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Episode 280 - The Blues Brothers
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- Uncut Gems Podcast
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- Jun 6, 2026
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- 9500
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Summary
In this episode of the show we are officially diving into the third and final month of our Spring of Comedy where we are going to talk about John Landis-directed comedies of the 1980s. And we can only begin this journey by donning our G-Men suits and sunglasses to talk about The Blues Brothers . Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about the long and eventful history of how this movie came together, how the Blues Brothers phenomenon reinvigorated the careers of blues and soul icons, how it nearly bankrupted the studio thanks to the combination of Dan Aykroyd's propensity to write stream-of-consciousness epics posing as scripts and John Landis's desire to go big instead of going home and how this first SNL movie set the course for many others to follow. We also talk about the nexus of sketch comedy, The Blues Brothers as a piece of counterculture and one of the great American musicals and an ode to a great friendship between Aykroyd and Belushi. Tune in and enjoy! Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows Head over to uncutgemspodcast.com to find all of our archival episodes and more! Follow us on Twitter ( @UncutGemsPod ), IG ( …