1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:03,795 --> 00:00:06,297 - [man speaking indistinctly] - Okay? Am I ready? 3 00:00:06,339 --> 00:00:07,882 [crew member] Yeah, we're ready. 4 00:00:07,924 --> 00:00:09,259 [John] Okay. All right. [sniffs] 5 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 6 00:00:09,300 --> 00:00:10,427 [crew member] Are they ready? 7 00:00:10,468 --> 00:00:11,845 [crew member] Now they're ready. 8 00:00:11,886 --> 00:00:13,638 [John] Okay, I'm gonna do some loosening-up exercises. 9 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,306 Take to the right. 10 00:00:15,348 --> 00:00:17,183 Okay. Take to the left. 11 00:00:17,225 --> 00:00:20,770 A double take to the right and a double take to the left. 12 00:00:20,812 --> 00:00:22,814 Okay, let's work on the eyebrows now. 13 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:24,232 Ready? Right eyebrow. 14 00:00:24,274 --> 00:00:28,653 Up, down, up, down, up, down, and start. 15 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:29,571 Okay, left. 16 00:00:29,612 --> 00:00:31,990 Up--up, down, up, down, up, down. 17 00:00:32,032 --> 00:00:34,659 Okay, up, down, up, down. 18 00:00:34,701 --> 00:00:36,911 [dial tone drones, buttons beeping] 19 00:00:36,953 --> 00:00:38,705 [phone line trilling] 20 00:00:38,747 --> 00:00:39,873 [Rosie] Hello? 21 00:00:39,914 --> 00:00:41,207 [Tanner] Ms. Shuster, this is Tanner Colby 22 00:00:41,249 --> 00:00:42,500 calling about the John Belushi interview. 23 00:00:42,542 --> 00:00:43,626 - [Rosie] Yeah, hi. - [line trilling] 24 00:00:43,668 --> 00:00:44,961 [Tanner] Mr. Michaels, how are you? 25 00:00:45,003 --> 00:00:46,087 [Lorne] Good. 26 00:00:46,129 --> 00:00:47,547 [interviewee] Tanner Colby, can I ask you 27 00:00:47,589 --> 00:00:48,757 to call me back in ten minutes? 28 00:00:48,798 --> 00:00:49,966 [Tanner] That is not a problem. 29 00:00:50,008 --> 00:00:51,092 [interviewee] Okay, thanks. 30 00:00:51,134 --> 00:00:52,844 How about some Brando? 31 00:00:52,886 --> 00:00:54,429 [as Marlon Brando] You was my brother, Charley. 32 00:00:54,471 --> 00:00:56,181 You should've taken care of me or some'n. 33 00:00:56,222 --> 00:00:57,265 [laughter] 34 00:00:57,307 --> 00:00:59,768 Could've been a somebody. Could've been a contender. 35 00:00:59,809 --> 00:01:01,936 [interviewee] Are you taping or making notes? 36 00:01:01,978 --> 00:01:03,521 [Tanner] Uh, taping. Is that okay? 37 00:01:03,563 --> 00:01:05,106 [interviewee] You should always ask permission 38 00:01:05,148 --> 00:01:05,940 before you tape. 39 00:01:05,982 --> 00:01:06,983 [Tanner] Okay. May I tape? 40 00:01:07,025 --> 00:01:08,109 [interviewee] Yes, you may. 41 00:01:08,151 --> 00:01:09,360 [interviewee] What are you doing? 42 00:01:09,402 --> 00:01:10,737 [Tanner] It's gonna be like an oral history 43 00:01:10,779 --> 00:01:13,364 told in the words of the first-person participants 44 00:01:13,406 --> 00:01:15,658 because no one's ever done a real biography 45 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:17,368 of John as a performer. 46 00:01:17,410 --> 00:01:18,953 You know, when he showed up, 47 00:01:18,995 --> 00:01:21,414 it radically altered the landscape of comedy. 48 00:01:21,456 --> 00:01:23,750 I just wanted to give more of a full portrait of him 49 00:01:23,792 --> 00:01:24,667 as a human being. 50 00:01:24,709 --> 00:01:25,710 [interviewee] Oh, okay. 51 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:27,045 [John] No, no, no. 52 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:28,505 [crew member] Want to do Steiger quickly? 53 00:01:28,546 --> 00:01:30,715 [as Rod Steiger] Terry, Terry, Terry, 54 00:01:30,757 --> 00:01:32,133 what are you talking about? 55 00:01:32,175 --> 00:01:35,220 What are you talkin' about? 56 00:01:35,261 --> 00:01:36,846 [laughter] 57 00:01:36,888 --> 00:01:39,974 Don't talk to me that way! 58 00:01:40,016 --> 00:01:43,311 [cheers and applause] 59 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:49,567 [person] Give me a light, Johnny. 60 00:01:49,609 --> 00:01:50,944 I'm going nuts, here. 61 00:01:50,985 --> 00:01:54,531 [Tom] He was one of the most lovable and tragic characters 62 00:01:54,572 --> 00:01:56,032 I've ever met. 63 00:01:56,074 --> 00:01:58,201 He could be completely kind 64 00:01:58,243 --> 00:02:01,496 and thoughtful and generous and wonderful 65 00:02:01,538 --> 00:02:03,832 and, at the flipside of the coin, 66 00:02:03,873 --> 00:02:07,210 be chaotic and tortured, you know? 67 00:02:07,252 --> 00:02:09,796 He also was hilariously funny. 68 00:02:09,838 --> 00:02:12,966 He just had a sort of giant humanity 69 00:02:13,007 --> 00:02:16,219 that hooked into the collective unconsciousness 70 00:02:16,261 --> 00:02:18,054 of people's funny bone. 71 00:02:18,096 --> 00:02:20,932 [band playing energetic blues music] 72 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:23,268 [John] All right, all right. 73 00:02:53,715 --> 00:02:56,926 - [music stops] - [cheers and applause] 74 00:02:56,968 --> 00:02:58,887 [Harold] John always had appetites 75 00:02:58,928 --> 00:03:02,724 that were completely out of control for everything, 76 00:03:02,765 --> 00:03:04,934 but I didn't start to worry about him 77 00:03:04,976 --> 00:03:07,645 until they were at the Universal Amphitheatre 78 00:03:07,687 --> 00:03:09,272 playing for 7,000 people. 79 00:03:09,314 --> 00:03:10,899 Thank you. 80 00:03:13,568 --> 00:03:16,029 [Harold] I looked at John on the stage, and I thought, 81 00:03:16,070 --> 00:03:19,407 "He's on the most popular comedy television show 82 00:03:19,449 --> 00:03:20,742 of our generation"... 83 00:03:20,783 --> 00:03:22,911 Live from New York, it's Saturday Night! 84 00:03:22,952 --> 00:03:24,996 But, no! 85 00:03:25,038 --> 00:03:27,290 I logged a lot miles training for that day, 86 00:03:27,332 --> 00:03:29,292 and I downed a lot of doughnuts. 87 00:03:29,334 --> 00:03:31,502 That's why Little Chocolate Donuts 88 00:03:31,544 --> 00:03:34,172 have been at my training table since I was a kid. 89 00:03:34,214 --> 00:03:35,381 [laughter] 90 00:03:35,423 --> 00:03:38,301 [Harold] He's in the most successful comedy film ever. 91 00:03:38,343 --> 00:03:40,428 [Babs] This is absolutely gross. 92 00:03:40,470 --> 00:03:43,806 That boy is a P-I-G, pig. 93 00:03:43,848 --> 00:03:47,810 See if you can guess what I am now. 94 00:03:51,731 --> 00:03:53,107 [Babs yelps] 95 00:03:53,149 --> 00:03:56,152 I'm a zit. Get it? 96 00:03:56,194 --> 00:03:59,906 [Harold] And now he's onstage, fronting an amazing band. 97 00:03:59,948 --> 00:04:02,075 suspenseful music 98 00:04:02,116 --> 00:04:05,245 My first thought was, "How great for him." 99 00:04:05,286 --> 00:04:07,914 And my second thought was, 100 00:04:07,956 --> 00:04:10,750 knowing his appetites, 101 00:04:10,792 --> 00:04:13,002 "I don't think he'll survive this." 102 00:04:21,636 --> 00:04:24,430 The Chips' "Rubber Biscuit" 103 00:04:24,472 --> 00:04:27,558 energetic scatting 104 00:04:29,310 --> 00:04:31,229 [Judy] I was a sophomore in high school, 105 00:04:31,271 --> 00:04:35,233 and a bunch of the senior guys gave us a ride home. 106 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:37,902 And that was when I first met him. 107 00:04:37,944 --> 00:04:39,320 [coughs] Hi. 108 00:04:41,990 --> 00:04:44,450 [Judy] My first date was homecoming, 109 00:04:44,492 --> 00:04:45,952 and he was homecoming king. 110 00:04:45,994 --> 00:04:48,413 That was a good introduction to my life with John, 111 00:04:48,454 --> 00:04:50,790 because he has to go dance with the queen... 112 00:04:50,832 --> 00:04:53,835 [laughs] And I have to dance with her boyfriend. 113 00:04:53,876 --> 00:04:55,211 [indistinct shouting] 114 00:04:55,253 --> 00:04:57,422 When I first was getting involved with John, 115 00:04:57,463 --> 00:04:58,881 his passion was football, 116 00:04:58,923 --> 00:05:02,510 but he was beginning to do things onstage. 117 00:05:02,552 --> 00:05:03,636 He did the varsity show, 118 00:05:03,678 --> 00:05:06,180 and he came up with lots of little skits, 119 00:05:06,222 --> 00:05:07,390 like a little jug band. 120 00:05:07,432 --> 00:05:09,225 He had a vision of the show 121 00:05:09,267 --> 00:05:10,935 so he just grabbed his friends 122 00:05:10,977 --> 00:05:12,979 and said, "Here's what we're gonna do." 123 00:05:13,021 --> 00:05:14,731 - And they did it. - [laughter] 124 00:05:14,772 --> 00:05:17,817 His vehicle was a motorcycle that he was very fond of. 125 00:05:17,859 --> 00:05:19,652 He bought it on his own. 126 00:05:19,694 --> 00:05:21,529 I wasn't supposed to ride on motorcycles, 127 00:05:21,571 --> 00:05:24,073 so he would have to borrow my parents' car to go out, 128 00:05:24,115 --> 00:05:27,118 but I thought it was very cool. 129 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,579 I did write a list of what I wanted from a boyfriend, 130 00:05:29,620 --> 00:05:31,748 'cause, you know, you have to manifest these things. 131 00:05:31,789 --> 00:05:34,959 It was "good at sports, smart, 132 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:37,503 musical, and funny." 133 00:05:37,545 --> 00:05:39,422 And he was all those things. 134 00:05:39,464 --> 00:05:41,841 And, of course, I thought he was Italian, 135 00:05:41,883 --> 00:05:43,509 as I think most people did. 136 00:05:43,551 --> 00:05:45,636 I didn't know where Albania was 137 00:05:45,678 --> 00:05:47,430 when he said he was Albanian. 138 00:05:47,472 --> 00:05:50,183 "Is that a country?" I was like, "Albania?" 139 00:05:50,224 --> 00:05:53,686 And I think he always felt that immigrant label 140 00:05:53,728 --> 00:05:55,855 pretty strongly... 141 00:05:55,897 --> 00:05:58,483 that his family were foreigners. 142 00:05:58,524 --> 00:06:01,694 [Agnes] When we first moved to Wheaton from Chicago, 143 00:06:01,736 --> 00:06:03,529 John was six years old. 144 00:06:03,571 --> 00:06:06,407 John lived in a world of his own. 145 00:06:06,449 --> 00:06:10,453 He was just like a little man. He just took care of himself. 146 00:06:10,495 --> 00:06:12,580 [Judy] His father was an Albanian immigrant. 147 00:06:12,622 --> 00:06:14,540 He was embarrassed by the way he spoke, 148 00:06:14,582 --> 00:06:17,126 and he didn't express himself at all. 149 00:06:17,168 --> 00:06:18,378 He wanted to be a cowboy. 150 00:06:18,419 --> 00:06:20,922 He wanted to come to America and be a cowboy. 151 00:06:20,963 --> 00:06:23,716 [Sue] John's family was a mystery to us. 152 00:06:23,758 --> 00:06:27,136 None of us had ever heard of Albania, God knows. 153 00:06:27,178 --> 00:06:30,556 He was very ashamed of his home, 154 00:06:30,598 --> 00:06:35,228 and we never went inside his house, ever. 155 00:06:36,062 --> 00:06:37,855 [Gus] We all wanted to be American. 156 00:06:37,897 --> 00:06:41,275 So, if your parents spoke Albanian in the house, 157 00:06:41,317 --> 00:06:44,570 it was kind of embarrassing to you. 158 00:06:44,612 --> 00:06:46,531 [Jim] Well, you know, he was kind of intense, 159 00:06:46,572 --> 00:06:47,865 you know, around the house 160 00:06:47,907 --> 00:06:50,284 but around the dinner table every once in a while, 161 00:06:50,326 --> 00:06:53,579 - he'd really let loose. - [laughter] 162 00:06:53,621 --> 00:06:55,706 He'd do impressions of everything. 163 00:06:55,748 --> 00:06:57,667 [John imitating Brando] Could've been a contender. 164 00:06:57,708 --> 00:07:00,545 [Jim] He loved to be a performer, you know? 165 00:07:00,586 --> 00:07:03,714 As a three-year-old kid, he used to go the neighbor's, 166 00:07:03,756 --> 00:07:07,593 walk into a room, and do a show. 167 00:07:07,635 --> 00:07:11,722 John just wanted to make everyone laugh. 168 00:07:11,764 --> 00:07:13,599 Of course, my dad didn't, like, 169 00:07:13,641 --> 00:07:15,560 even see the humor in it, you know? 170 00:07:15,601 --> 00:07:17,228 He'd just keep eating. 171 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:19,564 country music 172 00:07:19,605 --> 00:07:21,482 But the strong influence in our house, 173 00:07:21,524 --> 00:07:24,777 that was my grandmother, who didn't speak English. 174 00:07:24,819 --> 00:07:26,863 She loved John very much. 175 00:07:26,904 --> 00:07:28,698 "Johnny nunnas," she used to say. 176 00:07:28,739 --> 00:07:30,450 She used to go, "Johnny nunnas." 177 00:07:30,491 --> 00:07:31,617 I don't know what it means, 178 00:07:31,659 --> 00:07:34,620 but it sounds really warm, you know? 179 00:07:34,662 --> 00:07:35,580 [alarm ringing] 180 00:07:35,621 --> 00:07:37,665 Well, I'm a king bee 181 00:07:37,707 --> 00:07:39,167 bluesy music 182 00:07:39,208 --> 00:07:41,878 Buzzing around your hive 183 00:07:41,919 --> 00:07:44,464 [Gus] John's dad was in the restaurant business 184 00:07:44,505 --> 00:07:47,550 and owned a restaurant in Chicago. 185 00:07:47,592 --> 00:07:48,885 [Judy] He stayed there, like, 186 00:07:48,926 --> 00:07:50,970 five nights a week or something. 187 00:07:51,012 --> 00:07:52,847 Come back on the weekend. 188 00:07:52,889 --> 00:07:55,516 His father was a serious guy. 189 00:07:55,558 --> 00:07:57,977 When he was young, he started drinking. 190 00:07:58,019 --> 00:08:00,188 He was abusing it, and he stopped. 191 00:08:00,229 --> 00:08:02,190 He did not drink. 192 00:08:02,231 --> 00:08:04,150 [Gus] Really was a hardworking guy 193 00:08:04,192 --> 00:08:06,444 and away from the house a lot. 194 00:08:06,486 --> 00:08:08,488 The idea was to get ahead. 195 00:08:08,529 --> 00:08:10,948 It was all about the American dream. 196 00:08:12,658 --> 00:08:13,826 [Judy] His mother, 197 00:08:13,868 --> 00:08:16,162 she worked in various restaurants as well. 198 00:08:16,204 --> 00:08:18,039 She wasn't around a lot. 199 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,791 And she herself had aspirations. 200 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:21,918 She wanted to be an actress 201 00:08:21,959 --> 00:08:24,378 and actually ran away once and did a play. 202 00:08:24,420 --> 00:08:25,505 Like, left home. 203 00:08:25,546 --> 00:08:26,964 No one knew where she was. [chuckles] Showed up, 204 00:08:27,006 --> 00:08:29,342 she's got a little apartment and doing a play. 205 00:08:29,383 --> 00:08:31,677 And then she came home, and that was the end of that. 206 00:08:31,719 --> 00:08:34,347 I just thought that she felt sad... 207 00:08:34,388 --> 00:08:36,933 [chuckles] ...that things hadn't gone 208 00:08:36,974 --> 00:08:38,726 how she would've liked. 209 00:08:38,768 --> 00:08:42,772 I don't think John's parents really understood his essence. 210 00:08:42,813 --> 00:08:47,735 They didn't have the exchanges with him to know it. 211 00:08:47,777 --> 00:08:50,738 They didn't share that kind of time. 212 00:08:50,780 --> 00:08:53,866 It was Nana who provided the unconditional love 213 00:08:53,908 --> 00:08:55,451 for the kids. 214 00:08:55,493 --> 00:08:57,912 - [record scratches] - [laughter] 215 00:08:57,954 --> 00:09:01,624 [Jonathan Winters] Oh, boy, what a fun night to drive! 216 00:09:01,666 --> 00:09:04,126 [Marian] He'd play the records something like a million times 217 00:09:04,168 --> 00:09:05,670 until you go crazy. 218 00:09:05,711 --> 00:09:10,132 - [Jonathan imitates explosion] - Boy, hit that semi dead-on. 219 00:09:10,174 --> 00:09:12,176 [Marian] Jonathan Winters and Bob Newhart. 220 00:09:12,218 --> 00:09:15,137 [Jonathan] You must've been doing at least 65. 221 00:09:15,179 --> 00:09:17,557 I was doing 90, clown! 222 00:09:17,598 --> 00:09:20,017 [Marian] And he'd imitate them in the mirror. 223 00:09:20,059 --> 00:09:22,520 And then he'd write little skit things off of it 224 00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:23,521 and do them. 225 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:24,897 [John] Special guest this morning, 226 00:09:24,939 --> 00:09:26,899 four-foot-two, 656-pound Elsa Fattinsky. 227 00:09:26,941 --> 00:09:28,317 [Marian] And then once he starting doing it, 228 00:09:28,359 --> 00:09:30,528 he said that he felt like he could, you know, 229 00:09:30,570 --> 00:09:32,363 go somewhere with this life, you know? 230 00:09:32,405 --> 00:09:34,115 [John] Earth tremors were felt around the world 231 00:09:34,156 --> 00:09:35,700 to Schkorgus, New Jersey. 232 00:09:35,741 --> 00:09:38,661 [Marian] And then in the band too. 233 00:09:38,703 --> 00:09:40,204 [Payne] He had a band, you know? 234 00:09:40,246 --> 00:09:42,957 And he'd bring these kids, anybody who could play. 235 00:09:42,999 --> 00:09:46,294 And he'd show up with this whole mob of kids. 236 00:09:46,335 --> 00:09:48,337 That was the way he was. 237 00:09:48,379 --> 00:09:50,798 He would bring ten kids with him. 238 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:52,091 rock music 239 00:09:52,133 --> 00:09:54,885 [Marian] He felt like he didn't have a family, 240 00:09:54,927 --> 00:09:58,431 so he tried to create his own. 241 00:09:58,472 --> 00:10:01,225 [Dick] John was the star of the class. 242 00:10:01,267 --> 00:10:04,312 He was so in control when he was doing a play, 243 00:10:04,353 --> 00:10:05,813 and he was so funny. 244 00:10:05,855 --> 00:10:07,523 You just knew he was special. 245 00:10:07,565 --> 00:10:10,943 And when he found Judy and they found each other, 246 00:10:10,985 --> 00:10:13,195 I mean, that was it. 247 00:10:13,237 --> 00:10:15,364 [Sue] The John and Judy relationship 248 00:10:15,406 --> 00:10:17,116 is really one of those things 249 00:10:17,158 --> 00:10:19,452 that you hear about in storybooks. 250 00:10:20,995 --> 00:10:22,622 [Judy] From the time I first met him, 251 00:10:22,663 --> 00:10:23,789 it seemed like he was always 252 00:10:23,831 --> 00:10:27,168 leading me into new doors and experiences. 253 00:10:27,209 --> 00:10:30,296 And it was like John had some kind of magic. 254 00:10:30,338 --> 00:10:32,048 He attracted people. 255 00:10:32,089 --> 00:10:35,426 His enthusiasm was such that you got revved up 256 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:37,970 and then you wanted to do it too, whatever it was. 257 00:10:40,181 --> 00:10:43,225 He decided to audition for a summer stock theater 258 00:10:43,267 --> 00:10:44,352 in Indiana. 259 00:10:44,393 --> 00:10:46,437 I think he was the youngest performer 260 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:47,938 they ever had who they paid. 261 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:51,692 I believe he was paid $45 a week, 262 00:10:51,734 --> 00:10:55,154 and he was expected to mow lawn and paint as well. 263 00:10:55,196 --> 00:10:56,697 [chuckles] 264 00:11:00,159 --> 00:11:02,328 [John] Dear Jutes, well, here it is. 265 00:11:02,370 --> 00:11:03,579 Twenty minutes to ten. 266 00:11:03,621 --> 00:11:05,539 We're going through the readings of our first play. 267 00:11:05,581 --> 00:11:07,625 I don't have a real big part in this one. 268 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:09,043 I play a general. 269 00:11:09,085 --> 00:11:10,878 This is really Hicksville, USA. 270 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:12,505 I can't believe it. 271 00:11:12,546 --> 00:11:14,340 When I ride my bike in town, 272 00:11:14,382 --> 00:11:16,967 the local yokels think I'm a Hells Angel. 273 00:11:17,009 --> 00:11:19,553 I'll write as often as I can, sweetheart. 274 00:11:19,595 --> 00:11:20,888 You know what they say. 275 00:11:20,930 --> 00:11:23,599 Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 276 00:11:23,641 --> 00:11:26,477 Your one and only, John B. 277 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:27,645 Dear Jutes, 278 00:11:27,687 --> 00:11:30,272 I'm listening to the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper. 279 00:11:30,314 --> 00:11:32,191 Whenever I hear it, I think of you. 280 00:11:32,233 --> 00:11:34,360 Especially "A Little Help from My Friends." 281 00:11:34,402 --> 00:11:35,820 I've lost about five pounds. 282 00:11:35,861 --> 00:11:38,155 I'll fast for two weeks more so we can go swimming. 283 00:11:38,197 --> 00:11:39,532 I smoked pot the other night. 284 00:11:39,573 --> 00:11:41,909 It's really something. It's better than being drunk. 285 00:11:41,951 --> 00:11:43,911 I might take it again, but I don't know. 286 00:11:43,953 --> 00:11:45,955 We got some reviews from the papers. 287 00:11:45,996 --> 00:11:47,331 I got some good ones. 288 00:11:47,373 --> 00:11:49,208 A few papers said I was superb. 289 00:11:49,250 --> 00:11:50,710 When I get back, we'll have to go 290 00:11:50,751 --> 00:11:53,087 to Second City once to see a show. 291 00:11:53,129 --> 00:11:54,755 I hear it's great. 292 00:11:59,093 --> 00:12:00,761 Directions on going out on dates 293 00:12:00,803 --> 00:12:02,304 with anyone except John B: 294 00:12:02,346 --> 00:12:05,975 do not take bath and/or shower three days prior to date. 295 00:12:06,016 --> 00:12:07,643 Do not use deodorant before date. 296 00:12:07,685 --> 00:12:10,271 Do not brush teeth and/or use mouthwash. 297 00:12:10,312 --> 00:12:13,023 Wear mother's dress which covers entire body. 298 00:12:13,065 --> 00:12:16,819 Tell date that you have mono, cramps, and halitosis. 299 00:12:16,861 --> 00:12:20,573 If he tries to kiss you, kill him. 300 00:12:23,242 --> 00:12:27,121 [Judy] He had a real penchant for getting his feelings out. 301 00:12:27,163 --> 00:12:28,789 My family was very Waspy 302 00:12:28,831 --> 00:12:30,332 and emotions weren't really discussed 303 00:12:30,374 --> 00:12:32,877 and he was very clear about those things. 