I am. 😎 As a native Chicagoan, when it first came out I was so excited to see my hometown in a movie for the first time! But then I fell in love with it for the film itself, and our local boy who had found stardom, John Belushi. ❤️
@@marythegirlygirl Do you actually own a Bluesmobile? “It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.”
Dear Mary, GREAT JOB on this “Blues Brothers” video! I was a Radio DJ when the movie and the “Briefcase Full Of Blues” album came out, and played the HELL out of a few deep cuts from that album on the air! And to top it off, BOTH of my parents grew up in Chicago, and lived there until 1951. That’s when they packed up and moved to the Los Angeles area. Therefore, I was quite surprised at how much my father LOVED the movie! You obviously love the movie (me too!), since you are pictured with your very own Bluesmobile! Although they’re very cool cars, these days you’ve got to be practically rich to keep the gas tank on one of those beasts full! And Mom and Dad owned a Dodge Polara of that vintage, years before the movie was even made. No, it didn’t have the 440 Hemi, but it was a great ride. But a late friend of mine had TWO of ‘em that he’d bought at a California Highway Patrol auction. Each of them was equipped with everything but the “cop style” light bar on top - heavy duty suspension, heavy duty transmission, full skid plates, HUGE Hemi engines…you get the idea. You could be doing 65 on the freeway, them floor it - and the rear wheels would break loose, you’d get pinned back in your seat, and EACH of these beasts would peel rubber until you hit 90 mph… or 95, depending on which car it was. So, Mary, thank you so much for taking the time and expense to put this video together. Again, GREAT job! Thank you!!!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! I do love the film, their music, and all things Blues Brothers. The car however is not mine. That’s the official Chicago Bluesmobile the boys use whenever they’re in town! 😎
This movie was special to my best friend and me in high school. 1983/85 We called each other jake and Elwood whenever we got in shenanigans, and it was the 80s so there were shenanigans probably watch that movie 50 times, and that means we did it on a VCR 😂 I appreciate the effort it took to do this. Thank you for bringing a stranger some joy in a mad world ❤🙏🏽
Amazing work you’ve put in to bring this to us … I couldn’t guess how many times I have watched this film. If I’m ever in a crappy mood I’ll watch this and everything will float away 😊 This was and is the best film ever made full stop. Thanks Quinny
Love this video. For years my sister and I have been able to quote most of the movie and now we've passed that down to her daughter (my niece). We're driving Route 66 west-east in 2025 in our 2018 Stingray and the Old Joliet Prison will be one of our final stops. I was stunned to see so few people in your photos. It actually looks safe to do.
Great video! One of my all time favorite movies and the BEST soundtrack ever. It's wild how little things have changed 40+ years later. Thanks for the post!
Needed to a few more concert song's? The Stand by your man? Song? You bought a Police car and outfit?Awesome. NOW? ORDER 4 WHOLE FRIED CHICKENS AND A COKE? TOSTED WHITE BREAD?
Looks like it! So much playground equipment back in those days looked potentially crippling! Wouldn't hold up to today's standards! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Last weekend my wife surprised me with a trip to Chicago to see many of these sites. I was born in 81 and Blues Brothers has been my favorite movie my whole life! So sad that Ray's Music Exchange is gone. Great video!!
I've tried to do this with streetview. But you did it best sister! 100% commitment. My kids are 8 and 10 and I need to find a copy of the film thats clean, because they need to know what i know. 0:12 NO WAY!!! amazing. I love that so much is unchanged.
Great video. Thank you. On a visit to Chicago I tried to get a taxi driver to show me some of the locations, it is surprisingly difficult. I wanted to drive down Wacker Drive and under the El Train. Such a great movie.
This is the BEST one yet. Shelly’s Loan Aka Rays Music Exchange was a family business they kept it going through generations. In recent years They had problems with crime more and more frequently. The family closed it. The building burned in about 2017. I did a photo op there in 2016 before it closed I went inside and took pictures the mural was still there. ☑️
@@Darryl_Frost these days, lower Wakka drive is a bit sketchy and it’s not really safe to go walking around there. I wanted to but, safety first! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
Speaking as someone who grew up in Chicago suburbs in that era, this is an outstanding video. Thank you for this work. But whatever happened at the location of the mall they drove through that was going to be shut down anyway? I believe that was in Harvey?
