The Blues Brothers - After the Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- Chris and Altaf just watched THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980) and share their thoughts on it, as well as their lack of knowledge on the original SNL skits, the childlike nature of Dan Aykroyd we know and love, and the special bond musicians share with one another.
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Aykroyd, who actually plays the hermonica, was the one who introduced Belushi to the blues. They use to do numbers backstage for cast & crew of SNL. They initially performed on the show as singing killer bees. That morphed into the blues brothers where their alter egos opened Saturday Night Live as the musical act.
Aykroyd used to do a weekend blues radio show for a few years.
The guard who hands John back his soiled prophylactic was Frank Oz, a director and actor and puppet actor, who was the voice of Yoda in Star Wars.
Yeah we learned that during the editing of the reaction video! Such an odd cameo but it's amazing 😂
In fact was the voice and actor for Miss Piggy, as referenced in the Toys'r' Us scene
He will also pop up when you watch An American Werewolf in London.
and Kermit
@@MagesseT1 Actually, Kermit was Jim Henson. But Frank Oz did Miss Piggy, Fozzie the Bear, Grover, Bert (of Bert and Ernie), Cookie Monster, Sam the Eagle, Yoda, and many others. Jim and Frank were a powerful team. Since then, Frank has also done a lot of directing.
Cab Calloway (The Hi-De-Ho Man) had songs in 5 or 6 different decades. I am so happy he had such a big part throughout this movie. When the band transformed for Minnie the Moocher it was exactly as he would have performed in real life, then it transitioned back to the movie's reality. The man performed right up until the end. A true legend.
The musical guest appearances were James Brown (with Chaka Khan in the church choir), John Lee Hooker, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and Cab Calloway. The prisoner who first jumps up on the table during the Jailhouse Rock scene is played by rock legend Joe Walsh.
Thanks so much for sharing and hopping over to this channel! We'll start blasting some music soon 😂
Several others--John Lee Hooker, etc.
And the woman Elwood hits on at the gas station was Twiggy--who was a famous model.
I watched a lot of reaction videos of this movie and most reactors do not know Calloway and John Lee Hooker. Many fail to recognize Aretha Franklin till she starts singing. Almost everyone recognizes James Brown and Ray Charles.
@@AbolitionistPrivateer Frank Oz plays the prison official who gives Jake his stuff back.
And THE BAND!
The movie works by ironclad rules: the music did not start until Jake and Elwood were together. Nothing bad could happen to either of them while music was playing, and as soon as music starts up again they're fine. The Mission from God was conveyed to Jake via music, and Elwood (who was untouched by it) went along out of loyalty to his brother.
This is my favorite movie of all time, and one of the reasons I love it so much is because no movie in the history of cinema has gone as unecessarily hard through the whole thing as this flick. The budget for this movie was big by today's standards, let alone 1980.
On the subject of cameos, the live blues bland playing during the Maxwell Street scene is possibly the greatest blues supergroup ever assembled. John Lee Hooker singing, Guitar Junior on lead, Calvin 'Fuzz' Jones playing bass, Willie Smith on drums, Big Walter Horton on the harmonica, and Pinetop Perkins on piano. Every single player is a famous legend of the genre and they're here for just one scene, because that's just how this movie is.
At the time it was released, the general population was familiar with the characters. There wasn't a need to set up the characters typically done by standard films. In a sense it is as you described, it is part 2 in that way. They're continuing what an avid SNL watcher would already know about their basic character. It's very understandable for youth of this age not to know details or backstory of older films. It's that youthful excitement that makes me appreciate reaction content. Glad you guys enjoyed it!
The Blues Brothers were an ongoing sketch on SNL. the band was actually the show band! They even toured AS a genuine band. Some of the recordings are incredible. So many songs that aren't in the film.
They opened for the Grateful Dead at their 1978 New Year's Eve concert that closed down Winterland. They even did the midnight countdown.
The Blues Brothers was the opening act for Steve Martin toward the beginning of his stand up career. The live recordings came from those concerts.
I’ve been so bummed that you guys don’t have a long discussion after your reactions, so I am THRILLED to see this new channel! Keep it up, my dudes!
So glad you're here! Thanks for coming!!
Same here! I really enjoy your reactions and energy, but I also really like all the background and knowledge so this was the perfect one-two combo!
@@MoviesThatChangedUs Nice that you are doing longer reviews though I wish you just did it one video instead of splitten it up.
