John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd - 1982 | KATU In The Archives

[@dadaevan]

He's been gone 41 years... what a tragedy to die so young and not continue to share his comedic gifts into middle age.

[@lexkanyima2195]

This was January 1984, so nobody knows if Belushi didn't die

[@maximusprime3459]

Thanks for putting this up. I barely ever see Belushi interviews. I was a young child when he passed but he had a very big impact on my short life at the time. I loved SNL then and always begged my mom to stay up later when they played The Best of Saturday Night during the week.

[@usjets08]

Right around this time Dan was starting to write Ghostbusters and he had John playing the role of Peter Venkman.

[@r.thompson2190]

Was also writing Spies Like Us to include Belushi in Chevy Chase role

[@noahbawdy3395]

I loved Continental Divide. It showed a side of John we had never seen b4.

[@srldwg]

Me too! I loved seeing that side of him!

[@stormbringercoming8105]

I remember coming home from high school track practice and found out about John’s death. It completely devastated me. He was my hero. Of course, I had no idea about his demons. Relatively naive about drugs, but it was a cautionary tale.

[@UndeadNerdT800]

How old are you?

[@stormbringercoming8105]

@@UndeadNerdT800 Owww. That hurts. I’m a tender 57 years of age.

[@UndeadNerdT800]

@@stormbringercoming8105 cool I’m you’re age at heart.

[@nevamore1984]

​@@UndeadNerdT800"at heart"? You're an idiot at heart, mate! 🤣

[@adyg5402]

Love both these guys and also John Candy,Steve Martin and Bill Murray.The Blues Brothers movie was outstanding.

[@Bbmangood]

I had no idea that John Belushi was originally into heavy metal, and only after hearing the Robert Cray band who I have heard many times did he become a lover of the blues? I’ll be honest if it wasn’t for the movie, the blues Brothers I probably wouldn’t care about the blues either. That’s what started me on the journey.

[@bikebudha01]

Let me blow your mind... Robert Cray was in Animal House. (He plays guitar for the band at the toga party...)

[@cgh7337]

He was really into punk rock as well. Notably a punk band called Fear.

[@maximusprime3459]

He was responsible for Fear appearing on SNL. The only time he and Eddie Murphy shared the screen together was in his brief cameo on the episode Fear was the musical guest in.

[@maximesteinebrunner9941]

same man. since the blues brothers movie, Blues is my favorite music genre by far

[@scottmessenger8639]

I miss those days with Belushi and Ackroyd in SNL. They were hilarious together most of the time! Erie to hear him say he would die young! He was a great talent! John and Gilda were my favorites from the original SNL! Sad they both passed too soon.

[@hectorlopez1069]

and chevy chase as well.

[@frais5310]

"I'm gonna die at a very young age" he literally predicted it. Tragedy, rest in peace.

[@spjfrat]

I was sad then immediately mad when I heard. Still miss him.

[@Ludacris104]

a rare find! thanks

[@PaulRubino]

I'd love to see more of this interview. There HAS to be unaired footage. Please share.

[@trumpsdailytruthsmakelibsc6952]

He still would have been great as a Ghostbuster

[@jamescarter3196]

If Belushi had been in it, Eddie Murphy might have made himself available for the Winston role as was orignally intended. Wouldn't THAT have been something.

[@hectorlopez1069]

But, he died before Ghostbusters came out.

[@stephencatchdudeknight4623]

He’d been a good fit

[@lemurianchick]

@@hectorlopez1069That why they said WOULD HAVE BEEN, 'mijo. 🤦‍♀️

[@MCO18]

Most intriguing - I wish we could see the whole interview

[@junecleugh8507]

A very good actor who went too soon like every thing he is in .

[@methus57]

Drugs will do that

[@bikebudha01]

As a Robert Cray fan, I find it very cool Cray turned Belushi onto Blues. (Note, Robert Cray is in the movie Animal house. He plays guitar in the band at the toga party)....

