Pictured here are comedy legends Dan Aykrod and John Belushi as their iconic characters from The Blues Brother. Founded in 1978 by Aykroyd and Belushi as a musical sketch for Saturday Night Live, The Blues Brothers hit the big screen in 1980. Directed by John Landis, the classic film surrounds paroled convict Jake Blues and his brother Elwood as they seek redemption by taking a “mission from god.” That “mission” being to reform their blues band and raise funds to save the Catholic orphanage where they grew up.