Hal Needham dead..

Aw damn...

Looks like I'll be watching Smokey And the Bandit, Hooper and Cannonball Run this weekend..

http://variety.com/2013/film/news/hal-needham-legendary-stuntman-and-director-dead-at-82-1200763031/

I haven't watched cannonball in a while....that's not a bad way to remember the guy

Bummer.

That black LP400S Countach spoke VERY loudly to me as a kid.

...and the bloopers might be the funniest bloopers in history

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avis_OWEZlI

"These bleeds??? You're gonna take these berkeleying bleeds and shove 'em up my nose???" LAWL

At one time the highest paid stuntman in the world, he was said to have broken 56 bones, broken his back twice, punctured a lung and knocked out a few teeth while working on 4500 TV episodes and 310 feature films. His work was admired by generations of filmmakers including Quentin Tarantino.

I need to kick my career up a notch or two.

Needham was a guy I never met but always looked up to. Back when stunts were real, not computer tricks.

In reply to gamby:

The Lambo or what was in it?

RIP for an underrated film talent.

Trans_Maro wrote: In reply to gamby: The Lambo or what was in it?

Yes to both, although being 10 or so at the time, the car made more of an impression on me.

Did you guys hear about Dick Trickle?

The first movie I ever saw in the theaters was Hooper. Great movie.

I'm pretty sure I liked every thing he did.

RIP to a true badass.

http://playboysfw.kinja.com/remembering-hal-needham-and-the-birth-of-redneck-cinema-1452470692/@matthardigree

Great read.

I never fail to laugh at the Paul Williams line, "...you look like an aerial photograph of a human being."

Sad news. One of the coolest people I ever worked for, as I lettered up all of his camera cars before moving to Oregon.