Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Jerry Reed: Cledus
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Quotes
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Cledus Snow : I don't think my dog bit you, mister. 'Cause Fred definately DON'T like grease!
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Bandit : Cledus, get the money.
Cledus Snow : Yeah, how 'bout the money?
Little Enos : How 'bout double or nothin'?
Cledus Snow : How 'bout forgettin' it?
Bandit : Wait a minute. What about double or nothin'?
Little Enos : You run up to Boston, and bring back some clam chowder for me and my daddy.
Carrie : You're on.
Bandit : Uh, you're on.
Big Enos : In 18 hours?
Bandit : You're still on.
Cledus Snow : WHAT? You're *crazy*! And I'm *divorced*!
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Cledus Snow : [over CB about Carrie's dress] Hey, is she wearing a
[pause]
Cledus Snow : *wedding dress*?
Bandit : [Carrie throws dress out of the car since she has changed into jeans and a shirt] She was.
Cledus Snow : What's she wearing now? Come back. Hey, you got peanut butter or somethin' in your ears? Tell me what that girl's got on. Her mind!
[laughs earthily]
Cledus Snow : 10-4.
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Cledus Snow : [to Fred, his hound] He about as crazy as you are ugly!
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Cledus Snow : You can't drive a forklift.
Bandit : I can drive any forkin' thing around.
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Cledus Snow : [whistles]
[hears a police motorcycle siren]
Cledus Snow : Oh, no! Hey, Bandit, Hey, Bandit, listen to this!
Cledus Snow : [siren blares out of Bandit's CB] You know who that is? That be the Evel Knievel. He snuck in my back door when I wasn't lookin'. You better flip-flop back here and gimme a hand, son, or we gonna be in a heap of trouble. Please roger that transmission!
Bandit : Hold on to Fred, son! Here comes the cavalry!
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Cledus Snow : Hey, Bandit. Me an' Fred's got a question.
Bandit : What you an' Fred want?
Cledus Snow : How come we doin' this?
Bandit : Well, why not?
Cledus Snow : Well, they said it couldn't be done.
Bandit : Well thats the reason, son!
Cledus Snow : [shrugs] That's good with Fred. We're clear.
Bandit : [laughing] 10-4!
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Cledus Snow : Atlanta to Texarkana and back in 28 hours? That ain't never been done before, not in no rig.
Bandit : That's cause *we* ain't never done it in no rig. You got to stop thinkin so negative son, we ain't not never made it yet, have we?
Cledus Snow : Well, no...
Bandit : Well, all right.
[hops up into trailer]
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Cledus Snow : Hey, we really ought to pay somebody for that mess we made.
Bandit : [Hands Cledus notepad and pen] I got that all figured out. Just tell'em to send the bill to Big Enos Burdette.
[Gets in car and drives off]
Cledus Snow : [writing a note] Send bill to Big Enos Burdette; Burdette; B, Ber, B-u-r...
[sees Bandit take off]
Cledus Snow : Hell, I got to go!
[leaves without finishing note]
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Cledus Snow : Hold on to your ass, Fred!
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Cledus Snow : [Buford's car runs in front of Cledus' truck]
[to Bandit over the CB]
Cledus Snow : Hoss, you ain't gonna believe this, but that crazy sumbitch just tried to drive right up under my truck!
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Singer : Eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin' / We're gonna do what they say can't be done / We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there / I'm eastbound, just watch ol' Bandit run! / Keep your foot hard on the pedal, son, never mind them brakes / Let it all hang out 'cause we got a run to make! / The boys are thirsty in Atlanta, And there's beer in Texarkana / and we'll bring it back no matter what it takes! / Eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin' / We're gonna do what they say can't be done / We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there / I'm eastbound, just watch ol' Bandit run!
Singer : Eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin' / We're gonna do what they say can't be done / We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there / I'm eastbound, just watch ol' Bandit run! / Ol' Smokey's got them ears on, he's hot on your trail / and he ain't gonna rest 'til you're in jail! / So you got to dodge him, you got to duck him, you got to keep that diesel truckin' / Just put that hammer down and give it hell! / Eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin' / We're gonna do what they say can't be done / We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there / I'm eastbound, just watch ol' Bandit run!
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Cledus Snow : Whoa!
[to Bandit over the CB]
Cledus Snow : I just passed another Kojak with a Kodak, this place is crawling with bears, where the hell are you?
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Bandit : Snowman, you got your ears on?
Cledus Snow : You lucky devil, you got him! Where the hell are you?
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Bandit : What do you think they do for excitement in this town?
Cledus Snow : Probably sit around and watch the cars rust.
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Bandit : What's a Texas county mountie doing in Arkansas?
Cledus Snow : I don't know.
Carrie : I don't know.
[Bandit looks at her]
Carrie : I don't know!
Bandit : [on the CB] Well, who the heck knows?
Cledus Snow : I really don't know.
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Cledus Snow : [as Bandit passes his rig on the berm and takes out multiple mailboxes] He done good, didn't he, Fred?
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[the Bandit has a fleet of police cars and helicopters after him]
Bandit : [on CB radio] Cledus?
Cledus Snow : Talk to me, m'boy!
Bandit : Goddamn it, son, we gave it our best shot. I don't like it any more than you do, but... we ain't gonna make it, son. We're gonna hang it up.
Cledus Snow : WHOA! Negatory, negatory, what're you, crazy or something? We come this far, ain't we? LOOK, WHEN WE SAY WE GONNA DO A JOB, WE GONNA DO A JOB!
Bandit : It's me they after! They don't even know Cledus Snow exists!
Cledus Snow : Oh, they don't? Well, I tell you what we gonna do! We just gonna introduce 'em to the boy. So move over a bit, good buddy, 'cause the Snowman is coming through!
[to his dog]
Cledus Snow : Hold on to your ass, Fred!
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Cledus Snow : Besides, I can't go with you. I got to go to Conyers in the morning and pick up a load of manure.
Bandit : Shitty job.
