*THE BLUES BROTHERS* filled us with joy (First time watching reaction)
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Jake ain't lying, though. We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.
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To answer the cameo question; Can Callaway how was a big band legend, James Brown as the pastor, John Lee Hooker as the street performer, Aretha Franklin as the wife with her actual backup singers and Ray Charles as the shop owner. Also every member of the band as serious artist that all have played with some huge bands
Cab Calloway!
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as far as the cop cars, chicago was replacing their entire fleet. the studio bought them. this had the record for the most cars destroyed in a movie till blues brothers 2000 came out
Please do the Movie 'In Bruges' it's a dark comedy that is considered a cult classic and I promise it will surprise you.
In fact, this WAS a passion project for Dan Ackroyd. His first draft of the screenplay included backstory for every member of the band and was so thick when printed out, Ackroyd presented it to John Landis with a phone book cover. Almost 2/3 of it had to be trimmed out to be remotely usable. This is probably the single greatest collection of musical talent on film ever! Besides the giant guest stars like Cab Calloway, James Brown, John Lee Hooker, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles, the actual backup band consists of music legends in the form of some of the greatest session musicians ever.
Thanks, perfect synopsis of the players.
/54 yrs old, saw this in '81. Was a fan of the actual band.
In fact - the movie The Blues Brothers actually SAVED THE CAREERS of many of those musicians (many were in abject poverty or about to quit music) when fans got energized to seek out the music from the movie - and an entirely NEW generation of fans of the Blues genre of music was created! Arguably many NEW rock bands that appeared in the late 80s through the 90s probably got their inspiration from this new influx of the Blues - since Blues is such an integral component of Rock and Roll. So Dan Ackroyd may have single-handedly saved the music industry, radio, record sales (and later CD and DVD) and the like. Or at least given it a healthy extension.
The sequel definitely beats the original for most musical legends onscreen at one time in the final scene. As for the movie as a whole, who knows ?
Also Chaka Khan is in the quoir
@@logandarklighter also, it is no coincidence that they dressed like the "Men in Black".
Dan Aykroyd (2 Y's) was very much into UFO and Aliens.
I think this movie actually holds the record for most cars destroyed in a movie.😂
Also Curtis is played by Cab Calloway.
It used to hold the record, but someone made another movie, I wanna say in the late 90s, specifically to break their record.
I think its the sequel "Blues Brothers 2000" that has the record for most cars in a movie pile up
Transformers:Dark of the moon holds the record at 532. Blues Brother was 104
It held the record until Blues Brothers 2000
@@jcarlovitch Real cars.
You skipped on my favorite joke from the movie:
Elwood: What kind of music do you usually have here?
Claire: Oh, we got both kinds. We got country *and* western.
Great joke!
But the line had the emphasis on " AND".
And of course, who remembers Carrie Fisher in a very well done cameo?
Or " Twiggy" as Elwood's "love interest that wasn't"
@@ChrisJensen-se9rj The 'and' is in bold script. But yeah, does not **really** stand out.
I honestly feel like this is unironically one of the greatest movies ever made! It's got consistently hilarious comedy, incredible music/dancing, mind-blowing car chases, and a once-in-a-lifetime gallery of cameos.
Spot one. It’s a joy
Since you didn’t recognize him, Curtis is played by Cab Calloway, who was a very famous jazz singer in the 1930s through the 50s. Minnie the Moocher was his first hit song, first played in 1931. He was often a cameo in cartoons of the era, such as Betty Boop and some Looney Tunes.
Its not so much Cab was a cameo in cartoons, as it was cartoonists based certain cartoons on the dance styles of Cab Calloway because of his style of dance and the fluidness of his movements
Cab was rotoscoped for two cartoons, in which he sang "Minnie the Moocher" and "St. James Infirmary". Great stuff.
@@alanfoster6589The one I remember is Looney Tunes 1944 'Swooner Crooner', where Porky is taking auditions for a new rooster since his current one, a parody of Frank Sinatra, is making the hens swoon instead of laying eggs for the war effort (WW2). A Cab Calloway rooster is among the candidates.
Cab was also putting marijuana-explicit lyrics into his music in the 1930’s. For example the final line of his tune called The Man from Harlem: “Light up on some of these weeds and get high and forget about everything.”
I don't think they recognised anyone other than Ackroyd and Belushi. The kids of today, huh?
The girl waiting for Dan Akroyd at the motel was British supermodel and actress Twiggy. She was a cultural idol and the face of the “swinging 60’s” in Britain.
