THE BLUES BROTHERS Film 1980. Written by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis. Directed by John Landis. Starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, James Brown and John Candy.

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Total Records: 24 - Medium: FILM

#	Record Name	Group	Category	Subcategory
BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU
1	Al Bennett Sales	BBB	Vehicles	Automotive Services
	Al Bennett Sales Automotive parts store referencing car dealer Al Bennett, popularly known as the "dealing man" from Flint, Michigan, in the 1970s.
2	American Socialist White People's Party	BBB	Organizations	Activist Groups
	American Socialist White People's Party Acronym = "ass wipe". Nazi group that taunts the assembled counter protesters. The pledge of allegiance to Adolf Hitler was taken almost word-for-word from the 1975 movie The California Reich.
3	The Blues Brothers Band	BBB	Music	Musicians
	The Blues Brothers Band Jake and Elwood Blues reunite their old R&B band to save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
4	Bluesmobile	BBB	Vehicles	Motor Vehicles
	Bluesmobile The Blues Brothers' car - an old Mount Prospect police car. It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters, so it'll run good on regular gas.
5	Bob's Country Bunker	BBB	Nightlife	Nightclubs
	Bob's Country Bunker The Blues Brothers perform as The Good Ol' Boys.
3	Curl Up & Dye	BBB	Beauty Care	Beauty Salons
	Curl Up & Dye Beauty salon where Carrie Fisher's Mystery Woman works.
3	The Good Ol' Boys	BBB	Music	Musicians
	The Good Ol' Boys The Blues Brothers pretend they're The Good Ol' Boys and perform at Bob's Country Bunker.
3	Lloyd's Tire Clinic	BBB	Vehicles	Automotive Services
	Lloyd's Tire Clinic When the Bluesmobile runs out of gas, Jake and Elwood push it to the closest gas station.
3	M-79 Flamethrower	BBB	Weapons	Miscellaneous Weapons
	M-79 Flamethrower Carrie Fisher's Mystery Woman's weapon. There is a real M-79 Grenade Launcher, but no M-79 Flamethrower.
3	Murph and the Magic Tones	BBB	Music	Musicians
	Murph and the Magic Tones Lounge act playing the Holiday Inn Armada Room before rejoining The Blues Brothers band. Members include Murphy Dunne, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, Willie "Too Big" Hall and Tom "Bones" Malone.
3	Palace Hotel	BBB	Travel	Hotels
	Palace Hotel The Blues Brothers Band performs its climactic concert at the Palace Hotel Ballroom, a country club at the time of filming, but later became the South Shore Cultural Center, named after the Chicago neighborhood where it is located. The interior concert scenes were filmed in the Hollywood Palladium.
3	Ray's Music Exchange	BBB	Music	Music Stores
	Ray's Music Exchange There never was an actual store called Ray's Music Exchange. The mural on the Prairie Avenue side of the building at 300 E. 47th St. was painted during production in 1979 and remained until May of 2020, when fire damage to the building forced the city to demolish the empty store and two others attached to it.
3	See You Next Wednesday	BBB	Cinema	Movies
	See You Next Wednesday Movie starring Donald Sutherland and directed by Carl La Fong, advertised on the billboard that Jake and Elwood pass when they leave Bob's Country Bunker. Reference to Frank Poole's father's last line in his video letter, from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
3	Soul Food Cafe	BBB	Dining	Cafes and Delis
	Soul Food Cafe Filmed at what was Nate's Deli on Maxwell Street in Chicago. It is now a parking lot.
4	Triple Rock Church	BBB	Religion	Churches
	Triple Rock Church Church in which Jake and Elwood receive the divine intervention. The actual location is modern day Pilgrim Baptist on the South Side of Chicago.
FICTITIOUS TIMELINE
3	August 5, 1979	Dates	20th Century: 70s	Events
	August 5, 1979 Jake released from prison.
3	August 6, 1979	Dates	20th Century: 70s	Events
	August 6, 1979 The Blues Brothers start getting their band back together.
3	August 7, 1979	Dates	20th Century: 70s	Events
	August 7, 1979 The Blues Brothers pretend they're The Good Ol' Boys and perform at Bob's Country Bunker.
3	August 8, 1979	Dates	20th Century: 70s	Events
	August 8, 1979 The Blues Brothers perform at the Palace Hotel Ballroom.
3	August 9, 1979	Dates	20th Century: 70s	Events
	August 9, 1979 The Blues Brothers pay St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud Orphanage's tax bill.
MAKE BELIEVE MAP
3	Palace Hotel Ballroom	Map	Structures	Event Venues
	Palace Hotel Ballroom The Blues Brothers Band performs its climactic concert at the Palace Hotel Ballroom, a country club at the time of filming, but later became the South Shore Cultural Center, named after the Chicago neighborhood where it is located. The interior concert scenes were filmed in the Hollywood Palladium.
3	St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud Orphanag...	Map	Residential Communities	Orphanages
	St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud Orphanage Jake and Elwood Blues reunite their old R&B band to save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
OTHER
3	Untitled	Other	Themes	Dark Shadows
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4	What name does Steven Spielberg - in his...	Other	Trivia	Name Game
	What name does Steven Spielberg - in his tax assessor clerk cameo - sign on the $5,000 receipt for Jake and Elwood? B.M. for Bill Murray R.J. Daley, for Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley J.W. Gacy for serial killer John Wayne Gacy

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