Blues Brothers: Soul Man - SNL

[@davidt50]

Dan Aykroyd's dancing is epic, insane and beyond amazing. 45+ years later it is still over the top enjoyable

[@ra15899550]

No doubt about it! Insane and off the chain! Still lovin' it in 2024!!

[@mistamycall]

Dan Akroyd went full crazy on this one ...

[@Ms19720713]

こんなにイカしてたなんて🎉🎉🎉 ブルースハープも最高ですね❣️❣️❣️😆😆😆

[@dc1397]

Looks like he was doing football drills.

[@fredwerza3478]

How much was rehearsed and how much of it was spontaneous?

[@VinnMan]

As contagious as it is to watch Belushi, you just can't take your eyes off of Aykroyd.

[@alanwayte432]

Absolutely true

[@kituwahband]

Exactly what I was thinking...I don't think I heard anything Belushi sang 😂😂

[@pearlsofwisdom7894]

Love Dan ! Great moves ❤

[@michaelmohrle1773]

AMAZING performance by everyone here including that awesome introduction by Garret "I said put your hands together " Morris, but yes Dan Aykroyd steals the show !!

[@christophergolas9930]

Dan Aykroyd's 'salamander on a hot plate' dance was brought to you by: cocaine! 😃

[@cjrwcrow]

Their talent is boundless. Now THIS was Saturday Night Live!

[@judeflowers2813]

Totally! I don't watch it much any more. Seems to be mostly Silly Skits. Of course it was back in the day, but tjry are stretching for relevant content now.

[@thesweeples3266]

Ok boomer

[@lewisreiman8124]

Well said!!!!!!!!!

[@ChrisR-ne4kn]

Morris's intro... The key unlocking the suitcase with the harmonica... The cartwheel perfectly timed... The level of talent in that band... The unbelievable contagious energy from Ackroyd and Belushi, hilarious and real and energizing... Greatest opening in the history of the show to this day.

[@SW-mc2zx]

The members of the band were all top notch musicians in their own right!

[@DavidSmith-sw5kg]

#1 award winner 🏆 Massively Underrated Comment category

[@jimdavis1939]

@@SW-mc2zx Yep, Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn, & Matt Murphy, some of the best ever. RIP Duck & Matt Murphy.

[@richardsiciliano7117]

Well said, brother.

[@stans7770]

@@jimdavis1939Paul Shaffer way over on the left

[@speedbag67]

Belushi and Akroyd were absolute NEXT LEVEL entertainers, and did it LIVE... no re-do... no post production... They had exactly ONE take... to get it right... and get it right they did!!!!

[@bradg5000]

Legends

[@AnthonyMcCaul-c9g]

Never see their likes again! 😞🥲👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@mohammedcohen]

...the same strateegy that worked so well for Jackie Gleason, et. al. in the 'Honeymooners'...

[@MsSkymom]

Garrett Morris was also terrific on SNL - his Chico Escuela bit was classic. He is among my favorites from SNL - along with Akroyd and Belushi. I was in college during SNL's first years, and this "appointment TV" after a night out...

[@jakester455]

And it sounds EXACTLY like the studio version, the cassette of which I wore out back in the day. lol

[@MrBeowulf54]

Aykroyd’s moves are comedically brilliant and original.

[@Grace-q9h]

Agreed

[@Alltypz]

Smoove AF!

[@Nobody19759]

Martin short 😆

[@courtneysands6646]

He never breaks out of character, hilarious stuff.

[@claybmt]

The sheer amount of talent on that small stage is staggering.

[@NBHRaven]

Mr Fabulous Donald Duck Dunn Matt Guitar Murphy Steve Cropper Blue Lou Marini Definitely. Honestly wish I was alive for this

[@righttackle52]

The part that’s so devastating is Belushi alone was so god damn talented, and we got to witness so little of what he could have given us.

[@LicoInvestments]

So true!

[@shanemize3775]

That is an absolute fact!

[@VOLCAL]

THEY AINT CASTING THEM LITTLE BLK DUDES THESE DAYS

[@bleedburgundy420]

I think this is the greatest moment in SNL history. Nobody was expecting it.

[@user-bx6jj6cm4v]

It probably was.

[@racerx8822]

No doubt!

[@halfstep44]

What weren't they expecting?

[@eddieloius4592]

@@halfstep44 the famous quote from Lorne "You guys want to do your silly song? Go ahead and do it."

[@craigalimo]

You're not wrong.

[@williamturner4520]

Probably the best SNL opener ever. It always make me smile.

[@zartantomax]

THIS!

[@theorenhobart]

OMG I never knew. i seen the movie but hadn't seen this live from SNL. a gift from the gods

[@joedepalo419]

Best EPISODE ever to boot IMHO.

[@skavenqblight]

Not probably, DEFINITELY!

[@mayberrygary25]

I remember watching this live one Saturday night...it all started as a joke opening...grew to be no joke at all !

[@747driver3]

Akroyd in the greatest dance exhibition in recorded history.

[@martymoseley4454]

100%!!!

[@Surequest]

@@martymoseley4454 Dan got some serious moves there...

[@luishumbertovega3900]

Can't take my eyes off of his steps, 1-derful !!!

[@MartijnThomassen]

just mesmerising

[@philherrick7319]

Check out Art Carney as Ed Norton dancing on the Honeymooners

[@troyancheta3803]

Arkroyd's dancing was so charismatic even if it's meant to be a goofy dance. The amount of talent in this video is unbelievable

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

Amazing that the band could keep it together.

[@mikerieck306]

Dan's moves are still cool.

[@williamvasilakis9619]

Akroyd, one word AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

[@woodsplitter3274]

Did Belushi do a cartwheel? Shoot, as a big guy, I know that isn't easy.

[@dalegribble60]

I had forgotten how lanky he was! Man got legs!!

[@danielfalcon450]

One of the greatest performances of all time .

[@Bulvan123]

Dan Ackroyds moves are off the hook

[@keithhakanson7040]

Without a doubt one of the GREATEST SNL moments of all time.

[@dr.timbaylormd8111]

👍

[@cleekmaker00]

One of the greatest moments in TV History, mainly because no one really knew what to expect.