Thank you, so glad you enjoyed. Yes, unfortunately. the Dixie Mall (which was already vacant at the time of filming) was demolished years before I discovered this hobby and decided to visit all these locations over the course of a little over a year. So was Rays Music Exchange and the diner where Aretha sang. I visited every spot I could! 😎
Carrie fisher really blew up the Hotel !!!! Holy crap !!!! Lol......I was watching the movie and wondered if they had a filming location video for it and I found your video. Thank you so much for making it !!! The blues brothers is my all time favorite movie !!!!! Your video makes it better.
I Mary I have a question that has been on my mind since the day I bought the sound track to the movie, and you might be my only hope in answering it. On the sound track why was the song " Sooth me baby" ," Let the good times roll" and john Hookers two " Boom Boom" and "Boogie Children" left off the sound track ? I know you may not know but I figured since you had connections you might be able to find out. Thank you.
@@84fan Sorry for the delay, I was traveling and a little unplugged. Unfortunately, I do not know the answer to your question. I wish I did though! I checked with an authority and their guess is it was to focus on the musicians that were in the movie. However, they also informed me that there is an unofficial extended soundtrack available online that has all of the songs that were in the movie, plus ones that were cut from the movie. So you might want to check that out! archive.org/details/thebluesbrothersdeluxesountrack
GREAT!!! What a huge amount of work. My highest respect!!! Almost as good as the film by itself. A pleasure for a Blues-Brothers-Fan. Best regards from Germany.
Thank you for this delightful time traveling video. This movie is my all-time favorite musical, on bad days I settle down to watch it and rest assured that yes the 'real world is nucking futs'. Its cheaper than therapy. :o)
spot that was near the west wind motel in west Chicago was the makeshift gas station with twiggy was .6 miles on the intersection of Gary’s mil and rt 59. The foundation lasted for years till around 2010 they tore the concrete out. I live 3 min away
I'm sober now. But the blues is still in my soul. The amount of times I've watched bbs is to many. The amount of times I dropped my guitar and trumpet also is to many lol. Those days are behind me thank the Lord!
😂absolutely AWESOME! I was 10 yo with a 16yo bro in 1980. Between Blues Brothers; Porkys; Animal House and Fast Times @RH there were shenanigans to be had and no cell phone witnesesses! Your video was a great treat! Thanks
Wonderful job! I was in Chicago in 2017 but saw only some of set places; you did a great showing us all of them and how they changed in years! Amazing!
Excellent video, but I was hoping to see Milwaukee in your locations…the (long since finished) 794 bridge that was used as a launching ramp…it was brilliant!
Too bad you couldn't get a video of the Dixie Square Mall for your video. Also, I believe there was a scene or scenes shot on Route 59 in the area of West Chicago.
So Cool Thanks for the research..I was 6yr when they filmed that growing up near by Indiana Stateline. Went lots trips out there through the years growing up visit family..Chicago has changed
Actually I was just there at the Mccormick place for the auto show this past weekend..I didn't see a shot from the movie scene. Where they are being chased turn on highway right side Mccormick place and can see little of downtown
I grew up in the neighborhood close to the scene at :08 sec. We called that bridge the "jack knife" because of the way it looked when it opened. This view is from 95th Street looking south along the Calumet River.
So much work you did and to think there are still more places that got used. Glad you got the west side of Bangs Lake in Wauconda. To the west of there, route 12 had not been completed yet. That is where they used the unfinished on ramp dirt to shoot the squad car into the semi trailer scene. Another of my favorites was the unfinished freeway on the east side of Winnetka for the RV chase scene. I was one of the stand ins for Steve Cropper. Sadly I am not immortalized in the finished product.
Never got to meet any of the cast, but did eat lunch at the same table with the Aykroyd and Belushi stand ins. By fate I was in the van with John Landais on 94 when one of the "cop cars' ran out of gas and several other 'cop cars' stopped to help. The stunt car only had a peanut gas tank for safety and had not been topped off. The visual of several Chicago units on the side of the freeway made a major traffic jam. That is about my extent with brush to greatness.
@@dominiquedeville3292 it was the Dixie Square Mall in Harvey, Illinois that was vacant at the time and has since been demolished. Now it’s just a vacant piece of land with grass growing up through the pavement with no indication of its former glory.
You have to be an even bigger fan than I am of The Blues Brothers. Awesome video. You were on a mission from God.
I am. 😎 As a native Chicagoan, when it first came out I was so excited to see my hometown in a movie for the first time! But then I fell in love with it for the film itself, and our local boy who had found stardom, John Belushi. ❤️
@@marythegirlygirl Do you actually own a Bluesmobile?