She was also amongt the first of a generation of "Super Models" in 60's, 70's and 80's.
The "Quote of the Movie" for The Blues Brothers has always been...
Elwood: "It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses."
I saw this film shortly after it was released. (I just turned 10.) I was a huge fan of the original SNL cast. They were my official introduction to becoming a fan of the blues.
'Hit it.'
Respect to you guys for recognising more cameos than most.
7:50 Dude: "That's like a lot of cars in one take."
Me and everyone else who've seen the movie: "OH, REALLY."
Held the record for along time at 103 cars wrecked.
Keep up the good work, guys.
And I believe they broke the record in Blues Brothers 2000.
John Landis wrote the “ four fried chickens and a Coke” scene after seeing John Belushi eat four whole fried chickens. Elwood’s dry white toast came from Dan Aykroyd, who actually used a coat hanger on a stovetop as a toaster when he was first living on his own.
You just have to remember not to hang your coat on it until it cools down.
@@0okamino Oh. But that's where I've been hanging my smoking jacket.
I'll be the first to tell you I like to eat... but 4 whole chickens?
@@ranwolf76 Belushi was a man of appetites. Food, drink, and sadly drugs.
@@bthsr7113 I still subscribe to the theory, that Slimer in Ghostbusters, was actually the Ghost of John Belushi
It's so great to watch two young guys actually get the spirit of this movie. As you pointed out, there's really nothing else like it. It's especially cool how this film has so many blues legends actually doing music they are known for (Johnny Lee Hooker, Aretha, Ray Charles, etc.) instead of singing some cheesy numbers written specifically for a musical. Love how it also embodies that late 70s 'coming together' feeling... its just a feel-good film. Love that you guys didn't get picky when things got wild...its a 'mission from God', of course impossible things are gonna happen. Love that you rolled with it and took it for the fun ride that was intended. Because once you hear, "we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark...and we're wearing sunglasses"... you just gotta sit back and enjoy the ride!
Awesome reaction. A+
This was a great reaction guys!!!
My dad was a strict parent when I was a young girl and we weren’t allowed to watch much on tv, but he made an exception for this film because, despite all the swearing and violence, he thought the music was too good for us kids to miss out on 😂😂😂
Loved The Blues Brothers ever since.
The musicial talent in cameo roles this movie is unrivaled. This movie introduced me to the likes or James Brown, Aretha Franklin and more.
Same here! Lots of new artists to check out after seeing this!
The film boosted their careers too. Ray Charles, James Brown, Aretha, and John Lee Hooker all had greater success or comebacks in the 80s.
As well as the South Shore Drill Team, who made up the dancers outside Ray's store when the duo commented on the choreography. It's an amazing program for inner city kids to keep them off the streets and out of trouble. They also comprised the dancers during the parade scene from Ferris Bueler's Day Off.
the Blues Brothers band was formed way before the movie
Don't forget Cab Calloway!
My uncle was actually an extra in two scenes; the church scene (he was the one in the tan suit jumping in the air) and the final Jail House Rock scene. Also, the mall where the car chase happened was a real abandoned mall that was getting ready to be torn down. The Nazi scene was also based off of a real rally & the leader was based off of a real person.
I was 8 when this came out & I remember going to see this at the theater. I always loved how it showed some of the real parts of Chicago such as Maxwell street and how a lot of the real blues musicians would play on the street.
Damn, that's cool. Helluva story and a great movie.
No way! I can't imagine how fun it must have been. And as they said, did the just set out a trampoline and tell everyone "knock yerself out"?
And I'm curious: when did your uncle have any inkling this was going to be a fabulous scene out of a fabulous movie (well, both actually but I really mean the church sequence)?
Thanks for your story, Sir!
Wait, an abandoned mall?
…that makes more sense than a functioning one, now that I think about it
Actually, the mall was only just closing. The production never paid the mall as they said they would. The mall wasn't demolished until around 2020. I grew up near the mall, went there when I was a kid.
The level of "Oh my god, is that-?" in this video is awesome. So many great cameos.
I’m so envious of you being able to discover this masterpiece for the first time. This band was the murderer’s row of studio musicians, including Steve Cropper, Donald “Duck” Dunne, Willie Hall and Lou Marini.
And in case you’re wondering just how much of a force of nature John Belushi was, he’s still the only entertainer ever to have the No. 1 album (Briefcase full of Blues), No. 1 television show (Saturday Night Live) and No. 1 film (Animal House) SIMULTANEOUSLY!
