The newsgroup alt.fan.blues-brothers (AFBB) is for discussion about The Blues Brothers - the plot, the actors, the music, the band, and anything else remotely related to the movie and the Blues Brothers. It is NOT for simply reciting quotes to each other.
This FAQ is maintained by GLen Pringle (pringle@csse.monash.edu.au) and is posted to alt.fan.blues-brothers, alt.answers and news.answers once every month. It is also available at the following locations.
There are numerous sites constantly being created. This list is by no means comprehensive, however many of the main sites are here, and these have links to many other sites.
See the WWW sites in Question 2.
The International Lyrics server at <URL:http://www.lyrics.ch/> has lyrics to many of the songs.
The script for the original Blues Brothers movie can be ordered from Script City in Hollywood. It includes scenes which never made it into the final cut and only costs about $15. They can be contacted at:
An online PDF (adobe acrobat reader needed) version can be found at http://www.scriptdude.com/frames/moviescripts/TheBluesBrothers.pdf
If you know where the script for Blues Brothers 2000 can be found, please contact the FAQ maintainer.
There are several www sites which have transcripts. See Question 2.
The previous version of the FAQ (which is still available - see GLen Pringle's Blues Brothers site in Question 2) had many errors in it and needed an update. Much of it is still being verified. This new FAQ contains pointers to where you can find the extra information which was in the old FAQ (such as the quote list, song lyrics etc).
Yes, the act originated on SNL. Take a look at the SNL WWW site in Question 2 for more information.
The following acts are those that I've been told about. If you know of any additional ones (or corrections to this list), please send email to pringle@csse.monash.edu.au
For sheet music/charts, find a local store which carries Blues music and they should be able to help you.
The lyrics should also be available with the sheet music.
These books are all out of print but if you're lucky you may be able to pick one of them up in a second-hand bookstore.
The Internet Movie Database entries for the Blues Brothers movies (see Question 2.) has the full movie credits which includes cameos by Frank Oz, James Brown, John Lee Hooker and Steven Spielberg.
Yes, they are all respected musicians.
One person has suggested 13 bluesmobiles and around 30 police cars, which were rebuilt as they were crashed. Another person has said 13 bluesmobiles and 60 "Chicago cars".
1974 Dodge Monaco sedan.
From the photo in the Blues Brothers Private book, the original Bluesmobile (which was traded for a microphone) was a black, four door '68 Cadillac Fleetwood. The right front fender was damaged and held on with tape. However, in the novel of the movie, it's a "battered blue '58 Cadillac with mantra-ray fins".
BDR 529
The original Caddy bluesmobile had a license plate of SP2 153.
70's Pontiac Grand Prix, no later than '77 (the design was changed after that).
7474505B
BLUES, ELWOOD
ILLINOIS LICENSE : B263-1655-2187
CURRENTLY UNDER SUSPENSION
WARRANTS OUTSTANDING : PARKG. 116
MOVING VIOLATIONS : 56
ARREST DRIVER ... IMPOUND VEHICLE
In Illinois, the last five digits on your driver's license include your birthday (and gender) in an encoded format. According to Elwood Blues' driver's license number, he was born on July 1, 1952.
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|Disco Polka|
| MURPH |
| and the Magictones |
| Call Murph |
| (312) KL5-7000 |
| Rm. 302 |
|Parties Weddings|
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Curl Up and Dye Beauty Salon.
It was based upon a real salon of that name, around 2830 North Clark in Chicago.
A military weapons manual - FM-121 M-79 Flame Thrower.
The Girl from Ipanema.
This is an in joke which John Landis uses in many of his movies, such as in "Spies like Us" where it is made to look like a recruiters poster on a wall.
The other in joke is the movie title "See You Next Wednesday" which is on the billboard that the cops are hiding behind and is used in other movies such as "An American Werewolf in London."
This is a fictional name - there isn't such a lake.
Apparently the original director's cut had 30 minutes extra footage in it, but it was scrapped for the released version. It has not been released as apparently all copies of it were destroyed.
However, a DVD edition was released in September 1998 which has 12 minutes of additional footage found in a preview copy of the movie.
In the scene at the end of Sister Act when the sisters are performing for the pope, you can see the "Blues Brothers" standing at the rear of the church in the same pose they have in the Triple Rock Church in The Blues Brothers.
There is a reference in "Moving Pictures" (ISBN 0-552-13463-5). On page 178:
Azhural raised his staff.
'It's fifteen hundred miles to Ankh-Morpork,' he said.
'We've got three hundred and sixty-three elephants, fifty
carts of forage, the monsoon's about to break and we're
wearing ... we're wearing ... sort of things, like glass,
only dark ... dark glass things on our eyes ...' His
voice trailed off. His brow furrowed, as if he'd just
been listening to his own voice and hadn't understood
it.
The air seemed to glitter.
He saw M'Bu staring at him.
He shrugged. 'Let's go,' he said.
These quotes are Copyright © 1990 Terry and Lyn Pratchett.There are two references in "Soul Music" (ISBN 0-552-14029-5). On page 36:
...
'You do fried rat?' said Glod.
'Best damn fried rat in the city,' said Gimlet.
'OK. Give me four fried rats.'
'And some dwarf bread,' said Imp.
'And some coke,' said Lias patiently.
'You mean rat heads or rat legs?'
'No. Four fried rats.'
'And some coke.'
'You want ketchup on those rats?'
'No.'
'You _sure_?'
'No ketchup.'
'And some coke.'
'And two hard-boilled eggs,' he said.
'And some coke.'
'And two hard-boiled eggs.'
'And some coke.'
...
The above exchange is also taken from a slightly similar scene in The Marx Brothers' movie "A Night At the Opera".
On page 127:
...
'We might get caught.'
'He can't stop us. We're on a mission from Glod.'
'Right.'
...
These quotes are Copyright © 1994 Terry and Lyn Pratchett and are used with permission.