[@Kathleen253]

They would have done well and preserved that legacy if they packed it up in a couple more seasons.

[@MrSpencerMcIntosh]

Probably top 3 if not the actual greatest.

[@VinnMan]

No doubt. Definitely the best open!

[@scottishjedi1522]

Belushi really had everything, didn’t he? Perfect comic timing, insane charisma, amazing delivery, and he could actually sing pretty damn well.

[@LordEriolTolkien]

and a drug and alcohol habit that would eventually kill him

[@tomcatinaround]

Loved it when he did Joe Cocker

[@ms.annthrope415]

Then blew it on speedballing.

[@chardtomp]

Too bad he also had the monkey on his back.

[@paisleyprincess7996]

He sure did! He was my fav!

[@virginaeastwood1870]

Those were Great times! I’m a Woman in my 60’s it was a Great time to be alive and experience this👍🏽

[@jonathanmartin8113]

Every time I hear this song, I get emotional. Not only because it's sad that we lost Belushi too young, but because it reminds me of my childhood and the good times I had listening to the Blues Brothers.

[@BigD481]

Also back when SNL was really good.

[@kircherkircher9244]

Same ! Good times with my brother, who is gone now too in same fashion as Belushi 😢

[@youtubeurevil]

Same here but only for lost youth....

[@thesweeples3266]

Is he still dead?

[@paulsolenick4624]

You have to love Belushi somersaulting onto the stage, and Akyroyd's dance moves. Saturday Night Live at it's very best. Everyone who witnessed it live realized that they were seeing genius at work.

[@jah0524]

I watched that episode back in 1978 and I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

[@andrealuvshouse]

Backed by a world class band of geniuses-all of whom put Stax Records and Muscle Shoals on the map and kept them afloat for many years. Get a load of Paul Shaffer back there while he still had hair!

[@jeffsanders663]

@@andrealuvshouse Yeah, Lou Marini, Alan Rueben, Steve Cropper, Matt Murphy, Donald Dunn, SO many greats! And, I remember watching this live.

[@RJ1999x]

And now it's awful

[@shirljohn5900]

Back then, with a group of friends, we got together every Saturday night to watch Second City and Saturday Night Live. What a great time that was. I cried when Belushi died. Saturday Night Live is crap now.

[@frankpitochelli6786]

The amount of energy necessary to dance the way Dan Aykroyd did...! I remember watching this live....The great years of SNL.....life goes too fast.!!!😢

[@metacamman121]

Only if you did it right.

[@SethimusMaximus]

SNL was so much better back when it was fueled by cocaine.

[@frankpitochelli6786]

@@SethimusMaximus..😅🤣

[@calvinsaxon5822]

Ha ha. My brothers and I had the 45 (I was about 9) with "Rubber Biscuit" on the back. How many times did we play that record on a gigantic furniture-style record player in a damp, dusky basement in a working-class house in Missouri. Culture is weird. Yes, seems like yesterday. Time is weird.

[@frankpitochelli6786]

@@calvinsaxon5822 😅😆

[@JuneCourtney-c3w]

Omg, Aykroyd 's dance was magical 😱

[@eviehammond9509]

Dan Ackroyd 's dancing in the background steals the show!! So grateful to have lived during this time to experience so many amazing artists & entertainers who were lost far too soon.

[@speedbag67]

We absolutely were blessed...

[@karenkoontz4509]

Everything else stopped when this show came on.

[@eviehammond9509]

@karenkoontz4509 Aww remember way back when you had to catch a show when it was aired otherwise who knows when it would air again as a rerun, if it would. Don't get me wrong, I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy all the convinces streaming & the internet provide us with currently, but back then there was a certain amount of excitement & anticipation of waiting to see a show or performance that cannot be duplicated by having whatever you want to see whenever you want to see it at your fingertips. And clearly, its something most of us take for granted these days. I still can recall like it was yesterday when I was about ten ( and all the years prior) & all the kids in my neighborhood would wait for that once a year showing of The Wizard of Oz. Our neighborhood was alive with kids playing & screaming would go as quiet as a church 30 mins before it would come on as we all had to get hoe & get cleaned up & in pj's prior to it. Such a sweet, innocent childhood memory to randomly look back upon now that I'm heading towards 60. Kids may have a lot more everything today, but I still believe sometimes quality over quality isn't always the better thing to have. I guess I'm officially "old" because I'm starting to sound like my parents did when talking to me all those years ago.

[@ericsantana1184]

Rest in Peace John Belushi, Cab Calloway, John Candy, Henry Gibson, Carrie Fisher, Donald duck Dunn, Aretha Franklin, and BB King.

[@marthijnvandenbroeck8766]

and lets not forget John Lee Hooker!

[@billfitzmaurice3837]

@@marthijnvandenbroeck8766 And Ray Charles.

[@marthijnvandenbroeck8766]

and James Brown!

[@Nsquaredmusic]

and Matt "Guitar" Murphy

[@joeyclemenza7339]

don't forget james brown and john lee hooker

[@ncooty]

No one has ever or will ever dance the "hot foot" better than Dan Akroyd.

[@fwbenson57]

I’d forgotten how well he could “cut a rug”!

[@toddblack8029]

People don't realize, that's the dance Michael Jackson does in his Billy Jean performance's... There's very few that can do Mike's move's as good or better, James Brown is one, Prince, and Ackroyd when he does the hot foot dance...

[@kaim.8462]

true

[@Harold710]

I never tire of watching Dan do his thing!!

[@duanegeorges9339]

It's from that Joilette pepper steak

[@Jnt2252]

I absolutely love the way Elwood dances it’s histercial

[@QUADZILLAPoker]

I was sixteen years old and was sitting in the audience three rows from the floor. This was 1978 and was actually the first live performance that they ever did. If you didn't notice, all the guys in the band were also in the Blues Brothers movie.

[@davefordavefor]

I’m glad you got to have that AMAZING experience.

[@crlaw75]

Paul Schaffer and the drummer weren't in the movie (Paul had a contract still with SNL).

[@Doomsblues]

If everyone that claimed to have been there actually was there, 30 Rock would have collapsed from the weight alone

[@randyperkins7721]

Wow, what a great little story! It is very cool to have witnessed something you can watch forty-five years later.

