Posted on 03/02/2007 1:05:41 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
Or one with a better car chase.
A couple of years after he died (I was in my early 20's), I rented a moped on Martha's Vineyard, and did my own little episode of "In Search Of ...", determined to find his grave which at the time was rumored to be on the island. I think the rumor has since been confirmed, and I counted myself successful when I found an unmarked grave, a little outside of Menemsha, with broken Led Zeppelin records scattered about.
I miss the adventures of that stupid drug-addled lout.
There are less than five movies I can think of which made me laugh so hard my abs actually hurt. "Neighbors" is one of those movies...
Was there any significance to the broken Led Zep records?
Or was it just trash?
1941 and Neighbors were not too bad. I finally saw Neighbors on HDNet Movies last month.
I hate Illinois Nazis!
The Blues Brothers is an all-time classic, one of the last great, big comedies, I think. And I'm convinced my youngest son is Bluto.
Part of this legacy is really just from dying at the high spot. Consider JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Bruce Lee, James Dean...We got to see them when they were new and full of promise, but were spared the declines, the aging, the bad movies, the train wrecks of personal behavior.
If JFK hadn't died tragically, he might be seen (and look) more like Teddy is today. Can you imagine Marilyn at 70, fat like Liz Taylor, aging badly and still tring to play the engenue?
Me too. Just imagine what impression these addlepated-drug addicts leave on the young. Think of Anna Nicole.
Sweet, but not so true.
He definitely does still count more than Chevy Chase, though.
I liked "Neighbors". I understood why they cast Belushi as the straight-laced no nonsense guy, but I wonder if it would have been a bigger success if Belushi had played Vic the wild unpredictable neighbor.
Neighbors was funny. It was funny back in 1981 too.
But a lot of people expected "Blues Brothers" and "1941" humor and went away disappointed.
According to "findagrave.com" his plot is located at the entrance of Abel's Hill Cemetery in Chilimark.
Cathy Evelyn Smith was, at one time, more than just a drug dealer. I believe she has some "songwriter credits" on some of the late Hoyt Axton's records as well as harmony singer stuff with Gordon Lightfoot. I believe she was also Lightfoot's live-in girlfriend. She was someone of some talent who blew it for the drugs. Sad, really.
I liked "Neighbors". I understood why they cast Belushi as the straight-laced no nonsense guy, but I wonder if it would have been a bigger success if Belushi had played Vic the wild unpredictable neighbor.
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Maybe not. It was fun for me trying to see if he could pull it off.
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