John Belushi - What Made Him So Great

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This week's analysis is a look into John Belushi, his style, and the lasting impact that he had on comedy. It's rare you find someone with as much talent is as many diverse fields as Belushi, comedian, actor, and musician. This video looks to explore the man's style, and I hope you have as much fun watching it as I did making it!
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[@storyiseverything2219]

He would have been great in Ghostbusters.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

It's tough to replace anyone in that movie, especially seeing as it worked out so well already, but I would have loved to have seen his take on any of the characters!

[@storyiseverything2219]

He would have played Dr Peter Venkman. I wonder how he would have played him.

[@DanGeezyPresents]

@@JacksMovieReviews i saw a documentary where Dan aykroyd said John Belushi was suppose to be i. Ghost busters! Sadly he got the call Belushi had died ironically as he wrote a line for John in the script for the movie.

[@scifinerd17]

I heard the slimer was based on him

[@ziggymorris8760]

To this day there has never been a performed better than him. His ability on the stage is one thing, but to have a top album, top movie and top tv show all at the same time is something no one before or since has ever done.

[@DavidZ7785]

What about Will Smith?

[@dinglejono]

Jack Black

[@akshatnagarkar256]

I saw the Blues Brothers and Animal House, and both are probably my favorite comedies. I truly believe that both films were great and funny because of John Belushi.

[@NicosUnic]

Bless Belushi's persona.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Indeed

[@NicosUnic]

Thanks for the awesome video! Great job and content!

[@samwallaceart288]

I appreciate how he had a way of just *being* funny without seeming like he's trying too hard. That's the thing that always sort of turned me off with the earlier Bill Murray comedies is that Bill just seems like he was trying too hard to seem funnier and smarter -- like, to the degree that other characters in the fiction of the movie notice what he's doing and are a little put off by him. Though that actually works well in Groundhog's Day because the entire point is that he's a repulsive wisecrack. I know that may sound harsh and I do like Bill Murray's more serious work; John Belushi just always came across as more of a genuine, effortless kind of comedy.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Definitely agree on his just casually coming off as hilarious, although I do think Bill Murray can do that too, he has a look like "I don't even want to be here" which seems to work for all of his characters!

[@RatatRatR]

My take on that is that, though I find Bill Murray inherently likable, almost everything he's ever done that's supposed to be funny just reeks of trying too hard. By contrast, I've never seen what anybody liked about Belushi one way or another.

[@TheaterPup]

Great tribute! I'm glad you focused on his subtler moments. Too many people think he "just screamed" as the Samurai. You should have given more credit to Aykroyd though with Blues Brothers (and not just an easy swipe at BB2000 ;) ). Jake and Elwood's chemistry together is why that film works so well. Same with their Neighbors characters. They had the makings of a classic comedy duo, it's a crime that was cut short.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

[@meliachild]

My favourite comedian of all time..Sadly missed.

[@bissy97]

Jack great video, love the individual person analysis its great. Would love to see more like this. I was wondering could you explore Ridley Scott's films, like how he did horror in Alien to the film noir style in Blade Runner and more. As always love your videos, keep it up.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Thank you! I've already covered Alien, and am planning to cover more soon!

[@cassiefowler4299]

Great video Jack, I loved it! :) 👍🏻❤ John Belushi is such a great and funny actor/comedian, and he always will be Forever and always! 💞 Rest In Peace John Belushi! 🙏🏻😇💖

[@cassiefowler4299]

Also Jack, I have a video suggestion for you! :) I would appreciate it if you may please make a video about my favorite actor/comedian Chris Farley! ❤ Thanks if you could! :)

[@truefilm1556]

Thanks for this great video! Where I am located I had no chance to catch his SNL material (seen much of it here on YT; his Joe Cocker impression alone is pure gold: the man could really sing and he is 100% spot on). Always loved his brand of humor, best described (as mentioned in other comments) as effortless. The original Blues Brothers (1980) is awesome on many levels - it wouldn't have worked without him - and he was the best thing in "1941" (1979), which I actually liked save for a few gags that really fall flat, but the ultra lush production values, screaming "early Spielberg!" make it pure eye candy (pun not intended). Great selection of clips, perfectly showing why he was so incredibly funny: he was anarchic and always removed from reality. If there was any kind of obstacle: he just walked right through it with ease as if it didn't even exist. His deadpan delivery and perfect comic timing were unique. No need going into personal details, which can be looked up easily. Great video as always! Thank you!