[@MrDukeSilverr]

I thought King Bee was the first blues brothers number

[@jamesallchin7557]

Dan Ackroyd's dance moves.... highly underrated.

[@camillecormier1825]

Was just thinking that. It's one of the reasons I watch this from time to time.

[@PopJacare]

seriously!!!😂💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@camillecormier1825]

@@productwholeslave2122 Thanks for the reference. I agree; the final scene of the movie really does showcase Ackroyd's enthusiasm for dancing.

[@Trucmuch]

People use "underrated" as a compliment when it's in fact an insult. That's like the needy boyfriend who says, I'm the only one who loves you. People don't appreciate you the way I do. I'm the only one who knows how great you are. It sounds like a compliment but it's really not.

[@mrtoptenatten]

VERY.....UNDERRATED

[@billyhunter1109]

Please tell me I'm not the only one here in 2022! Blues Brothers never die😎

[@minorytka3163]

April 2022, I am here watching & enjoying every second of it!

[@granadosvm]

You're not!

[@heidiort1225]

I ❤️ the Blues Brothers they never get old!

[@southsideman4891]

SOOOOOOOOL MAAAAAAAAN

[@FrankRizzo7080]

Not alone bro 😎

[@markkennedy4854]

Dan Ackroyd & John Belushi were by far the 2 funniest comedians to take the stage on "SNL" 👍🏻

[@danb6838]

Akroyd never got enough credit for this. He's an all around talent.

[@mikeyoungblood1642]

Especially with those dance moves while staying the straight man

[@tdoggo7614]

Seriously the dance moves are priceless 👍

[@davidscott1052]

Dan Bauman dan akroyd is one of the good guys ..he was very interested in Ufology and was a good friend of Stanton Friedman

[@Hellwyck]

Aykroyd never did, either.

[@lindajardee]

He sure could really dance. He outdanced Belushi, but Belushi outsung him. Wow, Belushi could really sing.

[@M_Barr84]

Can we also take the time to appreciate the AMAZING job Garrett Morris did introducing them

[@juliuscepeda9655]

Garrett Morris was superb. He really set the stage that something special was about to happen.

[@davidcox3076]

He really brought the excitement!

[@almalockett4998]

Thx, I couldn't figure out who that was.

[@FUNZO1975]

Yes. ...yes we can.😎

[@Ailar2209]

I love how in the beginning of the video he's in a suit and tie, looking as dapper as can be, and then comes back looking completely disheveled at the end

[@jeffkyler5660]

Love Ackroyd's stage dance in this. Skinny as a rail with the wind of Prefontaine.

[@DScott-pc7rd]

Check out Mick Jagger practicing his dance moves. Only person I’ve ever seen dance like Mick. Dan Akroyd tears it up!!

[@christopherkuhl3772]

Dan was gettin it for sure!!

[@therealxunil2]

He's got some fancy footwork for sure.

[@markgalassini8742]

Joe Gonzalez yeah that’s a great call back! But it differently ages us. I’m 55, I miss those cool running shoes. Nike waffle trainers, Adidas dragon, gazelle...

[@shawnbeck2303]

Prefontaine the greatest runner to ever come out of the Northwest! Pre! Pre! Pre! A running Icon! Shawn

[@johnburla]

John Belushi was hardly in shape, yet he managed to do a perfect cartwheel! Respect! 👍

[@darcyperkins7041]

Came here to comment on his cartwheel.😊

[@michaelenders6885]

And his hat stayed on his head!

[@wyattdean5658]

Pure cocaine.

[@johnburla]

@@darcyperkins7041 I'm still waiting for your comment Darcy! 😂

[@johnburla]

@@wyattdean5658 Cocaine may give you boundless energy, but not athletic prowess. 💪

[@mikehughes4969]

I saw this live as it happened. If I behaved myself during the week, my parents let me stay up to watch Saturday Night Live. This was the moment my love of the blues began. When the movie came out, they took me to see it, my first R rated movie. I'm 54 now, and still love the Blues Brothers.

[@thomasb1889]

I never liked SNL but have always appreciated the top talent that came from it.

[@sandyworkman3025]

Me too brother. Only me and sister snuck in the den and watched. Back when the Coneheads and the insufferable bitch were popular. That was definitely the best time to watch, I think.

[@WallyPost]

I, too, saw this act live as it happened. A few months later, a buddy of mine and I did a rendition of the Blues Brothers at the high school where we both taught during an assembly that focused on TV and movies ... many were SNL skits. The reception we got was indicated by the loud screams of approval when we took the microphones to do "Soul Man." BTW ... I was Jake Blues ... as that is how I signed autographs after the show. ;-)

[@Shiva..]

Lucky you Mike!

[@curtis75black]

Watching the movie right now !! Streaming on Peacock. !

[@KristofferRekestad]

Dan Akroyd is unreal in this moves

[@maryalvarado2049]

Who knew Dan could dance like that!!! ❤️

[@rainermoler7857]

Dan Aykroyds Dance Moves are absolutely great. I love it so much. What a great Performance.

[@jamess.8223]

I was thinking the same thing, fucking awesome! lol

[@JoseRivera-zo1ve]

I enjoy the performance the music this is just awesome!!!! Those were the days...... Remember " animal house. Nothing but raw talent. Don't get better than this fuckin awesome!!!!

[@paulvolk5446]

Stage just full of talent. One of if not The greatest band of all time.

[@Tonymanero1960]

That was 3/4 of Booker T and The MG's,/the house band of Stax Records in Memphis during the late 1960's and 70's

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

I love this band. Wish I could have seen them live

[@therighthandmann]

Besides the known artists of the time, there is (relatively unknown at the time) Paul Shaefer on keys.

[@paulaelizabethg]

Who else was a teenager watching this live? My only confusion then, they were so good I couldn't figure out if it was meant to be skit or a musical performance. The movie later cleared that question. They were both.

[@briannotafan3368]

i went to the record store and bought the LP on picture disc

[@Anorak1795]

@@briannotafan3368 oh wow, I don’t own the picture vinyl record but I do own all the albums on black vinyl and they’re amazing! Rock on chief

[@Firehydrant1051]

Proud to say that I was there. God speed John Belushi.