[@brianwall8674]

Robert cray is terrible, terrible I tell you.

[@bikebudha01]

@@brianwall8674 When did your ears fall of?

[@brianwall8674]

What has he ever done that is good. If you can tell me something, I will gladly listen and see what I think, but as of yet nah.

[@stormbringercoming8105]

He was the BASS player for Otis Day & The Knights.

[@bikebudha01]

@@stormbringercoming8105 close enough... still cool he was in the movie!

[@hectorlopez1069]

He was so hilarious on SNL. Always makes me laugh whenever I see SNL in the 70s.

[@kcinks]

Wow, I have never seen this clip....makes me happy and sad.

[@davidkopec9442]

Love his shoutout to Robert Cray. Who also plays bass in Otis Day and the Nights

[@scottlucidi6476]

And that's why Little Chocolate donuts have been on my breakfast table since I was a kid.

[@myearsloveit]

fkyes😊

[@MisfitsFiendClub138]

Breakfast of Champions!

[@steffenrosmus9177]

Very healthy indeed, how many hart attacks till today? 😂😂😂😂

[@steffenrosmus9177]

​@@MisfitsFiendClub138no, breakfeast of diabetics.

[@johnbarroll1120]

The guy was just so completely natural; a beautiful human being with no trusting family or friends to shield him from EVIL.

[@nathanforester5993]

I definitely enjoyed his serious performance in Contiential Divide, just like John Candy's turn in Only the Lonely.

[@angie2017]

All that talent. Such an eerie calm about him when he made that prediction, too. What a waste. 💔

[@kevinhealey6540]

The director limited John Belushi scenes in Animal House. He probably did not want the film to become the "John Belushi" movie.

[@jamescarter3196]

And knew John had enough of a drug problem that he was unreliable, and was still working on SNL so he really didn't have time to be the star.

[@DG-ez4bo]

Interesting that Robert Cray got him hooked on blues in late 70s.

[@yournamehere6002]

Robert Cray is in ANIMAL HOUSE as part of Otis Day and The Knights

[@stefanodonnofreewebtv]

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[@myearsloveit]

neighbors was a masterpiece

[@Johndoe345-k2d]

It was shit

[@CiscoBudge567]

it was garbage

[@myearsloveit]

@@CiscoBudge567 you are in error

[@CiscoBudge567]

@@myearsloveit nope. it's crap.

[@myearsloveit]

@@CiscoBudge567 nope. masterpiece.

[@myearsloveit]

"...'cause I'm a dancer!"🕊

[@Sbaunz]

I like the way Belushi smoked

[@PlymouthVT]

Gonna die young in NY I hate that comment. But I bet he knew how bad his heart was probably never went to the doctor and smoking. So sad he could of got help. They missed his most funny movie 1941. So many iconic actors and the dance scenes were incredible. I love that movie.

[@scottpeterson4946]

Smoking was probably the least of his worries.

[@jasonking6892]

Still love Dan Akyroid 🇬🇧👍

[@guyfaux900]

Everytime I see Belushi I think about the Olympic Training using little chocolate donuts.

[@misteral1083]

Little Chocolate Donuts. The Donuts of Champions.

[@hectorlopez1069]

He also worked with another great comedian, Andy Kaufman. We lost John belushi in 1982, 2 years later, we lost Andy Kaufman.

[@GHC3]

There were such close friends and big influences on Robin Williams. I wish they lived alot longer and got to see Robin in Hook and Flubber, not to mention their own creative pieces they would of created themselves. The world would be a better place with them still here

[@maximosalazar9985]

I wonder what were their thoughts on each other.

[@GHC3]

I would be interested in hearing that too. I do know know that according to Andy Kaufman's brother Micheal, when John died, he stated he could no longer fake his death.

