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Recycling the original...

posted 16 years ago by nephihaha
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How many direct lifts - jokes, scenes, skits etc - can you spot from the original?

* The Penguin hits Blues Bros for foul language - The Penguin hits Elwood for foul language.
* Elwood picks up Jake in a police car, Jake not very pleased - Elwood drives Buster in a police car, Buster not very pleased (at smell)
* Matt and Lou leave work after Arethra sings a song at them begging them to stay - ditto.
* Mr Fabulous leaves work after Blues Bros are rude to his employers and customers - ditto
* Bob's Country Bunker - Bob's Country Bunker
* Country and Western at Bob's - Bluegrass at the Kentucky county fair
* Illinois Nazis by a river - ?Tennessee white supremacists by a river.
* Rev Cleophus at the church converts Jake with gospel music - Rev Cleophus in the tent revival converts Cabel with gospel music
* Bluesmobile flies over unfinished bridge losing Nazis - Bluesmobile flies over road works losing police.
* Police car pile up - police car pile up

[–] puschit-1 16 years ago

* several Good 'ol Boys member's faces can be seen stuffed in the front window above the pilot's cabin of the GoB's caravan while chasing the Blues Brothers - Several Blues Brothers member's faces can be seen in the glove locker of the blues mobile
* Car slide to park in front of the restaurant - car slide to park in front of a club
* Jake and Elwood surviving several things like explosions unscathed and behaving as if nothing happened, dusting off their clothes - Them survivng the burning car crashing to the ground, getting ouunscahed and dusting off their suits as if nothing happened.
* Heck, the entire plot about reviving the band to pay for the orphanage's taxes (okay, this time it's a children's hospital - wowza, big change).