LOVED The Music!! The Blues Brothers Movie Reaction!!

My first time watching The Blues Brothers (1980).
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The music truly made this film! Plenty of laughter and good times as we follow these brothers and their mission from God. I hope you enjoyed my The Blues Brothers movie reaction & commentary
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Original Movie: The Blues Brothers (1980)

[@LPJack02]

RIP Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907 - November 18, 1994), aged 86 RIP John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 - June 21, 2001), aged 83 RIP Kathleen Freeman (February 17, 1923 - August 23, 2001), aged 78 RIP Matt "Guitar" Murphy (December 29, 1929 - June 15, 2018), aged 88 RIP Ray Charles (September 23, 1930 - June 10, 2004), aged 73 RIP James Brown (May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006), aged 73 RIP Ben Piazza (July 30, 1933 - September 7, 1991), aged 58 RIP Jeff Morris (September 20, 1934 - July 12, 2004), 69 RIP Steve Lawrence (July 8, 1935 - March 7, 2024), aged 88 Charles Napier (April 12, 1936 - October 5, 2011), aged 75 RIP Henry Gibson (September 21, 1935 - September 14, 2009), aged 73 RIP Donald "Duck" Dunn (November 24, 1941 - May 13, 2012), aged 70 RIP Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018), aged 76 RIP Alan Rubin (February 11, 1943 - June 8, 2011), aged 68 RIP John Belushi (January 24, 1949 - March 5, 1982), aged 33 RIP Paul Reubens (August 27, 1952 - July 30, 2023), aged 70 RIP John Candy (October 31, 1950 - March 4, 1994), aged 43 RIP Carrie Fisher (October 21, 1956 - December 27, 2016), aged 60 You will be remembered as legends.

[@melenatorr]

Legends indeed!

[@kurtb8474]

And John Lee Hooker

[@kurtb8474]

And Matt Guitar Murphy

[@kurtb8474]

And Steve Lawrence who passed two months ago.

[@mikeoxstiff]

And Steve Lawrence, who died 2 months ago.

[@ToniMcGinty]

In case anyone's interested, the little kid that tries to steal from Ray Charles went onto play Argyle the limo driver in Die Hard.

[@rg3388]

By this time, Cab Calloway had been performing this song for about half a century.

[@CaptainRetroStation]

CHRIS: "I have never been to a church where people were flying, and doing leg splits in the air!" That's because you haven't been to a church lead by REVEREND JAMES BROWN! Chris, my man... I don't comment much... I subscribed because you watch BSG, and Doctor Who. But, I get a buzz watching you enjoy the classics so much! See, I'm an old guy, so I remember when The Blues Brothers were NEW. I was there when they were in the very ether of the air. I remember seeing this in the theaters with my brother, and I consider it my first concert experience. That was the atmosphere in the theater. It was actually like being at a rock concert! Mind you, I was a child at the time, so I didn't really know what being at a GENUINE rock concert was like, but when I finally did go to my first rock concert, I was like, "this feels like watching The Blues Brothers!" Anyway, we share the same first name, and watching you enjoy this movie so much makes you feel like a brother to me!

[@kosh6612]

As an old Chicago boy who moved to Australia, I have a deep love of this film. Sweet home Chicago! I was shocked to find after going all the way to Australia... a full replica of the Blues Mobile was on our street. A local cinema/theater played the film every month and people would turn up in dress and dance on stage to the film. Such a great time, and of course the Blues Mobile was parked out front! My Dad actually got into the blues scene, photographed a few greats, Including Charlie Bird... ans saw Donald Duck Dunn perform. Needless to say, we watched this A LOT. Btw it is on the MUST HAVE soundtrack list, along with Pulp Fiction among others

[@kosh6612]

forgot to mention.. right now around Melbourne posters are turning up on light poles with just a pic of Jake & Elwood "Need money? Sell your children!" rofl

[@therewasacrookedman5892]

@@kosh6612 I love when people decide to celebrate a movie, how they'll choose such fun ways to remember and bond over that.

