"Princess Leia" Sets It Off: "The Blues Brothers" (1980)

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Hello and welcome to another fabulous episode of how Bette Davis saved my life. Life lessons from classic Hollywood. I'm loyal and I'm Georgia. And for those of you who follow us, thank you so much. On all our platforms, you see I'm scrolling. And for those of you can see us right now, live, you see how I'm dressed. You know, we've been telling y'all what movies we're doing. So if you don't know how I'm dressed, should give you an idea of what movie. Because this outfit, this look is so iconic, so simple, but so iconic. So, Georgia, what is our movie today? [00:00:42] Speaker B: The Blues Brothers. [00:00:44] Speaker A: Absolutely. [00:00:45] Speaker B: Made in 1980. [00:00:46] Speaker A: Yes. Yes. The Blues Brothers. And I can't wait to talk about it. One of my favorite movies of all time. And, Georgia, we've been on a roll with these comedies, right? [00:00:58] Speaker B: We sure have, moya. [00:01:01] Speaker A: So, Georgia, get us started talking about. I mean, I don't even know where to begin. I hope mostly everyone has seen the Blues Brothers, but if you haven't, Georgia's gonna give us a little brief synopsis. And, you know she's gonna come with the tea because I know there's a lot of tea. [00:01:18] Speaker B: There is a lot of tea on this movie. Well, the tagline for this movie goes something like when it's the most devastating team since Nitro and Glycerin. [00:01:32] Speaker A: Oh, goodness. Yeah. That's true. Yes. For several reasons. [00:01:37] Speaker B: Yes, indeed. I'm going to jump right into the plot, and then we'll get into all of the tea. This movie I would describe as a musical comedy, action fantasy. And I like that this is a madcap movie romp. So if you want some pure escapism and you just want to feel good, you got to watch this movie. The music is absolutely out of this world. Stupendous and spectacular. [00:02:09] Speaker A: Okay, now, can you park it there for a minute, or should I let you go on? Because we could just talk about the music by itself. [00:02:15] Speaker B: Oh, of course. Definitely. Yeah. The music is a whole separate. It's a separate star, right? [00:02:20] Speaker A: It is. It is. So we'll come back to that. I'll let you finish, but we gotta come back to that. [00:02:24] Speaker B: Okay, so I'm gonna set you up with the plot. So, blues brothers Jake has just been released from the Joliet penitentiary. And so he's reunited with his brother Elwood. And they visit the orphanage where they grew up. It's called St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud orphanage. And they visit the nun who raised them. And they call her the Penguin. She goes by sister Mary Stigmata. [00:02:59] Speaker A: So just real quick. I first saw this with my parents. I think. I think I first saw it with my parents. And they. As soon as they said the penguin, they were dead. Like you laughing as soon as the movie comes on. But when they call that nun the penguin girl, my parents lost it. [00:03:18] Speaker B: For good reason. [00:03:19] Speaker A: And it's setting you up to know that if you are easily offended, do not look at this movie. Cause like I said, seventies comedy, just classic epitome of it. Everyone's offended. It's an equal opportunity offender. [00:03:35] Speaker B: Yes, well, when they visit the nun who raised them, she tells them that the orphanage is going to close if it doesn't pay $5,000 in taxes. And so to raise the money, they decide to get their band back together and do some gigs. And so they make enemies and they wreak havoc wherever they go. They can't seem to do right by anyone they cross paths with. But they always seem to find a way to get out of a sticky situation or something. Oh, boy. That's a great picture of the penguin. So this is hilarious. It's wild and entertaining. It's a thrill ride. It's led by an army of pursuers. They're being chased by the police. You see, like the National Guards, Wa team, a country western band, American Nazis. But they are unstoppable. Because, as they say, we're on a mission from God. [00:04:36] Speaker A: Yes. I mean, it's so wild. Like, again, if you are easily offended, this is not the movie for you. But it is. So are you really doing yourself a disservice? It's timeless. And so we already did blazing saddles and everything like that. And again, so Mel Brooks, I would say dominated or not dominated. He certainly was a part of. Cause they had a lot of great 70, like the we did silver streak. So these are. So you're seeing a pattern in the seventies with the comedies, the buddy movies. And I like what you say, the fantasy of it all, Mel Brooks and blaze and saddles. And then later on, I think he did. I forget the one, like the. Something about the world. I know I'm not saying it right, but. And they break what they call a fourth wall. They talk to the audience. But the blues brothers, it just didn't care. And it's like you said, it's like. It's like organized chaos. And I just love it. Like every. No scene is wasted. [00:05:45] Speaker B: Oh, I agree with you, Moya. And director John Landis was only 29 when he did this. And he'd already directed Animal House. I think maybe a couple years before this. And so, yeah, that's a out of control, but it's, but it's still. They keep a rein on it somehow, some way they do, but it is. Oh, my God, it's fun. It's just so much fun. There's an anarchic feeling to it. The only thing, it was rated r, that was because they used the f word in it, but I think otherwise. Yeah. And a few things were, yeah, the language gets a little bit salty, but it's make believe violence. Like, almost. It has, like a cartoon quality to it. [00:06:29] Speaker A: Right. [00:06:30] Speaker B: Like the, the Roadrunner and the coyote kind of like that. A little bit. [00:06:38] Speaker A: Right. I mean, it's. You can't go wrong, this movie. I'll say this, if you feel down and. Or you need to pick me up to laugh or something like that. This is the movie definitely for that. And I've been like that. And it just