304 00:12:35,004 --> 00:12:38,758 [John] A poem by John Keats-Belushi. 305 00:12:38,799 --> 00:12:43,012 I wander through the dark forest of my mind 306 00:12:43,053 --> 00:12:46,307 in search of something that I must find. 307 00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:50,728 There is no purpose to this little strife 308 00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:55,024 to find the answer of what should be life. 309 00:12:55,065 --> 00:12:58,486 The bountiful monotony of this petty place 310 00:12:58,527 --> 00:13:01,864 is broken by an understanding face. 311 00:13:03,949 --> 00:13:06,410 For there the answer lies, 312 00:13:06,452 --> 00:13:09,246 the answer to my cries. 313 00:13:09,288 --> 00:13:11,248 I am forever yours 314 00:13:11,290 --> 00:13:13,000 and yours alone. 315 00:13:13,042 --> 00:13:14,293 John. 316 00:13:16,670 --> 00:13:18,464 [Judy] His experience at summer stock 317 00:13:18,506 --> 00:13:21,592 was a really important confidence builder, 318 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:25,596 and it gave him a broader outlook on the world 319 00:13:25,638 --> 00:13:29,350 and what was going on and how he saw himself in it. 320 00:13:29,391 --> 00:13:32,102 But when we went to Second City, 321 00:13:32,144 --> 00:13:35,648 that really cemented his passion for acting. 322 00:13:35,689 --> 00:13:36,982 [actor] Hi, Melvin. Sorry I'm late. 323 00:13:37,024 --> 00:13:38,359 I was working down at the agency, 324 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:39,401 and I don't recognize you. 325 00:13:39,443 --> 00:13:40,444 You're new, aren't you? 326 00:13:40,486 --> 00:13:42,488 [Melvin] Well, not terribly. I'm 30. 327 00:13:42,530 --> 00:13:44,323 [laughter] 328 00:13:44,365 --> 00:13:46,909 soft dramatic music 329 00:13:46,951 --> 00:13:50,246 [Judy] The most memorable part of the evening to me 330 00:13:50,287 --> 00:13:51,622 was that as we left, 331 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:54,625 John stopped, turned around, and said to me, 332 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:57,253 "This is what I want to do... 333 00:13:57,294 --> 00:13:59,755 be an actor and create." 334 00:14:01,507 --> 00:14:04,051 And I'd have to be prepared to support us 335 00:14:04,093 --> 00:14:07,179 because he was going to probably never make any money. 336 00:14:07,221 --> 00:14:11,016 So I was prepared. 337 00:14:11,976 --> 00:14:13,978 But it was very much expected 338 00:14:14,019 --> 00:14:17,106 that he would go into business with his father 339 00:14:17,147 --> 00:14:19,108 and take over the restaurant. 340 00:14:19,149 --> 00:14:21,819 That was his father's dream for him. 341 00:14:21,861 --> 00:14:24,655 But John knew it wasn't what he wanted to do, 342 00:14:24,697 --> 00:14:28,200 and he knew it would be wrong to try to do it 343 00:14:28,242 --> 00:14:30,911 because his heart wasn't in it. 344 00:14:30,953 --> 00:14:33,163 And that was John Belushi 101, you know? 345 00:14:33,205 --> 00:14:36,375 You don't do something that you don't believe in. 346 00:14:37,877 --> 00:14:39,211 [John] Dear Judy, 347 00:14:39,253 --> 00:14:42,464 I guess I'm going through what they call an identity crisis. 348 00:14:42,506 --> 00:14:46,051 You know, "Who am I? Who do I want to be?" 349 00:14:46,093 --> 00:14:49,388 Any way you look at it, we're gonna suffer in life. 350 00:14:49,430 --> 00:14:50,514 The only thing we can do 351 00:14:50,556 --> 00:14:53,058 is choose which way we will suffer. 352 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:55,144 Sure, I've got big plans for us, 353 00:14:55,185 --> 00:14:58,522 but what if I fall on my face and we're miserable? 354 00:14:58,564 --> 00:15:00,524 Being a basically happy person 355 00:15:00,566 --> 00:15:02,943 prone to occasionally melancholy despair, 356 00:15:02,985 --> 00:15:05,321 I'm not sure of anything right now 357 00:15:05,362 --> 00:15:07,323 in this whole damn, fucked up world. 358 00:15:07,364 --> 00:15:10,743 The only thing I am sure of is that if it wasn't for you, 359 00:15:10,784 --> 00:15:12,661 I'd be a mental and physical wreck, 360 00:15:12,703 --> 00:15:14,413 and you're the most wonderful thing 361 00:15:14,455 --> 00:15:15,789 that's ever happened to me. 362 00:15:15,831 --> 00:15:20,085 I think you're the one person who really understands me. 363 00:15:20,127 --> 00:15:23,255 Love, John. 364 00:15:23,297 --> 00:15:26,425 The Stooges' "Down on the Street" 365 00:15:26,467 --> 00:15:29,011 heavy rock music 366 00:15:29,053 --> 00:15:30,429 [Judy] Within the following year, 367 00:15:30,471 --> 00:15:33,015 he went to college and had organized two friends of his, 368 00:15:33,057 --> 00:15:34,975 Tino Insana and Steve Beshekas, 369 00:15:35,017 --> 00:15:38,896 into a group that they called the West Compass Players. 370 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:41,440 Just like he pulled a band together earlier, 371 00:15:41,482 --> 00:15:44,234 it was, "Let's make an improv group." 372 00:15:45,486 --> 00:15:47,696 [Tino] John was the most serious actor, 373 00:15:47,738 --> 00:15:48,906 even in those days. 374 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:52,242 And he would continually study improvising and comedy, 375 00:15:52,284 --> 00:15:54,411 and he read three newspapers a day-- 376 00:15:54,453 --> 00:15:57,581 and a real political satirist. 377 00:15:57,623 --> 00:16:00,876 We would go to the coffeehouse and hang out and rehearse. 378 00:16:00,918 --> 00:16:02,378 [John] Okay, buster, on your feet! 379 00:16:02,419 --> 00:16:05,422 [Tino] And those sketches were about cops beating up hippies. 380 00:16:05,464 --> 00:16:08,300 Everything was about hippies. 381 00:16:08,342 --> 00:16:09,551 [Tanner] Were you with him 382 00:16:09,593 --> 00:16:11,637 when he went down to protest at the convention? 383 00:16:11,679 --> 00:16:12,638 [Tino] Oh, yes, I was there. 384 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:13,889 It was Judy and John and I, 385 00:16:13,931 --> 00:16:16,058 went down there, and we were ten feet away 386 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:19,478 from the incident that started the riot. 387 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:23,440 We were so much a part of the counterculture. 388 00:16:23,482 --> 00:16:25,693 We were the '60s. 389 00:16:25,734 --> 00:16:27,444 [protesters clamoring] 390 00:16:27,486 --> 00:16:29,989 [Judy] John was very much opposed to the war. 391 00:16:30,030 --> 00:16:31,740 He became quite radical. 392 00:16:31,782 --> 00:16:34,618 So there was a lot of politics in his improv, 393 00:16:34,660 --> 00:16:37,162 and he was having a lot of fun. 394 00:16:37,204 --> 00:16:39,540 Of course, John still had the Second City, 395 00:16:39,581 --> 00:16:41,792 that hallowed institution of comedy, 396 00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:44,169 as what he wanted to do, and it turned out 397 00:16:44,211 --> 00:16:46,338 that they had heard about the West Compass Players. 398 00:16:46,380 --> 00:16:47,506 And they called and said, 399 00:16:47,548 --> 00:16:48,882 "Why don't you come in and audition?" 400 00:16:48,924 --> 00:16:52,344 - [emcee] John Belushi! - [laughter] 401 00:16:54,096 --> 00:16:56,932 [Judy] They invited him to join the main stage cast. 402 00:16:56,974 --> 00:16:59,893 It's first time ever anybody was put on the main stage 403 00:16:59,935 --> 00:17:02,771 who hadn't been in the touring company. 404 00:17:02,813 --> 00:17:04,523 [Fisher] My biggest recollection 405 00:17:04,565 --> 00:17:09,153 was his amazing magnetism with the audience. 406 00:17:09,194 --> 00:17:10,779 [Jim Belushi] He changed Second City, 407 00:17:10,821 --> 00:17:13,073 'cause all they used to talk about was philosophy 408 00:17:13,115 --> 00:17:14,867 and intellectual concepts. 409 00:17:14,908 --> 00:17:16,201 And John would come in there 410 00:17:16,243 --> 00:17:18,037 and play this hippie off the street 411 00:17:18,078 --> 00:17:21,081 who's lost his memory from smoking too much pot, 412 00:17:21,123 --> 00:17:23,876 and the audience would go nuts. 413 00:17:23,917 --> 00:17:26,211 [Harold] He became our strongman. 414 00:17:26,253 --> 00:17:28,380 And instead of stealing every scene, 415 00:17:28,422 --> 00:17:30,090 he knew how to save any scene. 416 00:17:30,132 --> 00:17:32,926 Literally, he'd walk onstage, and people would laugh. 417 00:17:32,968 --> 00:17:37,014 - [emcee] Mr. Truman Capote. - [applause] 418 00:17:37,056 --> 00:17:40,059 [laughter] 419 00:17:43,312 --> 00:17:46,315 [Fisher] And his driving ambition was the other one. 420 00:17:46,356 --> 00:17:48,776 He wanted to succeed. 421 00:17:48,817 --> 00:17:51,737 I remember him carrying his reviews around in his pockets. 422 00:17:51,779 --> 00:17:54,907 We went to the local TV station to do a show, 423 00:17:54,948 --> 00:17:56,533 and I remember seeing John... [chuckles] 424 00:17:56,575 --> 00:17:59,620 "I'm John Belushi, and here's what they say about me." 425 00:17:59,661 --> 00:18:03,457 I mean, geez, who carries his reviews? 426 00:18:03,499 --> 00:18:06,293 [Harold] Before John came, I was the long-haired guy. 427 00:18:06,335 --> 00:18:09,630 I was the hippie, the freak, the radical, whatever, 428 00:18:09,671 --> 00:18:12,382 but he was genuinely all those things. 429 00:18:12,424 --> 00:18:14,134 And it's kind of like what was happening 430 00:18:14,176 --> 00:18:15,928 with the whole generation, you know? 431 00:18:15,969 --> 00:18:17,721 He kind of shattered the limits 432 00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:21,016 and brought rock and roll to the show. 433 00:18:21,058 --> 00:18:22,893 [Jim Belushi] He said to me one time, 434 00:18:22,935 --> 00:18:25,813 "You got to go onstage like a bull in a bullring, 435 00:18:25,854 --> 00:18:29,274 with that much energy and that much physicality. 436 00:18:29,316 --> 00:18:32,069 Just jump out there and do it." 437 00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:33,737 [Harold] We really felt that we were 438 00:18:33,779 --> 00:18:36,115 in the presence of genius. 439 00:18:36,156 --> 00:18:38,659 John would've done anything for a laugh, 440 00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:42,246 and, you know, that carried over into everything else. 441 00:18:42,287 --> 00:18:45,749 I mean, he was heroic in his consumption, you know? 442 00:18:45,791 --> 00:18:48,293 And I both admired it and feared it 443 00:18:48,335 --> 00:18:51,630 and realized that it would take John really far, 444 00:18:51,672 --> 00:18:54,466 but there was something safer and more comfortable 445 00:18:54,508 --> 00:18:55,717 about being me 446 00:18:55,759 --> 00:18:57,761 than there was about being him. 447 00:18:57,803 --> 00:18:59,138 discordant violin notes 448 00:18:59,179 --> 00:19:01,473 [John] You don't have a cigarette on you, do you? 449 00:19:01,515 --> 00:19:04,768 - [interviewer] Yeah. - [John] Ah, thanks. 450 00:19:04,810 --> 00:19:06,854 Did you grow up in Chicago? 451 00:19:06,895 --> 00:19:07,938 Yes. 452 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,482 - Are you Italian? - No, I'm not. 453 00:19:10,524 --> 00:19:12,609 - What are you? - I'm Albanian. 454 00:19:12,651 --> 00:19:13,777 Oh, really? 455 00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:15,654 Who was the little guy in Abbott and Costello? 456 00:19:15,696 --> 00:19:17,739 Was that-- that was Costello. 457 00:19:17,781 --> 00:19:19,449 Do people ever compare you to him? 458 00:19:19,491 --> 00:19:20,951 - [John] No. - [man] No? 459 00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:23,328 - What's your opinion of him? - I don't like him. 460 00:19:23,370 --> 00:19:24,872 - You don't? - No, I don't. 461 00:19:24,913 --> 00:19:25,664 No? Why? 462 00:19:25,706 --> 00:19:27,124 'Cause I don't think he's funny. 463 00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:29,710 Huh. How do you see yourself? 464 00:19:29,751 --> 00:19:34,423 I don't see myself as any type at all. 465 00:19:34,464 --> 00:19:37,467 I see myself as a new type, you know? 466 00:19:37,509 --> 00:19:39,219 I take each thing as it comes 467 00:19:39,261 --> 00:19:42,639 to try and bring whatever energy that I have, 468 00:19:42,681 --> 00:19:45,726 which makes it different than other performers. 469 00:19:45,767 --> 00:19:47,060 You know? 470 00:19:47,102 --> 00:19:49,521 I want to do things that are new. 471 00:19:49,563 --> 00:19:52,649 upbeat rock music 472 00:19:54,943 --> 00:19:57,196 [car horns honking] 473 00:19:58,906 --> 00:20:00,157 [reporter] National Lampoon 474 00:20:00,199 --> 00:20:01,742 has been called a MAD magazine for grown-ups. 475 00:20:01,783 --> 00:20:05,162 Its hallmark is a kind of anarchistic social satire. 476 00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:09,833 [Matty] We were the humor empire in the United States. 477 00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:12,461 And we were doing this play called Lemmings 478 00:20:12,502 --> 00:20:13,879 about a rock concert. 479 00:20:13,921 --> 00:20:17,966 I'd like to welcome you to the Woodchuck Memorial Festival 480 00:20:18,008 --> 00:20:20,594 - of peace, love, and death. - [laughter] 481 00:20:20,636 --> 00:20:22,804 [Judy] Lemmings was a parody of Woodstock. 482 00:20:22,846 --> 00:20:24,723 It was the "woodchuck" festival. 483 00:20:24,765 --> 00:20:25,974 Lemmings are little animals 484 00:20:26,016 --> 00:20:27,392 that, when they get overpopulated, 485 00:20:27,434 --> 00:20:29,394 they just run and jump over cliffs, 486 00:20:29,436 --> 00:20:31,146 and that was sort of the idea. 487 00:20:31,188 --> 00:20:32,689 One, two, two, one. 488 00:20:32,731 --> 00:20:33,774 [Judy] The target this time 489 00:20:33,815 --> 00:20:35,317 was the current counterculture, 490 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:37,569 which had its own gods and divas 491 00:20:37,611 --> 00:20:39,571 who had not really been made fun of, 492 00:20:39,613 --> 00:20:43,158 so taking shots, so to speak, at people like Joe Cocker, 493 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,495 Crosby, Stills & Nash, Dylan. 494 00:20:46,536 --> 00:20:49,206 [Matty] We already had Chris Guest and Chevy Chase, 495 00:20:49,248 --> 00:20:50,999 and then the director came to me and said, 496 00:20:51,041 --> 00:20:53,335 "We heard that there's this guy in Chicago 497 00:20:53,377 --> 00:20:56,505 with the Second City who is absolutely fantastic." 498 00:20:56,546 --> 00:20:59,925 So I said, "Well, get on a plane and grab him." 499 00:20:59,967 --> 00:21:02,719 - Hey! How you been, man? - Hey! Hey, hey, hey! 500 00:21:02,761 --> 00:21:03,804 [Ivan] In a crowd 501 00:21:03,845 --> 00:21:05,222 of extraordinarily talented people, 502 00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:07,975 he was the electrical force that held it all together 503 00:21:08,016 --> 00:21:09,685 and gave the show its focus. 504 00:21:09,726 --> 00:21:12,813 National Lampoon's "Lonely at the Bottom" 505 00:21:12,854 --> 00:21:16,024 band playing jazzy show tune 506 00:21:17,693 --> 00:21:21,113 Well, I'm standing here, singing my song 507 00:21:21,154 --> 00:21:24,783 There ain't nothing to do, and all my friends are gone 508 00:21:24,825 --> 00:21:28,245 I had sunshine and a country home 509 00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:31,331 I've been on the cover of Rolling Stone 510 00:21:31,373 --> 00:21:33,709 - But it's lonely - Yes, it's lonely 511 00:21:33,750 --> 00:21:35,335 [Chevy] He was clearly the star. 512 00:21:35,377 --> 00:21:39,172 He had a great command. He had confidence. 513 00:21:39,214 --> 00:21:42,384 And, you know, we all looked up to him that way. 514 00:21:42,426 --> 00:21:44,928 Yeah, now all my friends are gone 515 00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:46,513 Oh, yeah, who will help my friends? 516 00:21:46,555 --> 00:21:48,140 Oh, yeah, who will help my friends? 517 00:21:48,181 --> 00:21:50,100 Oh, yeah, who will help my friends? 518 00:21:50,142 --> 00:21:52,144 [grunts unintelligibly] 519 00:21:54,187 --> 00:21:57,649 [cheers and applause] 520 00:21:58,483 --> 00:22:01,486 [laughter] 521 00:22:01,528 --> 00:22:04,823 - [John] Uh-oh. - [laughter] 522 00:22:04,865 --> 00:22:05,949 [grunts] 523 00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:07,492 Hey! 524 00:22:07,534 --> 00:22:10,579 [laughter and applause] 525 00:22:16,835 --> 00:22:17,753 [spits] 526 00:22:17,794 --> 00:22:20,339 [laughter and applause] 527 00:22:20,380 --> 00:22:21,840 What a day. 528 00:22:21,882 --> 00:22:25,927 [grunts] I got to get up. 529 00:22:25,969 --> 00:22:29,222 [grunting] 530 00:22:34,061 --> 00:22:36,229 Whoa. 531 00:22:38,148 --> 00:22:39,566 [grunts] 532 00:22:41,151 --> 00:22:43,403 What 533 00:22:43,445 --> 00:22:44,905 Would you do 534 00:22:44,946 --> 00:22:48,784 If I sang out of tune 535 00:22:48,825 --> 00:22:50,827 Would you stand up 536 00:22:50,869 --> 00:22:54,081 - And walk out-- - [man] One, two, three! 537 00:22:54,122 --> 00:22:55,957 [John vocalizing] 538 00:22:55,999 --> 00:22:58,001 [Judy] Part of the appeal for Lemmings was definitely 539 00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:00,670 the fact that the role was to be a rock star. 540 00:23:00,712 --> 00:23:04,508 But that was also when cocaine was introduced. 541 00:23:04,549 --> 00:23:07,552 psychedelic rock music 542 00:23:08,845 --> 00:23:11,765 [Joe] You can't talk about John and not mention drugs 543 00:23:11,807 --> 00:23:14,476 because John did do a lot of drugs. 544 00:23:14,518 --> 00:23:16,311 But it was part of the culture, 545 00:23:16,353 --> 00:23:19,147 and everybody was actively saying 546 00:23:19,189 --> 00:23:21,900 that drugs enhance your artistic vision. 547 00:23:21,942 --> 00:23:25,320 And it was even encouraged to a certain extent. 548 00:23:25,362 --> 00:23:27,781 But, I mean, it didn't affect his performance 549 00:23:27,823 --> 00:23:28,949 or anything like that. 550 00:23:28,990 --> 00:23:31,326 God, this is the biggest quaalude I've ever seen. 551 00:23:31,368 --> 00:23:32,494 [splutters] 552 00:23:32,536 --> 00:23:35,455 [Sean] Onstage, he was dangerous. 553 00:23:35,497 --> 00:23:38,083 He gave the impression that anything could happen, 554 00:23:38,125 --> 00:23:41,711 so you were engaged by this raw id. 555 00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:45,132 And it was vulnerable, the way an id is. 556 00:23:45,173 --> 00:23:47,384 There's nothing protecting it. 557 00:23:47,426 --> 00:23:49,761 It must've hurt a lot. 558 00:23:49,803 --> 00:23:52,431 [Eugenie] In a way, John was more fragile 559 00:23:52,472 --> 00:23:55,517 than those of us who appeared more fragile. 560 00:23:55,559 --> 00:23:57,602 [reporter] The biggest White House scandal 561 00:23:57,644 --> 00:23:59,980 in a century broke wide open today. 562 00:24:00,021 --> 00:24:01,690 [Sean] As the show was running, 563 00:24:01,731 --> 00:24:04,234 during the day was the Watergate thing. 564 00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:07,529 What did the president know, and when did he know it? 565 00:24:07,571 --> 00:24:09,406 All right, you. Cool it. 566 00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:10,657 [Sean] So at night, 567 00:24:10,699 --> 00:24:13,493 we would do a version of the Watergate hearings. 568 00:24:13,535 --> 00:24:14,536 [nerdy voice] You know what? 569 00:24:14,578 --> 00:24:15,787 Please be quiet. Please. 570 00:24:15,829 --> 00:24:17,956 [Sean] It was called "Mission: Impeachable." 571 00:24:17,998 --> 00:24:21,209 All right, I would like to introduce at this time 572 00:24:21,251 --> 00:24:24,171 President Richard Milhous Nixon. 573 00:24:29,050 --> 00:24:33,013 [laughter and applause] 574 00:24:37,225 --> 00:24:38,727 [John] This is another exciting chapter 575 00:24:38,768 --> 00:24:42,689 in the true-life drama of John the Judy-lover. 576 00:24:42,731 --> 00:24:46,443 I got my woman, and that's all I need. 577 00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:48,653 [Judy] When I started working at the Lampoon 578 00:24:48,695 --> 00:24:50,030 in the art department, 579 00:24:50,071 --> 00:24:51,740 Michael O'Donoghue was doing a book 580 00:24:51,781 --> 00:24:53,783 called the Encyclopedia of Humor. 581 00:24:53,825 --> 00:24:56,077 So we became friendly. 582 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:59,873 And then Michael started National Lampoon Radio Hour. 583 00:24:59,915 --> 00:25:01,917 I had suggested John for the show, 584 00:25:01,958 --> 00:25:05,170 and, slowly, because he came to trust me, 585 00:25:05,212 --> 00:25:07,047 he said, "Okay, let's bring him in." 586 00:25:07,088 --> 00:25:08,882 [John] Good evening. This is John Belushi. 587 00:25:08,924 --> 00:25:11,218 And this is the National Lampoon Radio Hour. 588 00:25:11,259 --> 00:25:13,428 [actor as Nixon] You idiot! Now move! 589 00:25:13,470 --> 00:25:15,430 - [grunts] - [thump] 590 00:25:15,472 --> 00:25:16,681 [John] He's dead. 591 00:25:16,723 --> 00:25:18,975 You killed Ziegler when you pushed him, Mr. President. 592 00:25:19,017 --> 00:25:20,393 [actor as Nixon] I didn't push him. 593 00:25:20,435 --> 00:25:21,686 Mitchell pushed him. 594 00:25:21,728 --> 00:25:23,772 Don't blame me for everything that goes on around here. 595 00:25:23,813 --> 00:25:25,398 [John as Brando] I could've been an anal retentive instead 596 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,359 of a thumb-sucker, which is what I am. 597 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:28,610 Let's face it, Charley. 