{"id":18289,"date":"2012-01-04T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=18289"},"modified":"2014-02-11T11:55:47","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T16:55:47","slug":"performing-a-public-service-cab-calloway-in-the-blues-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=18289","title":{"rendered":"Performing a Public Service: Cab Calloway in The Blues Brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cab-Calloway.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18290\" title=\"Cab Calloway\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cab-Calloway.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cab-Calloway.jpg 550w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Cab-Calloway-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whatever one may think of <a title=\"John Landis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director_smart.asp?search=John+Landis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Landis<\/a> or <a title=\"Dan Aykroyd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor_smart.asp?search=Dan+Aykroyd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dan Aykroyd<\/a> as either artists or people, they both deserve kudos for preserving a modern-day performance of\u00a0 &#8220;Minnie the Moocher&#8221; by <a title=\"Cab Calloway\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor_smart.asp?search=Cab+Calloway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cab Calloway<\/a> on film in The Blues Brothers (1980).\u00a0\u00a0Aykroyd wrote him into the script and Landis gave him full attention for a lavishly filmed performance on stage. \u00a0Watching the movie the other day and seeing John Belushi and\u00a0Aykroyd perform with\u00a0Calloway, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Steve Cropper, Donald &#8220;Duck&#8221; Dunn, John Lee Hooker* and Ray Charles, I wondered to myself, &#8220;Did they appreciate the talent amassed for this film that would never be together again?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of course they did. \u00a0How could they not? \u00a0I&#8217;ve never been a cult-follower of The Blues Brothers like many others (though I do like it) but I&#8217;m glad it exists. \u00a0I&#8217;m glad it&#8217;s out there and so many performers who weren&#8217;t connected to film got a chance to be preserved on film forever after. \u00a0Besides, where else can you find Charles Napier, Carrie Fisher, Twiggy, John Candy, Paul Reubens, Steve Lawrence and Henry Gibson all playing bit player back-up in the same place at the same time? \u00a0 If there were ever a film whose preservation of talent on celluloid surpasses the importance of the film itself, this might be the one.<\/p>\n<p>*He doesn&#8217;t actually perform with them but he&#8217;s there just the same.<\/p>\n<p><em>Greg Ferrara is\u00a0an amateur film maker\u00a0and writer working towards\u00a0the unachievable goal of self sufficiency.\u00a0 He blogs\u00a0out of love for film and history and studied film in college but has his\u00a0degree exclusively\u00a0in theatre.\u00a0 You can visit his website at <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/cinemastyles.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #306feb;\">http:\/\/cinemastyles.blogspot.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever one may think of John Landis or Dan Aykroyd as either artists or people, they both deserve kudos for preserving a modern-day performance of\u00a0 &#8220;Minnie the Moocher&#8221; by Cab Calloway on film in The Blues Brothers (1980).\u00a0\u00a0Aykroyd 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