# John Belushi...not funny **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 4, 2001, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-belushi-not-funny/74894 "2001-08-04T05:53:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-belushi-not-funny/74894/41 "2001-08-12T01:01:27Z")
“Everybody keeps asking where the money is. _I_ don’t know where the money is. I’m no good at math. But if you need money…I’ll get you money.” Ron Decline–“All You Need is Cash” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-belushi-not-funny/74894/42 "2001-08-12T03:12:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dijon Warlock \* > \*\*“Everybody keeps asking where the money is. _I_ don’t know where the money is. I’m no good at math. But if you need money…I’ll get you money.” > > Ron Decline–“All You Need is Cash” \*\* Are you in the right thread with that? ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-belushi-not-funny/74894/43 "2001-08-12T03:24:36Z")
Yep, Belushi played Ron Decline in “All You Need is Cash,” the Beatles-spoof movie about the [Rutles](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077147). ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-belushi-not-funny/74894/44 "2001-08-12T03:34:57Z")
Ohhhhh. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-belushi-not-funny/74894/45 "2001-08-12T03:39:06Z")
See it if you haven’t. It’s hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-belushi-not-funny/74894/46 "2001-08-12T04:27:40Z")
Okay. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-belushi-not-funny/74894/47 "2001-08-12T05:02:53Z")
This dialogue is riveting. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-belushi-not-funny/74894/48 "2001-08-12T05:18:24Z")
Seemed to me Farley had only 2 characters… the loud fat guy and the sweet dumb fat guy. He had about as much range as Spade. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-belushi-not-funny/74894/49 "2001-08-12T05:26:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by imthjckaz \* > \*\*This dialogue is riveting. \*\* What can I say, the majority of my comedic talent is physical… ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-belushi-not-funny/74894/50 "2001-08-12T14:07:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dijon Warlock \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by imthjckaz \* > > \*\*This dialogue is riveting. \*\* > > What can I say, the majority of my comedic talent is physical… \*\* Hey, lets keep your sex life out of this. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-belushi-not-funny/74894/51 "2001-08-12T14:33:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ranger \* > \*\*Seemed to me Farley had only 2 characters… the loud fat guy and the sweet dumb fat guy. He had about as much range as Spade. \*\* Your math is wrong here. Two characters would give him twice the range of Spade. And **Samclem** : > [@](#): > > Funny? Musthavebeen to a lot of people cause [Belushi] evidently didn’t get fame and fortune from posters with your viewpoint. Then how do you explain Gallagher and Carrot Top? 😉 –sublight. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-belushi-not-funny/74894.md?page=2)