THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980) FIRST TIME WATCHING!! MOVIE REACTION!!
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Welcome to Lazy Daze Media's NEW video in the new 'Reaction' video series!
On this video Stacy & Ryan will be reacting to:
THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980)
Dir. John Landis
NOTE FROM RYAN:
This is a favorite of mine!! One of the most feel-good movies of all time (in my opinion)
Stacy has NOT seen this at all! (she is also a big fan of all the musicians in the film so she's in for a treat)
I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY!
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Hey guys! Thank you for being so patient!
Stacy and I just made a move to another state and on top of that have been running into MAJOR complications with Universal Studios copyrights (hints some classic scenes being cut)
Hope you guys Enjoy!
(We are still finishing the Rambo series and RoboCop soon!)
Also, I know I muffed up during the video 😅I was totally thinking Three Amigos directed by John Landis NOT The Jerk (directed by the great Carl Reiner)
if you caught it you caught it ahaha 😅
@Goblin Gang good luck! I hope it’s not on the market long 🤞
@@LazyDazeMedia Fun Fact: The gas station at the end of the movie where they fill up before going up North to play the gig was walking distance from my house.
@@josephcox178 woah! That’s awesome!! Forever remembered! 🤘🤘
Yeah, location is key at the moment (not that it isn’t always but people are lookin to go where it’s EASIER given the circumstances)
I never worry about that - I mean, you gotta do what you gotta do, and anyone watching that has a problem with that is crazy. You can't help it! Anyway, you are such a sweet couple with such a kind energy (and I love your dancing pup!). Thanks for your video! This is one of my favorite movies of all-time and I love "watching" it with people that either love it or have never seen it before. You have a new subscriber! I will have to go back to watch some of your reactions to horror and action - my fave kind of movies.
I lived in Joliet at the time. For years afterwards you could see trashed cop cars at an auto junkyard just off the highway. I had actually shopped at that mall. I've been to that prison. One of my teachers was an extra on the film. So for me it's more than a feelgood movie - its a part of my childhood.
I've heard record number of wrecks in this film.
@@Cindrbell Correct.
I love how they’d just shut that mall down, but then they completely restored it just so they could totally trash it. And the craziest thing is that, after that, the mall stood abandoned and in ruins for almost 40 years until they finally tore it down just a few years ago. I wish I’d at least driven by that place before they cleared it away. I mean, I only live about 45 minutes from where it used to stand, so I don’t know why I never did.
@@Cindrbell 103
It's a musical.
It's a comedy.
It's a very long chase scene.
It's a love letter to Chicago.
So glad people are finally starting to react to this. Love the Blues Brothers
Same!!! This movie is treasured in my family!
My dad and I can quote this movie from heart. He brings a can of cheese whiz whenever we visited his friend in Chicago
If they compare The Blues Brothers to Grease. I’m going to scream.
@@Souledex Omg, you too. Same.
I would never
The Blues Brothers one of the greatest musicals ever.
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Imo, the greatest musical comedy movie. I'm from Chicago. Though its 40 years old, thats Chicago!
@@LazyDazeMedia The gas station at the end of the film before they head up north for the big show (they blow it up in the extended cut), was walking distance from my house, so was the motel where Twiggy wound up. Another fun fact: the mall they tear up when evading the police was an abandoned mall in Harvey, Illinois which was made up to look like an authentic mall so they could wreck it. I've seen this classic masterpiece dozens of times and I never tire of it. Stay safe and be well.
I have watched 2 reaction videos of the blues brothers. And if I hear one more person compare this masterpiece with the shithole that is grease I’m going to scream.
This is up there with Rocky Horror as one of the great musicals. I wouldn’t put Grease up anywhere near them.
Carrie Fisher said at one point John Belushi told her to lay off the drugs which she said is a wake up call if John is saying that.
For all I know Bluto would’ve told ya to just keep drinking heavily
Fun fact: the clerk in the county assessors office at the end is Steven Spielberg!
🙌 why I left that lil bit in 🤘🤘
The property clerk at the jail in the beginning is Frank Oz.