[@Rick-Rarick]

Another comment... watch the behind the scenes for this movie. The story of the mall they drove through is fascinating. It was abandoned and they had to fill it with merchandise, then the people hired to protect that merchandise started stealing it all. So they had to hire security to watch the security! Then the locals got mad because they thought the abandoned mall was being reopened and after they shot the movie it was abandoned again. So many fun stories behind this movie!

[@ICEcoleman2k]

My parents took me to Dixie Square about 2, maybe 3 times... and then it was gone. By that time we went to River Oaks for a minute, but then made to drive out to Orland Square for a long time.

[@ssga_tgbuddy3082]

This is a GREAT movie not because it is a great movie but because of the VAST musical great musicians. It's just GREAT!

[@kevb044]

Fun Fact: Steven Spielberg makes a cameo as the Clerk at the end of the film

[@georgemartin1436]

I had heard that he didn't think the movie could be made, but that if John Landis did make it Steve said he'd appear in it.

[@luisecawthorne1025]

Fun Fact 2: Frank Oz (better known as Yoda in Star Wars) is the prison release official who lets out Jake at the start of it.

[@larrylabond52]

Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) is their waiter at the Chez Paul. Joe Walsh is the first prisoner to jump up on the table and start dancing at the end of the movie.

[@salvationsplace]

cast and cameos list: John Belushi as Jake Blues. Dan Aykroyd as Ellwood Blues. Kathleen Freeman as Sister Mary Stigmata. James Brown as the Reverend Cleophus James. Cab Calloway, as Curtis, performs “Minnie the Moocher.” Ray Charles as the blind instrument dealer. Aretha Franklin as Mrs. Murphy, Carrie Fisher, as the mystery woman Henry Gibson as the head Nazi. John Candy as Burton Mercer, Jake’s parole officer. John Lee Hooker Steve Lawrence Twiggy Frank Oz Jeff Morris Charles Napier Steven Spielberg Steven Williams Armand Cerami Joe Walsh Paul Reubens (Peewee Herman) Chaka Khan The Southern California Community Choir. And The Band Members: Steve “the Colonel Cropper”-lead guitar Donald “Duck” Dunn-bass guitar Murphy Dunne (Murph)-keyboards Willie “Too Big” Hall-drums Tom “Bones” Malone-trombone Matt “Guitar” Murphy-lead guitar “Mr. Fabulous” Alan Rubin-trumpet “Blue Lou” Marini--saxophone Source: (IMDb)

[@nellgwenn]

You forgot Twiggy.

[@randyhochstein8455]

I’m pretty sure that not too many of that amazing cast of characters was recognized by the reactor. ✌🏼😎🇺🇸

[@darrylcarden1851]

Imagine being a location scout and being told “we want you to go and find us a closed down mall that we can destroy with an indoor police chase”. Also imagine the pride and actually finding one. 😎 edit: and doing it in a pre-Google search era.

[@jimtatro6550]

I was a 13-year-old when this movie came out and I was obsessed with John Belushi because of animal House and Saturday Night Live. I begged my mom to take me and a friend and this movie immediately became my favorite musical of all time. Not only is it hysterically funny it introduced me to a genre of music that I didn’t even realize existed and that I love to this day.

[@frogofbrass382]

Frank Oz plays the prison guard returning Jake his clothes and other items. Frank Oz is a great director, but his best claim to fame is being the Muppet performer of Bert, Grover, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, and Yoda. Thus, it was an inside joke when the man at Toys R Us, who is holding a Grover doll, asks for the Miss Piggy doll.

[@MrGpschmidt]

One of my fave films of all-time (in the foyer of my apartment I have a full framed poster of the film). That's Steven Spielberg as the Cook County clerk at the end giving the Brothers their receipt. Nice job Chris.

[@alicechan404]

"Are you the police?" 🤨 "No ma'am, we're musicians" 😎😎

[@ElroyMcDuff]

Love his deadpan delivery LOL!

