Celebrating John “Joliet Jake” Belushi

[Steam McQueen]

Dan Aykroyd and Judy Belushi are presenting a special performance of The Official Blues Brothers Revue next month in Joliet, Ill., to honor the 30th anniversary of the death of John Belushi.

Scheduled for March 5 at Joliet’s Rialto Theater, featured guest stars include original Blues Brothers members Paul Shaffer, Tom “Bones” Malone, “Blue” Lou Marini and Matt “Guitar” Murphy. There will also be music from another Belushi movie via Otis Day who appeared in “Animal House.”

Ticket prices for The Official Blues Brothers Revue at Rialto Theatre start at $40.
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Link to article ...
www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2012/02/24/797434.aspx

Link to venue ...
www.rialtosquare.com/broadway_shows.asp#
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[legendaryacura8]

Wish I lived in Illinois...

[2FAB]

This sounds great, but the fact that four original band members are performing and it's with a tribute act (even if it's the officially sanctioned one) ... does this mean that Dan Aykroyd has hung up his hat??

[tk826]

I think they (Aykroyd- Belushi) are still performing concerts.
I know that the Jim Belushi website is still accepting bookings for
"The Blues Brothers".

I believe this upcoming concert, in Joliet, is to promote the tribute act as they are the ones that are being pushed for the TV show.

[Steam McQueen]

Some more info about this event. It's even listed at the Crystal Head Vodka website. And Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello) will serve as official VIP greeter for the pre-show Blue Carpet.

The reach of this special one-night-only concert event will extend far beyond the theater in Joliet. In addition to the concert itself, a live webcast will be available for Facebook's 800 million-plus fans worldwide. Using Milyoni's Social Live technology, fans worldwide can share the unique social experience as they engage with one another during the live event. Viewers can chat with friends, comment at specific points during the broadcast and invite others to watch the event.

Milyoni's Social Live broadcast will be available on the Animal House and Blues Brothers fan pages and will be available for $5.00 via Facebook Credits, PayPal or credit card. Fans can RSVP and prepay starting today at apps.facebook.com/blues-brothers-revue/

The event will also be simulcast to viewing parties at most House of Blues locations around the country using Social Live. Dan and Judy's profits from the March 5th webcast will be donated to International House of Blues Foundation® ( www.ihobf.org/ ) in the memory of John Belushi. In the works are subsequent live DVD and CD releases.

www.marketwatch.com/story/dan-aykroyd-and-judy-belushi-present-a-special-performance-of-the-official-blues-brothers-revue-march-5-at-the-rialto-theater-in-joliet-il-2012-02-28

[Steam McQueen]

Here's a quick taste of a new interview with Dan.
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* Catch the full interview on "Showbiz Tonight" on HLN at 11 p.m. ET/PT Monday. *

[Steam McQueen]

People magazine did an interview with Dan for their July 19, 1982 edition.
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You can read the interview here ...
www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20082685,00.html

The interview took place at a bar in Toronto Dan co-owned called Crooks. I was in that bar in 1984. I remember there was a statue of a crook type figure outside near the entrance. I can't seem to find a pic of it anywhere online. I don't recall what the interior was like, I was there with my cousin and her husband and he and I were imbibing many beers. My only memory of the place is of outside before we went in.

30 years ago today John Belushi died.

[Steam McQueen]

Here's a 20 second clip of Matt arriving ...


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15 seconds of The Shiv ...


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And Amazing Grace which looks like this might have been the tribute moment of the concert. Not much footage of the band in this clip, kinda quick glimpses if you look hard.

[Steam McQueen]

ABC Nightline with Ted Koppel - March 5, 1982











Uncle Miltie was a fan.

[tk826]

Thanks for posting this.

I've had sections of this Nightline special for a while, but never
the whole thing.

Al Franken from Belushi: The Book...

The night he died, Nightline had Milton Berle on. I was like,
"What the fuck?" Milton Berle had done a show with us, one
horrible show with us, years before. On the one hand, God
bless Milton Berle. But on the other hand, it was really
inappropriate that hew would come on to speak. It made no
sense at all.

* Milton Berle was banned from SNL for that episode.

[tk826]

I took a look and discovered that the two Nightline videos I have are different than any of those above.
One of the two includes the full 2 min interview with the security guy with the beard, rather than the 30 seconds shown on the segment above.

[Steam McQueen]

Jan 29, 2013 22:06:25 GMT -5 tk826 said:

Milton Berle was banned from SNL for that episode.

I didn't know that. Good trivia.

The April 14, 1979 episode of the show hosted by Milton Berle resulted in him being banned due to his habit of upstaging other performers, overacting, mugging for the camera, insertion of "classic" comedy bits and his maudlin performance of "September Song."
Note: This episode was also barred from rebroadcast for over twenty years until February 2003, when an edited version was shown on E!; it twice aired in full in Canada on The Comedy Network in 2001. Lorne Michaels felt that the broadcast, and Berle in particular, brought the show down.

www.zimbio.com/Infamous+moments+in+Saturday+Night+Live+history/notes/1
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The way Miltie was going on you'd think he really knew John. I guess he was the only guy Nightline could get on short notice.

[sigmfsk]

Jan 30, 2013 21:14:43 GMT -5 Steam McQueen said:

Jan 29, 2013 22:06:25 GMT -5 tk826 said:

Milton Berle was banned from SNL for that episode.

I didn't know that. Good trivia.

I don't know that either. Thanks for the heads up, TK, and the more info, Steam.

Here's another writeup:

5 Awful Saturday Night Live Hosts of the '70

1. Milton Berle

Lorne Michaels was against having Uncle Miltie host the show from the get-go, but the network Powers That Be pressured him, saying "How can you not have the comedian known as Mr. Television host the hippest TV show of the 70s?" Berle's 1979 appearance was a train wreck from Day One. No matter what instructions the director gave him, he'd mug for the camera, do broad spit-takes, and ad-lib jokes directly to the camera. He took it upon himself to give direction to the stagehands and lighting crew, since he'd been working in television since before they were born. Worse still, his lewd backstage behavior did little to endear him to the staff. He insisted on walking around in his boxer shorts and "proving" the oft-whispered Hollywood rumors about his physique to anyone who ambled by. (Gilda Radner happened to walk into a dressing room at the very moment Berle was proudly displaying himself to one of the show's writers.) The proverbial straw that broke Lorne Michaels' back, however, was when Uncle Miltie advised him just prior to the show's finale that a standing ovation was "guaranteed." Berle had used his allotted tickets to fill the audience with friends and relatives who obediently stood and applauded when he sang a dreary version of "September Song."

Read the full text here: mentalfloss.com/article/19028/5-awful-saturday-night-live-hosts-70s#ixzz2JWAOIsGy
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