The boy who Ray Charles shoots at is also the limo driver from Die Hard! (I only just found this out)
Chaka Khan is in the church choir.
I love the ‘broken watch’ bit 🤣 also read on John Belushi’s love for Laurel and Hardy which guided some of his line deliveries in this film 🤘🤘
During the filming of the mall scene while they were using stunt drivers, John Belushi "went missing" for a period of time. They noticed when it was time to use the actors of course. Aykroyd and Landis didn't find him in his trailer or anywhere else on set. Aykroyd and Landis went looking for him, went outside and looked around. They noticed, in a near by neighborhood (at 3AM), that there was one house that had it's lights on, so they decided to go knock on the door, thinking it would be a long shot. When they explained that they were shooting a movie down the road and one of the actors was missing, the man who came to the door asked "Is it John Belushi?" Aykroyd and Landis of course confirmed that it was Belushi they were looking for. The man explained that he was sitting in his living room watching TV, and suddenly John Belushi opened the door, walked in, said hi, went to the kitchen and raided the fridge to make a sandwhich....then simply crashed out on the man's couch.
They woke Belushi up to go back to work, and apologized to the man for the inconvenience. That incident prompted Aykroyd to give Belushi the nick-name "America's Guest".
18:48, RIP, Carrie Fisher, 1956-2016.
And her Mom, Debbie Renyolds.
@@Cindrbell (1932-2016).
@@StephenLuke yes, thank u! 🙂
11:27, Aretha Franklin, 1942-2018.
19:37, RIP, John Candy, 1951-1994.
Can't you write all your stuff in the same commentary ? It's ok we saw you uh
No he was born 1950
7:47, "Jesus H. Tap dancing Christ, I have seen the light!" Lol!!
I fought so hard to leave that line in ahahaha
@@LazyDazeMedia You showed a lot of the best parts, well done and thanks. I've been waiting forever for somebody to react to this first time
@@KingOfGamesss I’m glad you enjoyed! I really tried to keep the good stuff in 🤘
For years a poster hung on my wall that read "It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. Hit it."
Even some of the extras are famous. The convict that jumps up on the table is Joe Walsh from the Eagles
I think John Goodman is another prisoner.
@@kennethtilton6137 nope.
He's in The Blues Brothers 2000
This movie has been released during 1980s and it's still so fresh and funny. Ageless masterpiece.
Completely agree
So many great cameos in this movie, aside from the musical icons. Frank Oz(Yoda) as the release clerk of the prison, Carrie Fisher(Princess Leia) as the psychotic ex girlfriend trying to kill them, Paul Reubens(Peewee Herman) as a waiter, John Candy as a detective, and Steven Spielberg as the county clerk, among others.
There are cameos, and there are actors.
I was in 6th grade on this movie came out. I didn't know who Cab and James Brown were . Basically this movie help inform my life and musical taste from then on
That's is not Jim Henson, that is Frank Oz.(the voice of Miss Piggy, Fozzy Bear, and YODA)
A few interesting tid bits for you about this movie. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd were both cast members of SNL but left after the 1979 season to start working on the Blue Brothers movie. Aykroyd reportedly churned out a 300+ page script for the movie which John Landis promptly decided to rewrite and considerably shorten. The Car chase and wrecks were one of the most expensive at the time. One of the waiters at the fancy restaurant was a young Paul Rubens ( Pee Wee Herman ) the cook county clerk near the end was a short cameo by Steven Spielberg and finally John Landis used a helicopter to actually drop a ford pinto from about 1200 ft.
i adore this movie. i grew up in chicago and this truly captures the essence of the city. i used to love watching this with my dad when i was little. i appreciate it much more now that im older.
One of my favorite films of all time and one of the best comedies of all time. Some scenes were filmed in my hometown in Illinois. Absolute classic hands down. Can’t say anything that hasn’t been said already. Great choice. 🤘🙏😎
6:47, James Brown, 1933-2006.
