Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws

J. D.(Jesse Turner) and his dim witted buddy The Salt Flat Kid (Dennis Fimple) are off to Nashville and determined to make it to the GRAND OL OPRY. J. D. Is a poor man's version of Burt Reynolds and does a pretty good job while being hindered by a mustache that would make a 70's Porn Star blush, and a haircut or wig that was quite distracting. Dennis Fimple gave his usual fine performance as The Salt Flat Kid, but he was about fifteen years too old to play the wide eyed country boy. Along the way they rescue a couple of damsel's in distress Sandy (Dianne Sherrill) and Linda (Marcie Barkin) who were both void of any personality and not well directed by (Alexander Grasshoff). The boy's due to no fault of there own get on the wrong side of Sheriff Lady (Slim Pickens) and his doofus nephew Arthur (Gailard Sartain) who almost make the film worth a watch. The film moves right along and sets up well for comedy however there are no real laughs with a couple of chuckles provided by Slim berating his hapless nephew as the rare exception. Smokey reminded me of a modern film "Irresistible" which also set up well but did not delivered hardly a laugh. It's too bad with the likable fellows interacting with fine character actors including under used (Archie Campbell) as agent Tyrone Sullivan, and The pawn shop owner with a heat of gold, yeah right, Mr. Friedman (Don Sherman). If Writer and Producer Jesse Turner would have had a little help tying up the many loose ends with a rewrite and a better directing job we would have had a winner. As it is it's not terrible except for J. D.'s over the top dance moves which were too embarrassing to be funny.