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The genesis of the Blues Brothers was a January 17, 1976, Saturday Night Live sketch. In it, " Howard Shore and his All-Bee Band" play the Slim Harpo song " I'm a King Bee ", with Belushi singing and Aykroyd playing harmonica , dressed in the bee costumes they wore for " The Killer Bees " sketches. [ 1 ]
The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical action comedy film directed by John Landis. [4] It stars John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd as his brother Elwood, characters developed from the recurring musical sketch "The Blues Brothers" on NBC's variety series Saturday Night Live.
In 1990, Lorne Michaels oversaw the writing of a sketch anthology feature film titled The Saturday Night Live Movie with many of the show's then-current writing staff, including Al Franken, Tom Davis, Greg Daniels, Jim Downey, Conan O'Brien, Robert Smigel, and George Meyer, contributing. The screenplay only got as far as a Revised First Draft ...
NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ premiered on Oct. 11, 1975. ... After SNL, Aykroyd reprised his most popular characters in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers and in 1993’s Coneheads, ...
Following the success of the Blues Brothers on Saturday Night Live, Belushi and Aykroyd, with the help of pianist-arranger Paul Shaffer, assembled studio talent forming a proper band. Saturday Night Live saxophonist "Blue" Lou Marini and trombonist-saxophonist Tom Malone, who had previously played in Blood, Sweat & Tears were there.
Aykroyd was part of the blues and soul band The Blues Brothers with his “Saturday Night Live” co-star John Belushi. He also co-wrote and starred as Dr. Raymond Stantz in “Ghostbusters” and ...
From 1975 to 1983, he was a member of the Saturday Night Live house band. He was a member of The Blues Brothers band, appearing in The Blues Brothers movie and its sequel, Blues Brothers 2000, playing the part of "Blue Lou", a moniker given by Dan Aykroyd.
Saturday Night Live Samurai: December 13, 1975 John Belushi: John Belushi plays a samurai warrior, who speaks only (mock) Japanese, and wields a katana. He is seen in various occupations ranging from a hotel desk clerk to a tailor. Mel's Char Palace December 20, 1975 Dan Aykroyd: A steakhouse commercial parody featuring Dan Aykroyd. At Mel's ...