That chase scene held the World Record for most vehicles destroyed in a movie stunt sequence for quite some time.
its record broken by its sequel, BB2000
The junk man had more crashes than the blues Brothers and blues Brothers 2000. The original gone in 60 seconds (1974) probably had the worst crashes though, the roof of one cop car collapsed, trapping the stunt driver and the writer/star h.b. halicki hit a pole going over 100 mph. (Bother were left in the movie) Also that movie had the longest chase scene in history, 40 minutes long.
Love this movie! Some cameos: The guy giving Jake back his things at the beginning is Frank Oz aka the voice of Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Cookie Monster, Bert, Grover and Yoda. The waiter at the snooty French restaurant is Paul Reubens (aka Pee Wee Herman).The clerk at the Cook County Assessor's Office is Stephen Spielberg and the first guy to jump up on a table to dance to Jailhouse Rock is Joe Walsh.
Somewhere in the outdoor dance scene with Ray Charles are Mr. T and James Avery (Uncle Phil)
BULL
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2:54, Frank Oz, the voice of Yoda in Star Wars.
Not to mention Kermit the Frog.
That was Frank Oz (Miss Piggy, Fozzy Bear, Cookie Monster, Bert, Yoda...) Jim Henson was Kermit the Frog, Ernie...
As a point of fact... most of the people in this movie have passed by now. Elwood is still around. But the vast majority of them are gone.
Paul Reubens aka Pee Wee Herman who played the waiter (10:40) is still alive.
So many of the actors, the cameos, and members of the band are no longer with us.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Yes, Cab Calloway, John Lee Hooker (and Big Walter Horton), Aretha Franklin, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Alan Rubin, Carrie Fischer, James Brown, Ray Charles, Henry Gibson, Kathleen Freeman, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Charles Napier, John Belushi, may they all RIP.
The cop giving Jake's stuff back is Frank Oz, puppeteer and voice of Muppet characters Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover.
And Yoda.
Exactly!
This is one of my first R movies, when I was 13 in 1982. I saw it at a drive-in theater. It was a double feature with Animal House!
Wow what a double feature!!! 🤘🤘🤘
Hell of a double feature...
@@kennethtilton6137 if the showing was in 1982 it may have been a tribute to Belushi.
Carl Reiner directed The Jerk actually.....John Landis did direct Animal House
5:31, Kathleen Freeman as the mother superior. 1920-2001.
A.k.a. Sister Mary Stigmata.
You will also know her the woman who tried to sell Donkey at the beginning of Shrek.
@@jamesmoyner7499 Shrek was her final film before she died.
Cool fact the dude at the bank eating the sandwich and said ‘can I help you’ at the end of the movie is Steven Spielberg (director of Jaws, E.T, Schindler’s list and Jurassic Park)
12:56, Ray Charles, 1930-2004.
One of my all-time favorites.
Just wanted to mention a cameo that usually goes unnoticed - the clerk at the Cook County Assessor's office was Steven Spielberg.
re: the massive car crash scene
"How did they film this?" ... ONCE! They filmed that ... once! :-D
The scenes of the bluesmobile racing along Chicago's famous Lower Wacker Drive the car was being driven by stunt driver well in excess of 100 mph. The director was disappointed it was not obvious just how fast the car was going so he shot it again and placed a few pedestrians walking so you could tell the film wasn't sped up.
They bought about 100 old police cars then shut down the centre of Chicago every Sunday for several months and on public holidays, flew in stunt drivers and paid the police to help with filming.
That Guy is The Original Yoda....Muppet Puppet Master Frank Oz.
Don't forget the original Miss Piggy.
@ROMEO99 66OuttaTyme
And recently as the Lawyer from Knives Out.
Hilarious in that 🤘
The soundtrack is legendary
James Brown
Ray Charles
Henry Mancini
Cab Callowau
Wilson Pickett
Aretha Franklin
John Lee Hooker
John Belushi and Dan Akroyd loves the blues and thought their music was being forgotten, so they made this movie amd invited all these legends to perform... Introduced them to a whole new audience
My all time favorite "musical". Best movie soundtrack ever!
"What is this movie ?"
To many of us, the best movie ever made !
(And, now I'm late for work.) -(8D
I'm new to the channel. But I've been in love w The Blues Brothers since I was a kid. SNL, John BELUSHI, Dan Aykroyd...
