How the Cannonball Run Worked

Jun 30, 2009

Please copy/paste the following text to properly cite this HowStuffWorks article: Bryant, Charles W. "How the Cannonball Run Worked." 22 June 2009. HowStuffWorks.com. 30 June 2009. Burt Reynolds had audiences laughing, but "Cannonball" writer Brock Yates wanted a more serious take. Let's take a trip back to 1981. Disco was dead, Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister of England and a former actor named Ronald Reagan took the office of U.S. Presidency, just as a former peanut farmer named Jimmy Carter made his exit. Anchorman Walter Cronkite resigned his post at the CBS Evening News desk, and the first recognized AIDS cases were made public in California. Major League Baseball went on strike in early June, but the spirits of Americans would soon be lifted when actor... [read full story]