alt.fan.blues-brothers FAQ
GLen Pringle
Archive-name: movies/blues-bros-faq
Posting-Frequency: Monthly
Last-modified: 28 March 1999
Version: 2.20
=========================== General Information ===========================
1. Introduction to the FAQ for alt.fan.blues-brothers
The newsgroup alt.fan.blues-brothers (AFBB) is for discussion about
The Blues Brothers - the plot, the actors, the music, the band, and
anything else remotely related to the movie and the Blues Brothers.
It is NOT for simply reciting quotes to each other.
This FAQ is maintained by GLen Pringle (pri...@cs.monash.edu.au)
and is posted to alt.fan.blues-brothers, alt.answers and
news.answers once every month. It is also available at the
following locations.
Anonymous FTP
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<URL:ftp://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/pub/blues_bros/faq.txt>
<URL:ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/alt.fan.blues-brothers/alt.fan.blues-brothers_FAQ>
World Wide Web
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<URL:http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~pringle/bluesbros/faq.html>
<URL:http://www.landfield.com/faqs/movies/blues-bros-faq/>
<URL:http://www.faqlib.com/bluesbros/faq.html>
<URL:http://www.ba-karlsruhe.de/faqlib/bluesbros/faq.html>
<URL:http://www.vol.it/mirror/faqlib/bluesbros/faq.html>
<URL:http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-faqs/alt.fan.blues-brothers/alt.fan.blues-brothers_FAQ>
<URL:http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/newfaqs/alt.fan.blues-brothers/alt.fan.blues-brothers_FAQ>
2. What WWW/ftp sites are there?
There are numerous sites constantly being created. This list is
by no means comprehensive, however most of the main sites are
here, and these have links to many other sites.
<URL:http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~pringle/bluesbros/>
GLen Pringle's Blues Brothers site with FAQ, script, sounds,
pictures, lyrics, album info, trivia, links...
<URL:http://www.Blues-Brothers-2000.com/>
The Official Blues Brothers 2000 Web site
<URL:http://www.mbcmr.unimelb.edu.au/bluesbrothers>
Ewen's Blues Brothers site with movie script, sounds, pictures,
trivia and more
<URL:http://www.mbcmr.unimelb.edu.au/Blues/melb/index.htm>
The Melbourne Blues Brothers site, featuring the longest running
cinema lateshow in the Southern Hemisphere
<URL:http://www.angelfire.com/il/BluesBros/>
Lucy Duffy's Tribute to The Blues Brothers
<URL:http://yakko.cs.wmich.edu/~lemming/blues/>
The Blues Brothers audiovisual page
<URL:http://kol.simplenet.com/bluesbrothers/>
The Blues Brothers multi-media site with sounds, pictures and
movie clips.
<URL:http://www.moviesounds.com/blues.html>
Blues Brothers movie sounds.
<URL:http://www.dimensional.com/~manthey/blusbro.htm>
Ben's Blues Brothers sound clips.
<URL:http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/1290/>
Another Blues Brothers site with lyrics and script
<URL:http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/1763/main.html>
The Blues Brothers Links Archive
<URL:http://www.wfu.edu/~bwilson/bb/>
Brian's Blues Brothers site
<URL:http://home.earthlink.net/~samcguire/bb/>
smcguire's Blues Brothers Page
<URL:http://www.angelfire.com/az/BluesBrothersWorld/>
The World of the Blues Brothers
<URL:http://homepage.comstar.de/film/>
The Saxonian Blues Brothers Page
<URL:http://info.bris.ac.uk/~ld4687/bluesbros.html>
Lucy's Tribute to The Blues Brothers
<URL:http://www2.ebtech.net/~puttb/bluebros.html>
Finbar's Blues Brothers Homage
<URL:http://members.tripod.com/~beavis007/index.html>
Chris's Blues Brothers Page
<URL:http://sunsite.unc.edu/pant/midi/lib/pop_rock/the_blues_brothers/>
Blues Brothers Midi files
<URL:http://diverse.freepage.de/tm5/blues/blues.htm>
T_M's Blues Brothers page, including mp3s
<URL:http://gandolf.ml.org/blues/>
Jeff's Blues Brothers Page
<URL:http://www.dannyland.org/sfx/BluesBrothers/>
Dannyland's Blues Brothers Audio Archive
<URL:http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/fitzgerald/12/Joliet.html>
Yet another Blues Brothers Page
<URL:http://freespace.virgin.net/mark.slattery1/bluesbro.htm>
Duke Blues Page
<URL:http://www.netlabs.net/hp/pusboil/snl.htm>
SNL and Blues Brothers Wavs
<URL:http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Blues+Brothers,+The+(1980)>
The Internet Movie Database entry for The Blues Brothers (USA)
<URL:http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Blues+Brothers+2000+(1998)>
The Internet Movie Database entry for Blues Brothers 2000 (USA)
<URL:http://hob.com/hob.html>
The House of Blues
<URL:http://www.snlvideo.com/>
The best of Saturday Night Live (SNL)
<URL:http://www.snlvideo.com/chbb.html>
The Blues Brothers on SNL
<URL:http://www.snlvideo.com/actaykr.html>
Dan Aykroyd on SNL
<URL:http://www.snlvideo.com/actbelu.html>
John Belushi on SNL
<URL:http://www.belushi.com/>
The Ultimate John Belushi Page
<URL:http://www.angelfire.com/il/DanAykroyd/>
The Ultimate Dan Aykroyd Site
<URL:http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/2976/aykroyd.html>
First Church of Dan Aykroyd
<URL:http://www.lauth.de/bbrb/>
The Blues Brothers Revival Band
<URL:ftp://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/pub/blues_bros/>
Ftp site for the FAQ, plus a small number of images and sound
files
<URL:ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/music/lyrics/b/blues.brothers/>
