Ten Favorite Blues Brothers Lines: Illinois Nazis (#2)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (87066)
United States
February 4, 2018 7:42pm CST
Given that I have a week of doctors’ appointments, I actually went to work today. I didn’t work long, just enough to cover the time I’ll have to leave early for the appointments. Nothing serious, just follow-ups and the dreaded dental cleaning. (Ha, at least I’m one Kentuckian who has teeth to clean!!! 
) Here’s a cure for whatever ails you: a great comedy film! The Blues Brothers qualifies in my books, and here’s the next line on my list of favorites.
#2: I Hate Illinois Nazis
Henry Gibson was so brilliant at deadpan. Throughout this movie he delivers his lines the way a news reporter reads a story. That makes his character, known only as “The Head Nazi,” even funnier. Instead of ranting and raving, he’s cool, calm and collected. When he falls for Elwood’s listed address as “1060 W. Addison” (Wrigley Field) he shows no anger in his facial expression or actions.
So why were the Nazis after the Blues Brothers? Not for their music, that’s for sure! 
Early in the film Jake and Elwood get stopped in a traffic jam. When a cop passes by (one of the few nice encounters they have with the police in this movie!) they ask what’s going on. The policeman tells them that everything’s blocked because Nazis won the right to have a demonstration. (This may have been inspired by a real-life case: the notorious “Skokie” affair in 1978. In that instance, neo-Nazis won the right to march through the village of Skokie (a suburb of Chicago), which had a large Jewish population [including a number of Holocaust survivors].)
This movie had a much happier ending. “Illinois Nazis,” Elwood says with a smirk of disbelief.
“I hate Illinois Nazis,” Jake says.
That’s all he needed to say. Elwood puts the Bluesmobile into drive and goes around the barricade and onto the bridge, forcing the Nazis to jump into the water.
Chalk up another one for the good guys.
I hate Illinois Nazis
— Jake Blues (John Belushi)
Ten-hut!
) Here’s a cure for whatever ails you: a great comedy film! The Blues Brothers qualifies in my books, and here’s the next line on my list of favorites.
#2: I Hate Illinois Nazis
Henry Gibson was so brilliant at deadpan. Throughout this movie he delivers his lines the way a news reporter reads a story. That makes his character, known only as “The Head Nazi,” even funnier. Instead of ranting and raving, he’s cool, calm and collected. When he falls for Elwood’s listed address as “1060 W. Addison” (Wrigley Field) he shows no anger in his facial expression or actions.
So why were the Nazis after the Blues Brothers? Not for their music, that’s for sure!
Early in the film Jake and Elwood get stopped in a traffic jam. When a cop passes by (one of the few nice encounters they have with the police in this movie!) they ask what’s going on. The policeman tells them that everything’s blocked because Nazis won the right to have a demonstration. (This may have been inspired by a real-life case: the notorious “Skokie” affair in 1978. In that instance, neo-Nazis won the right to march through the village of Skokie (a suburb of Chicago), which had a large Jewish population [including a number of Holocaust survivors].)
This movie had a much happier ending. “Illinois Nazis,” Elwood says with a smirk of disbelief.
“I hate Illinois Nazis,” Jake says.
That’s all he needed to say. Elwood puts the Bluesmobile into drive and goes around the barricade and onto the bridge, forcing the Nazis to jump into the water.
Chalk up another one for the good guys.
I hate Illinois Nazis
— Jake Blues (John Belushi)
Ten-hut!
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