598 00:25:28,652 --> 00:25:29,986 [Belzer as Steiger] Here, kid, you better take this. 599 00:25:30,028 --> 00:25:31,112 You're going to need it; I don't have time 600 00:25:31,154 --> 00:25:32,239 to fool around with you. 601 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,574 I just dropped a big load in my pants! 602 00:25:34,616 --> 00:25:37,202 [Bob] Anybody who he thought was talented 603 00:25:37,244 --> 00:25:39,538 he would basically want to have work with him. 604 00:25:39,579 --> 00:25:42,123 And John was responsible for bringing everybody 605 00:25:42,165 --> 00:25:45,085 that he knew from Second City into the Radio Hour. 606 00:25:45,126 --> 00:25:47,295 He brought Gilda down, 607 00:25:47,337 --> 00:25:49,839 Bill Murray, Harold Ramis. 608 00:25:49,881 --> 00:25:53,927 And then Michael O'Donoghue ended up splitting 609 00:25:53,969 --> 00:25:55,929 from the National Lampoon. 610 00:25:55,971 --> 00:25:58,723 So we needed another director, 611 00:25:58,765 --> 00:26:00,892 and the obvious choice was John. 612 00:26:00,934 --> 00:26:04,854 You are listening to the National Lampoon Radio Hour. 613 00:26:04,896 --> 00:26:06,106 [overlapping chatter] 614 00:26:06,147 --> 00:26:08,316 [Harold] Hey, you guys! Come in for a second! 615 00:26:08,358 --> 00:26:11,570 Get out of that shower and stop horsing around over there! 616 00:26:11,611 --> 00:26:15,198 Stop snapping those towels. I got something to say. 617 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,826 John always was the anchor for everything, 618 00:26:17,867 --> 00:26:19,035 even socially. 619 00:26:19,077 --> 00:26:20,662 He and Judy would have the Thanksgiving dinners, 620 00:26:20,704 --> 00:26:23,331 and it was his house that you'd go to to hang out. 621 00:26:23,373 --> 00:26:25,292 They were already like a married couple 622 00:26:25,333 --> 00:26:26,751 when they were so young. 623 00:26:26,793 --> 00:26:28,962 And she was always by his side 624 00:26:29,004 --> 00:26:33,258 and just as funny and dark and crazy as everyone else. 625 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:34,509 [Paul] I'll tell you, 626 00:26:34,551 --> 00:26:37,095 Judy was a great steadying influence on John. 627 00:26:37,137 --> 00:26:39,931 People knew that he was gonna become a star. 628 00:26:39,973 --> 00:26:41,016 And he knew it. 629 00:26:41,057 --> 00:26:42,601 But Judy, she always kind of 630 00:26:42,642 --> 00:26:44,227 brought him back down to Earth, 631 00:26:44,269 --> 00:26:47,063 'cause as talented and wild and impulsive as he was, 632 00:26:47,105 --> 00:26:50,275 whenever some sort of order was imposed on him, 633 00:26:50,317 --> 00:26:52,944 either self-imposed or otherwise, 634 00:26:52,986 --> 00:26:55,655 it had a good effect on him. 635 00:26:55,697 --> 00:26:58,617 Don't want to discuss it 636 00:26:58,658 --> 00:27:01,870 Think it's time for a change 637 00:27:01,911 --> 00:27:04,831 You may get disgusted 638 00:27:04,873 --> 00:27:08,001 Start thinking that I'm strange 639 00:27:08,043 --> 00:27:11,296 That case I'll go underground 640 00:27:11,338 --> 00:27:14,758 Get some solid rest 641 00:27:14,799 --> 00:27:16,551 Never have to worry 642 00:27:16,593 --> 00:27:20,013 About who's got what and what is best 643 00:27:20,055 --> 00:27:24,184 I said oh, oh, Domino 644 00:27:24,225 --> 00:27:25,977 Roll me over, Romeo 645 00:27:26,019 --> 00:27:28,229 Time for a change 646 00:27:28,271 --> 00:27:29,439 All right 647 00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:30,940 [Aykroyd] I met him in Toronto. 648 00:27:30,982 --> 00:27:34,402 He came up to grab people for his radio endeavors, 649 00:27:34,444 --> 00:27:37,864 but I couldn't do it 'cause I had a TV show in Canada. 650 00:27:37,906 --> 00:27:39,949 [Bob] One of the greatest things John found 651 00:27:39,991 --> 00:27:41,743 was a friendship in Danny. 652 00:27:41,785 --> 00:27:42,911 [Tanner] Mm-hmm. 653 00:27:42,952 --> 00:27:45,288 [Bob] You know, Danny and John were really, 654 00:27:45,330 --> 00:27:46,706 I mean, amazingly tight. 655 00:27:46,748 --> 00:27:49,084 [Aykroyd] We fell in love the moment we met 656 00:27:49,125 --> 00:27:50,669 'cause he was just one of those characters 657 00:27:50,710 --> 00:27:53,213 that walked into a room and high wattage from day one. 658 00:27:53,254 --> 00:27:56,341 And, you know, we saw the worth in each other right away 659 00:27:56,383 --> 00:27:58,426 for a really enduring friendship. 660 00:27:58,468 --> 00:27:59,928 [Harold] You know, the great thing was 661 00:27:59,969 --> 00:28:01,888 everyone liked everyone else. 662 00:28:01,930 --> 00:28:02,972 I mean, no one was getting rich, 663 00:28:03,014 --> 00:28:04,808 but we did not have to hustle. 664 00:28:04,849 --> 00:28:06,768 No one had to take second jobs. 665 00:28:06,810 --> 00:28:08,228 And I think we all started feeling, 666 00:28:08,269 --> 00:28:11,398 "Hey, maybe we are as good as we hope we are." 667 00:28:12,982 --> 00:28:16,027 [Gilda] Hi, I'm your host-person, Gilda Radner, 668 00:28:16,069 --> 00:28:17,654 and tonight I'm gonna read you 669 00:28:17,696 --> 00:28:20,532 the people who contributed to this week's show. 670 00:28:20,573 --> 00:28:21,616 John Belushi, 671 00:28:21,658 --> 00:28:24,285 Chevy Chase, Brian Doyle-Murray, 672 00:28:24,327 --> 00:28:26,496 Chris Guest, Doug Kenney, 673 00:28:26,538 --> 00:28:28,248 Bill Murray, Joe Flaherty, 674 00:28:28,289 --> 00:28:29,374 Harold Ramis, Ed-- 675 00:28:29,416 --> 00:28:31,126 - [John] It's Ray-mis. - [Gilda] What? 676 00:28:31,167 --> 00:28:32,252 [John] Ray-mis, not Rah-mus. 677 00:28:32,293 --> 00:28:33,461 [Gilda] You want to spell it? 678 00:28:33,503 --> 00:28:34,587 [John] R-A-M-I-S. Ramis. 679 00:28:34,629 --> 00:28:35,797 [Gilda] And how do you pronounce that? 680 00:28:35,839 --> 00:28:37,048 [John] Pronounce it Ray-mus. 681 00:28:37,090 --> 00:28:38,675 [Gilda] Do you say, "Will you slum the door?" 682 00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:40,969 [John] Will you just read the credits right, Gilda? 683 00:28:41,010 --> 00:28:43,471 [Aykroyd] And there you have the essential struts, pillars, 684 00:28:43,513 --> 00:28:46,141 and crutches of the American comedy industry 685 00:28:46,182 --> 00:28:47,434 as we have it today, 686 00:28:47,475 --> 00:28:49,352 and John was, like, one of these cohesive forces 687 00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:51,396 bringing it all together, you know? 688 00:28:51,438 --> 00:28:53,857 low, ambient ringing 689 00:28:53,898 --> 00:28:56,985 [Lorne] I'd seen John in his show with Gilda 690 00:28:57,026 --> 00:28:59,904 and Billy Murray and Harold Ramis. 691 00:28:59,946 --> 00:29:02,031 You know, I thought he was interesting, 692 00:29:02,073 --> 00:29:04,284 but I wasn't knocked out. 693 00:29:04,325 --> 00:29:06,035 [car horns blaring] 694 00:29:06,077 --> 00:29:07,787 dramatic music 695 00:29:07,829 --> 00:29:10,206 There was a young executive named Dick Ebersol 696 00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:13,585 who came over to NBC to be the new director of Late Night. 697 00:29:13,626 --> 00:29:16,171 He and I had a bunch of meetings. 698 00:29:16,212 --> 00:29:17,672 I just sort of added up 699 00:29:17,714 --> 00:29:19,174 everything I was interested in, 700 00:29:19,215 --> 00:29:22,218 which was comedy and music and politics and films, 701 00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:23,845 and threw it all together, 702 00:29:23,887 --> 00:29:26,890 and I sort of at the beginning had the ingredients. 703 00:29:26,931 --> 00:29:29,142 I didn't quite have the recipe. 704 00:29:29,184 --> 00:29:30,435 [crew member] Okay, rework. 705 00:29:30,477 --> 00:29:31,811 [Matty] I mean, Saturday Night Live 706 00:29:31,853 --> 00:29:35,315 was the same format as the National Lampoon Radio Show. 707 00:29:35,356 --> 00:29:36,608 And most of the actors came 708 00:29:36,649 --> 00:29:37,942 from one of the Lampoon shows 709 00:29:37,984 --> 00:29:40,987 and a number of the writers and what have you. 710 00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:43,823 Lorne, of course, denies it. 711 00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:47,076 [Lorne] Both Michael O'Donoghue and Chevy 712 00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:51,706 wanted me to meet with John, and they were big fans. 713 00:29:51,748 --> 00:29:53,291 But at our first meeting, 714 00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:55,627 he said that he didn't do television. 715 00:29:55,668 --> 00:29:59,130 You know, like I'm supposed to convince him to do it. 716 00:29:59,172 --> 00:30:02,217 And I thought, "Oh, it's trouble. 717 00:30:02,258 --> 00:30:03,760 He's trouble." 718 00:30:03,802 --> 00:30:06,012 Because I was looking for, you know, 719 00:30:06,054 --> 00:30:07,847 a group of people who saw this 720 00:30:07,889 --> 00:30:10,141 as the opportunity that I saw it as, 721 00:30:10,183 --> 00:30:13,102 which was a sort of cultural upheaval, 722 00:30:13,144 --> 00:30:17,816 and the enemy, to me, was ambivalence. 723 00:30:17,857 --> 00:30:20,193 [Judy] He went in with his attitude 724 00:30:20,235 --> 00:30:22,946 and told him immediately that he hated television 725 00:30:22,987 --> 00:30:25,281 and his television had spit all over it. 726 00:30:25,323 --> 00:30:28,827 He pretty much turned Lorne's conviction true, 727 00:30:28,868 --> 00:30:32,080 that he thought John would be not the right mix. 728 00:30:32,121 --> 00:30:33,498 [chuckles] 729 00:30:33,540 --> 00:30:38,002 [Rosie] Lorne didn't like to have his authority challenged, 730 00:30:38,044 --> 00:30:40,255 and Belushi's macho flexing 731 00:30:40,296 --> 00:30:43,716 was not something that Lorne was gonna warm to, you know? 732 00:30:43,758 --> 00:30:44,759 [Tanner] Right. 733 00:30:44,801 --> 00:30:46,344 [Rosie] He didn't like power plays. 734 00:30:46,386 --> 00:30:48,054 We were the last two to get hired for that show... 735 00:30:48,096 --> 00:30:49,639 - [unintelligible] - Because they weren't sure-- 736 00:30:49,681 --> 00:30:51,683 - We were too much. - We had reputations of-- 737 00:30:51,724 --> 00:30:54,519 I had what you call a bad attitude, you know? 738 00:30:54,561 --> 00:30:56,980 "How about TV?" I was kind of a punk. 739 00:30:57,021 --> 00:31:00,483 You know, I said, "I'll let you have me on your show." 740 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:03,570 I was real--the worst way to try and get a job. 741 00:31:03,611 --> 00:31:05,405 Lorne Michaels was not nuts about me. 742 00:31:05,446 --> 00:31:08,449 So when I went in to audition for Saturday Night, 743 00:31:08,491 --> 00:31:10,368 he said, "What are you gonna do?" 744 00:31:10,410 --> 00:31:12,245 Turned around and went... [shouting] 745 00:31:12,287 --> 00:31:15,248 dramatic music 746 00:31:16,499 --> 00:31:18,501 Just before I was on the Saturday Night show, 747 00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:20,378 there was a station in New York 748 00:31:20,420 --> 00:31:22,672 showing a samurai movie. 749 00:31:22,714 --> 00:31:24,924 It was Toshirô Mifune. 750 00:31:24,966 --> 00:31:27,886 - [samurai speaking Japanese] - Oh, my God. 751 00:31:27,927 --> 00:31:29,262 Couldn't believe it. 752 00:31:29,304 --> 00:31:31,180 The sword fighting was fabulous, 753 00:31:31,222 --> 00:31:32,515 and I was fascinated. 754 00:31:32,557 --> 00:31:34,726 So I just got doing it around the house. 755 00:31:34,767 --> 00:31:35,768 [shouting in Japanese] 756 00:31:35,810 --> 00:31:37,228 Like, I would take this broomstick 757 00:31:37,270 --> 00:31:39,480 that we had in the house and I'd stick it in my belt, 758 00:31:39,522 --> 00:31:41,733 and I'd... [imitating Japanese] 759 00:31:41,774 --> 00:31:42,734 [battle cry] 760 00:31:42,775 --> 00:31:43,985 I'd go up to my cats, you know, 761 00:31:44,027 --> 00:31:45,361 with a sword and go... [imitates Japanese] 762 00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:46,696 [bellows] 763 00:31:46,738 --> 00:31:48,156 - [glass shatters] - [cat screeches] 764 00:31:48,197 --> 00:31:49,866 [Aykroyd] They loved it, they loved it. 765 00:31:49,908 --> 00:31:52,911 dramatic music 766 00:31:55,663 --> 00:31:58,750 [crew member] Can you hear me up there? 767 00:31:58,791 --> 00:32:00,668 [Anne] Pick an adjective. 768 00:32:00,710 --> 00:32:02,754 It was great; it was horrible; 769 00:32:02,795 --> 00:32:05,506 it was fascinating; it was exhausting; 770 00:32:05,548 --> 00:32:06,841 it was exhilarating; 771 00:32:06,883 --> 00:32:09,510 and that was before the show had launched. 772 00:32:09,552 --> 00:32:10,595 [Aykroyd] Well, it was like 773 00:32:10,637 --> 00:32:12,597 being in a college dorm, you know? 774 00:32:12,639 --> 00:32:15,099 We had beers and smoked the herb. 775 00:32:15,141 --> 00:32:18,645 [Rosie] Well, you just smelled it in the air, and you knew. 776 00:32:18,686 --> 00:32:21,940 And there was definitely cocaine around. 777 00:32:21,981 --> 00:32:24,609 [Tom] Walked past Lorne's office late one night, 778 00:32:24,651 --> 00:32:25,777 and there's Belushi, 779 00:32:25,818 --> 00:32:27,779 was snorting coke off of Lorne's desk. 780 00:32:27,820 --> 00:32:30,406 You know, Lorne was long gone by that time. 781 00:32:30,448 --> 00:32:31,991 [Anne] I remember John and Lorne 782 00:32:32,033 --> 00:32:35,161 getting into some kind of fight and Lorne firing him. 783 00:32:35,203 --> 00:32:37,246 [Tanner] Anne Beatts said that you fired John 784 00:32:37,288 --> 00:32:39,457 just before the start of the show; is that-- 785 00:32:39,499 --> 00:32:42,293 [Lorne] God, it makes perfect sense that I would have. 786 00:32:42,335 --> 00:32:43,628 [Anne] I was like, "No, no, no, 787 00:32:43,670 --> 00:32:45,213 we have to put this back together." 788 00:32:45,254 --> 00:32:48,967 And I went and found him in some divey bar on 48th Street. 789 00:32:49,008 --> 00:32:50,969 Said, "Go back and apologize." 790 00:32:51,010 --> 00:32:53,763 And Lorne, of course, you know, did take him back. 791 00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:55,390 [Snyder] Beginning on October the 11th, 792 00:32:55,431 --> 00:32:58,226 Saturday Night premieres a whole new live venture. 793 00:32:58,267 --> 00:33:00,061 What should we look for on your program? 794 00:33:00,103 --> 00:33:02,355 - Anxiety. - [Snyder] Fear? 795 00:33:02,397 --> 00:33:04,732 Yeah. It's-- 796 00:33:04,774 --> 00:33:07,360 [Snyder] Will all of you be seen every week? 797 00:33:07,402 --> 00:33:08,528 Well, we've got eight, 798 00:33:08,569 --> 00:33:11,572 and we're hoping for two to really work. 799 00:33:11,614 --> 00:33:15,034 I mean, so not all of these people will become stars. 800 00:33:15,076 --> 00:33:17,120 [chuckling] 801 00:33:17,161 --> 00:33:19,455 [crew member] Quiet, please. 802 00:33:19,497 --> 00:33:21,874 [Anne] And then, despite Lorne's misgivings, 803 00:33:21,916 --> 00:33:23,668 John was in the opening 804 00:33:23,710 --> 00:33:26,462 of the first Saturday Night Live ever. 805 00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:28,548 Let's begin. 806 00:33:30,174 --> 00:33:31,759 Repeat after me. 807 00:33:31,801 --> 00:33:34,303 - I would like... - [John] I would like... 808 00:33:34,345 --> 00:33:35,763 [Michael] To feed your fingertips... 809 00:33:35,805 --> 00:33:36,931 To feed your fingertips... 810 00:33:36,973 --> 00:33:40,727 - [Michael] To the wolverines. - To the wolverines. 811 00:33:40,768 --> 00:33:44,313 - Next, I am afraid... - I am afraid... 812 00:33:44,355 --> 00:33:45,773 - [Michael] We are out... - We are out... 813 00:33:45,815 --> 00:33:47,316 - [Michael] Of badgers. - Of badgers. 814 00:33:47,358 --> 00:33:49,485 - [Michael] Would you accept... - Would you accept... 815 00:33:49,527 --> 00:33:51,404 - [Michael] A wolverine... - A wolverine... 816 00:33:51,446 --> 00:33:54,657 - [Michael] In its place? - In its place? 817 00:33:54,699 --> 00:33:59,370 - Next: "Hey," Ned exclaimed. - "Hey," Ned exclaimed. 818 00:33:59,412 --> 00:34:01,247 - [Michael] "Let's boil"... - "Let's boil"... 819 00:34:01,289 --> 00:34:05,334 - [Michael] "The wolverine." - "The wolverine." 820 00:34:05,376 --> 00:34:06,377 Next... 821 00:34:06,419 --> 00:34:08,421 [gasps] 822 00:34:13,092 --> 00:34:14,594 [gasps] 823 00:34:14,635 --> 00:34:17,930 [laughter and applause] 824 00:34:20,475 --> 00:34:22,602 [inaudible speech] 825 00:34:22,643 --> 00:34:26,522 Live from New York, it's Saturday Night! 826 00:34:26,564 --> 00:34:29,609 [Anne] I mean, it wasn't, like, an instant megahit, 827 00:34:29,650 --> 00:34:32,528 but it did build to that relatively quickly. 828 00:34:32,570 --> 00:34:35,823 They became a new group of cultural icons. 829 00:34:35,865 --> 00:34:38,242 The editorial was about Jewry, not jewelry. 830 00:34:38,284 --> 00:34:41,245 Ooh, well, that's very important. 831 00:34:41,287 --> 00:34:42,371 Yes. 832 00:34:42,413 --> 00:34:44,332 - Never mind. - [laughter] 833 00:34:44,373 --> 00:34:46,167 [Bernie] It was very, very popular 834 00:34:46,209 --> 00:34:47,710 because of its attitude. 835 00:34:47,752 --> 00:34:52,090 Honey, did you send for interior demolitionists? 836 00:34:52,131 --> 00:34:54,550 [Bernie] It was expressing the rebellion 837 00:34:54,592 --> 00:34:57,970 that the ordinary person was feeling. 838 00:34:58,012 --> 00:34:59,806 [Rosie] We were children of the '60s. 839 00:34:59,847 --> 00:35:02,558 We'd come out of free love and sex, drugs, rock and roll, 840 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,977 but also out of civil rights and feminism, 841 00:35:05,019 --> 00:35:08,940 and there was nothing on the airwaves that fed back to us 842 00:35:08,981 --> 00:35:10,358 the culture we were living. 843 00:35:10,399 --> 00:35:14,112 It's just a word association. Colored? 844 00:35:14,153 --> 00:35:16,614 - Redneck. - [laughter] 845 00:35:16,656 --> 00:35:19,325 - Burrhead. - Cracker! 846 00:35:19,367 --> 00:35:21,244 [laughter] 847 00:35:21,285 --> 00:35:22,829 New Shimmer is a floor wax. 848 00:35:22,870 --> 00:35:25,331 No, New Shimmer is a dessert topping. 849 00:35:25,373 --> 00:35:28,751 - It's a floor wax. - It's a dessert topping. 850 00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:30,795 It's a floor wax, I'm telling you. 851 00:35:30,837 --> 00:35:32,588 It's a dessert topping, you cow! 852 00:35:32,630 --> 00:35:35,133 Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Calm down, you two. 853 00:35:35,174 --> 00:35:39,178 New Shimmer's a floor wax and a dessert topping. 854 00:35:39,220 --> 00:35:41,305 - Mr. Bee? - Yes? 855 00:35:41,347 --> 00:35:43,933 Congratulations, it's a worker. 856 00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:45,143 It's a worker? 857 00:35:45,184 --> 00:35:47,603 [Judy] In the very first days of Saturday Night, 858 00:35:47,645 --> 00:35:49,689 all John did was be a bee, 859 00:35:49,730 --> 00:35:52,108 which he didn't like doing. 860 00:35:52,150 --> 00:35:54,360 There were roles he thought he could do better 861 00:35:54,402 --> 00:35:55,820 that someone else would get. 862 00:35:55,862 --> 00:35:57,530 He didn't think he had a voice to express that 863 00:35:57,572 --> 00:36:00,867 or be taken seriously 'cause Lorne made the choices. 864 00:36:00,908 --> 00:36:04,078 Do you think we like this? 865 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:06,789 - No. - [laughter] 866 00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:08,749 But we don't have any choice. 867 00:36:08,791 --> 00:36:10,376 [Judy] We'd walk down the street, 868 00:36:10,418 --> 00:36:11,752 and someone would hang out their car 869 00:36:11,794 --> 00:36:13,671 and point at John and go, "Hey, Mr. Bee!" 870 00:36:13,713 --> 00:36:15,256 It was not what he had dreamed 871 00:36:15,298 --> 00:36:17,800 his life in television would be. 872 00:36:17,842 --> 00:36:18,801 Meanwhile... 873 00:36:18,843 --> 00:36:19,886 [announcer] And now 874 00:36:19,927 --> 00:36:22,471 Weekend Update with Chevy Chase. 875 00:36:22,513 --> 00:36:24,932 I love it when you make noise. 876 00:36:24,974 --> 00:36:26,392 [laughter] 877 00:36:26,434 --> 00:36:29,478 Remember when-- I got to go, hon. 878 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:30,521 Good evening. 879 00:36:30,563 --> 00:36:32,356 I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not. 880 00:36:32,398 --> 00:36:33,816 [laughter] 881 00:36:33,858 --> 00:36:36,777 [Judy] Chevy had his "I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not," 882 00:36:36,819 --> 00:36:39,238 so he was getting pretty famous. 883 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,532 Don't move. There's a bee on your hand. 884 00:36:41,574 --> 00:36:44,911 [Candice] From the first show to the one I did, 885 00:36:44,952 --> 00:36:46,204 which was the fourth show, 886 00:36:46,245 --> 00:36:48,122 "I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not" 887 00:36:48,164 --> 00:36:50,958 became part of the pop culture. 888 00:36:56,339 --> 00:37:00,426 Live from New York, it's Saturday Night! 889 00:37:00,468 --> 00:37:02,220 [Judy] It was the Chevy Chase show. 890 00:37:02,261 --> 00:37:05,890 Chevy, Chevy, I love when you fall down 891 00:37:05,932 --> 00:37:08,809 It's Saturday Night on my TV 892 00:37:08,851 --> 00:37:13,814 Oh, but Chevy, every time you take that fall 893 00:37:13,856 --> 00:37:16,859 I wish that you were falling 894 00:37:16,901 --> 00:37:19,612 Falling for me 895 00:37:19,654 --> 00:37:20,905 Good evening. 