Redneck Matinee
Bonus episode!
info_outline Ep. 7: Every Which Way But Loose & Any Which Way You CanRedneck Matinee
IJackie and Dunlap on Clint Eastwood’s monkey movies Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can. Geoffrey Lewis! Ruth Gordon! Sondra Locke! Toilet Cats! Palimony suits! Ratboy! Mel Tillis! Wild clams! Orangutan sex! Problematic bikers! And stay tuned to the end for the gross, troubling story of the Clydes.
info_outline Ep. 6: Breaker! Breaker!Redneck Matinee
Chuck Norris stars in Don Hulette's 1977 truckin'/kickin' epic Breaker! Breaker!, also starring George Murdock, Jack Nance, Terry O'Connor, Miranda Garrison, and The Great John L.
info_outline Ep. 5: White Line FeverRedneck Matinee
Jan-Michael Vincent stars in Jonathan Kaplan's 1975 ode to honest truckers White Line Fever, with Kay Lenz, Slim Pickens, Dick Miller.
info_outline Ep. 4: ConvoyRedneck Matinee
Jackie and Dunlap on Sam Peckinpah's 1978 film Convoy, starring Kris Kristofferson, Ali McGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Madge Sinclair, and Franklyn Ajaye.
info_outline Ep. 3: Smokey and the BanditRedneck Matinee
Jackie and Dunlap on the greatest movie of all time, 1977's Smokey and the Bandit. Starring the late, great Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry, Enoses Big and Little, Jackie Gleason as Sheriff Buford T. Justice, and Happy as Fred.
info_outline Ep. 2: GatorRedneck Matinee
Jackie and Dunlap explore the 1976 film Gator, starring early 70s Burt Reynolds and late 70s superstar Burt Reynolds. Gator McClusky is back! But completely different.
info_outline Ep. 1: White LightningRedneck Matinee
Jackie and Dunlap explore the 1973 film White Lightning, starring a pre-mustache Burt Reynolds, a sweat-slicked Ned Beatty, Jennifer Billingsley, and Bo Hopkins. Directed by Jaws IV's Joseph Sargent and written by gunrunner Bill Norton.
info_outlineThe late Jan-Michael Vincent stars in Jonathan Kaplan's 1975 ode to honest truckers White Line Fever, also starring Kay Lenz, Slim Pickens, Sam Laws, L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, Dick Miller, and Leigh French. Written by Ken Friedman
Trucking is hard! Ernest Borgnine explains Airwolf! Goober! Gomer! Pot euphemisms! Billy Jack! Walking Tall! Movin' On! Merle Haggard! Martin Scorsese! Symbolism! Leather pants!
Theme by William Sherry Jr. Art by @stephenmullinax
Thanks to Foreign Exchange Blu-Ray Imports: https://4xblu.com/
Ernest Borgnine interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiFC4HwUcww
Scott Von Doviak's (https://twitter.com/vondoviak) encyclopedic redneck-movie round-up Hick Flicks: https://www.amazon.com/Hick-Flicks-Rise-Redneck-Cinema/dp/0786419970
Jonathan Kaplan discusses White Line Fever at Trailers From Hell: https://trailersfromhell.com/white-line-fever/
Goober's Truck Stop Paradise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6uTNBjzeM8
Roger Ebert's review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/white-line-fever-1975
Truckers Go To Washington: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-truckers-go-to-washington-democracy-in-action-on-the-interstate-68811/
Truck Strike: https://www.history.com/news/oil-crisis-1973-truck-strike
Movin' On Episode One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr1ivj5rxiE
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