Excellent work, thanks Gator! I've never seen all this TMJ information in one piece before and it really helps to put the difficulties Burt had with the Stick reshoots and City Heat in context. It breaks my heart to think of all that he endured because of the pain and addiction. But it was around this time period that Burt saw the newly restarted Georgia Southern Eagles football program play a game on tv and decided to call legendary coach Erk Russell and ask if there was anything he could do for the team. Erk told him the players needed new uniforms and Burt payed for it. Now that's class.
Hey Gator - another great job - love this one - very informative, very interesting, lots of cool rare footage and interviews and love the humour aspect you've added to make it fun to watch - love the section with Clint (am a huge Clint fan too) and a great job on documenting Stick and Burt's tough period during his jaw injury - these chapters keep getting better and better - keep up the great work - can't wait to see Chapter 9 - The Burt Reynolds Story is the best documentary ever made about him - excellent work Gator - Cheers !!!
As usual absolutely brilliant. The behind the scenes footage of Stick is so good. How you find all these facts is amazing. I am so looking forward to Chapter 9. This period of B Movies I love. Malone, Heat, Rent a Cop, Physical Evidence. Congratulations on making a fellow Burt nut happy.
@@GATORMcKLUSKYreviews Absolutely brilliant! City Heat was a decent movie, but even when I saw it in the theater, it seemed to constantly want to establish Clint was a bigger star than Burt. I believe a more even pairing would have worked. I know Burt's injury impacted him, he admits to it, but it's a script he should have put more force into preproduction. Stick is a good movie as is, but I would love to see the original. I felt terrible for him during these years, and all the rumors of AIDS, etc. It parallels John Wayne discovering he was nearly broke after The Alamo. Both men dug in and moved forward any way they could, rather than give up. You've taken us places with this that many didn't know, I sure learned more. I can't thank you enough. Your script, editing, format, mixed with humor are just what I opened with - brilliant! Thank you ~ Chuck
Informative and entetaining as usual Gator! This episode truly revealed to me how deeply Burt cared about his fans. Love the farewell, preview and acknowledgments at the end. Gator out and looking forward to chapter 9!
Another Amazing Chapter in the Story of The Burt! Excellent editing as always and the archival footage adds so much. I'm so glad its You making this Series. 😊
Great work once again. In the 80's I would see Burt every once in a while. My dad was friends with Burt from the 70's and I was introduced to him as a kid at his Jupiter theater during a dress rehearsal and met a bunch of his friends that you covered in the previous video. I was around 10 years old but I recall Charles Nelson Reilly running the show. He was living on US-1 just north of Tequesta, FL at this time and was with Loni Anderson. I do recall that sightings became less frequent probably due to that stunt injury he had on-set so there was a reclusive period in there before he got into TV. But Loni was out very frequently. She used to like going to the Gardens Mall to go shopping and saw her there many times.
@@GATORMcKLUSKYreviewsYou’re welcome, Gator. I am enjoying your series about Burt so much. It’s done with so much affection for the man, which just wonderful.
great watch Gator! It's been a while since the last chapter but this has been worth the wait. As a long time Burt fan, this period in the 80's has always fascinated me. He certainly made some bad choices but it just seemed that luck was against him during this time, be it career wise/health/financial...not helped of course by the Aids rumours, which at the time finished off his career at the top. Looking forward to the next chapter! Keep up the great work!!
Always enjoy Stick, not as much as much as Heat, Malone or Sharky’s Machine but I really like Burt in the action films. Wish he’d have done even more of them.
Awesome episode Gator. Some great rare clips I’ve never seen before. Cool to see Clint featured as well. I’m probably in the minority but I actually really liked City Heat. I know it could have been a different movie if Burt hadn’t been injured but still great to see them on screen together. Cannonball 2 for me is one of those guilty pleasures. Not as good as the original but still has some fun stuff.
I've told you this before but I hope when you get all these finished that you make them available in a DVD set or something, if for no other reason than I can watch them without the UA-cam ads. Lol....that being said, I love these and am always looking forward to the next one.
I hear ya. I wish there was another way to finance my time. The ads help a little although it’s minimal. I finally paid the YT premium fee to be able to watch without ads. Thanks for the support. Cheers! Gator 🐊
I remember this time well...my friends abandoned him as fans I remember renting his movies on VHS like Heat, Malone and being asked why are you renting that for? My reply was.... its Burt Reynolds remember him. He never did it but he would have been great in a film noir like Chinatown or Farewell My Lovely if he had played it entirely straight, a hard boiled private detective movie.
Watching this, I agree with the studio about Burt's version of Slick. What was he thinking with the opening credits, the over the top extended laughter when he meets the bad guy, the training montage music (that's really bad!).