896 00:37:20,947 --> 00:37:23,115 I'm God, and here's the news. 897 00:37:23,157 --> 00:37:24,492 [applause] 898 00:37:24,533 --> 00:37:27,286 [Judy] When Chevy, you know, did take off very quickly 899 00:37:27,328 --> 00:37:29,705 and John didn't, that was confusing to John 900 00:37:29,747 --> 00:37:30,998 and did cause some problems. 901 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:32,875 - You comfortable? - Oh, yeah. 902 00:37:32,917 --> 00:37:36,420 - Okay, good. - [laughter] 903 00:37:36,462 --> 00:37:39,173 [Penny] Oh, he'd go on his tirades and sulk. 904 00:37:39,215 --> 00:37:40,341 There was a lot of, 905 00:37:40,383 --> 00:37:42,385 "How come Chevy's in more stuff than I am?" 906 00:37:42,426 --> 00:37:43,594 That was after, at night. 907 00:37:43,636 --> 00:37:45,554 You know, he'd come over to your hotel 908 00:37:45,596 --> 00:37:48,891 and then start moping and ask if he wasn't "in" enough. 909 00:37:48,933 --> 00:37:51,102 [chuckles] And that he was talented, 910 00:37:51,143 --> 00:37:53,104 or wasn't he talented or what is it? 911 00:37:53,145 --> 00:37:55,648 "You are talented, just not, you know, 912 00:37:55,690 --> 00:37:57,900 doing what Chevy's doing at the moment." 913 00:37:57,942 --> 00:37:59,110 "Why not?" 914 00:37:59,151 --> 00:38:01,654 [Chevy] He did not throw himself into the group. 915 00:38:01,696 --> 00:38:04,907 He didn't come into the office a lot and discuss sketches. 916 00:38:04,949 --> 00:38:07,618 I spent most of my time in the office with Lorne. 917 00:38:07,660 --> 00:38:09,161 [Lorne] All the way up from Second City 918 00:38:09,203 --> 00:38:11,622 to National Lampoon, John had always been the ringleader. 919 00:38:11,664 --> 00:38:12,665 [Tanner] Yeah. 920 00:38:12,707 --> 00:38:14,417 [Lorne] He had been the top banana, 921 00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:17,670 and now it was all about Chevy all the time, 922 00:38:17,712 --> 00:38:20,381 and that was driving John crazy. 923 00:38:20,423 --> 00:38:23,676 Then with the samurai on Richard Pryor's show, 924 00:38:23,718 --> 00:38:25,594 that was sort of the breakthrough. 925 00:38:25,636 --> 00:38:27,138 [John shouts] 926 00:38:27,179 --> 00:38:28,973 [Lorne] John already had the character, 927 00:38:29,015 --> 00:38:30,725 and that came about because 928 00:38:30,766 --> 00:38:33,102 Richard did not want to come to the offices 929 00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:36,230 so I had John head over to his hotel room 930 00:38:36,272 --> 00:38:38,607 and work with him there, and Richard was like, 931 00:38:38,649 --> 00:38:40,568 "I got to do that. I can do that with him." 932 00:38:40,609 --> 00:38:43,738 - [imitating Japanese] - [imitating Japanese] 933 00:38:43,779 --> 00:38:47,825 [laughter and applause] 934 00:38:47,867 --> 00:38:51,329 - [imitating Japanese] - [imitating Japanese] 935 00:38:54,874 --> 00:38:58,252 Fellas, which one of you is gonna carry my bags upstairs? 936 00:38:58,294 --> 00:39:01,714 - [both shouting] - [laughter and applause] 937 00:39:01,756 --> 00:39:06,385 [both growling] 938 00:39:06,427 --> 00:39:08,304 [both shout] 939 00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:09,764 [laughter] 940 00:39:09,805 --> 00:39:11,098 [Mitch] Everybody, you know, 941 00:39:11,140 --> 00:39:12,641 New York Magazine and Rolling Stone and everybody 942 00:39:12,683 --> 00:39:15,603 was focusing on Chevy, but John, I don't know, 943 00:39:15,644 --> 00:39:17,730 his energy and the danger of him, 944 00:39:17,772 --> 00:39:20,524 the kind of excitement whenever he came on screen 945 00:39:20,566 --> 00:39:22,360 was jarring... 946 00:39:22,401 --> 00:39:24,653 and a comedy I hadn't seen before. 947 00:39:24,695 --> 00:39:27,990 - Ah-choo. - [laughter] 948 00:39:28,032 --> 00:39:31,285 [Judy] It was a very mixed year for John. 949 00:39:31,327 --> 00:39:33,287 It was a disappointment on a level 950 00:39:33,329 --> 00:39:36,707 that he wasn't able to have the voice he wanted, 951 00:39:36,749 --> 00:39:39,960 but there was a certain family sensibility for John, 952 00:39:40,002 --> 00:39:42,505 in that Danny was there, 953 00:39:42,546 --> 00:39:45,257 and it was a very strong... 954 00:39:45,299 --> 00:39:46,967 very strong friendship. 955 00:39:47,009 --> 00:39:48,344 [interviewer] I get the feeling that out of 956 00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:50,471 all the "not ready for primetime" players, 957 00:39:50,513 --> 00:39:52,139 you two are really close friends. 958 00:39:52,181 --> 00:39:54,517 [Aykroyd] Well, actually for the first year of the show, 959 00:39:54,558 --> 00:39:56,435 none of sure it was gonna go past seven shows, 960 00:39:56,477 --> 00:39:58,479 so I crashed at his house, you know? 961 00:39:58,521 --> 00:39:59,855 So we'd take trips. 962 00:39:59,897 --> 00:40:02,358 [John] Like, you know, Dan and I would get sick of the show, 963 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:03,734 and we'd get a driveaway car 964 00:40:03,776 --> 00:40:06,112 and just burn across the country in three days 965 00:40:06,153 --> 00:40:08,697 - with the CB radio. - [indistinct chatter] 966 00:40:08,739 --> 00:40:11,492 He'd drive like a madman and we'd talk about something. 967 00:40:11,534 --> 00:40:12,827 We'd play music, you know? 968 00:40:12,868 --> 00:40:14,412 [Aykroyd] He turned me on to the Allman Brothers 969 00:40:14,453 --> 00:40:16,705 and I turned him on to "Ride of the Valkyries." 970 00:40:16,747 --> 00:40:18,624 Wagner, you know, which he'd never heard. 971 00:40:18,666 --> 00:40:23,421 As we were sailing across the Nevada mountains, you know? 972 00:40:23,462 --> 00:40:26,257 Wagner's "Flight of the Valkyries" 973 00:40:26,298 --> 00:40:28,551 [overlapping chatter] 974 00:40:30,636 --> 00:40:32,930 [truck horn blasts] 975 00:40:34,014 --> 00:40:36,600 [Lorne] And then at the end of the first year, 976 00:40:36,642 --> 00:40:39,895 Chevy announced that he was leaving the show. 977 00:40:39,937 --> 00:40:43,107 [John] Hey, Mr. Chase. 978 00:40:43,149 --> 00:40:46,360 [both chuckling] 979 00:40:49,613 --> 00:40:51,449 [Lorne] And with Chevy gone, 980 00:40:51,490 --> 00:40:53,826 the thing John most hoped for, 981 00:40:53,868 --> 00:40:56,829 which was that he would be the alpha male, 982 00:40:56,871 --> 00:40:59,290 now had happened. 983 00:40:59,331 --> 00:41:02,126 Now he had what he said he wanted. 984 00:41:02,168 --> 00:41:05,296 Right now, NBC, 985 00:41:05,337 --> 00:41:07,798 one of the country's largest corporations, 986 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:10,968 - with billions in assets... - [laughter] 987 00:41:11,010 --> 00:41:12,970 Is waiting for me, 988 00:41:13,012 --> 00:41:15,473 a stupid, troublemaking punk actor 989 00:41:15,514 --> 00:41:18,309 from Wheaton, Illinois, to open the show. 990 00:41:18,350 --> 00:41:19,852 [Tanner] And everybody says, you know, 991 00:41:19,894 --> 00:41:21,187 John was, you know, the everyman, 992 00:41:21,228 --> 00:41:22,813 and that's why he connected with people. 993 00:41:22,855 --> 00:41:25,232 [Lorne] Well, John had that connection with the audience 994 00:41:25,274 --> 00:41:27,276 where they can see right into his heart. 995 00:41:27,318 --> 00:41:29,111 You know, when I think of Ireland, 996 00:41:29,153 --> 00:41:31,655 I think a lot of colorful Irish expressions, 997 00:41:31,697 --> 00:41:33,657 like "top of the morning to ya," 998 00:41:33,699 --> 00:41:35,618 "kiss the Blarney Stone"... 999 00:41:35,659 --> 00:41:37,870 [Lorne] There was so much vulnerability 1000 00:41:37,912 --> 00:41:40,331 that you thought you knew who he was. 1001 00:41:40,372 --> 00:41:43,751 "I'd like to smash you in the face with my shillelagh." 1002 00:41:43,792 --> 00:41:47,087 Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Joe Cocker! 1003 00:41:47,129 --> 00:41:49,715 Seems I've got to have... 1004 00:41:49,757 --> 00:41:52,176 [Alan] I remember standing on the floor once, 1005 00:41:52,218 --> 00:41:53,928 Lorne saying, "It's Gleason." 1006 00:41:53,969 --> 00:41:56,847 And you think about it, it was Ralph Kramden there. 1007 00:41:56,889 --> 00:42:00,726 There was something so blue-collar-ish about him. 1008 00:42:00,768 --> 00:42:02,019 Ahh. 1009 00:42:02,061 --> 00:42:03,521 [Alan] It was almost like he didn't have 1010 00:42:03,562 --> 00:42:05,147 a command of the language. 1011 00:42:05,189 --> 00:42:06,857 [all scatting] 1012 00:42:06,899 --> 00:42:08,817 [Alan] Where he made you laugh 1013 00:42:08,859 --> 00:42:11,111 was when he was breaking things. 1014 00:42:11,153 --> 00:42:13,322 [shouting] 1015 00:42:13,364 --> 00:42:16,158 Joe Cocker's "Feelin' Alright" 1016 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:18,077 [Alan] Conveyance of conspiracy 1017 00:42:18,118 --> 00:42:20,287 with the raise of an eyebrow. 1018 00:42:20,329 --> 00:42:23,541 And you hooked into the ride that he was going on. 1019 00:42:23,582 --> 00:42:26,043 At least when George C. Scott won the Oscar, 1020 00:42:26,085 --> 00:42:27,503 he didn't accept it. 1021 00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:30,297 You know, Marlon Brando sent up an Indian. 1022 00:42:30,339 --> 00:42:32,258 Now, you could've sent up an Indian. 1023 00:42:32,299 --> 00:42:35,302 - But, no, no, no! - [laughter and applause] 1024 00:42:35,344 --> 00:42:37,805 [Alan] People reacted to John and loved John 1025 00:42:37,846 --> 00:42:40,849 in the same way that they love gangsters. 1026 00:42:40,891 --> 00:42:43,477 I'm not feeling that good myself, oh 1027 00:42:43,519 --> 00:42:44,603 Oh, no 1028 00:42:44,645 --> 00:42:47,523 Of course, I'm talking about Elizabeth Taylor. 1029 00:42:47,565 --> 00:42:51,026 Liz, welcome to Celebrity Corner. 1030 00:42:51,068 --> 00:42:53,737 [Alan] Gangsters are blue-collar immigrants 1031 00:42:53,779 --> 00:42:55,155 who live the American dream 1032 00:42:55,197 --> 00:42:57,366 by basically going outside the system 1033 00:42:57,408 --> 00:42:58,909 and breaking all the rules. 1034 00:42:58,951 --> 00:43:01,245 [grunting and gagging] 1035 00:43:01,287 --> 00:43:04,415 [coughing] 1036 00:43:04,456 --> 00:43:06,959 Well, thank you so much, Liz. 1037 00:43:07,001 --> 00:43:08,252 It's been a real treat 1038 00:43:08,294 --> 00:43:11,630 for me to have you on Celebrity Corner. 1039 00:43:11,672 --> 00:43:15,509 And I think all your fans in the whole world 1040 00:43:15,551 --> 00:43:17,219 are joining me when I say, 1041 00:43:17,261 --> 00:43:18,596 "Good luck with that diet." 1042 00:43:18,637 --> 00:43:20,389 [cheers and applause] 1043 00:43:20,431 --> 00:43:22,725 [Lorne] John was the leader, after Chevy, 1044 00:43:22,766 --> 00:43:25,352 of "all for one, one for all." 1045 00:43:25,394 --> 00:43:27,187 You know, he loved the show. 1046 00:43:27,229 --> 00:43:29,273 [host] Would you consider yourself an anarchist? 1047 00:43:29,315 --> 00:43:30,733 [John] A disciplined anarchist, yeah. 1048 00:43:30,774 --> 00:43:32,568 Yeah, sure. I'm an anarchist. 1049 00:43:32,610 --> 00:43:34,695 One thing I think I'm not is a professional. 1050 00:43:34,737 --> 00:43:37,239 I mean, I'd rather be an anarchist than a professional. 1051 00:43:37,281 --> 00:43:38,699 Because I think there are too many people 1052 00:43:38,741 --> 00:43:40,868 just kind of sitting down and letting things happen. 1053 00:43:40,909 --> 00:43:43,329 I like to shake things up a little bit. 1054 00:43:43,370 --> 00:43:44,580 [chain saw revs] 1055 00:43:44,622 --> 00:43:46,874 Today with the success of Saturday Night, 1056 00:43:46,915 --> 00:43:49,627 TV comedy is changing TV, right? 1057 00:43:49,668 --> 00:43:51,295 Wrong. Dead wrong. 1058 00:43:51,337 --> 00:43:52,755 You see, we're an exception, 1059 00:43:52,796 --> 00:43:55,883 a tropical island in a sea of video sludge. 1060 00:43:55,924 --> 00:43:59,386 [Lorne] But that first intoxicating period of success 1061 00:43:59,428 --> 00:44:01,305 is incredibly confusing, 1062 00:44:01,347 --> 00:44:03,432 'cause you get to meet everybody you ever thought 1063 00:44:03,474 --> 00:44:07,811 you wanted to meet and they want to meet you. 1064 00:44:07,853 --> 00:44:11,607 John lived his life in these eight-hour shifts, 1065 00:44:11,649 --> 00:44:14,068 and if you were with him for eight hours, 1066 00:44:14,109 --> 00:44:16,695 you thought, "Well, God, he must be exhausted. 1067 00:44:16,737 --> 00:44:18,364 But I'm going to bed." 1068 00:44:18,405 --> 00:44:20,282 But then there was a whole other group of people 1069 00:44:20,324 --> 00:44:21,742 that he hung out with. 1070 00:44:21,784 --> 00:44:24,495 [Judy] John and Danny both were at a point 1071 00:44:24,536 --> 00:44:25,579 where they were famous, 1072 00:44:25,621 --> 00:44:28,415 and so their lives were no longer the same. 1073 00:44:28,457 --> 00:44:31,752 They couldn't just go to a bar somewhere and sit around. 1074 00:44:31,794 --> 00:44:34,296 That was no longer a comfortable reality 1075 00:44:34,338 --> 00:44:36,965 because people were on them all the time. 1076 00:44:37,007 --> 00:44:39,843 [Mitch] Do you remember when the Blues Bar opened? 1077 00:44:39,885 --> 00:44:41,095 [John] Oh, yeah. 1078 00:44:41,136 --> 00:44:42,721 [Mitch] You were there for opening night, right? 1079 00:44:42,763 --> 00:44:44,848 - [John] Oh, yeah. - [indistinct chatter] 1080 00:44:44,890 --> 00:44:48,852 [Mitch] John and Danny's Blues Bar was such a shithole 1081 00:44:48,894 --> 00:44:51,355 that it took my breath away. 1082 00:44:51,397 --> 00:44:53,399 It was tiny, it stunk, 1083 00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:55,818 and also had the most terrifying bathroom 1084 00:44:55,859 --> 00:44:57,945 I've ever seen in my life. 1085 00:44:57,986 --> 00:44:58,987 [toilet flushes] 1086 00:44:59,029 --> 00:45:01,824 But it was the most spectacular jukebox. 1087 00:45:01,865 --> 00:45:03,742 And I remember Keith Richards being there, 1088 00:45:03,784 --> 00:45:06,954 and the Allmans would kind of set up in one corner 1089 00:45:06,995 --> 00:45:10,332 and Francis Ford Coppola and Danny tending bar. 1090 00:45:10,374 --> 00:45:11,875 There was no money changing hands. 1091 00:45:11,917 --> 00:45:15,212 There was nothing sinister. It was their fantasy. 1092 00:45:15,254 --> 00:45:16,380 And it instantly became 1093 00:45:16,422 --> 00:45:19,341 the coolest party in the history of New York. 1094 00:45:19,383 --> 00:45:20,342 Oh, freedom 1095 00:45:20,384 --> 00:45:22,594 [Lorne] It was a very heady time, 1096 00:45:22,636 --> 00:45:25,806 and I think he started to lose his balance a little. 1097 00:45:25,848 --> 00:45:28,976 [telephone rings] 1098 00:45:29,017 --> 00:45:30,102 [Jane] Hello? 1099 00:45:30,144 --> 00:45:32,062 [John] Hi, Jane. This is John. 1100 00:45:32,104 --> 00:45:35,190 - John Belushi. - Hi, John! How are you? 1101 00:45:35,232 --> 00:45:37,109 [John] Not too good, actually. [chuckles] 1102 00:45:37,151 --> 00:45:39,778 You probably noticed I haven't been in the show yet. 1103 00:45:39,820 --> 00:45:41,739 Well, I just wanted to tell everyone 1104 00:45:41,780 --> 00:45:43,699 that I am in the hospital. 1105 00:45:43,741 --> 00:45:47,870 I hurt my leg, but I will be back next week 1106 00:45:47,911 --> 00:45:49,288 with or without my leg. 1107 00:45:49,329 --> 00:45:50,789 [Jane] Uh-huh. 1108 00:45:50,831 --> 00:45:52,583 [Judy] John began doing lectures 1109 00:45:52,624 --> 00:45:56,003 at colleges with Danny, and on this particular show, 1110 00:45:56,044 --> 00:45:57,087 for whatever reason, 1111 00:45:57,129 --> 00:45:59,131 he decided to jump off the stage, 1112 00:45:59,173 --> 00:46:02,760 and he broke the cartilage in his knee. 1113 00:46:02,801 --> 00:46:04,845 He was put on painkillers, 1114 00:46:04,887 --> 00:46:07,598 and when they stopped the painkillers, 1115 00:46:07,639 --> 00:46:10,768 he was not ready to stop. 1116 00:46:10,809 --> 00:46:13,729 And it got pretty out of control. 1117 00:46:13,771 --> 00:46:15,606 [Lorne] Look, I can't put this man on television. 1118 00:46:15,647 --> 00:46:16,690 He's barely awake. 1119 00:46:16,732 --> 00:46:20,194 Lorne, if John Belushi could speak, 1120 00:46:20,235 --> 00:46:22,696 he'd tell you he's got to go on. 1121 00:46:22,738 --> 00:46:23,864 Doc, I-I-I-I don't understand. 1122 00:46:23,906 --> 00:46:27,493 Why are you so convinced that this man can do a show? 1123 00:46:27,534 --> 00:46:28,660 [chuckling] Well... 1124 00:46:28,702 --> 00:46:30,746 to be perfectly honest, it's about my fee. 1125 00:46:30,788 --> 00:46:32,080 [Tanner] In the second year, 1126 00:46:32,122 --> 00:46:33,749 your prediction that John would be trouble 1127 00:46:33,791 --> 00:46:35,793 - sort of came to fruition. - [Lorne] Yeah. 1128 00:46:35,834 --> 00:46:38,670 And if he doesn't get paid, I don't get paid. 1129 00:46:38,712 --> 00:46:40,881 And if I don't get paid, 1130 00:46:40,923 --> 00:46:44,343 I'll be forced to cut off his drugs. 1131 00:46:44,384 --> 00:46:48,055 Live from New York, it's Saturday Night! 1132 00:46:48,096 --> 00:46:50,432 [Lorne] He was testing all the boundaries at that point. 1133 00:46:50,474 --> 00:46:52,684 The boundaries of his relationship with Judy, 1134 00:46:52,726 --> 00:46:54,520 definitely with everyone at the show. 1135 00:46:54,561 --> 00:46:59,191 Well, let them take you for a clown 1136 00:46:59,233 --> 00:47:02,319 And they're bound to bring you down 1137 00:47:02,361 --> 00:47:04,196 You got to make it through the world... 1138 00:47:04,238 --> 00:47:05,948 [Judy] I'd come up to the show, 1139 00:47:05,989 --> 00:47:07,407 and I was walking into the studio, 1140 00:47:07,449 --> 00:47:09,952 and there's bleachers there, and as I got in and under, 1141 00:47:09,993 --> 00:47:12,579 I saw that John and some woman were kissing. 1142 00:47:12,621 --> 00:47:15,290 And he saw me and came right after me, 1143 00:47:15,332 --> 00:47:16,375 and he grabbed me and said, 1144 00:47:16,416 --> 00:47:18,877 "I swear to God, she just kissed me." 1145 00:47:18,919 --> 00:47:21,213 [Anne] He would be late. He would be erratic, you know? 1146 00:47:21,255 --> 00:47:23,882 He did have difficulties, obviously. 1147 00:47:23,924 --> 00:47:25,968 I mean, the phrase "where's John?" 1148 00:47:26,009 --> 00:47:27,970 was said as frequently in rehearsals 1149 00:47:28,011 --> 00:47:31,932 as, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night." 1150 00:47:31,974 --> 00:47:34,059 [Jane] It was difficult working with John. 1151 00:47:34,101 --> 00:47:38,647 I don't know whether it was ego or ambition or the drugs, 1152 00:47:38,689 --> 00:47:43,235 but he didn't seem to respect the women on the show. 1153 00:47:43,277 --> 00:47:46,196 [Judy] He was very hard on two of the women writers 1154 00:47:46,238 --> 00:47:48,532 and kind of just made it a categorical, 1155 00:47:48,574 --> 00:47:49,825 "I don't like their work, 1156 00:47:49,867 --> 00:47:51,994 I don't want to do their work" kind of thing. 1157 00:47:52,035 --> 00:47:54,246 And, of course, they often wrote for Gilda, 1158 00:47:54,288 --> 00:47:57,791 and I think she felt he was being mean and unfair. 1159 00:47:57,833 --> 00:47:59,459 [Anne] Even so, John would do stuff 1160 00:47:59,501 --> 00:48:01,587 like refusing to be in things we wrote 1161 00:48:01,628 --> 00:48:03,922 and saying that girls weren't funny. 1162 00:48:03,964 --> 00:48:05,090 And I mean, believe me, 1163 00:48:05,132 --> 00:48:07,885 all those men who are accusing John of sexism, 1164 00:48:07,926 --> 00:48:11,513 I don't think their records are too clear either. 1165 00:48:11,555 --> 00:48:15,559 [Lorne] John had to always look like he was the boss. 1166 00:48:15,601 --> 00:48:18,562 It was a, you know, a descent into hell. 1167 00:48:18,604 --> 00:48:20,564 I'll just leave it at that. 1168 00:48:20,606 --> 00:48:22,274 If you can 1169 00:48:22,316 --> 00:48:24,318 [match strikes and hisses] 1170 00:48:24,359 --> 00:48:26,361 [Judy] During that second season, 1171 00:48:26,403 --> 00:48:28,780 it just seemed we were slipping apart. 1172 00:48:28,822 --> 00:48:30,282 He was being distant, 1173 00:48:30,324 --> 00:48:34,411 not responsive to concerns I had about his drug use. 1174 00:48:34,453 --> 00:48:37,831 And I began to not trust what he was telling me. 1175 00:48:37,873 --> 00:48:41,960 He wasn't following through enough with things he said. 1176 00:48:42,002 --> 00:48:44,046 I felt I wasn't important anymore, 1177 00:48:44,087 --> 00:48:48,050 and it didn't feel like his interest was with me, 1178 00:48:48,091 --> 00:48:52,638 and that's really pretty much why we split. 1179 00:48:52,679 --> 00:48:54,181 So he went to LA. 1180 00:48:54,222 --> 00:48:56,683 [Bob] I'm the head of the John Belushi fan club. 1181 00:48:56,725 --> 00:48:58,477 Yes, how's that? 1182 00:48:58,518 --> 00:48:59,519 [John] What's this for? 1183 00:48:59,561 --> 00:49:02,147 We're making a documentary about him. 1184 00:49:02,189 --> 00:49:03,190 You know Sally Kirkland? 1185 00:49:03,231 --> 00:49:04,858 [John] No, I don't. 1186 00:49:04,900 --> 00:49:06,401 - She's a sweetheart. - She is a sweetheart. 1187 00:49:06,443 --> 00:49:08,946 We're making it about people who are about to make it, 1188 00:49:08,987 --> 00:49:10,948 who didn't make it, who are gonna make it. 1189 00:49:10,989 --> 00:49:12,199 Now, here's Bob, right? 1190 00:49:12,240 --> 00:49:14,952 He's been in Hollywood for two years from Brooklyn, right? 