The Not ready for prime time players..
RIP John n Gilda.
The head Nazi was played by Henry Gibson (1935-2009), he was perhaps known as the voice of Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web (1973).
Carrie Fisher’s mother Debbie Reynolds provided the voice of Charlotte.
Pee Wee Herman was the waiter.
That'll be fine, pal.
Glad to see your reaction to this version, the 2005 extended cut of the film. Its great to see new generations of fans watch and react to this classic musical comedy.
Probably the the #1 Greatest movie ever made. They sure could not make this movie today! Great reaction!
LOVED YOUR REACTION - a tear for james brown and the church is about the most genuine and pure thing you will ever do in life
Twiggy was the woman at the gas station, Chakka Khan was one of the choir members and at the end of movie the prisoner who first got up on the table was Joe Walsh.
That’s hilarious, I did NOT know that was Chaka Khan 😅
The great Steven Williams as the state trooper, who went on to star in many films and television including the X-Files.
Don't forget Rufus in Supernatural
I love The Blues Brothers. What a cast! You've got a mass of brilliant musicians and actors. Even Steven Spielberg appears at the end. Shame that none of the bluesmobiles exist as they were crushed after filming. The sequel was as good.
RIP Carrie. We miss you like crazy
During the musical number with Aretha Franklin studio heads complained and wanted it reshot because Blue Lou Marino, the sax player, was cut off at the waist when he was playing on the counter and you could only see his legs. John Landis cracked up laughing and said, "I know, isnt that hilarious!"
I love that you love this movie . It is my go to feel good. Landis took Aykroyd’s script and tamed it cause the original script was over 300 pages . The music is influenced by Landis but predates him. Blues Brothers stemmed out of Aykroyd and Belushi ‘s love of the music.
104 cars were harmed in the making of this movie. 😆
I can't believe you did the Blues Brothers and din't include the mall scene!
The band members were all established, well respected studio musicians who have recorded will all kinds of artists. Steve Cropper, Matt Murphy, Donald 'Duck' Dunn, were all well known in the music community.
Another great movie with a great soundtrack is O Brother Where Art Thou. Definitely worth watching.
We had to cut a lot because of copyright 🫤
I understand how you feel about this movie with so much talent on screen it’s awe inspiring thanks for reacting that was really fun!”do you have this in a miss piggy “ craaaash! hahaha classic
Appreciate you watching!! I hope the movie still shows it’s true spark in our video! (even with all the cuts I had to make because of copyright) 🤘
@@LazyDazeMedia definitely did watching you got me emotional in a big happy way
And that’s why I love movies! 🤘🤘
I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙌
Preacher, the One and Only James Brown. So many famous cameos you both hands and feet to count them all and then some.
Awwww, dang! They made you cut the drawbridge jump? That's the perfect start to this movie!
The young black kid who tries to steal the guitar in Ray’s in the actor who went on to play Argyle in Die Hard.
Crazy enough, we did Die Hard next! 🤘
Great movie review.... One of my all time favorite movies. I can watch it all day....and yes....awesome soundtrack.
You need to try ''it's a mad mad mad mad world'' on the next. The funniest movie ever made along with Blues Brothers:)
Great movie!
All of the performers' careers, except Ray Charles, were struggling when this movie brought them back to prominence. Aretha and James Brown had a huge resurgence in popularity in the decade that followed.
Rightfully so. These performers should have NEVER been struggling
The star power of this movie is out of this world. Only Cannonball Run has as many big names in it.
"I love the foot work" .. Belushi actually preformed the final music number with a broken ankle..
There's a cut and uncut version of this movie just for your knowledge. I think you're watching the uncut if I'm correct because of the beginning jail scene trying to wake him up. I love this movie though.