Ftp site with lyrics to songs performed by The Blues Brothers
3. Where can I get pictures, sound files, lyrics?
See the WWW sites in Question 2.
The International Lyrics server at http://www.lyrics.ch/
has lyrics to many of the songs.
4. Where can I get the script for the movie?
The script for the original Blues Brothers movie can be ordered
from Script City in Hollywood. It includes scenes which never
made it into the final cut and only costs about $20. They can
be contacted at:
Script City
8033 West Sunset Boulevard # 1500,
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(213) 871-0707
If you know where the script for Blues Brothers 2000 can be found,
please contact the FAQ maintainer.
5. Isn't it online?
There are several www sites which have transcripts. See Question 2.
6. Where happened to the old version of this FAQ which had lots of other
information in it?
The previous version of the FAQ (which is still available - see GLen
Pringle's Blues Brothers site in Question 2) had many errors in it and
needed an update. Much of it is still being verified. This new FAQ
contains pointers to where you can find the extra information which was
in the old FAQ (such as the quote list, song lyrics etc).
=========================== Saturday Night Live ===========================
7. Weren't The Blues Brothers on Saturday Night Live (SNL)?
Yes, the act originated on SNL. Take a look at the SNL WWW site in
Question 2 for more information.
8. What performances were there on SNL?
The following acts are those that I've been told about. If you know of
any additional ones (or corrections to this list), please send email to
pri...@cs.monash.edu.au
o King Bee (this was performed in Bee costumes)
o I Don't Know
o Soul Man
o (Everything I Need) Almost
o "B" Movie Box Car Blues (also known as Get Back To You)
o Hey Bartender
o Rubber Biscuit
o Flip, Flop and Fly (Aykroyd and Goodman, 1995)
================================== Music ==================================
9. What albums have the Blues Brothers/Blues Brothers band released?
The Blues Brothers: The Best of the Blues Brothers (1989)
The Blues Brothers: A Briefcase Full of Blues
(Atlantic #19217-2)
The Blues Brothers: Made in America
(Atlantic #16025-2)
The Blues Brothers: The Original Soundtrack
The Blues Brothers: The Definitive Collection (1989)
(Atlantic #82428-2); double-length (20 songs, 67 minutes)
Note: does not include "Rawhide!"
The Blues Brothers: Everybody Needs the Blues Brothers
Released through either an Italian company or a German one in
Europe - a re-release of old stuff
The Blues Brothers Band: Red, White, and Blues
Post-Belushi, just the band with one appearance by Elwood
Elwood Blues Revue: Land of a Thousand Dances
1988 12"
Elwood Blues Revue: Great Outdoors Soundtrack
The Blues Brothers: Live In Montreux 1992
Blues Brothers 2000 Original Soundtrack
10. What bootleg CDs are there?
The Blues Brothers: Groove Me
Import, live from their 12/31/79 show at Winterland in
San Francisco.
The Blues Brothers: Winterland
Live in San Francisco 1992
11. What videos are available?
The Blues Brothers
The original movie
The Return of the Blues Brothers
Features music from Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) with brothers Steve
Blues (James Belushi) and Mighty Max Blues (John Goodman). More
info is available at <URL:http://www.wienerworld.com/bluesbro.htm>
12. Are the lyrics/sheet music to the songs available?
For sheet music/charts, find a local store which carries Blues music
and they should be able to help you.
The lyrics should also be available with the sheet music.
================================== Books ==================================
13. What books are there available on the Blues Brothers?
These books are all out of print but if you're lucky you may be able
to pick one of them up in a second-hand bookstore.
"Rolling Stone Visits Saturday Night Live"
New York : Rolling Stone Press, 1979. ISBN: 0-385-15674-x
A compilation of Rolling Stone articles about SNL including the
famous Blues Brothers piece by Timothy White. This is THE article
for the very famous Annie Leibovitz RS cover photo of Jake and
Elwood with blue faces (Annie Leibovitz did the nude, pregger,
Demi Moore on Vanity Fair).
Mitch, Miami. "The Blues Brothers"
Jove, June 1980. ISBN: 0-515-05630-8
A novel based on the screenplay by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis.
Jacklin, Judith and Insana, Tino. "The Blues Brothers - Private"
Perigee Books.