“It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.”
@@NoahSpurrier no, that is the official Chicago Bluesmobile! They drove me around in it one day!
@@marythegirlygirl how cool is THAT??!😁👍🎶
@@NoahSpurrier "Fix the cigarette lighter"
Dear Mary,
GREAT JOB on this “Blues Brothers” video! I was a Radio DJ when the movie and the “Briefcase Full Of Blues” album came out, and played the HELL out of a few deep cuts from that album on the air! And to top it off, BOTH of my parents grew up in Chicago, and lived there until 1951. That’s when they packed up and moved to the Los Angeles area. Therefore, I was quite surprised at how much my father LOVED the movie! You obviously love the movie (me too!), since you are pictured with your very own Bluesmobile! Although they’re very cool cars, these days you’ve got to be practically rich to keep the gas tank on one of those beasts full! And Mom and Dad owned a Dodge Polara of that vintage, years before the movie was even made. No, it didn’t have the 440 Hemi, but it was a great ride. But a late friend of mine had TWO of ‘em that he’d bought at a California Highway Patrol auction. Each of them was equipped with everything but the “cop style” light bar on top - heavy duty suspension, heavy duty transmission, full skid plates, HUGE Hemi engines…you get the idea. You could be doing 65 on the freeway, them floor it - and the rear wheels would break loose, you’d get pinned back in your seat, and EACH of these beasts would peel rubber until you hit 90 mph… or 95, depending on which car it was. So, Mary, thank you so much for taking the time and expense to put this video together. Again, GREAT job! Thank you!!!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! I do love the film, their music, and all things Blues Brothers. The car however is not mine. That’s the official Chicago Bluesmobile the boys use whenever they’re in town! 😎
Great movie. Great music & a great video. Cheers from a huge Blues Brothers fan in Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺
Cheers! Glad you enjoyed! 😎
This movie was special to my best friend and me in high school. 1983/85 We called each other jake and Elwood whenever we got in shenanigans, and it was the 80s so there were shenanigans probably watch that movie 50 times, and that means we did it on a VCR 😂
I appreciate the effort it took to do this. Thank you for bringing a stranger some joy in a mad world ❤🙏🏽
Thank you for sharing your story (Jake and Elwood- so cute!) and for your kind comments! 😎
Amazing work you’ve put in to bring this to us … I couldn’t guess how many times I have watched this film. If I’m ever in a crappy mood I’ll watch this and everything will float away 😊 This was and is the best film ever made full stop. Thanks Quinny
I feel the same! Always puts me in a good mood and makes me smile. 😎
Love this video. For years my sister and I have been able to quote most of the movie and now we've passed that down to her daughter (my niece). We're driving Route 66 west-east in 2025 in our 2018 Stingray and the Old Joliet Prison will be one of our final stops. I was stunned to see so few people in your photos. It actually looks safe to do.
That sounds like a fabulous trip! Have a wonderful time!
Great video! One of my all time favorite movies and the BEST soundtrack ever. It's wild how little things have changed 40+ years later. Thanks for the post!
Needed to a few more concert song's? The Stand by your man? Song?
You bought a Police car and outfit?Awesome. NOW? ORDER 4 WHOLE FRIED CHICKENS AND A COKE? TOSTED WHITE BREAD?
Thank you for the great video. A lot of memories growing up when that movie came out. Phil’s beach slide/platform was a crippler lol
Looks like it! So much playground equipment back in those days looked potentially crippling! Wouldn't hold up to today's standards! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Just watched The Blues Brothers (for the ??? time)...then watched your video! Great job--thank you for the effort...I loved the then and now!
This is awesome, well done! Thanks for sharing. :)
@@intheblues thank you. Peace ✌🏻 Love ❤️ and Blues! 😎
Last weekend my wife surprised me with a trip to Chicago to see many of these sites. I was born in 81 and Blues Brothers has been my favorite movie my whole life! So sad that Ray's Music Exchange is gone. Great video!!
I’m so happy to hear of your experience! It’s really something to drive around and see all the spots!
Thank you for this!
The pleasure was all mine! I’m so thrilled to see how many people have derived enjoyment from it! ☺️
Thank you for making this. Watering eyes the entire time. Always been my favorite movie and soundtrack. God bless America🤘🇺🇸
Aww, how sweet. So glad you enjoyed it! ☺️
Thanks for all that, still my favorite movie. Have you seen the Director’s cut. It really makes the movie more complete
Yes I have and I love it! Glad you enjoyed the video! 😎
The amount of work that went into this video is amazing 👏
Thank you so much. It was a labor of love. ❤️
@@marythegirlygirl It shows!! Thank you for this!!!!