Gator: Many years ago the "People Choice Award" homepage had an archive. There you could see Burt Reynolds winning a People Choice Awards and you can watch when he gave a speech. That was in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982 and 1984. I watched these clips at the time but I didn't download them and put them on a DVD-R. For some years now the homepage has totally changed and there is no archive with all the old clips anymore. Do you have videos of Burt´s speeches when he won the awards? I´m asking because at the beginning of the video there´s a brief clip of Burt being at the "1983 People's Choice Awards (minute 1:05 till 1:06)" when he said "I know it's true because I read it at People Magazine".
@@GATORMcKLUSKYreviews Thanks Gator. The one with Richard Pryor was at the 1983 ceremony. All his "The Man who loved Women" women were with him to support him at the ceremony, except Julie Andrews and Kim Basinger. But Sela Ward was there and some other women from the movie.
Finally, the 8th installment of the Burt Reynolds's career retrospective. When I was 5 years old, there was no start bigger than Burt!
Cheers!
When you piece it together Gator it's always worth a watch.
Thanks so very much ❤️
Another great chapter loved the stick stuff
Didn't know any of the stuff about dar the stunt man so interesting keep up the great content 👍🏻
Thanks! "Stick" was a monster segment. Spent countless hours on that one. Much appreciated. Cheers! Gator
Excellent work, thanks Gator! I've never seen all this TMJ information in one piece before and it really helps to put the difficulties Burt had with the Stick reshoots and City Heat in context. It breaks my heart to think of all that he endured because of the pain and addiction. But it was around this time period that Burt saw the newly restarted Georgia Southern Eagles football program play a game on tv and decided to call legendary coach Erk Russell and ask if there was anything he could do for the team. Erk told him the players needed new uniforms and Burt payed for it. Now that's class.
I can't get enough of Burt! Thanks for these videos, Gator!
Thrilled you enjoy these! Cheers! Gator 🐊
Hey Gator - another great job - love this one - very informative, very interesting, lots of cool rare footage and interviews and love the humour aspect you've added to make it fun to watch - love the section with Clint (am a huge Clint fan too) and a great job on documenting Stick and Burt's tough period during his jaw injury - these chapters keep getting better and better - keep up the great work - can't wait to see Chapter 9 - The Burt Reynolds Story is the best documentary ever made about him - excellent work Gator - Cheers !!!
Thanks Tom. Your words warm my heart. Makes it all the more worth while. All my best, Gator
As always, pure genius. You’re the man, brother
Much appreciated. Cheers! Gator 🐊
All the info about STICK made this channel worth supporting.
Can’t thank you enough for your support. Cheers! Gator 🐊
Great job Gator. I have been most looking forward to this.
Much appreciated good sir!
Cheers! Gator
As usual absolutely brilliant. The behind the scenes footage of Stick is so good. How you find all these facts is amazing. I am so looking forward to Chapter 9. This period of B Movies I love. Malone, Heat, Rent a Cop, Physical Evidence. Congratulations on making a fellow Burt nut happy.
Your words mean so very much to me. All my best, Gator🐊
Amazing work Gator! You must know that Burt is so proud of you!
Can’t thank you enough for your support. That’s quite the compliment. Cheers! Gator 🐊
Well done, as always. It's been awhile, glad you're back. 👍
Thanks for your patience on these. Much appreciated. Cheers! Gator
I’ve seen them all, and they are all fantastic… Thank you, Gator !
Looking forward to the ninth installment ! 👍
I am soooo glad to see you back! Just started, but had to say THANK YOU!! ~ Chuck
Bless you Burt Brother ❤️
@@GATORMcKLUSKYreviews Absolutely brilliant! City Heat was a decent movie, but even when I saw it in the theater, it seemed to constantly want to establish Clint was a bigger star than Burt. I believe a more even pairing would have worked. I know Burt's injury impacted him, he admits to it, but it's a script he should have put more force into preproduction. Stick is a good movie as is, but I would love to see the original. I felt terrible for him during these years, and all the rumors of AIDS, etc. It parallels John Wayne discovering he was nearly broke after The Alamo. Both men dug in and moved forward any way they could, rather than give up. You've taken us places with this that many didn't know, I sure learned more. I can't thank you enough. Your script, editing, format, mixed with humor are just what I opened with - brilliant! Thank you ~ Chuck
Informative and entetaining as usual Gator! This episode truly revealed to me how deeply Burt cared about his fans. Love the farewell, preview and acknowledgments at the end. Gator out and looking forward to chapter 9!
Thanks good buddy! Always appreciate your kind words ❤
Best channel on UA-cam by far. You have amazing creativity and talent, Craig. It’s too bad Burt is gone. He’d have loved this
Thank you so very much ❤
@@GATORMcKLUSKYreviews "Pink Panther Douchebag Can Eat My Ass." LOLOLOL
Another Amazing Chapter in the Story of The Burt! Excellent editing as always and the archival footage adds so much. I'm so glad its You making this Series. 😊
Thanks friend. This one kicked my ass! Cheers! Gator 🐊
Great work once again. In the 80's I would see Burt every once in a while. My dad was friends with Burt from the 70's and I was introduced to him as a kid at his Jupiter theater during a dress rehearsal and met a bunch of his friends that you covered in the previous video. I was around 10 years old but I recall Charles Nelson Reilly running the show. He was living on US-1 just north of Tequesta, FL at this time and was with Loni Anderson. I do recall that sightings became less frequent probably due to that stunt injury he had on-set so there was a reclusive period in there before he got into TV. But Loni was out very frequently. She used to like going to the Gardens Mall to go shopping and saw her there many times.