so happens to be on tv. Or back in the day when they used to put, like, regular tv, they used to put a lot of videos, I mean, old movies or whatever stuff, because, you know, now you got to pay for everything now. But believe it or not, guys, you used to consider these great films for free on tv. It was the late night movie or the Late show, whatever, like that. But, yeah, so, and this is one of my favorite, one of my favorite scenes. There's no bad scene to me. Georgia, what about. Because you said you saw it when it first came out, right? [00:07:38] Speaker B: I did. Okay. [00:07:40] Speaker A: Yeah. And so there's really no bad scenes. And this is one of my favorite scenes at the. Let me make it a little bigger. They're trying to, you know, get the money together, and they. So some of the sayings are iconic. We're putting the band back together. So, like, people say that when something, you know, was, was good and it went away or, you know, some people or group, and they put it back together. So that's, if you hear that before. If you heard that before, that's where they get this from. You know, we're putting. And so they were. And so what was funny, Georgia Belush, the characters, the Blues brothers. And I'm gonna go back and look at. Cause this, this is not their original form. They originally debuted, as far as I know, on Saturday Night Live. And so, and I was a kid. I was like a baby when Ellis came out. I was like, in first grade or something. Like, when this came out, I don't remember. But anyway, but I remember SNL, so this was the movie I was like, so was this the first SNL movie of characters from SNL movie? [00:08:47] Speaker B: I'm not. That's a great question. I'm not 100% sure because he did animal house before that, but that wasn't an SNL character. And then later on, of course, they did Wayne's world. And, you know, all that club, the. [00:09:01] Speaker A: Club people, I think I forget, you know, I'm talking about this may have. [00:09:04] Speaker B: Been because you have to, I'm sure some of our viewers remember that both Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi were of the original seven original cast members when SNL first debuted. And I think it was back in 75. And I remember I was like a college student when it came out. And I remember that it was like the coolest, hippest, funnest thing. [00:09:28] Speaker A: I can only imagine. So. Well, tell me a little bit about that. Tell us a little bit about that. How did, word up my, like, how did you find out about it? Did you look at SNL? [00:09:38] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Oh, it got so much promotion and publicity. Oh, it was just like something that you always watched, you just didn't miss it every Saturday night. And, yeah, even my grandmother would catch episodes because it would have, like, great musical entertainment. And then the comedy sketches were really good. [00:10:00] Speaker A: Right, right. And they were, you know, SNL, well, we ain't gonna go down that road. But SNL was always political. But what was so good about them? They were equal opportunity offenders. Nobody was safe. As opposed to now, I mean, need I say more? You know, it's so different now. And I actually watched a recent clip from them because they started doing some actual, in my opinion, I hadn't seen anything in a while where they started making, politically speaking, started making fun of both sides or trying to get in on a side they had not touched of y'all who know what I'm talking about. And it was funny. So, like, I, you know, and it's really a disservice. And I'm gonna get off of this because I am on a rant show, comedy from both sides. And everybody's opinion, you know, if you're so easily offended, then you need to stop following politics or sports or whatever I can laugh at if it's something I agree with, you know, or something I don't agree with it. But anyway, so I hadn't watched SNL in a minute. I stopped when Eddie Murphy left. I think that's the last time I looked at. Had you looked at SNL recently? [00:11:14] Speaker B: Maybe about a year or so ago. I, like Kate McKinnon. I thought she was really good. [00:11:19] Speaker A: Okay, I don't, I don't think I know who that is. And so they had a lot of cameos. We'll get to the music in a minute. But here's a cameo of you know who. Georgia, who is this? Do you know what it is? [00:11:32] Speaker B: Steven Spielberg. [00:11:33] Speaker A: Okay, I was trying to see, I was trying to stump you because it kind of looks the same way. Kind of looks the same way. This scene is off the chain. The blues brothers is off the chain. Y'all is so, who haven't seen if you want to turn your brain. But it's still smart. It's totally ridiculous, but it's still smart. You have to pay attention to the jokes. And what I liked about Belushi and ackroyd, they keep this stoic stone face, they keep the glasses on, their shades almost, if not the whole movie. I'm trying to probably the whole movie. But they, they're like deadpan, aren't they? [00:12:13] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. It's totally deadpan. That's what makes it so funny. [00:12:19] Speaker A: They don't see anything wrong with what they're doing. And then like, dan Aykroyd's character gets, he does look at Volusia's character, wants to go over the top for him even. He was like, wait a minute. But they still do it, you know? So to me, the next buddy rom.com that kind of matched. This one is dumb and dumber because to me, before, nothing else touched the blues brothers as far as two dudes, like a buddy. Two dudes, yeah. Some women comedies, of course, but nothing. I've never. Have you ever seen women just be outrageous like this? I don't know. I can't remember. I don't know. Every movie ever made. But have you ever seen a movie, like, with women that was kind of ridiculous like this? [00:13:11] Speaker B: Not as much. Well, the bridesmaids is a little bit. [00:13:14] Speaker A: Yes, but that's SNL. That's SNL people. So, yeah, bridesmaids. Yeah. But not as, this is totally outrated. But yeah, bridesmaids was a