Smokey and the Bandit sponsored a racer in Atlanta's Southern Classic and wants to celebrate in style when he wins. They find local legend Bo "Bandit" Darville at a roadeo at Lakewood Fairgrounds in Atlanta and offer him $80,000 to pick up 400 cases of Coors from Texarkana (the closest place it could be legally sold at that time), and bring it back to Atlanta in 28 hours. Bandit takes the bet and recruits his partner Cledus "Snowman" Snow to drive the truck, while Bandit drives a black Pontiac Trans Am bought on an advance from the Burdettes as a "blocker" to divert attention
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