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Showing posts with label John Belushi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Belushi. Show all posts

Monday, March 5, 2012

I Don't Know - Jake Blues


John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor, and musician, best known as one of the original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live.
Although originally as a comedic endeavor, John helped to bring the blues revival into the public spotlight.
"Joliet" Jake Blues (John Belushi) is released from prison after serving three years for armed robbery. Jake is irritated at being picked up by his brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) in the Bluesmobile, a battered former Mount Prospect police car, instead of the Cadillac the brothers used to own. The brothers visit their childhood home, a Roman Catholic orphanage, and learn that it will be closed unless $5,000 in property taxes is collected. The brothers visit an evangelical church service where Jake has an epiphany: they can legitimately raise the funds by re-forming their rhythm and blues band.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Hey Bartender - John Belushi (Blues Brothers)


John Belushi (January 24, 1949 - March 5, 1982) was a castmember from 1975 to 1979, and was among the very first castmembers of SNL.

John became good friends with SNL co-star Dan Aykroyd, and the two became a famous comedy team. The two performed together in Blues Brothers and Olympia Cafe sketches, as well as in the movies The Blues Brothers, Neighbors, and 1941.

Belushi impersonated Marlon Brando, Joe Cocker, and Elizabeth Taylor, among others.

John's last episode as a regular was on May 26, 1979, but made many more cameo appearances. He left to make movies.
The Blues Brothers is a 1980 musical comedy film directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from a musical sketch on the NBC variety series Saturday Night Live. It features musical numbers by R&B and soul singers James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and John Lee Hooker. The film is set in and around Chicago, Illinois, and also features non-musical supporting performances by John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Charles Napier, and Henry Gibson.

The story is a tale of redemption for paroled convict Jake (Belushi) and his brother Elwood (Aykroyd), who take on "a mission from God" to save from foreclosure the Catholic orphanage in which they grew up. To do so they must reunite their rhythm and blues band, The Blues Brothers, and organize a performance to earn $5,000 to pay the tax assessor. Along the way they are targeted by a destructive "mystery woman", Neo-Nazis, and a country and western band—all while being relentlessly pursued by the police.

Released in the United States on June 20, 1980, it received generally good reviews. It earned just under $5 million in its opening weekend and went on to gross $115.2 million in theaters worldwide before its release on home video.
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