1191 00:49:14,993 --> 00:49:15,911 [John] Y-yeah? 1192 00:49:15,953 --> 00:49:17,371 And all of a sudden, he's a big star. 1193 00:49:17,412 --> 00:49:18,497 [Bob] I'm not a big star. 1194 00:49:18,538 --> 00:49:20,624 That word is not real anymore, man. 1195 00:49:20,666 --> 00:49:21,959 He probably has more to say. 1196 00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:23,877 That show's a hit, and he's the biggest hit-- 1197 00:49:23,919 --> 00:49:25,921 I was telling him the first night 1198 00:49:25,963 --> 00:49:27,089 that you came to Hollywood 1199 00:49:27,130 --> 00:49:29,883 and you said, "My God, should I shave?" 1200 00:49:29,925 --> 00:49:31,259 - [chuckles] - Right? 1201 00:49:31,301 --> 00:49:33,178 'Cause all of a sudden, everybody knows you. 1202 00:49:33,220 --> 00:49:35,847 And they didn't know you the last time you were here, right? 1203 00:49:35,889 --> 00:49:38,350 Uh, no-- oh, my friends knew me. 1204 00:49:38,392 --> 00:49:40,060 [interviewer] Well, I'm not talking about your friends. 1205 00:49:40,102 --> 00:49:41,895 I'm talking about people just walking in the door 1206 00:49:41,937 --> 00:49:43,981 - at the Comedy Canteen. - No. 1207 00:49:44,022 --> 00:49:45,857 No, they didn't know me, no. 1208 00:49:45,899 --> 00:49:47,734 [interviewer] But they did this time? 1209 00:49:47,776 --> 00:49:50,070 Some knew me. Some... 1210 00:49:50,112 --> 00:49:52,239 will never know me. 1211 00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:54,741 Some don't care. 1212 00:49:54,783 --> 00:49:57,494 psychedelic music 1213 00:49:57,536 --> 00:49:59,246 [John] Dearest Judy, 1214 00:49:59,287 --> 00:50:01,915 I've never doubted your love for me. 1215 00:50:01,957 --> 00:50:04,459 I have doubted your faith in me. 1216 00:50:04,501 --> 00:50:07,254 Experience has taught you that. 1217 00:50:07,295 --> 00:50:08,505 When I dislike myself, 1218 00:50:08,547 --> 00:50:10,799 I think the people who like me are fools 1219 00:50:10,841 --> 00:50:13,552 to like an asshole like me. 1220 00:50:13,593 --> 00:50:17,556 I know I'm inconsistent. I work very hard. 1221 00:50:17,597 --> 00:50:19,683 I don't want to be like my dad. 1222 00:50:19,725 --> 00:50:24,521 He never talked to my mom. I am better, aren't I? 1223 00:50:24,563 --> 00:50:25,731 I'm trying to be clear, 1224 00:50:25,772 --> 00:50:28,442 but it's hard to understand and explain. 1225 00:50:28,483 --> 00:50:31,778 Maybe it's nothing, a coke paranoia. 1226 00:50:31,820 --> 00:50:34,489 I want to be with you for the rest of my life, 1227 00:50:34,531 --> 00:50:37,659 but I don't think you believe me. 1228 00:50:37,701 --> 00:50:40,912 I know what I'd like to do after we talk more. 1229 00:50:40,954 --> 00:50:42,581 One, buy new clothes. 1230 00:50:42,622 --> 00:50:45,959 Two, stay away from drugs and drug people. 1231 00:50:46,001 --> 00:50:48,336 Three, try to exercise. Four, lose weight. 1232 00:50:48,378 --> 00:50:49,921 Five, stay home with you and talk. 1233 00:50:49,963 --> 00:50:52,799 Six, go out more with you. Seven, stop seeing others. 1234 00:50:52,841 --> 00:50:54,718 Eight, understand other's needs. 1235 00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:56,094 Nine, be happy. 1236 00:50:56,136 --> 00:50:59,014 Ten, love you. 1237 00:50:59,056 --> 00:51:01,683 Please, let's talk. 1238 00:51:01,725 --> 00:51:03,643 harmonica music 1239 00:51:03,685 --> 00:51:06,229 [Judy] For about a month, we didn't live together, 1240 00:51:06,271 --> 00:51:10,484 and then one day, he came back. 1241 00:51:10,525 --> 00:51:12,402 He convinced me that he loved me 1242 00:51:12,444 --> 00:51:16,323 and that he couldn't always do what I was hoping, 1243 00:51:16,364 --> 00:51:18,241 but this time was unique 1244 00:51:18,283 --> 00:51:21,328 and that we were gonna change our trajectory. 1245 00:51:22,788 --> 00:51:26,541 We decided to go to Aspen for vacation. 1246 00:51:26,583 --> 00:51:27,876 My brother lived in Aspen, 1247 00:51:27,918 --> 00:51:29,211 and I heard him tell my brother 1248 00:51:29,252 --> 00:51:31,797 we were gonna get married while we were there. 1249 00:51:31,838 --> 00:51:34,257 Meanwhile, I personally had forgotten 1250 00:51:34,299 --> 00:51:35,634 the idea of getting married 1251 00:51:35,675 --> 00:51:37,677 because of the way things had just sort of all gone. 1252 00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:39,596 I said, "John, I heard you say to my brother 1253 00:51:39,638 --> 00:51:40,847 that we were gonna get married." 1254 00:51:40,889 --> 00:51:42,766 And he said, "Well, yeah. Aren't we?" 1255 00:51:42,808 --> 00:51:45,894 dark rock music 1256 00:51:50,524 --> 00:51:53,401 [John] My dear sweet Judy, 1257 00:51:53,443 --> 00:51:55,112 a letter is so inadequate 1258 00:51:55,153 --> 00:51:58,115 to explain how I feel about you. 1259 00:51:58,156 --> 00:52:01,159 It's just there, living inside of me, 1260 00:52:01,201 --> 00:52:05,622 a living organism that I need to live. 1261 00:52:05,664 --> 00:52:09,376 To my first and only Valentine forever. 1262 00:52:09,417 --> 00:52:10,961 Love, John. 1263 00:52:13,004 --> 00:52:17,050 [Rosie] He was obviously experiencing some wild peaks 1264 00:52:17,092 --> 00:52:18,969 and some dark troughs. 1265 00:52:19,010 --> 00:52:21,179 [Tanner] And then he and Judy got married, 1266 00:52:21,221 --> 00:52:22,681 and things really settled down. 1267 00:52:22,722 --> 00:52:23,723 [Rosie] Exactly. 1268 00:52:23,765 --> 00:52:26,893 It just seemed like he needed that. 1269 00:52:42,117 --> 00:52:45,203 [Harold] I went to visit John at Saturday Night, 1270 00:52:45,245 --> 00:52:47,205 and I remember walking down the street 1271 00:52:47,247 --> 00:52:49,833 with all these people I'd been with when we had nothing, 1272 00:52:49,875 --> 00:52:52,127 when just having a job was good enough. 1273 00:52:52,169 --> 00:52:54,045 And now I looked behind us, 1274 00:52:54,087 --> 00:52:57,048 and limousines were slowly following us down the street, 1275 00:52:57,090 --> 00:52:58,091 you know? 1276 00:52:58,133 --> 00:53:00,051 Seemed like they were the beginnings 1277 00:53:00,093 --> 00:53:03,054 of a kind of wretched excess. 1278 00:53:03,096 --> 00:53:04,264 You know, for John, 1279 00:53:04,306 --> 00:53:07,475 who lived for so long with some sense of destiny, 1280 00:53:07,517 --> 00:53:10,228 what was kind of a hopeful arrogance, you know, 1281 00:53:10,270 --> 00:53:12,731 turned into a kind of expectation 1282 00:53:12,772 --> 00:53:15,358 of his own success. 1283 00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:18,236 And that was before Animal House. 1284 00:53:19,696 --> 00:53:22,574 All right, you bastard. Let's go, right here! 1285 00:53:22,616 --> 00:53:23,992 upbeat oldies music 1286 00:53:24,034 --> 00:53:26,828 Hey, baby, won't you take a chance... 1287 00:53:26,870 --> 00:53:29,331 - Food fight! - [students clamoring] 1288 00:53:29,372 --> 00:53:31,416 [Harold] My wife at that time said, 1289 00:53:31,458 --> 00:53:33,168 "You've always wanted to write a movie 1290 00:53:33,210 --> 00:53:34,377 about your college experience." 1291 00:53:34,419 --> 00:53:36,254 So Doug Kenney and I started writing, 1292 00:53:36,296 --> 00:53:37,923 and then Doug and I recruited Chris Miller, 1293 00:53:37,964 --> 00:53:41,551 who was the Lampoon's resident college expert. 1294 00:53:41,593 --> 00:53:44,012 [Chris Miller] One thing about Animal House is that, 1295 00:53:44,054 --> 00:53:46,556 at the center of every great animal house, 1296 00:53:46,598 --> 00:53:48,350 there was a great animal. 1297 00:53:48,391 --> 00:53:50,936 And we looked at each other for a beat, 1298 00:53:50,977 --> 00:53:54,356 and we all simultaneously said, "Belushi." 1299 00:53:54,397 --> 00:53:57,901 [glass shatters, cans rattle] 1300 00:53:57,943 --> 00:53:59,861 [Landis] And the script wasn't designed 1301 00:53:59,903 --> 00:54:01,529 for Bluto to burst through. 1302 00:54:01,571 --> 00:54:03,531 It's just, John burst through. 1303 00:54:03,573 --> 00:54:07,369 Mr. Blutarsky... 1304 00:54:07,410 --> 00:54:10,789 zero-point-zero. 1305 00:54:10,830 --> 00:54:12,540 He's the ladies' man 1306 00:54:12,582 --> 00:54:15,168 Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? 1307 00:54:15,210 --> 00:54:17,879 - "Germans"? - Forget it. He's rolling. 1308 00:54:17,921 --> 00:54:20,465 Let's do it! 1309 00:54:20,507 --> 00:54:23,510 [men shouting] 1310 00:54:23,551 --> 00:54:25,929 Holy shit! 1311 00:54:25,971 --> 00:54:27,555 Animal house 1312 00:54:28,974 --> 00:54:32,310 Seven years of college down the drain. 1313 00:54:32,352 --> 00:54:33,770 Animal house 1314 00:54:33,812 --> 00:54:34,896 [Landis] In the script, 1315 00:54:34,938 --> 00:54:36,648 John's character had much more dialogue 1316 00:54:36,690 --> 00:54:38,275 than he does in the movie. 1317 00:54:38,316 --> 00:54:40,235 I took most of his lines away 1318 00:54:40,277 --> 00:54:42,779 because this idea of Bluto as kind of-- 1319 00:54:42,821 --> 00:54:44,364 you know, I told him to channel 1320 00:54:44,406 --> 00:54:46,574 Harpo Marx and the Cookie Monster. 1321 00:54:46,616 --> 00:54:47,993 It's just appetite. 1322 00:54:48,034 --> 00:54:49,786 Don't know much biology... 1323 00:54:49,828 --> 00:54:52,038 [Landis] And what Belushi had that was so great-- 1324 00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:54,207 you actually can watch his thought process. 1325 00:54:54,249 --> 00:54:55,500 [chuckles] You know, 1326 00:54:55,542 --> 00:54:58,628 you can see the ideas seeping through his skull. 1327 00:54:58,670 --> 00:55:00,005 [slurps] 1328 00:55:00,046 --> 00:55:03,675 [Landis] But what both the Cookie Monster and Harpo have, 1329 00:55:03,717 --> 00:55:05,802 despite their destructive tendencies, 1330 00:55:05,844 --> 00:55:08,388 is they're both very, very sweet, 1331 00:55:08,430 --> 00:55:10,807 and that's the strength of John's performance. 1332 00:55:14,269 --> 00:55:16,438 - [car slams into wall] - Good. 1333 00:55:16,479 --> 00:55:18,106 [Flounder sobbing] 1334 00:55:18,148 --> 00:55:20,984 [Landis] And a lot of the stuff that people remember 1335 00:55:21,026 --> 00:55:22,027 is just John. 1336 00:55:22,068 --> 00:55:25,280 - Hey. - [Flounder sobs] 1337 00:55:25,322 --> 00:55:26,573 [Landis] There was a scene 1338 00:55:26,614 --> 00:55:29,242 where he's cheering up Flounder. 1339 00:55:29,284 --> 00:55:31,786 To me, it's this examination of John. 1340 00:55:31,828 --> 00:55:33,079 [smooching] 1341 00:55:33,121 --> 00:55:35,957 [Landis] Because he really did want you to have a good time, 1342 00:55:35,999 --> 00:55:38,043 and he could do the most outrageous 1343 00:55:38,084 --> 00:55:40,795 and totally unforgivable behavior... 1344 00:55:40,837 --> 00:55:41,838 [crying] 1345 00:55:41,880 --> 00:55:45,383 [Landis] ...because he was so damn charming. 1346 00:55:49,054 --> 00:55:52,140 [Ivan] John came to this movie ready to work. 1347 00:55:52,182 --> 00:55:55,268 He went there with Judy. They rented a great house. 1348 00:55:55,310 --> 00:55:57,270 It was a very familial affair. 1349 00:55:57,312 --> 00:55:59,773 He was there with all guns blasting. 1350 00:55:59,814 --> 00:56:01,232 He was very creative. 1351 00:56:01,274 --> 00:56:05,862 There was no weirdness; there was no acting out. 1352 00:56:05,904 --> 00:56:07,030 [Bruce] John, you know, 1353 00:56:07,072 --> 00:56:08,948 thought of himself as a physical God. 1354 00:56:08,990 --> 00:56:10,700 I think he probably would've thought 1355 00:56:10,742 --> 00:56:13,995 he could be a ballet dancer if somebody asked him to. 1356 00:56:14,037 --> 00:56:15,622 But he always introduced me as, 1357 00:56:15,663 --> 00:56:18,166 "Oh, this is my friend Bruce. He's a great actor." 1358 00:56:18,208 --> 00:56:19,417 And after a while, I said, 1359 00:56:19,459 --> 00:56:21,211 "John, why do you make that distinction? 1360 00:56:21,252 --> 00:56:23,213 You're an actor, I'm an actor. What's the deal?" 1361 00:56:23,254 --> 00:56:24,923 He said, "Oh, no, I'm a sketch player." 1362 00:56:24,964 --> 00:56:27,008 And I think that's one of the things that drove John 1363 00:56:27,050 --> 00:56:30,220 and frustrated him so, is that he was so talented 1364 00:56:30,261 --> 00:56:32,555 and what he did came so naturally 1365 00:56:32,597 --> 00:56:35,433 and without apparent effort on his part 1366 00:56:35,475 --> 00:56:36,810 that he kept thinking 1367 00:56:36,851 --> 00:56:39,604 somebody was gonna find out he wasn't really doing anything. 1368 00:56:39,646 --> 00:56:40,814 He was just cutting up. 1369 00:56:40,855 --> 00:56:42,315 The deal is he was cutting up 1370 00:56:42,357 --> 00:56:45,235 as one of the world's most talented physical comics ever. 1371 00:56:46,945 --> 00:56:48,988 [interviewer] How do you think the movie is coming along? 1372 00:56:49,030 --> 00:56:49,989 Are you pleased with it? 1373 00:56:50,031 --> 00:56:51,282 [John] I'm very pleased with it. 1374 00:56:51,324 --> 00:56:54,285 I think it's the best thing I've ever done. 1375 00:56:54,327 --> 00:56:56,621 [Ivan] It was really one of the most remarkable previews 1376 00:56:56,663 --> 00:56:57,747 I'd ever gone to. 1377 00:56:57,789 --> 00:56:59,874 I've had some very big hits since then, 1378 00:56:59,916 --> 00:57:03,169 but I've still never had a screening like that one. 1379 00:57:03,211 --> 00:57:04,254 [urine splattering] 1380 00:57:04,295 --> 00:57:06,798 Excuse me, sir. Is this the Delta house? 1381 00:57:06,840 --> 00:57:09,759 - Sure. - [urine splattering on fabric] 1382 00:57:09,801 --> 00:57:10,802 [zipper closes] 1383 00:57:10,844 --> 00:57:12,137 Come on in. 1384 00:57:12,178 --> 00:57:15,306 [Ivan] From the moment Belushi appeared on the screen 1385 00:57:15,348 --> 00:57:17,767 and peed on the freshmen's trousers, 1386 00:57:17,809 --> 00:57:20,311 the audience went crazy and didn't stop going crazy, 1387 00:57:20,353 --> 00:57:22,105 and if they could've torn seats out, 1388 00:57:22,147 --> 00:57:23,356 literally, they would have. 1389 00:57:23,398 --> 00:57:24,899 [Shalit] What about Animal House? 1390 00:57:24,941 --> 00:57:29,028 It's a comedy that I did, and it's coming out today. 1391 00:57:29,070 --> 00:57:32,782 It's a stroll down memory lane with a blowtorch. 1392 00:57:32,824 --> 00:57:34,826 Toga! Toga! 1393 00:57:34,868 --> 00:57:37,537 [all chanting] Toga, toga, toga! 1394 00:57:37,579 --> 00:57:38,621 [reporter] It is toga fever, 1395 00:57:38,663 --> 00:57:40,665 and it is sweeping college campuses 1396 00:57:40,707 --> 00:57:42,083 throughout the country. 1397 00:57:42,125 --> 00:57:44,544 [Landis] Something that happened to John 1398 00:57:44,586 --> 00:57:46,171 is instant stardom. 1399 00:57:46,212 --> 00:57:48,756 I mean, he was a television personality 1400 00:57:48,798 --> 00:57:51,342 on a late-night fringe show, 1401 00:57:51,384 --> 00:57:54,596 and then out of this movie comes this stardom, 1402 00:57:54,637 --> 00:57:56,556 and that's terrifying. 1403 00:57:56,598 --> 00:57:59,767 [Sean] Around the movie, there was this craze. 1404 00:57:59,809 --> 00:58:01,728 So Newsweek put him on the cover. 1405 00:58:01,769 --> 00:58:03,146 That was certainly, you know, 1406 00:58:03,188 --> 00:58:05,648 turning him into a famous face. 1407 00:58:05,690 --> 00:58:08,234 It's more difficult after that. 1408 00:58:08,276 --> 00:58:10,778 [Laila] John was way more comfortable onstage 1409 00:58:10,820 --> 00:58:12,572 than anywhere else. 1410 00:58:12,614 --> 00:58:13,781 And I always said to him, 1411 00:58:13,823 --> 00:58:15,241 "I don't understand how you can do that. 1412 00:58:15,283 --> 00:58:18,328 Get up on the stage, you have no fear whatsoever." 1413 00:58:18,369 --> 00:58:19,454 And he always said, 1414 00:58:19,496 --> 00:58:21,456 "Yeah, but you do the thing that I can't do, 1415 00:58:21,498 --> 00:58:23,458 "which is you're more comfortable in life. 1416 00:58:23,500 --> 00:58:25,585 I don't know how you do that." 1417 00:58:25,627 --> 00:58:27,378 [Penny] He didn't really talk to me about the difference 1418 00:58:27,420 --> 00:58:30,381 between movie stardom and television stardom or that. 1419 00:58:30,423 --> 00:58:32,926 He did want to conquer all mediums. 1420 00:58:32,967 --> 00:58:34,594 I think one of his biggest prides 1421 00:58:34,636 --> 00:58:37,263 was his success with the Blues Brothers act. 1422 00:58:37,305 --> 00:58:41,267 He was just ecstatic. 1423 00:58:49,025 --> 00:58:51,653 [emcee] We're very fortunate to have this person with us-- 1424 00:58:51,694 --> 00:58:54,489 Mr. John Belushi. Can we bring him out here? 1425 00:58:54,531 --> 00:58:55,657 [cheers and applause] 1426 00:58:55,698 --> 00:58:57,408 Johnny Lee's "Hey Bartender" 1427 00:58:57,450 --> 00:59:00,787 Went partying the other night 1428 00:59:00,828 --> 00:59:04,040 Started drinking and got real tight 1429 00:59:04,082 --> 00:59:07,669 I blew each and all my friends 1430 00:59:07,710 --> 00:59:11,089 Felt so good, I had to blow again 1431 00:59:11,130 --> 00:59:13,258 I said, "Hey, bartender" 1432 00:59:13,299 --> 00:59:14,634 [John] I got turned on to blues 1433 00:59:14,676 --> 00:59:16,052 when I was filming Animal House. 1434 00:59:16,094 --> 00:59:18,513 I mean, really into it, you know what I mean? 1435 00:59:18,555 --> 00:59:20,890 So I've spent the last year trying to learn 1436 00:59:20,932 --> 00:59:23,643 as much as I could, you know, about blues. 1437 00:59:23,685 --> 00:59:25,687 One more time! 1438 00:59:25,728 --> 00:59:27,188 I'd carry albums with me. 1439 00:59:27,230 --> 00:59:29,023 When I would just go see somebody or I'd go to work, 1440 00:59:29,065 --> 00:59:32,235 listening--I mean, I'd drive my friends nuts, you know? 1441 00:59:32,277 --> 00:59:34,404 Draw a-one, two 1442 00:59:34,445 --> 00:59:37,824 Three more glasses of beer 1443 00:59:41,703 --> 00:59:43,997 - [glass shatters] - [cheers and applause] 1444 00:59:44,038 --> 00:59:45,123 [Laila] He said to me, 1445 00:59:45,164 --> 00:59:46,833 "We're gonna do the Blues Brothers. 1446 00:59:46,874 --> 00:59:49,002 We're gonna do, like, a band." 1447 00:59:49,043 --> 00:59:52,046 And he got Danny to play harmonica, you know? 1448 00:59:52,088 --> 00:59:55,383 And then he said, "Okay, Judy, you're gonna be the designer 1449 00:59:55,425 --> 00:59:57,260 and, Laila, you're gonna be the president 1450 00:59:57,302 --> 00:59:58,386 of the Blues Brothers, 1451 00:59:58,428 --> 01:00:00,346 and you're gonna put it all together." 1452 01:00:00,388 --> 01:00:02,932 I think John used the blues as a way 1453 01:00:02,974 --> 01:00:04,684 to keep everybody together. 1454 01:00:04,726 --> 01:00:06,686 [Tanner] To sort of create a family? 1455 01:00:06,728 --> 01:00:07,895 [Laila] Yes. 1456 01:00:07,937 --> 01:00:10,732 [Aykroyd] You know, it was a real common effort, 1457 01:00:10,773 --> 01:00:12,317 but mainly led by John, you know? He really-- 1458 01:00:12,358 --> 01:00:14,444 It came out of trust and people saying, you know, 1459 01:00:14,485 --> 01:00:16,195 they weren't sure what it was. 1460 01:00:16,237 --> 01:00:17,280 I knew what it was. 1461 01:00:17,322 --> 01:00:18,531 I knew exactly what it was gonna be. 1462 01:00:18,573 --> 01:00:20,325 [Aykroyd] But they all showed up. 1463 01:00:20,366 --> 01:00:22,493 We got the best musicians in the world. 1464 01:00:22,535 --> 01:00:25,455 Went partying the other night 1465 01:00:25,496 --> 01:00:28,791 Started drinking and got real tight 1466 01:00:28,833 --> 01:00:32,170 I blew each and all my friends 1467 01:00:32,211 --> 01:00:35,590 Felt so good, I had to blow again 1468 01:00:35,632 --> 01:00:36,591 I said, hey... 1469 01:00:36,633 --> 01:00:37,925 [Laila] A lot of people thought 1470 01:00:37,967 --> 01:00:39,469 that it was kind of a joke. 1471 01:00:39,510 --> 01:00:40,762 I don't think people realized 1472 01:00:40,803 --> 01:00:43,264 that we really had a great band 1473 01:00:43,306 --> 01:00:44,932 and that John could really sing. 1474 01:00:44,974 --> 01:00:47,101 Three more glasses of beer 1475 01:00:49,896 --> 01:00:51,939 [Laila] Once we actually performed, 1476 01:00:51,981 --> 01:00:54,692 I think we put to rest that it wasn't a joke, 1477 01:00:54,734 --> 01:00:58,988 and it was a love of the music that was driving John. 1478 01:00:59,030 --> 01:01:02,241 Come on down and drink with me 1479 01:01:02,283 --> 01:01:04,577 I said, "Hey, bartender" 1480 01:01:04,619 --> 01:01:06,037 [Aykroyd] The whole thing, it's a theatrical thing. 1481 01:01:06,079 --> 01:01:08,539 Like, you know, Greek theater has the mask, you know? 1482 01:01:08,581 --> 01:01:10,750 Well, the Blues Brothers have the shades and the suits. 1483 01:01:10,792 --> 01:01:14,045 [John] So it basically looks like '50s hipster junkie. 1484 01:01:14,087 --> 01:01:15,171 [Aykroyd] They look like cops. 1485 01:01:15,213 --> 01:01:16,673 They look like hit men, you know? 1486 01:01:16,714 --> 01:01:18,007 [John] Rabbis. Some guys thought-- 1487 01:01:18,049 --> 01:01:19,759 [Aykroyd] But the fact is that Jake and Elwood 1488 01:01:19,801 --> 01:01:20,927 aren't any of those things. 