Correct! I try to watch uncut versions of things if I can help it 🫡
The guy at the end when they pay the money was Stephen Spielberg
My dad took me to see this in the theaters. I was 12. I knew a lot of the musicians from the many variety shows I grew up with like Donny & Marie, Sonny & Cher etc. I liked the music but as a kid, I loved the car crashes🤣
the car stunts were some of the best of its time!
and the music, DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED on the amazing talents involved in this film🤘
WOOOO! it’s finally up!! HALLELUJAH 🤘
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Instant "like" on the reaction to the "I hate Illinois Nazis". Thanks for reacting to this! It is nice to hear others get super feels and chills watching this film too. ❤
Fuck Nazis! 🤘🤘
The clerk at the Cook County assessors office was Steven Spielberg.
This film contains loads of cars being smashed. The joy of 1970's cinema. This hit the cinema just as I got old enough to get in. Excellent choice.
So much love for this film! Saw it in the theaters in the summer of my 14th year. At my Catholic high school that fall, our Homecoming theme was “We’re on a mission from God.”
I grew up in Joliet, where they filmed the prison scene at the beginning in the Collins Street prison. (Joliet had two prisons plus a juvenile detention facility at the time, and the women’s prison had moved from there downstate a few decades earlier.) The shorter guard there was played by my college drama professor, Father Walling, a Jesuit priest. And one of my college roommates’ father was a Mt. Prospect cop whose old police car was one of the Bluesmobiles.
Dude that’s amazing! I love hearing stories of people living in the area during filming! 🤘🤘
THATS FILM HISTORY!
Nice glasses, sweet jacket, great video, good job you two. P.S. this is the movie that got me to play the Saxophone.
Hey thanks! 🤘🤘🤘
The world needs more wind instruments!
It is hard to believe I saw this 40 years ago in the theater with my friends and my father. Love it for many reasons but also love it because I am from Chicago. Check out another old classic comedy "Animal House". John Belushi is in this as well as Karen Allen who played Marianne in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", the first Indiana Jones movie which also includes Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones of course.
My all time favorite music movie!
I love the Blues Brothers, so much so that I refuse to watch the sequel. I'm still a little mad at Ackroyd for making it.
I’ve said it a bunch, the sequel was made with heart but it’s just so repetitive and bland. Coulda went a whole other direction with it but decided to rehash everything from the first one 🤷♂️
Same. Sequel was a sacrilege.
I'm one of the few who happens to love the sequel as well, Blues Brothers 2000. But the second half of that movie becomes very unfocused as far as a plot goes. But I think it's still great fun.
I think it’s movie made with good intentions and it’s very sweet and awesome to see the cameos again however I agree about I being totally out of place and unfocused 😅
Yeah, i like the sequal! It's well done all around, even minus John Belushi. The sequel to this, to Shostbusters and the Back To The Future movies are the few that are as good as the originals
As a vehicle for getting a bunch of classic blues music and musicians out there it was great, but it did lack the strong central vibe of the original,
@@AnotherScribbler yeah the sequel wasn't so great despite it had something but got unfocused tbh.
@@AnotherScribbler - Oh yeah, it's a tribute piece, but a very poor story-driven movie generally speaking, most definitely during the second half.
Greatest movie ever made!
The guy at the beginning at the prison checking thru Belushi's belongings was Frank Oz, a noted director (Little Shop of Horrors, Dark Crystal, etc) and puppeteer - responsible for many of the muppet performances and voices, and for Yoda. The guy at the end (the clerk in the Chicago government building where the army shows up and points guns at them) is Spielberg. So the onscreen talent on this one is crazy, and it's not just the musicians or the random comic performers (Henry Gibson, John Candy) or actors (Carrie Fisher).
I will say tho that it should not be lost on anyone that even in a musical comedy extravaganza set in Chicagoland in the early 1980s, still the Jewish director and screenwriters managed to use N@zis as the villains. Truly impressive. I'm sure they could set a movie in the prehistoric past and somehow find a way to get them in there. Surprised Jurassic Park didn't have N@zi dinosaurs.
I love the fact that the corrections officer (with the "soiled"
prophylactic) is Frank Oz, aka Miss Piggy. .. and the county clerk at
the end of the Movie is Stephen Spielberg... ;-)
This might be one of the best movies ever made
I read that the City of Chicago got all new police cars paid for by the movie.
Fun fact: The Blues Brothers held the record for Most Cars Destroyed (and I mean real cars) in the course of production for 18 years, at 103.
