This article uses historical research to suggest that television entertainment/news magazine Entertainment Tonight's coverage of Natalie Wood's and John Belushi's deaths in 1981 and 1982 respectively helped create a televised style of celebrity death coverage that informs how today's media covers ...
John Belushi was a dear friend. A lot of the guys that I ran with were ending up dead, and I saw myself right on schedule to do that. I had some moments of clarity, once in a while. I would assess the situation, after a blackout or something, and think, “Oh boy, this is ...
- Character: John Keating - Actor: Robin Williams Robin Williams was already a star when “Dead Poets Society” premiered, but he would grow into a beloved cultural icon after this film. “Dead Poets Society” endures due to its theme, tied tothis powerfully optimistic line, in a film th...
Following his exit fromSaturday Night Live, Belushi enjoyed a mostly-lucrative film career thanks to the success of movies likeBlues Brothers. His hard-partying ways would be his demise, however, when he was found dead on March 5, 1982 from a drug overdose. He was 33 years old. John Belu...
Twenty seconds later, the band was on. “If you could shit your pants,” Casale added, “you would.” Watch Devo Perform 'Jocko Homo' on 'Saturday Night Live' Like Nothing Fans Had Ever Seen The result surprised even Casale. “When I see an old clip of us from that night … it’...
Twenty seconds later, the band was on. “If you could shit your pants,” Casale added, “you would.” Watch Devo Perform 'Jocko Homo' on 'Saturday Night Live' Like Nothing Fans Had Ever Seen The result surprised even Casale. “When I see an old clip of us from that night … it’...
Twenty seconds later, the band was on. “If you could shit your pants,” Casale added, “you would.” Watch Devo Perform 'Jocko Homo' on 'Saturday Night Live' Like Nothing Fans Had Ever Seen The result surprised even Casale. “When I see an old clip of us from that night … it’...
John Belushiis often remembered today for his bombastic on-screen performances, and a fatal overdose that seemed to signal an end of an era of excess. It's unfortunate, because that obscures the true depth of Belushi's talent, which was only beginning to become apparent at the time of his...
Billy Crystal performs a stand-up routine about the old-time jazz greats he used to know. Re-run ads pitch graffiti wallpaper and Try-hard batteries. Patti Smith performs "Gloria" and "My Generation". Raquel Welch/Phoebe Snow, John Sebastian (1976) Lorne Michaels tries to lure the ...
Yet the screenplay that eventually became Ghostbusters would at least contain an homage to Belushi: the now-famous, green gelatinous ghost Slimer was based on “John’s body,” Aykroyd says now. “I will admit to having an inspiration along those lines.” “Everyone was going into business...