John Belushi Does Joe Cocker On The Floor

Best part is arguably that joe cocker enjoyed the belushi knockoff.

John belushi does joe cocker on the floor.

Joe s december 2014 death at the age of 70 was a loss to the world and reopened the wound that came as a result of the loss of john belushi more than 30 years earlier. Belushi performed it circa 1971 with chicago s second city comedy troupe. He crooned a frightening performance as cocker with his rendition of the classic song with a little help from. John adam belushi january 24 1949 march 5 1982 was an american actor comedian and singer and one of the seven original cast members of the nbc sketch comedy show saturday night live snl.

Joe cocker s voice mannerisms and style is impersonated hilariously on john belushi tribute of the beatles just a little help from my friends. John belushi does a better joe cocker than joe cocker does. I always found it quite amusing. John belushi doing joe cocker s high with a little help on snl uploaded 05 16 2013 john belushi not only was funny as hell but actually did the song justice.

For many the tragic comedian john belushi s most memorable performance was an indelible imitation of the british singer joe cocker a writhing spasmodic cathartic all in stage masterpiece that had. On john belushi s famous impression of him. I didn t watch much television so i wasn t aware of it until some guy said there s this guy doing an awful impersonation of you. Here s how it came to be.

There will never be another joe cocker or another john belushi to parade around as joe and make us laugh but there s some comfort in knowing that when joe arrived in the afterlife john was probably waiting for him doing. But you have to understand i was a bit of a wreck at the time he was doing all that stuff. Throughout his career belushi had a close personal and artistic partnership with his fellow snl star dan aykroyd whom he met while they were both working at chicago s the second city comedy club. Folha br john belushi s impression of joe cocker was an early career catalyst for the comedian.