Thank YOU! Glad it brought you enjoyment! 😎
Very cool! Thanks for posting… BTW @4:38, there’s a hair salon called “curl up and dye”… We have one in my hometown of Mountain View Missouri👍
That’s awesome! I would go there if I lived there! 😎
@@marythegirlygirl The Blues Brothers movie is one of my all-time favorites - obviously, it is one of yours, too! 👍😁☮️
@@BaconTomatoCheese it absolutely is!
I've tried to do this with streetview. But you did it best sister! 100% commitment. My kids are 8 and 10 and I need to find a copy of the film thats clean, because they need to know what i know.
0:12 NO WAY!!! amazing. I love that so much is unchanged.
@@OlafProt your kids will love it! Blues Brothers lovers come in all ages and sizes!
Love this, Thank you. The music was great in the background.
@@Renzo90210 glad you loved it! Thank you! 😊
Great video. Thank you. On a visit to Chicago I tried to get a taxi driver to show me some of the locations, it is surprisingly difficult. I wanted to drive down Wacker Drive and under the El Train. Such a great movie.
@@ianbuxton525 thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 😎
My ATF movie. So cool seeing the film locations. Chicago and surrounding areas were awesome places to film.
Wonderful video! Thank you for sharing.
Great job!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! ☺️
This is amazing. The Blues Brothers has always been my favorite movie. Thank you so much for making this video! 😎
Glad you enjoyed it. It was a labor of love. ❤️
I guess u won´t read but one thing to say. Thank you. I´m watching June 2024 from Brazil with tears in my eyes. Simply thank you.
Hey Mary the GirlyGirl, thank you so much for this content!! Awesome video! Time keeps rolling but never takes out the memory!!! Keep on rockin!
This is the BEST one yet.
Shelly’s Loan Aka Rays Music Exchange was a family business they kept it going through generations. In recent years They had problems with crime more and more frequently. The family closed it. The building burned in about 2017. I did a photo op there in 2016 before it closed I went inside and took pictures the mural was still there. ☑️
It burned in 2020 during the riots. I got a few pictures of it just prior to that.
Excellent video, what a trip. Best movie ever.
I was hoping to see lower wakka drive! :) Hey from Australia.
@@Darryl_Frost these days, lower Wakka drive is a bit sketchy and it’s not really safe to go walking around there. I wanted to but, safety first! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
Fantastic! Loved it. Great that you somehow got an old black and white police car a la the movie.
That is the Chicago Official Bluesmobile! Dan drives it at events when he comes to town!
Great video. Great choice of song and what a lovely smile
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it! 😎
Speaking as someone who grew up in Chicago suburbs in that era, this is an outstanding video. Thank you for this work. But whatever happened at the location of the mall they drove through that was going to be shut down anyway? I believe that was in Harvey?
Thank you, so glad you enjoyed. Yes, unfortunately. the Dixie Mall (which was already vacant at the time of filming) was demolished years before I discovered this hobby and decided to visit all these locations over the course of a little over a year. So was Rays Music Exchange and the diner where Aretha sang. I visited every spot I could! 😎
Beautiful memories and great places good job thank you so much🎖️👍🌹
Thank you so much! It was a labor of love! ❤️
That was FANTASTIC!
Thank you. 😊 I was on a mission from, well, you know. 😎
Best thing I've found in a long time, massive part of my youth. Thanks for posting this, it's absolutely brilliant 🤙🏼🤙🏼
So glad you enjoyed it. Thank you! 😎
This is now my favourite Blues Brothers location vid. Loved the photo with Dan and Jim at the end.
Glad you enjoyed! You just made my day! ☺️
Love the film
Thanks for the now and the then
😊
@@garymckean7357 😎😎
Go girl, go! Greetings from Glesga, crying like a baby... ;) {Tears of joy} The blues never gets old.
❤️❤️❤️
Carrie fisher really blew up the Hotel !!!! Holy crap !!!! Lol......I was watching the movie and wondered if they had a filming location video for it and I found your video. Thank you so much for making it !!! The blues brothers is my all time favorite movie !!!!! Your video makes it better.
One of my all time favorite movies too! John and Dan had something special going on. Thank you for the kind comments! 😎
I Mary I have a question that has been on my mind since the day I bought the sound track to the movie, and you might be my only hope in answering it. On the sound track why was the song " Sooth me baby" ," Let the good times roll" and john Hookers two " Boom Boom" and "Boogie Children" left off the sound track ? I know you may not know but I figured since you had connections you might be able to find out. Thank you.
