Originally Posted By wonderingalice <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/02/obit.reed.ap/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBI...dex.html</a> Gotta a long way to go and a short time to get there... Travel easy, Mr. Reed. Thanks for the music and the laughter.
Originally Posted By DAR I just downloaded When You're Hot You're Hot to my iPod a few days ago. Rest easy sir.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Jerry Reed was a great entertainer and man could he ever play the Gitbox. He's now East bound and down. RIP
Originally Posted By vbdad55 "You're Hot You're Hot" theme song for our high school golf team - when it came out
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Aw, I liked Jerry Reed. Good music with a sense of humor. : ( Man,on a side note, I can't believe it's been over 30 years ago that Smokey and the Bandit was in theaters.
Originally Posted By brotherdave Rest in peace, Snowman. Smokey and the Bandit has always been a 'guilty pleasure' of mine. Silly, fun stuff that makes me chuckle still.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Guilty pleasure of mine too. Originally saw it at a drive-in, which was SOOO the only way to see it.
Originally Posted By DAR I remember he was a special guest star on Scooby Doo. After the Scooby and the gang solved the mystery Jerry invited them to one of his concerts. Now this was the 70's so Jerry was popular but because of the Hanna/Barbera animation that we all loved couldn't do an entire crowd there was the Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Velma and Daphne and like three other people.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs DAR, I remember seeing that on Cartoon Network a few years ago; Velma and the kidnapped Jerry were friends, and he would send them clues by singing, which determined his mood, or something like that... Jerry also played The Bandit, in addition to Cletus (spelled Cledus in the films) Snow in "Smokey and the Bandit 3".