[@josheldridge8546]

he delivers it just like joe friday-- which is funny because akroyd was also in 'dragnet' with tom hanks.

[@peterkoester7358]

This movie has perhaps the greatest soundtrack ever assembled! I love both this movie and the soundtrack!

[@kathyastrom1315]

I was born and raised in Joliet, and was 14 when this movie came out. The entire city saw it, and that fall, my Catholic high school had as its Homecoming theme “We’re on a mission from God.” When I went to college in Milwaukee four years later, I found out that my roommate’s dad, a cop from Mt. Prospect, had one of his old patrol cars used as one of the Bluesmobiles, and my drama professor had been the shorter of the two guards escorting Jake across the Collins Street prison (“Gerald Walling, SJ” appears directly above Belushi in the end credits).

[@richardvinsen2385]

I was 16 years old when a friend told us that the previous weekend, his family spotted a semi truck driving down the highway with an Illinois State Police car sticking out of the trailer. We pretty much rolled our eyes and said, “Sure you did.” He was finally redeemed the following summer when, sitting in a movie theater, we all saw the classic shot of the police car crashing into the truck.

[@Chestersgirl]

One of the best experiences I had was at Universal Studios in Florida and the Blues Brothers show in the streets. So much dancing and singing and smiling. This is one of my dad’s favourite films and it’s what introduced me to blues music. Seeing other people enjoy it for the first time is such a joy

[@CigarMick]

One of the best movie soundtracks ever created. I would say second only to "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou".

[@Cifer77]

I hope you recognized the musical legend cameos in this. Cab Calloway, James Brown, John Lee Hooker, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles.

[@UnclePengy]

Aykroyd and Belushi were of course comedians. But they were dead serious about the music, put together a top-notch band with an impressive list of musicians, and put out several albums, one of which I think went double-platinum. This movie was a love letter to the legendary performers that inspired them, introducing them to a new audience. (Also, yes, my profile picture is a Blues Brothers reference. I used to be an Elwood Brothers impersonator. And yes, I also play harmonica.)

[@mikejankowski6321]

Your enjoyment, commentary, and singing were equal fun to the movie itself - GREAT REACTION!

[@josheldridge8546]

Three of the members of the band (Steve 'the Colonel' Cropper, Willie 'Too Big' Hall, and Donald 'Duck' Dunn) were also part of Booker T & the MGs ("Green Onions," "Time is Tight," "Melting Pot"). They were all part of the house band at Stax Records during the label's heyday.

[@asterix7842]

The waiter at the restaurant was played by Paul Reubens (pee Wee Herman). The woman at the gas station was 60s British super model Twiggy. Maury Sline was played by Steve Lawrence, half of the Steve and Eydie singing duo. The band members (Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Steve Cropper, Matt 'Guitar' Murphy, etc) were all accomplished session musicians and have played with everyone who was anyone in popular music at the time. The shopping mall scene was, at the time, the most expensive movie scene ever filmed. They found an abandoned mall and restored it and restocked it to look like a functioning mall, then they destroyed it. Also at the time, this movie held the record for the most cars wrecked in a movie, at 103 (Blues Brothers 2000 did one better at 104). Of course, since then, the record has been broken several times.

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

‘She’ is Aretha Franklin!

[@mwooldridge9155]

I never get tired of watching this one. Great music and lots of fun.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

the whole movie's a cartoon. you got that right. the sound track to the movie is GREAT! we used to play the hell out of "the peter gunn theme." john lee hooker's original "boom, boom," which doesn't appear on the soundtrack, and his "boogie chillen"" is real good too. thanks for the video.