The blonde Britt with the car is Twiggy. A really famous model at the time. Everyone they talk to are pretty much cameos in the movie. Not sure if he is still part of it but Dan also started the “house of blues” restaurant and venue for bands. I’ve only been a few times but we always had a great time. Really enjoyed your review and reaction.
A lot of people miss this cameo:
The black cop with the grudge was Agent X on The X Files, and he played Rufus on Supernatural...
Dan Aykroyd has a passion for blues music. At the time, blues music was starting to fade away so to speak. He literally made it his mission to keep blues music alive. Creating the blues Brothers for SNL and then later, The movies was his way of doing it.
It was a mission from god.
It was in the disco era and so they had to convince Aretha Franklin to do a RnB number, she thought no-one would go and see a blues/R&B movie
Seriously one of my favorite movies, and has been since it came out. I was lucky enough to meet John Landis at a convention years back, and I thanked him for my favorite car chase in film. He looked at me, kinda smiled and said "The one at the end?" I said "Oh, no no....the one thru the mall!!" He laughed and told me a couple great stories about finding an abandon mall, and dressing it to look like it was still open, then completely trashing it. OH! Another fun fact he told me about the mall chase scene: ALL the cars in the parking lot are BRAND NEW CARS from a local dealership. They needed to fill the lot and make it look like an operational mall, and the dealership told them one scratch and you pay for it. So that makes the chase thru the parking lot A LOT more high stakes! :) Love that you two are going further into the discussion of the movies you watch! Huge fan, and absolutely LOVE your reactions!
Very cool fact, thanks! What a movie, I've found memories of dancing to the Blues Brothers at Universal in Florida around 20 years ago which i was able recreate last year. Love finding out extra info!
When you say you feel like the audience already knows the characters, they actually did back in 1980. The Blues Brothers was an enormously popular performance on Saturday Night Live prior to the film. Akroyd and Belushi sang and danced live on the show, as well as performed live concerts at outside venues, and released 2 live albums. So, the public was very familiar with the boys when this movie came out. -- And yes, all the musicians in the BB Band are real musicians with a prominent history. And Belushi and Akroyd do all their own singing, dancing, and harmonica'ing.
Yeah, they didn't have that context to understand that we knew the characters, which is why the movie was made in the first place.
Again im super late. However I had a story to share. During the filmming of the blues brothers John Beluishi disappeared and no one knew where he went. Dan saw a single house near bye. He had a whole speech prepared to explain himself and as soon as the door opened the owners asked “you here for John?” He asked for a glass of milk and sandwich and crashed on the couch. 😂
Ackroyd was so into blues that after the movie he founded a chain of music venues -- House of Blues
The scene of them racing down Lower Wacker Drive, under the elevated train, was a tribute to a similar scene in The French Connection.
The Lady at the gas station was TWIGGY,she was a famous English model back in the day.
Smokey and the Bandit wrecked the most cars ever in a movie.
The Blues Brothers set out to break that record. And succeeded.
We did a high school trip for band/orchestra to Disney in Florida, and one of the days we had breakfast in a Hard Rock Café, and one of our directors did the bit for Belushi in a Blues Brothers skit with the house players for us. It was amazing
The movie was probably a no brainer for the studio. Belushi was coming off of Animal House (an awesome film) plus he & Aykroyd were coming off of SNL. They had a number 1 album in US (A Brief Case Full of Blues) and a huge concert tour after initially opening for Steve Martin. They were hot. The follow up would have been Ghostbusters but Belushi died. Bill Murray took his role.
Sweet home, Chicago:
This last song of the film is also the program:
The entire diversity of Chicago is used as a backdrop for the movie: The industrial area, the Joliet prison, the suburbs, a huge shopping mall, the black and white poor neighborhoods, the churches, the blues district , the rural outskirts, the recreational area on Lake Michigan, the 'modern' street jungle and the inner city.
This is a movie about Chicago in Chicago with the people of Chicago and is a loving homage to this city, to 'Sweet home, Chicago'.
Altar's hit a very specific bullseye with his final speech about media and how some people lack the options for sharing said passions and excitement. Hence why specific "reaction channels" like yours and others hit such a heartwarming feeling, even if we are all strangers, as it allows for those that struggle finally get in a way a synthetic but not less real result in striving to share their passions with others. So, thank you. Genuinely. You hit it right on the nail with those words and we're happy your genuine efforts are also providing results.
