Smokey and the Bandit original film. The updated version of the film features sounds inaccurate for what would be produced by the Trans Am or the numerous other Pontiac vehicles in the film. The original film had correct sounds that were usually recorded live as the action took place. A series of four made-for-TV spin-off films ("Bandit Goes Country", "Bandit Bandit", "Beauty and the Bandit" and "Bandit's Silver Angel") were produced in 1994 for Universal Television's Action Pack with actor Brian Bloom playing a younger version of Bandit. The three original films introduced two generations of the Pontiac Trans Am, and the Dodge Stealth
John Megna episode of "", Stephan in "I Spy" (1967), and Little Adam in the NASA-produced animated shorts "The Big World of Little Adam". His other film appearances include "Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964), "" (1974), "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble" (1976) with John Travolta, and "Go Tell the Spartans" (1978) with Burt Lancaster. He also acted in two car-chase films starring Burt Reynolds and directed by Hal Needham – "Smokey and the Bandit II" (1980) and "The Cannonball Run" (1981). Megna graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, as a performing arts major. As an adult, he turned to