# Apparently Dan Aykroyd is nuts **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766 "2010-03-08T20:43:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/21 "2010-03-09T01:12:47Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > So in 2012 I would imagine most material wealth will be meaningless. Does anybody know if Dan has started divesting himself of long term investments and cash and, if so, do you happen to have his contact info? I don’t know. Even if I knew for 100% certainty that wealth would be meaningless I couldn’t see divesting myself of it until 12/31/11 at the very earliest and most likely not even then. Why fret over a meaningless asset that only consists of a few scraps of paper and some hard drive space? It’s not like there’s piles of investments and cash in my house impeding my movement. Why work at something that’s not going to exist in a couple of years and is actually helping me until the second it becomes meaningless? In other words, we’re saying he’s nuts, not stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/22 "2010-03-09T03:10:13Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Crazy like fox, I’d say. He knows how to [use his crackpottery to sell stuff](http://crystalheadvodka.com/index.php?age=true). (warning: auto-play video) When I first saw this last summer I thought it was a joke. But the more I watched, the more I came to the conclusion that he is nutz. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/23 "2010-03-09T03:58:32Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Yep. He’s still hanging around the farm house. Someone should cut him down! ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/24 "2010-03-09T04:19:05Z")
> [@sleestak](#): > > This kinda bums me out. I always liked Aykroyd but I had no idea he is nuts. Are there any celebrities who aren’t? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/25 "2010-03-09T04:24:27Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Aykroyd demonstrates his webbed toes, in fact, on **Mr. Mike’s Mondo Videos** , during a segment entitled _Celebrity Deformities_. A fun show, all around. Aykroyd also plays the High Priest of the Church of Jack Lord in it. Laser Bra 2000! I wish I could find my tape. It’s been a while since I looked up Cheryl Tiegs’s dress. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/26 "2010-03-09T04:35:06Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > Slight hijack: this begs the question, Is there a website that gives the scoop on what celebrities are like in real life based on real-life accounts of those who have interacted with them? Something like a cross between those Celebrities in the Buff sites and those “Rate My Teacher” sites. The stainedapron and bitterwaitress websites (not linked because I’m lazy and unsure if they are still up or have a “the” in them) are/were, kinda, in the limited realm of waitstaff/diner interaction. Coffee, Tea, or Me? gave a synopsis but it was written forty years ago so many of the celebs are dead, forgotten, or both, and anyway the book was COMPLETELY ghostwritten (i.e., Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones [or vice versa?] never existed under any name), but I imagine the author had his own experiences that went into ranking the celebs as he did. Still, it might help to understand if the impressions were based on the experiences of a middle-aged male or of two pretty young stewardesses (to avoid anachronism and because my right hand is tired). ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/27 "2010-03-09T04:41:22Z")
So it’s actually Dan who’s an ignorant slut then? ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/28 "2010-03-09T04:41:23Z")
I can’t think of any religions saner than mysticism… ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/29 "2010-03-09T04:46:36Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > So it’s actually Dan who’s an ignorant slut then? FTW ---
**Author:** ![cgg419](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cgg419/32/2847_2.png) [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/30 "2010-03-09T14:27:03Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Despite being married to Donna Dixon?!?!??! > > I sure hope that’s not true. My sister used to work at a restaurant in Kingston that he frequented. It’s true, along with alot more apparently ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/31 "2010-03-09T16:29:43Z")
> [@cgg419](#): > > My sister used to work at a restaurant in Kingston that he frequented. It’s true, along with alot more apparently He and Dixon have separated several times over his womanizing, at least according to tabloids (though I think it was a legal separation a couple of times). What surprises me is that he’s still a womanizer after having three daughters; you’d think that combined with age would give him some respect for women. ETA: Man,[his daughters look just like him](http://www.superiorpics.com/pictures2/Aykroyd_Dix43486.jpg)too. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/32 "2010-03-09T16:56:06Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > ETA: Man,[his daughters look just like him](http://www.superiorpics.com/pictures2/Aykroyd_Dix43486.jpg)too. That link doesn’t work for me. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/33 "2010-03-09T17:13:56Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > That link doesn’t work for me. Here it is uncoded [http://www.superiorpics.com/pictures2/Aykroyd\_Dix43486.jpg](http://www.superiorpics.com/pictures2/Aykroyd_Dix43486.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/34 "2010-03-09T19:10:59Z")
Still doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/35 "2010-03-09T19:16:55Z")
They both work for me, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/36 "2010-03-09T19:18:46Z")
They’re the same link actually. The original one is all grayed out as if I had clicked on it previously. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/37 "2010-03-09T20:32:06Z")
And to think I used to think that he was the smart one and Bill Murray was the crazy one. :eek: Ah, Dan, we barely knew ya… Link no work for me, either. I’ll take your word for it–I don’t need to see 3 female Dan Ackroyds. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/38 "2010-03-09T20:54:22Z")
Just paste the link into your address bar. It’s one of those referrer-checking servers. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/39 "2010-03-09T21:51:40Z")
Just wait til the reptiles get ahold of you. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766/40 "2010-03-09T22:02:25Z")
I know people don’t like Bill Maher, but I always liked him a lot. But I do remember the precise moment when he made me feel the way the OP does about Dan Akroyd. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-dan-aykroyd-is-nuts/531766.md?page=3)