Saturday Night Live Transcripts
John Belushi : Cast Member
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Seasons:Hosted:Special Guest:Cameos:
1975-1976
1976-1977
1977-1978
1978-1979
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Bio: John Belushi (1949-82); joined Second City in Chicago in 1971; National Lampoon’s “Lemmings” stage show in 1972, opposite Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Christopher Guest; National Lampoon Radio Hour, 1974-75; auditioned as his Samurai character to land a spot on “SNL”, even though producer Lorne Michaels was leery of hiring a performer he thought would bring nothing but trouble; on his 30th birthday, Belushi was not only starring on the highest-rated late night television program, but also was starring in the number one film in America (“Animal House”), and had the number one album in America (“Briefcase Full of Blues”, as The Blues Brothers with Dan Aykroyd); died of drug overdose in 1982, at age 33; younger brother, Jim, later joined the cast of “SNL.”
Notable Characters and Sketches
Wolverines
Victims of Shark Bite
The Bees:
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Pancreas
Joe Cocker:
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Kiwi Trapper, Midnight Probe
Sam Peckinpah
Beetoven:
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Futaba, Samurai:
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The Laundromat
Steve Bushakis:
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Marlon Brando:
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Jake Blues, Blues Brothers:
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Backstage Banter
Lowell Brock, H&L Brock:
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Belushi Rants, Weekend Update:
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The New Army
Wilderness Comedian
Henry Kissinger:
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Cresk Toothpaste
The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise
John Belushi Wardrobe
Larry Farber:
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Snakehandling O’Sheas
The Violent Attorney
Ed Ames
Green Cross Cupcakes
Mysteries In Medicine
The OinMENt
Rick Blaine
Santi-Wrap
Adopt Belushi For Christmas
Injured John
Dino De Laurentiis
Team Saturday Night’s Coach:
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Community Appeal
Al Hirt
Mussolini Reenactment
Robert Blake:
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Belushi’s Dream
Young Newlyweds
Godzilla
John’s Demands
Truman Capote:
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George Wallace
Leonid Brezhnev
Cesar Romero
Elvis Presley
Sun Myung Moon
Kuldroth:
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