Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
On March 5, 1982, "Saturday Night Live" star John Belushi shot a “speedball," a mixture of coke and heroin. He was found dead at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.
James Adam Belushi [1] (/ b ə ˈ l uː ʃ i /; born June 15, 1954) is an American actor and comedian.His television roles include Saturday Night Live (1983–1985), According to Jim (2001–2009), and Good Girls Revolt (2015–2016).
Shortly after the show closed in New York, Belushi and Radner joined the original cast of Saturday Night Live, with the Murray brothers soon joining the SNL cast as well. [8] Ramis, meanwhile, used some of the sketches from the show in the script of National Lampoon's first film production, Animal House, released in 1978. [9]
Belushi initially received only $35,000 for Animal House, but was paid a bonus after the film became a hit. [17] Landis also met with Meat Loaf in case Belushi turned down the role of Bluto. Landis worked with Belushi on his character, who "hardly had any dialogue"; [ 7 ] [ 25 ] they decided that Bluto was a cross between Harpo Marx and the ...
Saturday Night treats Jim Henson as a punching bag for the cast and writers, who bully him by making him wait for his script and hanging Big Bird from his dressing room door. Although it didn't ...
Growing Belushi star Jim Belushi talks about his reality show about his new family business: growing cannabis. He also talks about his late brother John and how he honors him every day.
[3] [4] In July 2001, the show's title was changed from The Dad to According to Jim. [4] Belushi, besides playing Jim, directed 30 episodes and is credited as executive producer. Belushi's fictional character Jim's band in the series is the real-life House of Blues band The Sacred Hearts, for which Jim Belushi often sings lead. [5]
Jim Belushi's marriage of 21 years is on the mend. One year after the actor's wife, Jennifer Sloan, filed for divorce in March 2018, the couple has asked a court to dismiss the case, The Blast ...