[@YvonneWalrond]

I can hear John now as he realized he was dead. "Oh come on I can't be dead yet I gotta get the rest of that blow from my top drawer before the feds find it"

[@kenhobbs9251]

He looks like he’s high as a kite here

[@rickhardman7376]

who cares

[@CiscoBudge567]

as usual

[@jameswagner5348]

The Blues Brothers asked a band, from the Midwest but name will not be mentioned, to tour w/ them. They declined. But, one member was in New York, strolling down the sidewalk w/Belushi. Belushi kept asking him if he knew where he could score coke.

[@seththomas9105]

Was the band from the Rockford, Illinois area?

[@jameswagner5348]

@@seththomas9105 Twin Cities.

[@seththomas9105]

@@jameswagner5348 OK.

[@jameswagner5348]

@@seththomas9105 Just a hint..."only the shadow knows!"

[@tomh1593]

If john had not died of drugs he would have had trouble with his weight and smoking, drinking etc. He looks rough here.

[@minixtvbox]

Looks 80

[@r3b3lvegan89]

“I’m gonna die at a very young age” but it was LA not NYC. 2pac said the very same thing many times. The prophets and the saints die young….

[@richardsiciliano7117]

Neighbors was pretty bad, but Continental Divide was a very good film. Wonder what kind of direction his career would have headed?

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

John Belushi (Chicago, Illinois, 24 de enero de 1949-Los Ángeles, California, 5 de marzo de 1982)

[@terminalogicalinexactitude4561]

Why can't you spell Akroyd correctly ?

[@Juliaflo]

AYKROYD.

[@terminalogicalinexactitude4561]

@@Juliaflo nice job, Juliofla

[@stuartwax1633]

Prophetic...."Don't worry. I'm gonna stay here in New York and die at a young age...." and everybody laughs....Sheesh.

[@dathorndike4908]

haunting

[@chrisskalski7292]

Wonder how Bill Murray’s career would of panned out it Belushi had lived to do ghostbusters?

[@lexkanyima2195]

Murray would have the same path of success.

[@CouncilEstateRach]

​@@lexkanyima2195obviously not the same as thise movies would have starred John

[@bobabooey285]

We all missed out on what could have been

[@TDC5]

to be fair, robert cray lived in washington not oregon but i get it, the pnw tends to blend together for some.

[@beavercleaver7848]

If you can smoke twenty or forty full-size, full-strength tobackho cigarettes in a day without vomiting and/or passing out, heroin, coke, or speed are like baby food.

[@michaelignatius2526]

"I'm going to die at a very young age in New York City"... 😢 talk about foreshadowing... he died shortly after this interview

[@christopherwelch136]

Troubled, semi talented actor. RIP.

[@adamquiles2468]

We know that he was an addict but its hard to believe he was on any drugs here he looked pretty well

[@kingdoc3262]

Yes prophetic on his early death as he smokes

[@Greg_Chase]

Drugs and alcohol. Very unfortunate his survival instincts couldn't save the guy.

[@danielevans9379]

What a tragic waste. What could have been. 😔

[@patrickc3419]

Waaaaaaaay more talented than Chris Farley ever was.

[@babarazamsucks]

No. Both are talented. You’re shitting on a comedian dying young either way.

[@TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

Both of these men thought they could do the drugs and handle it. Belushi died from it and Aykroyd was lucky

[@NovaFeedback1979]

Dan was not into drugs like John. He was totally sober after his friend died.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Thats an old 33 yr old compared to Ackroyd...wow...Robert Cray mentioned

[@hectorlopez1069]

John loved to smoke cigarettes. Look at him smoking.

[@JoshMaxPower]

I like the part of your post where you mention smoking

[@dathorndike4908]

I know. If drugs hadn't killed him the lung cancer would have eventually

[@cornfilledscreamer614]

Everybody smoked back then. You don't hear about the billions of people who smoked and lived from it.

[@Johndoe345-k2d]

He liked to puff peters too.

[@1955canuck]

@@cornfilledscreamer614 Yeah, all the tar and nicotine was good for them. Gave them "husky" voices.

