 In one of the earlier scenes in the movie,  Burt Reynolds (I) (qv)s character says "Could get a black Trans  Am", and then answers himself, "Naw, thats been done." This is a  reference to _Smokey and the Bandit (1977)_ (qv) which starred  Reynolds, and was directed by Hal Needham (qv), who directed this  film. DeLuise co