Cannonball
Cannonball
| 06 October 1958 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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    WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
    Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
    Blake Rivera If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
    Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
    gh14 My family moved to San Jose, Costa Rica in 1960. There were only about 2 hrs of programming on TV most days, but I remember this TV show. Dubbed in Spanish, the show was called Mike Malone. I remember the opening song. Tune may have been the same, but the words were "le dicen dinamita (they call him dynamite), se llama Mike Malone (his name is Mike Malone), le dan sus punetasos (he takes some hits), Mike Maaaloooone!" They were good shows, good solid, blue collar, good people, helping when they could! A few years later, I recognized Wm. Campbell (his partner) on Star Trek. Occasionally Paul Birch on other TV shows. If you google image search "Paul Birch as Mike Malone" you'll see some stills from the TV show.
    Karen Rhodes I am another who watched this show as a youngster and I was entranced with it. Another reviewer compared it to "Route 66," and I agree. Being a half-hour show, it did not, of course, have the time to develop stories with much depth, but they were very human stories, and that is the kind of television I have always enjoyed.The protagonists being truckers gave the series the latitude to visit a variety of places in the stories, and meet a variety of people. That broad range of encounters via the open road -- its clear resemblance to "Route 66" -- enabled the show to tell stories of all sorts and conditions of people. That was its strength, that and the two main actors, Paul Birch and William Campbell. It was wonderful entertainment for all ages, but particularly appropriate for young people. I also would love for this series to be released on DVD.Years later, I was on a "Star Trek" cruise on which William Campbell was a guest. I encountered him just outside a shop in Cozumel, and told him that I had enjoyed watching "Cannonball" when I was young. I said the show looked like it must have been fun for him to work on, and he beamed broadly and exclaimed, "Yes, it was! Bless 'Cannonball!'" Bless "Cannonball," indeed!
    diamon7 I remember watching Cannonball in the early 60's on TV 9 CKLW out of Windsor, Ontario Canada. It was a great show about two good truckers that always helped everyone on the roadway as they transported cargo on their truck.I never knew if this was a show from Canada or the states. The show was on every morning Monday through Friday. A great show to watch as a kid back then. I would love to see this show on again.Thanks for printing the words to the theme song. As I read the words, I was reading it to the way the theme song was aired.As I can remember, most of the shows always had snow on the ground and Jerry always wore a heavy black jacket..
    John (opsbooks) Thanks for your memories, Andrew. This is one show I really would like to see again. All I have are the two versions of the theme on reel to reel tape, circa 1961. Did the boys operate between Canada and the US? I just can't remember, alas.