[@MB-mh6xv]

I was a junior in high school. A group of us would watch every Saturday night. Fall of 78 had, to me, the best episodes. The Mick Jagger interview was one of my favorites.

[@andresbarriga5305]

@@Firehydrant1051 Right there????

[@florentan]

The Blues Brothers were so talented they could play BOTH kinds of music: Country AND Western. J

[@jacktrppr1]

Chicken wire?

[@theruoc147]

P and F reference?

[@kind2311]

AFM.....shit!

[@michaelclark9762]

Stand by Your Man!

[@garywalters5468]

that comment is so bad that you are no longer allowed into bob's country bunker.

[@cincysoftball]

For those wondering, this aired on November 18, 1978. Host was Carrie Fisher.

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

...at least she wasn't trying to kill them during THAT time! 😳

[@PB-tr5ze]

I wonder if she and John Belushi were dating yet or if this is where they met.

[@annrodriguez2891]

John Belushi is the only human to have the number one show .SNL.Number one movie Animal House.Number one album with Blues Brothers in the same week...Success like no other

[@GenerationX1967]

Indeed. Additionally, he also met President Ford, Pope John Paul II, was given the keys to the city by Mayor Ed Koch, and was featured in a Spiderman comic. All before he was 30....

[@Zach_B12]

Tim Allen in November 1994 had the number one tv show (Home Improvement), number one movie (The Santa Claus), and the number one book (Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man)

[@terryc.3390]

@@Zach_B12 Exactly. It has been done before...*LOL*...and loved Home Improvement.

[@riobabic8960]

Number 1 book and number album is different. Both great though !

[@srbaruchi]

@@Zach_B12 It should be illegal to compare Tim Allen to John Belushi in any manner.

[@ashdhuk]

no one gonna mention Dan's harmonica that shit was on point and real

[@costapopolos]

Aykroyd is known for being a superb harmonica player.

[@lelandthompson2267]

He was channeling the South when so many people played the harmonica... Somewhere someone with enough money,,, Should start the harmonica school... The blue brothers School of harmonica! Belushi would love it.

[@theGhoulman]

@@costapopolos Yes, I second that. Dan was a giant Soul and Blues fan and was a terrific harmonica player. Peeps in the States don't understand how, in the late 60's, the Blues and Soul was played on Canadian radio freely. It had a giant impact, where in the US many States refused to play any of it. Yea, Canadians had more fun! :D

[@bigeyetuna6228]

His singing almost ruined the set, all love mates... he’s the guy who never got hooked, those guys killed a lot of people... 🦠

[@drewlawrence696]

@@bigeyetuna6228 WTF ?....you been eating the cats meds again ?

[@danstipancic9463]

I remember seeing this live, OMG...Classic is an understatement...Nobody will kick it like Aykroyd and Belushi...

[@NilaDesigns]

Me too. Best SNLs ever back then

[@jah0524]

I also saw this live, and at first I thought it was some sort of joke. Then I was shocked at what Belushi and Aykroyd had just pulled off.

[@keithfairfield114]

2024 this is still not old and it’s still rocking today you go blues brothers 👍🇺🇸

[@deniseinsocaldeniseinsocal9510]

Incredibly talented and missed 42 years later. RIP John.

[@davidscarlett931]

Hail Belushi had to be a world-class athlete to pull that off for that long without looking like he was breathing hard😂

[@douglsward3114]

One of my happiest memories.😂 Back in the day. Much 💗

[@kamilisaintleger8346]

I just got into his comedy recently. He was a big part of my mom’s childhood. Everyone always said what a shame it was but man…what a shame.

[@carolmahoney2109]

This sounds just as great today as it did 40 years ago. RIP John Belushi.

[@jtee788]

The Blues Brothers band is probably legitimately the most accomplished rhythm and blues band that ever existed.

[@leftyfromtx3401]

Well, the band included many blues legends after all.

[@DebbieOnTheSpot]

Ricky skaggs is cool

[@thetaboohood]

Donald Duck had the best name.

[@r3tr0actiongamer24]

"The Blues Brothers band is probably legitimately the most accomplished rhythm and blues band that ever existed." I hope for your sake you were joking.

[@jtee788]

@@r3tr0actiongamer24 It's the Stax Records band with members of Blood, Sweat, and Tears, and Matt "Guitar" Murphy so no, I'm not.

[@loydb512]

I remember these episodes. Man, they were so young. RIP John :(

[@sharcol]

Gladly brag that I'm old enough to have seen this live. And still blown away by the talent they released!!

[@aabill1950]

Morgan, you'll understand if you live to be 70. Quite something to for him to have seen it live. It was amazing enough on live tv. It was so funny because it was so unexpected. We didn't know they could sing. Also, didn't know Belushi was in good enough shape to to a cartwheel as an adult. Aykroyd, I don't know how he kept up that torrid pace. Starts with a memorable introduction by Garret Morris.

[@georgik1963]

I'll second that brag. I clearly remember seeing it on live TV -- staying up late as a 15 year old. No one could have suspected back then that we would still be watching it in 50 years time!

[@nycgurl2u]

Me too, I was only 12 years old, but I'm old enough to remember and enjoy! RIP John Belushi!

[@mwalker3547]

Right there with ya.... Nothing wrong with bragging about the best era in history of. music

[@jerrysanders3553]

Yes sir!

[@albertpaul1094]

There's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark out, and we're wearing sunglasses. HIT IT!

[@Mortthemoose]

😎😎

[@PatriciaPerez-pc5hv]

They were on a mission from God.

[@superstarreviews9937]

If they seemingly left that club between 9:00/10:00pm (its dark as hell out!) Why does it take them all night and all day to make it 106 miles?! They get to the office and the guys at lunch! It took 13 hours?! The speed they were going,it should've taken a little over an hour! And if you think about it,John candy who is a Chicago cop,meets them at the club! So they shouldn't even be 100 miles from Chicago! In fact,going by the map they used when advertising the show,they were MAYBE 30 miles away! And the crimes they were guilty of,when you get right down to it,was traffic violations,vandelism and petty theft! No way they would've sent more then 2 or 3 police cars at them! And why is the national Guard driving ww2 Sherman tanks! Surely even they had better equipment by the 80s!!

