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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 ...
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).
[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]
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.
Jim Belushi is no Seth Rogen or Snoop Dogg. Unlike those celebrity ganjapreneurs, it wasn’t a deep recreational buzz for smoking weed that led the 67-year-old According to Jim star into the ...
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 ...
The first House of Blues opened on November 26, 1992, in the Harvard Square commercial district and retail area of Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a live music concert hall and restaurant. [4] The company was financed by Dan Aykroyd, Aerosmith, Paul Shaffer, River Phoenix, Jim Belushi, and Harvard University, among others. [5]
He also attended the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater for a year, which inspired the Animal House scene of D-Day driving a motorcycle up the stairs. [16] Belushi acquired the iconic "College" crewneck, worn by his character in Animal House, at a print shop when visiting his brother Jim, who attended Southern Illinois University. [17]