r/BluesBrothers

I saw this little improv at Universal Studios Japan. Jake seems to be feeding Elwood something with a spoon, and now I’m wondering if it might be a reference to something from The Blues Brothers, SNL, or something Belushi-related.

It’s such a random and specific bit that I had to ask 😂

What does this remind you of?

Is Jake feeding Elwood something here, or is it something else? 😎

I also trimmed out a chunk in the middle where Jessica goes to the bathroom and also a scene between two other characters. In the actual episode the movie picks up in the same spot after not being seen for several minutes.

Looking through an old book- SNL-The First 20 Years (pub. 1994), and there's hardly any mention of The Blues Brothers. A couple photos of John and Dan, a blurb in a paragraph about The Bees, and that's it. Meanwhile, Howard Shore and his All-Nurse Band get a nice group photo, and The Bees get 3 friggin pages. Oversight on the author's part? or did Danny have a stranglehold on the Blues Brothers name?

Yell at me if I'm wrong- is that Paul Shaffer in the back, and Bones, Mr. Fabulous and Blue Lou in the front row?

This is a transcript rewrite that I wrote on Deviantart:

For many, it felt like an unneccesary attempt to resurrect a franchise that had no reason to go on, but like many bad movies there can be a second chance to re-do things right and improve them.

*The soundtrack still remains the same as the original. Many of the music cameos are kept as well, including the missing cameos by Ray Charles and John Lee Hooker (whom appear as part of the Louisiana Gator Boys respectively)

* First of all, I'll change the title from Blues Brothers 2000 to The Return Of The Blues Brothers, seeing it's a lot more fitting and as well that the final movie was released in 1998.

*The film is R rated like the original (but it's mostly due to swearing and smoking though)

*The Bluesmobile is still the 1974 Dodge Monaco although it was destroyed in the last one, its kept vague that this is the same car, alluding a bit of its magic context; plus it had more personality than the 1990 Ford.

*Although the final movie keeps vague on how Jake died; in my version, shortly after the last movie's ending, Elwood is transferred into a new prison, while Jake was stay at Joliet; where an intense brawl that spired into a fire that ultimately claimed Jake's life. As for Curtis, he ultimately suffred a stroke before the events of the movie.

*In my version, Malvern Gasperson (B.B.King) is alluded to have a backstory with Curtis (keeping a bit from Curtis' backstory in the final version).

*The "New Mission From God " will be that this time, Elwood is tasked by Mother Mary to refurbish the orphanage and to help Willie to reconstruct his club after it got destroyed by some debt collectors (unlike the final movie were Elwood was guilty of messing with the russian mobsters).

*The first car chase is slightly longer (because compared to Dixie Square Mall the russian getaway was lame as fuck), and instead here the chase intercollides with a mini-golf course, were the bluesmobile does some highjinks which of course, destroy the entire course and finally Mack throws the rock nails, which it destroys the mini-golf' Snack Shack and finally the Blues Brothers escaping (Here there could've have some cameos like Stephen Bishop, Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, etc)

*Unlike the final version, where Mack and Buster are mostly an one-dimensional characters that sometimes help Elwood out with some stuff and sing along with him; in this version, I could put that Mack and Buster are father and son, whom despite their differences, they share a common bond, the music; quite like Elwood's relationship with Jake.

*Most of the "Getting The Band Back Together" part is still the same including the Maury Sline confussion scene. But like the original script, Ray Charles returns as the Love Exchange Owner but I'll keep Wilson Pickett as his business partner and have John Lee Hooker singing the road song with Blues Traveler.

*Regarding the past point, in Elwood's arc, could be that, at first he wants to be left alone and tries to keep its distance from others but once he meets Mack and Buster and learns of Adam a.k.a Zee, he starts to open himself up more finding a new purpose after grieving over Jake and Curtis' death .

*Speaking of Zee, most of the arc of Cab still remains the same, although here he has some scenes with him disowing his real brother's reveal but at the same time he's starting to get interested in music thus making his enlightment feel a lot more earned and willing to help Elwood, Mack and Buster with their mission.

P.S: Unlike the final version, he is the one who convinces Elwood to play "Funky Nassau" instead of Elwood's long tirade speech of why they don't play caribbean music.

*The far-fetched ideas are quite trimmed down, but at least in this time around, they are mostly justified by not just divine intervention but also for how strong the bond between Elwood, Mack, Buster and eventually Zee has become.

*The Puffball Bacteria part is cut instead we can put that Elwood is disguised as a worker on the Bob's Country Kitchen, which at first is almost caught by Bob (Jeff Morris) but seeing that he doesn't carry his sunglasses with him, Bob couldn't tell it was the guy, although Elwood gives Bob a $500, at least to settle his feud against him.

*The Ghost Riders In The Sky sequence is quite similar, although the real riders are mostly on Zee's P.O.V, hinting of his eventual enlightment.

*Instead of Elwood hiding in the car's glovebox, where he hides on the back of the car; which Mack justifies it's a bunch of clothes and seeing that the cops are everywhere, Elwood decides to suplant the stunt driver that was supposed to perform before them and maybe having the real stunt driver appear after the presentation (maybe a cameo by Rick Avery)

*The villains are quite the same, although I'm going to use The Cops (led by Adam/Zee and as well by the ex-Troopers, now Sargents Mount (Steven Williams) and Daniel (Armand Cerami), The Debt Collectors (whom actually are Italian Mobsters led by Enrico Synger, played by Phil Hartman) and a Nazi- Klansman leader (played by Dennis Hopper) who is on the hunt of Elwood and the rest of the band.