Ad for this book: "Now, you can get the lowdown on The Blues
Brothers. These are the records (report cards, loan applications,
prison records, etc.) from the personnel file of dear Sister Mary
Stigmata, the loving nun who raised them. These files (hidden from
prying eyes in a cracker box and only recently unearthed by sweet
Sister Mary) tell the whole story of the brothers' - and the
band's - rise to notority. Get the inside 'dish' - in BLUES
BROTHERS-PRIVATE." Included a poster.
================================== Movie ==================================
14. What famous people appeared in the movie?
The Internet Movie Database entries for the Blues Brothers movies
(see Question 2.) has the full movie credits which includes cameos
by Frank Oz, James Brown, John Lee Hooker and Steven Spielberg.
15. Are the members of The Band real musicians?
Yes, they are all respected musicians.
Trivia
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16. How many cars were destroyed in the movie?
One person has suggested 13 bluesmobiles and around 30 police cars,
which were rebuilt as they were crashed. Another person has said 13
bluesmobiles and 60 "Chicago cars".
17. What sort of car is the Bluesmobile?
1974 Dodge Monaco sedan.
18. What is the license plate for the Bluesmobile?
BDR 529
19. What sort of car was Carrie Fisher driving?
70's Pontiac Grand Prix, no later than '77 (they changed the design
after that).
20. In prison, inmates are identified by a number, what is Jake's?
7474505B
21. What was the SCMODS (State, County, Municipal Offender Data System)
report for Elwood?
BLUES, ELWOOD
ILLINOIS LICENSE : B263-1655-2187
CURRENTLY UNDER SUSPENSION
WARRANTS OUTSTANDING : PARKG. 116
MOVING VIOLATIONS : 56
ARREST DRIVER ... IMPOUND VEHICLE
In Illinois, the last five digits on your driver's license include your
birthday (and gender) in an encoded format. According to Elwood Blues'
driver's license number, he was born on July 1, 1952.
22. What was on Murph and the Magictones business card?
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|Disco Polka|
| MURPH |
| and the Magictones |
| Call Murph |
| (312) KL5-7000 |
| Rm. 302 |
|Parties Weddings|
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23. What is the name of Carrie Fisher's business?
Curl Up and Dye Beauty Salon.
It was based upon a real salon of that name, around 2830 North Clark in
Chicago.
24. What was Carrie Fisher reading when she was sitting inside her salon?
A military weapons manual - FM-121 M-79 Flame Thrower.
25. What was the song playing in the elevator at the end of the movie?
The Girl from Ipanema.
This is an in joke which John Landis uses in many of his movies,
such as in "Spies like Us" where it is made to look like a
recruiters poster on a wall.
The other in joke is the movie title "See You Next Wednesday" which
is on the billboard that the cops are hiding behind and is used in
other movies such as "An American Werewolf in London."
26. Where is Lake Wazzapumani/Wasapumani, on which the Palace Hotel
Ballroom is located?
This is a fictional name - there isn't such a lake.
27. Was there a director's cut?
Apparently the original director's cut had 30 minutes extra
footage in it, but it was scrapped for the released version.
It has not been released as apparently all copies of it were
destroyed.
However, a DVD edition was released in September 1998 which
has 12 minutes of additional footage found in a preview copy
of the movie.
Blues Brothers References
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28. What references are there in other movies?
In the scene at the end of Sister Act when the sisters are performing
for the pope, you can see the "Blues Brothers" standing at the rear of
the church in the same pose they have in the Triple Rock Church in The
Blues Brothers.
29. What Blues Brothers references are there in Terry Pratchett's books?
There is a reference in "Moving Pictures" (ISBN 0-552-13463-5).
On page 178:
Azhural raised his staff.
'It's fifteen hundred miles to Ankh-Morpork,' he said.
'We've got three hundred and sixty-three elephants, fifty
carts of forage, the monsoon's about to break and we're
wearing ... we're wearing ... sort of things, like glass,
only dark ... dark glass things on our eyes ...' His
voice trailed off. His brow furrowed, as if he'd just
been listening to his own voice and hadn't understood
it.
The air seemed to glitter.
He saw M'Bu staring at him.
He shrugged. 'Let's go,' he said.
These quotes are Copyright (C) 1990 Terry and Lyn Pratchett.
There are two references in "Soul Music" (ISBN 0-552-14029-5).
On page 36:
...
'You do fried rat?' said Glod.
'Best damn fried rat in the city,' said Gimlet.
'OK. Give me four fried rats.'
'And some dwarf bread,' said Imp.
'And some coke,' said Lias patiently.
'You mean rat heads or rat legs?'
'No. Four fried rats.'
'And some coke.'
'You want ketchup on those rats?'
'No.'
'You _sure_?'
'No ketchup.'
'And some coke.'
'And two hard-boilled eggs,' he said.
'And some coke.'
'And two hard-boiled eggs.'
'And some coke.'
...
The above exchange is also taken from a slightly similar scene in The
Marx Brothers' movie "A Night At the Opera".
On page 127:
...
'We might get caught.'
'He can't stop us. We're on a mission from Glod.'
'Right.'
...
These quotes are Copyright (C) 1994 Terry and Lyn Pratchett and are used
with permission.
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