No Bluesbrothers on rte this Christmas Day !!!

EltonJohn69

Anyone else applaud that they aren’t showing the blues brothers on rte this Christmas ??? Don’t they always show it late Christmas Day ?

Zaph

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

Anyone else applaud that they aren’t showing the blues brothers on rte this Christmas ???

That sounds like something an Illinois Nazi would say. I hate Illinois Nazis.

SmartinMartin

But but but.....


They're on a mission from God.

The Crowman

It's a film about white straight males appropriating African American music and culture. And its probably about date rape too.

Welsh Megaman

RTÉ bosses will pay...

fryup

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

Anyone else applaud that they aren’t showing the blues brothers on rte this Christmas ??? Don’t they always show it late Christmas Day ?

do they? i don't recall

Arghus

They've shown it on Christmas day for the past few years, but they didn't always, it's a relatively new tradition.

troyzer

Sky on demand have it.

Eric Cartman

The Crowman wrote: »

It's a film about white straight males appropriating African American music and culture. And its probably about date rape too.

2/10 try harder.

Films about white straight males being best mates and doing stuff together are the best. I suggest you watch animal house instead, it might be better suited.

The Crowman

The Crowman wrote: »

It's a film about white straight males appropriating African American music and culture. And its probably about date rape too.

And with a few more snowflakes, we might get to have a white Christmas after all.

Eh.... what I mean is....

Nope. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

mloc123

troyzer wrote: »

Sky on demand have it.

Yeah, suspect that is why RTE aren't showing it... Sky likely have the TV rights at the moment.

I watched it a month or two ago again, still great. Loved it as a kid.

Arghus

Eric Cartman wrote: »

2/10 try harder.

Films about white straight males being best mates and doing stuff together are the best. I suggest you watch animal house instead, it might be better suited.

Yeah, the poster was trying to joke about all of that.

EltonJohn69

initiay the film studio didn’t want to screen the movie in white neighborhoods as they were afraid it would attract black audiences/ crime.... which is crazy... the studio didn’t want James brown, ray Charles etc. any of the old soul artists.. they wanted whiter/modern acts....... despite of this the movie was a box office triumph..... though it did cost more then empire strikes back to make

That’s my Christmas gift... movie trivia x

Welsh Megaman

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

initiay the film studio didn’t want to screen the movie in white neighborhoods as they were afraid it would attract black audiences/ crime.... which is crazy... the studio didn’t want James brown, ray Charles etc. any of the old soul artists.. they wanted whiter/modern acts....... despite of this the movie was a box office triumph..... though it did cost more then empire strikes back to make

That’s my Christmas gift... movie trivia x

During the filming of the mall destruction scene, John Belushi wandered off set and went missing. The cast and crew spent several hours looking for him. They eventually found him at a random house in a nearby neighbourhood...apparently, he walked in, made himself a sandwich and fell asleep on their couch.

The Crowman

Eric Cartman wrote: »

2/10 try harder.

Films about white straight males being best mates and doing stuff together are the best. I suggest you watch animal house instead, it might be better suited.

Em, I see you don't get irony.

The Black Oil

The late Aretha Franklin is in it too.

Welsh Megaman

The Black Oil wrote: »

The late Aretha Franklin is in it too.

John Belushi’s good friend Joe Walsh from the Eagles makes a cameo in the final prison scene...he’s the person in the prison mess who stands on the table and starts dancing.

EltonJohn69

It looks like RTÉ have fully committed to no longer showing The Blues Brothers on Christmas Day...... a dark and sad day for the nation.....

brian_t

ITV4 have the Christmas TV rights for it now.

They have it on Friday at 10.05pm and again on New Years Day at 9pm.

RTE did show on a Saturday evening back in August.