Yupper- I saw them as the MG’s backing up Booker T and Otis Redding at the Monterey Pop Festival. I always had a crush on Cropper.
Murphy Dune wasn't the original keyboard player. That was Paul Shafer. However, since many of the musicians as well as Dan and John took time off from SNL, Paul wasn't allowed to join the film.
6:04 believe it or not, Belushi really did the flips and the dancing, he's a big boy but he had skills.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Dancing yes, but I didn't think the flips.
He did do the flips. He took tumbling in high school and he did a lot of cocaine.
@@genageeraert8039in live performances as the Blues Bros he did the flips but when they were making the movie the studio/insurance people forced them to use a stunt double. This is referenced a bit in the book ‘Belushi’ and he was very upset about not being allowed to do them.
His stunt double Jonathan Pendragon did the flips in a fat suit.
This was a big film for me as a teen! I was 14 years old in 1980, living in my hometown of Joliet, IL. Everyone in town saw this film! That fall, my Catholic high school had as our Homecoming theme “We’re on a mission from God,” and we had a Dress Like a Blues Brother Day that week. Four years later, I went to college in Milwaukee, where one of my roommates’ father was a Mt. Prospect cop whose old patrol car was one of the Bluesmobiles in the movie. Also, my drama professor was Father Walling, and he played the shorter of the two guards escorting Joliet Jake across the Collins Street prison. He had some stories about his short time filming in Joliet after he found out I was from there.
That's awesome! Sounds like it was a huge part of your life. Thanks so much for sharing!!
a story all about you
@@papalaz4444244yeah, that's the point of the comment. It is about their life.
Remember, youth fellowship is on Wednesday. We will do stuff.
@@dizastro5437 Ha! My school wasn’t that hip in the early ‘80s. It was still all-girls (didn’t go co-ed until ‘92) and was run by older Franciscan nuns, some of whom still dressed in habits. We did have Kairos retreats and they promoted the local youth support groups that were for all of the teens in town. Our school still required full uniforms, whereas in our brother school, the boys had revolted against them back in the ‘70s and could wear jeans.
The bougie restaurant scene is one of my faves. When Jake says, 'How much for the little girl?' is funny enough. But that blink & you'll miss it double take from the girl is just absolute gold.
The line "Wrong glass Sir" and then Dan making his face while shaking his glass cause he doesn't care has been something my father and I quote to each other ever since he showed me this movie as a kid. This movie is a true lightning in a bottle
My dad would say that when would offer up our glass for more tea.
Candy’s line: “ We’re in a truck!” That kills me.
For me it's: "orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips." 😂 It kills me every time
@@StoryTimewithMissAnnayep.
Orange whip 😂😂😂
Love it!!!
"A lot of space in this mall."
@@ZoanBlade90”this place has everything” 😊
Its Still Sad That Johnny Isn't With Us Anymore.
The credits are so important in this one. From the first Frank Oz cameo (Yoda/Miss Piggy, etc.) and subsequent reference to Miss Piggy at the toy store, to Joe Walsh of the Eagles jumping up on the table to dance in prison at the end. You spotted Spielberg, but missed John Landis the cop with the broken watch. The record producer ( Michael Klenfner,) was actually the guy responsible for taking the Blues Brothers from SNL and turning them into a legitimate recording and touring band. I'll let other fans cover the rest. Now you know. Check out their albums.
And the kid trying to steal the guitar from Ray was Argyle in Die Hard.
The woman from the gas station that Elwood stood up was an actual supermodel from the 60s and 70s named Twiggy. Everyone in the band including Matt 'guitar' Murphy was a famous musician. The soloist in the church was Chaka Khan. The guy in the sauna was Steve Laurence a well-known entertainer. Mr T was in the crowd outside Ray's Music Store. Henry Gibson the 'head Nazi' was a fairly well-known comedian.
Yes, they for real toured! My parents saw them! :)
The black cop from the mall chase is one of the regular contacts Mulder had in X-files.
@@brianbarber5401he was also the captain to the 21 jump street squad in the tv show.
Matt Guitar Murphy is a real-life legend. _All_ the members of the Blues Bros band are legendary Blues and R&B musicians of the 60's and 70s.
Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn played on the original Soul Man. Steve even got a shout out in the song when the singer says "Play it, Steve!"
Me at thirteen: "This movie is funny and full of good music!"
