According to Dan Aykroyd, the budget for "The Blues Brothers" (1980) included "Cocaine" for night shoots.
He said, "Everyone did it, including me. Never to excess, and not ever to where I wanted to buy it or have it. [But] John [Belushi], he just loved what it did. It sort of brought him alive at night—that superpower feeling where you start to talk and converse and figure you can solve all the world’s problems."
John Belushi put off rehab for his worsening condition in order to complete the movie. He told his wife, “I’m fine, I can’t stop now until I finish the movie. It’ll be fine when it’s over.”
For all the efforts of his friends and colleagues, Belushi was surrounded by enablers, according to Ned Zeman, though Landis did his best to convert them: “For God’s sake,” he told Carrie Fisher when she arrived on set, “if you see John doing drugs, stop him.”
John Belushi's addiction was so bad that he disappeared while filming one of the night scenes. Dan Aykroyd looked around and saw a single house with its lights on.
He went to the house and was prepared to identify himself, the movie, and that they were looking for Belushi. Before he could, the homeowner looked at him, smiled and said, "You're here for John Belushi, aren't you?" The homeowner told them Belushi had entered their house, asked if he could have a glass of milk and a sandwich, and then crashed on their couch. Situations like that prompted Aykroyd to affectionately dub Belushi "America's Guest." The two of them walked back to the set like nothing happened.
("Drugs, John Belushi, and the Making of The Blues Brothers", Ned Zeman, Vanity Fair, 2012)
To avoid a repeat of last night’s shellacking in the 2026 midterms, Republicans should:
quit covering for pedophiles
put America before Israel
put farmers before corporations
quit funding wars abroad
reduce spending to control inflation
quit attacking independent voices
Or maybe the 2nd amendment people think those who live in these cities don’t deserve to die to violent crime simply because of the color of their skin, and thus support these deployments. Crazy right, to think the party of social egalitarians that fought to free the slaves still holds those ideals.
@LeaderJohnThune@POTUS Why not recess and let them all get appointed? So you can twist the presidents arm and get your swamp bullshit through? You’re a joke.
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