[@keeponlivin81]

You get me my Cheez Whiz boy?

[@freddyrichards878]

"Fix the cigarette lighter"

[@michaelseay9783]

You have just witnessed one of the greatest moments in television history. I saw this when it first aired live. Just imagine two comedians coming out there and you are expecting them to do something funny and hilarious, which is what they were known for. But after you see and hear that first verse, you know this is something special.

[@taylorhanson1095]

Who knew that they could sing so well

[@howlinhog]

The Blues Brothers album that came out not long after is awesome.

[@cleekmaker00]

You hit the nail right on the head. No one knew what they were gonna do after those first chords started playing.

[@punkoid76]

True, but look at the band backing them, one of the greatest bands ever assembled.

[@55Quirll]

I remember this too when it first came out, the first year or two were so good and Akroyd and Belushi really made it.

[@semlohde1]

Look at this and listen with ear buds. No one is naked, no filth, no eye candy graphics - just raw talent. Absolutely perfect, fantastic.

[@fatdad64able]

John Belushi doing a cartwheel with his gut and even the hat stays on. What a pocket rocket! And Aykroyd doing proto-shuffle dance". A perfect duo.^^

[@joego7924]

Drugs il let u do anything! Till the grim reaper calls y home!

[@marvinmealer4993]

Cocaine is a h*ll of a drug!

[@SuprManAntLive]

Really

[@PoppyCorn144]

@Marvin Mealer and Joe Go cocaine keeps your hat on? Good to know. Now to dose up my kindergarten class who are doing Guys and Dolls - I was worried about the backflips in “rocking the boat” but now I’m solid.

[@emiliemanes5392]

I can't believe the hat stayed on lol

[@itwasnt3369]

Steve Cropper's guitar was truly ace on this. I like how Dan and John moved out the way to let Steve get screen real estate on key parts. Just such a great band. Outstanding. !!

[@paulfbeatty]

Did you know that Cropper plays on the original Sam & Dave version (as does bassist Duck Dunn?)

[@theorenhobart]

i was stunned at the first guitar notes. so well timed and perfect

[@jabopro]

Man...those boys had great timing. That SNL band was sooooo amazing live. Briefcase Full of Blues is still one of my favorite live albums ever.

[@timbowden1680]

Powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline

[@josephgleason6801]

@@timbowden1680 I see what you did there! 😉

[@ericbrett3095]

Little did they know this performance would inspire the movie "The Blues Brothers" and all other following acts.

[@lexdunn4160]

This isn't even the SNL band. These guys went on to become the Blues Brothers band: Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn, Matt Guitar Murphy ...

[@matwetton]

the band is basically the Staxx records house band. they played on some of the greatest motown hits of all time. Steve Cropper the long haired guitarist wrote sitting on the dock of the bay and played guitar on it for otis redding for example.

[@mildkiyoshi8303]

ダン・エイクロイドのステップが格好良すぎる

[@bodegastheband]

Norm said this was his favorite thing to watch when he was down. So I’m watching because I’m down he has passed onto the other side

[@CleoRip]

Same here.. T.T

[@alexander_dean]

@@CleoRip Me tooooooo

[@godalm8y]

Same. Weird that he gave us a little parting gift like this clip to give us one last laugh

[@matthewelias7545]

Same reason I'm here. God bless that old chunk of coal, he's a diamond at last, laughing with Farley and Super Dave, listening to his best friend Billy Joe.

[@OhJaniceWhyOhWhy]

Me too.

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

The "Cartwheel" John does at the intro cracks me up every-time, let alone the pair of em dancing!!

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

The MAN'S a LEGEND... 🍺😎👍

[@Grace-q9h]

​@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 You got that right.

[@christopherfeeney1962]

AND he times it PERFECTLY!! Made the flip and stuck the landing RIGHT in time with the music!

[@alyceclover]

I just watched another video when they played at a high school and wondered how he kept the hat on when he cartwheeled.

[@theitalianskunkwhisperer6843]

I love Garrett Morris introducing them like an emcee at an old black blues club. The way he moves and walks is perfect. Introducing himself as he tips his hat. Very underrated he was, he was great!

[@maryf3013]

RIP Cab Calloway.

[@Warpedsmac]

A good actor in movies too..saw him recently in a film about ladies beauty /hair products..forget its name, but it was him!!!

[@Juliaflo]

Here you see an example of a talent saturation.

[@Iansco1]

Was? He still IS.

[@theitalianskunkwhisperer6843]

@@Iansco1 On SNL he was great because he was considered filler in that cast and he was the furthest from it.

[@intercommerce]

This is the best BB performance EVER! They play, sing and dance PERFECTLY! Garret does the perfect MC intro, Belushi does his cartwheel and sings, Ackroyd plays his harmonica and crazy flash dancing, and Steve Cropper & Donald Duck playing guitar & bass. Brilliant!

[@mikeblair3769]

Blues Brothers movie ...one of the greatest soundtracks ever!!

[@susiebell8496]

YES!!!

[@RealAnanass]

It's a documentary of two brothers trying to save a nun. Not a movie -.-

[@alyceclover]

@@RealAnanass Musical movie trying to save the orphanage where the brothers grew up. The Blues Brothers are imaginary characters, although Dan did take some real life experiences to write into the film. Like the scene where the patrons threw beer bottles at the Blues Brothers; Dan had that experience in real life.

[@RealAnanass]

@@alyceclover ​ Your reply on my comment is has the same logic as why I need to idiot proof my apps while I code. You never think that someone will be that stupid to understand the basic meaning of something, yet it always ends up like that!

[@alyceclover]

@@RealAnanass You called fiction a documentary; have a nice day.

[@maryhales4595]

Aykroyd's got some SWEET moves going there. I just can't stop thinking about what a titan of comedy we lost with Belushi.

[@anne-droid7739]

I remembered this as being pretty f***ing good...but am nonetheless blown away by just how spectacular it is in every single detail, STILL. Wow, weren't we spoiled with an embarrassment of riches!

[@scinto23]

Imagine what he would have brought us if he didn't pass away so young.

[@brianfreeman9554]

You said it!

[@curtandoscar]

@@anne-droid7739 Truth!!

