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  1. snl
    Jim Belushi Has Always Been an Outsider“SNL is the hardest thing I ever did, and that’s including divorce. I survived it, barely.”
    By Andy Hoglund
  2. legends
    A Final Conversation With Anne BeattsA week before her death, the original SNL writer still had too many stories to tell.
    By Dan Reilly
  3. trailer mix
    Showtime’s Belushi Documentary Looks Back on the Life of a Comedy Legend“We fell in love the moment we met. It was just high wattage from day one.”
    By Megh Wright
  4. book excerpt
    When Carrie Fisher Hung With the SNL CrowdInside the hard-party days that fueled and finished her friendship with John Belushi.
    By Sheila Weller
  5. Showtime to Produce a Feature-Length Documentary About John BelushiA John Belushi documentary in the works at Showtime. The network announced today that it’s teamed up with R.J. Cutler and John Battsek (Listen […]
    By Megh Wright
  6. Belushi, Flaherty, Ramis, and Fisher Play an All-American Football Team at […]Welcome to The Second City Archives, in which we post an exclusive clip each week of some of comedy’s biggest superstars performing early in […]
    By Megh Wright
  7. John Belushi and Joe Flaherty Meet on Death Row in This 1971 Second City […]Welcome to The Second City Archives, in which we post an exclusive clip each week of some of comedy’s biggest superstars performing early in […]
    By Megh Wright
  8. snl 40
    SNL Has Been Hating California for 40 YearsA New York–centric disdain for California runs deep in SNL’s culture.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. Watch John Belushi, Harold Ramis, Joe Flaherty, and More in a 1972 Second […]Welcome to The Second City Archives, in which we post an exclusive clip each week of some of comedy’s biggest superstars performing early in […]
    By Megh Wright
  10. Saturday Night’s Children: John Belushi (1975-1979)Saturday Night Live has been home to over a hundred cast members throughout the past 39 years. In our column Saturday Night’s Children, we […]
    By Megh Wright
  11. Ellen Page in Talks to Play John Belushi’s Wife in Belushi BiopicEllen Page has signed on for a supporting role in the upcoming movie about John Belushi’s life. The Wrap reports that she’s in negotiations to […]
    By Bradford Evans
  12. casting couch
    Ellen Page Might Play John Belushi’s WifeIn the comedian’s upcoming biopic.
    By Halle Kiefer
  13. Diving Into John Belushi’s Lost Last Comedy, ‘Noble Rot’“The Script Pile” is a biweekly column on Splitsider that takes a look at the screenplays for high-profile movie and TV comedies that never […]
    By Bradford Evans
  14. Miles Teller Cast as Dan Aykroyd in Upcoming Belushi BiopicOver the weekend, Emile Hirsch – who has been cast to play SNL star John Belushi in an upcoming biopic by Steve Conrad – announced that Miles […]
    By Megh Wright
  15. casting couch
    Miles Teller Offered Dan Aykroyd Role in Belushi BiopicAlongside Emile Hirsch.
    By Halle Kiefer
  16. Emile Hirsch Says John Belushi Biopic Director ‘Sold Me and Got Me Really, […]“I was kind of surprised when I first heard about it. But I sat down with Steve Conrad, the writer-director, and he just kind of has a vision […]
    By Bradford Evans
  17. casting couch
    Emile Hirsch to Play John BelushiIn an upcoming biopic.
    By Jesse David Fox
  18. Emile Hirsch Cast as John Belushi in BiopicInto the Wild star Emile Hirsch will play John Belushi in the upcoming biopic about the late actor’s life, THR reports. Steve Conrad wrote the […]
    By Bradford Evans
  19. in development
    John Belushi Biopic Is Back OnEmile Hirsch and Joaquin Phoenix are being considered for the role.
    By Jesse David Fox
  20. ‘Walter Mitty’ Writer Is Considering Emile Hirsch, Adam DeVine, and […]A new John Belushi biopic is in the works. THR reports that Steve Conrad, writer of The Weather Man, The Pursuit of Happyness, and Ben […]
    By Bradford Evans
  21. A Look Back at the Filmmakers and Short Films of ‘Saturday Night Live’The Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. […]
    By Ramsey Ess
  22. The Other Belushi Biographer Breaks Down ‘Wired’ Journalist Bob Woodward’s journalistic tactics were called into question a couple weeks ago over a dispute with the White House, and Tanner […]
    By Bradford Evans
  23. Comedy Writer/Counterculturalist Nelson Lyon Died at Age 73As a friend of Andy Warhol, Timothy Leary, and William Burroughs’s, Nelson Lyon was a fixture of the New York City counterculture. The former […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  24. the blues brothers
    See Some Never-Before-Seen Photos of the Blues BrothersJohn Belushi sounds like a gem.
    By Eliot Glazer
  25. interview
    Talking Animal House and National Lampoon With Matty Simmons“They’re all a little nutty, but you’ve got to be a little nutty to write that kind of dark, crazy humor.”
    By Bradford Evans
  26. In Defense of 1941Unpopular Opinions is a new weekly column in which a writer takes a stand against popular opinion, whether it’s asserting the true merit of a […]
    By Lindsey Bahr
  27. The Lost Roles of Three AmigosThis week marks the 25th anniversary of Three Amigos, one of the best-regarded comedies of the 1980’s and one that brought together a […]
    By Bradford Evans
  28. saturday night live
    A Vulture Study: Which SNL Season Reused the Most Characters?Was it a Stefon year? Or something from the Church Lady or Spartan Cheerleader eras?We examined 36 seasons and 7,798 sketches to find out.
    By John Sellers
  29. The Lost Roles of Animal HouseLost Roles is a weekly column exploring what might have been in TV and film comedy, taking a different comedian, writer, or work each week and […]
    By Bradford Evans
  30. tv
    The Blues Brothers Are Now On a Mission to Return to TV“‘Route 66’ meets ‘Glee.’”
    By Margaret Lyons
  31. The Lost Roles of John BelushiCasting is one of the most important processes in movie making. Placing the right actors in the right roles can determine whether or not an […]
    By Bradford Evans
  32. Chevy Chase On Him vs. Belushi: ‘Somehow they took to the tall, thin, […]Here’s a great interview with Chevy Chase, including this bit on his reputation for being difficult to work with on SNL: “I’ll never understand […]
    By Adam Frucci
  33. Saturday Night Live Debuted 35 Years Ago Today This is the 35th anniversary season of SNL, yes, but it was 35 years ago today that the show actually debuted. Its first episode was hosted by […]
    By Adam Frucci
  34. Todd Philips Is Taking a ‘Renegade Approach’ to His John Belushi BiopicLast month, word came out that Todd Philips, director of Old School, The Hangover and the upcoming Due Date, had started work on a biopic based […]
    By Adam Frucci
  35. john belushi
    John Belushi Biopic In The WorksWho will take on the role?
    By Josh Duboff
  36. vatican-approved
    Vatican Deems The Blues Brother a ‘Catholic Classic’Really?
    By Mike Vilensky