O ne of the most important unsung heroes in the history of The Blues Brothers is Paul Shaffer, whom some modern audiences may recognize best as David Letterman’s band leader. However, before ...

Does “The Blues Brothers” deserve a book? In the pantheon of gloriously dumb movie comedies derived from “Saturday Night Live” and The National Lampoon, the 1980 John Belushi-Dan Aykroyd R ...

As we were climbing those steps, I passed some type of sign with the name of the host and also the musical guests: “The Blues Brothers.” My roommates had no idea who that was, but having just ...

The Blues Brothers want to help, and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their "mission from God" they seem to make more ...

The Blues Brothers are coming back! In cartoon form…? The first-ever feature based on a Saturday Night Live sketch hit theatres in 1980, followed by a sequel we’d all like to forget – which ...

Some were wildly popular while others, not so much. The first film spinoff from SNL was 1980’s The Blues Brothers. Starring John Belushi and Dan Akroyd, the movie tells the story of Elwood and ...

In the episode, he discusses how the extraordinary line-up of The Blues Brothers Band came together before the host brings up how the musician was faced with a tough choice involving the movie ...

The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical crime comedy film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from "The ...

The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical crime comedy film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from "The ...