Talkie Zoo: THE BLUES BROTHERS

I recently rented this one to watch again. I haven't seen it in years, and it's still just as funny and just a profound as I remembered it. Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) play the brothers in The Blues Brothers (1980), but alongside them are also many great stars such as Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Carrie Fisher, and Ray Charles, to name a few.

The story surround a Catholic orphanage where the Blues brothers were raised. The orphanage is about to be turned over to the State for unpaid taxes, and Jake and Elwood are "on a mission from God" to save it by rounding up their former band members and doing blues shows to make money. Needless to say, the brothers have some pretty unorthodox methods as they go along, and they partake in antics that would never be possible in real life. Especially where the car stunts are concerned.

Recently a local radio station had two of the DJs dress up like Jake and Elwood. They spent the past couple of months on their own "mission from God" where they were raising money for a teen girl who had been in a terrible auto accident. At the end of the mission, they gave away the Blues-mobile, an old Dodge made to look like an old black and white police car.

Truthfully, I think this was a great idea and has probably sparked some pretty neat gift ideas for groomsmen gifts, Christmas gifts, and movie fans of all ages. Just think -- dark hat, dark sunglasses, dark suit with skinny black tie...pretty cool threads!!