# Elvis shakes, Belushi steals, cops confused

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**Created:** [October 13, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-shakes-belushi-steals-cops-confused/269011 "2004-10-13T14:52:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-shakes-belushi-steals-cops-confused/269011/1 "2004-10-13T14:52:20Z")

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This is an amusing little article from the [Star Tribune.](http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5029970.html)

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> There on the sidewalk outside the club lay Elvis, flopping around in the midst of an apparent seizure. Speeding away in a car a few feet away was John Belushi, decked out in “Blues Brothers” sunglasses and headed straight for the runway of the nearby Crystal airport.  
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> Erkenbrack said he and another patrol officer raced to the VFW about 10:20 p.m. Monday to answer what they thought was a routine call about a man falling down some steps. When they arrived, Erkenbrack said, he found a man dressed like Elvis Presley, complete with pompadour and sideburns, sprawled on the ground.
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> Suddenly, Elvis “went into a huge convulsion,” Erkenbrack said. “I mean, he was like a foot off the ground.” And just as suddenly, the convulsions stopped, Elvis opened his eyes, shouted, “Viva Las Vegas!” and started singing Elvis tunes, Erkenbrack said.
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> “I had to like turn away,” he added. “I was laughing. And I knew there was something goofy here.”  
> At that point, a woman who had been bar hopping with Elvis and the Belushi look-alike approached Erkenbrack to tell him that “Belushi took my car” and was headed toward the Crystal airport next door.  
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Go to the article for the full story. But that really made my day.

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-shakes-belushi-steals-cops-confused/269011/2 "2004-10-13T16:02:18Z")

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Did you see the interview with Elvis on Channel 9 last night?

O M G :eek:

He spoke Elvis in the interview, complete with lip curl. Although when broke into song demonstrating what he did when managed to get out of the car- it wasn’t Viva Las Vegas. More of the “uh-uh uh-uh” in Blue Christmas (you know "uh-uh-uh-uh’ll have a bluuuueeee Christmas without you).

Makes me sad to actually reside in Crystal.