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...Martin is also a hunted man, mostly by Dan Aykroyd's Grocer, a goofily rational rival determined either to bring him into a hired killers' union that he is intent on forming or, failing that, to off the competition. Curiously enough, Grocer and his henchmen blend quite easily into the suburban scene. Grosse Pointe may have grander homes and less snow than, say, Fargo, but spiritually they are sister cities--places where everyone tries to maintain an air of chipper blandness in the face of postmodernism's disorder...
...business of Peter Segal's My Fellow Americans to throw them together, under pressure (the current President--Dan Aykroyd--is trying to implicate them in a scandal), and let them bicker their way out of trouble. This involves the former leaders in an improbable outside-the-Beltway odyssey. But in its course, they get in close touch with the reality behind the social-policy abstractions they're used to--a homeless family, gay-pride marchers, Elvis impersonators--not to mention their own better natures. We in turn get in touch with two wily comic actors, deftly exchanging well-crafted...
What a shame it was for the comics of the first decade of Saturday Night Live that there was ever such a thing as movies. First Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner and John Belushi proved their worth as sketch artists who could inhabit weird, endearing characters while running wild laps around them. Then they exiled themselves into big-screen junk where they looked forlorn and their talents were cramped. Ninety minutes of Doctor Detroit offered a lot less pure Aykroyd than five minutes of his Nixon on S.N.L...
Once he settled on the idea of starting his blues chain, Tigrett wisely spread the financial risk by appealing to friends for the start-up money to fund his venture. Dan Aykroyd (who played one of the dark-suited Blues Brothers on TV and in films) chipped in, as did actor Jim Belushi (brother of the late John Belushi, Aykroyd's fellow Blues Brother). Even Harvard University pitched in $10 million because an investment fund it runs liked Tigrett's plan. In all, the resourceful--or at least very well-connected--Tigrett raised about $30 million in private cash...
...drown out acoustic musicians. "They're not paying attention. They're just out to have a good time," says Michelle Willson, lead singer of the Boston blues band Evil Gal. "I've had people come up to me at the House of Blues and ask, 'Do you think Dan Aykroyd is going to be here tonight...