1489 01:01:20,968 --> 01:01:23,137 They're just, like, musicians, you know? 1490 01:01:42,949 --> 01:01:44,200 Well... 1491 01:01:44,242 --> 01:01:45,785 [interviewer] And here you are on television every week. 1492 01:01:45,827 --> 01:01:47,912 What I'm getting from you is that underneath it all of it, 1493 01:01:47,954 --> 01:01:50,206 the biggest fantasy is to be a rock-and-roll star. 1494 01:01:50,248 --> 01:01:52,458 - That's it, pal. - [laughter] 1495 01:01:52,500 --> 01:01:55,378 Hey, bartender 1496 01:01:55,420 --> 01:01:58,881 Hey, bartender 1497 01:01:58,923 --> 01:02:02,051 Hey, bartender 1498 01:02:02,093 --> 01:02:03,803 Draw a-one, two 1499 01:02:03,845 --> 01:02:07,598 Three more glasses of beer 1500 01:02:12,562 --> 01:02:16,399 [cheers and applause] 1501 01:02:16,441 --> 01:02:19,485 [Judy] Atlantic Records wanted to do a live album, 1502 01:02:19,527 --> 01:02:22,822 and that first night at Universal Amphitheatre, 1503 01:02:22,864 --> 01:02:25,158 the crowd was just wild. 1504 01:02:25,199 --> 01:02:27,994 You know, John had loved being in a band and wanted a band, 1505 01:02:28,035 --> 01:02:30,580 and now he had a band. 1506 01:02:30,621 --> 01:02:33,875 The best band in the world. [chuckles] 1507 01:02:33,916 --> 01:02:37,712 And I just thought, "My God, they did it." 1508 01:02:37,754 --> 01:02:40,840 The Blues Brothers' "She Caught the Katy" 1509 01:02:40,882 --> 01:02:43,926 We recorded the album, and it was released 1510 01:02:43,968 --> 01:02:47,847 and pretty quickly went to number one. 1511 01:02:47,889 --> 01:02:50,516 triumphant blues music 1512 01:02:58,149 --> 01:03:00,693 She caught the Katy 1513 01:03:00,735 --> 01:03:02,528 And left me a mule... 1514 01:03:02,570 --> 01:03:04,906 [Mitch] That's when the 1941 deal came down, 1515 01:03:04,947 --> 01:03:06,616 and he turned to me and said, "It's done. 1516 01:03:06,657 --> 01:03:08,451 You know, I'm working with Spielberg, 1517 01:03:08,493 --> 01:03:10,578 and I think this means I'm set." 1518 01:03:10,620 --> 01:03:13,956 And left me a mule to ride 1519 01:03:17,919 --> 01:03:19,712 My baby caught the Katy... 1520 01:03:19,754 --> 01:03:21,506 [Mark] Boy, you must be a busy guy. 1521 01:03:21,547 --> 01:03:23,257 You do Saturday Night Live; you have time for movies; 1522 01:03:23,299 --> 01:03:25,384 you have time for the Blues Brothers projects. 1523 01:03:25,426 --> 01:03:27,553 [John] Plus, I mean, I'm a night manager at Burger King. 1524 01:03:27,595 --> 01:03:30,223 I have to keep working. You know, I'm like a shark. 1525 01:03:30,264 --> 01:03:31,766 If I stop, I'll die. 1526 01:03:31,808 --> 01:03:32,850 [host] John? Hello? 1527 01:03:32,892 --> 01:03:33,935 [John] Hello, hello, hello! 1528 01:03:33,976 --> 01:03:35,269 - [caller] Hello. - [John] Hello! 1529 01:03:35,311 --> 01:03:36,604 [host] So why did you call, dear? 1530 01:03:36,646 --> 01:03:37,855 [caller] I called because 1531 01:03:37,897 --> 01:03:39,857 he's the greatest guy on Saturday Night Live. 1532 01:03:39,899 --> 01:03:41,108 [John] Aw. 1533 01:03:41,150 --> 01:03:42,652 [caller] If he just keeps on doing what he's doing, 1534 01:03:42,693 --> 01:03:44,612 he's gonna make so many people in the world so happy. 1535 01:03:44,654 --> 01:03:45,988 [John] Well, I hope so. Thank you. 1536 01:03:46,030 --> 01:03:47,657 [host] Thank you. All right. Let's take another call. 1537 01:03:47,698 --> 01:03:49,408 Let's see. Hello? 1538 01:03:49,450 --> 01:03:50,743 [Judy] On his 30th birthday, 1539 01:03:50,785 --> 01:03:52,453 the Blues Brothers were number one, 1540 01:03:52,495 --> 01:03:54,747 he was on the number one television show, 1541 01:03:54,789 --> 01:03:58,876 and Animal House was the number one grossing comedy. 1542 01:03:58,918 --> 01:04:01,003 He was high on his success, 1543 01:04:01,045 --> 01:04:04,841 but he was unsure of what people wanted from him 1544 01:04:04,882 --> 01:04:06,384 and how to relate to people. 1545 01:04:06,425 --> 01:04:07,760 [host] All right, one more. Hello. 1546 01:04:07,802 --> 01:04:09,262 - [caller] Hello? - [John] Hello! 1547 01:04:09,303 --> 01:04:11,639 [Judy] That was a difficult change for him. 1548 01:04:11,681 --> 01:04:12,765 [host] BCN here. 1549 01:04:12,807 --> 01:04:14,433 [caller] Yes, I have one question. 1550 01:04:14,475 --> 01:04:15,726 [John] Yeah, sure. 1551 01:04:15,768 --> 01:04:17,144 [caller] What is your drug of preference? 1552 01:04:17,186 --> 01:04:18,062 [John] Uh... 1553 01:04:18,104 --> 01:04:19,230 [host] That's a good question. 1554 01:04:19,272 --> 01:04:21,065 Go ahead, John. You can answer that. 1555 01:04:21,107 --> 01:04:22,650 [John] Um... 1556 01:04:22,692 --> 01:04:24,819 I don't--I don't-- I don't tell people that. 1557 01:04:24,861 --> 01:04:26,320 - [host] Right. - [John chuckles] 1558 01:04:26,362 --> 01:04:28,322 That's a very good answer. 1559 01:04:29,949 --> 01:04:32,451 [Tony] He was a very American-like force. 1560 01:04:32,493 --> 01:04:35,037 I felt that what made you laugh about John 1561 01:04:35,079 --> 01:04:36,581 was peculiarly American. 1562 01:04:36,622 --> 01:04:38,791 The raw energy of this country 1563 01:04:38,833 --> 01:04:41,711 was summed up in the way he hit the stage, 1564 01:04:41,752 --> 01:04:43,212 but at the same time, I've always felt 1565 01:04:43,254 --> 01:04:46,215 that there's an enormous void at the center of America, 1566 01:04:46,257 --> 01:04:49,218 a void that has to do with promise and disappointment 1567 01:04:49,260 --> 01:04:52,138 and impossible expectations. 1568 01:04:52,179 --> 01:04:55,474 Behind all this energy comes what? 1569 01:04:55,516 --> 01:04:59,687 The American dream is ultimately just a dream. 1570 01:04:59,729 --> 01:05:03,608 When you finally get where you're going, what then? 1571 01:05:05,026 --> 01:05:07,904 [telephone rings] 1572 01:05:07,945 --> 01:05:09,405 Hello? Olympia Restaurant. 1573 01:05:09,447 --> 01:05:10,573 [fry cook] Cheeseburger, cheeseburger. 1574 01:05:10,615 --> 01:05:12,825 - Two Pepsi, one chip! - Yeah. To go? 1575 01:05:12,867 --> 01:05:14,243 Four cheeseburger. 1576 01:05:14,285 --> 01:05:16,495 Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger. 1577 01:05:16,537 --> 01:05:18,706 Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger. 1578 01:05:18,748 --> 01:05:20,291 No--no fries. Chips. 1579 01:05:20,333 --> 01:05:21,751 [Jim Belushi] The one character 1580 01:05:21,792 --> 01:05:23,920 that I know definitely comes from, you know, the family 1581 01:05:23,961 --> 01:05:25,922 is the "cheeseburger, cheeseburger" guy. 1582 01:05:25,963 --> 01:05:28,758 No Coke, no orange, no grape? Okay. 1583 01:05:28,799 --> 01:05:31,594 [Jim Belushi] When I watched the character, I went, 1584 01:05:31,636 --> 01:05:33,471 "My God, that's my dad." 1585 01:05:33,512 --> 01:05:37,850 I don't want a cheeseburger. Eggs over lightly with sausage. 1586 01:05:37,892 --> 01:05:41,228 No, no, no, no; no eggs. Cheeseburger. 1587 01:05:41,270 --> 01:05:42,855 You stopped serving breakfast? 1588 01:05:42,897 --> 01:05:44,065 No. No breakfast. 1589 01:05:44,106 --> 01:05:45,483 - No breakfast? - No. 1590 01:05:45,524 --> 01:05:48,027 All right. I just want a couple eggs. 1591 01:05:48,069 --> 01:05:49,987 No breakfast. Cheeseburger, huh? 1592 01:05:50,029 --> 01:05:51,030 I don't want a cheeseburger. 1593 01:05:51,072 --> 01:05:52,198 It's too early for a cheeseburger. 1594 01:05:52,239 --> 01:05:54,116 Too early for cheeseburger? Look. 1595 01:05:54,158 --> 01:05:55,284 Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, 1596 01:05:55,326 --> 01:05:56,661 cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger. 1597 01:05:56,702 --> 01:05:59,205 [both] Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger. 1598 01:05:59,246 --> 01:06:02,208 [laughter and applause] 1599 01:06:02,249 --> 01:06:03,626 I'll have a cheeseburger. 1600 01:06:03,668 --> 01:06:06,712 bluesy rock music 1601 01:06:10,925 --> 01:06:14,679 [family member] Here we are up in Julian, California. 1602 01:06:14,720 --> 01:06:18,099 And up here coming towards us, Adam Belushi. 1603 01:06:18,140 --> 01:06:20,851 [pants] That's difficult. 1604 01:06:24,438 --> 01:06:27,024 [Judy] With the first money we really had, 1605 01:06:27,066 --> 01:06:28,526 one of the things we did 1606 01:06:28,567 --> 01:06:32,947 was to get a ranch in California for his parents. 1607 01:06:34,657 --> 01:06:36,450 They weren't terribly close, but he loved them, 1608 01:06:36,492 --> 01:06:38,995 and he wanted to do nice things for 'em. 1609 01:06:40,454 --> 01:06:43,416 They were immigrants who, in one generation, had a son 1610 01:06:43,457 --> 01:06:46,585 who had reached heights they couldn't have imagined. 1611 01:06:46,627 --> 01:06:48,963 But it just didn't seem to make a difference 1612 01:06:49,005 --> 01:06:51,632 to their relationship. 1613 01:06:51,674 --> 01:06:54,260 One of the things that John struggled with 1614 01:06:54,301 --> 01:06:55,553 in his emotional life 1615 01:06:55,594 --> 01:06:58,347 was thinking his parents weren't happy. 1616 01:06:58,389 --> 01:07:02,893 Adam seemed depressed, and Agnes was up and down, 1617 01:07:02,935 --> 01:07:05,104 maybe bipolar. 1618 01:07:05,146 --> 01:07:06,897 He felt that his success 1619 01:07:06,939 --> 01:07:09,066 was supposed to help heal the family, 1620 01:07:09,108 --> 01:07:12,153 yet he couldn't make that happen. 1621 01:07:12,194 --> 01:07:14,572 It was very painful. 1622 01:07:14,613 --> 01:07:17,366 I think it really crushed him. 1623 01:07:17,408 --> 01:07:18,951 Hi, Jane. How are you? 1624 01:07:18,993 --> 01:07:19,869 Hi, Dan. Fine. 1625 01:07:19,910 --> 01:07:21,537 - How's Patrick? - He's good. 1626 01:07:21,579 --> 01:07:23,372 I hear John's still out in California. 1627 01:07:23,414 --> 01:07:25,374 What's he doing, eight to ten for possession? 1628 01:07:25,416 --> 01:07:27,543 No, no. He's really quite sick. 1629 01:07:27,585 --> 01:07:30,087 He has a bad ear infection. He can't go up in an airplane. 1630 01:07:30,129 --> 01:07:31,881 Like, he can't land, or his ear drum will burst, so... 1631 01:07:31,922 --> 01:07:35,593 Oh, I sure hope he didn't catch it listening to himself sing. 1632 01:07:35,634 --> 01:07:38,054 - I'll see you, Dan. - Sure. 1633 01:07:38,095 --> 01:07:40,014 funky rock music 1634 01:07:40,056 --> 01:07:43,768 [Lorne] In the course of 20-some-odd shows a year, 1635 01:07:43,809 --> 01:07:44,894 now, suddenly, 1636 01:07:44,935 --> 01:07:49,440 John was often a bigger star than the host. 1637 01:07:49,482 --> 01:07:50,858 He was making 1941. 1638 01:07:50,900 --> 01:07:53,527 There's a short film that I've never run 1639 01:07:53,569 --> 01:07:55,071 with John sitting around a pool, 1640 01:07:55,112 --> 01:07:58,199 'cause it was the one time John missed a show. 1641 01:07:58,240 --> 01:07:59,492 [Tanner] Right... 1642 01:07:59,533 --> 01:08:01,077 [Lorne] ...because he broke his leg or hurt his leg or-- 1643 01:08:01,118 --> 01:08:02,745 - [Tanner] An ear infection. - [Lorne] Whatever. 1644 01:08:02,787 --> 01:08:03,746 - Okay. - [Tanner] Yeah. 1645 01:08:03,788 --> 01:08:05,039 [Lorne] Whatever it was, 1646 01:08:05,081 --> 01:08:06,332 he couldn't get on the plane, blah, blah, blah. 1647 01:08:06,373 --> 01:08:07,875 And they made this film for the show, 1648 01:08:07,917 --> 01:08:10,169 which was all about kissing John's ass. 1649 01:08:10,211 --> 01:08:11,170 [Tanner] Mm-hmm. 1650 01:08:11,212 --> 01:08:13,005 [Lorne] I think we all just felt, 1651 01:08:13,047 --> 01:08:15,925 "Hey, you can't do this." 1652 01:08:18,594 --> 01:08:20,012 [Tanner] Yeah, everyone says that, you know, 1653 01:08:20,054 --> 01:08:22,056 people didn't realize his problem was as bad as it was 1654 01:08:22,098 --> 01:08:24,391 because he always pulled it together at 11:30. 1655 01:08:24,433 --> 01:08:26,143 [Lorne] Yeah. 1656 01:08:26,185 --> 01:08:27,269 [Tanner] The Kate Jackson show. 1657 01:08:27,311 --> 01:08:30,231 [Lorne] Yes. Here's the story, okay? 1658 01:08:30,272 --> 01:08:32,483 John is the fucking center of the show. 1659 01:08:32,525 --> 01:08:33,859 It's about Fred Silverman, 1660 01:08:33,901 --> 01:08:35,111 and he's playing Fred Silverman. 1661 01:08:35,152 --> 01:08:37,446 [Charlie] You all remember Freddy Silverman? 1662 01:08:37,488 --> 01:08:40,032 [Lorne] He'd been out with, like, Ronnie Wood, you know? 1663 01:08:40,074 --> 01:08:43,119 And he was a mess. And he was coughing, you know. 1664 01:08:43,160 --> 01:08:45,538 He looked terrible, and the doctor says, 1665 01:08:45,579 --> 01:08:46,622 "John can't go on." 1666 01:08:46,664 --> 01:08:49,667 And I was just somewhere between rage 1667 01:08:49,708 --> 01:08:52,253 and very little sympathy. 1668 01:08:52,294 --> 01:08:55,631 And I said, "Well, what happens if he does it?" 1669 01:08:55,673 --> 01:08:58,592 He said, "Well, he could die." 1670 01:08:58,634 --> 01:09:02,471 And I said, "What are the odds of that?" 1671 01:09:02,513 --> 01:09:05,182 And he said, "50/50." 1672 01:09:05,224 --> 01:09:08,602 And I said, "I can live with those odds." 1673 01:09:08,644 --> 01:09:10,813 John looked at me, he opened his eyes, 1674 01:09:10,855 --> 01:09:13,524 and he did the show. 1675 01:09:13,566 --> 01:09:14,859 And he was bad. 1676 01:09:14,900 --> 01:09:17,987 dissonant dramatic music 1677 01:09:22,700 --> 01:09:26,871 I think he did everything he could to hang on that year, 1678 01:09:26,912 --> 01:09:30,416 but John didn't know how to do anything except full throttle. 1679 01:09:30,457 --> 01:09:32,960 So being a movie star meant, in his brain, 1680 01:09:33,002 --> 01:09:36,213 that he had to turn his back on this other thing. 1681 01:09:36,255 --> 01:09:39,133 [cheers and applause] 1682 01:09:39,175 --> 01:09:40,926 I think he never reconciled it, 1683 01:09:40,968 --> 01:09:43,929 and he got deeper and deeper into the unhappiness 1684 01:09:43,971 --> 01:09:46,098 that comes with living 1685 01:09:46,140 --> 01:09:50,936 for what everybody else says is the ideal life, you know? 1686 01:09:50,978 --> 01:09:53,898 [cheers and applause] 1687 01:09:53,939 --> 01:09:57,651 blues music 1688 01:09:59,945 --> 01:10:01,071 [crew member] Mark. 1689 01:10:01,113 --> 01:10:03,532 - [emcee] John Belushi! - [cheers and applause] 1690 01:10:03,574 --> 01:10:05,201 - [host] How are ya? - [John] I'm fine. 1691 01:10:05,242 --> 01:10:06,535 [host] You're up doing the movie today? 1692 01:10:06,577 --> 01:10:08,370 [John] Oh, yeah. We're doing Blues Brothers. 1693 01:10:08,412 --> 01:10:10,414 - [Aykroyd] Yeah. - [cheers and applause] 1694 01:10:10,456 --> 01:10:13,250 Well, me and the Lord... 1695 01:10:13,292 --> 01:10:15,294 we got an understanding. 1696 01:10:15,336 --> 01:10:17,546 We're on a mission from God. 1697 01:10:17,588 --> 01:10:21,091 Sometimes I wonder 1698 01:10:21,133 --> 01:10:24,678 [Sean] Danny and John called me, and they said, 1699 01:10:24,720 --> 01:10:26,222 "I think there's a movie." 1700 01:10:26,263 --> 01:10:29,058 And it told the saga of these brothers-- 1701 01:10:29,099 --> 01:10:30,976 how Jake had been in prison, 1702 01:10:31,018 --> 01:10:32,895 how Elwood had to wait for him, 1703 01:10:32,937 --> 01:10:34,980 how they had to save the orphanage. 1704 01:10:35,022 --> 01:10:39,068 All against the backdrop of their hometown of Chicago. 1705 01:10:39,109 --> 01:10:41,487 [Landis] It was very important that it be Chicago. 1706 01:10:41,528 --> 01:10:45,157 I mean, John, he was like-- he was a god in Chicago. 1707 01:10:45,199 --> 01:10:48,535 [emcee] Ladies and gentlemen, "Joliet" Jake Blues, 1708 01:10:48,577 --> 01:10:53,290 - John Belushi! - [cheers and applause] 1709 01:10:53,332 --> 01:10:56,543 [Carrie] John was just this big event. 1710 01:10:56,585 --> 01:10:59,838 Once you have that kind of television fame, 1711 01:10:59,880 --> 01:11:01,632 you belong to people. 1712 01:11:01,674 --> 01:11:05,511 You live in their homes, in their TV sets. 1713 01:11:05,552 --> 01:11:09,431 Everyone felt they knew him and could just come up to him 1714 01:11:09,473 --> 01:11:13,811 and give him drugs or do whatever 1715 01:11:13,852 --> 01:11:15,688 because he was their friend. 1716 01:11:15,729 --> 01:11:17,606 [Shalit] Okay, let's go. Thank you very much. 1717 01:11:17,648 --> 01:11:19,692 Does it disturb you to be an idol? 1718 01:11:19,733 --> 01:11:20,943 [John] Yeah. 1719 01:11:20,985 --> 01:11:22,403 [Gene] Does it disturb you that so many people know you 1720 01:11:22,444 --> 01:11:23,779 and grab you and recognize you? 1721 01:11:23,821 --> 01:11:25,072 [John] Yeah, yeah, you feel like a freak. 1722 01:11:25,114 --> 01:11:26,740 [host] Is your family theatrical at all? 1723 01:11:26,782 --> 01:11:28,158 Not at all, no. 1724 01:11:28,200 --> 01:11:31,036 - What'd your father do? - He was a hit man. 1725 01:11:31,078 --> 01:11:33,289 These are all personal questions I'm not gonna answer. 1726 01:11:33,330 --> 01:11:36,542 We can talk about television. We can talk about movies. 1727 01:11:36,583 --> 01:11:38,085 Want to talk about something like that, okay? 1728 01:11:38,127 --> 01:11:39,586 My personal life really doesn't mean anything. 1729 01:11:39,628 --> 01:11:41,964 - You don't want to do that? - No, I don't. 1730 01:11:42,006 --> 01:11:43,340 [camera shutters clicking] 1731 01:11:43,382 --> 01:11:45,676 [Carrie] He enjoyed it for a while, 1732 01:11:45,718 --> 01:11:49,138 and then I think he felt more haunted by it. 1733 01:11:49,179 --> 01:11:51,682 [Mitch] I know there was a period where 1734 01:11:51,724 --> 01:11:53,017 it got really frenetic, 1735 01:11:53,058 --> 01:11:56,812 and so they opened a Blues Bar in Chicago. 1736 01:11:56,854 --> 01:11:58,856 [Aykroyd] I was up late with him and partying 1737 01:11:58,897 --> 01:12:03,027 up at Chicago Blues Bar virtually every night. 1738 01:12:03,068 --> 01:12:04,778 You know, we're having a lot of fun, 1739 01:12:04,820 --> 01:12:06,697 24 hours, 365, 1740 01:12:06,739 --> 01:12:08,991 going out and immersing ourselves in the music 1741 01:12:09,033 --> 01:12:10,242 and going to Maxwell Street 1742 01:12:10,284 --> 01:12:13,162 and really living what we were making the movie about. 1743 01:12:13,203 --> 01:12:15,706 We owned the town. We owned the city of Chicago. 1744 01:12:15,748 --> 01:12:18,417 You know, we used to hail police cars on the way home. 1745 01:12:18,459 --> 01:12:22,504 And to own a city and have a partner to share it with, 1746 01:12:22,546 --> 01:12:25,966 that was just, you know, the peak of life. 1747 01:12:26,008 --> 01:12:27,343 [crew member] Roll camera! 1748 01:12:27,384 --> 01:12:30,262 blues music 1749 01:12:33,766 --> 01:12:36,018 [Aykroyd] One night, nobody could find John. 1750 01:12:36,060 --> 01:12:39,271 Someone said, "Well, I saw him walking over across the street 1751 01:12:39,313 --> 01:12:41,315 and went into that neighborhood over there." 1752 01:12:41,357 --> 01:12:43,817 I went to a house, knocked on the door, 1753 01:12:43,859 --> 01:12:46,278 and a guy came to the door, and he said, 1754 01:12:46,320 --> 01:12:49,365 "Oh, yes. Mr. Belushi-- he's in on the couch. 1755 01:12:49,406 --> 01:12:51,700 He's asleep." 1756 01:12:51,742 --> 01:12:53,994 Turned out John had walked off the set, 1757 01:12:54,036 --> 01:12:56,205 gone to somebody's house, knocked on the door, said, 1758 01:12:56,246 --> 01:12:57,664 "You know who I am. John Belushi. 1759 01:12:57,706 --> 01:12:59,708 I'm tired. I'm hungry." 1760 01:12:59,750 --> 01:13:01,085 He walked into the guy's fridge, 1761 01:13:01,126 --> 01:13:03,712 made himself a sandwich, had a glass of milk, 1762 01:13:03,754 --> 01:13:06,924 and then said, "Can I crash out on your couch?" 1763 01:13:06,965 --> 01:13:08,258 Perfect stranger. 1764 01:13:08,300 --> 01:13:11,887 Answers, cast, ready for rehearsal, please. 1765 01:13:11,929 --> 01:13:13,097 [Carrie] Danny was the one 1766 01:13:13,138 --> 01:13:14,932 that used to call him "America's guest," 1767 01:13:14,973 --> 01:13:17,601 because he could go to anybody's house 1768 01:13:17,643 --> 01:13:21,063 and sleep in their beds and eat their food 1769 01:13:21,105 --> 01:13:22,481 and watch their TV, 1770 01:13:22,523 --> 01:13:26,276 and there was no stopping John doing anything. 1771 01:13:27,486 --> 01:13:29,530 Somehow, he got it into his head 1772 01:13:29,571 --> 01:13:30,989 that I should date Danny. 1773 01:13:31,031 --> 01:13:34,576 So then Danny and I started meeting in parking lots 1774 01:13:34,618 --> 01:13:36,453 and making out. 1775 01:13:36,495 --> 01:13:41,041 And it was John's favorite thing ever. 1776 01:13:41,083 --> 01:13:42,751 The arrangement was 1777 01:13:42,793 --> 01:13:46,463 John and I were the bad kids, 1778 01:13:46,505 --> 01:13:49,675 and Danny and Judy 1779 01:13:49,716 --> 01:13:51,552 were the police. 1780 01:13:58,267 --> 01:13:59,643 [Mrs. Murphy] Help you boys? 1781 01:13:59,685 --> 01:14:02,479 - You got any, uh, white bread? - Yes. 1782 01:14:02,521 --> 01:14:06,150 [Elwood] I'll have some toasted white bread, please. 1783 01:14:07,317 --> 01:14:10,028 [Mrs. Murphy] You want butter or jam on that toast, honey? 1784 01:14:10,070 --> 01:14:12,156 No, ma'am. Dry. 1785 01:14:13,198 --> 01:14:14,283 Got any fried chicken? 1786 01:14:14,324 --> 01:14:17,536 Best damn chicken in the state. 1787 01:14:17,578 --> 01:14:20,247 [Jake] Bring me four fried chickens and a Coke. 1788 01:14:20,289 --> 01:14:22,666 You want chicken wings or chicken legs? 1789 01:14:22,708 --> 01:14:25,461 Four fried chickens and a Coke. 1790 01:14:25,502 --> 01:14:27,629 And some dry white toast, please. 1791 01:14:27,671 --> 01:14:29,715 Y'all want anything to drink with that? 1792 01:14:29,756 --> 01:14:31,216 - No, ma'am. - A Coke. 1793 01:14:31,258 --> 01:14:33,594 Be up in a minute. 1794 01:14:33,635 --> 01:14:35,345 We got two honkies out there 1795 01:14:35,387 --> 01:14:37,890 dressed like Hasidic diamond merchants. 1796 01:14:37,931 --> 01:14:38,974 Say what? 1797 01:14:39,016 --> 01:14:41,518 They look like they're from the CIA or something. 1798 01:14:41,560 --> 01:14:43,103 What they want to eat? 1799 01:14:43,145 --> 01:14:46,482 The tall one wants white bread, 1800 01:14:46,523 --> 01:14:48,609 toast, dry, with nothing on it. 1801 01:14:48,650 --> 01:14:49,693 Elwood. 