• Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

Reynolds is the Bandit, a king-of-the-road trucker hero who accepts the ultimate challenge: pick up a truckload of coors beer in Texarkana - the closest place it can be legally sold - and haul it across-country to Atlanta in 48 hours. The reward.. $80,000! The result.. The wildest series of car chases and crashes ever filmed in this hilarious all time box office smash!

• Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) AKA Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again

It's another race against time for Burt, Sally and Jackie!

This time the Bandit is hired to transport a pregnant elephant from Miami to the Republican Party convention in Dallas. But old rival sheriff Buford T. Justice will do whatever he must to prevent Bandit from getting that $400,000 fee. And this time Buford T. has some relatives to help him in his search, his brothers Reginald and Gaylord -- all played to the hilt by the incomparable Jackie Gleason. To add to Bandit's troubles, his co-pilot on the job is his former girlfriend Carrie.

• Smokey and the Bandit III (1983) AKA Smokey is the Bandit

Smokey's back! And the Bandit is at it again!

The notorious Enos Brothers challenge Sheriff Buford T. Justice to make a rather special delivery from Miami to Texas in under 24 hours. The grand prize is one-quarter of a million dollars

Other References to the Film (taken from Wikipedia)

• In 1998, rock star Kid Rock loosely emulated the movie in the music video of his second single Cowboy. He is followed by some of his band in a tractor trailer and he picks up a bride from a casino, whom is married to a sheriff. His route ends on the Hollywood Blvd.
• In 2000 the rapper Nelly released an album called Country Grammar. The video of the seventh song on the album, "Ride Wit Me", features Nelly playing the part of Bandit. It featured trucks filled with beautiful women and Nelly picking up a bride off the side of the road in a Pontiac Trans Am.
• In 2005, on the auto TV show Automaniac, Bill Goldberg is treated to a ride in the original Trans Am by Burt Reynolds at Irwindale Speedway. Burt comments on the show that the Trans Am was the "most important lady in the film."
• In 2005 the Family Guy film, "Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story", the Smokey and the Bandit theme music played at one point as the motorhome began to drive across the US. This was done as a typically Family Guy-esque pop culture reference
• In the 2006 series of My Name Is Earl, Earl gives his brother a ride in the Smokey And The Bandit car to cheer him up after they were unable to attend a fair at which the car was on display. Earl star Jason Lee is a known Burt Reynolds fan.
• Punk cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes did a cover of East Bound and Down, the movie's theme song, on their 2006 album Love Their Country
• Popular TV series That 70s Show has made many references to Smokey and the Bandit in their first and second season.
• A second season episode of Pimp My Ride made several references to Smokey and the Bandit where a 1981 Trans Am was being pimped.

Promotional Poster for Smokey and the Bandit

http://www.impawards.com/1977/smokey_and_the_bandit.html