@@84fan Sorry for the delay, I was traveling and a little unplugged. Unfortunately, I do not know the answer to your question. I wish I did though! I checked with an authority and their guess is it was to focus on the musicians that were in the movie. However, they also informed me that there is an unofficial extended soundtrack available online that has all of the songs that were in the movie, plus ones that were cut from the movie. So you might want to check that out! archive.org/details/thebluesbrothersdeluxesountrack
@@marythegirlygirl Awesome !!! Thank you for checking. Hope your trip was a good one.
@@84fan it was! Thank you!
What a great video. I certainly enjoyed it. Must have taken a lot of effort to do. TY for sharing
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 😎
well done - thanks for the flashback and for sharing!
This is Awesome. Thanks for the hard work!!
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Great video. Well done
Thank you so much! I was on a mission of love. 😎
GREAT!!! What a huge amount of work. My highest respect!!! Almost as good as the film by itself. A pleasure for a Blues-Brothers-Fan. Best regards from Germany.
So glad you loved it! Happy Holidays! 😎
Incredible video. Great work. I love before and after pictures.
Thanks so much for your comment. So glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Thank you for this delightful time traveling video. This movie is my all-time favorite musical, on bad days I settle down to watch it and rest assured that yes the 'real world is nucking futs'. Its cheaper than therapy. :o)
I completely understand. It’s my feel good movie too! Peace love and blues! ✌🏻❤️😎
Just wanted to say thanks for making that video. I love that film.
Happy you enjoyed it! 😎
Great Locations thank you for showing us love from india.
Like the video, straight to the point! Good job.
spot that was near the west wind motel in west Chicago was the makeshift gas station with twiggy was .6 miles on the intersection of Gary’s mil and rt 59. The foundation lasted for years till around 2010 they tore the concrete out. I live 3 min away
Yep, that's the intersection. There was nothing left by the time I got there, not even the concrete pad, as you mentioned.
@@marythegirlygirl i appreciate the video! Are you from Chicagoland as well?
@@Dustyfingers originally, yes. Born and raised until I moved away 15 years ago. I do love Chicago though and try to visit home as often as I can!
@@marythegirlygirl I get homesick when I leave because the food is the best! Also did you ever get to meet John?
@@Dustyfingers no I never did sadly. But I met Jim and Dan, and I visited John’s gravesite in Martha’s Vineyard in June. And yes, I miss the food!
I'm sober now. But the blues is still in my soul. The amount of times I've watched bbs is to many. The amount of times I dropped my guitar and trumpet also is to many lol. Those days are behind me thank the Lord!
Wow most of them are still there from 1980! Well done congratulations! You did great job to find them all. And you met Dan Aykrord! Brilliant!
Thank you, I was on a mission you could say. 😎
😂absolutely AWESOME! I was 10 yo with a 16yo bro in 1980. Between Blues Brothers; Porkys; Animal House and Fast Times @RH there were shenanigans to be had and no cell phone witnesesses! Your video was a great treat! Thanks
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 😎
Wonderful job! I was in Chicago in 2017 but saw only some of set places; you did a great showing us all of them and how they changed in years! Amazing!
Very happy to hear you enjoyed it! 🤗
Beautiful video & memories.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed! 😎
Wow. Thanks for doing this. You did great!
Thanks so much! Peace ✌🏻 love ❤️ and blues! 😎
On my top ten of favorite movies 🎬. You did a great job 👏 and I just subscribed 👍
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed! ☺️
greatest video i've seen in a long time.....super....
that's a GREAT job. Greetings from Italy.
@@nicolamarchesan4597 Ciao!
This is so well done Thank you
@@TommySmith-to4mw thank you. Peace love and blues. 😎
Phenomenal work! You literally found it all!
So glad you enjoyed! I was on a mission…😎
That was awesome! Thank you for doing that!
Awesome! My favourite movie of all times.
Nice! Wish you could have dine the mall! 😁
Can't blame her for not going to Harvey, IL . . . but if you want to check out the crazy story of Dixie Square Mall just search for it! 🙂
This is truly awesome. Thanks a lot, Mary!
That was excellent, thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video! Love my hometown Wauconda and pass by Phils Beach every day going to work and back home.
I love that little town!
