Burt Reynolds Starts a Toledo Tradition

On This Day | Posted by: Tedd Long | 06/27/2025

1972: Burt Reynolds opens with Lois Nettleton in "The Rainmaker" at Ken Shaw's Summer Star Theatre at the Toledo Masonic Auditorium. It was during this theatre run in Toledo that Reynolds stopped by Tony Packo's and casually signed a bun to start a long-standing tradition.