Thanks for still putting these together, Gator! Can't wait for the next part!
Thanks for this. What treat !
Thanks Maggie. That warms my heart ❤️
@@GATORMcKLUSKYreviewsYou’re welcome, Gator. I am enjoying your series about Burt so much. It’s done with so much affection for the man, which just wonderful.
Well done documentary, my friend!!!!
Much appreciated. Cheers! Gator 🐊
Can’t thank you enough for your support. Your words really encourage my progress. Cheers! Gator 🐊
great watch Gator! It's been a while since the last chapter but this has been worth the wait. As a long time Burt fan, this period in the 80's has always fascinated me. He certainly made some bad choices but it just seemed that luck was against him during this time, be it career wise/health/financial...not helped of course by the Aids rumours, which at the time finished off his career at the top. Looking forward to the next chapter! Keep up the great work!!
Thanks so much. Great to see so many true Burt fans finding these stories. All my best, Gator🐊
So many memories. Great job Gator 🐊
Thanks much! Cheers! Gator 🐊
Really well-done sir.
Thanks John! Cheers! Gator
You're a criminally underrated channel. Red Guy told me about you.
Always enjoy Stick, not as much as much as Heat, Malone or Sharky’s Machine but I really like Burt in the action films. Wish he’d have done even more of them.
Pure gold,anouther outstanding documentry,Burt had alot of fans in England to.
HELL YEAH!
Great series mate, algorithm popped it up for me and I fell down the Reynolds rabbit hole, keep 'em coming!
Thanks for the big work!!!👍
Awesome episode Gator. Some great rare clips I’ve never seen before. Cool to see Clint featured as well. I’m probably in the minority but I actually really liked City Heat. I know it could have been a different movie if Burt hadn’t been injured but still great to see them on screen together. Cannonball 2 for me is one of those guilty pleasures. Not as good as the original but still has some fun stuff.
I went into this with minimal love for "City Heat" but after spending so much time with it, I really like it a lot. Much appreciated. Cheers! Gator 🐊
I've told you this before but I hope when you get all these finished that you make them available in a DVD set or something, if for no other reason than I can watch them without the UA-cam ads. Lol....that being said, I love these and am always looking forward to the next one.
I hear ya. I wish there was another way to finance my time. The ads help a little although it’s minimal. I finally paid the YT premium fee to be able to watch without ads. Thanks for the support. Cheers! Gator 🐊
really like your channel, brother good stuff
Great well done
These are great. Subscribing.
I remember this time well...my friends abandoned him as fans I remember renting his movies on VHS like Heat, Malone and being asked why are you renting that for? My reply was.... its Burt Reynolds remember him. He never did it but he would have been great in a film noir like Chinatown or Farewell My Lovely if he had played it entirely straight, a hard boiled private detective movie.
Watching this, I agree with the studio about Burt's version of Slick. What was he thinking with the opening credits, the over the top extended laughter when he meets the bad guy, the training montage music (that's really bad!).
Gator: Many years ago the "People Choice Award" homepage had an archive. There you could see Burt Reynolds winning a People Choice Awards and you can watch when he gave a speech. That was in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982 and 1984. I watched these clips at the time but I didn't download them and put them on a DVD-R. For some years now the homepage has totally changed and there is no archive with all the old clips anymore. Do you have videos of Burt´s speeches when he won the awards? I´m asking because at the beginning of the video there´s a brief clip of Burt being at the "1983 People's Choice Awards (minute 1:05 till 1:06)" when he said "I know it's true because I read it at People Magazine".
I have the one with Richard Pryor. Will be posting to the page soon. Much appreciated. Cheers! Gator 🐊
@@GATORMcKLUSKYreviews Thanks Gator. The one with Richard Pryor was at the 1983 ceremony. All his "The Man who loved Women" women were with him to support him at the ceremony, except Julie Andrews and Kim Basinger. But Sela Ward was there and some other women from the movie.
We must have chapter 9.Soon for the sake of humanity. The world is depending on YOU, my friend.
Dar Robinson was a very creepy villain in Stick.
5:00 Doug McClure! 9:55 Pronounced "Yentah" (I was in Fiddler once). 10:03 Pronounced "Kyle" (I was alive then).
Stick was published in 1983 not 1992
1. god siskel and ebert have a sence of humor already 2.i agree with burt screw siskel and ebert
BOOGIE NIGHTS is the sh*#