Very nice, thank you
@ 2:48... This Gentleman is the elegant abode of one Elwood Blues
Excellent video, but I was hoping to see Milwaukee in your locations…the (long since finished) 794 bridge that was used as a launching ramp…it was brilliant!
Thank You this was awesome !
Well done! loved it all!!!!
Too bad you couldn't get a video of the Dixie Square Mall for your video. Also, I believe there was a scene or scenes shot on Route 59 in the area of West Chicago.
Yes, it's too bad it was leveled years before or I definitely would have gone. Along with Ray's Music Exchange and the Soul Food restaurant. :(
Absolutely brilliant ! Must have taken you ages but what a great idea ! Love that film. And Merry Christmas to you 😎👍
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁 😎
Nice replica of the Bluesmobile☺
That’s the official Chicago Bluesmobile!
@@marythegirlygirl Wow😳
Love the blues brothers!
They are very lovable! 😎
That was amazing, thank you!
So glad you enjoyed! 😎
So Cool Thanks for the research..I was 6yr when they filmed that growing up near by Indiana Stateline. Went lots trips out there through the years growing up visit family..Chicago has changed
Actually I was just there at the Mccormick place for the auto show this past weekend..I didn't see a shot from the movie scene. Where they are being chased turn on highway right side Mccormick place and can see little of downtown
Love it this was amazing!
THX for this Video. I'm a great Fan. Greetings from Switzerland
Great job, thanks for your time. Great film
Many thanks!
Rest in peace to those who are no longer with us in this film.
Aretha franklin
Ray charles
Paul reubens
John Candy
John belushi
Very thoughtful. R.I.P. indeed. 💔
guess they told you something for the car used in the film, great video!
Fantastic work, well done! All places I want to go!
Aww, thank you! So glad you enjoyed it! ☺️
Lots of changes during the years. But we still have the city of Chicago!!!!!
@@CarlosVazquez-p4c best city in the states!
Nice video. Chicago native here.
you are awesome Mary!!!!
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed! 😎
thank you very much for this video. Some day I hope to come over to america and visit those places myself but until then pictures it is.
I hope you get the make that trip!
I grew up in the neighborhood close to the scene at :08 sec. We called that bridge the "jack knife" because of the way it looked when it opened. This view is from 95th Street looking south along the Calumet River.
@@sergioleone4215 “Jack knife!” I love it!
wow eyes watering as welll thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy but also feeling a little sad watching this...I was born in Joliet...thanks for sharing.
So much work you did and to think there are still more places that got used. Glad you got the west side of Bangs Lake in Wauconda. To the west of there, route 12 had not been completed yet. That is where they used the unfinished on ramp dirt to shoot the squad car into the semi trailer scene. Another of my favorites was the unfinished freeway on the east side of Winnetka for the RV chase scene. I was one of the stand ins for Steve Cropper. Sadly I am not immortalized in the finished product.
What a great experience that must’ve been! I’m jealous! (But happy for you 😎)
Never got to meet any of the cast, but did eat lunch at the same table with the Aykroyd and Belushi stand ins. By fate I was in the van with John Landais on 94 when one of the "cop cars' ran out of gas and several other 'cop cars' stopped to help. The stunt car only had a peanut gas tank for safety and had not been topped off. The visual of several Chicago units on the side of the freeway made a major traffic jam. That is about my extent with brush to greatness.
that was around Rand and 53 north? You can see early stages of Dundee road in the background. Lived around there in the early '90s
Most of the police cars that were used in this movie, ended up in a junkyard at RT 83 and Archer.
That is so sad. Wish some were preserved for nostalgic purposes.
That’s cool to know!
Awesome
Love the video & I think The mall that was in Blue Island that they drove threw😉
@@dominiquedeville3292 it was the Dixie Square Mall in Harvey, Illinois that was vacant at the time and has since been demolished. Now it’s just a vacant piece of land with grass growing up through the pavement with no indication of its former glory.
@ Yes it was Harvey & thanks
Mary the GirlyGirl, you did a great job. I also liked the foot stomping at the end. It was a great finish
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed! 😎
It’s nice to see those houses in that neighborhood street still mostly look the same.
🔴 AWESOME THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO..!!🙋♂️👍👍👍👍👍👍
I loved it. Thanks so much!
So glad you enjoyed it! 😎
Wow!! U are really a blues brothers fan. U deserve an award for all the effort you put into filming all these locations. Bravo
As the saying goes, I was on a mission from...well, you know. 😎
Great job - loved it!
This is great!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!