Many movies are endlessly quotable. You can hear one quote, like the title of this episode, and images from the movie immediately appear inside your head. But they don’t all spawn from Saturday Night Live. They don’t all set a record for the most cars wrecked in a single film production. They don’t all feature cameos and performances from music icons. They don’t all feature bands assembled from diverse pockets of American music. They don’t all feature a musically inclined duo willing to break speed laws, take it to the nazies, and organize a sold out show just to save an orphanage.
They aren’t The Blues Brothers.
Caleb Meyer and Ben Clemmer dig into a classic comedy and musical that has lived, thrived, and survived in the public consciousness for over forty years. An SNL skit inspired a three hundred page script, edited down and directed by John Landis, that featured so many stars, talents, and weird stories, we couldn’t think of a better way to begin Storytelling Breakdown’s second season!
The beginning of Baby Driver is the subject of this episode’s Spotlight portion and we’ll hear more from Lucas Gerke.
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Storytelling Breakdown is hosted by co-founders Ben Clemmer and Caleb Meyer. Our theme music is by Kurt Roembke. Our logo is by Daniel Church. Stephen Stachofsky joins us as a producer, writer, and editor. Our social media coordinator is Ella Abbott. Our podcast is hosted by John Dawkins and Wayneshout Productions. Special thanks to John for recording the majority of this episode in his studio space.