[@elisabethn.16]

-The film critic in the New Yorker called this "the Sherman Tank of Musicals". About right. -Did you see Chaka Khan in the church choir? -At this time the Illinois Nazis wanted to march through Skokie, just north of Chicago and home to a lot of Holocaust survivors. It was in the news a lot. -🚨 Attn Chicagoans and people who like to follow the Bourdain trail; the Calumet Fisheries ❤️ (that little shack you see by the bridge that is jumped) had a fire a few months ago!🚨But they appear to be rebuilding it. I see a lot of people lined up there in the summer, you might like to call first to make sure it's open before you drive down! -A lot of these performers are gone now, but just the other night I was watching the Kennedy Center Honors for Led Zeppelin, and in the massive religious experience that is the Heart performance of "Stairway to Heaven" there in the orchestra section instead of on a lunch counter was Blue Lou. -Glad you enjoyed the movie!

[@raymondoverbee2300]

At the time of filming this movie it had the distinction of the most cars destroyed in one film

[@joeundercoffer2567]

Dang all the late great musicians in this movie. I forgot John Candy was one of the cops

[@jenny_lee_87]

Hopefully Hair would win in a poll 💜

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

I think that Belushi did really do those handsprings in church. He used to flip onstage when he and Dan sang on SNL when they were on the show regularly.

[@botz77]

I like how Carrie Fisher's rocket launcher sounds like a laser blast from the original 70's Battlestar Galactica or the V Miniseries. I also forgot (or never realized) that Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman) is their waiter.

[@daveautzen9089]

Truly a classic.

[@zombiepicnic9683]

My favorite fun fact about this movie is that, because these singers came from an era that predated the music video, they had a very difficult time lip syncing. Landis found a way around this by either cutting away liberally, as with Aretha's performance, or just recoding a live mic, as with James Brown in the church.

[@michaelestabrook2018]

they didn't knowif the crowd would go along with cab's number-but the crowd loved it.

[@davewhitmore1958]

Nodding & snapping is quite appropriate!

[@MarkPatrie]

Blues Brothers 2000 has a lot of great music too!

[@kathyastrom1315]

Murphy Dunne, the pianist, was supposed to be Paul Schaffer, but he couldn’t get out of some prior obligations.

[@vincentsaia6545]

The prison guard giving Jake his things back is Frank Oz.

[@noelleparris9451]

You, sir, are a funny man. Yes, a cast of amazing artists, a lot of great music and a crazy amount of destruction. Good times!

[@richardb6260]

Three of my favorite comedies were released in 1980. The Blues Brothers, Airplane!, and Used Cars.

[@robertbunting3117]

This movie is definitely goofy/quirky fun, the best part these days is the sound track though, THAT is still phenomenal. So many talented people coming together in one film, thank Lorne Michaels, creator of SNL for that. Also in you own time check out ' Briefcase Full Of Blues' it's the Blues Brothers Band live in concert, yes they were a real band, it's some fantastic music

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

That big cop at the concert is comedian/actor John Candy!

[@OneArmedRetroGamer]

Good movie. Has the distinct honor of having of one of the worst sequels (BB 2000) alongside Caddyshack 2 and Christmas Story 2

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

The Blues Brothers is the ONLY movie that I saw on a weekly basis for over a year when it first came out. Have the Special Edition in my collection. So glad you got a kick out of this. FYI: Steven Spielberg (The sandwich eating office clerk giving the guys the receipt) and Landis were friends until the tragic Twilight Zone The Movie that got 2 children and Vic Morror killed by a helicopter). They haven't spoken since then.

[@williamjones6031]

1.This was Dan Aykroyd's baby that started out as a SNL skit. He eventually got with Landis (thus Chicago) and it was built on that. There were already songs made for the Blues Brothers from SNL They also put out one album. 2. All-star cast.🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑 3. Booking officer is Frank Oz. Voiced Yoda, Miss Piggy and other Muppets. 4. ".....We have a full tank of gas, a half pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses"🤣🤣 5. A MUCH better Musical (even better than Grease IMVHO). It's "Hair" 1979. John Savage, Treat Williams and Beverly D'Angelo. Milos Foreman Directed. "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest' and "Hair"😎😎 6. They smash so many cars that "Smokey and the Bandit" was practice. WE'RE ON A MISSION FROM GOD😇😇

[@exile220ify]

The mall was actually a closed mall scheduled for demolition. They restocked it just to shoot that amazing car chase scene.

