John Belushi random trivia

Was good friends with fellow Saturday Night Live player Dan Aykroyd. Belushi personally met with Aykroyd at a speak easy that Aykroyd frequented to discuss the possibility of Aykroyd joining Saturday Night Live, which is where they hit it off. While they were talking, Aykroyd put on a blues record, which stirred a fascination in Belushi, who was primarily a fan of heavy metal. SNL music director Howard Shore later heard about Aykroyd refamiliarizing Belushi with blues music and suggested that they do a musical sketch, which eventually led to the birth of their popular "Blues Brothers" act. Got his start in Shawnee Summer Theatre of Greene County's youth theatre education program, in Bloomfield, Indiana. Was scheduled to present the first annual Best Visual Effects Oscar at the 1982 Academy Awards with Dan Aykroyd, but died weeks before the ceremony. Aykroyd presented the award alone, and stated from the podium: "My partner would have loved to have been here tonight to present this award, since he was a bit of a Visual Effect himself."