*Queen Moussette in this version, her paranormal activities are merely shown; for instance: Instead of she making the instruments appear, instead she claps so loud, that ultimately, various valets appear and put the instruments at a quick manner.

*Instead of Elwood, Mack and Zee being frozen, there's an ambush at their motel which culminates with them being napped by the villains, who made an alliance to get Elwood, Mack and Willie ultimately, Zee offers himself to be taken in Buster's place and he tries to kill them by being buried alive in a nearby potter's field all the while, Buster and the band try to elude Synger and his goons.

*Eventually Elwood manages to get out from his prison and with the help of Buster, whom after a little fight against the goons, they manage to save Mack and Zee on time before their turn at the battle of the bands. In this case, their break-in at Mousette's is similar to the Minnie The Moocher break-in from the first movie.

*They manage to get on stage, just in time for "Turn On Your Love Light" and "She Caught The Katy" which they dedicate to Jake and Curtis respectively. Eventually the voting happens and although they lose, Mousette has a meeting with Elwood; where she tells him that she has been following the Blues Brothers band since their early days, so as a honour to Jake, she decides to give him the 30 million dollars and as well that she will play low if any police comes around.

*Eventually, the Mousette's valets led by Marco (Paul Shaffer) try to puzzle the cops, the band manage to escape but Elwood suggest that the band members to stay low and seeing that they're in almost rush hour to refurbish the orphanage, Mack and Buster suggest Elwood to have an alternative plan; eventually Elwood, Mack, Buster and Zee try to reach to Chicago in two days.

*After two days of travelling, they reach Chicago and like the original, Elwood does some car antics that ultimately end on a gigantic car crash on Daley Plaza (here I can repurpose the huge car crash pile from the final version) , where Elwood tells to Mack, Buster and Zee to stay seeing that he doesn't want to lose them too; even if it means staying in bars forever.

*But once Elwood enter the Cook County Office, the police has already entered with Mount and Daniel leading them.

"NOW WE GOT YOU, SUCKA!"Exclaims Mount.

As Elwood surrenders, he adds that he wants Mack, Buster and Zee out of this and as well he asks before he gets into prison again, if he can pay the money for refurbish the orphanage, the cops at first refuse but after feeling pity for Elwood, the both cops agree and a woman police officer offers herself to check on him, it turned out that the officer was Mousette in disguise offering the chance of escaping again, but Elwood politely declines, but he asks if Mack, Buster, Zee, the band and the orphanage to be left alone, even if it means staying in wherever jail for the rest of his life.

*Eventually 5 years pass and again the orphanage is saved and Elwood is acquitted by none other than Gasperon (B.B. King) and the Louisana Gator Boys seeing he doesn't bad feelings with him and as well he owed him in respect to his old friend Curtis.

*Finally, a big party is happening at the newly orphanage which involves The Blues Brothers & Louisana Gator Boys jam session (New Orleans), which Elwood is congratulated by Mother Mary and the people celebrating, as the credits roll.......

*A Post-Credits scene is shown where Willie re-opens his new club with Elwood as his new business partner (including a small cameo by Isaac Tigrett as well), as while everyone party, he places a picture of Jake and himself including a one of Curtis.

Cast For My Rewrite:

The Blues Brothers:

Dan Aykroyd as Elwood

John Goodman as Mack

Jim Belushi as Zee

Matthew Lawrence as Buster

Steve Cropper as Steve "The Coronel" Cropper

Donald Dunn as Donald"Duck" Dunn

Matt Murphy as Matt "Guitar" Murphy

Murphy Dunne as Murphy "Murph" Dunne

Willie Hall as Willie "Too Big" Hall

Tom Malone as Tom "Bones" Malone

Alan Rubin as Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin

The Louisiana Gator Boys:

B.B King as Malvern Gasperon

Isaac Hayes

Eric Clapton

Steve Winwood

Eddie Floyd

Dr. John

Billy Preston

Lou Rawls

Travis Tritt

Bo Diddley

Koko Taylor

Jon Faddis

Charlie Musselwhite

Willie Weeks

Joshua Redman

Grover Washington Jr.

Tommy "Pipes" McDonnell

Clarence Clemonts

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter

Jon Faddis

Gary U.S Bonds

Paul Shaffer as Marco

Villains:

Steven Williams as Sargeant Mount

Armand Cerami as Sargeant Daniel

Phil Hartman as Enrico Synger

Dennis Hopper as Herr Jurgen Robertson

Cameos:

Aretha Franklin as Mrs. Murphy

James Brown as Cleophus James

Ray Charles as Ray

Erykah Badu as Queen Mousette

Wilson Pickett as Mr. Pickett

Sam Moore as Reverend Morris

Jeff Morris as Bob

Kathleen Freeman as Mother Mary Stigmata

Jonny Lang as Ray's Love Exchange Janitor

Frank Oz as the Warden

Steve Lawrence as Maury Sline.

Here is the first chapter on my new Fanscription, "Multiverscription"

The Blues Brothers are created by Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi and John Landis.