Story time:
When I was a youngster i went to college in st. Louis mo.
Being from an island, I took as many opportunities as possible or to drive around with friends and see as much as possible. One weekend, a friend and I decided to drive to Memphis. On the way down i-55 we saw a sign that a car dealership in Dexter Mo was the home of the Chicken Pit car from Stroker Ace. We got off the highway and went to find it. We took tons of pictures. Sat inside the car, put on hats, etc.
On the way back, we found a bar in Poplar Bluff Mo called Las Margaritas. We were underage, and they didn't ask, so we got wasted. The bartenders wouldn't let us drive, and sent us to a shoddy motel. We wound up staying all weekend, and not going to Memphis.
Now this is not a very interesting story. However, Jim Nabors, a gay, but also in stroker ace, became a local celebrity, and real estate baron here in Hawaii later in life. He would always be at events and parties. I went up and introduced myself one day while I was in the Navy. I told him how I had seen the Stroker Ace car. He thought it was hilarious. Maybe he wanted to have sex with me.
Jim Majors whipped out his old Motorola flip phone and called up Burt Reynolds. Jim Majors put me on the phone with Burt Reynolds! He had a goofy voice and said just some basic nonsense like "alright buddy you keep on livin" or something like that.
Story concluded. RIP Burt Reynolds.
Aloha!