I love Smokey and the Bandit I and II (and well, ok…III, sort of), but have you read the plot for the second movie on wikipedia? It reads like it was written by a precocious 8-year-old:
“When Cledus opens the crate containing the elephant, Charlotte races out, nearly trampling Frog. The Bandit saves the day by doing a backflip onto the elephant’s back and riding the elephant out of the quarantine shed. Noticing a nail was stuck in her foot, the Bandit removes it from there and the elephant takes a shine to Bandit.”
Amazing!