Trading Places- Christmas movie with Dan Ackroyd and John Landis, must watch… oh yeah Eddie Murphy too 🎉😊
Fantastic movie. Fantastic reaction. Really glad you guys enjoyed it.
I dont mean this in a condescending way but I've noticed a lot of younger reactors are regularly shocked at how well done older movies are. "They SHOT that?" I think you guys are spot on when you talk about how much effort was put into films in those days (not to disparage new productions). It's interesting.
Movie studios nowadays teach audiences to enjoy pig slop as long as it's full of CGI. If I had a dollar every time a zoomer said you should 'lower your expectations' to enjoy a modern blockbuster, I'd be filthy rich. Notice also how often the reactors are surprised that a movie is creative. How sad.
@@mikshin9825We shouldn't lower our expectations. They should raise their standards.
the blues brothers were an actual band.
akeroyd and belushi had actual live concerts, some of which are on youtube that you can search up and watch.
they also released several CDs, that sold well.
I am so happy you fellas saw this. The first time I saw it 20 years ago, I had the same exact reaction, "How the hell have I not seen this before ????? " That is the gift you've given us all, exposure to excellent film. Thank you, and fist bumps from Canada :)
Btw Fisher had a brief relationship with Belushi prior to this. Then she got engaged to Ackroyd on set before going back to Paul Simon.
The thing I love most about this movie is that the music legends throughout the film perform songs that we would hope to hear...its not like any other musical where the songs are written for the musical specifically (and unfortunately, are frequently kinda cheesy). This movie brings people together and is filled with legends doing music for which they are legendary. Nothing quite like this and I love it so much. It was a joy to watch your reaction!
I loved watching you guys watching the "Blues Brothers" movie. I was a kid who watched this in the movie theatre with my parents. My parents rarely went to movies, and they almost never brought us...but this movie...well...I and my sibling were there. I'm a lifelong Chicagoan, and so there's that. My mom had a crush on Dan Aykroyd. My mom used to shop at the shopping mall that was used, and it was her favorite (it actually was rundown or recently closed when it was built back up for the movie. ) As a child, I did watch the original SNL. The SNL "cheeseburger" skit was based on John's real-life experience, because he also was a Chicagoan. So anyway, I watched you watching it, and laughed at everything you did! Nice job!
I enjoyed this new format for a little longer discussion. Glad to see you both enjoyed it.
Thanks so much! We're glad you liked it :)
Robin Williams started in a kids TV show called MORK AND MINDY; that's how he became famous.
I think you’re spot on about Ackroyd’s creativity. He also LOVES the blues and has hosted blues radio shows over the years.
The building with the Ray's Music Exchange mural was really a pawnshop. It was burned a few years ago and demolished. It still had the mural from the film.
Talking about running out of movies to react to, especially around the holidays: You shouldn't worry too much about that. You're biggest draw as content creators is that feeling of watching our favorite movie with a couple of friends not that it's necessarily new. Also, love seeing how your channel and your on-screen comfort levels have evolved. Really enjoy this addition and I look forward to seeing more of these in the future.
Its such a unique experience to watch these movies without any background info, or very limited. Enjoy it.
Also the guy reading out Jake's items at the beginning of the movie is Frank OZ. He's also in Trading Places and was the OG Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Animal (amongst others) from the Muppets. He's a legend. He directed like 5 classics as well.
In the vein of movies that commit to the bit hard, that involve 2 characters who were in tv skits and were at least somewhat popular so why not take a movie shot, have you guys seen Strange Brew? Bob and Doug McKenzie were characters from a skit called The Great White North on SCTV (Canadian SNL) in the 80's. As written, the duo are two regular schmucks on a Canadian public access tv show. They were essentially Wayne's World before Wayne's World. So a movie was made with the characters that..well I won't spoil the plot but it's the best version of a classical piece of literature made IMO. The movie is absurd, and is just as dedicated to the bit as Blues Brothers. Fingers crossed you haven't seen it yet!
Ooh that sounds fun. We'll look it up sometime! Thanks so much for sharing and coming to this channel. We can never get enough comedy duos 😂
Strange Brew is awesome!
@@GatorScribe726Growing up in the 80's it was my dad's favorite movie. We had their comedy album on LP! I've made most of my friends watch it at some point or other. Maybe it'd lure them it to know one of the two is Rick Moranis?
