BigBirdABCDEFGH
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What would you folks think of the landmark 1985 movie, Follow That Bird, if it had different cast members and vehicles?
Here is my take:
Cast Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi (The Blues Brothers) as the Sleaze Brothers. Why? Both Aykroyd and Belushi were one time members of SCTV along with the two actors who did play the Sleazes, Dave Thomas and Joe Flaherty respectively. Both the two leading men (Aykroyd and Belushi) of that 1980 movie were on Saturday Night Live, along with John Candy (the State Trooper, and as Det. Burton Mercer in The Blues Brothers) and Chevy Chase (the newscaster).
Cast Carrie Fisher as the voice of Miss Finch, instead of Sally Kellerman. Why? At one point in the movie, Miss Finch's grunt is reminiscent of that of the Mystery Woman's (Carrie Fisher's role in The Blues Brothers) grunting in her final scene where our two leading men are heading "106 miles to Chicago."
Cast Courtney Wagner, the only true love child of Natalie Wood (1938-1981) and Robert Wagner, as the rescue girl, instead of Tawny Richard (speaking of her, I wonder what she is up to now?).
And, a more far-fetched change: cast Donny and Marie Osmond themselves as the two namesake dodo children.
~Ben (BigBirdABCDEFGH)
Here is my take:
Cast Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi (The Blues Brothers) as the Sleaze Brothers. Why? Both Aykroyd and Belushi were one time members of SCTV along with the two actors who did play the Sleazes, Dave Thomas and Joe Flaherty respectively. Both the two leading men (Aykroyd and Belushi) of that 1980 movie were on Saturday Night Live, along with John Candy (the State Trooper, and as Det. Burton Mercer in The Blues Brothers) and Chevy Chase (the newscaster).
Cast Carrie Fisher as the voice of Miss Finch, instead of Sally Kellerman. Why? At one point in the movie, Miss Finch's grunt is reminiscent of that of the Mystery Woman's (Carrie Fisher's role in The Blues Brothers) grunting in her final scene where our two leading men are heading "106 miles to Chicago."
Cast Courtney Wagner, the only true love child of Natalie Wood (1938-1981) and Robert Wagner, as the rescue girl, instead of Tawny Richard (speaking of her, I wonder what she is up to now?).
And, a more far-fetched change: cast Donny and Marie Osmond themselves as the two namesake dodo children.
~Ben (BigBirdABCDEFGH)