Me at thirty-nine: "This movie is the heartwarming story of two brothers trying to save their childhood home, but that story is being told by somebody who just shotgunned two fistfuls of magic mushrooms so as the tale unspools it becomes an ever-escalating fever-dream of car chases and non-sequiturs. Also, it's funny and full of good music."
First of all it is worth noting that all of the musicians in the Blues Brothers Band were Real famous R&B musicians! Various Cameos you may have Missed include : Cab Calloway as "Curtis" in the Orphanage...Henry Gibson as the Leader of the Nazis...(Henry Gibson was a regular in the "Laugh-in "TV comedy series playing the Nicest calmest character! ; Singer Chaka Khan was in the Choir behind James Brown: Famous Blues Man John Lee Hooker was the street Musician in front of Aretha Franklin's Dinner; The booking Agent Morrie" is 50's singer Steve Lawrence who sang with Eydie Gorme; The cute girl at the Gas Station that "Elwwood" flirts with is "60's Supermodel "Twiggy": In the Jailhouse finale, the long haired inmate who jumps on the table to Dance is Eagles Guitarist Joe Walsh.
Plus, the black cop with the grudge was Agent X on The X Files, and he played Rufus in Supernatural.
The kid who tried to steal the guitar grew up to play the chauffeur in Die Hard.
My big reference for that cop is that he was the chief in 21 Jump Street. I loved that show. @@lisarainbow9703
me and my best friend growing up would always do the bit after closing down a bar or strip club at 2 AM. "It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses." "Hit it."
I'm a bassist, and i grew up in Chicago at the time this movie was filmed. i played Blues with my friend's project band, and had seen all the legendary Blues guys play live then - it was amazing. A good friend of mine bought me a bass from the Maxwell Street Market, which was probably hot, and all the places that you see in the movie were indeed the real deal. it was a magical time back then! At one point I could have spoken to Aretha Franklin, but I was in awe of her and just couldn't get the words out! I finally met her decades later at Prince's birthday party, but that's another story for another time.
The triple rock and soul food , were real , But filming of the interiors were done on a set in Hollywood .
Best quote from the movie, since you asked: "It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Hit it."
The quote I've always used from this movie for decades is "Wrong glass, sir!" If the person I use it on gets it, we've become fast friends.
I once earned a pint (even if sadly I don't drink beer) for engaging in the little conversation which my colleague started by saying 'Shit!'. Obviously, I knew the lines by heart.
I am a woman who loves Blues Brothers, so there are some of us out there, lol. This movie is a fricking classic, just a fun, funny movie-full of musical legends and with an epic soundtrack.
I grew up loving this movie because it's my mom's favorite.
The soundtrack alone is awesome. I used to have it on CD.
@@stefanlaskowski6660 completely agree, the soundtrack is 10/10
33:36 Fun fact; The stunt drivers did indeed reach the speed of 120 Mph for the scenes. 😎
This is one of my all-time favorite movies. The Nazi leader was played by Henry Gibson, who was a notable stand-up and skit comedian in the 60's and 70's. The choir in the church scene also included a brief cameo by Chaka Khan. All of the musicians in this film and most of the cast members were well known at the time of filming. Many of the band members were also part of the SNL studio band, back when we all still watched SNL. Sadly, nearly all of the cast members have passed since this film was released.
The best thing about old movies is that pop culture references would have you believe that you're going in to watch a regular ass movie.
Dan Akroyd and Belushi went on tour with this band. Its not just a movie, they had a band called the Blues Brothers. Theres several live concerts of them on youtube. EDIT: Did a search after this comment. "They" are still active, Jim Belushi stepped in and joined after his brother John died. They are still performing and have done on a regular basis since the bands inception in the late 70s.
I thought they originated in a SNL skit
@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers That might be the case, I have no idea. The concert thing is something I found out randomly through UA-cam.
@@EmpireFanatic Cool I looked em up and they sure did do some shows which I now have to check out, but yeah they were both cast members on SNL and originally appeared as the Blues Bros on some SNL spots which should also be worth checking out.
@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers Did another search after your comment. "They" are still active. After John Belushi died, his brother Jim Belushi stepped in.
My dad had the album and played it a lot when I was a kid--I knew the album cover well and loved the music, but had no idea who John and Dan were, since I wasn't allowed to stay up late enough to watch Saturday Night Live, where the Blues Brothers began. When I got older and saw the film myself, as well as reruns of the tv show, I understood where it all came from.
The ending chase scene has to be one of the best movie chase scenes in existence.
Truly a marvelous movie.
