Burt Reynolds (1936-2018) was an American actor best remembered for his roles in Deliverance, Smokey and the Bandit and The Cannonball Run, as well as his television series Evening Shade (co-starring Michael Jeter).
Reynolds had also appeared on the same shows of The Mike Douglas Show and The Orson Welles Show pilot which Jim Henson, Frank Oz and The Muppets were also guests.
References
- In the Elmo's World episode "Getting Dressed," the Getting Dressed Channel tells viewers to stay tuned for "Shall We Pants?" starring Shirt Reynolds.
- The Muppets episode "A Tail of Two Piggies" features Pepe the King Prawn sprawled out naked on a shag carpet in the same pose used by Burt Reynolds in a nude photo from Cosmopolitan magazine in 1972. @TheMuppetsABC on Twitter posted the photo with the caption, "@SpicyPrawn is 1972 Burt level spicy!"