro and never thought about taking a picture of the car at the location when everything still looked the same. That picture of the dugout (my profile pic) was taken by a girl i went to high school with.
Thanks for watching.
Sounds like an amazing car.
That would’ve been an awesome picture. But something like that, you don’t realize how special the moment could be until years later.
I’m loving doing this CZcams stuff, I hope it last for many years to come and offers a way to share memories with future generations
Fred went swimming in Mr Edgar Blaylock's pond. That was his house too
I've driven all around this town but not to this town. Used to live in LaGrange. I didn't mind it too bad being out in the sticks but it was pre-internet and there wasn't much to do, if you wanted to go shopping you had to haul up to Atlanta.
It’s amazing some of the places I’ve been that were less than 20 minutes away and I didn’t know it
Love all this trivia. Smokey and The Bandit is also my favorite movie of all time. Is the local "choke and puke" diner also in that same area?
The hickory house is gone (I wanna say it was in forest park), I’ve heard there’s a new one in Tucker Ga. But personally I’ve never been nor seen it.
Thanks for watching
I could be wrong but it looks like the trans am has those 76 composite rims instead of the classic snowflake rims in that scene where the sign says Texarkana.
The cars were 76’s not 77’s. They changed them to look like 77s because the movie was filmed in the summer of 76 but it was to take place in 77 (to the best of my understanding)
Looks like the trans am changed wheels from Texarkana line to the beer warehouse, honeycomb to snowflake
I’ve never noticed that, I’ll have to go back and rewatch the scene.
They used 76 Trans Ams modified to look like 77s. I think they used 4, maybe the wheels were different on one of them?
Good eye
How many trans am did they go through in this movie? Good editing by the way. I never knew this movie was filmed in Jonesboro ga
Thanks
To the best of my knowledge they used 4 transams and they were all in bad shape by the time they finished filming
"why do you want that beer so bad ?"... "because he's thirsty, dummy"
50 years later and still a very quotable movie
Hard to believe that movie is almost 50 years old
Sure is
Smokey and the Bandit 1977 is one of my favorite Movies of all time. Thank you so much for sharing this video I love watching Smokey and the Bandit Then And Now Filming Location. I can’t believe they removed the snowman’s house that was sad I was so surprised. But there’s one thing you forgot to film the shot it was when Burt Reynolds and Sally Field went to a swamp area when Burt Reynolds said to Frog “You wanna starche your legs”( Do you know where in Georgia that scene was shot.
Thanks for watching, there are several locations of that movie being lost to progress.
That scene was filmed at Unicoi state park in Helen ga. That walking bridge is gone but there’s a new one going over the creek now.
I was in Helen just a few weeks ago, filmed a little for the next Video. Unfortunately we ran out of time and didn’t make it to Unicoi park, we’ll hit it again in the future
Aww thank you so for much for the Location: Unicoi Park I really appreciate Because I’m going to Georgia their with my brother this April 17 for 4 days and to check out Smokey and the Bandit Filming Location. Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, and Jackie Gleason were Awesome.
@@Prince.15306 only a few scenes are filmed in the Helen area. Most of the movie was filmed in Jonesboro ga.
Have fun, April is a great time of year to visit. Warm days, still cool at night
@@1870offroadAww Thank you so much you as well. 🎉😊😊
Good video my friend , question what ever became of the snowman's eighteen wheeler truck with the beautiful paint job ??? THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA....
From what I heard they actually used 2 different trucks for filming. There’s slight difference in the paint jobs, gas tanks, and a few emblems.
I never heard what happened to them. There are some replicas I’ve seen in Georgia a few times. They do a ride called “snowman’s run” maybe one day they’ll come through Montana?
The trailer itself could actually be seen as an Easter egg in an early episode of the walking dead abandoned along a Georgia highway
When will you do an update including Cleveland, Georgia scenes? A lot of it was filmed in the Cleveland area too. My Uncle was Mayor of Cleveland at the time. He was able to acquire one of the less damaged Firebirds used in the movie.
That’s awesome!!
I recently filmed a couple scenes in Helen, cumming, and McDonough.
Not as detailed as this video I’m aiming to have that video edited by spring time
All those firebirds were crushed at Auto Crushers of GA in Conley. GM sent a man to watch them all be crushed. They didnt meet EPA rules and GM didnt want the serial numbers getting out
Seems like all the play in GA
Yeah lately a lot of stuff is filmed around here.
Nice job, but you should have used more of the movie for reference.
Thanks watching and for the comment.