[@jaygrannell858]

@@anne-droid7739 And they made one of the best musical comedies of all time.

[@virgilrosecrantz1583]

The absolute prefect performance.... Man, I miss them... Buckets of talent all around.

[@williamwalter4992]

Doesn't hurt that they have so many great all-star musicians in the backing band.

[@originalacousticguitar]

That performance is legendary. Band is tight, Belushi is a great front man and singer, and Akroyd is the perfect hype man.

[@BiggusNickus]

This clip really showed how insanely talented Belushi was. It's a shame he left this earth so soon.

[@denicesanders4586]

And a shame he wasted it all for drugs.

[@BiggusNickus]

@@denicesanders4586 yeah a lot of the greats succumbed to drugs. It's a damn shame.

[@purselmer5931]

"A light that burns twice as bright burns half as long."

[@Wellch]

Too bad he was addicted to cocaine.

[@smspirate]

how is it a shame? he did it to himself. Clearly it was what he wanted more than anything. These men were nothing more than ego riddled abusers who stole from others and did nothing but suck the life out of everyone they touched.

[@susiebell8496]

This song was a major hit single on the Billboard charts that year. The sad part is the song never made it to the movie footage. How did John do the cartwheel, dancing and singing, all the while chewing gum? And what a talent Garret Morris is on SNL!! And the famous band members. So much talent in one room. 💗

[@cantcheatkarma3493]

It's this thing called COCAINE!!!

[@PebblesOTB]

It's not cocaine, Belushi was a gymnast. He did the backflips in the movie too

[@cantcheatkarma3493]

@@PebblesOTB . He did the backflips whilst extremely high on Medical grade cocaine!

[@SH-th4wy]

Garret Morris nailed it too! I swear I've been to bars that open the act just like that. And the boys were, of course, beyond!!.

[@Sindig0]

@@PebblesOTBNo, that was a Stuntman in a fat suit. His name is Jonathan Yarbrough. And that's a shitty cartwheel for anyone claiming to be a gymnast.

[@TheBoomer418]

John chewing the gum and not even breaking a sweat. John had the swagger and Danny had the moves. This is the peak of SNL back when it was entertaining and funny. John u are missed my friend. Thanks for the memories John.

[@Servo421]

A lot of singers chew gum on stage, it keeps the saliva in the mouth, lubricating the throat..

[@MyMomo17]

I just discovered the Grateful dead song West LA fade away was written as a tribute to John Belushi.

[@lorenzoparedes2306]

I remember those wonderful performances. Today's SNL is but a whimpering shadow of the original. Aside from Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi and Garrett Morris, there were Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, Bill Murray, and many other extremely talented artists.

[@bobspence5322]

​@@lorenzoparedes2306 neh i disagree.. the early days were good but rough.. eddie murphy is the number one for saving the show in the early 80s and the 90s cast was equal or greater to the 70s.

[@bobspence5322]

@@ladyrose7793 its been both the whole time lmao

[@paranoid473]

This is one of the greatest televised moments in history for sure.

[@gjanssens7069]

one thing that goes unnoticed in this wonderful performance; Paul Schaffer WITH hair!!!

[@808TheDuck]

I saw that!

[@JavierGalvan-s2f]

The dude could dance!!!!¡

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Paul Schaffer wasn't in the movie because he had another gig.

[@mediagirl]

I was seriously wondering who that was, because the possibility that Paul Shaffer ever had hair was so absurd and foreign to me that I didn’t even consider it…

[@juanalba4698]

I noticed him too

[@pingpong5000]

Blues brothers must be one of the very best films ever, comedy, action, noir, tunes to die for and a cast of pure gold.

[@sheilarough236]

We are on a mission from God

[@kamuelalee]

And Princess Leia

[@charlieross-BRM]

One thing that killed me was how long it takes to roll all the credits. But I wouldn't turn it off because the music under the credits is as good as in the rest of it.

[@thomasoneill5877]

A cartwheel to start the show and ,"HE DIDN'T LOSE HIS SHADES!!!! 🤯

[@dtscheme]

or swallow his gum! :)

[@jim6820]

Or lose his hat 🧢. Lol 😂

[@saboslasher86]

I lost my shit when he did that cartwheel lol, I didn't think he could actually do them so well!!!

[@The_Smith]

And he landed on his mark! (or near enough)

[@CindyBarg]

In time with the music!

[@clyde642006]

This was the coolest opening of SNL history. Who knew John and Dan had this in them? Dan was a genius on the harmonica-I love to listen to “Sweet Home Chicago” just to hear him solo. These were SNLs golden years by far, when it was fun and entertaining to stay up and watch!

[@josefinagarza241]

Dr Detroit,don't know why thus reminds me of that movie❤

[@flingwings4070]

I can still remember the awkward moment when 14 year old me was with my mom watching Walter Matthau doing the Bad News Bees skit. 😮 😂😂

[@azlady8102]

The BEST open of all! Sure miss those days when life was just FUN.

[@EchoCharlieBravo]

100%

[@Davedio]

Little did anyone know, on this Saturday night in 1978, 4 and a half minutes of live television would launch an industry. Movies, live concerts, albums, top-40 singles...The Blues Brothers were a force of nature. 💯

[@yourmum69_420]

is this Soul or Blues?

[@Davedio]

@@yourmum69_420 This would probably be soul...The Blues Brothers could go with both equally well because the backing band was comprised of legends in their own right.

[@tomcartwright7134]

Ah, when SNL was worth watching. For years the writers could not tell the difference between a funny skit , or a great punchline from embarrassing cringe. Nothing has changed. SNL has not been funny for a long time.

[@tomcartwright7134]

@@yourmum69_420 yes.

[@chriscarol4965]

@@yourmum69_420 They can do both. Country and Western.

[@kevc6115]

The handcuffed briefcase with the harmonica gets me everytime. GEnius. Greates rock & roll movie of all time! IMHO!

[@thebandaesop]

I can never get enough of this performance, especially when they both suddenly burst alive in dancing as the song begins 😂😂

[@Xsthawts]

You can't watch this and not smile. John Belushi's somersault and Dan Ackroyd's dance moves...so entertaining!

[@DrJohn493]

So very right!