Strange Brew was one of the favorites to quote from in my household growing up. Along with Fawlty Towers and Monty Python
At the time everyone did know them. They were stars on Saturday night live and had a best selling album.
Love this after show, please keep it up.
As you guys pretty much acknowledged, this movie is kind of a who's-who of the greats of 70s-80s R&B. When it got to the John Lee Hooker scene (the man playing guitar and singing outside of Aretha's diner before they go in), my Dad would always say "this guy is a LEGEND." Cab Calloway (Curtis, their father figure) is too, and the style shift that he and the band undergo during Minnie the Moocher, his biggest hit, is an homage to his classic performances.
The other thing this movie is full of is fantastic character actors. A few y'all didn't seem to recognize --
The prison official who gives Jake his outfit and stuff back at the beginning is none other than voice acting legend Frank Oz, of Yoda and Ms Piggy and a zillion others fame.
The leader of the Good Ol' Boys is Charles Napier, who you may have seen as Lt. Boyle in Silence of the Lambs and the military commander who orders Austin's unfreezing in Austin Powers.
And finally, the police dispatcher who hilariously deadpans "use of unnecessary violence in apprehension of the Blues Brothers has been approved" is Ralph Foody, best known to the world as Johnny the mobster who says "Keep the change ya filthy animal" in Home Alone.
Also -- the production managed to find a mall that was abandoned and already scheduled for demolition. So the crew dressed all the stores from the ground up specifically for it all to be crashed through. I still wince when they wreck that great drum kit though.
Yes, Cab Calloway is a true legend, performing since the 1920s and a musical star (bandleader, vocalist, etc.) since the 1930s. His song "Minnie the Moocher" was the first record by a black performer to sell a million copies, and it's a blessing that he enjoyed a long life and extended performing career so he could re-create it here for a new audience. And all credit to the filmmakers for thinking to include him (apparently it was largely Aykroyd's idea) alongside the more contemporary figures (Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Ray Charles) that 1980 audiences would know.
Thanks for bringing up Frank Oz. I wandered into the comments to make sure someone brought it up.
I love this movie, saw it in the theatre and my sister was an extra in the mall scene. Best reaction of the movie I've seen! I am so glad you recognized so many of the cameos.
This is exactly the sort of thing I enjoy watching as an after show. Keep up the amazing work!
I gotta say, I love your reactions, but I think I enjoy these podcasts even more. Hope you keep promoting this channel on the main channel.
blues brothers is my partners favourite movie. I never really watched until I met her, but holy cow am i glad i have, such a classic fever dream of a movie with good singing good dancing and lots of laughs.
Paul Shaffer was originally supposed to be involved in this, but he had to reluctantly pull out due to his commitment to a show starring another original SNL cast member, Gilda Radner. This is why you see Murphy Dunne on the keyboards instead.
Paul did, however, later have a small part in the sequel, "Blues Brothers 2000", which Dan Aykroyd starred in with John Goodman.
I wish to say thank you. I am twice your age and appreciate you both and your fans dedication to this channel. I discovered this just today. and watched a few of your reviews . I have to say, "I dig this channel"
This after-reaction discussion is a GREAT idea. Love it. Don't feel like you have to do it after every reaction, but just when yall feel moved by the spirit.
One cameo you missed: The prison clerk that gave Jake his stuff back at the beginning of the movie was Frank Oz: Great director and Muppeteer, THE VOICE AND PUPPETEER OF YODA!!
Ya'll should totally watch Animal House. It's another John Landis movie with John Belushi that's amazingly funny.
Frank Oz (the guy at the prison giving Jake his stuff back) is the voice of Miss Piggy and Yoda - and directed a bunch of movies. Henry Gibson (head nazi) was a popular comedian in the 60s. Twiggy was an iconic super thin model in the 60s. Head Good Ol Boy was a Space Hippy singing in Star Trek TOS.
The guard who gives jake his possessions at the beginning is Frank oz. There are extras and cameos and then there is this film. A "fact" at the time was that this movie had the record for most damage done which you can definitely believe.
Animal House? Technically the first Lampoon movie.. pretty sure that's a Landis flick and Belushi's breakout movie role. I can't remember if he was still doing SNL when it released but I believe he was. Have you guys seen that? I didn't go back and double check. If not, consider giving it a go if it hasn't already been suggested on patreon.
