Old Smokey – On Top of Old Smoky (An American Folk Song & Movie by the same name) and Sheriff Buford T. Justice
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Old_Smokey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Top_of_Old_Smoky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Top_of_Old_Smoky_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_and_the_Bandit
Formerly a quest-related boss in Counterweight East. Now an optional boss located in The Ironworks, originally in a “secret” area sealed by a puzzle. The sealed area is now empty, with only a non-active sigil in place. The new location of it is near the Newgate prison blueprints, under Pops O’Leary, in the factory.
“The embers of your desire will no longer fuel you after this battle.”
Old Smokey
Monstrology Tome Description
He’s been known to hang around with bandits.
When I recently ran into Old Smokey in Marleybone, I immediately thought of the song and it’s parody as the influence for this creature. And I still believe that inspiration to be the case, however, after reading the Monster Tome Description, I knew someone at KI was also inspired by the 1977 Burt Reynolds film, Smokey and the Bandit.
“On Top of Old Smoky” (often spelled “Smokey”) is a traditional folk song of the United States. As recorded by The Weavers, the song reached the pop music charts in 1951. It is unclear when, where and by whom the song was first sung. In historical times folksongs were the informal property of the communities that sang them, passed down through generations. They were published only when a curious person took the trouble to visit singers and document their songs, an activity that in America began only around the turn of the 20th century. For this reason it is unlikely that an originator of “On Top of Old Smoky” could ever be identified.
On top of Old Smoky,
All covered with snow,
I lost my true lover
For courtin’ too slow.
Most children will recognize the 1963 parody, “On Top of Spaghetti”
On top of spaghetti
All covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball
When somebody sneezed.
On Top of Old Smoky is a 1953, Columbia Pictures, American Western film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Gene Autry and Gail Davis. It takes its title from the song “On Top of Old Smoky”.
Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American road action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry. The directorial debut of stuntman Hal Needham, the film follows Bo “Bandit” Darville (Reynolds) and Cledus “Snowman” Snow (Reed), two bootleggers attempting to illegally transport 400 cases of Coors beer from Texarkana to Atlanta. While the Snowman drives the truck carrying the beer, the Bandit drives a Pontiac Trans Am to distract law enforcement (called blocking) and keep the attention off the Snowman. During their run, they are pursued by Texas county sheriff Buford T. Justice (Gleason). Smokey and the Bandit was the second highest-grossing domestic film of 1977 in the United States.
The current list of all the (known) Marleybone references are located here.
Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.
Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages
Old Smokey image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.
Old Smoky and the Appalachian Mountains image is borrowed from Wikipedia and is shared under the Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 3.0
On Top of Old Smoky movie poster is (c)1953 Columbia Pictures
All Smokey and the Bandit images (c)1977 Universal Pictures
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