riot. [00:13:24] Speaker B: Yeah, but not as like off the charts like this one is. This one is wild. Just really crazy wild. [00:13:34] Speaker A: Okay, let me see if you know who this is. Let's see. I can try to stomp you because he was ridiculous, too. [00:13:40] Speaker B: Try and stump me, moya. [00:13:42] Speaker A: Okay, let's see. Who is that? [00:13:44] Speaker B: I love John Candy. Right, uncle Buck. [00:13:49] Speaker A: Yes, yes, yes. And. Cause he came from what? SCTV? I don't think he was on SNL. SCTV. Great. Canadian, like SNL show. Hilarious. And now Georgia, what's the tea? Was mostly, I suspect there was most of this improvised or a lot of it, because if someone actually sat down and wrote this out, that person should or was an insane asylum, then yes. [00:14:20] Speaker B: One of the co writers was Dan Aykroyd. And he had such a lengthy script. It was 356 pages. You have to remember, 1 minute of. I mean, one page is equal to 1 minute of video or filming. And so it was so out of, so out of whack that John Landis had to come in and clean it up quite a bit and shorten it. Okay, so it was a joint collaboration between John Landis and Dan Ackroyd. [00:14:48] Speaker A: Okay. Yeah, I knew Ackroyd has something to do with it. And so one of. So before we get to the music, we got to find this another, another scene that was so I kind of. Let me say, well, I know I'm not gonna stomp you. So everybody knows this scene. And so when, again, when my parents saw this, when saw her pop up and she was off the chain. So this woman has. Okay, we know this is Carrie Fisher, for those of you don't know. So she did more that she's done more than Princess Leia. She had already done Princess Leia. So to see her do this was insane. Right. And. But she was so good at it and it was just so funny. Cause it was. It shouldn't be funny. Cause the poor woman was unhinged. And then we was like, over John Belushi. [00:15:50] Speaker B: Actually, she. Yes, over John Belushi. I know. It's so hard to imagine his character. [00:15:56] Speaker A: His character as a couple. Yeah, yeah. His camera. [00:15:59] Speaker B: But in real life, though, she and Dan Aykroyd were a couple because during the filming of the movie, they got engaged. He proposed her, but that was after he saved her life because she was choking on a Brussels sprout. And he performed the Heimlich maneuver on her and saved her life. [00:16:18] Speaker A: Well, that'll do it. Yeah, that will definitely do it. Girl. That's crazy. [00:16:24] Speaker B: It is crazy. It is a lot of crazy stuff on this movie. [00:16:28] Speaker A: Right, right. And for those of you don't know, know, unfortunately, John Belushi died. Not like how not too, too long after this. [00:16:39] Speaker B: Yeah, it wasn't that long. I'm trying to remember if it was. He died in. I can't remember the year. It was like maybe two, maybe three years later, 82 or 83. He died. He was only 33 years of age. [00:16:54] Speaker A: 82. Yeah. Boy, he was. That was a hard 33 girl, he looked just hard. Yeah. So 80. 82 at March 5, 82 at the chateau. My mom, we know he died of an overdose. And I remember that and I cuz, of course he was one of my favorite carriers on SNL. And I remember them showing a funeral and Dan Ackroyd showing up looked like, look like a hippie. He had like bandana around his head and you could just see he was so distraught, just. And as the whole world, you know, especially the comedy community, so it was just what a loss. Just what a freaking loss. [00:17:37] Speaker B: It was a huge loss. But on this movie set, unfortunately, not only was it Belushi, but Dan Aykroyd and Carrie Fisher herself were all using cocaine on the set. [00:17:46] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:17:47] Speaker B: And so, but John Belushi's, his was so bad that they would find mounds of it in his dressing room or his trailer and he would wander off during filming. And one time there was a night shoot and he actually wandered off at night and they found him at a. He disappeared. He was found at a house where he had opened the fridge. He helped himself to a sandwich and a glass of milk and then he crashed on the people's couch. [00:18:19] Speaker A: Wow. [00:18:20] Speaker B: And they had to, they sent Dan Aykroyd after him to go find him. I mean, that's how. Yeah. How much he was addicted to that point. And, you know, he was very, this was a very physical movie. They were dancing so much. And then Jim, I mean, John Belushi was turning cartwheels, you know, and doing things. [00:18:41] Speaker A: I mean, those fat dudes were light on their feet. [00:18:44] Speaker B: Mandy, they were, they were, they danced like they were possessed, you know, they, yes, it was kind of a dorky kind of dancing, you know, it was so full of enthusiasm and passion and fun, the way they danced. And Elwood there, you know, Dan Ackroyd. Oh my God, is dancing too. [00:19:04] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:19:05] Speaker B: And I mean, I was just, when you had that picture up a little while ago, I was so impressed with the way they calm that country music crowd that was so hostile. It was brilliant. They figured out a way to calm them down and give them to love them. [00:19:19] Speaker A: And we're not gonna say what they saying, but it was hilarious. Okay. [00:19:23] Speaker B: Yes, it is hilarious. You gotta watch it. Oh my God. It's just too funny. [00:19:29] Speaker A: It's too funny. And then we, and so these people have like literally the whole state of all the police on their behind and then some kind of way they managed to get this group of people. This movie is insane, guys. This movie, like I said it was, they managed to piss off, everybody. And it was so funny. I mean, so, um, you know, and like I said, we. We don't tell a joke. So, I mean, we just go look at it just again, I don't care how old you are, or if you, like, I said, if you just so easily offended by stuff, then. Then this. Like I said, it's not the movie for you, but if it is, you have to look at it. It is so freaking funny. Let's try to get