This collection of entries is from March 05, 2007.
It was 25 years ago today that John Belushi was found dead at age 33, in a hotel room at the Château Marmont on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.
I loved his Saturday Night Live characters, especially the Samurai character (my favorite - "Samurai Delicatessen" and "Samurai Stockbroker" where he accidentally hits Buck Henry in the forehead), his Joe Cocker impersonation - even in a duet with him - is priceless.
And, if you grew-up in Chicago at that time, "The Blues Brothers" is the pinnacle of Chicago films.
Are we the only city that celebrates a Polish Revolutionary War hero?
Chicagoland still boasts the 2nd largest population of residents of Polish descent (behind only Warsaw) in the world!