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The parody used the same tune, but altered the song's lyrics to take place in the UK, with dialogue featuring Travis and Burnett as truckers "Superscouse" and "Plastic Chicken". McCall himself recorded a new version of the song with saltier lyrics for the soundtrack of the 1978 film Convoy.
Another "trucker" had informed them over the CB radio that they are okay to increase their speed. The "trucker" turns out to be Sheriff "Dirty" Lyle Wallace, a long-time nemesis of the Duck, who extorts them for $70 each. The truckers head on to Rafael's Glide-In where the Duck's sometime girlfriend and Lyle's wife, Violet, works as a waitress.
A motorist or trucker pulled over by law enforcement. Refers to the siren lights on top of a police cruiser, resembling the bright lights on a casino slot machine. Honey bear A more endearing term for a female police officer. Kojak with a Kodak: A police officer running Radar. Local yokel A local city police officer. Mama bear
Mother, Jugs & Speed is a 1976 American black comedy film directed by Peter Yates. It stars Bill Cosby (Mother), Raquel Welch (Jugs), Harvey Keitel (Speed), and Larry Hagman as employees of an independent ambulance service trying to survive in Los Angeles.
American Trucker was a television show on the Speed cable channel. [1] Hosted by Robb Mariani, the pilot episode featured Robb helping another mechanic restore a 1980 Kenworth K-100 Aerodyne trucks used in the TV show B. J. and the Bear, along with a short piece about the world's largest truck stop, the Iowa 80.
Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers' Favorites is the second album by American rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. The album is an ode to truckers and songs about trucking, mixing classics of the genre like " Truck Drivin' Man " and "Looking at the World Through a Windshield" with the band's originals.
The White House says that truckers' real wages have risen in the last year, even in the face of inflation. And an effort on Capitol Hill would provide income tax credits to further raise take-home ...
It had a 260 HP (194 kW) CAT 1673B turbocharged engine with a single shift RTO-913 13-speed fuller road ranger transmission, making it capable of hauling loads over 30 tons (27 t) and reaching top speeds of 61–67 mph (98–110 km/h) although the truck was made to appear that it was going faster than it actually was on the big screen. A single ...