The more you know about blues and its effect on american music, and its roots in american culture, the better this movie gets.
Every single musical scene in this is an example of music that directly descends from old blues that came out of the late 1800's black south.
This is musically, comically, and cinematographically a masterpeice.
Beyond being a great comedy, this is an amazing showcase of black musicians from the 1930s-1970s
I'd say these are some of the greatest musicians of all time.
Wasn't this frowned at because being "too black"? I seem to remember there was that kind of silly criticism from some lot or another.
@@hennakettunen8755the movie is literally called the blues brothers. If it was a criticism then by someone not worth paying attention to
My fav quote… Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips.
For the 1980s.
For comedies and musical films.
Definitely for John Landis as filmmaker.
This was one of the classics.
From performing on Saturday Night Live to recording an album as The BBs.
Akroyd & Belushi were such a great match and the best friends from the jump.
Every scene is unforgettable.
Every moment is a vibe.
Some many great songs.
All of the cameos you can handle.
The unexpected car chases, incredibly constructed (even for a comedy).
So many legends involved and a lot those who have passed away too.
Unforgettable to the end.
The sequel, Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) somewhat captures the spirit of the original.
Check it out if you want.
I love this movie so much. Some days I forget how insane this movie is, so seeing folks react to it with fresh eyes is great. Plus, so many great shots and great cameos and great musicals.
Random John Lee Hooker before the Aretha scene always killed me. I always loved Cab Calloway and this movie more or less got me into the Blues. Blues Brothers is gold.
I too was shocked to see Carrie Fisher when I first watched the movie, all I was looking for was the Peter Gunn theme and I got that scene and was just taken aback!
So yeah, Lion King 1 1/2 got that song from Peter Gunn, which was also used for the video game Spy Hunter
Steve Lawrence was a famous musician in the 60's and 70's. He was the guy they met in the steam room. Also, the cop who gave Jake his stuff back was Frank Oz, who was the puppeteer behind Oscar the Grouch and several other Muppets.
I love that you guys enjoyed this, a lot of reactors don’t know even the most famous faces here. My mom and I watch this roughly every other time we see each other- no one else can watch it with us because we’re screaming and singing and dancing the whole time. This was a beloved movie from my childhood, I only know all the artists because I watched it so often with my mom, but thank goodness.
You guys are so lucky! I’d give anything to be able to see The Blues Brothers for the first time again. Going in blind and slowly figuring out what kind of movie this is is *the* way to experience it.
One of the best music soundtracks of all time.
Love how the officer handing Jake back his items is Miss Piggy and Yoda's voice/puppeteer.
The quote of the movie is....
"It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses"
"Hit it"
This entire movie comes WAY harder than it needs to. And i love every second.
One of the funniest musical action comedy movies ever made!
Great story + Great music + Loaded with iconic actors + Funny as hell = "Car Wash" (1976)...TRUST ME on this one!!!
Carrie Fisher, as the mystery woman who tries to kill Jake.
Henry Gibson as the head Nazi.
John Candy as Burton Mercer, Jake’s parole officer.
John Lee Hooker as Street Slim, who sings “Boom Boom” on Maxwell Street,
Steve Lawrence as Maury Sline, the agent who booked the Blues Brothers before Jake’s stint in jail.
Twiggy as the woman who flirts with Elwood in the gas station.
Frank Oz as the corrections officer.
Jeff Morris as Bob, the owner of Bob’s Country Bunker.
Charles Napier as Tucker McElroy, Winnebago driver and lead singer for the Good Ol’ Boys.
Steven Spielberg as the Cook County Assessor.
Steven Williams as Trooper Mount.
Armand Cerami as Trooper Daniel.
Joe Walsh as prison inmate.
Paul Reubens (Peewee Herman) as waiter.
Chaka Khan as choir soloist.
The Southern California Community Choir.
The Band Members:
Steve “the Colonel Cropper”-lead guitar
Donald “Duck” Dunn-bass guitar
Murphy Dunne (Murph)-keyboards
Willie “Too Big” Hall-drums
Tom “Bones” Malone-trombone
Matt “Guitar” Murphy-lead guitar
“Mr. Fabulous” Alan Rubin-trumpet
“Blue Lou” Marini--saxophone
How about the great Kathleen Freeman as "The Penguin?"
This is easily in my top 5 favourite movies of all time.
Same. Blues Brothers, Princess Bride, Gettysburg, Shawshank Redemption, and Tombstone.
