Burt is crime. That's why he's the Bandit in Smokey and the Bandit.
Yep. Basically "Smokey and the Bandit" was the original "Dukes of Hazzard." Burt ("Bandit") and Jerry Reed ("Snowman") played good old boy bootleggers running illegal alcohol (in that case, "bootleg" Coors beer) while staying one step ahead of the bumbling Sheriff, Buford T. Justice.
Note: I realize that "Dukes" was actually an adaptation of a film called "Moonrunners" (1975). However, the TV show (1979) came about in no small part due to the success of the "Bandit" movie and seemed to borrow it's tone more from "Bandit" than the "Moonrunners" movie. That, and the need for a quick descriptive metaphor, are why I described "Bandit" thusly.
