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#092625
SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders
"Reenacting that scene from the Blues Brothers, where they're driving. I was thinking Slacker, and that's funny."
— Chuck
Chuck referenced the police car loudspeaker scene from The Blues Brothers when describing Chicago police warnings.
Sep 26, 2025
#050325
Selects: Muzak: Easy Listening Goodness
"That great blues brother scene. Yeah. Because they're going up to the Cook County Assessor's office"
— Chuck
Referenced as an example of elevator music being used in a famous comedic scene where cops chase the protagonists onto an elevator playing Girl from Ipanema.
May 3, 2025
#040325
The Pinkerton Detective Agency
"protecting Steven Spielberg. From the Blues Brothers."
— Chuck
Chuck references a scene from The Blues Brothers involving the Cook County Assessor's Office while discussing Pinkerton's career.
Apr 3, 2025
#101024
Swatches!
"Those hipsters will throw beer bottles at you on stage like the Blues Brothers."
— Chuck
Referenced the Blues Brothers in relation to audience members throwing beer bottles at performers on stage.
Oct 10, 2024
#121423
What was the Skeleton Army?
"That's what the Blues brothers are referencing when they said they hate Illinois Nazis"
— Josh
Josh connects the Blues Brothers film to the 1977 National Socialist Party of America v. Skokie court case about free speech.
Dec 14, 2023
#030423
Selects: Live From San Francisco: How Malls Work
"The Blues brothers had a very famous mall scene. Yeah, they went through the Dixie Square Mall."
— Josh
Referencing a notable mall scene in this comedy film.
Mar 4, 2023
#032622
Selects: The Tylenol Murders, Part I
"Reenacting that scene from the Blues Brothers where they're driving."
— Josh
Josh compared police driving through neighborhoods with loudspeakers to a scene from The Blues Brothers.
Mar 26, 2022
#040821
Muzak: Easy Listening Goodness
"That great blues brother scene. Yeah. Because they're going up to the Cook County Assessor's office"
— Chuck
Referenced an iconic elevator music scene where the Blues Brothers are in an elevator with 'The Girl from Ipanema' playing while police chase them.
Apr 8, 2021
#012821
How Hydropower Works
"By the way, I watched that John Belushi documentary last night. Oh yeah. Very good."
— Josh
Josh mentions watching a John Belushi documentary the previous night and praises it.
Jan 28, 2021
#080820
SYSK Selects: How The Moonwalk Works
"He was also awesome in the Blues Brothers. Oh, yeah. Wow. He was still around for that."
— Chuck
Chuck mentions that Cab Calloway appeared in the film The Blues Brothers.
Aug 8, 2020
#032620
How COVID-19 Works
"When I think of loudspeakers in cars, I think of Blues Brothers."
— Josh
Josh references The Blues Brothers in response to Chuck's Slacker reference about loudspeakers on cars.
Mar 26, 2020
#021320
911 Is Not a Joke
"She played a 911 call specialist in a movie, a thriller, it was good."
— Chuck
Chuck mentions Halle Berry starring in a thriller movie about a 911 call center operator.
Feb 13, 2020
#052819
The Tylenol Murders, Part I
"Re-enacting that scene from the Blues Brothers where they're driving with loudspeaker."
— Josh
Josh compares the police loudspeaker warning about Tylenol to a scene from The Blues Brothers.
May 28, 2019
#092617
How FOIA Works
"I saw the Cranston play in New York. What's it called? All the way, I think."
— Josh
Josh references seeing a play about LBJ starring Bryan Cranston to illustrate his interest in learning more about President Johnson.
Sep 26, 2017
#020917
Live from San Francisco: How Malls Work
"The Blues Brothers had a very famous mall scene. They went through the Dixie Square Mall."
— Chuck
Mentioning a notable mall scene in this classic film.
Feb 9, 2017
#072116
How the Moonwalk Works
"He was also awesome in the Blues Brothers."
— Josh
Josh mentions that Cab Calloway appeared in The Blues Brothers film, referencing his continued relevance in entertainment.
Jul 21, 2016
#072315
Road Rage: GRRRR!!!
"Blues Brothers? That's the one."
— Josh
Josh and Chuck discuss it as having the best car chase ever filmed.
Jul 23, 2015
#042914
How the ACLU Works
"you remember the part in the Blues Brothers? I hate Illinois Nazis"
— Josh
Josh references the movie while discussing the ACLU's defense of neo-Nazis in Skokie.
Apr 29, 2014
#082709
How Muppets Work
"He was in The Blues Brothers briefly"
— Josh
Mentioned as a film where Frank Oz appeared as a corrections officer.
Aug 27, 2009
#082509
How easy is it to steal a nuclear bomb?
"It's like Frank Oz and the Blues Brothers"
— Josh
Used as comparison to Thomas F. Wilson being known primarily for one role despite appearing in other films.
Aug 25, 2009
Cast
John Belushi
'Joliet' Jake Blues
Dan Aykroyd
Elwood Blues
James Brown
Cleophus James
Cab Calloway
Curtis
Ray Charles
Ray
Aretha Franklin
Mrs. Murphy
Steve Cropper
Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper
Donald 'Duck' Dunn
Donald 'Duck' Dunn
Murphy Dunne
Murphy 'Murph' Dunne
Willie Hall
Willie 'Too Big' Hall
Tom Malone
"Bones" Malone
Lou Marini
'Blue Lou' Marini
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