I would love to use more of the movie. The problem is copyrights, I’m not 100% certain how many clips of the movie I can legally use (and how long). I try to keep each clip under about 5 seconds, seems to work so far.
I’d love to get some kind of licensing to where I could use entire scenes from the film and match it up
I can dig it.@@1870offroad
Give me a Dr Pepper and a big Diablo Sammich and make it quick I'm in a god damn hurry! Junior you want summum? I want hush puppys!
We ain't got no time for that crap!
You beat me to it 😂
Sir, do you live near this town/area?
Not anymore, I lived there many years ago
No, they don’t mention Smoky and the Bandit in the sign article.
Sadly they didn’t, I didn’t read it while filming. I took a picture and read it after I was home
What state is jonesboro arkansas?
The filming location is Jonesboro Georgia.
The entire movie is filmed in Georgia, most of the 1st half is around Jonesboro (McDonough, riverdale etc).
The mountains and rivers from the later half are mostly in North Georgia (Helen, Buford, cumming, etc)
The Racetrack and State Fair is the Lakewood speedway and Lakewood fairgrounds. Both are long gone but the Lakewood amphitheater is still there, and the Lakewood movie studios are still there
The white house behind the pond my wife used to clean the house for the old couple
Nice! Small world
Fun fact snowman’s wife was named Wynette because Burt was dating Tammy Wynette at the time. 1:44
That’s cool, I had no idea
Thanks for the comment
Where those flags are that was a national pride car wash, I was there and I was 16 when they filmed smoking the bandit in Jonesboro
That’s cool,
And surprisingly it still looks somewhat similar on Hwy 3 right there.
Was the Jonesboro Arkansas or Louisiana?
Jonesboro Ga.
The entire movie is filmed in Georgia, to the best of my knowledge. (Except for 1 scene that was a reshoot in LA)
Jonesboro is about 20 minutes south of Atlanta.
It’s mostly filmed in Jonesboro, Cumming, Helen, McDonough, and Riverdale. All Georgia
@@1870offroadThe scene where Buford cane out with the toilet paper on his glasses was filmed at the old hickory house in Forest park
@@donsummerour8065 that area has changed a lot!, they recently redid old Dixie on the north side of 285
Guys you left out so many important scenes. I grew up in gwinnett cty and watched many of the scenes , you left out so many scenes filmed on hwy 400 and north Georgia. What's up guys.
For this video we only hit the Jonesboro area filming locations. We are hoping to do a Helen video, maybe this winter?
Ironically I was on Ga 400 a few weeks ago and filmed it but I haven’t started the editing process yet.
Why would Burt Reynolds fake Texas in Georgia instead of going to the real thing?
He lived in Georgia then. A lot of his movies were filmed around here during that period
One thing is for sure as time goes on things get and worse and worse. God I pray someone invents a time machine so I can go back to the 1950s and live out the rest of my years from then. As a Canadian, I will die before the mass third-world immigration when my country was still a majority Christian European-based place with English flags and food and North American cars and smoking anywhere you want no political correctness when you could afford a nice house on a blue-collar wage where the green spaces were pristine and Canadians were proud and patriotic. When men were men and the ladies were glad about it. Beer and smokes were cheap and people were cool and had manners. Drive-in movies real steaks real burgers. Hell, we could hop in the car and go camping without a freakin reservation those were the days great music beautiful fast cars great TV shows and so on.
Definitely don’t feel as free as we used to be
The house across from Snowmans house in the movie was owned by TT Ford, He and Mrs Ford were the people on the porch. They went to our church. Jonesboro Presbyterian. The "beer warehouse" was Mr Fords garage. Clayton County was a dry county and did not allow any beer or wine sales until well into the 80s. I remember working with the Chamber of commerce to get it allowed. Waynes was a 5 & Dime not a grocery store. I knew him too. Same street used in Movin on too (TV Show).
Today Clayton County is a 3rd world country with a corrupt superior court that is involved in organized crime and racketeering. I am a victim. Laws ignored to steal a $630,000 property from my Dad's estate. It has financially destroyed my life and credit. Nobody cares
Sorry to hear that. My family was from around there but most of them moved away decades ago. It’s went down hill even in the 90s, it seems to have gotten worse since
My dad grew up off of Valley hill rd. They had B&B sanitation and B&B campers around the time of the movie was filmed. My mom was off of turner rd.
I wasn’t around yet when the movie was made. I remember watching as a little kid and everything mostly looked like it didn’t in the movie