Walking Tall (1973)

Jackie & Dunlap on the late Joe Don Baker in 1973's Walking Tall, the stick hittin', money makin', still bashin', trailer hookin', dice loadin', shirtless testifyin' hit movie that put Pusser on everybody's lips.

Discussed: RIP Joe Don Baker, Sheriff Buford Pusser, Phil Karlson, Felton Perry, Walking Tall, Walking Tall Part 2, Walking Tall Part 3, McNairy County, Tennessee, Mississippi, Elizabeth Harman, Brenda Benet, Noah Beery Jr., Bruce Glover, Crispin Glover, stick. Good ol' stick.

Theme by William Sherry Jr.

Art by http://mullinax.co

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Joe Don Baker obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/movies/joe-don-baker-dead.html

Redneck Matinee: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlaL0tWJAI3-OPIivigucZ-d2vCsIVy

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/50ZVWvRGYkCqWSNe4S7Q2y

Jackie Broyles & Dunlap have been watching Southern movies their whole lives, and now they're watchin' 'em for you, podcast-style. Jackie's the grizzled old proprietor of Jackie's Market in Murfreesboro, TN & Dunlap's his half-high buddy. They ain't film critics, but they know truckdrivin', shinerunnin', stickhittin', carchasin', bridgejumpin', monkey-havin' art when they see it.

They've covered Smokey & The Bandit, White Lightning, Gator, Convoy, White Line Fever, Any Which Way You Can, Every Which Way But Loose, Breaker! Breaker! so far-- lots of conversations about mustaches, arm wrestlin', Burt Reynolds, Jerry Reed, trucks, bareknuckle brawling, Kris Kristofferson, and Chuck Norris. Thank you kindly for listenin!