I know that it's a dad movie, but I seriously love this movie so much. Some interesting facts:
- The Blue Brothers actually performed a few times on SNL as the legit musical act. (Belushi and Akroyd were both SNL regulars at the time.)
- Almost every single minor character is someone famous, usually a famous jazz musician. The man who performed Minnie the Moocher at the concert was Cab Calloway. He was famous for updating Minnie the Moocher with each new musical style, but Belushi and Akroyd begged for the original.
- The movie supposedly set the record for most car crashes in a single movie. Not sure if it holds the record today, but I wouldn't be surprised.
- The man at the beginning of the movie giving John Belushi his stuff back was Frank Oz, AKA the muppet guy.
It's not a dads movies. It's just a really damn good film.
It still holds the record for most ACTUAL cars crashes as in the cars are real and not props or special effects
I watched this film for the first time last year. But this was by no means my first experience with the Blues Brothers. I’ve grown up, listening to the albums Aykroyd and Belushi made back in the 80s. Makes me smile every time I listen. Thank you for covering one of my favorite movies.
The Blues Brothers is the greatest musical ever filmed.
They did the blues Brothers on SNL and the band in the movie was the actual SNL band. Steve Martin had them open for his comedy tour. The result was A brief Case Full of Blues album (it kicks ass!) Oh and Dan Aykroyd is really playing the harmonica. I was too young but my sister got to see them in concert. She still says it was the best concert ever.
Oh man, I could go on and on about this movie, I just love it! Dan Akroyd is a genius, an overflowing source of creativity mixed with a dash of madness and a firm belief in the supernatural. He pretty much wrote a book instead of a script, it was up to Landis to skim it down to an amazing movie.
There won't be another artist like him. You could feel his enthusiasm seep from the movie!
The first draft Dan wrote was 324 pages. That's five hours and twenty-four minutes. The average film is between one hour and a half and two hours. So John Landis had to cut the hell out of it to make it filmable. If you seen any of the films Dan has worked on a writer, he has one or two other writers to get the script in order because he has a VERY WILD imagination.
@@Madbandit77Except for Nothing But Trouble 😆
This movie is huge in my family. The reason for that being that my uncle was an extra during the prison scene at the end. He didn't get paid because he volunteered, but he had a joy doing it. To this day we're still trying to find him in the scene.
I adore The Blues Brothers so much. This is one of those movies I can recall verbatim. It is so quotable. The music is stellar. The stunts in this are phenomenal.
The fact that they recognized Paul Reubens faster than Aretha Franklin... I'm dying... lol
103 cars destroyed in the 1980 film, 104 cars destroyed in Blues Brothers 2000. Blues Brothers held the record for the most cars smashed until its own sequel deliberately destroyed just one more. For the 1980 film's main chase, 60 police cars were bought for $400 a piece, and outfitted with reinforced chassis.
Even though Blues Brothers 2000 isn't as loved I'd still love to see it covered by these guys.
Cab Calloway's costume change was of course a homage to his band days, back in the 30's & 40's. A film that you can watch over and over!
They’re on a mission from God - it’s why they always survive. It’s why Cab Callaway and the band suddenly appear in different outfits at the show. It’s why Carrie Fisher let’s Jake off the hook. It’s why the car made it to the courthouse and THEN fell apart. It’s why they didn’t get arrested until after the tax bill was paid.
I could watch this movie over and over. Such a great soundtrack and such great memories watching it when it came out. Great reaction!
The Blues Brother existed before this movie was made.
Dan and John started the band during their Saturday Night Live times, with them appearing as the Blues Brothers on the show.
The Blues Mobile falling appart was the most difficult scene in the movie.
ps - Curtis is portrayed by Cab Calloway.
YAAAAY! You called out the shot of the neon hat over his head! 😂😂😂😂 That is one of my favorite little moments. 😊
It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve seen this movie. Every rewatch feels like a first watch. That is extremely rare for a film.
Y’all didn’t have it in your video, but when Aykroyd says that he got the cop car at a Mt. Prospect police auction it made Mt. Prospect a lot more famous than it ever should’ve been. I’ve lived there my entire life, and every Memorial Day and/or Fourth of July parade includes the Blues Mobile with the speaker on top and everything. One little line in this movie blew my hometown into the stars.
The extended version extends the opening and adds a couple of scenes. The theatrical cut is much tighter, particularly at the beginning.
This movie is stacked with the best in music business, from Aretha Franklin and James Brown, to John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, and Cab Calloway (and whole bunch in between).