[@denicesanders4586]

Cartwheel, it's a cartwheel.

[@henryhill3778]

You really think John did that naturally with all that weight? Called Cocaine... Akroyd tells about it in the interview of Belushi's last 24.

[@peteryewell]

Must re-state: "The sheer amount of talent on that small stage is staggering" ... "people dont realize that every musician in that backing band is a legend". Wow just Wow!

[@michaelconnors1301]

I'm embarrassed to ask, but who were the musicians?

[@larrybethune3909]

@@michaelconnors1301 Here are the guys I recognize. Paul Shaffer on Piano and MD. Played with everyone. Saxophonist "Blue" Lou Marini Trombonist-saxophonist Tom Malone from Blood, Sweat & Tears Steve Cropper and bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn from Booker T and the M.G.'s and lots of Stax Records sessions. By way of Julliard Alan Rubin on trumpet (From Lou Reed to Aretha Franklin) Matt "Guitar" Murphy, who had performed with many blues legends.

[@michaelconnors1301]

@@larrybethune3909 Wow. You have a helluva an eye and no an amazing amount about music. Well done.

[@shawnwright5332]

@@larrybethune3909 👍🇨🇦

[@peteryewell]

- Steve Cropper (Guitar left) wrote this song among many others you would know, he was in the Stax Records house band that backed Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, etc. He also was in Booker T & The MG's (all these bands were intertwined). Look him up, you'll be amazed at his story. - Matt "Guitar" Murphy (Guitar right) - Howlin Wolf, Memphis Slim. - Donald "Duck" Dunn (Bass) - Booker T, also Stax, Eric Clapton during 80's (Money & Cigarettes album +). - Paul Schaeffer - Letterman Tonight Show band leader, many other bands (ie Honeydrippers w/ Robert Plant) - Alan Rubin, "Blue" Lou Marini, and Tom "Bones" Malone - horns, these guys are jazz background with crazy resumes (Juliard, Zappa, Blood Sweat & Tears, Sinatra, Duke Ellington, etc) - Steve Jordan (Drums) - also Letterman Band, Keith Richards solo albums, John Mayer It's really insane and amazing how they assembled this band initially for an SNL skit. I don't know, but have to believe that they at least had hoped to create a real band out of it. This lineup is just ridiculous otherwise. Good wiki page covers it here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers

[@Jootie_de_Kop]

Yesterday, I tried to imitate John Belushi's opening dance moves. Result: a broken lamp and a torn thigh muscle.

[@wendystocklin9995]

I love it!!

[@ronnietoots6797]

I am not gonna even try, although my brains says Do It

[@Videogameboy1989]

You gave new meaning to the phrase, "Don't try this at home."

[@antoniomontana5778]

Killer moves, that's for sure.

[@Pronzini1]

Belushi's? Try doing Dan's dance moves.....he could really move.

[@jediroya6810]

Imagine being in the audience for a comedy show and then you see THIS BAND on stage. Surely the greatest supergroup in the history of music.

[@atomicpunk520]

When those two start that dance it just puts me in the best mood !! Damn that music is tight !! What an era !!

[@donnabatroff1674]

Back when SNL was actually funny. Now it's just a platform for political satire. 😔

[@sarahdee374]

Most excellent, always lifts my spirits. Love the sheer talent.

[@punkoid76]

Of course it’s tight, that’s one of the best bands ever assembled. More talent on that stage than the entirety of todays music industry, no fucking question.

[@12345682900]

Dan said it best years ago, "We loved each other."

[@bent2]

The Blues Brothers must be the greatest concept ever coming from the SNL show. The movie was really great too, which often has not been the case with the other spinoffs from the show.

[@tnawcwvictoria]

and who would've thought that Dan Aykroyd would end up playing the title role to Soul Man on ABC from the Producers of Home Improvement

[@Kylefassbinderful]

@@tnawcwvictoria lol not a coincidence, so-so marketing for a lousy show

[@Straight0uttaCrofton]

also "Stuart Saves His Family" and "It's Pat" were great! j/k

[@nohabloemojislosiento4930]

Waynes World is really the only other SNL movie that had more than gimmick level charm for me.

[@hollywoodghostbusters9869]

@@nohabloemojislosiento4930 on a list of the rankings of the worst to best SNL films, The Blues Brothers ranked second and Wayne's World placed first.

[@calpharmdoc501]

No one can ever replace John Belushi !!

[@Transterra55]

Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn putting the funk in funky.

[@saj8]

What did you expect? They made their bones at Stax.

[@ackattack1002]

They could turn goat piss into gasoline.

[@Etymon-jt3zw]

They also played in a backup ban called mahogany rush for Jimi Hendrix.

[@Bodgemiester]

Let's take a second to acknowledge how fit Dan Ackroyd must have been to keep those moves going

[@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN]

From looking at Dan, he probably was only 185 here.... he's always been a slightly husky guy even back then but he looks very slim here.

[@chrisconger8975]

Cocaine is a helluva drug

[@slipnorris5882]

he's just moving his legs up and down,

[@ktxed]

audio was playback'd

[@radaimark6548]

He is on mission from God.

[@KennyGL62]

Belushi you were the greatest. You're missed brother!

[@gregjohnson9983]

Some of the best SNL ever!

[@JuniperMint-n1d]

I definitely agree!

[@spiritualchic]

John's body language towards Dan is everything. He loved him. This is so good, back when people actually PERFORMED.

[@anthonybrogan390]

They still do

[@jackie9910-h8c]

They adored each other. Very close!

[@lorriebradway202]

I was so thrilled to see the Blues Brothers perform at The Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa,OK last night! They are still amazing! Jim Belushi plays Zee Blues. Elwood and Zee paid respectful tributes to Jake-John Belushi.

[@christerpettersson5750]

another narrow-minded stuck in the past..

[@jeremybeaird3608]

Everything was better in your day. 🙄

[@ShaunHopkinsAVFC]

What a perfect pairing these two were. Aykroyd’s dancing was next level! The energy was great

[@mohammedcohen]

...I was 28 when that aired and I saw it LIVE FROM NEW YORK!!! I'm 73 now - 74 in 4 months...and I'm neverrtired of watching this!!!