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@itsstratz6033]

That was a really good review man this video should have 1m views.

[@alicegrant3731]

He was interesting and gutsy for sure. I'm reading WIRED at the moment and getting more and more into him. Gonna watch more and more KZbin clips. Great actor and impressionist!!

[@TrevorNWhite]

Man, I need to see Animal House already.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

You really do, it's in my eyes one of the best comedies ever.

[@krombopulos_michael]

Trevor White I honestly found it disappointing. I watched it about 2012 when I was in college and don't think it really aged super well. For a comedy, it seems very slow by today's standards and what was raunchy shock laughs in the 70s is kind of blasé now.

[@TrevorNWhite]

Yeah, I must confess I'm expecting as much -- but there's some films I try to catch eventually just because I recognize their significance.

[@TheaterPup]

Animal House definitely has '70s pacing, hehe. But today's standards have gotten ridiclous, it's like every 5 seconds we have to cut to the next frame. And personally I was still shocked by the "I'm 13" bit, lol.

[@TrevorNWhite]

Yeah, I haven't seen a comedy in theaters in years. Something about the genre just doesn't hit it off with me on a big budget, at least anymore.

[@davydevilution7297]

I think Belushi was excellent as *Jake* in THE BLUES BROTHERS Especially, the " Tunnel Scene " with Carrie Fisher !

[@andu1854]

Chris Farley was like Belushi in that he was the funniest one in the room, both had a bad drug addiction (with John being in better shape than Farley), & both are gone

[@johnsaidi2599]

Came across your channel a week ago and I think I've seen every one of your videos on the movies I've seen. Really great stuff man, thanks for the quality. Would love a Trainspotting dissection, if you haven't thought about it!

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Thank you John! I love Trainspotting, I'm sure I'll be covering it sometime in the future!

[@jessebaker7066]

Comedy GOD forever and ever RIP

[@Termiduck]

Awesome stuff!

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Thank you!

[@janiceg7661]

Belushi is great at physical comedy and improvisation. I read that he was in LA shopping a new film but facing rejection when he died. He was trying to top Animal House, which was a phenomenon. I mean how was he ever going to top Animal House? Danny Ackroyd was writing Ghostbusters for them. Isn’t that how life works? It’s so sad.

[@superlex611]

Well it might be a different ghostbusters

[@joecuscuna7575]

Brilliant

[@vaginalarthritis1753]

Can you do a vid on River Phoenix?

[@psa-km6kv]

How do you guys think 'Once Upon A Time In America' would have turned out if he had gotten the role of Max over James Woods? I had no idea until recently that Sergio Leonne seriously considered him for the roll

[@JacksMovieReviews]

I would have loved to have seen that and was thinking about it the other day. He definitely would have to be reigned in, but if he were to be used as a comic relief character, I think that could end up doing really well!

[@tonycole6473]

I think it would have sucked balls with Belushi in it.

[@geoffreyholliday1971]

Lets not forget the movie Neighbors..... Love it

[@jamesa6272]

My all time favorite best movie ever is blue brothers.

[@diddymuck]

which SNL episode was his Skylab Rant featured?

[@obi-potobi790]

Well i'm British and i love him,have since the first time i saw him,Iv'e got all his films apart from old boyfriends.I was pilling off my nut one night in 1996 and flicking through the channels at 3 in the morning waiting for the first gp500 race of the season to start and old boyfriends was on but i was to off my face to watch it and couldnt really believe it was on so I've seen 5 minutes of it and thats it.so i could have seen it but noooooooo, snl reference.Ramble over.

[@roseagaatsz8403]

JB. Great, funny actor.

[@moncorp1]

1941 - very underrated.

[@tonycole6473]

1941 = pile of shit

[@somewhereinbetween2769]

i am the 666th like. hail satin. rip belushi. you fucking legend.

