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    1. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 26 Apr 2019

      wait wtf now steven spielberg is in this film? man, everybody must have owed everybody cocaine favors back then.

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    2. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 26 Apr 2019

      IN CONCLUSION: pretty entertaining as spectacle, A++ soundtrack and cameos, but I'm not sure it's actually a film, it's a bunch of great musical numbers and car-chase/crash scenes. Bonus points for being filmed on location here in Chi-town. Carrie Fisher was the best real actor.

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    3. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 26 Apr 2019

      Not even joking about that last part. She was great as the psychopathic jilted fiancee. Belushi and Aykroyd aren't ACTORS, they're comedians. She was an actor.

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    4. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 26 Apr 2019

      I hope you've all enjoyed this episode of "Esoteric Jeff live-tweets classic movies the rest of you saw decades ago." Sorry for that. The Bopper is croupy and coughy, I gotta do something to pass the time. I guess I should watch THE GODFATHER next.

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    5. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 26 Apr 2019

      (that's a joke, people...calm down)

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    6. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 26 Apr 2019

      In retrospect, the weirdest thing about THE BLUES BROTHERS, as a Chicagoan and a blues fan, is the lack of actual *Chicago* blues musicians in it. They got all the Stax/Volt & Atlantic superstars, but there's none of the Chess greats. Nobody from 2120 S. Michigan, which is odd.

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    7. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 26 Apr 2019

      You'd have thought they could've gotten Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, B.B. King, etc. for the film. Instead, it's (admittedly great) blues/R&B artists from a totally different region. Sort of strange. Wonder if there was some contractual issue involved.

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    8. Will Collier‏ @willcollier 26 Apr 2019
      Replying to @EsotericCD

      Damn, that never occurred to me before. Buddy Guy would have killed in that movie.

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    9. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 26 Apr 2019
      Replying to @willcollier @EsotericCD

      I assume they got the people who knew the band, mostly, since they were the old Stax band. I know the studio wanted them to replace Aretha with someone more 'current' so the real old bluesmen were maybe a bit uncommercial.

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    10. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 26 Apr 2019
      Replying to @baseballcrank @willcollier

      i read up on this after I was done watching the film and I respect Belushi/Aykroyd/Landis so much for saying fuck you to that and going with what they loved. I would've appreciated more "Chicago" color but at least they kept it real.

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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 26 Apr 2019
      Replying to @EsotericCD @willcollier

      You read this? https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/01/making-of-blues-brothers-budget-for-cocaine …

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        1. Will Collier‏ @willcollier 26 Apr 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @EsotericCD

          No, and thanks.

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        1. TxBbqDad‏ @txbbqdad 26 Apr 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @EsotericCD @willcollier

          I will now.

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        2. Roger Smith‏ @Nuk3dawg 26 Apr 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @EsotericCD @willcollier

          Put chicago on the map...

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        3. Kevin Tripp‏ @kevintripp 26 Apr 2019
          Replying to @Nuk3dawg @baseballcrank and

          Also, convincing the mayor to let them do everything after Daly died was inspired and a testament to Landis.

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        1. epobirs‏ @epobirs 26 Apr 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @EsotericCD @willcollier

          Best line: John Landis asking Carrie Fisher to try to keep John Belushi off drugs. An acquaintance of mine was on the set during the making of Star Wars. Everybody was amazed Fisher could walk, never mind act.

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        1. jason‏ @JasonSlusher 27 Apr 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @EsotericCD @willcollier

          Wow.

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        1. essential worker‏ @ChrisCampbell32 27 Apr 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @EsotericCD @willcollier

          Great story, being it’s about Belushi nothing in it surprises me.

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