[@peterdubois65]

4 brilliant 80's classics with great soundtracks. Blues bros, Streets of fire, Eddie and the cruisers, rocky horror picture show

[@Randerson2409]

Chris has never sounded more white than he did during that Gospel Church sequence lol. Phenomenal reaction as always, bud!

[@FrancisXLord]

31:51 Steven Spielberg. This was before John Landis and he had a falling out.

[@kurtb8474]

I first saw this movie on TV in 1982 while I was on my honeymoon. My new wife had already gone to sleep so I sat up and watched it. I was not used to having someone in the room with me and I was trying to keep my laughing down so I wouldn't wake her. I must admit, Carrie made that M-16 look good!

[@kevinmassey1164]

Pretty sure this movie and the album Briefcase Full of Blues were both #1, I think at the same time.

[@fourthgirl]

My late brother's favorite movie along with The Naked Gun.

[@ryanlockhart9102]

The amount of famous musicians who have roles un this film is great. I won't list all the characters, but this movie has: James Brown John Lee Hooker Aretha Franklin and... Ray Charles! Theres probably more too, but these are the ones I know about.

[@Stuart_Cox1969]

One of the greatest movies ever made in my opinion, thanks.

[@kermitlacock5930]

This movie has the greatest soundtrack and chase.

[@pamnicklas5536]

This and Animal House were on the necessary "watch" list back then...both great movies!

[@huskerchuck9212]

Somewhat of a blooper that nobody ever mentions. They leave the concert in the evening. 106 miles to Chicago. But when they get to Chicago, it is daylight again. That is a long time to go 106 miles in a high-speed chase.

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

The restaurant owner in pink is none other than The Queen of Soul, Detroit native, Aretha Franklin!

[@Rob_Fordd]

An all time musical classic!

[@moreanimals6889]

Wow, Chris! Nice falsetto !

[@adaddinsane]

Now *that's* a reaction. Great film. Great reaction.

[@seeingthruyou]

Dude your musical improves were excellent!!!

[@knavehart]

Everyone points out that Spielberg cameo at the end, but no one mentions the Property officer at the prison returning Jake's stuff is director and muppeteer Frank Oz

[@rickhobson3211]

The guy in the accessors office of the movie? Steven Spielberg cameo.

[@tenchraven]

Chris, you said your sister was trying to get you into a D&D game? This is a gamer movie- the Blues Brothers are a pair of Bards with a few reluctant levels of Paladin. :P This is one of the best movies of all time, and you've given us one of the best reactions ever! This is the rare manly musical. The best/worst story about it is that Bulushi, who had notorious and extensive substance issues, told Carrie Fisher she needed to get help for hers. That is hitting rock bottom, but it probably saved her life. Also, the guy who issued the filming permit for this in Chicago, he didn't read the script- this was the last movie made near Daley Plaza for decades.

[@davidmichaelson1092]

The number of EXTREMELY famous, like SUPERSTAR singer that are in this always amazes me. Way back to Cab Calloway, who sang for Betty Boop!

[@stephburdick]

Very fitting that a movie reaction featuring evil Princess Leia comes out on May the 4th.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Happy Star Wars Day!

[@exile220ify]

This film held the Guinness Book of World Records record for most cars destroyed in a film for a couple of decades, until it was superseded by its own sequel "Blues Brothers 2000" - by ONE car. I do recommend you review/react to the sequel

[@palehorse750]

Nobody ever gets one of the opening jokes, Jake lights his cigarette with the cars lighter then throws it out the window, then later tells Elwood to fix the lighter to get approval for the car.

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

The pretty lady at the gas station is famous British model Twiggy.

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

Music store owner is Ray Charles!

