Talk:John Belushi/Archives/2015

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"There was some suspicion of foul play by...Cathy Smith." Didn't she do time for it? That'd be more than suspicion. (What's more interesting is the suspicion it was an LAPD setup for him, deNiro, and Williams gone wrong. Except for the LAPD's s*it-polish reputation I'd believe it.) Kwantus 05:22, 2004 Dec 19 (UTC)
 * I've rewritten that section. &mdash;Chowbok 18:17, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Belushi played Jake Blues, not Elwood. Elwood was Aykroyd's character.hi

not sure if anyone else caught this, but it lists Chris Farley as who Belushi was "Influenced by." This is in error. Belushi was dead 4 years before Farley was even out of college, 7 years before he became an active comedian.

Robin Williams not with John on his last days
According to Robin Williams, as interviewed in the book, Live From new York, he never did visit John on the night he died. Someone apparently told him that John was asking for him that night, but (or so he claims) he never did go there. Not sure if this requires the section regarding John's death to be changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.70.231.205 (talk) 15:10, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Biography Intro
I'm not sure if it's a joke, but the first sentence of Belushi's bio is kinda silly. His father seems to have been in Albania and 10 years old when John was born, in America. It almost seems like some clever bit of defacement... --Davecormier 04:06, 19 November 2006 (UTC) The Name "Samaras" seems to be greek ("Σαμαράς"). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.38.221.40 (talk) 14:35, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

So who introduced him to the blues?
This page says ''the blues music Aykroyd had playing in the background sparked a fascination with blues music in Belushi, who, though a Chicago native himself, was primarily a fan of heavy metal. Dan educated John on the finer points of blues music, and this led to the creation of their popular Blues Brothers characters.'' The Blues Brothers page claims it was Curtis Salgado. Bdve 03:32, 19 January 2006 (UTC) It WAS clearly Curtis Salgado who made the Blues intro to Belushi. If you check his personal website which is linked from his Wiki page you'll find on the home page a "Belushi Connection" link. This takes you to a lengthy newspaper article which tells the whole story. Belushi is quoted as saying that Salgado entered his life at the right moment. He was "sick of rock and roll" and "needed a place to go. I hadn't heard much Blues before." It's a very interesting story. --Spyneyes 08:17, 13 July 2006 (UTC) This page has a content tABle haLf wAy down it. To correct this, aN introduction needs to be written and then the maIn body of the article should be given its own heaDing. Pipedreambomb 02:28, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Expansion
What really needs to be expanded is the "biography" section, the section on his death is just as long as his life! There's something really wrong with that. That's like saying the most important thing he ever did was die. If you want something to write about, try writing about Belushi's experiences filming Neighbors. It's production was very troubled, there were horrible script problems and it was an incredible failure. There is a detailed account of the production in Wired. Also, there is barely anything on Belushi's time at Saturday Night Live, which suprises me because the information should be so incredibly easy to find. Registered user 92
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Michael Beck?
"He was born within two weeks of Michael Beck. Both are Aquarians.". What about it? Why is this even on the page? Every famous person in the world was born within weeks of some other famous person, I don't see why this should even be mentioned! What next..."He was born in the same country as Michael Jackson"? I get the feeling this was posted by some Michael Beck fan desperately trying to raise the profile of his page.
 * Ironically, Belushi was born on the date which later was to become known as his birthday. What are the odds? Gzuckier 19:03, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'm going to delete this Michael Beck comment. It offends me. --163.1.223.30 10:42, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Factual accuracy
Why does this article say that his death was caused by heroin and cocaine, and makes no mention of the fact that he drank very large quantities of alcohol? Peoplesunionpro 00:30, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Trivia
I was watching Suze Orman on TV, and she mentioned that John Belushi was her roommate in college.

Isn't Suze Orman a woman? --71.205.219.29 (talk) 07:06, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Belushi was of Albanian origin
No doubt they are Albanian. Read the links and see the wiki page of his brother James Belushi also. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.254.4.61 (talk) 11:50, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Referenced. Proud to have Belushi within the Albanian-American community. --sulmues (talk) 11:10, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Time in College
Is there any more information regarding his time as a student at UW-Whitewater? I would think with the impact of Animal House on his career we would have more on his history there; fraternity life, antics, grades, arrests, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.131.127.240 (talk) 23:36, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Upgrading
Upgrading all projects to Start class since some have been rated as such. Leofric1 (talk) 05:41, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Samaras
Is his mother's surname really Samaras? That is Greek so surely it should be changed to " first generation Greek American". I know it has been stated on Jim Belushi's talk page and it's even mentioned early on here but it hasn't been answered. Spiderone (talk) 12:27, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Stop the crap .The guy just recently received his honoray Albanian citizenship and has quite openly declared ( see his declaration at David Letterman show) that he is Albanian. You Greeks are incredible, may be George Bush was also of Greek Origin since he behaved like one as well.--Lceliku (talk) 18:51, 13 November 2009 (UTC)====

The guy above has a problem with Greeks. That much is certain. If you go to Spiderone's page you see he's not Greek. Are the Belushi's Greek? Harder to answer. They might be by blood but it's clear they do not identify as such. They were raised Albanian and yes Jim is rediscovering his Albanian roots.