[@dutchmountainsnake5379]

nice

[@JacksMovieReviews]

Thank you

[@bobshark123]

I've read Wired, seen all his stuff & have always loved his anarchy. Took a dip after I saw the 1st season of SNL though as I think that was the most over rated, highly adhered to in joke not funny comedy. It's all subjective though. Chase was the man on SNL & I can understand why he jumped ship to become a movie star, although apparenntly he said he regretted it. Aykroyd was amazingly overlooked as a great writer up until Spies like Us, then I thought wasnt hungry anymore. Thats where the true greats really come into play like a band, longevity - lucky musicians can have a great `1st album & then not hold up to the hype (the strokes) Belushi died from fear of not being able to surpass his previous efforts I feel. Bill Murray was a lot smarter.

[@retroactivejealousy-worldl1805]

Thanks for posting this, I'm doing some research for a YT video on the nuances of an Anthrax song about JB by a band called Anthrax

[@russellj.s.257]

Blues Brothers 2000 was funny I mean it can't hold up to the original but it was funny. They worked hard on it

[@nathanforester5993]

Slimer (the green ghost that was originally called Onionhead) was based on Belushi, Aykroyd pretty much said so in an interview with Johnny Carson. A ghost version of Belushi as Jake Blues appears in a Ghostbusters comic installment, the character isn't referred to as 'Jake' but he's essentially sort of a ghostly version of that character - he's called 'Ray's Spirit Guide' and he does refer to Ray Stanz as his 'brother'. Belushi also was one of the first to give the singer Meat Loaf a gig, Meat Loaf himself was Belushi's understudy.

[@blameline]

A Real Sequel to The Blues Brothers.... yeah, lost cause.

[@alicegrant3731]

Did Jack black steak John's eyebrows?!

[@nelsonshehu3995]

He is Albanian

[@asanboo]

Beluci was funny because he was the sloppy slacker that did things without consequence. Funny guy. Don't get me wrong. But he was what some guys wanted to get away with. Having an simple unflinching ego and getting away with anything.

[@leeellenwood5461]

Alejandro Santiago reminds me of bugger from the nerds

[@Protoman85]

I don't get the hype personally. I saw Blues Brothers and Animal House, and both were okay, pretty funny but not amazing or laugh-out-loud. I bet John Belushi was Jack Blacks hero though, seems pretty similar in style

[@TheaterPup]

Belushi had a much quieter style than Black actually. A lot of his humor in Animal House comes from his facial reactions.

[@r.dbergman4034]

Johan Öberg He was actually Chris Farley's hero..

[@leeellenwood5461]

R.D Bergman probably a hero to multiple comedians. Not jus farley.

[@basti_marr]

Do you really think Blues Brothers it' just funny? I feel like every scene in that movie is so memorable I always get good laughs while watching it

[@arsimdrmaku4626]

👍👌🇺🇸🇦🇱🤙🤘

[@shpendhalabaku9143]

Brother albanians

[@krombopulos_michael]

I wonder why he went and did all that speedball.

[@bobshark123]

They're class.....try it

[@matimus100]

Was it drugs that made him so great!?

[@andrewbarbarash3116]

Still think his death made him massively overrated in the long term. Definitely had presence, but I always thought he one note.

[@helmaschine1885]

Heard of him. Saw one of the blues brothers films in school, wasn't that funny from what I can remember.

[@JacksMovieReviews]

You may have seen the wrong Blues Brothers film then, check out some of his best stuff from SNL

[@helmaschine1885]

Well, I did see it in a class-room with loud students...I guess I'll go check it out.

[@easterlake]

If he was so fucking smart, why is he so fucking dead?

[@blaze556922]

Not much I hate to say. Never found the guy special in any way. Dan Akrod is a star but not Jim or John B.

[@tchrisou812]

Never found the man funny.

[@JONACAN]

He's not that funny. Over hyped American for the masses

[@bldsprt518]

Not getting it. Belushi wasnt funny. His brother was funnier than him.

[@kellykarcher7179]

Said no one....

[@egobuilders415]

Yeah... No... John Belushi is not funny at all. The same way Seth Rogen is not funny at all.

[@wackyval6898]

john belushi is so overrated