[@ejtappan1802]

I started music college in Chicago the fall after this was filmed. Some of the upper classmen had watched certain scenes being shot on location. Hard to say what got quoted more over the next four years... this or Monty Python's Holy Grail.

[@belvagurr403]

Bill Murray asked about Miss Piggy in the toy store

[@cneejr]

Great singing 😁

[@agenttheater5]

1:19 Just defying the laws of gravity

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

The clerk they paid was Steven Spielberg.

[@Greenwood4727]

Carrie fisher had Stormtrooper aim, plus did you hear the sounds it made it was star wars lasers

[@agenttheater5]

2:08 It's the Holy Spirit, of course

[@kevinmassey1164]

Such a classic

[@Cifer77]

This movie broke the record for most car crashes in film, since then its only been beaten by The Fast & Furious, and Transformers

[@Cifer77]

For those interested... 1. Michael Bay (Transformers, 2007): 354 cars 2. Justin Lin (Fast and Furious, 2009): 135 cars 3. John Landis (The Blues Brothers, 1980): 120 cars 4. Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins, 2005): 83 cars 5. The Russo Brothers (Avengers Endgame, 2019): 80 cars 6. John Woo (Mission Impossible II, 2000): 77 cars 7. Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon, 1987): 61 cars 8. Steven Spielberg (Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981) 9. Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, 2004): 51 cars 10. Lana and Lily Wachowski (The Matrix, 1999): 45 cars

[@elijahvincent985]

This is an R-rated movie that should be PG-13 (thankfully the sequel is rated that), but feels like a PG. The Music is a must-listen for all ages!

[@CathleenMJennings80]

I believe Carrie Fisher was dating Dan Ackroyd at the time(ish)... also, I live near Joliet, IL - I knew that they filmed at the prison but didn't realize they filmed at the bridge that the car jumped over. I go over that bridge 6+ times a year! PS It took me a LONG time to realize everyone did pronounce God like we do: "Gahd." PPS and OF COURSE you'll find a girl to love (and she love you back)!!! You seem like a really great guy!

[@texasdustfart]

Great reaction

[@Aldebaron-fp3ef]

Search SNL Blues Brothers! I love Dan Akroyd’s background dance.😎

[@Existential_Carousel]

@30:47 That's a good take man. I always just took it at face value of comedic timing but it makes sense that that was God keeping the car together until they didn't need it anymore.

[@Panik637]

If you’re not singing and dancing along you’re not watching it right.

[@gallendugall8913]

Some people call this Carrie Fisher's greatest role.

[@MiLikesVids]

Questions about their mission? Don't you blaspheme in here! Don't you blaspheme in here!

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

The preacher is James Brown, the godfather of Soul!

[@ozkaz13]

A lots of people love you.❤

[@handfuloftrains4781]

This film always inspires every white boy in the white boy world to belt out some lily-white collegiate blues. You did us proud, Chris. Thanks!

[@cliffchristie5865]

We're assuming you know the joke is that Ray can't see the kid he was shooting at or that the poster was upside down.

[@JTQA_Tester]

This was based on an early SNL skit

[@footofjuniper8212]

I recommend getting the soundtrack for this film and its sequel. The sequel is completely stupid, but the music is phenomenal.

[@thomasoa]

I always think of the end of this movie as the deliberately absurd end-point of the 70s obsession with car chases. Stunt driving was a big part of 70s movies and TV.

[@jamestaylor3805]

React to Paint Your Wagon. A westen musical with Clint Eastwood that has a legendary plot.

[@johnathanstruble1064]

Frank Oz, ..checking out Belushi in prison....oh Frank Oz, voice of Yoda, in Empire Stikes Back, and countless Muppets along side Jim Henson...no one important in this flick... Oh yea, John Candy....Orange Whip? Orange Whip? .....Three Orange Whips!

[@ReymundoCortez]

Their influence right there is none other than Cab Calloway. Minnie The Moocher is a bad bad song. The type of music that you feel in your bones.