1802 01:14:49,735 --> 01:14:52,946 And the other one wants four whole fried chickens 1803 01:14:52,988 --> 01:14:53,947 and a Coke. 1804 01:14:53,989 --> 01:14:57,409 And Jake! Shit, the Blues Brothers! 1805 01:14:57,451 --> 01:14:58,911 [Landis] On The Blues Brothers, 1806 01:14:58,952 --> 01:15:00,746 John was different, and it was hard. 1807 01:15:00,787 --> 01:15:03,665 But you know that whole thing about America's guest? 1808 01:15:03,707 --> 01:15:05,125 Well, it's true. 1809 01:15:05,167 --> 01:15:07,169 He could be abrupt and unpleasant, 1810 01:15:07,211 --> 01:15:10,464 but most of the time he was totally charming, 1811 01:15:10,506 --> 01:15:12,466 and people adored him. 1812 01:15:12,508 --> 01:15:13,800 Having said all this-- 1813 01:15:13,842 --> 01:15:15,802 and I don't want to make it sound worse than it was, 1814 01:15:15,844 --> 01:15:18,722 because I don't think we lost four or five days shooting 1815 01:15:18,764 --> 01:15:21,558 at the most because of drugs, which is a lot-- 1816 01:15:21,600 --> 01:15:23,977 but there's a couple of times on the movie 1817 01:15:24,019 --> 01:15:26,730 when I was really worried about his health. 1818 01:15:26,772 --> 01:15:28,190 And you can see it, you know? 1819 01:15:28,232 --> 01:15:29,775 There's some scenes where he's there 1820 01:15:29,816 --> 01:15:31,276 and some scenes where he's not. 1821 01:15:31,318 --> 01:15:33,529 It's 106 miles to Chicago. 1822 01:15:33,570 --> 01:15:36,698 We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, 1823 01:15:36,740 --> 01:15:39,576 it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. 1824 01:15:39,618 --> 01:15:40,452 Hit it. 1825 01:15:40,494 --> 01:15:44,373 rock music 1826 01:15:49,169 --> 01:15:52,005 [Carrie] Traveling at the high speeds he did, 1827 01:15:52,047 --> 01:15:54,049 he was just really way out of control. 1828 01:15:54,091 --> 01:15:56,552 And the more they tried to control him, 1829 01:15:56,593 --> 01:15:58,595 the more insane it got. 1830 01:16:00,055 --> 01:16:01,098 Hey! 1831 01:16:03,392 --> 01:16:04,518 Hey! 1832 01:16:07,229 --> 01:16:08,146 Hey! 1833 01:16:08,188 --> 01:16:10,857 [wailing sirens fade] 1834 01:16:10,899 --> 01:16:13,569 [Aykroyd] It was clear to everyone at that point 1835 01:16:13,610 --> 01:16:17,573 that John had a problem with cocaine. 1836 01:16:17,614 --> 01:16:19,992 [Carrie] There was a point where everyone said, 1837 01:16:20,033 --> 01:16:23,245 you know, "He's really killing himself." 1838 01:16:23,287 --> 01:16:26,123 And then when he didn't, then, you thought, 1839 01:16:26,164 --> 01:16:30,711 "Well, maybe John's right. Maybe he is invincible." 1840 01:16:31,628 --> 01:16:33,422 [Laila] John would be okay for a while, 1841 01:16:33,463 --> 01:16:35,424 and then he would go on a bender, 1842 01:16:35,465 --> 01:16:39,303 and he would feel so guilty and so tormented by it. 1843 01:16:39,344 --> 01:16:40,887 It was just terrible. 1844 01:16:40,929 --> 01:16:44,141 He just felt like he'd let everybody down, you know? 1845 01:16:44,182 --> 01:16:46,727 And in those days, people thought it was, like, 1846 01:16:46,768 --> 01:16:49,313 a question of self-will or whatever, and it isn't. 1847 01:16:49,354 --> 01:16:53,609 It's a disease and has nothing to do with willpower. 1848 01:16:53,650 --> 01:16:55,986 But we didn't understand that. 1849 01:16:56,028 --> 01:16:57,404 [Mitch] It started to slip 1850 01:16:57,446 --> 01:16:59,281 into something that was hurting him, 1851 01:16:59,323 --> 01:17:00,782 'cause he used to come over 1852 01:17:00,824 --> 01:17:02,326 and sleep on my couch sometimes. 1853 01:17:02,367 --> 01:17:04,161 And it would keep me up all night 1854 01:17:04,202 --> 01:17:06,121 because his sleeping was so wet, 1855 01:17:06,163 --> 01:17:08,373 the sound in his chest was so heavy 1856 01:17:08,415 --> 01:17:12,210 that I was worried that he wasn't gonna wake up. 1857 01:17:12,252 --> 01:17:14,379 Now, you know, I had, like, a few nights of it, 1858 01:17:14,421 --> 01:17:15,922 scattered, you know, when he'd be at the house, 1859 01:17:15,964 --> 01:17:17,966 but that's how Judy lived. 1860 01:17:18,008 --> 01:17:19,259 You could leave as a friend. 1861 01:17:19,301 --> 01:17:21,303 You could just go do your life, 1862 01:17:21,345 --> 01:17:23,513 but that was her life. 1863 01:17:23,555 --> 01:17:26,808 [wind blowing] 1864 01:17:44,159 --> 01:17:48,705 [Judy] John's drug abuse was disturbing to everyone. 1865 01:17:52,584 --> 01:17:56,672 We had some conversations about rehab, 1866 01:17:56,713 --> 01:17:59,716 but he didn't like that idea. 1867 01:17:59,758 --> 01:18:03,345 I know I spoke, myself, to some doctors who had told me, 1868 01:18:03,387 --> 01:18:07,015 "Wait till he's passed out and then call," 1869 01:18:07,057 --> 01:18:10,519 and they would make the arrangements and commit him. 1870 01:18:10,560 --> 01:18:14,022 But I just-- I couldn't do that. 1871 01:18:15,774 --> 01:18:19,695 And that was when Nana had a heart attack at the ranch. 1872 01:18:19,736 --> 01:18:21,655 And John was not being cooperative. 1873 01:18:21,697 --> 01:18:23,532 He didn't want to go. 1874 01:18:23,573 --> 01:18:26,326 He said, "I know what she's doing. 1875 01:18:26,368 --> 01:18:30,080 She's waiting for me to come so she can die." 1876 01:18:30,122 --> 01:18:33,125 I said, "Why don't you give her that," you know? 1877 01:18:33,166 --> 01:18:36,962 "Why don't you let her have that, John?" 1878 01:18:37,003 --> 01:18:38,922 So we went. 1879 01:18:38,964 --> 01:18:41,675 He was making the nurses laugh and he made Nana laugh 1880 01:18:41,717 --> 01:18:44,386 and he was kind of pretending to scold her 1881 01:18:44,428 --> 01:18:45,846 for making everybody worry. 1882 01:18:45,887 --> 01:18:49,391 And then he put his head down on her pillow 1883 01:18:49,433 --> 01:18:51,351 and fell asleep. 1884 01:18:51,393 --> 01:18:52,978 She said, "Johnny tired. Go home. 1885 01:18:53,019 --> 01:18:54,271 Go sleep. Sleep late." 1886 01:18:54,312 --> 01:18:56,398 I remember something about "don't get up early" 1887 01:18:56,440 --> 01:18:58,108 or something. 1888 01:18:58,150 --> 01:19:01,486 The next morning, the call was that she died, 1889 01:19:01,528 --> 01:19:04,656 and he just broke down. 1890 01:19:06,241 --> 01:19:08,493 I think that's when he began to realize 1891 01:19:08,535 --> 01:19:11,413 that he'd crossed into really dangerous behavior 1892 01:19:11,455 --> 01:19:14,875 and needed to find a way out. 1893 01:19:14,916 --> 01:19:17,169 And bringing in Smokey was something he thought 1894 01:19:17,210 --> 01:19:20,005 was gonna help. 1895 01:19:20,046 --> 01:19:22,799 [Aykroyd] Let's talk about Smokey. 1896 01:19:22,841 --> 01:19:24,885 Smokey was Richard Nixon's 1897 01:19:24,926 --> 01:19:27,679 primary Secret Service bodyguard 1898 01:19:27,721 --> 01:19:29,389 from the time Nixon went to China 1899 01:19:29,431 --> 01:19:32,058 through the end of his presidency. 1900 01:19:32,100 --> 01:19:35,687 So Smokey was eminently qualified 1901 01:19:35,729 --> 01:19:37,773 to handle difficult problems, 1902 01:19:37,814 --> 01:19:42,027 and he kept the scum balls and the sleazebags 1903 01:19:42,068 --> 01:19:44,613 away from John. 1904 01:19:44,654 --> 01:19:47,157 Between Judy, myself, and Smokey, 1905 01:19:47,199 --> 01:19:50,744 we were able, really, to keep John straight, 1906 01:19:50,786 --> 01:19:52,245 and, of course, you know, 1907 01:19:52,287 --> 01:19:54,956 it didn't seem that John wanted to help himself, 1908 01:19:54,998 --> 01:19:57,000 really, until that point. 1909 01:19:57,042 --> 01:19:59,002 rock music 1910 01:19:59,044 --> 01:20:01,004 [Shalit] Is there life after Saturday Night, 1911 01:20:01,046 --> 01:20:03,924 after Animal House, after The Blues Brothers? 1912 01:20:03,965 --> 01:20:07,052 John Belushi, you have a new movie called 1913 01:20:07,093 --> 01:20:08,637 - Continental Divide. - [John] Right. 1914 01:20:08,678 --> 01:20:10,555 [Shalit] It is, to me, a turning point in your career. 1915 01:20:10,597 --> 01:20:12,974 Hey, man. I seen this one before. 1916 01:20:13,016 --> 01:20:15,519 - You're what's-his-name. - That's right. 1917 01:20:15,560 --> 01:20:17,479 The character's different than the other characters 1918 01:20:17,521 --> 01:20:18,647 I've played in the past. 1919 01:20:18,688 --> 01:20:20,482 This character can read and write. 1920 01:20:20,524 --> 01:20:22,359 - [chuckles] - [John] I play a reporter. 1921 01:20:22,400 --> 01:20:25,487 They send me out to do an interview with this woman. 1922 01:20:25,529 --> 01:20:27,113 [Shalit] Now, this film is a risk for you, 1923 01:20:27,155 --> 01:20:29,908 because your fans are gonna go expecting to see Animal House. 1924 01:20:29,950 --> 01:20:31,409 [John] Yeah, they'd love to have me do 1925 01:20:31,451 --> 01:20:33,620 Animal House Goes To Camp, Animal House Joins the Army, 1926 01:20:33,662 --> 01:20:37,499 Animal House Rides the Space Shuttle, you know? 1927 01:20:37,541 --> 01:20:39,668 But that's not the way I work. 1928 01:20:39,709 --> 01:20:41,169 [Shalit laughs] 1929 01:20:43,129 --> 01:20:46,258 [Michael] he had it in him to be a terrific actor 1930 01:20:46,299 --> 01:20:48,844 rather than just a comedian, 1931 01:20:48,885 --> 01:20:51,721 and he really worked hard at it. 1932 01:20:51,763 --> 01:20:53,431 He lost 40 pounds. 1933 01:20:53,473 --> 01:20:55,642 You know, he was working out all the time. 1934 01:20:57,435 --> 01:21:00,146 He was very focused about his life and his work. 1935 01:21:00,188 --> 01:21:02,941 This was, I think, a good time for him. 1936 01:21:06,570 --> 01:21:09,114 [Shalit] People say you work under such a frenetic pace. 1937 01:21:09,155 --> 01:21:11,116 Do you see the world different now? 1938 01:21:11,157 --> 01:21:13,243 Are you a little bored? Do you take time off? 1939 01:21:13,285 --> 01:21:14,619 Do you lounge around now? 1940 01:21:14,661 --> 01:21:16,538 I'm enjoying life a little more. 1941 01:21:16,580 --> 01:21:19,207 I'm finding out what to do with my spare time. 1942 01:21:19,249 --> 01:21:20,959 [Shalit] Find out who you are yet? 1943 01:21:21,001 --> 01:21:22,335 Yeah, yeah, I think so. 1944 01:21:22,377 --> 01:21:23,670 [Shalit] Who are you? Are you Bluto? 1945 01:21:23,712 --> 01:21:26,047 Are you Mike Royko? Who are you? 1946 01:21:26,089 --> 01:21:28,425 I don't know. I'm just an actor. 1947 01:21:28,466 --> 01:21:31,803 Yeah, honey, something special just for you 1948 01:21:31,845 --> 01:21:32,721 Yeah. 1949 01:21:32,762 --> 01:21:36,057 [cheers and applause] 1950 01:21:36,766 --> 01:21:38,727 [Judy] Times were good. 1951 01:21:38,768 --> 01:21:40,520 We were staying at Martha's Vineyard 1952 01:21:40,562 --> 01:21:42,731 because we bought a new house. 1953 01:21:42,772 --> 01:21:44,024 He'd begun to, you know, 1954 01:21:44,065 --> 01:21:45,650 kind of calm down, settle down, 1955 01:21:45,692 --> 01:21:48,445 not be as interested in the whole social scene. 1956 01:21:48,486 --> 01:21:51,990 John, where are you? 1957 01:21:52,032 --> 01:21:53,783 [John] Over here. 1958 01:21:53,825 --> 01:21:54,701 You up there? 1959 01:21:54,743 --> 01:21:57,287 [Judy] Yes. What are you doing? 1960 01:21:57,329 --> 01:22:01,166 Well, I'm preparing the barbecue tonight. 1961 01:22:01,207 --> 01:22:02,125 [Judy] That's good. 1962 01:22:02,167 --> 01:22:04,377 We're having steak and sausage. 1963 01:22:04,419 --> 01:22:06,254 And you see, I cleaned the grill. 1964 01:22:06,296 --> 01:22:08,757 Big Bill Broonzy's "Trouble in Mind" 1965 01:22:08,798 --> 01:22:10,842 Get out of my kitchen. Get out. 1966 01:22:10,884 --> 01:22:13,595 - [John] Mmm. - [Judy] Mmm. 1967 01:22:13,637 --> 01:22:15,639 No, no, no, no! 1968 01:22:15,680 --> 01:22:19,893 [John] Judy, we're going out to the beach now. 1969 01:22:19,935 --> 01:22:21,645 [Judy whistles] 1970 01:22:21,686 --> 01:22:23,396 And if the blues overtake me 1971 01:22:23,438 --> 01:22:25,440 Gonna rock right away from here 1972 01:22:25,482 --> 01:22:28,234 [Aykroyd] It was a summer of just sun-filled days, 1973 01:22:28,276 --> 01:22:29,361 soaking in the sea. 1974 01:22:29,402 --> 01:22:30,862 Every day, we swam. 1975 01:22:30,904 --> 01:22:34,699 The whole summer was basically clean. 1976 01:22:34,741 --> 01:22:39,037 There was no coke at all for the entire summer. 1977 01:22:39,079 --> 01:22:40,956 [John] I'm going out for croquet. 1978 01:22:42,624 --> 01:22:46,002 - [John] Yes, sir. - Yes, sir. 1979 01:22:46,044 --> 01:22:48,088 I don't care if I die 1980 01:22:48,129 --> 01:22:49,547 [Siskel] You're a big movie star. 1981 01:22:49,589 --> 01:22:50,715 Your pictures make money. 1982 01:22:50,757 --> 01:22:53,802 Are you as happy as you seem to me to be right now? 1983 01:22:53,843 --> 01:22:55,679 Yeah. This year, yeah. 1984 01:23:00,392 --> 01:23:02,519 [cheers and applause] 1985 01:23:02,560 --> 01:23:03,853 [Judy] John was, you know, 1986 01:23:03,895 --> 01:23:05,772 feeling pretty good about himself. 1987 01:23:05,814 --> 01:23:08,274 We had Smokey with us, 1988 01:23:08,316 --> 01:23:10,652 and he saw John doing well 1989 01:23:10,694 --> 01:23:14,864 and decided that it was time to go. 1990 01:23:14,906 --> 01:23:17,742 And I remember Smokey went to him, "No, you're good. 1991 01:23:17,784 --> 01:23:20,328 You don't need me. You'll be fine." 1992 01:23:21,663 --> 01:23:25,709 And when he left, John was concerned. 1993 01:23:31,047 --> 01:23:34,342 [Carrie] We were up in Martha's Vineyard. 1994 01:23:35,760 --> 01:23:38,596 And I just remember him stripped to the waist 1995 01:23:38,638 --> 01:23:40,640 with this belly out, 1996 01:23:40,682 --> 01:23:42,600 and he was sort of howling at the moon 1997 01:23:42,642 --> 01:23:45,103 and saying, "You and I are alike. 1998 01:23:45,145 --> 01:23:48,106 We're addicts!" 1999 01:23:48,148 --> 01:23:50,316 [Tanner] He was mostly clean for over a year. 2000 01:23:50,358 --> 01:23:54,946 [Carrie] Well, that must've been a screaming hell for him. 2001 01:23:56,489 --> 01:24:00,285 Drugs aren't the problem. Sobriety is the problem. 2002 01:24:00,326 --> 01:24:02,328 Because he had no support group 2003 01:24:02,370 --> 01:24:07,000 to sort of tell him how to deal with what comes up 2004 01:24:07,042 --> 01:24:08,710 when you stop doing drugs. 2005 01:24:08,752 --> 01:24:11,546 You're not doings drugs for no reason. 2006 01:24:11,588 --> 01:24:16,092 And so once your management medication is removed, 2007 01:24:16,134 --> 01:24:19,846 all those feelings that it's been sitting on come up, 2008 01:24:19,888 --> 01:24:23,516 and you have no coping skills. 2009 01:24:23,558 --> 01:24:25,894 [waves crashing] 2010 01:24:25,935 --> 01:24:30,273 So you can't trust yourself. 2011 01:24:36,696 --> 01:24:38,698 [feedback whining] 2012 01:24:38,740 --> 01:24:42,118 [guitar chords reverberate] 2013 01:24:42,160 --> 01:24:45,455 [indistinct chatter] 2014 01:24:46,748 --> 01:24:47,957 [Mitch] You know, 2015 01:24:47,999 --> 01:24:50,210 John gave me all his blues albums at one point, 2016 01:24:50,251 --> 01:24:52,921 and it was really a drag because he just said, 2017 01:24:52,962 --> 01:24:55,715 "Yeah, I don't listen to this shit anymore. 2018 01:24:55,757 --> 01:24:56,883 Fuck this. 2019 01:24:56,925 --> 01:24:58,426 I'm just gonna listen to Fear and the Dead Kennedys." 2020 01:24:58,468 --> 01:25:00,011 - [Tanner] Yeah. - [Mitch] Punk and stuff. 2021 01:25:00,053 --> 01:25:01,805 Yeah. I mean, I hated that shit. 2022 01:25:01,846 --> 01:25:04,057 [punk rock music playing] 2023 01:25:04,099 --> 01:25:07,435 But when you look at it, in retrospect, it coincided 2024 01:25:07,477 --> 01:25:11,898 with a particularly chaotic and dark thing in him. 2025 01:25:11,940 --> 01:25:14,859 I don't need anyone 2026 01:25:14,901 --> 01:25:17,529 Don't need no mom and dad 2027 01:25:17,570 --> 01:25:19,489 Don't need no pretty face 2028 01:25:19,531 --> 01:25:20,949 [Harold] You know, for John, you know, 2029 01:25:20,990 --> 01:25:23,326 it's a classic addictive pattern, you know? 2030 01:25:23,368 --> 01:25:24,828 It's what makes an addict an addict, 2031 01:25:24,869 --> 01:25:28,540 is the expectation that if you just get more of your drug 2032 01:25:28,581 --> 01:25:29,749 that you will, you know, 2033 01:25:29,791 --> 01:25:31,960 finally cross over some threshold 2034 01:25:32,001 --> 01:25:34,796 or find some permanent satisfaction, 2035 01:25:34,838 --> 01:25:37,924 but you can't get high enough, you can't get famous enough, 2036 01:25:37,966 --> 01:25:39,259 you can't get rich enough 2037 01:25:39,300 --> 01:25:42,345 to kind of fill those great holes, you know, 2038 01:25:42,387 --> 01:25:44,222 he had created himself. 2039 01:25:46,599 --> 01:25:50,687 [Carrie] John didn't have a limit on anything. 2040 01:25:50,728 --> 01:25:52,105 Usually people have in them 2041 01:25:52,147 --> 01:25:53,898 a thing where you go, "Ooh-ooh. 2042 01:25:53,940 --> 01:25:55,358 That's too much." 2043 01:25:55,400 --> 01:25:58,736 But John didn't have whatever that is. 2044 01:25:58,778 --> 01:26:00,613 John took heroin. 2045 01:26:04,909 --> 01:26:07,579 [cheers and applause] 2046 01:26:07,620 --> 01:26:10,748 [vocalist] John Belushi. John Belushi on drums. 2047 01:26:10,790 --> 01:26:13,376 dark music 2048 01:26:13,418 --> 01:26:15,420 [Earl] Enid? 2049 01:26:15,461 --> 01:26:17,964 Someone's moving into the Warren place. 2050 01:26:18,006 --> 01:26:20,675 What do you say, neighbor? 2051 01:26:21,384 --> 01:26:24,971 Welcome to the end of the road, I guess. [chuckles] 2052 01:26:25,013 --> 01:26:27,182 [Harold] As big a star as he was, 2053 01:26:27,223 --> 01:26:29,934 I think John was groping for a film image. 2054 01:26:29,976 --> 01:26:32,979 He called me at one point and he said, 2055 01:26:33,021 --> 01:26:34,856 "Yeah, I'd love for you to read a screenplay. 2056 01:26:34,898 --> 01:26:36,399 I'm thinking about directing it." 2057 01:26:36,441 --> 01:26:38,443 And I said, you know, "Send it over, 2058 01:26:38,484 --> 01:26:39,986 and I'll get to it when I can." 2059 01:26:40,028 --> 01:26:42,071 "Well, no, you kind of have to read it now." 2060 01:26:42,113 --> 01:26:45,783 I said, "Well, what is it?" He said, "It's Neighbors." 2061 01:26:45,825 --> 01:26:48,244 "But aren't you already shooting that movie? 2062 01:26:48,286 --> 01:26:49,954 You know, you have a director." 2063 01:26:49,996 --> 01:26:52,248 menacing bass chords 2064 01:26:52,290 --> 01:26:54,584 [Judy] Dan and John were very excited 2065 01:26:54,626 --> 01:26:57,712 and started to work with Avildsen, the director. 2066 01:26:57,754 --> 01:27:02,425 And immediately John was really worried that the film, 2067 01:27:02,467 --> 01:27:05,470 rather than being the black comedy that the book was, 2068 01:27:05,511 --> 01:27:08,389 it was taking on a much more cartoony 2069 01:27:08,431 --> 01:27:10,433 and silly perspective. 2070 01:27:10,475 --> 01:27:14,646 And true to form, he was fighting that. 2071 01:27:14,687 --> 01:27:17,398 [Aykroyd] John Avildsen did not present himself 2072 01:27:17,440 --> 01:27:19,234 as a strong presence, 2073 01:27:19,275 --> 01:27:21,903 and John perceived weakness right there. 2074 01:27:21,945 --> 01:27:24,405 It was like the Battle of the Bulge. 2075 01:27:24,447 --> 01:27:25,990 The Allied lines were weak, 2076 01:27:26,032 --> 01:27:29,869 and the panzers rolled right into the weak spot. 2077 01:27:29,911 --> 01:27:32,247 [Judy] John felt isolated and frustrated, 2078 01:27:32,288 --> 01:27:35,458 and that's when everything fell apart. 2079 01:27:35,500 --> 01:27:37,335 [Tanner] Now, on the Neighbors set, 2080 01:27:37,377 --> 01:27:39,379 - Smokey was not there. - [Aykroyd] Yeah. 2081 01:27:39,420 --> 01:27:41,005 And when we got to nights, 2082 01:27:41,047 --> 01:27:42,882 the drugs became available again. 2083 01:27:42,924 --> 01:27:44,217 [painting clatters] 2084 01:27:44,759 --> 01:27:47,804 [Zanuck] I never sensed that there was anything going on 2085 01:27:47,845 --> 01:27:51,933 until we actually started that week of night shooting. 2086 01:27:51,975 --> 01:27:54,811 slowly building punk rock 2087 01:27:54,852 --> 01:27:57,438 It was pretty horrifying, quite frankly. 2088 01:27:58,648 --> 01:28:02,568 And I liked John, but it wasn't John. 2089 01:28:02,610 --> 01:28:05,446 He wouldn't come out of his trailer. 2090 01:28:05,488 --> 01:28:10,368 We'd go in, and the music would be blasting away. 2091 01:28:10,410 --> 01:28:12,829 I won't believe that this is all 2092 01:28:12,870 --> 01:28:16,249 He'd be in his undershorts and was totally out of it. 2093 01:28:16,291 --> 01:28:18,501 No more, no more, no more 2094 01:28:18,543 --> 01:28:21,045 No more, no more, no more, no 2095 01:28:21,087 --> 01:28:24,340 [Zanuck] One time, we had two guys standing behind him 2096 01:28:24,382 --> 01:28:26,884 holding him up off camera, you know? 2097 01:28:26,926 --> 01:28:30,513 I mean, that's the kind of shape he was in. 2098 01:28:30,555 --> 01:28:33,141 He couldn't control it, 2099 01:28:33,182 --> 01:28:35,893 and then no one could control him. 2100 01:28:35,935 --> 01:28:39,105 Joy Division's "I Remember Nothing" 2101 01:28:39,147 --> 01:28:42,191 dark rock music 2102 01:29:12,430 --> 01:29:17,393 We 2103 01:29:19,020 --> 01:29:23,191 Were strangers 2104 01:29:26,402 --> 01:29:30,031 We 2105 01:29:32,325 --> 01:29:36,537 [Mitch] John's choices had always been America's choices. 