Yes, this is a fun Musical action comedy starring John Belushi, 1949-1982, and Dan Ackroyd. From Director John Landis ( American Werewolf In London, Twilight Zone The Movie, Amazon Women On The Moon, Trading Places) comes a different kind of motion picture experience.
Trading Places is a must react to movie... One of the funniest, cleverest,well written comedies of all time!!! In my top 10 for sure!
I believe this movie still holds the record for most police cars destroyed in the making of.
It does! It also held the record for biggest wreck on film but Final Destination 2 took it until something else took it from them ahaha
Fun fact: The kid who was trying to steal a guitar from Ray Charles is Argyle the limo driver from Die Hard.
De’voreaux White.
@Lazy Daze Media: Ah, yes! - 1980 - what a year for comedy movies. Of course, the movie you just reacted to - 'The Blues Brothers,' was released in 1980. But also - you should watch, and react to, the following also-released-in-1980 movies:
1) 'Airplane!' - brilliant, fast paced, hilarious, spoof of the airline-in-flight-in-jeopardy film genre [ especially 'Zero Hour!' ( 1957 ) - 'Airplane!' borrowed much of the dialogue from this movie and just funny- ied it up, also borrowed the spoofing of elements from 'Airport' ( 1970, ) 'Airport 1975' ( actually released in 1974, despite its title, ) 'Airport '77' ( 1977, ) and 'The Concorde ... Airport '79' ( 1979. ) Ironically, the screenplay for 'Zero Hour!' AND the book that at least the first three 'Airport' movies was based on - "Airport" ( 1968 novel ) - was written by famed screenwriter/novelist Arthur Hailey. ]
'Airplane!' tells the story of afraid-to-fly-anymore former military fighter pilot "Ted Striker" ( Robert Hays ) - who has to try to land a passenger airliner - because ALL the crew ( pilot, copilot, and navigator ) and about half the passengers get sick with food poisoning. And, along the way, he must regain the love and respect of his stewardess girlfriend - "Elaine" ( Julie Hagerty. )
But this is merely a framework for the barrage of jokes, both verbal and visual, throughout the movie. 'Airplane!' was written for the screen by, and directed by, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker ( ZAZ. ) [ ZAZ also had previously written the funny comedy spoof ( spoof of MANY thing - including exploitation films of the 1960's and 1970's, T.V. shows, commercials, movie coming attractions, ect. ) film 'The Kentucky Fried Movie' ( 1977. ) ( Although 'The Kentucky Fried Movie' was directed by John Landis, NOT ZAZ. ) ]
'Airplane!' featured cameo appearances, and extended cameos, by actors and actresses not usually associated with comedy - so making their appearance in the movie even more humorous, like: Lloyd Bridges [ of T.V.'s "Sea Hunt" ( 1958 - 1961, underwater action/adventure ) fame, ] Peter Graves [ of the old, T.V. series "Mission: Impossible" ( 1966 - 1973, spy/action ) fame, ] Leslie Nielson* [ mainly of the square-jawed, dark-haired, ship's commander - "Commander Adams" - in 'Forbidden Planet' ( 1956, science fiction film ) fame, ] and Robert Stack [ of "The Untouchables" ( 1959 - 1963, drama/crime drama T.V. series, ) as well as later the host/narrator of "Unsolved Mysteries" fame. ] Also with appearances by: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ( famous former Los Angeles Lakers pro basketball player - spoofing that a lot of the old, airline disaster films featured a sports star as a cast member, ) Barbara Billingsley as "Jive Lady" [ Billingsley was the co- star of ( played the mother in ) the popular T.V. sitcom "Leave It to Beaver" ( 1957 - 1963, ) so - spoofing how all-white that series was, so she was UNlikely to know "jive," ] Ethel Merman as "Lt. Hurwitz" [ parody of herself. Merman was a powerful-voiced singer/actress ( mainly in Broadway stage shows. ) She sings a little of one of her signature songs - "Everything's Coming Up Roses," ] and J.J. "Jimmy" Walker as "The Windshield Wiper Man" [ Walker was known for being in the T.V. sitcom "Good Times" ( 1974 - 1979. ) ] Watch CLOSELY to see/hear ALL the jokes. Also - watch ALL THE WAY to the end of the end credits, for the final joke.
