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The Blues Brothers
John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd were Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues. First, on Saturday Night Live (1975), then on a concert tour (1979), then in their own movie (1980). There was also a book based on the movie. They released 2 or 3 albums, plus a "best of" compilation. Their back up band was a veritable who's who of R&B session men.
Then, a scant 18 years later, Dan Ackroyd said to himself, "You know, I suck. But I don't suck enough. I must ruin people's one remaining good memory of me." And that's how Blues Brothers 2000 got made. True story!
There is a Super Nintendo/NES game by Titus in 1992.
Believe it or not, there was a Blues Brothers animated series in 1997, but you never saw it because it got cancelled before it could air!
See also
- Curtis
- The Good Ole Boys
- The Louisiana Gator Boys
- Murph and the Magic Tones
- Reverend Cleophus James
- Street Slim
External Links
- https://snl.fandom.com/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers_(characters)
- https://lostmediaarchive.fandom.com/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers_Animated_Series_Episodes_1-10_(1997)
- https://lostmediawiki.com/The_Blues_Brothers:_The_Animated_Series_(partially_found_episodes_of_unaired_film-based_animated_series;_1997)
- https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/may/04/blues-brothers-the-cartoon-is-coming-soon
- https://deadline.com/2016/05/the-blues-brothers-animated-comedy-series-dan-aykroyd-1201748389/
- https://www.onesnladay.com/2020/03/16/november-3-2001-john-goodman-ja-rule-s27-e4/