But it was not just the vocalists who were top tier, the Blues Brothers band itself was made up of the best session musicians of that time and members of "Booker T and the MG's" and "Blood Sweat & Tears", thus already having a big name within the industry itself.
The Blues Brothers started as a skit on SNL to great success that lead to this movie, one of those SNL band members was "Blue" Lou Marini, the sax player in this movie, who as it happens, still is one of the major session musicians out there, he (very) frequently is part of the big award shows as part of the band (think Kennedy honors levels big), he's still a sought after saxophone player today. (and once you've spotted him once at such an event, you'll spot him all over the place)
But on this movie itself, to me it is the perfect marriage between action, dry over the top comedy, and some of the best music of the time, for me it has not aged at all, but i can see that these days, people might find the chase scene to go on for too long,... for me tho.. the length of the chase scene adds to the dry comedy element so i love it and all the utter ridiculous things that happen along the way, no surprise this movie held the record for most crashed cars for decades hehehe.
Arguably one of the greatest movies ever made. The cast alone was dynamite.
There has NEVER been another film like The Blues Brothers.
This was the best reaction I’ve seen to this movie by far. You guys understood it. It is pure fun and joy.
One of the reasons there are so many cameos was because after Ackroyd & Belushi created the characters for SNL skits, it became known in the industry that it wasn't just an act - these guys really loved blues and R&B. Even as a teen, so was I (I graduated from high school in 1980). The date I took with me to see the film was stunned that I knew the lyrics to most of the songs in it, and actually played that same Sam & Dave record they were listening to while getting pulled over by the 1st cop (vinyl rip to cassette!) in the car on the way home.
I grew up in the 80s in Chicago so this movie was my bible growing up. This mainly came up from SNL concepts with Paul Schafer (David Letterman) as the musical director. John Landis and the crew had just hit big with Animal House, giving them all the studio credit they needed. They basically just told people they knew they were doing a movie and EVERYONE wanted to be in it. The film was one of the few movies permitted to shoot in Chicago as prior to this the Daley empire of the 60s-70s was very anti-Hollywood. This was one of the first mainstream music focused films. Both Aykroyd and Belushi had a musical improvisation background and the both lived Chicago blues. Before the movie they recorded an album and then later toured the country as a musical act up to Belushi’s death.
The first cameo is the prison guy releasing Jake. That is Frank Oz (Kermit the frog). Curtis is Cab Calloway who is famous for his R&B skat style. Out singing in Maxwell Street Market is John Lee Hooker, Blues legend. The lady at the gas station was Twiggy, who was a massive fashion supermodel at the time.
The mall is the Dixie Square mall which was a large mall just south of Chicago that had recently closed. It was used as a temporary school while new buildings were constructed. The movie leased the building off the school district. After it was condemned and after becoming a massive drug den it was eventually demolished.
This movie also was known for the longest time as having the most wrecked vehicles in production.
The film is also in the National Film Archives for its “cultural and historical significance” depicting period music, life, culture of Chicago in the late 1970s/1980, and prominent musicians.
What started as a Saturday Night Live sketch turned into the second highest grossing SNL sketch-turned-film in SNL history. This is a classic and is one of my favorite movies.
For me, the most memorable quotes of the movie are:
We're on a mission from God.
We're 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses... Hit it!
This movie's cameo game is insane, and it introduced me to so much good music. Minnie The Moocher goes on repeat every couple of weeks since I saw this
The reason this reaction is so stellar is you guys are coming in from such a raw place. Seeing how delighted you are with each of the cameos or exactly how we felt when we first watched it. Such a good reaction thank you guys. The reason they're so chill is because they're so chill. Nothing phases them they are so cool they're impervious to fear. Plus they're on a mission from God
I watched this on a vhs recording endlessly as a kid. I come back 20 years later, not having seen it in the meantime, afraid it might be cheesynow, but no, THIS HOLDS UP. It was that good all along.
-What’s your position?
-We’re in a truck
Kills me every time
So much nostalgia. I watched the SNL skits as they came out, I watched the movie, owned the album and even wore the sunglasses (in real time). The artists represent the soundtrack of my youth, even nostalgia for my parents' generation, as well as being the background music during every college dorm party during my university years. The number of police cars (and other stunt vehicles) that were wrecked for this movie was a long-standing record until the sequel, Blues Brothers 2000, broke that record as a homage to the original.
Very glad you guys did this bcos I really love watching your reaction. Some legends you guys missed :
0:55 Frank Oz, you know, Yoda.
