Remakers Mark 44, Part 2 {The Blues Brothers}: A Loose Collection of Absurdities

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I saw Blues Brothers 2000 in the theater…I even own the soundtrack! Man, I was in a dark place.

Here in the second part of our discussion of Blues Brothers, we go over our re-casting winners and losers, talk about how in the %$&# worked as well as it did, appreciated the harmony present in the original (both musical and racial), and finally talk about our favorite piece of music from the original. Take a listen, shake your tailfeather, and enjoy!

• James Brown
• Donald “Duck” Dunn
• Frank Oz
• Aretha Franklin
• Steven Spielberg
• Cab Calloway
• “Minnie the Moocher”
• Legion
• X-Men
• Dan Stevens
• Downton Abbey
• Nelson Franklin
• Jack White
• Dan Aykroyd
• John Belushi
• Jack Black
• Tom Waits
• Sneakers
• Hackers
• Angelina Jolie
• John Landis
• Saturday Night Live
• Wayne’s World
• It’s Pat
• Lorne Michaels
• SNL cast 1975-1980
• John Belushi as Joe Cocker on SNL
• Blues Brothers 2000
• Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
• “We Are the World”
• Scott Legere
• The Cannonball Run
• Hal Needham
• John Candy
• Paul Reubens
• Henry Gibson
• Mr. T
• Joe Morton