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Super late - just dropping in to say that the Blues Brothers was already a famous SNL skit and they had some cool songs with the show's band. The many cameos happened because everybody watched and knew all the characters from Saturday Night Live and wanted to be in the movie. Also, Akroyd and Belushi loved blues music and did what they could to promote it. The mayor of Chicago, who was a fan, allowed them to make this movie with car chases, mall wrecking, etc. She closed down streets for them and allowed them to rampage through Daley plaza with 100 state and city cops, real firemen, 50 squad cars and 15 police horses, three tanks, three helicopters and 200 national guardsmen, along with what is rumored to be a real SWAT team.
The guy who goes through John Belushi's things in the prison is frank oz who does the voice of yoda.
Definitely digging the extended discussion!
Theres a great interview/article in Vanity Fair [Soul Men: The Making of The Blues Brothers] from 2013 that gives a lot of insight into the history/development of the characters, the massive script, the huge budget overruns (there was an included cocaine budget to keep everyone, especially Belushi, running) and they went incredibly off schedule. And yet this crazy shambolic mess turned into an amazing, one-of-a-kind production.
The lore of the movie is almost as good as the movie itself.
This is a great idea to get around the problem of viewers bailing on extended discussion! Now those of us who appreciate a good thing will be happy as a pig in…glasses.
Here’s a couple of suggestions for you to see, Animal House, Doctor Detroit, and Foul Play. These all have some of the actors you mentioned not knowing very much about.
I’ve seen this movie about 5 times on TV with my dad and never recognized Spielberg until you guys pointed it out. 😂
But I do have a picture of the gorilla head sculpture when my family and I visited Chicago a few years ago.
Altaf's an absolute nut for Spielberg so we immediately recognized him hahaha
Thanks for coming to the channel!
The Blues Brothers actually (sort of) owe their start to Chevy Chase's pratfall-filled parodies of President Gerald Ford on Saturday Night Live. When Chase was invited to perform at the White House Correspondents Dinner, Ackroyd and Belushi accompanied him as his secret service agents (that's where the black suits, fedoras, and sunglasses came from). Offstage, Ackroyd and Belushi got to riffing around in the costumes like kids playing dress-up play-pretend (in a good, creative-vibes-flowing sort of way) and developed the characters. They brought the idea back to SNL's Lorne Michaels who greenlit the act for the show and the rest is history.
Can't tell if youi know, but Blues Brothers was born out of a skit on Saturday Night Live. Where they would do sketches in their BB personas. They were so popular, that the movie was born out of it. And a Prophylactic was another term for a condom. It's not used often these days as other slangs have been used in there stead.
First comment on RUclips ever (maybe or at least for decades). Love the channel. You nailed it when you said this gives us the chance to experience a movie we love in a new way. Something I think you should do for Blues Brothers though is to research the cast more - you’d really get a kick out of it. There are SO MANY more cameos than you realise! For example (I won’t spoil them all) the guy at the start who gives Jake his stuff back (including the soiled prophylactic) is Frank Oz. If you don’t know - Frank Oz, amongst other things, is/was the voice of Fozzie Bear from the Muppets (also huge in the 80s) and his voice is instantly recognisable to a generation. So go check out all the cast and cameos, you’ll be glad you did!
We're honored to be your first comment! Ever since we uploaded this reaction, people have been listing off all the cameos and it's crazy! It's maddening that we didn't notice it was Frank Oz 😂
I like that your reactions stay short and sweet enough I can watch them on my lunch break, and I loved this conversation, it's something I really like from reactors. Putting it as an optional follow-up video seems like a great approach!
Landis directed the hilarious Coming to America, Animal House, and Trading Places. American Werewolf in London is a horror movie with great comedic moments as well.
He also did Spies Likes Us and the criminally underlooked Into The Night, both came out the same year.
Thanks guys! An all time fave movie of mine. Fun fact: The Blues Brothers held the record for the most cars destroyed in a movie (103) until it's own sequel deliberately broke it by 1 car (104)
I watched this movie when I was 16 years old. I was introduced to Cab Calloway, James brown, Aretha Franklin. And the blues music was great.
The Blues Brothers is one of the greatest comedy and musical movies of all time!!
NO question!!
This was a great discussion! My only bit of constructive criticism would be to maybe take a break after initial reactions to organize your thoughts into points you want to be sure to bring up so you can guide the discussion a bit. Maybe take a few minutes to look up stuff like actors whose names escaped you, or references and cameos you didn't get or couldn't articulate in the moment. I'll still watch if y'all keep up what you're doing, cause y'all got great energy and compatibility. stoked for more.