to the music as well because we could just riff on the jokes and all that. But, you know, I hate, I'm not a good joke reteller, and I would. I would do it a disservice. So let's talk about some of the music. George, if there's any other tea you want to get to, just let me know. [00:20:32] Speaker B: There is a lot of tea on the movie. Also, John Belushi, he went through hundreds of pairs of sunglasses during production because he kept losing them. And they called him the black hole. He just. Yeah. And so there were 13 different cars we used for the actual blues mobile. There were these Dodge Monaco patrol cars. But at the time of its release, this movie held the world record for the most cars destroyed in one movie, which was 103. No way they held a record until there was a movie. Oh, yeah. Until I think it was the Matrix that came out in 2003. But, yeah, they destroyed 103 cars, but that. They also destroyed a shopping mall, too. [00:21:21] Speaker A: No, a real mall. Was that mall or destruction? [00:21:29] Speaker B: Yes, they destroyed that many cars, but. [00:21:32] Speaker A: No, I'm saying, was the mall due for destruction, though? [00:21:35] Speaker B: I don't know. I don't know. [00:21:37] Speaker A: Because why would they just, you know. Anyway, that's crazy. [00:21:42] Speaker B: But yeah, it was a fully, like, kitted out mall. I mean, it was totally functional. I mean, full of stuff. But anyway. But the bet. But there's better stunt driving, I think, in this movie than in the french connection and smoking a bandit. I mean, there is that much great stunt driving in this movie. Like that. [00:22:00] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just give it up to the stunt drivers because they. So there's several stars, if you will. Like I said, a movie is a separate entity. The star, if you will. The action is just crazy. It's so nuts. [00:22:18] Speaker B: Oh, completely. And then I was just gonna say a couple of things about a little bit of biographical information before we get into the music. I think everybody knows that Carrie Fisher was the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher. And her father and Elizabeth Taylor caused quite a scandal when they had an affair. They divorced their spouses. Or married to other people at the time. And this was all when Carrie Fisher was only two years old. And, you know, of course, we all know she went on to play Princess Leia in Star wars. She did write award winning novels and plays. Postcards from the edge. [00:23:01] Speaker A: Yes. [00:23:01] Speaker B: But she did suffer from bipolar disorder. [00:23:06] Speaker A: We're not laughing at that. I just put this picture of her, like, just setting it off. We are not laughing at the woman's mental health issues. I got the picture of her when she was like, f. That. It's just a girl. It was. This was so. This movie was cuckoo. [00:23:26] Speaker B: It was cuckoo. I'm not making light of her affliction. [00:23:28] Speaker A: Because was she the first woman to, like, do a machine gun like this? [00:23:34] Speaker B: Um, I don't know, but she. But she's so inept at her, like, all of her things. She. [00:23:40] Speaker A: All of her efforts to destroy. [00:23:42] Speaker B: Yeah, all of her efforts. Cause she had a flamethrower. [00:23:44] Speaker A: She had everything. [00:23:46] Speaker B: A rocket launcher. [00:23:48] Speaker A: Right. I think grenade. I think I remember she had. She was a one woman army to try to get demolished. [00:23:56] Speaker B: Fraud. [00:23:57] Speaker A: Fat fraud, if you will. Hilarious. [00:24:01] Speaker B: It was. It was. Oh, my God. It was hilariously, hysterically fall down funny. [00:24:06] Speaker A: Right? But, yamasta, you were saying about her issues. [00:24:09] Speaker B: Yeah. And, you know, it's so unfortunate because she left us at age 60, which, to me, is young. And, you know, and her mother, you know, she died the following day after Carrie did. And so, yeah, she was a genuine talent in so many areas. [00:24:27] Speaker A: Carrie Fisher was hilarious. Like, even just her interviews, just talking. Like, we're talking. Girl had belly. Debbie Reynolds was hilarious. Just double over laughing. And so Carrie Fisher, I don't know if you found it. She was a script doctor. She had doctored many of Spielberg scripts and other Hollywood scripts. She would clean them up. So, yeah, thank you. [00:24:50] Speaker B: Yes, I did find that, and I'm so glad you brought that out about her, because she had talent in so many different areas. [00:24:56] Speaker A: Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Just. Just a lot of. So I'm trying to find some more pictures of their tone, foolery. And so you can imagine then this car is. One of their cars is in a Smithsonian. It was, like, somewhere like a museum or something, I think. [00:25:21] Speaker B: I don't doubt it, but this is the only movie I've ever seen where a car actually does a backflip. [00:25:29] Speaker A: Wow. [00:25:30] Speaker B: They dropped another car from, like, it's never been done before. From thousands and thousands of feet up in the air. They drop a car. [00:25:37] Speaker A: It seems like they were making it up as they were going along. Do you know, if they were. Cause it really seems like they were making it up as they were going. But it. Kudos to them. It worked. [00:25:46] Speaker B: It was all scripted. But yes, it did work. It has that manic energy to it that makes you feel like it's all. [00:25:55] Speaker A: Improvised and it guys. And it has a plot. It's not like it doesn't have a plot. There is a plot. There's a method to the man. Again, they're trying to keep the orphanage open. They're trying to hustle up some money by any means necessary. But they're the musicians and they getting the band back together. And these people are all over. So they gotta go find the musicians and get equipment and all this could get gigs. And in the pursue of all that sheer madness. So I think it kind of harkens back to like, it's a mad, mad, mad World and rat race like the original, you know what I mean? I