Jim Belushi Has Always Been an Outsider

Jim Belushi. Photo: Tyler Maddox Jim Belushi is perched on a shoeshine stand near his hotel in downtown Philadelphia. Starbucks kicked him out for trying to hold this interview in its seating area; though pandemic restrictions here, as elsewhere, are beginning to ease, all is not yet back to normal. For example: It’s been over 15 months since the 67-year-old Belushi was last able to perform improv with his troupe, Board of Comedy. Their first show is in four hours. He’s nervous.

Penny Marshall directed Working Stiffs. Later Jumping Jack Flash. Penny was a good friend of mine, until she passed. She welcomed me into Hollywood. John called her, because I was on the Paramount lot. [Impersonating John:] “Take care of my brother, keep an eye on him.” So my first taping, she walks in with Rob Reiner: “Hello, I’m Penny. Your brother wants me to make sure you’re all right.”

You shot Trading Places a few months after your brother died with a few of his main collaborators, Dan Aykroyd and John Landis. That was all John! What happened was he shows up with a big hug and says, [John Candy voice] “Jimmy Belushi, this is your first show on the big Saturday Night Live! What do you wanna do? It’s your show, I’m here to help you.” Well, I’d like you to do Johnny LaRue. We sat in a room with [Joe] Flaherty and a couple of the Second City guys and wrote all those sketches. They all got in, first show. All Johnny, Johnny loving me.I was on the outside.

I know you’ve called yourself an outsider, yet you did something like five movies with John Candy. There must be something to that. It’s a little ironic that Tupac started his film career with Dan Aykroyd in Nothing But Trouble, then it ended with you in Gang Related. Were you aware of his fame when he was cast?

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