My step-dad's from Chicago, and whenever we'd watch this movie, he'd be all "There's no way they could get from Skokie to Forest Park that fast!"
― pplains, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
I mean
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
My biggest complaint – and I've mentioned this elsewhere – is classic rock's inclination to play the Blues Bros version of "Soul Man", but not Sam & Dave's.
― pplains, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
why would classic rock radio play sam & dave?
― technicolor yawn (n/a), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Why would they play John Belushi?
― pplains, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's just weird Boomer nonsense. Someone threw the Blues Bros out there in testing and the damn thing stuck.
The highlights of that film come from Aretha, Cab Calloway (who they KEEP CUTTING AWAY FROM during "Minnie the Moocher") and veteran Jerry Lewis associate Kathleen Freeman as "The Penguin."
Belushi's prime physical tool was his eyes, and they're behind shades for all but one scene.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
re Aretha: James Brown's career was also in the crapper at that point. perhaps not as bad as Aretha's, but a far cry from where he was even during the early 1970s.
OTM ... as o_O as the gray-ponytailed-Boomer-blues lot can be, at least some of them appreciate the real stuff as opposed to the Blues Bros. crap (even if they sound more like the Blues Brothers than Sam & Dave when they try to play r&b in the clubs).
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just did some research and finally figured out that the old Blues Brothers Bar in Chicago turned into the bar (Corcoran's) I used to go to alla the time. I knew it was one of the bars around Piper's Alley. Cool beans. </stuffonlychicagoansarelikelytocareabout>
― Naughty By Nurture (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
(Cool because of who used to hang out there, not really because of the Blues Brothers per se.)
― Naughty By Nurture (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
I probably drew 500 pages worth of dumb serial comics between 4-7 grades based on goofy shit from the Blues Bros.
Those Good Ol' Boys riding up on top really stuck with me for some reason.
― pplains, Friday, 23 March 2012 20:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
The "I hate Illinois Nazis" scene was based on a rally that happened a block from my house. I stood outside and watched throngs of people (fortunately anti-Nazi demonstrators) walking to the park where the rally took place. I really wanted to go and throw eggs at the Nazis, but my mom would let me (probably a good idea, since I was only seven).
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
My favorite moment in the "Think" clip the Phil posted is when the cook takes off his hair net and shakes his long jazz hair. "I see I'm needed up front. Hey, a job's a job."
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
That's "Blue Lou" Marini, btw.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
real cars in car chases = YES I WANT TO SEE THIS MOVIE
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll accept yr point about Belushi's eyes but, cmon, his other prime physical tool was his BODY, so all is not lost, surely.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Almost all of them completely totaled. This was a $30 million movie, in 1980 dollars. That's like Terminator 2 money. And most of it, I'm pretty sure, was spent on destroying Ford Crown Victorias.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm pretty sure that level of car destruction was completely unheard of at the time. One of my enduring memories from when I first saw the movie in a theater was the hilariously endless list of stuntpeople in the credits.
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
and ford crown vics are solid vehicles, they don't destruct easily.
so awesome. it was like watching someone play toy car smashups, but with real cars!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just like the kind of 'ahh fuckit let's just have fun and make a movie with our friends' vibe
'and do tons of blow'
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
OMG totally. Apparently the after-parties were almost as destructive as the movie itself.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
u voting, Morbs?
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
plus if you hate the Blues Brothers you hate Blue Lou, Matt Guitar Murphy, Steve Cropper, Donald Duck Dunn, Mr Fabulous and all the Stax guys imo
makes u think
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
you know what makes a hilarious comedy is great music and car crashes
― technicolor yawn (n/a), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
And blow.
― Naughty By Nurture (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
I can't tell if you're kidding or not.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't see a problem with any of those things unless you hate fun
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
i like fun but i also like jokes in my comedies.
― technicolor yawn (n/a), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
you are a joke in your comedy
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
You don't like musicals, do you? This may be the crux of the issue.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
tbh i havent seen blues brothers in a long time, i just remember it being kinda long and not being funny and having cool music but feeling weird about it being appropriated by jim belushi and dan ackroyd and having cool car crashes, it just seems like one of those weird 70s/early 80s (not gonna look it up) movies that has aged very poorly.
― technicolor yawn (n/a), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
1980.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
rewatch it
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
While stoned.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
and if you mention Jim Belushi and the Blues Brothers in the same sentence again I'll...well...I'll say mean things to you
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
But I thought the Blues Brothers were John Goodman and Jim Belushi. What's the problem?
― Naughty By Nurture (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 23 March 2012 22:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Go to hell. Go directly to hell. Do not pass "Go". Do not collect $200.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Friday, 23 March 2012 22:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Question is Best SNL Movie. Bob Roberts is probably up there too, even though it didn't have the belly laughs of MacGruber.
― pplains, Friday, 23 March 2012 22:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
deric you trolling bastard, I'll kill you
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 22:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Friday, 23 March 2012 23:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
hee hee
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 23:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I kind of never need to see the Blues Brothers again but it is funny - there are plenty of jokes in it and the music is great. also agree that it features Carrie Fisher at her most smashable. Belushi's excuse-speech is pure gold.
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 March 2012 23:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
all time
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 23:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm suddenly realizing that I've only seen three of these. Should probably watch this "Blue Brothers" movie sometime, though, huh? Will I like it if I didn't particularly care for According To Jim?
― Naughty By Nurture (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 23 March 2012 23:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
if I wasn't laughing I'd strangle you
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 23:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
blues brothers over wayne's world, macgruber
― balls, Saturday, 24 March 2012 00:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like Wayne's World a lot but I have no idea how it's better than the Blues Brothers.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 March 2012 00:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's funnier?
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 24 March 2012 00:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Dang, I should've made this a general "Best SNL Spinoff" poll, so I could've included gems like this:
― General Scheherazod (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 24 March 2012 00:14 (1 year ago) Permalink