could see where Landis and Ackroyd maybe borrowed from that. Those John were just like a mad. It was a madcap comedy. [00:26:38] Speaker B: Yeah, that's a good comparison. And that's on my to do list. I absolutely have to, have to, have to see is the mad, mad, mad, mad, mad. [00:26:44] Speaker A: Okay. Yeah, we'll put on a list. We can do that one, too. [00:26:48] Speaker B: Yeah, but, man, I wish I had a car that powerful. That Monica, that Dodge Monaco police car. My God, that thing was able to leap over a drawbridge without any trouble from just a standing start. [00:27:02] Speaker A: I wondered. I. I just. Any car experts out there, let us know. How was it? Was it souped up or, you know, how do you. Those stunt experts? Because I love all that stuff. And it's like, this ain't no CGI, you know, this is like real people doing. Like, people could have got massacred, you know, doing these stuff. So. Oh, my gosh, it was crazy. And so try to get into a little bit of music. Oh, no. Well, Georgia, keep going. I don't know. [00:27:33] Speaker B: Well, speaking of stunts, I thought that the stunt work that was done when the boys visit the triple rock Baptist church. [00:27:45] Speaker A: Oh, my. [00:27:47] Speaker B: Girl, I love that church. [00:27:49] Speaker A: Girl, we were dead when we saw that. We. My family. So we'll go ahead and talk about. Girl, we were dead. [00:28:00] Speaker B: They were making a joyful noise unto the Lord. And I tell you, if anybody has never visited a church with a gospel choir and dancing going on, you haven't lived. [00:28:14] Speaker A: Oh, my God. [00:28:15] Speaker B: I loved it, loved it, loved it. [00:28:17] Speaker A: So, Georgia, have you visited one in real life? [00:28:20] Speaker B: Yes, I have. [00:28:21] Speaker A: Okay. Okay. I thought you were just living vicariously through the blues, brother. So. But, so, yeah, so you. You enjoyed it. [00:28:27] Speaker B: I loved it. And I. The only thing was, is, you know, James Brown, which he was like, this fabulous famous musician, I wanted to see him truly cut loose. That's what I wanted from him because, oh, my God, the man is such a showman. What a performer he is. [00:28:48] Speaker A: Right, right. And then they featured a little bit my girl, my queen, Shaka. So if you blinked, you kind of miss her. That showed about maybe two or three times. So she's ad libbing as the choir is singing. And so I grew up in this scene, obviously. Well, obviously everybody don't grow up like that. But, yeah, so even though I grew up with this. But Gray was just like you said when those dudes were catching the spirit everywhere and straight up doing trapeze. All the streets without no trapeze during Cirque du Soleil before, girl, it was just. Girl, we would date. Girl, we like. Oh, we had tears coming out our eyes because, you know, you weren't expecting that. And then for like a white, quote unquote white movie to acknowledge how just like a gospel choir just in like a gospel church can get with the music. Girl, we were dead. [00:29:40] Speaker B: Well, coming from that catholic church with the Penguin and then going to this catholic church, that needs to be a real revelation to them. And you see in all these beautifully suited black ladies and their gorgeous hats and they're just dancing and they're strutting in there. My God, what fabulous dancers whirling and twirling and singing all this color and sound. [00:30:00] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh, girl, it was so, so. Yeah. Triple rock. The triple rock mag. [00:30:08] Speaker B: They put the rock and rock. [00:30:09] Speaker A: I mean, rocking out and so needless to say, john Belusha's character, girl, when he caught the spirit. Now, was that him doing I don't wanna give away? Was that him doing the backflips or was that a cause John Belushi was light on? I think that was him. [00:30:26] Speaker B: I'm not sure. I would like to think it was him because he did do gymnastic things. I don't know if they had a stunt double. I don't know for sure either way. [00:30:36] Speaker A: Girl, that destroyed us. This move is like, this is, to me, one of my opinion, one of my top five comedy movies because it's just. It's too much. It's crazy. [00:30:50] Speaker B: I know. [00:30:52] Speaker A: And it's timeless. It's timeless. [00:30:54] Speaker B: Oh, it is. That does make it timeless. But you know what I love about this movie is that at the time, you know, they. You didn't hear about them quite as much. So they're giving. They're showing them some love. And this movie introduces to a younger audience and kids that have not been exposed to classic blues. This shows them and showcases the greatest blues artists we have. And so not just James Brown, but Aretha cab Calloway, Ray Charles. And then, well, like you mentioned, Chaka Khan. I don't want to leave out anybody, but. Oh, my gosh. And Ray Charles. Oh, my God, him and his music store. I was laughing so hard, it killed. [00:31:39] Speaker A: Like, don't you have to sit here and watch this movie? Because we don't want to give away the jokes. But, girl, we were in there dead. Oh, my gosh. That's one of my best memories, watching this movie with my parents. Cause we were just cracking up. [00:31:55] Speaker B: I wish they'd given Ray Charles just a little bit more because I love him so much. Cause he sings Georgia on my mom. [00:32:02] Speaker A: Well, of course you wanna hear that one, Georgia. [00:32:06] Speaker B: But he's just so amazing in this movie. And, oh, funny, girl, he was so funny. [00:32:14] Speaker A: Like, I don't know. Well, you know, of course we saw the movie Ray with Jamie Foxx, who just killed it, but Ray Charles. Cause I've seen some other footage of him, like, talking, like, before he sang or something. Ray Charles was funny. This came natural. [00:32:34] Speaker B: He was funny. And the song that they do is funny with him. It's called kick your tall feathers. Oh, fall down funny. [00:32:44] Speaker A: Yeah. You gonna rock. You're gonna rock in this movie. You gonna rock. You gonna have a good time. And here's the