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Aykroyd was born on July 1, 1952, at Ottawa General Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario. [1] His father, Samuel Cuthbert Peter Hugh Aykroyd (1922–2020), a civil engineer, worked as a policy adviser to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, [2] and his mother, Lorraine Hélène Marie (née Gougeon; 1918–2018), was a secretary.
The series is hosted by Dan Aykroyd who presents dramatic stories supposedly inspired by the paranormal investigations of the "Office of Scientific Investigation and Research" (O.S.I.R.). [1] In the first season, most episodes feature two separate cases, except for two episodes that are exceptions to this format.
The 1977 book Saturday Night Live, edited by Anne Beatts and John Head, included a copy of a note from Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry praising the comedic bit. The sketch was released on a 1985 Saturday Night Live compilation VHS that featured The Best of John Belushi and re-released with the same title in DVD format in 2011.
The first cast member hired was Gilda Radner. [5] The rest of the cast included fellow Second City alumni Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, as well as National Lampoon "Lemmings" alumnus Chevy Chase (whose trademark became his usual falls and opening spiel that cued the show's opening) who was chosen as anchor for Weekend Update, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, and Groundlings alumna Laraine Newman.
By Ishita Singh, The Huffington Post staff During Dan Aykroyd's appearance on The HuffPost Show, the actor and comedian revealed that he has seen four UFOs and believes in extra-terrestrial life ...
Aykroyd writes and narrates the Audible Original “Blues Brothers: The Arc of Gratitude,” which starts with him meeting Belushi one freezing night in Toronto in 1973 and takes us to today, with ...
The Arrow is a four-hour television miniseries produced for CBC Television in 1997, starring Dan Aykroyd as Crawford Gordon, experienced wartime production leader after World War II and president of Avro Canada during its attempt to produce the Avro Arrow supersonic jet interceptor aircraft. The film also stars Michael Ironside and Sara ...
Saturday Night Live has long mocked the television medium with many fake commercials and parodies of TV shows themselves. Another of the show's frequently used styles of recurring sketches has been the talk show format (e.g. "Brian Fellow's Safari Planet", "The Barry Gibb Talk Show", etc.).