His mother's name was Samaras and her middle name was Demetri. Her fathers name was Demetri George Samaras and he was born in Greece in 1878; a region that is now in Albania. So it's clear she was Greek by blood at the very least. The father was Albanian although some people have suggested that Belushi is a play on Beloussis; a Greek name. It's possible. It's also possible they were assimilated ; that's not uncommon, right?. But who knows except for the 2 parents. The fact is they were raised Albanian and died Albanian. Unless Jim discovers he has Greek blood, it has to be accepted that he's Albanian and there's nothing wrong with that. Greeks and Albanians have a lot in common.Rumbiz (talk) 05:49, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Burial
I've seen his grave in Martha's Vineyard. Should this be mentioned? WaltBren (talk) 18:50, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, the Buddy Holly article doesn't mention the time I visited his grave, so I think it's totally unfair that the John Belushi article would talk about your trip to Martha's Vineyard.--71.205.219.29 (talk) 07:05, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

I visited his grave on Martha's vineyard about 20 years as well. To the second poster under this heading, I don't think the first poster meant that his visit was the reason the burial site should be mentioned. Some celebrity's graves are mentioned in Wikipedia articles and some are not. The reason the exact location probably should not be in the article is that it is a solitary grave on otherwise private property and I am sure the property owners would prefer not having gawking tourists trespassing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.144.213.97 (talk) 10:48, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Drug Use
This bio is a bit of a joke in that it hardly mentions his drug use. Dave 2346 (talk) 16:15, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

What was up with Bill Murray on the Joy Behar show saying that John was actually " a light weight in that area" (using drugs) and then claimed he died because he had sleep apnea? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.211.50.161 (talk) 10:29, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Choosing not to print rumor in the absence of fact does not constitute a joke. It constitutes responsible authorship. No authoritative published source has ever established the level or frequency of his drug use. I don't know if he had sleep apnea or not but I do know that sleep apnea is common to overweight people. My brother and I both have had it though my brother had it bad enough to need a machine. It eventually killed him. I would imagine that the death certificate would show his cause of death and death certificates are public records. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.144.213.97 (talk) 10:54, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Picture
For the love of Belushi can somebody upload a picture of him —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.80.104.208 (talk) 22:11, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Don't Look Back In Anger
My understanding is that the skit was written because the rest of the cast was worried that he would die. It was deliberately ironic, not accidentally prescient. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.58.32.254 (talk) 20:11, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Belushi/Amy Winehouse Parallels
Yeah, I would just like to comment with regard to the uncanny parallels with regard to Belushi's death and Amy Winehouse's death. Those two are just eerily similar. And also, like Belushi, Winehouse was a phenomenal talent whose private demons/personal life too often overshadowed that same talent. And also, it's unfortunate that some individuals are unfairly branding Winehouse some mere junkie just as there are some people who unfairly thought Belushi was some Bluto-like junkie, when really, nothing could be further from the truth, even though he did have his share of demons. Shemp99 (talk) 11:59, 12 August 2011 (UTC) Shemp99

1975-1979
I removed the claim that: "As several Belushi biographies have noted,[specify] on John's 30th birthday (in 1979), he had the number one film in the U.S. (Animal House), the number one album in the U.S. (The Blues Brothers: Briefcase Full of Blues) and Saturday Night Live was the highest-rated late night television program."

"Animal House" was the number 1 movie the week of July 30th, 1978. It was bracketed before and after by "Grease". The number one album at that time was the "Grease Soundtrack". The Blues Brothers album "Briefcase full of Blues" was the number one album the week of Feb 3rd 1979. It was bracketed by "52nd Street" by Billy Joel and "Blondes Have More Fun" by Rod Stewart. The number one box office movie that week was during the long run of "Superman" at number 1. I don't know which late night TV program was number 1, but I don't doubt that SNL was number 1 at least for Saturdays through this period. John Belushi's birthday is January 24th. So the statement that he had the number 1 in all three categories on his 30th birthday is false. I am a big fan of the work of John Belushi and when I read that it did not seem right. I remembered "Animal House" as being well before the "Blues Brothers" albums. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kyle kursk (talk • contribs) 16:12, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

I think I know where this rumor came from. I don't remember who or when, but I seem to recall someone interviewing John and they said something like "Wow, you've had a number one movie, number one album and a number one TV show all before your 30th birthday..." That is not a precise quote, just an approximation of what I recall was said. I don't recall much else of the interview. It seems I can also recall a number of other people have horribly misquoted that interview in a similar fashion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.144.213.97 (talk) 11:02, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

How about a section on character?
I was wondering about this after encountering what was Bill Murray's eulogy for Belushi. Here's it in part, at least according to Google: 'He was a slob. Did you ever see him eat? Starving children could fill their bellies on the food that ended up on his beard and clothes. Dogs would gather to watch him eat. I never understood gluttony, but I hated it...I hated that about you. He enjoyed disgusting people—being disgusting—that thrill of offending people and making them uncomfortable. He was despicable. He will not be missed.'

John Belushi photo in PD
There is a stamp (2008) with "John Belushi, «The Blues Brothers»". Albania stamps are in Public Domain :)

So, the question of time is to find this stamp and scan it :) -- Andrew Krizhanovsky (talk) 14:09, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Location of hotel where Mr. Belushi died
The Chateau Marmont has a West Hollywood postal address (8221 W. Sunset Blvd., W. Hollywood, CA 90046), but the hotel is physically located in Los Angeles (Hollywood).Bunkyray5 (talk) 18:31, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Accusations of being "misogynist" during SNL days
According to Jane Curtin, who appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2011, John Belushi was a "misogynist"" while working on SNL. "So you'd go to a table read, and if a woman writer had written a piece for John, he would not read it in his full voice. He felt as though it was his duty to sabotage pieces written by women."

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Mention in the Americans
Belushi's death was briefly mentioned in the Americans episode Behind the Red Door, also giving the episode an in-universe time stamp. Is this worth mentioning in this article at all? KarstenO (talk) 08:37, 5 December 2014 (UTC)