2106 01:29:36,579 --> 01:29:38,998 What he wanted to do was kind of resonating 2107 01:29:39,040 --> 01:29:40,792 with the country that way, and... 2108 01:29:40,833 --> 01:29:43,211 the choices weren't doing that anymore. 2109 01:29:45,797 --> 01:29:48,383 But John could've failed, and Hollywood-- 2110 01:29:48,424 --> 01:29:50,051 he could've done ten movies in a row, 2111 01:29:50,093 --> 01:29:52,720 and they still would've wanted him for the 11th. 2112 01:29:52,762 --> 01:29:54,889 You know, there was nobody like him. 2113 01:29:56,391 --> 01:29:59,185 But the thing with cocaine is that it puts you 2114 01:29:59,227 --> 01:30:00,645 in a vulnerable place. 2115 01:30:00,686 --> 01:30:03,606 His strength and confidence and positive way 2116 01:30:03,648 --> 01:30:06,234 were being eroded by all of it, and... 2117 01:30:06,275 --> 01:30:08,152 he just allowed it to affect him. 2118 01:30:08,194 --> 01:30:11,489 And in the old days, nothing could affect him. 2119 01:30:11,531 --> 01:30:13,449 [Shalit] What do you want to be doing ten years from now, 2120 01:30:13,491 --> 01:30:14,909 John Belushi? 2121 01:30:14,951 --> 01:30:16,661 - Fiddler on the Roof. - [Shalit] Okay. 2122 01:30:16,702 --> 01:30:18,871 And, Dan Aykroyd, ten years from now? 2123 01:30:18,913 --> 01:30:21,082 - Directing him in Fiddler. - [laughs] 2124 01:30:21,124 --> 01:30:23,459 I don't know, I don't know. I'll work with this guy. 2125 01:30:23,501 --> 01:30:26,170 I'll be working with this guy in ten years. 2126 01:30:26,212 --> 01:30:29,298 solemn music 2127 01:30:39,183 --> 01:30:42,103 [Judy] He always promised that he would try to do better 2128 01:30:42,145 --> 01:30:44,856 and that I had to trust that he loved me 2129 01:30:44,897 --> 01:30:47,024 and that, even when things were difficult, 2130 01:30:47,066 --> 01:30:48,860 that I could count on him. 2131 01:30:50,903 --> 01:30:53,698 But every time John went into that spin cycle, 2132 01:30:53,739 --> 01:30:57,243 it would immediately put me back into a feeling of panic, 2133 01:30:57,285 --> 01:30:58,661 of, like, "Oh, no." 2134 01:30:58,703 --> 01:31:01,497 [chuckles] "I thought this was over." 2135 01:31:01,539 --> 01:31:05,209 I had begun to see a psychiatrist. 2136 01:31:05,251 --> 01:31:08,379 And what my doctor immediately said is, you know, 2137 01:31:08,421 --> 01:31:11,591 "You have to focus on yourself and work on yourself." 2138 01:31:13,843 --> 01:31:17,805 It just sort of brought home how things move so quickly, 2139 01:31:17,847 --> 01:31:20,683 and there was so much to do all the time. 2140 01:31:20,725 --> 01:31:22,977 Helping him get the things done he needed, 2141 01:31:23,019 --> 01:31:26,272 I didn't think about myself, really. 2142 01:31:26,314 --> 01:31:28,316 [typewriter clacking] 2143 01:31:28,357 --> 01:31:29,734 John was supposed to go to LA 2144 01:31:29,775 --> 01:31:33,279 to start working on a script with Don Novello, Noble Rot. 2145 01:31:33,321 --> 01:31:35,031 And normally I would've gone with him, 2146 01:31:35,072 --> 01:31:36,824 but my psychiatrist asked me to commit 2147 01:31:36,866 --> 01:31:40,036 to staying in the city for three months at least 2148 01:31:40,077 --> 01:31:41,537 to work with him. 2149 01:31:43,247 --> 01:31:45,958 And I told him that it was really hard for me not to go, 2150 01:31:46,000 --> 01:31:48,586 that John needed me, and he said, 2151 01:31:48,628 --> 01:31:50,546 "Well, what are you afraid of?" 2152 01:32:02,975 --> 01:32:06,229 [typewriter clacking, bell dings] 2153 01:32:15,821 --> 01:32:17,532 [Dick] John and I got together 2154 01:32:17,573 --> 01:32:19,617 when I had moved out to Los Angeles, 2155 01:32:19,659 --> 01:32:21,869 and he would just kind of sit down and have dinner with us, 2156 01:32:21,911 --> 01:32:24,664 and he wanted to get the band together and play again. 2157 01:32:24,705 --> 01:32:26,666 That was his really big thing. 2158 01:32:26,707 --> 01:32:29,585 light rock music 2159 01:32:29,627 --> 01:32:31,796 And he said, "Who can you get?" 2160 01:32:31,837 --> 01:32:33,297 And I said, "Well, Tony's out here. 2161 01:32:33,339 --> 01:32:35,341 We'll get Tony to play guitar. I'll play bass. 2162 01:32:35,383 --> 01:32:36,509 You'll be on drums." 2163 01:32:36,551 --> 01:32:39,554 And we actually did a job, believe it or not. 2164 01:32:39,595 --> 01:32:42,265 We played the wrap party for Taxi. 2165 01:32:42,306 --> 01:32:44,433 "Louie Louie" playing 2166 01:32:44,475 --> 01:32:45,768 Whoa-oh 2167 01:32:45,810 --> 01:32:48,104 [indistinct signing] 2168 01:32:51,107 --> 01:32:53,192 He was reaching out for everybody 2169 01:32:53,234 --> 01:32:55,403 and trying to reconnect. 2170 01:32:55,444 --> 01:32:57,989 It was something that we never spoke of 2171 01:32:58,030 --> 01:33:00,241 other than the fact that we all kind of enjoyed 2172 01:33:00,283 --> 01:33:04,120 that we were all back in each other's lives a little bit. 2173 01:33:04,161 --> 01:33:07,164 dark music 2174 01:33:15,172 --> 01:33:16,757 [Mitch] He got Dick Blasucci 2175 01:33:16,799 --> 01:33:18,926 and a couple of other guys from Wheaton together 2176 01:33:18,968 --> 01:33:20,386 and played this wrap party. 2177 01:33:20,428 --> 01:33:22,179 - [Tanner] Yeah. - [Mitch] And it was really 2178 01:33:22,221 --> 01:33:24,098 this grasp for nostalgia, 2179 01:33:24,140 --> 01:33:26,851 you know, for the innocent days. 2180 01:33:34,233 --> 01:33:36,569 [Harold] So I hardly ever saw him, 2181 01:33:36,611 --> 01:33:39,822 but I saw him at a party. 2182 01:33:39,864 --> 01:33:41,866 He looked exhausted. 2183 01:33:41,907 --> 01:33:44,452 And he laid his head on my shoulder, 2184 01:33:44,493 --> 01:33:47,288 and all he said was, "Oh, Harold. 2185 01:33:47,330 --> 01:33:49,081 Oh, Harold." 2186 01:33:49,123 --> 01:33:53,210 Just couldn't even articulate anything about his situation. 2187 01:33:53,252 --> 01:33:56,088 I just sensed this total despair. 2188 01:33:58,174 --> 01:34:00,426 [Mitch] Judy had basically given him an ultimatum. 2189 01:34:00,468 --> 01:34:02,511 That's why she wasn't with him in California. 2190 01:34:02,553 --> 01:34:05,473 Judy was drawing a line in the sand to save him 2191 01:34:05,514 --> 01:34:08,184 so they could be together, but, you know, he was, 2192 01:34:08,225 --> 01:34:11,604 at that point, afraid that he had lost Judy. 2193 01:34:11,646 --> 01:34:14,190 You know, and for all their codependence, 2194 01:34:14,231 --> 01:34:16,859 you know, Judy was an anchor for him. 2195 01:34:16,901 --> 01:34:20,196 [typewriter clacking] 2196 01:34:24,158 --> 01:34:26,494 [Don] After we turned in the script, 2197 01:34:26,535 --> 01:34:27,912 I didn't hear from him for a while. 2198 01:34:27,953 --> 01:34:29,580 You know, a couple days I was wondering. 2199 01:34:29,622 --> 01:34:32,917 And then he just said, "They don't like the script." 2200 01:34:32,958 --> 01:34:34,585 They said, though, we can do it, 2201 01:34:34,627 --> 01:34:38,297 but I have to do this other movie first, Joy of Sex, 2202 01:34:38,339 --> 01:34:40,800 and they want me to wear a diaper. 2203 01:34:40,841 --> 01:34:42,218 How's that, man? 2204 01:34:42,259 --> 01:34:43,386 [Mitch] The Joy of Sex 2205 01:34:43,427 --> 01:34:44,887 was basically sort of a garbage script 2206 01:34:44,929 --> 01:34:46,389 that they were dusting off the heap that, 2207 01:34:46,430 --> 01:34:47,848 if they put John's name on it, 2208 01:34:47,890 --> 01:34:50,184 they could guarantee a big opening weekend. 2209 01:34:50,226 --> 01:34:52,520 [Don] They just wanted John Belushi, 2210 01:34:52,561 --> 01:34:54,355 and they want him to wear a diaper. 2211 01:34:54,397 --> 01:34:57,066 They don't give a shit about him. 2212 01:34:57,108 --> 01:34:59,860 This is the thing where John had no one on his side. 2213 01:34:59,902 --> 01:35:02,071 I'm the guy, you know, that wrote this with him. 2214 01:35:02,113 --> 01:35:04,782 I'm up in Toronto. His wife's on the East Coast. 2215 01:35:04,824 --> 01:35:05,950 He's got nobody there. 2216 01:35:05,991 --> 01:35:08,869 So that's his state of mind. He's got no one. 2217 01:35:08,911 --> 01:35:11,205 You know, he's alone. 2218 01:35:11,247 --> 01:35:13,249 Man. 2219 01:35:17,128 --> 01:35:19,463 [Tanner] Did you sense that things were that bad 2220 01:35:19,505 --> 01:35:21,549 in terms of the drug use during that last week? 2221 01:35:21,590 --> 01:35:23,843 [Tino] No, he was keeping it from me. 2222 01:35:23,884 --> 01:35:25,720 He definitely kept it from me. 2223 01:35:25,761 --> 01:35:28,431 You know, everybody knew about cocaine. 2224 01:35:28,472 --> 01:35:32,059 I mean, a lot of people were doing cocaine in those days. 2225 01:35:32,101 --> 01:35:33,519 But the heroin? Never. 2226 01:35:33,561 --> 01:35:36,439 Never thought of it, never for a minute. 2227 01:35:40,234 --> 01:35:42,153 [Aykroyd] Last time I heard his voice, 2228 01:35:42,194 --> 01:35:43,654 it was on the answering machine, 2229 01:35:43,696 --> 01:35:47,158 and it was very slurred, and, you know, he was fucked up, 2230 01:35:47,199 --> 01:35:48,284 and he was hurting. 2231 01:35:48,325 --> 01:35:50,077 And I called and talked him down, 2232 01:35:50,119 --> 01:35:52,371 and, you know, he was sad and defeated. 2233 01:35:52,413 --> 01:35:54,165 He was sad and defeated, and when I said, 2234 01:35:54,206 --> 01:35:57,501 "John, come on, man, you gotta get home. 2235 01:35:57,543 --> 01:35:58,711 You gotta get home. 2236 01:35:58,753 --> 01:36:00,963 You gotta leave Hollywood alone for a while. 2237 01:36:01,005 --> 01:36:02,339 Let's approach it from another angle. 2238 01:36:02,381 --> 01:36:04,008 I'm writing something great here for us 2239 01:36:04,049 --> 01:36:06,093 that's gonna solve everything." 2240 01:36:06,135 --> 01:36:08,804 I was writing Ghostbusters. 2241 01:36:08,846 --> 01:36:11,932 So he said, "Okay." 2242 01:36:11,974 --> 01:36:15,936 It's just that his sensitive side caved in 2243 01:36:15,978 --> 01:36:19,648 and he was numbing the pain and fighting it off. 2244 01:36:19,690 --> 01:36:23,736 It seemed like, you know, could never get out of that. 2245 01:36:23,778 --> 01:36:26,781 And I thought, you know, "I better finish this page, 2246 01:36:26,822 --> 01:36:30,451 this paragraph, and get the fuck out there." 2247 01:36:30,493 --> 01:36:32,119 But I didn't get to him in time. 2248 01:36:32,161 --> 01:36:36,123 Of course, you know, I carry that with me forever. 2249 01:36:43,214 --> 01:36:46,509 [cheers and applause] 2250 01:36:49,553 --> 01:36:51,597 [Elwood] My brother, Jake, 2251 01:36:51,639 --> 01:36:53,849 would like to become.... 2252 01:36:53,891 --> 01:36:56,811 increasingly intimate with you. 2253 01:36:56,852 --> 01:36:58,562 [cheers and applause] 2254 01:36:58,604 --> 01:37:02,316 And he feels that he can unwind a little bit, 2255 01:37:02,358 --> 01:37:05,236 sing a song about his personal life. 2256 01:37:05,277 --> 01:37:07,279 Here's my brother, Jake. 2257 01:37:07,321 --> 01:37:08,614 Thank you. 2258 01:37:08,656 --> 01:37:11,242 [cheers and applause] 2259 01:37:11,283 --> 01:37:14,495 The Blues Brothers' "Guilty" 2260 01:37:20,709 --> 01:37:23,504 [John as Jake] Yeah, baby 2261 01:37:25,798 --> 01:37:28,092 Yeah, I been drinking 2262 01:37:30,302 --> 01:37:32,721 And I 2263 01:37:32,763 --> 01:37:36,308 I shouldn't come by, no 2264 01:37:40,062 --> 01:37:44,692 But I found myself in trouble, darling 2265 01:37:47,528 --> 01:37:52,116 And I had nowhere else to go 2266 01:37:54,451 --> 01:37:57,121 Got some whiskey 2267 01:38:00,040 --> 01:38:02,334 From the barman 2268 01:38:05,087 --> 01:38:07,464 I got some cocaine 2269 01:38:07,506 --> 01:38:10,009 [cheers and applause] 2270 01:38:10,050 --> 01:38:12,553 From my friends 2271 01:38:15,306 --> 01:38:20,144 I gotta keep on moving, baby 2272 01:38:22,938 --> 01:38:27,151 Till I'm back in your arms again 2273 01:38:30,988 --> 01:38:32,740 Guilty 2274 01:38:34,909 --> 01:38:37,161 Yes, I'm guilty 2275 01:38:39,914 --> 01:38:42,416 And I'll be guilty 2276 01:38:42,458 --> 01:38:47,630 For the rest of my life 2277 01:38:48,714 --> 01:38:50,049 How come, baby 2278 01:38:50,090 --> 01:38:52,301 How come I never do 2279 01:38:54,678 --> 01:38:57,389 What I'm supposed to do? 2280 01:38:59,516 --> 01:39:03,479 How come everything I try 2281 01:39:03,520 --> 01:39:07,399 Never turns out right? 2282 01:39:10,569 --> 01:39:13,614 You know how it is with me, baby 2283 01:39:20,412 --> 01:39:24,416 You know I just can't stand myself 2284 01:39:29,129 --> 01:39:34,134 It takes a whole lot of medicine, darling 2285 01:39:34,176 --> 01:39:36,887 For me to pretend 2286 01:39:36,929 --> 01:39:40,808 That I'm somebody else 2287 01:39:45,813 --> 01:39:49,525 [cheers and applause] 2288 01:39:50,567 --> 01:39:53,112 [Aykroyd] Got the call, and so I immediately got up 2289 01:39:53,153 --> 01:39:55,322 and began to really motor. 2290 01:39:55,364 --> 01:39:56,991 It was a beautiful March day. 2291 01:39:57,032 --> 01:39:59,827 It was a blue sky and sun and everything, 2292 01:39:59,868 --> 01:40:01,578 and I remember on the way down there 2293 01:40:01,620 --> 01:40:03,163 and as I just got close to the village, 2294 01:40:03,205 --> 01:40:05,457 it was already on the newsstand right there-- 2295 01:40:05,499 --> 01:40:08,210 you know, "Belushi dead at 33." 2296 01:40:08,252 --> 01:40:10,504 somber music 2297 01:40:10,546 --> 01:40:13,632 [Judy] I heard someone, you know, opening the door, 2298 01:40:13,674 --> 01:40:16,343 and Danny yelled out for me, and I-- 2299 01:40:16,385 --> 01:40:19,054 his voice, you know, was off. 2300 01:40:19,096 --> 01:40:21,598 And I knew something was wrong. 2301 01:40:21,640 --> 01:40:24,435 And I said, you know, "Is he okay? 2302 01:40:24,476 --> 01:40:26,228 Was there an accident?" 2303 01:40:26,270 --> 01:40:29,565 And he said, in the most gentle voice... 2304 01:40:30,482 --> 01:40:32,651 "No, honey, he's dead." 2305 01:40:35,654 --> 01:40:37,614 [Aykroyd] You know, the pain didn't come out 2306 01:40:37,656 --> 01:40:39,867 for me, really, until after the funeral, 2307 01:40:39,908 --> 01:40:41,785 at my house in Martha's Vineyard. 2308 01:40:41,827 --> 01:40:43,954 And everybody was gone, 2309 01:40:43,996 --> 01:40:46,081 and the snow started to fall-- 2310 01:40:46,123 --> 01:40:47,624 beautiful white snow, you know, 2311 01:40:47,666 --> 01:40:51,086 and I got down on my knees, and I wept. 2312 01:40:55,591 --> 01:40:58,052 [Judy] I always believed that... 2313 01:40:58,093 --> 01:40:59,845 his true self would shine through 2314 01:40:59,887 --> 01:41:03,724 and that he wouldn't ultimately be destroyed 2315 01:41:03,766 --> 01:41:05,559 by drugs. 2316 01:41:05,601 --> 01:41:08,854 But I've spent a lot of time thinking about it all, 2317 01:41:08,896 --> 01:41:11,065 and I have worked through those things. 2318 01:41:11,106 --> 01:41:12,858 I don't, you know... 2319 01:41:12,900 --> 01:41:15,569 I don't blame myself... 2320 01:41:15,611 --> 01:41:16,737 anymore. 2321 01:41:18,489 --> 01:41:21,492 And the whole experience, my whole life with John, 2322 01:41:21,533 --> 01:41:25,621 to meet so young and have so many adventures 2323 01:41:25,662 --> 01:41:28,707 and the love that we shared... 2324 01:41:28,749 --> 01:41:31,043 I wouldn't trade. 2325 01:41:32,544 --> 01:41:35,631 - [host] A final question. - [John] Yeah. 2326 01:41:35,672 --> 01:41:39,176 [host] I would like to know how you do what you do. 2327 01:41:39,218 --> 01:41:40,302 [John] What are you asking me? 2328 01:41:40,344 --> 01:41:41,470 [host] Let's take the cartwheel. 2329 01:41:41,512 --> 01:41:43,055 That catches everybody by surprise. 2330 01:41:43,097 --> 01:41:45,766 [John] Oh, I've been doing that since sixth grade. 2331 01:41:45,808 --> 01:41:47,518 Everything you do in your life, 2332 01:41:47,559 --> 01:41:48,936 everything that I've ever done in my life, 2333 01:41:48,977 --> 01:41:51,188 I've used on camera somewhere. 2334 01:41:51,230 --> 01:41:52,731 [Aykroyd] You can't ask him this. 2335 01:41:52,773 --> 01:41:54,024 This is why he's a star. 2336 01:41:54,066 --> 01:41:55,359 This is why he's John Belushi, 2337 01:41:55,400 --> 01:41:57,236 is because he does these things, 2338 01:41:57,277 --> 01:41:59,863 - and it's his special energy. - [John] Yeah. 2339 01:41:59,905 --> 01:42:02,074 [Aykroyd] You know, he'll expire on this planet 2340 01:42:02,116 --> 01:42:04,868 and have left his mark because nobody can learn 2341 01:42:04,910 --> 01:42:09,331 how to do what Belushi does, and no one ever will, man. 2342 01:42:09,373 --> 01:42:11,083 [film reel clicking] 2343 01:42:11,125 --> 01:42:13,669 [clicking stops] 2344 01:42:15,546 --> 01:42:18,757 "With a Little Help from My Friends" 2345 01:42:34,815 --> 01:42:38,068 [indistinct chatter] 2346 01:42:38,902 --> 01:42:40,863 What would you do 2347 01:42:40,904 --> 01:42:45,117 - If I sang out of tune? - [cheers and applause] 2348 01:42:45,159 --> 01:42:48,620 Would you stand up and walk out on me? 2349 01:42:49,746 --> 01:42:51,957 Lend me your ear 2350 01:42:51,999 --> 01:42:55,919 And I'll, I'll sing you a song 2351 01:42:55,961 --> 01:42:58,881 Oh, I will try not to sing out of key 2352 01:42:58,922 --> 01:43:02,926 Oh, baby, I get high with a little help 2353 01:43:02,968 --> 01:43:04,136 From my friends 2354 01:43:04,178 --> 01:43:06,972 Well, don't you know, I'm gonna get high 2355 01:43:07,014 --> 01:43:09,057 With a little help from my friends 2356 01:43:09,099 --> 01:43:11,935 Oh, don't you know I'm gonna get my friends 2357 01:43:11,977 --> 01:43:14,980 High with a little help from my friends 2358 01:43:15,022 --> 01:43:16,982 Oh, oh, oh, oh 2359 01:43:17,024 --> 01:43:18,358 Oh, yeah 2360 01:43:18,400 --> 01:43:22,738 Whoo, ooh, ooh 2361 01:43:22,779 --> 01:43:24,907 What do I do 2362 01:43:24,948 --> 01:43:27,618 When my love is away? 2363 01:43:27,659 --> 01:43:31,622 Does it worry you to be alone? 2364 01:43:31,663 --> 01:43:33,790 Oh, no 2365 01:43:33,832 --> 01:43:38,545 How do I feel at the end of the day? 2366 01:43:38,587 --> 01:43:42,633 Are you sad because you're on your own? 2367 01:43:42,674 --> 01:43:44,176 Oh, man, I 2368 01:43:44,218 --> 01:43:49,181 High with a little help from my friends 2369 01:43:49,223 --> 01:43:53,936 Whoo, ooh, ooh 2370 01:43:57,231 --> 01:44:00,359 The Ventures' "The 2000 Pound Bee, Part 2" 2371 01:44:00,400 --> 01:44:03,487 up-tempo rock music 2372 01:45:35,579 --> 01:45:36,955 mellow acoustic music 2373 01:45:36,997 --> 01:45:39,207 [Judy] Well, I'm a fast-talking 2374 01:45:39,249 --> 01:45:43,420 Fast-walking Midwest kid 2375 01:45:43,462 --> 01:45:45,422 Never thought I'd grow up 2376 01:45:45,464 --> 01:45:48,675 But I'm glad I finally did 2377 01:45:48,717 --> 01:45:50,635 I done good in school 2378 01:45:50,677 --> 01:45:54,264 I learned to be cool, and it served me well 2379 01:45:54,306 --> 01:45:57,142 I married a rebel, I fought with the devil 2380 01:45:57,184 --> 01:45:59,394 And I lived to tell 2381 01:46:01,104 --> 01:46:03,315 These are the best days 2382 01:46:03,357 --> 01:46:06,234 These are the best days of my life 2383 01:46:06,276 --> 01:46:08,528 These are the best days 2384 01:46:08,570 --> 01:46:11,823 These are the best days of my life 2385 01:46:13,241 --> 01:46:16,828 There was a time I thought I'd be a virgin all my life 2386 01:46:16,870 --> 01:46:19,790 I never thought I would make a wife 2387 01:46:19,831 --> 01:46:22,584 When it came round to adultery 2388 01:46:22,626 --> 01:46:25,128 Never thought that I was sultry 2389 01:46:25,170 --> 01:46:27,964 But you know the best one, kiddo 2390 01:46:28,006 --> 01:46:30,133 Never thought I'd be a young widow 2391 01:46:30,175 --> 01:46:32,469 You cut the debt, you get what you get 2392 01:46:32,511 --> 01:46:36,264 You play your best game, and you never forget that 2393 01:46:36,306 --> 01:46:38,767 These are the best days 2394 01:46:38,809 --> 01:46:41,895 These are the best days of my life 2395 01:46:41,937 --> 01:46:44,189 These are the best days 2396 01:46:44,231 --> 01:46:47,442 These are the best days of my life 2397 01:46:49,403 --> 01:46:51,488 Hello, blue eyes 2398 01:46:51,530 --> 01:46:53,698 You are my best surprise 2399 01:46:53,740 --> 01:46:56,535 Now you and your sisters 2400 01:46:56,576 --> 01:46:58,578 Stand by my side 2401 01:46:58,620 --> 01:47:01,706 Times may get rough, we get tougher 2402 01:47:01,748 --> 01:47:04,376 We're not the kind to sit and suffer 2403 01:47:04,418 --> 01:47:07,003 I got your backs, and that's the facts 2404 01:47:07,045 --> 01:47:10,507 Because I am your motherfucking mother 2405 01:47:10,549 --> 01:47:13,218 These are the best days 2406 01:47:13,260 --> 01:47:15,971 These are the best days of my life 2407 01:47:16,012 --> 01:47:18,598 These are the best days 2408 01:47:18,640 --> 01:47:21,893 These are the best days of my life 2409 01:47:23,937 --> 01:47:27,774 I lost my good friend today 2410 01:47:29,067 --> 01:47:32,696 We had so much more to say now 2411 01:47:34,114 --> 01:47:35,699 All we shared 2412 01:47:37,868 --> 01:47:40,996 Is in the past 2413 01:47:41,037 --> 01:47:44,249 These are the best days 2414 01:47:44,291 --> 01:47:47,544 These are the best days of my life 2415 01:47:47,586 --> 01:47:50,422 These are the best days 2416 01:47:50,464 --> 01:47:53,425 These are the best days of my life 2417 01:47:53,467 --> 01:47:56,178 These are, these are 2418 01:47:56,219 --> 01:47:57,512 These are the best days 2419 01:47:57,554 --> 01:48:00,307 Oh, these, these are, these are 2420 01:48:00,348 --> 01:48:04,478 These, these are the best days 2421 01:48:04,519 --> 01:48:07,522 Of my life 2422 01:48:10,442 --> 01:48:11,651 [Judy] Ha ha, that's it.