queen. The queen. Aretha. Look how young she was. Georgia. [00:32:57] Speaker B: Oh, my gosh. Yeah. [00:32:59] Speaker A: And it's so sad referring to these people in a past tense. It's just, you know, everybody have an expiration date, but it's like, oh, they were just such musical giants. And they just influenced and still are influencing. And it's just. To talk about them in a past is, like, her, Whitney Houston and other great artists. It's just. It's crazy, you know, I just love. [00:33:22] Speaker B: The attitude she had and the. The way she sings this song. She runs, like, a soul food, a little diner restaurant. [00:33:32] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:33:32] Speaker B: And in that song, I was listening to the lyrics and she was, like, telling a man, like, where. Where he can go if he leaves her. [00:33:39] Speaker A: Yeah. And, girl, so I don't know if it's, you know, to hear Aretha curse. I was like, what? You know, that. Like, that, like, oh, girl, that was biggest when I was a kid. I was like, what? You know, because I had, I only had heard her sing. I didn't, you know, this, this was, I had always heard her music, but this was like my first real introduction to her. And like you said, even though she was still a queen, like, she was still at the top of her game. And so when she did this, and, you know, it just took her to the next level. And now I'm thinking about Tommy. So if you like Tommy, the rock opera. So it's kind of like that, but not as strange, in my opinion. But so it's like all those elements that was bombarded with the mute, the big musical stars at that time and what have you. So you see they're incorporated, talking about Landis and Ackroyd, a lot of that. They crammed it in and they made it work. Sometimes that doesn't work, you know. [00:34:37] Speaker B: Well, I'm, you know what I love about Aretha is like, she's in on the joke, you know, because when Jake and Elle would. And they're all dancing and everything, they have this stiff, dorky dancing and, and she's like in on the joke and everything. And I just love that about her. [00:34:54] Speaker A: Yes, yes, absolutely. And then I'll try to find a picture. So cab Calloway. And so he, and it's. We didn't do this on purpose. And I know it's Halloween time, but, you know, he did, you know, and he was a star of wave yesteryear. So you're right. Some of this movie kind of resurrected some of these people careers and who had been out the scene for a minute. But, and it's so ironic. We didn't do this on purpose, but cab Calloway. Cause it's Halloween. There's like this little short cartoon short in black and white, like ages ago. And he's not doing minute and moocher. Oh, yeah. He's doing St. James Infirmary. And so they got some ghosts. So they kind of like one of those early on years where they animated his movements, probably drew over him. So if I think about it, I'll try to find, I'll put a link in the description, but yeah, he, he was hilarious. [00:35:51] Speaker B: Oh, I thought he was. And he really brought it. He still had some moves. [00:35:54] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, cuz, cuz later on in the movie, he, he does his, he does minute a moocher. And, and so that's. So let's. Okay, let me see if I can stump you again. We'll get back to the music. Let me see if I can stump you again. So there's a lot of cameos. And if you blank, you miss it. So let's see, Georgia, who is this person? [00:36:18] Speaker B: That's Paul Rubens, who we all know as pee Wee Herman. [00:36:21] Speaker A: Yes, queen. And he later, I think he was on SNL at some point. Oh, he. I know he hosted as Pee wee Herman, I think has been so long. [00:36:32] Speaker B: Pee wee's Playhouse. Mm hmm. [00:36:34] Speaker A: Yeah, well, Pee wee's Playhouse, but I think it was on SNL, too, at some point. I love Pee wee's Playhouse. And I know he's very controversial. Whatever. You know, if you don't dig him, you don't dig him, you know? But as far as his comedy, a legend. [00:36:50] Speaker B: Oh, he was for sure. And you gotta catch this restaurant scene. Oh, my gosh. [00:36:57] Speaker A: Oh, my. So I have not had it on that level of embarrassment with a family member, but my grandmother rests her soul, girl, embarrassed the hell out of me like that in a fancy restaurant. We took her to the italian restaurant, and it was nice, a nice one. And she asked the waitress, Georgia, oh, do you have anything I can chew? Cause I don't have my teeth in. And I can. Girl, I I would have been less embarrassed about a walk in that place. Booty naked. It was so. And I had to get up, and I had to walk. Go get in the bathroom. And I called my mother, her daughter, and I was like, what is going on with your. What is going on with your mother? Like, what is going. What's wrong? And so I told her what happened, and my mom was like, well, you want to hang out with us? Just no. No pity whatsoever. So my husband, he didn't see anything wrong with it. He was like, well, you know, she's old, blah, blah, blah. And ain't nothing was wrong. My grandma, girl, she ain't had no Alzheimer's or nothing like that. She just. And she was killing me. I know. I'll get back to this movie. She was the one that taught us all the class and decorum. And when she said that, girl, I just want to sink through the dog on ground. And then one more time, some other family members who shell remain nameless because they're still alive. We went to, it wasn't an ass fancy restaurant, but, girl, it was, like, so loud. And, you know, they had, like, not shishi. Two shishi food, whatever. And so they didn't know what anything was. And, like, they had descriptions of the food, right? And so then they'd be like, oh, no, I don't want that. Uh uh. I don't know what that is? You know what? Give me a hamburger. Cause I don't know what y'all got on this menu, girl. Georgia. Oh, my gosh. Uh oh, girl, I was mortified. So that scene with. In the restaurant. Oh, I could totally relate to that. I was just. It was. Oh, my goodness gracious. Anyway, girl, go ahead. Horrible. [00:39:18] Speaker B: