213 - Happy Burtsday! - WHITE LIGHTNING (1973)

Baby Oil and Blow

If he hadn’t passed thanks to an apocalyptic cocktail of however many STDs he contracted over the course of the 70s eventually rotting his body from the inside, Hicksploitation legend Burt Reynolds would have turned 80-something-or-other this month. So, to show our appreciation for his particular brand of masculinity, we’re throwing a month-long party that we’re calling ‘Happy Burtsday!’ To give things some structure, we’re going to go chronological, which means that this week we’re talking about an early, pre-stache role for Burt. It’s one of his iconic characters, Gator McKlusky, running whiskey, running his mouth, and sticking it to ladies and the law alike in 1973’s WHITE LIGHTNING!