Watch online for FREE here: moviesjoy.to/movie/airplane-19322
2) 'Nine to Five' ( also written '9 to 5' ) - brilliant "office" ( set-in-an-office, ) well mostly in an office, comedy film. Stars Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, and Lily Tomlin as three ( 3 ) put-upon female office workers who get even with their sexist, lying, egotistical, hypocritical, bigot boss ( brilliantly played by Dabney Coleman. ) Well co- written by, and directed by, Colin Higgins. Title song "Nine to Five" written and performed by Dolly Parton ( who was already a big country music star. This was, I believe, her first cross-over into acting role. ) With supporting roles played by: Earl Boen ( later of "Dr. Silberman" in the 'Terminator' movie franchise fame, ) and Sterling Hayden ( as "The Chairman of the Board." )
Watch online for FREE here: moviesjoy.to/movie/nine-to-five-12680
3) 'Stir Crazy' - second ( 2nd ) [ after 'Silver Streak' ( 1976 ) ] pairing of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Wilder and Pryor play friends, who after they both lose their jobs on the same day, decide to drive cross country from New York City, New York to California - taking odd jobs along the way to make money. But their plan goes awry when they are framed for bank robbery and sentenced to 125 ( each ) years in prison. Before, and especially when ( and after, ) they arrive at the maximum security prison where they are to serve their prison terms - hilarity ensues. Nicely directed by famed, veteran, black actor - later turned actor/director - Sidney Poitier.
Watch online for FREE here: moviesjoy.to/movie/stir-crazy-13933
*Nielson went on to have quite a successful second ( 2nd ) career in ( mostly ) comedy after 'Airplane!'
What makes me sad is how few people from this movie are still alive. Basically every single person with a speaking role is dead. We've got Dan Ackroyd, Frank Oz, a few of the band members are around, Paul Reubens... maybe a few others, but that's it. All of the legendary singers, one of the Blues Brothers, Carrie Fisher, John Candy, the head Nazi, "The Penguin", the two prison guards in the beginning, the Cheez Whiz guy... heck, even the guy asking if they have Ms. Piggy at the toy store.
Spielberg and Joe Walsh are still alive.
@@88wildcat Well that's something, at least.
This movie has one of the largest credit roles I've ever seen.... It's super long.
The crazy part, John Belushi really did those back handsprings
Imagine seeing that on the big screen. It was fantastic!
Yes this movie has a lot of music , but that wasn't just John Landis's idea . John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd started The Blues Brothers as a skit on Saturday Night Live in the 70's
Oh I know. Their live albums are GOLD
@@LazyDazeMedia I know . In addition to the soundtrack album I also have Briefcase Full Of Blues and Made In America
I was in ninth grade when this came out. When everyone else was getting into new wave and the beginnings of hair metal I was listening to this in a lot of older performers.
I saw this movie in the theater when it came out. We loved it! I also saw The Blues Brothers in concert. They did a show in the Palladium Theater in NYC. What great music! I just realized in that short clip shown where they're in the fancy restaurant and Jake is messing with the other diners, the one waiter is Pee Wee Herman.
The energy in this film is one of a kind!
She caught The Katy, left me a mule to ride....BB had the #1 song, #1 album and #1 movie in the Summer of 1980.
The guy with the sandwich at the end was Stephen Spielberg
Best movie ever... Great reaction too..
RIP : John Candy, Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway, John Belushi, Carrie Fisher, Kathleen Freeman (the penguin), Henry Gibson (the Nazi), Matt “Guitar” Murphy (guitar), John Lee Hooker, Donald “Duck” Dunn (bass guitar). So many great people in that movie, so many gone.
I loved that movie as a child!!
The guy at the prison was Frank Oz, a puppeteer who worked with Jim Henson and was the artist behind Yoda
My dogs are Belushi and Minnie the Moocher. Not hard to guess my favorite movie!
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