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- John Lee Hooker’s Boom Boom is chosen, distinguishing it from the brothers’ built-in musical numbers.
Categories & segments
Chest Rockwell / Brock Landers Award for Best Character Name
Matt Guitar Murphy
In the discussion (1)
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- Elwood Blues, Joliet Jake Blues, Matt Guitar Murphy and Blue Lou Marini are candidates, with Matt Guitar Murphy the final choice.
When I Would Have Died
Hotel explosion or mall collision
Flex pick · Chris Ryan
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- The explicitly invited CR flex chooses either the hotel explosion and collapsing room or being hit by an Oldsmobile while shopping in the mall.
The Vincent Chase Award: Are We Sure This Character Is Actually Good at Their Job?
Record executive; Blues Brothers’ blues credentials; parole officer; Penguin
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- The Clarion Records executive hands over $10,000 after one song and helps wanted felons escape.
- The Blues Brothers’ actual blues credentials are questioned because they mostly perform R&B, dance and speeches; their entertainment ability is defended.
- Parole officer Burton Mercer and the Penguin’s inability to cover the tax bill are additional candidates, leading to a joke that nobody does their job well.
The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
Public fugitive benefit; too many antagonists
In the discussion (2)
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- The brothers’ blues credentials briefly overlap with weak-link discussion, but advertising a benefit headlined by wanted fugitives is the clearer objection.
- There may be too many pursuers; consolidating Nazis, rednecks, police and Carrie Fisher is suggested jokingly.
In the discussion (1)
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- Aretha’s blasphemy line is the tentative choice; the backing band’s weak performances are distinguished as underacting.
Sean Fennessey Award for Stealth Homage That Gives Every Movie Nerd a Criterion Orgasm
Colleen Camp’s Apocalypse Now poster
Flex pick · Sean Fennessey
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- Sean’s explicitly invited flex returns to the Colleen Camp Playboy poster in Elwood’s room as an Apocalypse Now connection.
- The poster connects Elwood’s apartment to Colleen Camp’s Apocalypse Now appearance and its reported Lynda Carter casting history.
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Cut Fisher’s subplot; sequel harms SNL ranking; cocaine’s cultural impact
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- Cutting Carrie Fisher’s largely detached revenge plot might have controlled the budget, though her explosions serve as transitions; Jake’s long engagement is also questioned.
- The bad sequel weakens the franchise’s claim to best SNL-related movie because both Wayne’s World films work; MacGruber is also in contention.
- Cocaine is provocatively called an underrated cultural force behind improbable creative choices, while its destructive effects are explicitly acknowledged and personal-use jokes follow.
Casting What-Ifs
Olivia Newton-John unavailable; studio wanted younger musicians
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- Olivia Newton-John reportedly could not take the probable Twiggy role because of Xanadu; the part’s celebrity appeal is compared with contemporary famous personalities.
- The studio reportedly wanted younger musical acts, including Rose Royce, instead of the older soul legends; this is criticized as misunderstanding the project.
The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award
Henry Gibson; young guitar thief; Kathleen Freeman; Napier disputed
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- Charles Napier is considered overqualified after repeated wins, with his scream compared with the moment Lecter attacks him; Henry Gibson is a leading alternative despite cinephile familiarity.
- The child attempting to steal at Ray’s shop is recognized as the later Die Hard chauffeur; the first name is recalled uncertainly, so no new full identity is asserted.
- Kathleen Freeman as the Penguin is another choice.
In the discussion (2)
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- Freeman, James Brown, Aretha, Carrie Fisher, Steve Lawrence, John Candy and Spielberg are eligible suggestions.
- A tie between Aretha and Ray Charles is selected; Gibson is rejected for too much screen time, Paul Reubens is considered, and another choice favors Aretha alone.
Recasting Couch
Paul Shaffer; swap Landis and Spielberg
In the discussion (2)
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- Paul Shaffer could be inserted into the band digitally as a joke.
- Swapping directors so Landis makes 1941 and Spielberg makes The Blues Brothers is proposed to improve both films.
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