This has been my source of personal agony ever since I first saw this movie. Why were they so late, and why would they then be angry at the Blues Brothers?
The only way I can reconcile it in my mind is to assume that before the Blues Brothers went to the bar, during the scene where they were in the phone booth, (before it blew up), they did manage to complete a call to someone which lead the Good Ol Boys to be delayed, mis-directed, or somehow tricked into showing up so late. I further assume that scene was left on the cutting room floor.
Once I catered a medieval banquet at a southern California Grand national Irsh Faire and it was so hot and i was running my butt off that in 6 hours I drank 9 PITCHERS OF GUINESS and did not even get a buzz.
It happens.
Sam Stone: The answer to all your questions is that they were on a mission from God and had help from above. 
Guinness is fairly low alcohol beer, especially on draught, so I imagine you were bloated, but still (for the most part) sober(ish)…
Yeah, you are kind of new to this forum.
This is the best post ever.
Of course 24 pints is a lot of booze, but in the context of, say, a British/Irish wedding then that’s only a couple of pints an hour if you are there all day. That’s not counting the champagne breakfast and the whisky toasts, obviously.
There’s a recording of “Sink the Bismark” that was cut from the film.
I don’t know what kind of fancy places you guys go to, but in 1997, at a place pretty similar to this one, Budweiser was $1.25 per bottle.
Sweet mercy.
Oh yeah: “I’ve always loved you.”
At least you have one easily answerable question. They didn’t jump the giant Pinto hole by slamming on the brakes and closing their eyes. They jumped a giant pinto hole by hitting the GAS and closing their eyes.
Sheesh… some people.
You’re right! I hope they don’t revoke my Blues Brothers fan club card.
Another factual problem - gluing down an accelerator pedal does not enable a 26 ft. RV to go faster than an ex-cop car that’s got a a cop motor (a 440 cubic inch plant), cop shocks, cop tires, and cop brakes.
Actually, it was the band’s room service bill from that gig in Coal City. And I think that was just more of Jake’s bullshit. Why would you risk knocking over a gas station rather than simply skipping out on the room service bill? He’s just trying to guilt trip them into joining them.
I don’t think so. They just happened upon the Bunker driving around, they weren’t going there specifically. The Good Ol’ Boys were delayed by the aforementioned God whom they were on a mission for.
Fix the lighter.
Ah, room service. You are correct.
There was a “novelization” that came out about the same time the movie did. I actually purchased it and read it, and in fact I think I still have it somewhere. It was either based on an early draft of the script that was subsequently trimmed, or it was padded to fill out the length of a book. For instance, each band member is recruited one-by-one rather than having most of them still playing together.
Anyway, there was a scene in the book detailing Jake’s gas station holdup. He used a fake gun that Elwood used to shoot coins into toll-booth baskets. The scene ends with Jake launching a stream of quarters at the gas station attendant while attempting his getaway. And as I recall, his reason for the holdup was indeed to cover for his bandmates.
You probably can’t take that as canon, though.
I bought that too! It also had something about them squatting in a vacant model house to use as a rehearsal hall.
It could have been the type of situation where they were ready to check out, but when the manager discovered their room service bill he had some goons literally block their exit. I don’t know how common this sort of thing would be in the hotel business, but it’s not unheard of in other service industries like bars. And remember these guys probably wouldn’t be staying in the most respectable of lodgings either.