Blog:Blues Brothers: The Animated Series (Fake Show)

After being inspired by Maria Júlia's fake show blog on The Höeks, I decided to make my own one, based on what would happen if the Blues Brothers were revived for an animated series.

Blues Brothers: The Animated Series is an American adult cartoon on the Peacock streaming service created by Dan Aykroyd, one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live and the co-writer of the original Blues Brothers movie and its sequel, mh:awfulmovies:Blues Brothers 2000. Aykroyd also serves as an executive producer.

Synopsis
Jake and Elwood go through plenty of strange adventures across Chicago, Calumet City and Cook County, sometimes ending up with either of the brothers or both of them in jail. Sometimes, the episodes would take the characters outside of Illinois to someplace else.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) This show goes back to the original movie's roots, and completely retcons the events of Blues Brothers 2000.
 * 2) The humor in this show is like Phineas and Ferb mixed together with Bob's Burgers.
 * 3) Nearly every character from the original movie and Blues Brothers 2000 returns, with a few exceptions, and some of them have fleshed out personalities, like Buster Farley.
 * 4) Great voice acting. Danny Jacobs as Jake and Guy Moon as Elwood sound pretty close to John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd's performances.
 * 5) Although Dan Aykroyd doesn't reprise his role as Elwood (that role being taken by Guy Moon, as mentioned above), John Goodman reprises his role as Mack McTeer from Blues Brothers 2000.
 * 6) This show pays tribute to actors and musicians who passed away, like James Brown and Aretha Franklin, with the Triple Rock Baptist Church having a memorial statue commemorating James Brown's character, Reverend James Cleophus.
 * 7) Much like Phineas and Ferb, nearly every episode has a musical number, consisting of original songs, and sometimes covers of songs like George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone" and Canned Heat's "On the Road Again".
 * 8) * The background music is pretty good as well, done by Guy Moon (best known for his work on Butch Hartman's shows like The Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom), who, in addition to voicing Elwood, also composes the music.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Buster can be a bit of a nuisance at times.
 * 2) Lisa Stigmata, the daughter of Mary Stigmata, AKA the Penguin, is a somewhat underwhelming replacement for the Penguin.
 * 3) Sometimes, the songs come out of nowhere, kinda like mh:terribletvshows:Sonic Underground.

Trivia

 * Prior to the Peacock revival, there have been a few rumored attempts at making a cartoon series based on the Blues Brothers, first one being on UPN in 1997 and the other one produced by Bento Box Studios (the same studio behind Bob's Burgers).
 * Dan Aykroyd admitted that reviving the Blues Brothers was an incredibly risky move ever since John Belushi's death and the poor reception of Blues Brothers 2000.
 * The reason as to why certain characters, like Curtis and Reverend James Cleophus, have passed away is because Dan Aykroyd didn't want to recast them out of respect to the late actors and musicians that played them.