Aging Topeka Zoo elephant Cora, who appeared 45 years ago in a "Smokey and the Bandit" movie, is expected to get a visit June 9 from fans of those films. Participants in "The Bandit Run," a large, ...

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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Eastbound and Down, a tour group who pays tribute to the Smokey and the Bandit movie series, visited the Topeka Zoo Saturday, May 27. Impersonators of the characters Bandit, ...

Alabama folks love “Smokey and the Bandit,” and country star Riley Green is no exception. Green, born and raised in Jacksonville, pays tribute to the 1977 hit movie in a new video announcing his 2025 ...

Cora, a 66-year-old Asian elephant residing at the Topeka Zoo, starred as "Charlotte" in the 1980 film "Smokey and the Bandit II." Participants in "The Bandit Run," a yearly tribute to the "Smokey and ...