History Awesome / TheBluesBrothers

** Evading the Ilinois Nazis by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGu2camh0WA having the Bluesmobile backflip over them]], causing them to go off the freeway.

!!'''Blues Brothers 2000'''
* Everyone understood going in that there was no way to truly replace Creator/JohnBelushi, Creator/JohnCandy, and Music/CabCalloway, but they certainly gave it their best shot when it came to the few things they could possibly outdo the original on:
** The movie held a Guinness World Record for 11 years for the most cars wrecked in production, more than half of which went down in the ginormous pileup of LemmingCops. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDEFL2fLGIE It has to be seen to be believed...]] [[OverlyLongGag all 100 seconds of it.]]
** The return of Paul Schafer is a big one too, since he was part of the original live band, but had to sit out the first movie because of commitments to Gilda Radner's Broadway show. When Murph lets him take a turn at the keyboards, it feels like a homecoming.
** The sheer number of performers they managed to bring together in the film is stunning. Name a blues or R&B legend who was still alive at the time of filming, and odds are they show up. It comes to a head in the finale, where The Louisiana Gator Boys win the Battle of the Bands, but both them and the Blues Brothers agree to do an encore together; this time, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic the audience wins]].

** Music/ArethaFranklin. Show-stopper ''[[https://youtu.be/vMfwBQ_Fsjk You Better Think]].''

* The soundtracks to both movies are musical [=CMoA=] in my opinion--If you can't tap your feet during the musical numbers there must be something wrong with you!

-->'''Preacher''': ''Praaaaaaise'' God!
-->'''Elwood''': And God bless the United States of America!
--> (''proceeds to dance down the aisle'')

** Leaving behind ''piles'' of wrecked cars on the highway and in Downtown Chicago, and the police car of the first two cops ends up in a ''truck''. Plus the Bluesmobile '''actually''' reaches 110 mph.

** Followed by a CrowningMomentOfFunny when Jake weasels out of it.

** The movie held a Guinness World Record for 11 years for the most cars wrecked in production, more than half of which went down in the ginormous pileup of LemmingCops. It has to be seen to be believed... [[OverlyLongGag All 100 seconds of it.]]

** Special CMOA points go to Music/CabCalloway for absolutely ''killing'' with "Minnie the Moocher". Particularly hilarious since {{egregious}} Movie Magic causes everybody's costumes and the set itself to magically switch from Seventies blues to Twenties swing, and he brings down the house with a number that was essentially just a desperate stall for time.

--> '''Carrie:''' You contemptible pig. I remained celibate for you. I stood in the back of a cathedral, waiting, in celibacy, for you, with three hundred friends and relatives in attendance. My uncle hired the best Romanian caterers in the state. To obtain the seven limousines for the wedding party, my father used up his last favor with Mad Pete Trullo. So for me, my mother, my grandmother, my father, my uncle, and for the common good.... I must now kill you and your brother.

* James Brown as the preacher doing a soul-blazing sermon that gets his church going.

* Who could forget Carrie Fisher's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech epically badass speech]] to Jake?

** The movie boasts the Guinness World Record for the biggest onscreen car pileup. It has to be seen to be believed... [[OverlyLongGag All 100 seconds of it.]]

* Everyone understood going in that there was no way to truly replace Creator/JohnBelushi, but they certainly gave it their best shot when it came to the few things they could possibly outdo the original on; the movie boasts a Guinness record for the biggest onscreen car pileup, and the sheer number of performers they managed to bring together in the film is stunning. Name a blues legend who was still alive at the time of filming, and odds are they show up.

** Evading the Ilinois Nazis by having the Bluesmobile backflip over them, causing them to go off the freeway.

* So the Blues Brothers are near a bridge but it's being blocked by Nazis who are giving an incredibly hateful and racist speech, no one wants them around. So what do the Blues Brothers do? Head around the traffic and ''drive straight for the bastards!''

--(''proceeds to dance down the aisle'')

** ArethaFranklin. Show-stopper ''[[https://youtu.be/vMfwBQ_Fsjk You Better Think]].''

* RayCharles demonstrating his anti-theft skills as learnt from the ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy.

** Special CMOA points go to Music/CabCalloway for absolutely ''killing'' with "Minnie the Moocher". Particularly hilarious since egregious Movie Magic causes everybody's costumes and the set itself to magically switch from Seventies blues to Twenties swing, and he brings down the house with a number that was essentially just a desperate stall for time.

** Special CMOA points go to Cab Calloway for absolutely ''killing'' with "Minnie the Moocher". Particularly hilarious since egregious Movie Magic causes everybody's costumes and the set itself to magically switch from Seventies blues to Twenties swing, and he brings down the house with a number that was essentially just a desperate stall for time.

-->'''Elwood:''' It's so nice to see so many of you lovely people here tonight, and we would especially like to welcome all the representatives of Illinois's law enforcement community that have chosen to join us here in the Palace Hotel Ballroom at this time...

-->'''Elwood Blues''': It's 106 miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas, half a packet of cigarettes, [[SunglassesAtNight it's dark]], and we're [[CoolShades wearing sunglasses]].\\
'''Jake Blues''': ''Hit it.''

--> '''Handcuffs:''' ''Click.''
--> '''Dozens of M-16's and other firearms:''' ''Clackclickclackclackclackclickclackclack...''
* Playing ''Jailhouse Rock'' while they themselves are all in jail. [[BittersweetEnding Bittersweet, perhaps]], but - to paraphrase William Wallace - you can take a man's freedom, but you cannot take his blues.

* The soundtracks to both movies are musical [=CMoA=] in my opinion - If you can't tap your feet during the musical numbers there must be something wrong with you!

* Who could forget Carrie Fisher's [[TheReasonYouSuckspeech epically badass speech]] to Jake?

--> '''Carrie:''' You contemptible pig. I remained celibate for you. I stood in the back of a cathedral, waiting, in celibacy, for you, with three hundred friends and relatives in attendence. My uncle hired the best Romanian caterers in the state. To obtain the seven limousines for the wedding party, my father used up his last favor with Mad Pete Trullo. So for me, my mother, my grandmother, my father, my uncle, and for the common good.... I must now kill you and your brother.

* RayCharles demonstrating his anti-theft skills as learnt from the ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy

* This film's rendition of ''Rawhide'' is one of the most perfect renditions you'll ever hear.

* The band managed to play in some hole-in-the-wall bar under the guise of "The Good Ol' Boys." That is, they assumed the bar manager got their name wrong. After they leave, the ''real'' Good Ol' Boys show up; they played their gig ''and'' ganked their paycheck in the process (Too bad Jake forgot the first rule of playing a gig: [[NiceJobBreakingItHero "Never assume the drinks are on the house."]])