4:27 Cab Calloway, yes he's a legend.
5:30 A very young Chaka Khan in the choir.
15:00 John Lee Hooker (I remember him because my brother called me tasteless for not recognizing him) and the guy yelling at him after the song ended.
32:01 Twiggy, one of the first "Supermodels".
Btw, I wish you'd do a reaction vid on Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's "Paul".
Paul is a hoot! 😅 Coffee and bagels.. So many cracking lines!
This is when movies were an event. Not just special effects from a computer. Love it !!!!
So how many of us smiled when we heard the car stunts in the mall being complimented?
My favourite soundtrack ever. Just a coincidence, but I wore my Ray's Music Exchange t-shirt to work yesterday. What a movie.
Great reaction guys. This was definitely a one-of-a-kind film. I saw it at the theater way back in the day. It made a huge splash. They were actually a real band. In 1978, they released their debut album, Briefcase Full of Blues, and opened for the Grateful Dead at the closing of Winterland Arena in San Francisco. They made millions on their albums.
Theres something about 70s and 80s films that just make them so iconic no CG no sets no green screen the grain and the sounds just feel so much more pure than anything modern films like these are real cinema
I think the reason the movie opens with the wide shots of the city is that this movie is, in part, a love letter to Chicago of a certain era.
One of the greatest movies of all time.
That was Gary Indiana
James belushi was so coked out in this he did all his own stunts including actually falling down the stairs in the desk
John. _John_ Belushi. James is his (younger) brother.
He may have been " Coked Out " and left the set at the mall and walked into someones house raided the fridge and fell asleep on their couch. But he did not do the flips or fall down the stairs ...
John Belushi did in fact do those flips for real - he was kind of notorious for being a lot more agile than his bulk suggested. He would in fact do those flips live on stage during the big Blues Brothers tour they did. *Edit:* Also, one of the dancers at Ray Charles's store is James Avery - Uncle Phil on original Fresh Prince, The Shredder in the original TMNT cartoon and many more.
No he did not . They were done by a stunt person , the same guy who fell down the stairs in the desk , He was also the Cop who asked if the deputies saw two guys in black suits go by ... How can you tell ? the guy doing the flips had suspenders on , Belushi did not ...
"We're 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.... Hit it." Thee most famous line from this movie -- hands down!
Blues brothers is technically an SNL movie the characters were created for a sketch on SNL later becoming recurring characters including a couple of albums, the custodian of the building Curtis was musician Cab Calloway who's career saw a brief resurgence following the film and his song Minnie the Moocher
It's funny you said the film feels like a sequel to something else WHATEVER YOU DO DO NOT WATCH THE ACTUAL SEQUEL
I love this movie. I really can’t think of anything else like it. It’s got a style all its own and is hilarious.
That's not a movie, that's pure LEGEND...
Thank you. This is my favorite movie. I saw it for the first time in a drive-in in 1980. I was still a teenager. I didn't know who Cab Calloway was either!
It is the most watched movie of my life.
Watching your reactions made it feel like I was watching it for the first time all over again. You brought me great joy!
A couple of the cameos you didn't get but you would have if you'd been around when the movie first came out
Cab calloway
Henry Gibson
Muddy Water
Steve Lawrence
Twiggy
And one you wouldn't get because he wasn't anybody yet was de'vereux white who played a lot of television roles in the 80s but is best known as argyle in die hard. He was the kid trying to steal the guitar from Ray's
Also the Blues Singer outside Aretha's resteraunt was John Lee Hooker
And the guy who gave Jake back his stuff in the opening of the movie was Frank Oz
@@kb9whf you are right I was wrong about muddy Waters. He was supposed to be in that scene but got sick the day of shooting
This movie is amazing for the music alone!!!!! Love Ray Charles "Shake your tail feather" and all the other numbers are amazing as well...... always got to love the church scene. If you don't want to get up and dance during it you're dead, also the final car chase I believe is still the largest ever done in a movie
Yeah it seems like it held the record for most cars destroyed 😂 Such a blast this movie!
My only complaint is Johnny Lee Hooker is only on for a few minutes and doesn't get his own dance number. I mean, they had to cut for time somewhere but still rots my socks.
@@PeteSmoot also wish cause he was on for such a short time he sang Smokestack Lighting rather than Boom Boom
It was actually Belushi doing the flips in the church scene 😂 He was a gymnast in his younger years and I believe he was also the one that did the falling stairs stunt from what I heard.