[@anthonyhope2924]

Belushi looks hung over.

[@Johndoe345-k2d]

More like strung out.

[@nickcupkovic5721]

Met him @ MTV 1st nyrs eve party 1982 the diplomat hotel Right b4 he was gone a loving moment We all partied too much back then Not his fault at all

[@jamescarter3196]

Everybody didn't die of drug overdoses back then. Everybody wasn't continually so coked up that they couldn't work without constantly being monitored.

[@seththomas9105]

I loved his talent and remember coming home from school and hearing about his death on the TV in the living room. But it was his fault. The drug culture of the 1970's was their own fault. Millions of people were partying in 1982 and most weren't doing Speed Balls.

[@DiceyJJ]

West LA Fadeaway

[@noahbawdy3395]

Welcome to the end of the road... I guess.

[@notanotherjamesmurphy5574]

what a lazy report

[@kevinlakeman5043]

Never really found either of them that funny, esp. Aykroyd. That samurai skit was mildly funny once, but they wore it out. If you're truly a funny, talented person, you stay funny and talented. You don't just lose it. Aykroyd seemed to lose his funny after he got too full of himself.

[@dathorndike4908]

Belushi's death really changed Akroyd. He was never the same dude after that. Belushi could be hilarious when he wanted to be. But he could do great dramatic acting, too. He was never just a "comedian"

[@jamesanthony5681]

How about Aykroyd's, 'Fred Garvin -Male Prostitute'?

[@safffff1000]

@@jamesanthony5681 Loved him in My Stepmother the Alien

[@KenLedbetter]

I’m pretty sure your opinion here is lame.

[@cgh7337]

@@dathorndike4908 Aykroyd was terrific in Trading Places.

[@JC-ty6xy]

Too bad he was so insecure he felt he had to sabotage the female comedians on SNL. I have no respect for him now.

[@MongoLloyd-px7jt]

It gave me more respect for him.

[@JC-ty6xy]

@@MongoLloyd-px7jt yep those ignorant ideas don't die out easy like they should 😂 thanks for the proof

[@UMAMIMAMU]

How devastating. Thank god he's dead and doesn't have to live with such the reality of your loss of respect for him.

[@JC-ty6xy]

@@UMAMIMAMU yep he would be so crushed. What a dumb reply

[@BMG19FUNNYDIE]

Meh

[@jred5153]

He was a gifted comedian and actor but he was a chauvinist toward other women comedians and actors.

[@RogerPeet]

A comedian who doesn't smile is not funny, to me. Find a still of him smiling or laughing. You can't find one. Maybe, he thought he was too cool to smile.

[@jamescarter3196]

It's pretty sad that you need comedy spoon-fed to you so badly that you require a comedian to smile at all times or 'they're not funny ever'. Really a stupid opinion, and doubling down with the idea that there's no pictures of him smiling, you're so clueless it's hard to believe you can form a sentence. Your ignorance is not information.

[@RedGarnett-n2p]

Belushi was so great that Saturday night live had to bring in a fat dude to try to imitate him in the 90s

[@KenLedbetter]

Right. Cuz Chris Farley wasn’t hilarious on his own merits. Lame take, dude.🤥

[@RedGarnett-n2p]

@@KenLedbetter no he wasn't he was lame and a Belushi want to be and that's a fact

[@RedGarnett-n2p]

@@KenLedbetter and the sad thing about it was all his fat ass done was embarrass his self trying to be Belushi there was nothing funny about him just a Belushi wannabe

[@RedGarnett-n2p]

@@KenLedbetter and I know many many people who agree with me !!

[@RedGarnett-n2p]

@@KenLedbetter that dude wasn't even the beginning of a little blackhead on Belushi's butt cheek

[@R.POliver]

Neighbors is a film I enjoy every once in a while. It doesn’t really even have one hysterical moment, but I somehow always found it constantly entertaining and amusing. Blues Brothers I thought was awful.

[@mikeodonnell6799]

he sure blew it