real cars in car chases = YES I WANT TO SEE THIS MOVIE
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
OMG totally. Apparently the after-parties were almost as destructive as the movie itself.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
u voting, Morbs?
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
you know what makes a hilarious comedy is great music and car crashes
― technicolor yawn (n/a), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
And blow.
― Naughty By Nurture (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
I can't tell if you're kidding or not.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
i like fun but i also like jokes in my comedies.
― technicolor yawn (n/a), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
you are a joke in your comedy
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
1980.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
rewatch it
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
While stoned.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Friday, 23 March 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
deric you trolling bastard, I'll kill you
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oOv3cuP8M4
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Friday, 23 March 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
hee hee
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
all time
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
if I wasn't laughing I'd strangle you
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 March 2012 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
blues brothers over wayne's world, macgruber
― balls, Saturday, 24 March 2012 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
it's funnier?
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 24 March 2012 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
Dang, I should've made this a general "Best SNL Spinoff" poll, so I could've included gems like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imvgc8-nRlM
― General Scheherazod (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 24 March 2012 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
And the Toonces, The Cat Who Could Drive A Car special. A half hour of Toonces bits, interspersed with a bunch of new, non-Toonces material written by Jack Handey and starring George Wendt, Randy Quaid, Kevin McDonald from Kids in the Hall, and Joe Flaherty as a time-traveling Abe Lincoln.
― General Scheherazod (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 24 March 2012 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
Not to mention MTV's Wayne's World specials. Which might arguably be as good as the movies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oAIh8BpGec
― General Scheherazod (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 24 March 2012 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
Wall, that wasn't as much help as I'd hoped
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 24 March 2012 00:25 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah! I bought this at Blockbuster when I was 10 for like two bucks!! I loved the "Scruffy the Rat" bit ("If that's Scruffy, then who's that? Ewwwww!") and Coach Dobbs
― Estimate the percent chance that a whale has ever been to the moon? (frogbs), Saturday, 24 March 2012 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
I can't stand hearing movie quotes repeated ad infinitum, especially Caddyshack or Fletch.
But danged if I don't sit down for dinner at every company retreat with two unfamiliar co-workers and go "Orange Whip? Orange Whip?"
― pplains, Saturday, 24 March 2012 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
lol those were my #1 and #2 in the comedy poll and even I hate when ppl quote them too much.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Saturday, 24 March 2012 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
Although I am occasionally guilty of doing so myself but it's not often and only in the presence of a particular friend.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Saturday, 24 March 2012 02:18 (twelve years ago) link
Caddyshack or Fletch.
lol those were my #1 and #2 in the comedy poll
just kill me now
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:02 (twelve years ago) link
loool
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:06 (twelve years ago) link
Morbs, I'm sure we'll all do the right thing and run future ballots by a WWII vet before submitting.
― General Scheherazod (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:11 (twelve years ago) link
apparently CHEVY CHASE IS THE GREATEST FILM COMEDIAN OF ALL TIME
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:13 (twelve years ago) link
Nobody's saying that, Morbs! We're saying he's the greatest comedian of all time full stop.
― General Scheherazod (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:15 (twelve years ago) link
This is between og Wayne's World and MacGruber for me.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, March 23, 2012 10:21 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
me too, tie goes to the movie with ghost porking
current snl is awesome, stefon forever
― arsenio and old ma$e (m bison), Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:16 (twelve years ago) link
I would see a stefon movie for real