[@yaiburanakul8505]

May you have great health!

[@Archadies]

I envy you your opportunity to live through as an adult what might be the greatest 25 years of live entertainment and movies that will ever be.

[@mohammedcohen]

...at first I saw SNL as an annoyance - it replaced 'Weekend Update' with Lloyd Dobbins - I'd gotten back from the better part of 3 years in Germany with the Army in '74 and was getting used to a new (for me) routine of enjoying Saturday nights in front of a TV...after a few SNL shows I began to look forward to it...saw some f the great classic skits...Steve Martin's King Tut, the Festrunk Bros, and the commercial parodies - 'Look for the Union Label' etc...@@williamwarrenconkright3973

[@Neil_AZ]

You are awesome!

[@mohammedcohen]

...not really...just old (74)...@@Neil_AZ

[@skulmoski1]

I'm 65 next year and a blues fan since the 1970's. Then I saw this SNL performance live. I've been a Blues Brother's fan ever since. I've owned the movie on Betamax, DVD and now a proud I-Tunes owner. LOL. Long live the blues and SCMODS.

[@DrJohn493]

This was back in the day when you didn't miss an SNL show, and Belushi, Ackroyd and Morris had everything to do with that. Saw this when it was first performed live.

[@lenicandii]

I saw this when it was live. Back when staying home on sat, nite was fun

[@verbo108]

So did I. Loved it

[@phillipallenpelleyiii8464]

Gilda Radnor,lest we forget

[@longhairscorpio3976]

@@phillipallenpelleyiii8464 we do not!

[@jack66648]

We planned our Saturday around the show. Best part of the weekend 🤗

[@fahnfieldfilms]

The energy and talent on stage for this SNL “sketch” was truly electric! What do you do when your parody becomes one of the best blues acts of all time? Fantastic in every way! 🎸

[@mikejack5750]

Except it was never a parody, John and Dan Truly loved the great Blues acts, if it was, you would never had gotten the legendary talent they had in that band.

[@GroupRIPS]

They did a tour I remember hearing them outside Alpine Valley. I was out side waiting for the Blue Oyster Cult concert the next day. Boy if I could take that back and reverse it 😢

[@beans0708]

Not a parody, a homage. This is a pure labor of love from Akroyd & Belushi

[@josephhinton5489]

back in the day when I was 16 years old coming home from the closing night shift at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant and everyone was asleep but me and the TV. Watching this I have a sense of nostalgia that I define as a sense of joy and sadness simultaneously. In my modest, humble opinion, the best episode of SNL ever.

[@therightshoe8040]

I remember my friend Lisa sleeping over my dad downstairs blaring this me with my black and white tv upstairs and having the time of our lives

[@Hinch2011]

Thankfully this nostalgia can live on positively via KZbin! 🙂

[@dyuan]

I think that's all nostalgia is

[@rmx2120]

Life is 2 short

[@lauriekemp3998]

Well said

[@1sirgrandmastermrkingrober216]

Great entrance by John Belushi! That was actually one of the best entrances onto the stage that I’ve ever seen! These folks have it going on, the entire package, in the right order too….the pure motive & never for money, giving it all they ever got for music, for dance, for performance, for comedy, for entertainment, for the good message, what they’re singing about, audience enthusiasm & participation, somewhat for the ministry anonymously, but the Churches are there man, working for other peoples’ charity, therapy, comedy relief, musical enrichment, & benefit, & also working for their own health & fun, & such things personally, excluding money; always (aroaa). The no matter what “not for money” card every time deal, and we wind up with this CLASSIC HILARITY performance & artworks, man. What Saturday Night Live is so much about, fun, therapy, entertainment, comedy relief, all these things, and no matter what the “never for money” card always, man. So here’s the result, bad-assing all the way out, living the absolute dream, performing to the highest height, giddy like little school kids, just as good as it gets, always. This performance lights up peoples’ lives, man, what we get when we do things for the right reason(s), with all the money in the Universe thrown to the wind always. In one word for all that it is always, it’s ………. “perfection”. 🌈❤️📀🔒🔐 It’s such an important point & lesson, it’s we do it for the right reason(s) only always, or it don’t happen only always. Saturday Night Live is our heroes for it, man. They refuse to compromise that ideal always, & we get priceless performances like this. The get to be an absolute kid again at any age ideal, because your motive is pure, always. Accolades in progress, man, thanks. ✌️😇❤️🌈📀🔒🔐🇺🇸

[@dratalsky]

1:33 One of the most joyous moments in television history. I could watch that over and over again on a loop.

[@mmk7340]

Agreed. Cracks me up everytime I see it.😅😅 Belushi was such a huge talent.

[@KugelfangTV]

they came in cleeean

[@morgaffi]

Yes! I love watching the exact moment they burst into their manic dance moves! This is just pure happiness to watch...

[@gmajors2237]

Agreed, absolutely right on.

[@kevinbraden798]

Me to....I love how they move!

[@Silveryback]

That cartwheel that John Belushi did at the beginning was everything. Excellent performance!

[@BrackieWacky]

For a man of his size that was outrageously cool

[@Silveryback]

@@BrackieWacky Exactly!

[@hannag.7813]

Yep he was truly talented, doing cartwheels, with that excess weight, like Jackie Gleason. Bravo.

[@M1tjakaramazov]

I always thought it was a double doing it in the film...

[@steveguarino8753]

And the gum stayed in his mouth!

[@tipsovr2626]

Back when SNL was actual entertainment. Belushi and Aykroyd's performance here were awesome!

[@DocJamesH]

Now it's just Harvey Weinstein porn. Poor egg dicked pleb

[@imandan1966]

It's still terrific

[@sassafrasdinglemeyer4513]

SNL helps keep me sane during the tRump era….

[@danceswithcomicbooks7733]

​@@imandan1966it sucks. Not nearly as great or good as it once was. The production is poor, the skits aren't funny and it's overly political. Nope. Give me these guys any day of the week.

[@realWARPIG]

​@@sassafrasdinglemeyer4513 You mean the best President of the modern age?

[@Oldjohn52]

This bit is pretty representative of the entire decade and a half that contained the seventies and early eighties. We had this stuff every effing day. Never a better time.