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1970s Dodge Challenger Commericial

4.6K views 10 replies 9 participants last post by  robroy  
#1 ·
This commercial is amazing, I've never seen it before. I'm starting to learn the history of my car :)

 
#6 ·
Love all three! I needed a good laugh. That young lady with the 440 six pack was fine viewing too. Who was the Sheriff in the videos? Buford T. Justice was modeled after that guy.

The actor was Joel Higgens. He originated the sheriff character in a movie called "Six Pack Annie", of all things...lol, and was known as JW in both the movie and Dodge TV commercials.

I guess when you compare the two, yeah, Jackie Gleason did incorporate alot of the JW character into Buford T. Justice. But the "sums-of-bitches" line in Smokey and the Bandit orginated from Burt Reynolds' father who was a cop and always used that term.