Christ, seven years of college, down the drain.
I give so much pleasure to so many people. Why can I not get some pleasure for myself?
I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time.
I owe it all to little chocolate donuts.
It's all false pressure; you put the heat on yourself, you get it from the networks and record companies and movie studios. You put more pressure on yourself to make everything that much harder.
Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no!
Work is no longer challenging.
You say, Well, I'll get all screwed up and then it'll be a real challenge again. So stupid-I've often wondered why people do these things.
John and Dan Akroyd used to perform as a 'warm-up' band for the waiting audiences on Saturday Night Live in the their early days, backed by the SNL band, doing blues & R&B riffs. Their act soon made it to the air as the 'Bles Brothers', and the duo assumed the identites of Elwood (Akroyd) and Jake (Belushi). They started to wear their trademark dark sunglasses and suits, and were back by a group that included former Booker T & the M.G's guitarist Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper and bassist Donald 'Duck' Dunn.
John's widow, Jackie wrote a book about him that 'answered' the controversial Bob Woodward biography, Wired, titled Samuri Widow.
John was the youngest-ever performer to appear in 'Second City''s "Main Stage" productions, in the early 1970's.
John was good friends with 'The Grateful Dead', and was especially close with Jerry Garcia. He performed with them a few times in the late 19070's, and their song 'West L.A. Fadeaway' is about John's death.
John was known through Hollywood for his hard partying ways. On the night of his death, he was partying with Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro, who left earlier in the evening, leaving John with Cathy Smith.
John was pursuing several different roles at the time of his death, including Sweet Deception, Noble Rot, Moon Over Miami, and The Joy Of Sex.
John had a few milestones on his 30th birthday in 1979. He had the number one film in the United States,(Animal House), the number one album in the United States ('Briefcase Full Of Blues'), and Saturday Night Live was the highest-rated late night television show.
His characters include Samurai Futaba Captain Ned, Jake 'Joliet' Blues, Jeff Widette, Kevin, Kuldorth, Larry Farber, Lowell Brock, Matt Cooper, Pete, and Steve Bushakis.
Ironically he did a sketch on Saturday Night Live where he is an old man going to everyone elses grave, and ironically he was the first of the original cast member to die.
John was found dead in a hotel room at the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California on March 5, 1982.
In the movie Animal House, when John Belushi downs the whole bottle of whiskey. The directors had created a way to so that the whiskey would have been poured down the back of his shirt. However, John told them that he could down the whole bottle and that was declared the very last scene shot that day with him in it.
John's biography Wired was made into a movie that was boycotted by Dan Akroyd, Jim Belushi, and his wife.
The epitaph on John's tombstone reads "He made us laugh, and now he makes us think".
The part of 'Dr. Peter Venkman' in 1984's movie Ghostbusters was written for John. The part ended up being Bill Murray's after John died.
James Taylor sang The Lonesome Road at John's memorial service at Martha's Vineyard Cemetery.
John's drug user/dealer companion was charged in his death, for providing the drugs that killed him. She was given three years in prison.
John bought his father a Ranch house, and helped set up several of his Chicago friends with their own businesses.
John appeared in Goin' South in 1975, with Jack Nicholson, where he was noticed by director John Landis.
John was hired in 1971 to write for the syndicated National Lampoon's Radio Hour.
While attending College of Du Page, a junior college a few mile from his parents home, John helped found the West Compass Players, an Improv comedy troupe.
John developed an interest in acting in high school, and was encouraged by his drama teacher to focus on acting, rather than football. John took his advice after appearing in a school variety show.
John was co-captain of his high school football team.
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