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The video game The Blues Brothers was released in 1991. It is a platform game in which the object is to evade police and other vigilantes to get to a blues concert. In the 1990s, Film Roman was putting an animated series based on this film in the works, which was scheduled to be released in fall 1997.
The Toronto-based Downchild Blues Band, co-founded in 1969 by two brothers, Donnie and Richard "Hock" Walsh, served as an inspiration for the two Blues Brothers characters. Aykroyd modeled Elwood Blues in part on Donnie Walsh, a harmonica player and guitarist, while Belushi's Jake Blues character was modeled after Hock Walsh, Downchild's lead ...
Dunne won the role in The Blues Brothers after their original pianist, Paul Shaffer, could not accept the part due to his contractual obligations with Saturday Night Live, as well as his choice to take part in Gilda Live. Dunne played himself in both of the two Blues Brothers films, with a fictional storyline: Murphy "Murph" Dunne was an ...
The Blues Brothers — Aykroyd's Elwood and Belushi's “Joliet” Jake — wore black suits and black string ties inspired by comedian Lenny Bruce and snap-brim fedora hats and shades borrowed ...
The Blues Brothers video games (3 P) Ι. Images of The Blues Brothers (9 F) Pages in category "The Blues Brothers" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of ...
Briefcase Full of Blues eventually sold 3.5 million copies, and is one of the highest-selling blues albums of all time. [10] The band was much further popularized in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers, which Aykroyd co-wrote. A sequel, titled Blues Brothers 2000, was released in 1998 and featured John Goodman as Belushi's replacement. [citation ...
The Menendez brothers murdered their parents, José and Kitty, on the evening of Aug. 20, 1989, in their Beverly Hills home. Each armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, Lyle, then 21, and Erik, then 18 ...
Lyle and Erik Menendez became household names after murdering their parents, Kitty and José Menendez, on Aug. 20, 1989.. The Menendez brothers, born into a life of wealth and privilege, testified ...