It’s 106 miles to Chicago. We’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses.
Hit it!
It’s hard to imagine a movie I cherish more from my youthful days than the John Belushi & Dan Aykroyd soul-filled musical, “The Blues Brothers.”
When Jake and Elwood Blues spouted that they were on a “Mission from God” I never really imagined that it was true. 30 years after the classic movie was released, the Vatican has given the musical its blessing.
They really were “on a mission from God.”
In a stunning move by the Vatican, the classic Dan Aykroyd-John Belushi comedy film “The Blues Brothers” was declared a “Catholic classic” alongside more pious films such as “The Ten Commandments” and “The Passion of the Christ.”
The announcement was made in the Vatican’s official newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, corresponding with 30th anniversary of the release of the film.
“As a former altar boy from age 6 . . . but a somewhat lapsed Catholic, I was delighted with the endorsement,” Aykroyd said in a message to The Post yesterday.
Who knew?
Oddly enough, the sequel, “Blues Brothers 2000,” is still considered sacrilegious.