The whole band are a cameo and there's twiggy, cab Carloway, Arethra Franklin, James brown, stevie wonder...
Blues Brothers is my favorite Landis film, but American Werewolf is absolutely his masterpiece. It would be a good one for you guys to react to for spooky season.
Having more time to discuss the movie you just watched is great! I would gladly watch more of this type of video!
I'm happy you enjyod the movie so much. An all-time classic and also an all-time favourite of mine. Must've been about 8years old when I saw it first (not getting all the jokes of course). That's more than 35 years ago. I watch it regularly still. It did bring back lots of lost and forgotten R'n'B stars, which was quite a big deal. Dan and John were really into the music with all their hearts. Saw the Blues Brothers Band about 25 years ago on stage. Had the privilage to meet Alan Rubin, Eddie Floyd who did the vocals, Steve Cropper and Matt Guitar Murphy after the concert. That was quite a big deal for me. Steve Cropper from "Booker T. & the M.G.’s", immortalized with their track "Green Onions". Even one doesn't know Cropper, everyone knows this track. And he's in the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame. I once met Matt Murphy again at a solo concert. Really had time to chat, that was during the shoot of BB2000. He was happy to talk, talked about the upcoming movie and so on. A wonderful, down-to-earth guy. Matt is gone already sadly. Was a pleasure to have met these guys. Sadly BB2000 was pretty bad. The music on the other hand was top-notch again.
Hey guys, a fun John Landis movie is Into the Night. Early Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer. Ackroyd’s in it too, and a cameo with David Bowie. Landis even acts in it! Peace from Toronto
You dudes were talking about Christmas movies that neither of you have seen, so I thought of a few possibilities to watch for the channel:
Violent Night
Scrooged
Krampus
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
Ernest Saves Christmas
Hopefully there is at least one that you haven't seen! All are fantastic!
May your next movie viewing experiences be all of the entertaining!
When fleeing from Bob's Country Bunker, the brothers drive past a billboard where the cops are hiding. The billboard is advertising a movie called 'See You Next Wednesday.' This is not a real film; it's part of a running gag in John Landis' movies.
The TV version has a couple of extra scenes. One reveals the Elwood always parks the car in a high-voltage shed for the elevated train, vaguely hinting that the car gets its 'superpowers' from parking there. The other scene shows Elwood going in to quit his day job at a glue factory, explaining how he came into possession of the spray glue he used on the Good Ole Boys' RV. This short scene at the factory was the only time in the movie when the audience actually sees Elwood without his sunglasses.
And the gas station exploding, a scene that cost about $100k and got edited out 😳
Love the post reaction reaction! Also so glad you guys went into this blind. Its always like I'm watching my favorite movies for the first time again seeing them through your eyes!
John Landis is LEGEND, that's no doubt, but he's also responsible for killing an actor and two children on the set of a movie with a stunt gone wrong and every time I watch The Blues Brothers now I'm always reminded of that by how crazy all the car stunts are and I wonder how many people got hurt... He seemed to be really determined to push the limits of safety for his art and put people in real danger for his films.
Aside from that you guys are awesome and thanks for your enthusiasm! Another great film with a great reaction and I am super excited for this new channel!
Stay Cool Dudes!
There's sort of an important line drawn for whether you will likely know media "before your time." And that's how old you were when you had access to the Internet. I grew up in the 80's and 90's, but didn't have internet access until college. That means as a child, all my exposure to music, movies and TV were regulated by what was on TV, the radio, or my local Blockbuster. Through those mediums, i was bombarded with stuff older than me. But if you were born after about 1985, you likely had the internet for most of your childhood, and had access to a much wider wealth of entertainment, not to mention the more advanced video games that replaced a lot of other entertainment by the early 2000's.
I hope you will listen to some John Lee Hooker. Total mood dude. And I recall the biggest LINE from this movie, still repeated by some of us, "We're on a mission from God."
I remember this movie most for my first time watch setting: In school, because it was our homeroom teacher's birthday.
Man, I wish you guys had this follow up stuff for It's A Wonderful Life's reaction. I would've loved to have heard more of your commentary on that one. It's in my Top 3 fave reactions of yours.
The head nazi is Henry Gibson. Great actor and comedian from Rowan and Martin's laughin, The Burbs...
