The Humminest Little Football Movie In Town

December, 1977

turning kris kristofferson and burt reynolds into genuine gridiron monsters for the making of "semi-tough" proves to be semi-difficultI guess by now there can't be too many people anywhere who haven't heard about Billy Clyde Puckett, the humminest sumzbitch that ever carried a football. Maybe you could find some Communist Chinks someplace who don't know about me, but surely everybody in America does if they happen to keep up with pro football, which is what I think everybody in America...

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