Yeah. The way they act in the restaurant. Oh, my God. It's just. It's wild. Anyway. [00:39:25] Speaker A: It's wild. Oh, here. Here we go with cab. Here, let me pull him up. Yeah, there he is. [00:39:33] Speaker B: Yeah, cab Calloway. [00:39:34] Speaker A: And he's like. [00:39:35] Speaker B: Plays the janitor of the orphanage. [00:39:38] Speaker A: Right? And he's like. Cause you see, they're kind of all dressed the same. So you can infer that he kind of maybe influenced them, you know? Yeah, yeah, that's. That's what I got. But I could be totally wrong. [00:39:50] Speaker B: But, no, I think you're right, moya. That's where it got started, right there. [00:39:54] Speaker A: Right. Um. But, yeah, I mean, uh, cuz. Yeah. So aretha sings. You better think. And what you're trying to do to me. And, um. And that. That, um. Yeah, that's that, like, song. Now, was that original song? I don't know. [00:40:10] Speaker B: Mmm. I wouldn't know that either. But it's always been. Been connected with her, though. [00:40:15] Speaker A: Yeah. If somebody knows, let us know in the comments. Was that original song for the movie? Because either that was already a hit or it became a hit. And so, you know. So another hit for her, another one under her belt, anything. Oh, let me show this. So this is what we're talking about. Some of these stunts. That was girl. So them trying, girl. And you're rooting for these lunatics. Let me just say this. You are totally invested in this odyssey, okay? You want them. So when people say by hook or by crook, by hook and by two crooks, they got it together. So you are rooting for them. And this bridge is actually going up again. This is not CGI. They have this back there. So this bridge is actually moving. And shout out to the stunt drivers, man. They did that. [00:41:06] Speaker B: Yeah, it was amazing to me. I thought, yeah, there's no CGI in this. They're really doing it. Oh, my God. [00:41:14] Speaker A: Georgia, anything else you want to talk about? I just. I could go on and on. Just the brilliance of this movie, girl. I just. Oh, man, I just love. This is like I say, if you're down and you having a bad day and you need a laugh, go put on the blues brothers and just get with it, man. You will totally love it. [00:41:36] Speaker B: Oh, I agree with you, moyade. One of those movies that is iconic. [00:41:43] Speaker A: Yes. [00:41:44] Speaker B: And, you know, in some way, it has the cult following and not in the same way as, like, you know, Gone with Wind or Citizen King, but I think because it's left an imprint on our culture. [00:41:56] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:41:57] Speaker B: There's like, it has some movie magic, and it's a true legend of a film. And I think that there's a reason for why a lot of people just can watch this movie over and over again. And sometimes families will watch this movie, take out the curse words, and then it would be totally family friendly. But it's just, I think the thing that people love about it is it's just so wacky and fun, and it makes you feel good when you see it because there's just no limits. It's just every, just crazy, pure craziness. [00:42:37] Speaker A: Dare that do that to jeffrey the giraffe, toys r us. So don't look away, guys. Cause they are destroying your childhood. I mean, look at this. And then, girl. And so this. So here's a little Easter egg for me, the sit and spin toy that was one of the, one of the most fun toys ever. And I tell people that. So I'm trying to stop cussing. And so I tell people, instead of what I could say, I say, oh, go sit and spin, you know? [00:43:10] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, toys r us. Oh, my gosh. Kids would even, kids you couldn't read, they would recognize that sign, mommy, daddy, pull over. [00:43:19] Speaker A: Right, right. And they come back. They've come back to a certain degree, but it's not like how it was. So, but here's just real quick. So here is Carrie Fisher with one of her devices of destruction, her character to get John Ballouk. Girl, that was, that was. Who thought of this? You're out of your mind. I know. Drugs had to be involved because to think of this and her to do everybody, and they did it so deadpan. Everybody was like, like, none of this is happening. Like, like, you supposed to act like this every day. Oh, my gosh. So, yeah, but anyway, I could go on and on, but go ahead, Georgia. What else? [00:44:02] Speaker B: Oh, that's all I got for now. But it was just so great revisiting this movie. Oh, God, that's funny. But, you know, I hadn't seen it since it came out in 1980. And, you know, I looked at it through, and I have so much, I have even more appreciation for it now than when I did when I first saw it because I wasn't as familiar with all the legendary blues singers. And oh, there's twiggy. [00:44:30] Speaker A: I was about to say, who is that? So they had a lot of little cameos and if you blinked, you missed them. Some of them. But yeah, she's another one. You're like, what are y'all? Women are nuts. That's all I can say out of your minds. [00:44:43] Speaker B: But seeing this movie again a second time and you know, when I saw the closing credits, I went like, oh, those people aren't with us. But you know, at the time when I saw it, you know, they're all with us and. But you know, I, I enjoyed this movie was the best thing. If you're having a rough week, watch this movie because it will. It's pure escape. And it is. [00:45:06] Speaker A: Oh my gosh, it is. It is. It's pure escape. I love how you say that. That's what it just turn your brain on. Like I said, pay attention to it because you're gonna miss something. And I keep showing her with this destruction. [00:45:20] Speaker B: Now that's an army field manual. I'm familiar with those. I'm familiar with army field manuals. My God, she's looking serious. Notice how the army phrases it to the left. Anti personnel mine. Anti. [00:45:37] Speaker A: And we gotta get this food shot. Oh my gosh, girl, don't. Oh, I could eat. I'm hungry now. I could eat all that. It wasn't as. I hope it's as