Funny you mention Chevy Chase. AFAIK, Belushi and Ackroyd were not in any bands, but Chevy Chase was. He was a drummer in a band was a released album on a major label. He also released an album (very obscure), which was all funny songs, no telling jokes. I think he also worked with the Steely Dan guys?
One of the musicians who couldn’t appear due to contractual obligations was Paul Shaffer who was involved when Dan and John went on the road as The Blues Brothers on tours during the summers in the late 1970’s following the success of the characters on Saturday Night Live. Shaffer did appear in two roles in the sequel Blues Brothers 2000, so it kinda makes up for it.
Maybe he was too busy promoting Spinal Tap at the time.
I think it's also great that the movie was its own thing where too many SNL skits turned movies just try to expand the skit to 90 minutes and they run out of steam.
Just a suggestion for Christmas movies: Arthur Christmas. It is not just my favorite holiday movie, it's one of my favorite movies period. When I watched first time I thought it was cute, then I started paying attention to it and holy cow there is a lot of character and family exposition deep dives. It's actually crazy poignant for a kids movie.
A movie that takes place during Christmas, but it's not normally thought of us as a Christmas film is the 80s comedy with John Cusack, Better Off Dead. Highly recommend and not enough reactors are watching this major classic to a lot of GenXers.
Excellent film..if these guys like weird that would work for them.
I like how during the tunnel scene at the end, Dan Aykroyd finally asks what we’ve been wondering the entire movie - Who is that girl?!
In the Curl Up & Die scene there’s a big clue with the photos on the desk that most viewers miss.
Great reaction, my first with you guys. I don't see this film mentioned much in the reaction community. Hopefully a wave is created. As for films to see. This is in my top 5 fave comedies of all time. Also one of the very, very few musicals I will watch willingly. 😆
Here are some of my fave films to watch over and over again.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension.
Dark City (dit cut)
The Crow
A Fish Called Wanda
The Untouchables
Time Bandits
Actually, we did know the characters before. The Blues Brothers started as musical skits on SNL wen Belushi and Aykroyd were in the original SNL cast.
Love the post show. Imma have to watch all of these now.
For christmas I think you should watch Violent night. I think it came out last year and it was so much fun.
if you're looking for a funny and wholesome christmas movie go with "we're no angels" with Humphrey Bogart, Sir Peter Ustinov and Aldo Ray. I watch it every year
That has been one of my favorites since I first saw it 60 years ago!
@@CindyNavarro I know this movie since I was a child. one of my parents favorite movies and mandatory on christmas. love it.
For christmas movies, I'm not sure if you've seen these yet, but a few suggestions:
Die hard, Jingle all the way, Rise of the Guardians, Nightmare before Christmas.
The Blues Brothers truly is the best sequel ever made. Considering its the first film that's outstanding. My childhood film along with The Warriors, Live and Let Die, The Great Escape and Rocky I - V. _I had an odd childhood._
What sequel? What are you talking about?
Great John Landis 80’s movies worth watching include “Into the night” and the crazy “Amazon Women on the Moon”.
If you're looking for Christmas movies to react to I would suggest The Shop Around the Corner with James Stewart. I've always thought it better than It's a Wonderful Life. Also We're No Angels from 1955 with Humphrey Bogart. It's a great little Christmas comedy that's become a hidden gem over the years.
Oh, the man giving Jake his items back in the prison is Frank Oz, the voice of Yoda and Miss Piggy.....
I'm 32 so I'm a little young for when this movie came out, but when I was 17 my best friend in high school (who's a bit of an old soul) showed me this movie and it's been in my top five comedies ever since. I love that you guys did this movie and gave it the shine it deserves.
All that being said, I'm just sitting here patiently waiting for blade: trinity. While it's definitely the weakest of the blade movies, I'm really curious to hear y'all's opinion of it.
Christmas movie recommendations: go for old school musicals! Going My Way and its sequel The Bells of St. Mary’s, both from the early 1940s, Holiday Inn (not just Christmas but every other American holiday-watch out for the Lincoln’s Birthday sequence though), and White Christmas. And any of the various Christmas Carol adaptations-I particularly love the 1951 Alistair Sim one, but the 1990s George C. Scott one is also great. For the family movie that isn’t specifically a holiday film, Wizard of Oz and Singin’ in the Rain.
The clerk at the courthouse is Steven Spielberg
It would've made amazing if all Ghostbusters movies were based exactly on Dan Aykroyd's scripts