Posted on 06/16/2018 3:39:55 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Murphy is best remembered as the indispensable guitarist in the 1980 comedy classic The Blues Brothers; in the film, soul food chef Murphy and his waitress wife Aretha Franklin have a disagreement about him reuniting with the Blues Brothers, resulting in Franklin's iconic "Think" performance:
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Saw the mall driving/demolition derby scene the other night. Laughed my butt off.
One of the cops was a “Deep Throat” in the “X-Files”. Believe his last name was Williams.
This scene gave birth to the concept of “Mall drive-in shopping”.
I went to college with a guy. In the summer he had a job collecting garbage in Chicago. In the big chase scene and they are in the underground section they drive by a dumpster.
Every time we would watch the movie - “Hey - there’s my dumpster! I picked that up every Thursday!!”
My kids have watched the BB a few times. I mentioned “Animal House” to them today and they didn’t know what I was talking about. IMHO it doesn’t begin to compare to BB, but still something they should watch.
Titanic...I won’t even watch it for free when it’s on The Dish. Such tripe. I’ve seen and been very interested in documentaries about The Titanic, but that has to be one of the most over-rated movies of all time.
The old movie,”A Night to Remember” was much better-—it still puzzles me that “Titanic” won so many awards.
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Me too.
I must have tried to watch Titanic for free on the Dish but couldn’t get past very many minutes before hurling. I’ll take The Blues Brothers.
The Blues Brothers (1980) Filming Locations
Then and now.
http://www.themoviedistrict.com/the-blues-brothers-1980/
Now an empty lot; Location #16: Curl Up & Dye Beauty Salon.
Saw Cab Calloway at Disneyland way back when. Got his signature on his autobiography.
That is a very cool website!
Thanks for posting it, I have saved it to my favorites list.
Orange whip? orange whip? Orange whip? 3 orange whips
I’ve actually driven through a couple of malls. They don’t let regular folk do that anymore. Too many liability problems.
It was for car shows way back. Had my Mustang in a couple of shows.
RIP.
He was great.
Of course, the music is great and the highlight of the movie, but the dialog is so great too. I love it when Jake and Elwood are trying to escape under the tunnel and run into Carrie Fisher who’s threatening them with a machine gun. Jake fakes her out with excuses of why he stood her up at their wedding, gives her a big kiss, and then drops her in the mud and says, “Let’s go!”
I remember that scene and how he approaches her and finally takes of his dark glasses to give her his irresistible look and she falls for him. The whole movie is a gem. Can’t wait to see it again.
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