good as that Galveston hot dog that I mentioned earlier. But I could eat all that. That looks so good. So. But yeah, she, girl, she was he. I'm like. And I'm like him. You are letting him drive you crazy. Anyway, anyway, girl. So yeah, I have nothing else. I just go see this movie. Let us know what you think of this movie. And it's shot in the. So seventies. Just real quick. So seventies. Well, this eighties rather. But you know, still got that seventies funky feel. And in Chicago. And it's just. I love that seventies, late, like late seventies, eighties feel of those movies. Because everything is so funky, you know, it is. [00:46:40] Speaker B: And the cars are all land yachts. Yeah. [00:46:44] Speaker A: Right, right. Like I said, it don't make them like that anymore. Like if you. They had to use those tanks to get all those, all those shots. Cause if you can't even look at a car nowadays and it's gonna fall apart. Here they go. And I just kind of want to. I probably won't be able to show you everything, but I just want to show you. So this is. They're really where this started on SNL and I'm going to get copyright. Ding. But go look it up, blues brothers. It is a soul, old soul man from Sam and Dave song. And I think the people in the band are actually some of the SNL band, I'm almost certain. [00:47:32] Speaker B: Okay, yeah, you're right, moya, they were right. [00:47:35] Speaker A: And SNL always had killer music. Killer bands. Killer, killer, killer. So, yeah, so go check that out cause I won't be able to like really show it here. And there's John Belushi in mid flight. So I think that was him doing them black backflips when they were at the church, girl. And you know, right there, he was telling you right there, I am on something, if you want me to perform, let me have my stuff. I ain't saying it's right, I'm not endorsing that, but hey. Cause how in the world a big man like, but they got some big men light on their feet, you know, I can't say what they're doing, but you know, they just light on their feet. [00:48:14] Speaker B: They were very much so. It's funny to see guys like that, right? [00:48:19] Speaker A: It's so freaking funny. Well, Georgia, that's all I have. The Blues brothers, 1980, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher, Retha Franklin, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway, and shout out to the lady who played the nun. She's been around. [00:48:38] Speaker B: I don't believe she's Kathryn Freeman. [00:48:41] Speaker A: Yes, yes, she's been a Hollywood staple. She's been on almost everything. Could play drama, could play comedy. So I don't want cuz girl, when she came in and they were playing that music when they first showed her, girl was so funny and they're in those little school desks and they immediately, they so big and bad, but they immediately brought back to their child, lowered back to their childhood. Girl, that's so funny. That scene just was hilarious. [00:49:08] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:49:10] Speaker A: Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. Well, Georgia, what is our next movie? Homegirl? [00:49:16] Speaker B: It's gonna be our annual Halloween movie and we're going to do young Frankenstein. [00:49:23] Speaker A: Young Frankenstein, which one, how do we say it? Which way was the Frankenstein? Frankenstein, which way do we say it? [00:49:31] Speaker B: I don't know if you're from German, Germany, you say Frankenstein, but because that was like. Yeah, they, he says, no, it's Frankenstein. [00:49:44] Speaker A: I. So I. Georgia will get one up on me finally. I think you might have got one up on me before. I am a young Frankenstein virgin. Never saw it, only saw clips. So what do you think? Is it going to be a make me like it or what do you think? Is it on blues brothers level? Because, again, this is still that time period. This is the early 70, like 74. And Mel Brooks was on fire. So am I gonna like it like blues brothers or what do you. What can I expect? What can the audience expect? [00:50:16] Speaker B: Mel Brooks? Because it is. I think you're gonna like it, but you might surprise me. Say no. I. But I think it's funny. [00:50:27] Speaker A: Okay. Okay. I trust. I trust your judgment, but I've heard nothing but good things about it. I just. It's not that I didn't want to look. Look at. I just never had the opportunity, and I just got lost. So. So, yes, on the 26th, same time, same bad channel. And so that will be. That's the 26th. A week from now. I'm sorry. Two weeks from now. No, week from now. Yeah. No, two weeks from now. I'm looking at the calendar wrong. Yes, on the 26th. 01:00 p.m. live. Live right here. So mark your calendars. Facebook live. Don't forget to catch us on all our platforms. You see it down here. But, uh, apple podcasts, Spotify. Spotify, I heart, and iTunes. And of course, this will be on our Facebook page Monday. If you didn't catch it live, it'll be there. You don't have Facebook. But if you don't have Facebook, I don't know. Here it is. But anyway, we posted on YouTube, so make sure. And it'll be like 11:00 a.m. central standard Time. Georgia. Anything else? [00:51:32] Speaker B: Nope, that's a wrap for me. [00:51:34] Speaker A: Well, guys, thank you so much for tuning in to how Bette Davis saved my life. Life lessons from classic Hollywood. No, we don't always have a less a lesson. I don't know what could be the life lesson here. I don't know about the movie, but just enjoy a good comedy. Just get off your high horse or hang up your hang ups and just sit down. Enjoy just pure, straight, uncut, unadulterated comedy. You will not be disappointed. The Blues Brothers 1980. Dig it. And the words of Randy Macho man. Digging. I don't know why I tied him into this. Randy ain't got rip. Randy got nothing to do with this, but dig it. Maybe because of the late 80s or something. All right, well, I'm Moya. [00:52:24] Speaker B: And I'm Georgia. [00:52:25] Speaker A: You guys take care. Can't wait to see you again on a 26 for young Frankenstein. Stein. Have a great week. See you soon. Bye.